ampaints, i know, she was cray cray. i mean did she really expect to me be like oh sorry and back up?? Anyways, pulling thru isn't proper etiquette so whatever...lol
I will regularly look for a pull through spot, but not when someone else is taking the spot! Guess I still have terrible driving etiquette?
tuscanlatte since M got into eally intervention for walking I have the resource for speech, so I figure whay can it hurt. He's gaining more words sms I don't think speech is really what's doing it. If I were paying for it I don't know if I would be doing it.
Talking with speech therapist went so so. She got defensive even though I was so careful how I approached possible changes. She's agreeing to start out the session playing with him with a ball for a few minites, but insists on keeping him in his highchair for most of the session. She's also going to tell me what signs she's working on with him, something if skyway requested she do. I'll give it a bit longer before I talk to his case manager about a possible therapist change, but if things don't improve I will not hesitate.
Post by runningmommy519 on May 2, 2017 17:31:01 GMT -5
I took the kids on a walk to a park about a mile from my home. Then we took a longer way home. All in all we went over 3 miles. I realized when s1 and s2 are in the sit and stand stroller I'm pushing like 80 pounds of human. Plus a heavy stroller. I tried out my gps on my watch and didn't focus on walking with one hand like normal and it only counted about 200 Steps 😔 so I'm going to either have to say who cares on the step count or put my watch in my pocket (which means my heart rate won't be monitored and my calories burned will be inaccurate FWP I know
We are crappy, unplanned parents. Installed 3 new smoke detectors (have 1 more to do, but need to drill for it) and tested them. DS asked what the sound was. Told him if we hear it we need to meet in the hallway between our rooms and then leave the house as a family. We haven't had working smoke detectors in at least a year. No real escape plan. No clue what we will do if the smoke is too thick to get down the hall. We have a drop out of every bedroom window.
Post by abominationsnowman on May 2, 2017 17:54:47 GMT -5
ampaints, I don't understand why she is obsessed with the high chair. I would disappear it before the next session. Every therapist I have known likes to get down on the ground and play with the child. It's more fun for everyone.
#1 fell asleep on the couch in a rage. He's having a hard day but holy balls...kid can still throw a tantrum like none other.
I'm having #3 evaluated for speech this month. I have been wavering for a while, but figure more information is good. #1 and #2 both did speech for different reasons, so it's familiar at least.
Post by abominationsnowman on May 2, 2017 17:56:46 GMT -5
FieryMama, I highly recommend a hard wired smoke/co detector. I'm really good at blocking out the low battery chirp and really bad at remembering to replace batteries. I love ours. It has a back up battery in case of a power outage.
FieryMama, I highly recommend a hard wired smoke/co detector. I'm really good at blocking out the low battery chirp and really bad at remembering to replace batteries. I love ours. It has a back up battery in case of a power outage.
We had one in our old house and I hated it. Every time there was a static charge contact with the wall, it set it off. So many times it went off in the MOTN because a cat hit the wall.
Post by flippinchica on May 2, 2017 18:44:38 GMT -5
Disclaimer is that I know nothing about speech therapy but I always thought that any type of therapy in young children should be play based and intuitively locking them in a high chair does not make sense to me. Mine will only tolerate about 5 minutes in the high chair before he looses his shit and that is with food in front of him. Not great for learning. ETA: may be worth starting a thread on parenting. Lots of experience there I'm sure.
Disclaimer is that I know nothing about speech therapy but I always thought that any type of therapy in young children should be play based and intuitively locking them in a high chair does not make sense to me. Mine will only tolerate about 5 minutes in the high chair before he looses his shit and that is with food in front of him. Not great for learning. ETA: may be worth starting a thread on parenting. Lots of experience there I'm sure.
S1's behavioral and OT is play based and he's 5. I agree
Her started reason, which I font necessarily agree with at all, is that its more productive because she needs to see his face sms make eye contact. She claims when kids are down she sees the back of their head too often. Umm I got him to say grandpa this morning when we were on the car, so no eye contact 😒
I'll admit that a major factor for continuing is the fact that the amount of the service is getting credited to my insurance deductible.
Her started reason, which I font necessarily agree with at all, is that its more productive because she needs to see his face sms make eye contact. She claims when kids are down she sees the back of their head too often. Umm I got him to say grandpa this morning when we were on the car, so no eye contact 😒
I'll admit that a major factor for continuing is the fact that the amount of the service is getting credited to my insurance deductible.
That doesn't make some sense in that is is helpful for him to see our mouths move to learn how to articulate words but it seems like there should be other (more work for her of course) ways for her to get him to look at her face.
Post by th3stryck3r on May 2, 2017 20:21:21 GMT -5
High chair speech therapy sounds odd. My nephew (11 months older than P) has had speech and other early intervention therapy since he was 18 mo. It's been really helpful for him, and I've watched a couple of his sessions. They are play based; he's definitely not strapped in a high chair.
I've been thinking about asking for an additional evaluation for P, but I may just be unfairly comparing her to other kids in her daycare, etc. I don't know. At 18 mo, she also only had about 5 words. Now she has about 25 plus she has always taken direction really well, but when I drop off or pick up, the other kids in her class seem more vocal, parrot me, etc. I don't know...
Yo. 95% of all things packed including H's suite in my carry on. A list of what needs to be packed in the am. A list of notes for my mom. Garbage ready to go out. Fresh sheets on bed, bottle of wine almost gone and fridge rid of all foods that will rot.
I think I am as ready as I ever will be. Yet I feel like I'm forgetting something.
I used to be team no bra when home, but my boobs grew in pregnancy and never shrunk back, so now I always feel like I need some support.
Hi, triple ddd, (so an e or I??) Over here...No bra for life at home.
I secretly dream of a reduction to like barely a b size so I can wear cute tank tops sans bra...
I went up from a C to a DD or DDD, depending on the bra. I just can't feel comfy now with no bra! I was so sad to throw out all of my cute old bras and built in bra tops that I can no longer wear.
Yo. 95% of all things packed including H's suite in my carry on. A list of what needs to be packed in the am. A list of notes for my mom. Garbage ready to go out. Fresh sheets on bed, bottle of wine almost gone and fridge rid of all foods that will rot.
I think I am as ready as I ever will be. Yet I feel like I'm forgetting something.
Post by th3stryck3r on May 2, 2017 20:50:12 GMT -5
Poppy was hilarious going to bed tonight. She wanted me and MH to kiss, and then she wanted to kiss me. She did not want to kiss MH or have him kiss her. She would point and "direct" our kiss, and then put a hand on each of my cheeks and kiss me. We did it at least a dozen times.
Poppy was hilarious going to bed tonight. She wanted me and MH to kiss, and then she wanted to kiss me. She did not want to kiss MH or have him kiss her. She would point and "direct" our kiss, and then put a hand on each of my cheeks and kiss me. We did it at least a dozen times.
That never gets old and will always melt your heart...
Her started reason, which I font necessarily agree with at all, is that its more productive because she needs to see his face sms make eye contact. She claims when kids are down she sees the back of their head too often. Umm I got him to say grandpa this morning when we were on the car, so no eye contact 😒
I'll admit that a major factor for continuing is the fact that the amount of the service is getting credited to my insurance deductible.
E just wants to climb around and try to leave the room or play in the trash so I get why they want to contain her, but they have more interesting play spaces that corral her without being in the chair. Why they don't use those more often, I don't know. They are playing in the chair, but she just throws everything on the floor...kind of to say let me down!
My mom called me earlier having some kind of mental breakdown. I have told you guys before about my dad... he is bipolar. And his biggest (or I guess most damaging) issue is reckless spending. My mom makes $160k/yr and works 7 days/week (5 in office, weekends at home). So about $13k gross monthly. But she can't pay her bills bc my dad spends all their money on bullshit. He spent $300 last night in a game on his PS4. My mom is going on a business trip to NYC this Sunday and I had to pay for her $400 hotel. She already owes me $1000. So I asked her to just pay my rent (due today). She could only send me $750. AND I have to pay her back all of that on Friday or else she won't be able to make her car payment (which is also on my credit). I've told her so many times that he needs an in-patient program. The most he'll agree to is a therapist so they make appts and then he comes up with some reason the day of that he can't go. I am so beyond sick of this. I have 2 kids, plenty of bills and we're trying to buy a house. I don't have money to throw at them. We're a family of 4 living off $30k/yr. How is it that I'm paying bills for a family of 3 adults whose income is literally 5x ours?? I don't know how to get out of it either.
Sorry for the novel. TL;DR my mom makes a ton of money that my dad blows on nonsense so I'm stuck paying their bills and never being able to save our money.
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