Thursdays Special Needs Blog Hop – 5 Goals for the New Year

January 6th, 2011 |

Author: admin

I'm Just That Way and That's Just Me

I absolutely love how Dani Summaries her blog. A sassy mother warrior from Los Angeles raising a sweet little girl with Autism in the Midwest.

Dani had originally started to blog in letting her friends and family know what life was like after they moved from California to the MidWest. After a while she said that it took a different spin and started to blog about Special Needs.

Posted in Autism, Blog Hop |

Tags: Autism, Special Needs, Special Needs Blog Hop

Jean@MommyToTwoBoys says:

January 6, 2011 at 12:46 pm

I am not a smoker, but if I was, having to go out in this cold winter weather would be enough to make me quit! It is freezing!

Good luck finding a new neurologist, sounds like it is necessary. And I get what you are saying about your daughter. I am so torn with this one too because my 2 year old does some things and I am really confused on whether he is imitating his brother or if I should have him evaluated.

And I don’t want to be too into your business, or sound like I know it all, but wanted to know if you’ve tried using manipulatives for the borrowing thing? My son is very concrete and literal, he needs to see it to get it, if that makes sense. When I had kids like that while teaching, using base ten blocks really helped them get the concept. Then when they went to do it with numbers they got it. Just a suggestion in case you haven’t tried it.

admin Reply:
January 6th, 2011 at 2:09 pm

LOL Jean! yeah it’s been pretty cold out there. As for my 2 year old it always sits in the back of my mind. I know there is a couple things that she has learned from my son but I know some she hasn’t and I get tired of bringing it up to the Doctors and then hearing oh she is fine. Like I did when Dakota was little. But the difference between the two is he really had the red flags and warning signs. And Doctors still told me different. LOL I am going to wait to have her evaluated until I find out more that makes me push for it otherwise.

An no don’t feel in my business about the manipulative. We have tried dots and counters I even tried using the big block with 100s, 10s and 1s. today he did better. I think the problem is there was to many problems for him at one time. The page we did today only had 5 problems as they were story problems but the other page had a lot more. It’s always nice to find out what others have tried and that has worked because I am sure there is something out there I am not trying.

Dani G says:

January 6, 2011 at 1:58 pm

Wow! you’re doing great with the smoking! Good for you! Yeah, fine motor is on our list, too!!

admin Reply:
January 6th, 2011 at 2:10 pm

Thanks Dani!

Spectrummy Mummy says:

January 7, 2011 at 6:27 am

We’re the other way round. I’m used to having a girl on the spectrum, now I have to work out what is going on with the boy.

Good luck with your goals for the year!

admin Reply:
January 7th, 2011 at 5:47 pm

Thank you. Good Luck with yours too

shelley says:

January 7, 2011 at 12:02 pm

hi stacie,

nice to meet you, i hoped over from “baby fields” site where i saw the blog hop!

I am a special needs mom too! I had 2 pregnancies complicated by pre-eclampsia/toxemia and brought 2 32 weeker preemies into the world, my oldest will be 23 this year and had no complications other then her temper! lol but my younger daughter will be 19 next month and has cp, it has been a journey. When my kids were small i got frustrated at not being able to take them to play at the park, so i designed and created the first fully inclusive playground in Maryland after raising 1 million dollars to do so in 3 years… It was the first of it’s kind in our state and one of the first in the country… I went on and helped many around the country… and nowww I’m writing and love meeting other families with special needs children… OK that’s me in very short! lol

Anyhow, I’d love to have you stop by and follow along my site, I’m following you on here and the tweetser!

Have a great day!
shelley

admin Reply:
January 7th, 2011 at 5:52 pm

Wow Shelley that is absolutely amazing! It’s nice to meet you. I will stop by and follow shortly

lifeasthemotherof4 says:

January 7, 2011 at 2:43 pm

Good luck with the goals. It seems like a never ending list of things we should do, fix, find for our kids, doesn’t it?

Yes it sure does. Just when you think you cover them all there is more that pops up.

Audrey says:

January 9, 2011 at 12:50 pm

I quit smoking 14 years ago. It was one of the toughest things I ever did. All I can say is that it gets easier every single day. Wishing you tons of success

admin Reply:
January 9th, 2011 at 10:42 pm

Thanks Audrey. It’s hard but in all honesty I am not doing too bad.