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Aww poor Eric! I hope he gets better soon. I gotta go to work early tomorrow, I have to be there for 8:30am, ZXombie alert. I have to take this woman in a wheelchair to the shops to get a few bits. How fun. Heheheh, anyone missing me?

We are all doing well. thanks for asking Monkey. i read your journal, i posted in there, i hope gaia didn't eat my post. i'm so sorry he has a mystery virus. i hope he feels better soon and i hope your knee is better.

hi ladies. just thought I'd check in here. Not any major breakthroughs yet to report... but, we do have some little things... and ya know... as time goes on, I become more and more thankful for all the little things between our breakthroughs. Like, we been teaching him the word cereal.. cuz that's half the time all he wants to eat. And, the other day, he comes up to me while i'm playing conquer. and he looks at me all cute like, so i ask him what he wants. he says cereal... eek biggrin yeah! he asked for it by name. that's progress ladies. we'll work on adding "i want" or "can i have" to it later. but, we've started to move past just pointing at stuff and requesting some of it. So, that's just awesome in terms of progress with vocalization. Not sure if i already mentioned this, but I got a book called are you my mother. Naaman really likes it a lot.

They are still doing this evaluation at his school with lots of testing and observations to get naaman certified for autism. If this comes back at all favorably, then they'll be able to network us with like one or two organizations. Also, they are starting to talk to me about something called skamp. A program naaman can get into for the summer so we don't lose any of the progress we've made with his being in school.. as three months of no school whatsoever could really set him back.

thats awesome eric is doing ok with speech hes really struggling but he is picking up signs much easier 3nodding then he learns the word now that they know this theyre using it to get him to learn new words...on a wierd note eric can sight read..he learned how to spell and write yes write with a pen eric, mom, nanni , pat , and mikki ..he learned it quick which is something most 5 yr olds cant do yet he still doesnt know his animals or that he is eric gonk we'll take any progress we can get so horay for our awesome kids!

Congrats Graceangel!! that's great that he can cereal. and oh what a moment! when you least expected. biggrin eek please keep us posted on how everything turns out. Yeah for you.


Monkey i'm so sorry you feel sick. i hope you feel better sooon. *gives you some chicken noodle soup*

And mom's, a Happy Mother's day to all of you guys! You're the best xp

ahhh, that's amazing Graceangel. sounds like Naaman is doing good. it makes you feel so good when you have those special moments. i love seeing my son look up at me and smile, and i love tickling him so he laughs. it's not a lot, but i'm thankful for it. xp keep up the good work with him. i'm thinking about getting flashcards for when my son gets old enough to sit himself up.....i'm not sure it's too soon or what, but i figured it wouldn't hurt for me to go through them...... redface

Krystlanna,

It sounds like you're dealing with quite a lot, too. One thing I would suggest would be to find some local support. You could try the "connect" area of Schwabb Learning to see what resources may be available.

If I'm understanding you right, it sounds like your son has a learning disability and a mental illness. You could try to find a local support group for parents of children with special needs to find assistance with dealing with your local school system. Did the school conduct the evaluation or did you have an outside evaluation done? Find out more about the special education process to determine what the school can help your son with Special Education Overview You may want to see if you can find an advocate for your son as well.

We are doing ok here. Ben had a swallow study done last week, he still cannot drink water, he aspirates. The speech patholigist stated that he probably won't be able to do any liquids until he can sit up on his own, and his motor skills improve. crying We are also still waiting for him to be able to put food in his mouth and eat. Ben can bring things to his mouth, he just is a little slow about it. Though he is progressing. whee He cannot crawl yet, but he is able to slowly inch himself in his crib, baby changing table, and on floor. xp