This little guy has only six more weeks to be a five-year old…and less than that to be a kindergartener. I cannot believe how much he has grown in confidence since the beginning of the school year. This time last year he developed a terror of the floor. That’s right, my friends, a terror of …
Bedtime Routine for Children with Anxiety This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. Post contains affiliate links. Why A Bedtime Routine is Important for All Children We all know bedtime routines are important for children. The science clearly points to early bedtime as the best …
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. Post contains affiliate links. Sensory-seeking kids can be a challenge. In our 20 years of parenting, we’ve had more than a few wiggly-squiggly and (dare I say?) hyperactive kids. When Adalia was a sensory-seeking toddler, we had no …
Some people measure success in money. Some people in their creative endeavors. Some people in what others think of them. Measuring success in Apollo’s eating skills can be painfully slow. When he had the feeding tube placed at twenty-two months, we accepted that he might have it for years. Then we took him to Texas, …
Post includes affiliate links. Spring break is upon us. Spring break didn’t mean a whole lot back when all the kids were homeschooled. Now? It means a change in structure, routine, adjusting to What Do I Do All Day Without the Structure of School. It’s usually a bit rough on everyone. I’ve been a mom …
If you read yesterday’s post, then you know all about how we make the worst house guests ever and Apollo’s ambitions to be a panhandler. Lying in bed that night, in fresh, crisp (puke-free) sheets I was scared of two things: a) We were about to begin a Puke Fest (how many spare sheets did Molly …
Apollo had a rough night the day before his pre-op appointment. He was up repeatedly and ready to talk. At one point, settled in the bed between Chuck and I, I felt a tap-tap-tap on the top of my head. “What, Apollo?” It was 2:30 am. “I just wanted to remind you we have an …
We have just passed the halfway mark in the 2015-2016 school year, so I thought now would be a good time to give an update on how the kids are doing. Jubilee, Hezekiah and Tucker and are doing great. Hezekiah and Tucker remain at the top of their classes academically and Jubilee’s current math grade …
So there I am, in the drug store fishing around in the bottom of my bag so I don’t have to break a dollar bill over the forty-seven cents in change. I mean, you’d do the same, right? But you might not have not one, not two but three bottles of prescription medicine threatening to …
Sitting in the counselor’s office recently with my 13-year-old son (whom I love with all of my heart) I said, “We can deal with anything except the rages. And his refusal to do anything he doesn’t want to. If he decides he isn’t going to do something, there is no way to make him. If …
