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Emma's therapy session was amazing today. I'm so glad it happened! I learned how to apply pressure to Emma's body in a calming way -- it is a technique used to help children with sensory processing disorders be present in the moment. Emma just melted in my arms when I started. Seriously, it felt like a life changing moment.[...]
Emma is having a really good day today. She is very chatty and happy, and it makes us incredibly joyful.[...]
The title of the post is the first thing you see when you visit our insurance company's website. Oh, the irony. Emma's pediatric neuropsychologist Dr. V. works for the same umbrella group as the insurance company. It's all "one big team". Allegedly.[...]
I've been thinking about that Dr. Seuss quote today, as we muddle through another round of diagnosing and insurance questions.
On Monday, we took Emma and Daniel to a neuropsychologist for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) testing. Dr. V at the Clinic was friendly, approachable, and made the children (and grown ups) feel at ease. She observed Daniel and Emma while they played, and took notes. Yesterday Adam and I met with Dr. V without the twins, and answered a series of questions from three different autism assessment tools, and provided information about Daniel and Emma's medical history.[...]
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” –Maya Angelou[...]
Emma had her ophthalmology appointment today, and we had good news! She doesn't have pressure from her brain, she doesn't have any tumours, and she doesn't have any ocular signs of neurofibromatosis! Great news![...]
I often get sideways glances from the more polite, or flat out “how much stuff can your children possibly need?” from the more blunt. Why? Because Emma and Daniel have mountains of toys. Literally, hundreds.[...]
For a long time we had concerns that Emma's speech would not develop, and that she would not have the ability to communicate. We are starting to try signing with her, but have been overjoyed with the fact that over the past couple of weeks she has been making consonant sounds. Here is a clip of her babbling :)[...]
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