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Category Archive for 'First Steps'

Mean Mom

Simon is a kind, sensitive child whom I try to rear with kindness and sensitivity. Every once in a blue moon, I find myself at the end of my rope (usually due to things besides him) and say or do something unkind. Then I feel awful. This weekend, I was fine and Simon was fine, […]

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Graduation Day

Today Simon was officially discharged from the First Steps Program. Amy re-assessed him, and we’ve clearly come a long way. The same child who two months ago could not walk and was just getting used to cruising with a toy is now walking with a mature gait (legs close together and knees bent), running, turning […]

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Leaps and Bounds

I think we’re about finished with First Steps. Last Wednesday, the day I horribly overbooked myself, our therapist Amy called to see if she should come for Simon’s therapy. It seemed ridiculous to cancel just because Simon could walk. I mean, I was thrilled to see him walk his little Frankenstein walk, but there was […]

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Overbooked

Much like the airline industry, I am prone to encountering “overbooking situations”. Somehow, I always think that this will be the week when the space-time continuum will alter to accommodate my planned 30-hour day. Wednesday, I actually planned the following day. And I swear that at the time, this day seemed a bit busy perhaps, […]

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The Walking Thing

Simon has now been in the First Steps program for nearly three weeks, and we are seeing some progress on the walking front. It is, however, s-l-o-w progress, and I’m beginning to wonder if he’ll qualify for preschool when it begins this August 14. On the plus side, he spends much of his day standing, […]

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The Gift of Frustration

What a difference two weeks makes. The last time Simon was evaluated by a therapist, he didn’t walk behind a wagon well, didn’t crawl well, and didn’t climb stairs at all. Today, he was evaluated again, this time by the physical therapist assigned to his case. Only instead of hearing about his underdeveloped upper body […]

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The Data Are In…

… And Simon has qualified for physical therapy in the First Steps program. He had his assessment today, and I learned much about him from the fabulous therapist, Beth, who came to our house. In some areas, I learned what I already knew. He’s on track linguistically, he’s very social, and his cognition is fine […]

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First Steps

Wednesday was the big intake interview with First Steps, Kentucky’s early intervention systems for children under three who need help to develop properly and be ready for school. I self-referred based on my pediatrican’s advice and because Simon is now 18 months old and can’t walk on his own. Much of the interview was pretty […]

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