Sunday, January 29, 2012
The end of another weekend
Today Nathan was not a good boy in the toddler room at church. We went to pick him up and he was in time out crying. They said he was doing a lot of pushing today. He used to be so well behaved in there. On Friday, there were only 3 kids in the class at his daycare and all of them boys so they were all doing a lot of pushing. I guess that carried over to today at church. I think at daycare he was pushed first and he just started pushing back. Today at church I am afraid he started pushing, although they did not mention if any of the other kids were pushing him. We need to break this bad behavior fast! We have noticed at home that he is getting more aggressive, too. He is doing so in a playful manner, but we keep reminding him not to be so rough. He also picks on the dog a lot. Poor Nina!
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Time for an update
Last Thursday, 1/26, I took Nathan to the zoo again. We usually go once a week or once every couple of weeks, especially now that the weather is nice. I love taking pictures at the zoo.
On Friday, 1/29, Nathan had daycare. When I went to pick him up I was told that there were only 3 kids in the class that day and all of them were boys. Boys will be boys so I guess there was a lot of pushing. Nathan had to do time out several times.
Today we went to a U of A basketball game against Washington. It was a whiteout game so we all had to buy our whiteout shirts. They ended up losing right at the end. I think the final score was 67-69. We left a little early because Nathan was getting cranky.
They ran out of kid's shirts!
On Friday, 1/29, Nathan had daycare. When I went to pick him up I was told that there were only 3 kids in the class that day and all of them were boys. Boys will be boys so I guess there was a lot of pushing. Nathan had to do time out several times.
Today we went to a U of A basketball game against Washington. It was a whiteout game so we all had to buy our whiteout shirts. They ended up losing right at the end. I think the final score was 67-69. We left a little early because Nathan was getting cranky.
They ran out of kid's shirts!
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Speech Therapy
On Monday, 1/23, we had a consultation with Nathan's speech therapist and another speech therapist. Since Nathan has not made a lot of progress in the last six months THEY suggested that Sue, the other speech therapist, take over Nathan's therapy. I have not been happy with Nathan's speech therapy thus far so I was all for the idea. Sue's credentials are higher and so we will be paying more for her, but it would still be less than transferring his speech therapy to the hospital's program like his pediatrician suggested. I also asked for weekly sessions to start. We were supposed to be meeting 3x a month in the past, but we were lucky to get 1 or 2x which impaired Nathan's progress. I think weekly sessions will help Nathan and it will help me to stay focused on his therapy. I think it is going to be a lot more demanding on us, but I am hoping that it will pay off in the long run. So Nathan's former speech therapist will still oversee his case, but she will no longer be doing his therapy
However, they share a lot of my concerns, concerns that I fear could indicate a bigger problem. It is still early to tell, but these things do not seem normal:
1) He only says a few words and he does not say them correctly. For example, he says dar for car and Nana for our dog Nina.
2) He does not pronounce the ending of words. So many of his B words (belt, balloon, bike) all sound like ball.
3) He repeats sounds. Mama, dada, wawa, Nana, dogdog, etc...
4) He says moo when sees a cow. That is a good association, but he has never said cow and so far that is the only animal sound he has said.
5) He does not say simple common words like hi or bye. He has said yeah and no a couple of times, but that is all.
6) He seems to get a little confused with his language. Like when we are going downstairs he says up...but maybe because he knows how to say up and has yet to say down.
7) He has not picked up many signs. He knows milk, all done and more. More is actually not even done correctly since he made up his own version. And, even though he used to say milk now he only does the sign for it.
On a lighter note, I talked to an old friend on the phone on Tuesday. I don't even like to talk on the phone, but we talked for over an hour. Conversation flowed freely and I felt like there was so much more we could talk about as well. I hope we can keep in better touch because I miss her friendship...and I think she feels the same way about me.
However, they share a lot of my concerns, concerns that I fear could indicate a bigger problem. It is still early to tell, but these things do not seem normal:
1) He only says a few words and he does not say them correctly. For example, he says dar for car and Nana for our dog Nina.
2) He does not pronounce the ending of words. So many of his B words (belt, balloon, bike) all sound like ball.
3) He repeats sounds. Mama, dada, wawa, Nana, dogdog, etc...
4) He says moo when sees a cow. That is a good association, but he has never said cow and so far that is the only animal sound he has said.
5) He does not say simple common words like hi or bye. He has said yeah and no a couple of times, but that is all.
6) He seems to get a little confused with his language. Like when we are going downstairs he says up...but maybe because he knows how to say up and has yet to say down.
7) He has not picked up many signs. He knows milk, all done and more. More is actually not even done correctly since he made up his own version. And, even though he used to say milk now he only does the sign for it.
On a lighter note, I talked to an old friend on the phone on Tuesday. I don't even like to talk on the phone, but we talked for over an hour. Conversation flowed freely and I felt like there was so much more we could talk about as well. I hope we can keep in better touch because I miss her friendship...and I think she feels the same way about me.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
It has been awhile...
since I have updated our blog.
On Wednesday, 1/18, Nathan was supposed to have speech therapy. She did not show up. When I called her, she said the other therapist who was going to be there also to do Nathan's re-evaluation could not make it that day and she thought she had called me about it, but realized that she must not have done so. I was upset to say the least because this is the second time she has not shown up and there have been numerous occasions where she has rescheduled, usually only an hour or so before our appointment. We are now having the re-evaluation done tomorrow and I plan to talk to her about this issue. It is unprofessional. Just because I am a stay at home mom with a flexible schedule does not mean that it is not an inconvenience to me and my son when she constantly does this.
On Thursday, I took Nathan to to the zoo.
On Friday, Nathan had daycare. I decided to go to the Botanical Gardens to take pictures of the butterfly house. I mistakenly started driving toward the zoo so I just decided to go there first. It is nice to be able to take pictures there without Nathan sometimes. I got some good ones, too. Then I went to the Botanical Gardens and got some good pictures of the butterflies. Of course that took up most of my day so then it was time to pick up my boy!
On Saturday, Paul bought me flowers...just because. He rarely buys me flowers or anything else anymore so that was a nice surprise. He knew I was not too happy with him the last several days so he did it to tell me he was sorry and to show me that he still loves me. Actually, he said they were from Nathan!
Today we actually went to Sunday School. I guess that is another New Years resolution we have added because it is something we want to start doing on a routine basis. It is tough because it takes us 45 minutes to get to church and it is hard to get up and out of the house an hour earlier.
I think my son learned how to say the word "no" tonight. I asked him a question and he shook his head no. So I teased him and said, no? He repeated no like 3 times. Not sure if I like him saying that word...but since he is not a big talker I guess I will take it!
On Wednesday, 1/18, Nathan was supposed to have speech therapy. She did not show up. When I called her, she said the other therapist who was going to be there also to do Nathan's re-evaluation could not make it that day and she thought she had called me about it, but realized that she must not have done so. I was upset to say the least because this is the second time she has not shown up and there have been numerous occasions where she has rescheduled, usually only an hour or so before our appointment. We are now having the re-evaluation done tomorrow and I plan to talk to her about this issue. It is unprofessional. Just because I am a stay at home mom with a flexible schedule does not mean that it is not an inconvenience to me and my son when she constantly does this.
On Thursday, I took Nathan to to the zoo.
On Friday, Nathan had daycare. I decided to go to the Botanical Gardens to take pictures of the butterfly house. I mistakenly started driving toward the zoo so I just decided to go there first. It is nice to be able to take pictures there without Nathan sometimes. I got some good ones, too. Then I went to the Botanical Gardens and got some good pictures of the butterflies. Of course that took up most of my day so then it was time to pick up my boy!
On Saturday, Paul bought me flowers...just because. He rarely buys me flowers or anything else anymore so that was a nice surprise. He knew I was not too happy with him the last several days so he did it to tell me he was sorry and to show me that he still loves me. Actually, he said they were from Nathan!
Today we actually went to Sunday School. I guess that is another New Years resolution we have added because it is something we want to start doing on a routine basis. It is tough because it takes us 45 minutes to get to church and it is hard to get up and out of the house an hour earlier.
I think my son learned how to say the word "no" tonight. I asked him a question and he shook his head no. So I teased him and said, no? He repeated no like 3 times. Not sure if I like him saying that word...but since he is not a big talker I guess I will take it!
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
He got bit!
Well, we did not do much for our 3 day weekend/Martin Luther King Day. We tried to stay in as much as possible to try and get over our "colds". We ended up going out Sunday afternoon for lunch at Olive Garden and then we went and bought a steamcleaner. So, Sunday and Monday we steamcleaned our house. I also did some cleaning/reorganizing, particularly in Nathan's room. During that process the talk of another baby came up. We had pretty much decided we were one and done, but now Paul is saying it is still a possibility. I think he would have another one in a heartbeat if he thought I could handle it. That is the million dollar question, though, because motherhood has been very tough on me, especially without family here. There are many reasons why we should not have more (our ages, finances, Paul's diabetes, etc...), but one of the reasons we did not have another one right away is because of Nathan's speech delay. We really wanted to see if that resolved itself to make sure that we were not going to have to deal with a bigger underlying problem. It is still questionable at this point.
Today Nathan got bit at daycare. I guess he had a book that another boy wanted so the other boy bit him. He went to timeout and his parents were told. I asked the teacher if Nathan was at fault in any way and she made it seem like he wasn't. However, the write up says that he and the other boy were fighting and pushing. Nathan does not push, but maybe he would if was pushed first. Still, I am glad he was not the one biting and I hope he never does. I did not make a big deal out of it because I know biting is common at daycare. I guess they take further action at the daycare if the child repeatedly bites.
I did my workout tonight and I took a bath! However, I did not eat good today and I have not been eating good in general. It is much easier to keep up with exercising than it is to diet. I will keep trying with the diet, but at least I am still exercising. Something is better than nothing.
Tomorrow Nathan has speech therapy. I believe he is supposed to be reevaluated because it has been alnost 6 months already since he was first evaluated. I think he has improved, but he is still not where he should be. We had considered looking into speech therapy at one of the local hospital's here per the peditatrician's suggestion, but I think we have decided against it for now. I looked into it and our insurance will not cover it, but it will cost almost 3x what we are currently paying. We also considered stopping the speech therapy altogether because we are not sure if it is helping and I am not happy with the state's billing system (they are just now billing us from way back in August and they give a lump sum amount each month that we are supposed to pay like within 10 days of the bill date...no details about what days they are billing for or anything). I guess we are sticking with it for now, but I really hope that Nathan just has an explosion with words soon.
Today Nathan got bit at daycare. I guess he had a book that another boy wanted so the other boy bit him. He went to timeout and his parents were told. I asked the teacher if Nathan was at fault in any way and she made it seem like he wasn't. However, the write up says that he and the other boy were fighting and pushing. Nathan does not push, but maybe he would if was pushed first. Still, I am glad he was not the one biting and I hope he never does. I did not make a big deal out of it because I know biting is common at daycare. I guess they take further action at the daycare if the child repeatedly bites.
I did my workout tonight and I took a bath! However, I did not eat good today and I have not been eating good in general. It is much easier to keep up with exercising than it is to diet. I will keep trying with the diet, but at least I am still exercising. Something is better than nothing.
Tomorrow Nathan has speech therapy. I believe he is supposed to be reevaluated because it has been alnost 6 months already since he was first evaluated. I think he has improved, but he is still not where he should be. We had considered looking into speech therapy at one of the local hospital's here per the peditatrician's suggestion, but I think we have decided against it for now. I looked into it and our insurance will not cover it, but it will cost almost 3x what we are currently paying. We also considered stopping the speech therapy altogether because we are not sure if it is helping and I am not happy with the state's billing system (they are just now billing us from way back in August and they give a lump sum amount each month that we are supposed to pay like within 10 days of the bill date...no details about what days they are billing for or anything). I guess we are sticking with it for now, but I really hope that Nathan just has an explosion with words soon.
Friday, January 13, 2012
3 day weekend!
Actually, it is like a 4 day weekend for me because Nathan goes to daycare on Tuesday!
Well, Nathan's runny nose was much better today so he was able to go to daycare. Once again, he was a great boy. He napped the full 2 hours, he went pee pee on the potty and she said he listened well at story time (I thought, wow, is that my son you are talking about?). I love taking his art projects home, especially because we don't really do crafts together at home.
I did not work out this morning, but I had a very active day. I was out and about doing errands, I got to eat lunch at Chipotle and the rest of the day I cleaned since Fridays are my cleaning days. I am seriously considering taking a bubble bath and going to bed soon! After all, Nathan got his bubble bath tonight!
Well, Nathan's runny nose was much better today so he was able to go to daycare. Once again, he was a great boy. He napped the full 2 hours, he went pee pee on the potty and she said he listened well at story time (I thought, wow, is that my son you are talking about?). I love taking his art projects home, especially because we don't really do crafts together at home.
I did not work out this morning, but I had a very active day. I was out and about doing errands, I got to eat lunch at Chipotle and the rest of the day I cleaned since Fridays are my cleaning days. I am seriously considering taking a bubble bath and going to bed soon! After all, Nathan got his bubble bath tonight!
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
News Year Resolutions not going well....
Monday I was good about my resolutions. I worked out, I drank my lemonade with prickly pear, I drank water, I only had one coke, etc...
Tuesday Nathan went to daycare. I was absolutely lazy that day. I had to get him to daycare in the morning so I did not do my workout. That set the tone for the whole day. I planned to do it after I got home along with a lot of other stuff...but nothing got done! Nathan was good at daycare, though, and did very well with the potty training again.
Today Nathan woke up with a runny nose. I did my workout, had SOME lemonade with prickly pear, but otherwise it was not a good day in terms of my diet. I think Nathan's runny nose is getting better, but time will tell. I hope he is better by Friday or they will not allow him in daycare. Stinks because we are paying for it either way.
Also, ran our credit reports today and got our credit scoress. Disappointed that my rating went down from an A to a B! I am not sure why. I have not looked at the report in detail yet, but I am guessing it is because I no longer make an income.
Tuesday Nathan went to daycare. I was absolutely lazy that day. I had to get him to daycare in the morning so I did not do my workout. That set the tone for the whole day. I planned to do it after I got home along with a lot of other stuff...but nothing got done! Nathan was good at daycare, though, and did very well with the potty training again.
Today Nathan woke up with a runny nose. I did my workout, had SOME lemonade with prickly pear, but otherwise it was not a good day in terms of my diet. I think Nathan's runny nose is getting better, but time will tell. I hope he is better by Friday or they will not allow him in daycare. Stinks because we are paying for it either way.
Also, ran our credit reports today and got our credit scoress. Disappointed that my rating went down from an A to a B! I am not sure why. I have not looked at the report in detail yet, but I am guessing it is because I no longer make an income.
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