Tag: SNM
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The year in review
One of the most difficult things about being the parent of a special needs child is that progress isn’t linear. There are periods of time when Mattie seems to be improving in leaps and bounds, followed by months of seemingly static capabilities. This result’s in a constant emotional roller coaster: feelings of elation when things…
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Noses and Glasses
We have had a busy June and July. August is looking pretty full as well. Traveling for ABM is really taking a chunk of our free time. Since the last update in June (First Steps), we have done 10 ABM sessions with another 5 more on the schedule for July! Mattie is starting to have better…
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Am I a special needs mom? I am a special needs mom.
Back when Mattie was 4 months old, I overheard Jim calling Mattie “my special needs daughter”. WHAT?????? I was shocked, then sad, then in denial in all of 1 minute. That was the first time that anyone has said that aloud, let alone her father. My thought process went a little like this: Is that…