We went to a nature center for a walk to get out of the house today. It was really fun and the older two were learning stuff until Declan jumped out of the wagon and ran into the water! It was terrible! Luckily it wasn’t deep but he was drenched. It was pretty scary and we will not be going back any time soon.
@ashtuesday good luck Monday! I’d feel better with a clearer understanding of what is going on; and seems like you’re the same way. I’m also like you in that stress makes me shut down. Maeve started saying “ow ow ow” at diaper changes even when we’re not touching her. I just tell her “if you don’t want diaper changes, you have to go on the potty” but she’s not sure about that.
@megpeg ohhh ok. That makes sense about going through the diapers. I didn’t even think of that because I’m so not prepared for it. I’m hoping for you things will kind of level out when your older two are done school. I don’t have anything helpful to say...just thinking of you.
@mccurleya we landed on 7:30 because of the 6:30 wake up. It used to be if we let her stay up any later she literally refused to get out of bed the next morning and I flashed forward to my future of dragging a teenage out of bed for school. She could probably handle 8:00, but I’m not sure I can. Keep me posted if the novelty of the new bed changes.
I equated this situation we’re all in to the fourth trimester - you know when you’re surviving and just trying to figure it all out.
@megpeg that is so scary. You definitely need a day off!
@shoretobe of course after saying all that he refused to go to bed until 9 last night and still woke up at 5:30. I’ll need a nap today haha and as far as the diaper, we had to go up a size again. I don’t think they get any bigger 🤦🏻♀️ But I also tell him to go on the potty if he doesn’t like his diaper. I typically put a diaper and underwear in front of him and let him choose what to wear
@megpeg glad he is ok! I don’t blame you for staying away for a bit.
@mccurleya that’s kind of been where we’re at the last week or so. I’m hoping it’s because we’re just so out of routine. Good idea about letting him choose a diaper or underwear. I feel like before I offer that I need to work on actually using the potty, but love that idea once we get there.
I’m finding everything to be emotional. Haircuts....maybe because it so visually shows they are “growing up”? I cried when Maeve got invited to a birthday party for a child in her class.
Murph had her evaluation today, and she does qualify for speech services. She was observed by two people for an hour via videochat, and then they interviewed me for another two hours. My family is acting like I'm nuts for wanting to move forward with speech - "She's only one! She'll develop on her own time! Nothing's wrong with her!" Well, duh on all accounts! But I'd rather give her too much support than too little, and I want to trust the opinions of people who have a more objective view than I do. We have another meeting in 2 weeks, and she should start speech via videochat shortly thereafter.
@ashtuesday I’m glad she got in!! Not because she needs speech, but because you got in so early. How did they evaluate her if she doesn’t talk if you don’t mind me asking? Did they just watch her interact with you and your family? I wonder what they’ll do with her for therapy at such a young age too. I’m so interested just from an educational standpoint.
Good job mama! Better to be proactive than keep saying it will happen in its own time and then it doesn’t. Man a 3 hour video conference sounds intense though.
Thank you, ladies! @mccurleya Beforehand, they sent me a list of some things to have handy - blocks, a doll she loves, etc. They asked us to do some specific things - give her a crayon and paper and see what happens, hide a doll and see if she looks for it, etc, and then they also just observed her doing her thing part of the time. They had me bring Nora in so they could watch them interact together. Even though speech was our concern, they did a full evaluation of where she's at developmentally across the board. I think at the next meeting, we'll learn more about what speech actually looks like at this age - I am curious too! @megpeg It was a doozy. I was so drained afterward, I did 0 work all day and as soon as they were in bed, I just put on Ghost and laid with my dog on the couch. Nothing recharges me quite like Patrick Swayze lol
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I equated this situation we’re all in to the fourth trimester - you know when you’re surviving and just trying to figure it all out.
@shoretobe We tell Nora the same thing - if you don't want your diaper changed, go on the potty - but she is unimpressed.