I know, I live in Ohio...I should just get used to it. But I HATE the cold. I hate winter. Everything about it...the slush, the slippery roads, how it kills all the flowers. :( I love Summer, Spring and Fall are ok. :) It snowed on Saturday, not enough to stick, but enough to make me want to throw up. :P
Anyhow, so things are going good. Really good. On Wednesday after Taysen's Early Intervention, his speech therapist there took me aside and said that she did some basic evaluation with him that day, and that he may not qualify for Help Me Grow preschool!!! Yay!!! Im happy! Why, you ask?? The reason is because he passed the evaluation with flying colors and he may not even be considered "delayed" anymore! :D :D :D Now, it makes me very happy that he might not qualify. BUT I really really really want him to go to preschool because it is really helping him, and she agreed too, she said that they might let him in anyhow since he meets the deadline so close. Or something like that...lol. Anyhow, I hope they let him slide through!! I really want him to go to preschool. I mean, he will go either way, I would just prefer I dont have to pay for it if I dont have to! LOL! Help Me Grow is a free program for delayed/handicapped children. I dont think SID really counts, especially since SID kids can grow out of it. Which Im really hoping he does. But anyhow...so thats the good news. :)
On to other things...Rowie is pulling herself up to her feet now. Like on low toys and the time out bench...LOL..she is a shortie. :D Anyhow, she is still really wobbly and almost always falls over after a few seconds, but YAY ROWAN!! I am really hoping she is walking or close to it by her next leg appointment which is Dec. 18th or close to it, so that she doesnt have to go to physical therapy or anything like that. Anyhow...so she is doing good. :) Im proud of my little cupcake!
So if you want to see something cute and amusing...ok maybe only to a mother...last night Taysen, Rowan and mommy were watching Alvin and the Chipmunks...and at the end when the credits came on, the kids started dancing like crazy fools! It wasnt even asked of them, they just started moving to the beat, it was so funny I had to get out my camera...of course by that time the moment was over, so I rewinded the TV so they could hear the song again, and again they started shaking their booties...not as crazily as before, but at least it was something...lol. Anyhow it was cute...thought Id share...dont mind the mother in the background saying "Rowan, DANCE!!" lol...she was over it by the time I came around with the camera. LOL. :) Ok...here is the links :D There are 2 videos...both short. :) (The quality isnt the greatest, I should have turned the light up...sorry!!)
http://www.dropshots.com/taysenandrowansmommy#date/2008-11-16/19:43:21
http://www.dropshots.com/taysenandrowansmommy#date/2008-11-16/19:43:26
Anyhow..it was so cute...I hope you enjoy it!! :D
OH and Carmen, SID (Sensory Integration Disorder or Dysfunction) is a neurological disorder that causes problems with processing information from our 5 senses. Basically, kids that have this have their 5 senses, they just process it abnormally...some examples 1-an itchy tag can feel like a knife cutting into their skin...2-different textures in their mouths may totally gross them out and make them not able to stand the feeling in their mouth...3-their sense of smell may be so strong that the smell of normal foods may make them nauseated and want to throw up 4-someone hugging them gently can make them feel like they cant breathe because they are being squeezed to death....5-lights may seem super bright to them, daylight might hurt their eyes...6-normal day to day noises might sounds extremely loud to them, like the humming of a fridge may be so loud to them that they cant focus on anything when they can hear it...so I guess add a few of those things together and you have a kid with some serious problems. Another example...lets say a little boy goes out to dinner with his family, the restaurant is packed, and everyone is talking in normal voices, but to him all he can hear is the people all over talking and its really loud and he cant concentrate, the lights are so bright he is getting a headache, and the smells of other peoples food is making him sick to his stomach. He isnt going to last long before he is totally overwhelmed and just breaks down. Now Taysen, he has major texture issues, whether they are in his mouth, or even just on his hands or body. If he gets a speck of food on him, he is freaking out wanting it wiped off. There have been times that I have had to pull over on the expressway because he had to have cereal dust wiped off of his hands. Most kids would just wipe it on their pants, or not even give a crap about it in the first place. Like the other day, his occupational therapist was coloring with him with markers, he got some on his hand, he brought me his hand I would bet a good 30 times in that morning after his therapy for me to wipe it off...I wiped it, but it just was stained on his skin for a little bit...its gone by now thank god, but man it ruined his day that day!! Another thing, Taysen seeks movement and sound...he does it in spinning things, having the fans on, tv on, pacing...he just does these things a lot through out the day, especially having fans on...his therapist said that it may either be the little bit of wind that is in the room that he is seeking, or it may make a bit of a buzzing sound when the fan is on...we dont really know, because he cant tell us yet what is so great about them...lol. But its an obsession for him. All house fans are turned on the second he wakes up...And during the night, he has his ceiling fan on and a heater too now, because the fan makes it cold!! If I turn off that fan, it would be a nightmare...his EI teacher said to just turn it off and make him deal with it, to learn that I make the rules...but honestly, it isnt hurting anything to have his fan on, its his room...LOL. Plus it saves me the fight. I am soooo picking my battles with this kid. I might just be too easy on him, but ya know what, he is going to have a bit of a rougher childhood than a normally developing kid, so if the ceiling fan being on is gonna make his day, its fine by me. And also, he does have some small social problems, but they arent too bad, they are way better than they used to be.. He gets anxious when there are a lot of people around him, like when he is in EI, and the kids are all doing an activity together, Taysen will sometimes just stand there anxious and sometimes flaps his arms, when the kids back off a little, he does fine and does the activity, he just needs his space. But he is doing really well on the social part. He used to be the kid that if someone even looked at him, he was literally screaming and running in the other direction or crying, and now, he is the kid at the grocery store that says "HI!!" to every single person we pass. In that aspect, he is a totally different kid. If someone told me 6 months ago that he would be saying Hi to random people, It probably would have just made me upset because I didnt think that he would ever be friendly to people he didnt know. SOOOO anyhow, lol...I guess Ill just shut it about it all now, because I think you get the drift. LOL. Anyhow, all kids with Autism have SID, so thats why it was hard to see a difference before. But now that he has come so far, I do really feel like the doctors are right. :)

November 17, 2008
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Those videos are so cute!!! Thanks for explaining SID to me. Emily starts pre-school in Jan (start if the year for us). She is soooo excited!
Hopefully Rowan will be walking for you soon. Arlia still isn't walking...she's always reached her milestones two weeks earlier than what Emily did but I think she'll be older than Emily was. Emily took a couple of steps at 14 months, then walked just before she was 15 months. Arlia is 14 1/2 months and hasn't even attemoted a step on her own!
Good to finally hear from you!! I was just thinking about you guys the other day! I hear ya on the cold - I'm not ready for it either! It is only 19* here right now :(
Those videos had me cracking up then I came across Taters clap clap clap video & had to show Kristen - I was laughing so hard I was crying- he is darn adorable!! I can't wait till Rowie id being more vocal too!
Miss you guys!! *hugs*
Those videos were too cute!! What great news about Taysen. One day when they are driving you crazy you'll say to yourself, "I liked it much better when they couldn't walk or talk yet"
Sounds like he's doing fantastic!! I'm so happy for all of yal!!
I love the videos. They are both so cute!!
I ahte the cold to. What happened to Rownas leg I never knew? I missed that part (You gace Carmen a 5 paragraph lesson and me not a scrap!) and my cousin's daughter stuffers from this SID, she can't eat even pizza, the cheese makes her so sick, the feel of the cheese. she goes to therapy to a place right here where I live that is great. Oh and remeber a lifetime ago when we tralked about those cute church boys I thought were mormon and you didn't think so---well April goes to school with a girl that is Mormon and that is them. The boys are still cute but now babies, and they are constantly outside my Mom's house talking to my sister.
Thanks for the update! I haven't had a chance to look at the videos yet, hopefully later tonight.
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