A bullet point update

Wow, it's been a while. There's quite a bit to update about. I'll try to remember where I left off. In November 2017 he started preschool. He does all right there. He has an IEP in place, and he's been making amazing progress with it. He's been in ST and OT since September, and he …

An exciting update!

I am the worst updater. SO much has happened for us recently, and I wish I had been documenting it as it happened because it would have been interesting to be able to look back at the journey while we were in it. But alas, I am a nursing student and an autism mom and …

Same ole, same ole

It's been a little while since I've shared. There's honestly not a whole lot to update on. I talked in the last entry about Colin and his progress, and I just read through it and it was almost as though I was reading someone else's blog, not my own. We haven't yet settled on a …

Growth.

It's been a little while since I've written. Until yesterday, Colin's speech therapy appointments had really just turned into us discussing whether Colin is autistic or not. She's still arguing that he shows signs of having an Auditory Processing Disorder, while I'm not convinced. I am, however, leaning away from Autism. I'm in the frame …

Rescheduled.

Colin's appointment was rescheduled. It'll be October 31. I really wanted to cry when they called. I have been anticipating this appointment for so long, we have literally ONE day until the original appointment, and now we have to wait another two weeks. It's so discouraging. However, I've made it my goal to make the …

Diagnoses Galore!

Yesterday was speech therapy again. It has not become so monotonous that I don't share after every appointment. In fact, it just seems to be more interesting each time we go. This time, we discussed diagnoses. She doesn't like Autism diagnoses, because she believes that a lot of children are diagnosed who do not have …

Well, okay…

Yesterday was Colin's speech therapy. We showed up early, and I had Colin color while we waited. When she came to get us, she requested that I remain in the waiting room, and she and Colin would work together alone. I was caught off guard. I still don't completely understand why, but she told me …

Right fit?

Today was Colin's second speech therapy appointment. These are going to be twice a week, so I may either be writing about it twice a week, or eventually it'll become so monotonous that I'll have nothing to say about them. Today, however, the therapist kind of offended me. She was trying to get him to …

Speech Therapy

Today was Colin's first appointment with speech therapy. I feel hopeful, but confused. She began the appointment with an introduction and some questions about Colin's progression. For the evaluation, she started by playing pretend with him. "Mr. Teddy Bear wants to eat, can you feed him?" and then he'd "feed" the teddy bear. At one …

Unsure of the Future

Tomorrow is Colin's first private speech therapy appointment. I have spoken to the speech pathologist on the phone a few times, and I'm feeling quite positive about his appointment tomorrow. She works with a lot of toddlers with autism, and will be able to give us some input on how to parent Colin if he …