Trip to the dentist

I am happy (and relieved) to report that after having given up for quite a while, we finally found a dentist who is AWESOME with our boys and they had a great visit last month.Our last trip to the dentist did NOT go well. In fact, it went so not well, that we decided it wasn't worth bothering to go because they were not able to clean the boys' teeth, they were just baby teeth...

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The Talk

No, not that talk. The one about autism.As I have posted before, we have talked to Cuddlebug and Bearhug before in general terms about some of their challenges (and strengths) relating to autism / SPD, but we haven't actually gotten into the technical terminology before.Until now, that is. As I've mentioned, they have a new resource teacher this year, and we got an "introduction" letter from her over the summer. One thing she touched on was wanting to know how much the students know about autism,...

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Survived the first week of school

Actually it went pretty well, this was probably our best "first week" ever - I have been so impressed with how well the boys have managed the transition into the new routine. I know it's still an ongoing transition so I don't want to speak too soon, but the first week went better than expected. Only one meltdown (Bitty, 2nd day of school, when he realized this getting-up-in-the-morning thing was going to be an every day occurrence now!) and minimal complaining. We'll see how it goes this week...

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First day of school

They look pretty enthused, LOL. They all did great getting up and ready though, I was really proud of them. I look forward to hearing how their day went. I walked Bitty in for his first day, but his big brothers will walk him to class tomorrow. a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v737/lonestar8/photos%20for%20blog/IMG_4912v2b.jpg">(Posting...

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Summer's end

Hard to believe, but summer is almost over. Not the ridiculously hot weather (100+, really?!), that will probably last another month or so (ugh). But school is about to start back next week.Bitty is really getting excited about Kindergarten. Of course we've been talking it up :). And practicing with our Kindergarten workbooks. And if we forget, this is the only kid I know who actually ASKS for homework, lol.Cuddlebug and Bearhug are not so excited, they have gotten used to their summer routine...

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SPD Blog Carnival: Sensory fun photos

Hartley's Life with 3 Boys is hosting a blog carnival to share photos of our kids having sensory fun (h/t to K @ Floortime Lite Mama, since I saw it there!).Here are some of our recent sensory adventures, most involving water (it being summer and all) and a couple from the park.The best sensory therapy for our boys (along with bouncing) is swimming. Unfortunately we don't get...

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Deev likes the black shirt

Bitty has made some progress this summer with his handwriting. He pretty much couldn't write a couple of months ago (he could do his name but anyone outside of his family and teachers would not have known that's what it was). He still has a REALLY hard time with writing, but he can make some recognizable letters now. Shaky and hard to read, but recognizable. What's even more...

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