Mason was practicing his verse for Awanas found in Ecclesiasties (I think I butchered the spelling) and calls the book "Esneezyastees"...which is fitting for this household.
Craig's wierd thing turned into a cold, Mason woke up at 6 am all croupy and needing to use the nebulizer. He couldn't fall back to sleep, but I did convince him to nap later in the a.m. Anytime he gets even just a little cold, he needs the nebulizer. I feel so bad for him and it's frustrating, but at least it isn't as severe as it was when he was younger. i hope he outgrows this.
Craig is now having back troubles, which keeps him up all night, and me all night. Last night he was thrashing all over and I was elbowed in the side several times. Things are not pretty over here. Tonight I am disinfecting the entire house. I would LOVE to wash it all down with bleach water...but won't, because I would want to sniff it the entire time. Wierd thing about this pregnancy and cleaning products.
I called Alyssa and canceled so she doesn't get whatever is going through the house. Mason was tearful, but we rescheduled for Monday, so he perked up a bit.
Cathy, the measuring has been a blast, and now Mason is all into adding and subtracting. It is crazy what children can do on their own. The children I work with can't do that though. There isn't much incidental learning. I wish I could figure out what the missing loop or link was for them.
Well, pretty boring post. Sorry. Thought I was leaking fluid last night, but it turned out to be nothing...was a little stressful. 40 more days to go!!! And I am hoping to go 2 weeks early. That would be...36!!! OK this post is full of babble more than usual.
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Randy was having back trouble about two weeks ago. He took Robax (sp?) and put on one of those adhesive heating patches. His ailment was totally due to having no exercise and then going out and chopping wood for 2 hours.
My experience with young kids who have speech and communication issues is that they get 'stuck' at the communication part. Learning is so much an integrated process that, I believe, when one part of that process is missing, kids have a more difficult time getting past it. Example, a child who cannot communicate effectively is unable to ask appropriate questions to get the necessary information. This is also, socially, devastating. With 'normal' children, there is the constant back-and-forth of information and stimulus. Speech is a major component of that. Social interactions are also essential for development; another opportunity for the back-and-forth processing of information. When the communication part of development is damaged/compromised/missing, people like you are essential to helping the child bridge that gap. That didn't make any sense, did it? I'm good at rambling....
BTW, I liked my mom as the purple-haired-goth-guy-with-the-fiveOclock-shadow. That was a good one!!!
I agree on the goth guy!! On those days I'll have to call her "Uncle Janis".
It would still be nice to pinpoint what exactly is going on in those children's brains neurologically or what isn't happening. There is a lot of research out there, but every child is so different, it's hard to say exactly what is going on for those more general language delays. It's nice to hear others who "get" it about communication and development. You'd be surprised how many people don't...even child care workers, ECFE teachers, etc...
Aunt Janis...you are still showing your midriff. Maybe that's the way everyone dresses in
Tomahawk?
No, we don't dress that way in Tomahawk!!!! I bundle up most of the time. Gee, today I'm black. Now that is interesting.
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