Hi Hive! It’s been a while since I updated you on our lives. A fuller Tiger-Family-Catchup is in the works, but thought I’d first talk about our decision to do the opposite of red-shirting. K is in 1st grade now, and rocking it! His birthday is just after our district’s cutoff (September 1st), and falls […]
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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 […]
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, […]
Today (Oct 15th) is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, as many of you may be aware. I was conflicted about whether or not to talk about this, since I am fortunate enough to never have personally experienced that kind of loss, but I wanted to acknowledge the day. I’ve had dear friends lose pregnancies, newborns, […]
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 […]
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