Sickies Strikes Again and Megameltdowns

My pretty princess and my little middle angel are sick, once again. It started on Friday and has been getting better and then worse all weekend. Yesterday, we finally went to the doc. Kay has an ear infection, or the start of one, so she's on the pink stuff again. She loves it and always signs for more after she takes her dose. Thank goodness she doesn't mind taking meds!! She may be on them for another few years at least, possibly for the rest of her life. ACK! Being sick hasn't slowed her down one bit! No rest for the wicked. We did cancel therapy today.

We had her mid year progress review of the IFSP through the Regional Center. She has made partial progress on all of her goals, so we are happy. They plan to continue all of her services and we have also added the class for me Hannen's It Takes Two to Talk which I will be going to in about an hour. I am really looking forward to the class. Thank goodness daddy will be able to help out with the kids while I go to school ;) Weird to say that again!! Thanks daddy!!

Ethan stayed home from school today. I had sent him yesterday, but his teacher said he was so run down all day that he didn't really participate. I thought it best to keep him home to relax today so he could recoup a little.

Javi is already experiencing the effects of his dad being gone (six months in the CHP academy). These changes are really hard on him (and the rest of us). He had a MAJOR meltdown after school today. He is finally calm now after, breathing exercise, a run around the block and some alone time in his room, but we have gotten NO homework completed, despite trying to work on it for almost an hour...before the melt down really kicked in. He has done the same page twice over and answered all but 2 questions wrong out of 25. UGH!! It's going to be a tough adjustment. Poor baby!! Combine that will us also having more trouble with the school and the bus driver!!! I am sooooooo ready for a glass of vino. It's about time for the mama lion to pounce again. I wrote a long winded post in his comm log today, basically asking for extra patience and understanding during this transitional time for him.

Well, that's all for now. Just another fabulous day in the life...you know you envy me!!! LOL

PT Eval

We had our Physical Therapy evaluation today. Looks like Kaylee is pretty much what EI had said. She is testing at about a 7-8 month level in a gross motor. It was something we were anticipating. We are going to begin therapy in August. They are a little short staffed at the moment, so that is the reason for the delay.

She actually had a really great day at the eval too. We figured out that she does much better on a "wrestling mat" when her knees aren't touching the carpet. We aren't sure yet if it is a sensory issue or the lack of padding on her knees. She has little to no body fat, so I can imagine it would hurt to be her knees all the time. We have an OT eval on Thursday, so we'll see how that goes.

Squeaky Wheel with EI

It helps to be a squeaky wheel when you speak to the Regional Center Reps. They can provide you with more help than you thought your kids were entitled to! I was just making a follow up appointment with our Rep, since Kaylee turns 1 in a couple weeks. We have a review every six months. I was telling him about how far behind Kay was with Gross Motor and he said he would put in for a Physical Therapy assessment and an Occupational Therapy assessment. He even said he would put in for it at the center I asked for, which is K.I.D.S. Therapy. My boys get services at their schools through KIDS, so I thought it would be a great place to go. Plus, it's close to the house and with gas prices the way they are!

I'm happy that we can get the ball rolling on that with out having to wait until August for her Neuro appointment.