Every Waking Hour

Aidan had occupational therapy today.

I asked the OT about dealing with Aidan’s praxis difficulties with handwriting.  What happens is that he can trace letters OK, and print with my hand loosely guiding him, but if I leave him on his own or just show him a letter to copy, he can’t even manage an approximation. […]

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Second housecleaning of the week, kids doing their rotations.
Kieron:

He was looking ahead in the koine Greek book and very interested in the characters. I think that counted for his narration today as he commented his way through them.
We read Seabird, chapter 2.
We read Story of the Romans, about the twins and the wolf, and […]

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Visit from Hawaii Elks OT, JL:
What Happened: 

Wilbarger brushing and massage with lotion (for sensory integration)
Cranio Sacral Therapy – focusing on 4th ventricle to encourage CSF flow.
She showed me how to do this daily.
Trying to walk on pails…. neither Aidan nor Paddy could do this.
Bouncing on trampoline in squatted position — “being a frog”– easy for […]

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We woke up today and it was cold and foggy outside.   By now it’s snowing and tonight it’s supposed to drop to about 6 degrees.   Quite honestly, we all rather love these weather changes when we feel a bit like a frontier family in our log house, with our wood stove.   Since the water heater […]

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I wanted to start something new here by jotting down quick notes on Aidan’s therapy since of course, as a special needs child the therapies he receives form part of his whole learning environment. It is late at night so this is going to be the high-speed version — I just want to […]

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