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A few months ago, D pulled his G tube out at daycare. It was during naptime, and he was quiet about it all, so his teacher only knew what had happened when she saw he was playing something and discovered it was the G tube! As I mentioned in a previous post, the G tube […]

Hello everyone! It’s been almost two years since I last checked in with the hive! For those who are new (or would like a refresher) – I have two boys, now 3.5 (D) & 5.5 (K). D had a rocky medical journey (detailed in great length in the D’s Journey series) and still uses a […]

Juliet made it into our town’s integrated pre-school program! Not only is she going to be attending in September, but they also offered her a place in the 6-week summer program. Juliet will be starting school as of July! Before her acceptance meeting, we were given an opportunity to go into a classroom. This was my […]

You may recall that I found out that D was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when he was 8 months old in an awful way – I just discovered it on paperwork following an appointment to his neurologist. It’s fitting that I just recently discovered he was no longer diagnosed with it in the same way, […]

D and K recently had their birthdays and although I’ve been saying they’re 2 and 4 for a few months now, I’m not quite used to the reality yet; the cliche “the days are long but the years are short” is so true! We had very low key celebrations this year which the kids didn’t […]

D’s lovely OT introduced us to the concept of a “speech box” several months ago. The speech box is a structured speech therapy tool, which she claimed that many of her charges (and their siblings!) loved to do. Basically you keep items in a box and take them out one by one to play with […]

Sharing in other’s perspectives is so important. I came across this moving cartoon from The Telegraph‘s political cartoonist, Bob Moran, which details his journey to fatherhood with his daughter with special needs. I cried and cried (but may be overly sensitive given my own situation) so I caution you from watching this at work! Watch […]