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Don’t Go Changing…
Change is hard, right? This is coming from the person that sits in the same spot at every staff meeting. I’m not talking about usually sitting there. I’m talking years…many years in the same place! I imagine that there are people (somewhere) that embrace change. However, I don’t have those “change seekers” at my house. … Continue reading
People in Glass houses…Shouldn’t throw potatoes!
Before I was a parent, I was an expert on raising children. It was very easy as an onlooker to watch and rate another parent ‘s attempts at calming a tantruming child or judging the appropriateness of a movie. In my head, I knew all the answers. I suppose this is human nature. You know … Continue reading
Bionic Sense of Smell
Yes…I said it. He has a bionic sense of smell. He notices smells in a way that most do not. When my TBP was a toddler, we had “fragrance encounters” all the time. I remember walking into Trader Joe’s and being stopped just inside the front door by my boy. My son could not continue … Continue reading
Happy Birthday to…Who?
With my TBP, birthday parties have always been a “cross your fingers and hope for the best” sort of thing. This is largely due to his sensory issues and how those issues are intensified during a child’s party. It makes sense really. I mean, even I have sensory overload when I walk into a Bouncy House … Continue reading
Therapist #1 Encounter
Things were quickly changing at our house and we had more questions than answers about the intensity and frequency of tantrums. We decided to take my sister’s advice and get his IQ tested. This would be the first of many evaluations in 2 years. As the therapist shares my TBP IQ test results, … Continue reading
Terrible Two’s? Not At My House!
I had been warned about the dreaded “terrible two’s.” I braced myself for the day when my sweet boy would transform into a raging mother-eating machine. I waited, but that anticipated day didn’t come. Was every day perfect? Far from it, but it seemed to be a normal amount of fits mixed in with good … Continue reading
Who Knew?!
“Do you have any idea how smart he really is?” These were the words that my sister (mother of 2 highly gifted children) said to me often during the early toddler years. In the beginning, I have to admit that these words pleased me. As a teacher, I was excited to think that my son … Continue reading
My Twice Baked Potato 