Today would normally be my research post, but I'm a bit behind right now between birthday (the big 3-0 for this momma), vacation, and just life in general so instead of my garbled blogging - I'm going to leave you with a link to another blog with lots of new research stuff on it; some that I've covered a bit about even.
http://drmikespsychiatryblog.blogspot.com/
This blog has three entries to which I want to specifically reference - June 18, June 20, and June 2...
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
An Early Summer Update
I've been so busy with having two kids home and just life in general, that I really haven't been posting much about Ayden. Since the focus of this IS about him...well, here's my update for the summer thus far.
Summer-time Adjustments - Ayden has been out of school a few weeks now, and is starting to adjust a bit. The first week was pretty terrible with a lot of whining and crying. I wish we had time for him to grasp social stories a little before school was out so I could have helped him in that aspect;...
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Research Wednesday - Newborn Screening
Newborn Screening.
Around 48 hours after you have brought your precious little baby into the world, he/she is subjected to the "heel test" which I'm sure most parents remember their little one going through. These tests are state-mandated and screen for somewhere around 30 different disorders that can result in early mortality or a life-long disability. While each state tests for different disorders, currently, Fragile X is not on this list for any state.
You can see the complete rundown for your state...
Monday, June 13, 2011
A Couple Things
Well, the school year is wrapping up this week for Ayden and I can hardly believe it's been a full year. I think one of the most enjoyable things for me is looking back on how far Ayden has come socially since last year at this time. It definitely makes me happy we put him in the ECSE classroom.
One thing I am worried about this coming week is getting the transition to not having school down for him. I know he'll get it, but I also remember spring break. So.not.fun. Most of the week was...
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Our Week Thus Far...
As you may have noticed, I missed Research Wednesday this week...but for good reason! We had a pretty crazy storm rip through here on Sunday night which left us without power for a few days, a non-functional sub pump, and about two inches of water in our basement. Luckily, the power came back on well before the Thursday @11:30 PM time frame we were given (or we wouldn't even have it back yet!) and as soon as the sub pump kicked on the water disappeared from the basement. Not-so-luckily....we had a decent amount...