Oh my god

I don’t have a lot of time to write right now, but I really want to give an awesome update.

OK, it probably was a fluke and it probably will not happen again for a long long time, but tonight Jake did something he has never done before. While sitting at the kitchen table, Jake had his communicate device in front of him, first he asked to play with his letter puzzle, ok fine, I gave it to him. After a few minutes of playing, he started to get up from his chair, so I asked him “where are you going?” Using his device he said “go bathroom.” I said “where?” He said “bathroom.” My husband then proceeded to take him to the bathroom, guess what happened next?? He actually peed in the toilet. (He pees in the toilet all the time, but has never actually asked to go to the bathroom, see that is where the big deal of the year is!) OK, most likely it was all a coincident, but still we praised him and praised him and praised him some more for communicating! Later I went upstairs to feed Max, sometimes later my husband brought Jake upstairs, and said “guess where Jake said he wanted to go?” I said “where?” my husband said “he said upstairs.” OK again, OMG!

I will write more next week because I have something great about Jake I need to update, but I don’t have time right now.

Here is a picture of Max from today that I just have to share, ok I admit, Jake is getting the short end of the stick when it comes to getting pictures taken. But Max is just a baby.....

Back 2 school

Time really flies, Jake has been back to school for a week already, and Max is almost 6 weeks old.

I have been looking for a speech therapist for Jake since the beginning of August, and so far we haven’t found anyone. There was one therapist who called and we spoke in length about Jake’s speech needs. But then she called me a few days later and advised me that after further consideration, she decided not to take Jake’s case. Perhaps I had scared her off? LOL I don’t know, but hey, I ‘d rather be honest and up front about Jake’s significant language delay than to have a therapist accept the case and only to find out he/she is not experienced enough to treat Jake. That would be a waste of everyone’s time and money in my opinion.

I haven’t been getting too many hours of sleep at night because of Max, so how I am still walking around during the day and being coherent is beyond me. Many people ask me how is Jake with the baby, and I have to say he is pretty good. He certainly acknowledges Max’s presence but he doesn’t demand attention if I have to attend to Max instead of him.



On the weekend, I am slacking off a bit in terms of working with Jake whether it be walking or using his computer, for that I feel extremely guilty. But I am sure Jake doesn’t mind it, he is just as happy if not happier sitting there watching TV or listening to his music, or doing nothing for that matter, that is Jake for you.

OK, now a little about Max. I have been placing him on his belly daily for a few seconds so he can strengthen his neck muscle… oh yeah a funny story on that. On the day that Max was being discharged from hospital after he was born, the doctor came in with some residents to do a discharge exam I guess. I asked her how is Max’s muscle tone, and that were there any sign of him being hyper or hypotonic. The doctor just looked at me, and looked back at the residents with this puzzled look. I guess not everyday she sees parents who ask this questions. OK, it is not that funny right now, but at the time, the expression on her face was pretty funny.