I was offered the opportunity to review the home and family articles from Article Alley. At first I was unsure because in my experience many of the article submission sites are full of repeated false information. If not false, it's often just misleading. So, I took a look and am pleasantly...
About 2 weeks ago I got a call oen a Sunday evening from someone who said they were with our local charity organization that supplies food and gifts for the less fortunate during the holidays. She said my daughter's name had been suggested as a family who might benefit from the supplies which...
So, today I talked with a coach about why my business has fallen apart. I blame it on my children. Isn't that convenient? Anyway, I explained that before this last year, I had no outside help for Nove. No group, no camp, no case managers and counselors...... And I had all kinds of...
Are they working? The anti-anxiety meds I don't know exactly. I've seen a different child in the mornings this week, but (it's a BIG but) she goes through stages anyway. So, maybe she's really bi-polar and just on the upside of the roller coaster? Or, maybe the medicine is...
I took Nove to the doctor yesterday after months of discussion and worry. We talked to the doctor about having her start on anti-anxiety meds. She's only 8 but has strong anxiety about everything. I assume it is part of her autism. There may be some ADD also, but we have to start with one thing...
I asked to test and write a review on this product for a couple of reasons. Nove has trouble understanding what day comes next, and weeks or months are even more troublesome for her. My hope was that this type of system which not only allows for future viewing like a typical calendar does- it...
last night was Nove's 2nd grade Christmas concert. This is the 3rd year she's performed with her class on stage with the lights, the audience, the noise. She's typically done okay in this situation, meaning no melt downs or over anxiety. On the way in, she was happy to be...
I still had to pretty much drag Nove out of bed, but at least it wasn't a fight. She was being very clingy so she had to hug me as I tried to walk us into the living room. Then, she wanted help (no, she wanted me to do it all!) with getting dressed. But, she allowed me to dress her and wanted...
So, today wasn't much different than yesterday in that Nove didn't want to go back to school. But, I was able to fight her, and it IS a fight. I had to physically drag her out of her bed. (no amount of bribery, or threats got her out of bed. She tucked arms and legs under her body so I...
