When I was 34 weeks pregnant, after a long and difficult pregnancy, I got a phone call from my OB to confirm my scheduled C-section for my breech Little Lion. The date it was scheduled for: April 1st. April Fools’ Day. I remember wondering if it was really fair to subject our son to an […]
Archive for tag 'early intervention'
Our son recently aged out of the Early Intervention program when he turned three. A few months before his birthday, we took him to a developmental screening hosted by the school district to determine what areas of development he still needed help with. I had hoped this would be an easy transition, but I found […]
Our little guy will be phasing out of Early Intervention soon when he turns three-years-old. I’m so appreciative for the amazing therapists and progress he has made. As I was looking back at some of the notes and questions I had from evaluation meetings, insurance phone calls, and neuro-cardiac clinic, I realized my perspective and […]
Straight up, I’m exhausted from this past summer, but it was worth it to help our little guy make progress. My plan at the beginning of the summer was to immerse our little guy in tons of different activities, new experiences, and people to hopefully spur his language development. It worked. He finally had a […]
Our little guy just finished his latest round of Early Intervention (EI) evaluations. The meetings are helpful for planning therapy services, but it’s not fun focusing on your kiddo’s deficits. After these meetings, I often think back to my old job, when I was working with families and young children that were struggling. We would […]
My little guy just had his six month EI meeting to review his progress. Overall, he’s moving forward and closing the developmental gap, but he’s not quite there yet. Some areas he’s really taking off, other areas he needs some more work. Fine Motor: This is the area he improved the most. Before he had […]
In late August, we had our little guy’s speech assessed through Early Intervention (EI). We knew he would likely have problems in this area, and the assessment did show delays which qualified him for speech. While I expected him to qualify for EI, the details of the results were surprising to me in some ways, […]
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