I am not ready to chase a 7 months old around! Max is crawling. He is crawling out of the bedroom, crawling into the bathroom, crawling to the plant and spreading mud around the floor. He can transition from crawling to sitting and back. I remember just that transition along probably took Jake a year in therapy to obtain. The human brain is so complicated that a little off, your whole life is messed up...
My husband is always thinking how do we bring up Max so that he will grow up to be a loving brother to Jake, and will want to take on the responsibility of over seeing Jake's care when we are not able to. We sometimes joke around and tell Max that he was born into huge responsibilities, but all jokes aside, it will be Max's choice. Our job is it to teach him to be a compassionate and responsible individual, and the choice will be his to make.
hold on.. he is crawling into the bathroom again!
OK, I am back. Max and Jake are starting to interact with each other. Actually most of the time it is Max who is interested in what Jake is doing, and not the other way around. It will be cute in the coming months to see the two of them playing together, but sadly for Jake, Max will soon surpass him in all areas of development.
I really want to go on a vacation, but with 2 kids, one disabled and a 7 months old, plus I have to work, vacation doesn't seem possible in the near future. Maybe I will just settle for a long nap.....
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Minor accident
Jake had a minor accident this evening. He lost his balance while “sitting” up the stairs, and hit his head on the metal part of the stair lift railing. There were a few tears and a small amount of blood, but he was ok after a few mins. I plan to sneak in his room later when he is in deep sleep and take a good look at the cut, because earlier he was so defensive when we tried to exam the wound, we couldn’t really look at it closely and carefully.
Yesterday I went to the parent / teacher conference at his school after work. I covered many issues with his teacher and therapist. The main issue I wanted to discuss with them was his school placement after two years. I needed to let them know which direction I would like to see in term of school placement after his current program. The end result of that conversation is that I will arrange for a school visit with his teacher at the school that I think might be a good option. The school of our choice is out of the district so that will be a challenge to convince BOE to agree to it. For those of you who are familiar with special education you know what I mean.
Max turned 7 months old and is doing amazing, commando crawling everywhere; he loves to pull on wires and cords. I see the need for baby proofing very soon. He has one tooth and loves to eat pureed foods.
Work has been crazy busy, I get up daily at 5:30 am to feed Max, get myself ready and get Jake up for school. I try to leave for work around 7AM, and work non-stop to at least 4:30 to 5PM. I feel like my brain is on over drive all the time. As a result, I haven’t been able to spend a lot of quality time working with Jake on areas that he needs to improve. That is an issue which I don’t know how to overcome. I am just so mentally drained after work that I can’t make myself sit down and work with him. I decided that for now my role with Jake will just have to be Mom, and not Therapist Mom.
Yesterday I went to the parent / teacher conference at his school after work. I covered many issues with his teacher and therapist. The main issue I wanted to discuss with them was his school placement after two years. I needed to let them know which direction I would like to see in term of school placement after his current program. The end result of that conversation is that I will arrange for a school visit with his teacher at the school that I think might be a good option. The school of our choice is out of the district so that will be a challenge to convince BOE to agree to it. For those of you who are familiar with special education you know what I mean.
Max turned 7 months old and is doing amazing, commando crawling everywhere; he loves to pull on wires and cords. I see the need for baby proofing very soon. He has one tooth and loves to eat pureed foods.
Work has been crazy busy, I get up daily at 5:30 am to feed Max, get myself ready and get Jake up for school. I try to leave for work around 7AM, and work non-stop to at least 4:30 to 5PM. I feel like my brain is on over drive all the time. As a result, I haven’t been able to spend a lot of quality time working with Jake on areas that he needs to improve. That is an issue which I don’t know how to overcome. I am just so mentally drained after work that I can’t make myself sit down and work with him. I decided that for now my role with Jake will just have to be Mom, and not Therapist Mom.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)