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One of the big things with Barton and OG is that the student should never be expected to read outside of the Barton lessons until they are very far along in the program. DD is starting Level 4 and I still do not expect her to read anything herself. I read her math word problems aloud to her. She listens to audio books. She picks up picture books independently now but I do not ask her anything about them. History and Science are all auditory too. Similarly I do not expect her to spell any word that hasn't come up in Barton yet. So I spell out every word if necessary in her assignments. Realistically at Level 4 it's about 60% of the words that I need to spell out for her now. I don't even wait for her to ask, I just say "oh, you haven't learned this word type yet....it's S-P-E-C-I-A-L" and we move on. Maybe you could tell him that for 1 year he is not allowed to read anything but Barton stuff, haha!
So if your son was trying to read other books during Barton that might have caused unnecessary frustration, comparison, and encouraged guessing on his part which undermines what Barton is trying to do. So if you start up again I definitely suggest you expect zero reading outside of Barton until he's past Level 5 and even then keep it light. By the end of Level 5 you won't be able to stop him ;)
And Elizabeth brings up a good point about a) calling Susan Barton and b) accessing the tutor portion of the website. Susan is very available and will answer any questions you have, just call the number and she picks up herself, which surprised me, lol! And I use all parts of the tutor part of the website. We do the fluency drills and spelling tests and I read over all the FAQ's and print them out as soon as I get a new level. There is also a reading comprehension program someone made for Barton to extend the story lessons that I haven't utilized yet though I've been told I should ;) With all those components plus me stopping to do speech remediation as necessary it takes us at least 1 week to get through 1 lesson, doing it 4-5 times a week. And if you have the Barton book you can see that she includes extra words for practice if you need to go back and review and there are 4 stories at the end of every lesson to read. I use the stories and spelling test (on the website) to assess whether DD retained the lesson. If she gets less than 90% on it we go back and review for at least 1 day before she moves on. But that is rare, she usually gets 90-100% on her spelling tests which is really cool to see :) Oh, and Susan has new short books for each level that he can read 100% independently, starting at level 3 and up. I got one for DD and she enjoyed feeling like she could read a whole book by herself. So yeah, there are tons of resources there! There are even games that I haven't utilized myself but look cool.
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Those look like pretty good and consistent scores so that's good, it means the IQ is likely accurate which goes along with your gut feeling too.
80 would be low-average technically but obviously just having a slightly lower IQ than most will mean she'll struggle sometimes. I don't think at 80 that I'd discuss it with her just now. Our DD13 was diagnosed with an Intellectual Disability and an IQ of 69 last November and we did decide to discuss it a bit with her. We didn't tell her any number, just said that the psychologist she had seen for testing found out she has a lower IQ and that just means she has trouble learning new things as quickly as other people, especially things like reading and math. We tried to discuss it on-level with her and I don't know how much she understood but with that low of an IQ I felt the need to give her a heads up lest she get her heart set on things like driving which might be tough for her to do.
Anyway, I think you've done a good job with her to have kept her on grade level thus far, and I also think you're right to think maybe you can ease up at this point and not expect her to stay quite at grade level for all of her school years.
You might want to read Simply Classical by Cheryl Swope, that is an excellent resource and will really encourage you and help you to set challenging but realistic goals. She homeschooled her special needs twins in a classical style and they've achieved some really impressive things academically.
For math you might consider switching from Math Mammoth to Math U See for a couple reasons. First, it's got more manipulatives and breaks things down more. Second, it's not 'graded', it's just listed as Alpha, Beta, etc. so you can re-do 3rd grade math without your daughter realizing she's doing that ;) Just mention you're switching math programs and that this one will help her get really good at multiplication. Gamma is the "third grade" level and it deals exclusively with multiplication but definitely takes the concept all the way through, even introducing algebra kind of concepts which is neat.
For spelling how about All About Spelling? It's hands-on, colorful, and geared towards several ages so at 10 she'll be totally the kind of kid they created it for. Start out at Level 1 because it is incremental and meant to go through levels 1-7 in order. Level 1 might be a bit easy for her but if so she can work fast and finish it by January and then move onto Level 2. If it's harder than expected then feel free to stretch it out for the full year no problem. It's flexible like that.
Since she's a good decoder and understands well but doesn't care for reading yet as a fun thing I'd give her access to several easy books and series to build fluency. Magic Treehouse books are on a 2nd/3rd grade level and are just really good, fun books. They'll use a lot of the same words/names, being a series, so they become easy to blow through quickly. My son went through a phase once he was a solid decoder where he'd just fly through Magic Treehouse books like crazy and it helped build his fluency. Lots of kids go through that phase where they like to read easy series anywhere from 2nd-6th grade so you're daughter's going to have lots of books to choose from too. Since she likes animals and babies she might also like The Babysitter's Club or even The Babysitter's Club Little Sister series. Babysitter's Club is I think more a 4th-5th grade level but the Little Sisters one is written younger for the 7-8 year old crowd. Anyway, sometimes letting kids read those easy, babyish books really does help them realize reading can be a fast and fun pastime. And don't discount high quality picture books, all my kids LOVE picture books. My advanced 7 year old still reads them tons!
As for daily life I think you can expect her to drive. She might need extra time in Driver's Ed just to make sure she's prepared and maybe she'll be one to get her license a bit late at 17 or 18, but I bet she'll get there just fine. It might be good to stay on top of her ADHD before she gets behind a wheel though, haha! :) For college a 4-year degree likely won't be the best route but a community college or 2-year Associate's degree could be perfect for her.
One thing we've tried to really focus on with our ID daughter is to foster good hobbies. I hear so many stories of ID adults (and other adults, let's be honest!) just sitting in front of the TV all day after work and doing nothing productive in their free time. This has health ramifications and social ramifications. So anyway we go out of our way to jump on any strength DD13 shows! She likes swimming so we put her in lessons and then swim team. Is she fast? No But does she enjoy it? Yes, mostly. And swimming is something she can do throughout her life for fun and health. Likewise she's decent at crafty things so she has loom bands and I got her in a crochet class at co-op and I just introduced her to paint-by-numbers. She doesn't need to be a great artist or swimmer but what she does need is to have options for what to do in her free time now and as an adult and if she's good at it through lessons or practice she'll be more likely to choose that over TV or sitting around bored.
Maybe make a list of possible sports, arts, and service opportunities she could possibly be good at with practice. If she's not super coordinated that's fine, go with something like martial arts to build coordination without the pressure of competition. Or go for track and field, that's what my not-coordinated 7 year old will likely switch to eventually because I think he'd just be better at it long-term than his current soccer sport. Dance can be low-key and fun if you find the right studio and again might build her body awareness. If money isn't tight she might love horseback riding. For art there is painting, pottery, drawing (there are great drawing books for kids), loom bands, friendship bracelets, crochet, knitting, sewing, or go for music skills like piano, guitar, flute, singing in the choir, etc. For service as she gets older she could be a mothers' helper, pet-sit for neighbors, learn household chores, learn to cook and do things like bake christmas cookies for friends/family, teach younger siblings, etc. Feeling useful is so helpful to building good self-esteem and if school is hard she'll need things to do outside of homeschool that she feels good at.
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When he got to Level 4 of Barton was his reading any better in real life? Or was he struggling with Barton and not seeing results in real life? Because I can completely understand why he'd be frustrated if that were the case! 2 years of hard work on boring material (I love Barton but ITA that it is boring :) ) would drive anyone crazy. About what grade level would you say he is reading at? And at what point in the Barton program did he start struggling to retain things? Because that might give some clues.
I do agree though that LOE probably wouldn't help him and would be a waste of time/money. It's a solid program but if even Barton left him struggling then LOE would move way too fast.
I wonder if a non-barton OG tutor would be better for him? I know the OG program I went through in Maryland really emphasized making it fun and interesting and breaking up sessions. Our instructor also said straight out that kids will hit a wall at certain points and when that happens we'll need to stick with it until they break through, which sometimes takes months. She worked with many gifted and severely dyslexic kids too who often went on to be very successful in life and academics, and yet they might have spent 6+ months just mastering the 6 syllable types or silent-e.
ITA with OhElizabeth that Barton tutor training alone isn't sufficient for the most severe cases and I think anyone who has done Barton would agree. It's awesome for typical dyslexics and even fairly severe but straightforward dyslexia. But personally having OG training from an outside source AND utilizing Barton myself I often have to step outside the script and help DD because she is HOH and intellectually disabled, not just dyslexic. And your son has different disabilities but no less complicated I'm sure, especially when you factor in his anger and frustration, which are not uncommon in 14 year old boys with ADHD/EF issues. So finding an OG tutor who is certified....ie has the full 60 hour training AND about 100 hours of supervised tutoring, could provide the real help he needs. And if the grant would cover it then you'd be all set! I mean, $50-75 an hour is not uncommon for an OG tutor with specialized training but if you can be reimbursed up to $3000 a semester that allows for quite a bit of wiggle room. You could do tutoring 3x a week for 18 weeks at $50 an hour and have all of it reimbursed. Plus an hour of tutoring would give you a break ;)
Insurance is so frustrating, we've struggled to get things covered for our DD as well and it drives me batty when there are these huge gaps that neither the school system or the insurance company will cover. Anyway, maybe this grant will be more relaxed and will cover OT and EF. It couldn't hurt to look into it.
I think if I were you I'd make a list of therapies/programs you'd like your DS to have this year based on which skill areas he needs help in and then plot out the cost of each and prioritize based on the grant money you'll have access to. Then you can implement things in a systematic way to help him.
Also, I think it's AWESOME how high his vocabulary is given his struggles! I mean, that is a huge vocabulary even for someone who can read independently and he can't! And, given the fact that his emotional struggles increased this year in public school I'd say you were doing a good job of providing a home environment that allowed him to succeed emotionally and behaviorally. Though 14 year old boys are notorious for going through a really rough phase for about 1-2 years there so I also don't think it's all the school's fault; it might just be the perfect storm of age/hormones/school transition that resulted in his behavior getting worse.
Not to sidetrack but, I'd love to know more about this grant program you're utilizing! We just moved to NC a month ago and like I mentioned my DD has several learning disabilities. We're homeschooling currently and we're hoping to transition her to the Catholic school for high school. Any grant money for curriculum or later for tuition would be fantastic!
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I agree with what some others have said. What especially struck me is that if he's still switching b and d his dyslexia is not actually remediated. DD almost never does that now after just 1.5 years of Barton and she was about as bad as they come when we started :)
And fluency will always be the last piece of the puzzle in reading but we've also seen improvement in that with Barton. We do the fluency drills religiously because DD really desperately needs them and slowly but surely it has helped.
I think you need either Barton or another fully OG program that will teach the syllable types explicitly. Syllables are truly the key to unlocking reading; that ability to chunk words helps with fluency so much too.
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My dds are 13 and 15 and aren't like that even now. I did get them a makeover and some makeup for their 13th birthday but neither are interested in wearing it for anything other than special occasions. Neither have expressed interest in a relationship with boys/girls. They find the whole boyfriend/girlfriend thing silly at this age (no car, no money, etc.).
We do makeup as a gift for the 13th birthday too :) I figure that way I can head off the interest and introduce the basic how-to's in muted and appropriate colors. It's fun to play with it before anyone expects you to be good at applying make-up.
And yeah, I never understood boyfriends/girlfriends before they can drive cars or have money either. I didn't when I was in middle school either. I tell my DD all the time "yes, your 10 year old friend says she's dating him, but have they ever gone on a date? Has he ever picked her up and taken her somewhere to do something fun, eat a meal, etc. and then dropped her off back home? ..... No? Then they are not 'dating' because they've never been on a date."
We don't have an age requirement on dating but I've been clear that you can't just call any guy you like a boyfriend because he checked a "yes" box on a class note and calls you sometimes, lol! Our kids can date when they can actually GO on a date ;)
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My daughters' friends were having 'boyfriends' and asking for cell phones and things at 9 and 10. I agree it seems awfully young to me and from what I've seen these early boyfriend/girlfriend things are a huge source of drama and have zero redeeming value. My daughter is just starting to enter a bit of the boy-focused phase and I'm comfortable with that considering she is 13, we just talk openly about it and try to encourage her to also have hobbies and interests of her own.
BUT, there are always girls who are not jumping into the boy-crazy phase early. Maybe help your daughter find some like-minded friends. I know my friend groups kinda split around 6th/7th grade because some hit puberty early or were just geared towards being boy-crazy earlier and those of us who weren't I'm sure did seem suddenly babyish while our more mature friends baffled those of us who were still content to be imaginative and silly. By high school the groups settle in pretty well and everyone is comfortable with how they are. So your daughter might just need to start focusing on the more like-minded friends now rather than being able to wait until middle school like a generation ago.
One thing, I have found that kids with a serious hobby/sport tend to be a bit more moderate and slower to jump into the boy-crazy thing, so if you could encourage her in that she might find more friends who she could chat with without needing to try to keep up with their dating talk :)
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Plum Paper Planners.... Like Erin Condren only better :)
They can start any month
They're customizable almost endlessly
They're a perfect size to be portable but large enough to write in comfortably
They're sturdy
I could go on...
My 2015-2016 planner just arrived today and I am in heaven over it :)
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No, I would be deeply offended if anyone brought a gun into our home without our knowledge. Especially with our young children being in the home but even without kids I would see it as terribly rude.
Thanks for posting this though because it had never occurred to me that conceal and carry laws allowed it in private residences! I'm thinking DH and I will be discussing how/where to post a sign prohibiting this somewhere in our home. We personally are pacifists and we really just do not do weapons of any kind. I'd hate to think anyone would feel free to bring a firearm of any kind into our home for any reason.
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I've heard from everybody that scheduled c-sections are vastly better than emergency ones so I bet you'll have a much better time of it this time with fewer complications after.
Also, I have 3 birth kids so far and #2 had reflux but none of the others did so that hopefully won't happen to you twice in a row either.
And as everyone said above...siblings!! There is just nothing cuter! My boys (baby 1 and 2) are just adorable together even still at 7 and 4.5. They giggle together at night, help each other, and often opt to play with each other over other friends. And when #3 was born it was even better, both boys are so sweet and gentle with their little sister. They dote on her, I'm pretty sure she thinks she's the center of the universe because her big brothers cater to her so much. And she thinks they're the coolest thing since sliced bread so they have their own in-house fan club :)
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The Goatshit Academy for Neglected Children, where STEM stands for Sewage, Tetanus, Excrement, and Mold. :blink:
Bahaha! That is so perfect I am dying laughing here. Best. Name. Ever.
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He's so cute! You gotta watch out for those smart ones, they'll run you ragged in the toddler years! Our second boy is a bit Marco-ish...he managed to jump off our bed and hit his head on the dresser and need 8 stitches at 2 when his little sister was 2 months old. He was also climbing the dollhouse roof at 10 months before he could walk and scaling the slide at 15 months, again before he could actually walk properly. I always say I'll consider myself successful as a parent if he reaches age 10 alive. Sounds like every birthday for Marco will be a big milestone for the same reason, haha!
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Everyone is telling me swim meets are like 5 hours long, minimum. Really? How do you do other things? Saturday meets start at 8am, so that means our whole Saturday is shot? Is this how other families live? :p
Do you think they'll let the younger kids leave earlier?
Do any of your kids join swim team but skip a lot of the meets?
I signed my kids up (and paid $100/day non-refundable) for horse riding most Saturdays, and now I have this meet schedule that came out at the last minute. Why can't it be like soccer, where you're out of there in <1.5 hours? :p
Yeah, that was my reaction too when we started swim team, lol! And yes it really is about 5 hours typically. Generally they space out the races each swimmer does so they end up staying the whole time or nearly the whole time. Also, parents need to occasionally volunteer which sometimes requires getting there early or staying late. It's bad form to leave early, you'll get the coach stink eye ;) Summer teams tend to be a bit more laid back and it's okay to miss a few meets but as they get older more is expected. You sign up for the meets ahead of time so you can know ahead of time.
We just plan for it and all go and bring picnic stuff and most kids bring cards or iPads to play while they wait.
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When I'm not pregnant yes :) I typically go to bed by 11pm-12am and then wake at 7am-ish. I never ever wake between those short of something wrong (illness, loud noise outside, kids waking, etc). But even those interruptions are maybe once every 3-4 weeks.
Now when I'm pregnant I wake in the middle of the night every night at the same time, but it's different for each pregnancy. This time it's 4-5am...very inconvenient because there's not much time to fall back to sleep. The time I wake usually ends up being the time I go into labor in the end. Anywhere from 2am with my second to 5am with this one.
I wonder if maybe you have sleep apnea? I had that as a kid and it can creep in and cause fatigue during the day and nighttime waking. Or it could be hormone related (thyroid, estrogen, progesterone) or even generalized anxiety?
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I live in fracking country...
The Barnett shale has been a hot property for oil and gas people for the last...oh 8 years or so....give or take. I'm going on my recollection of when all the gas well started popping up everywhere. In the last three or so years there have been a lot of little/meduim earthquakes in those same area.
All kinds of studies (funded in part by big gas companies) state that fracking has no impact--those earth quakes would have happened anyway. Hmmmmm it just sounds fishy to me. It's too much of a coincidence that the earthquakes started so soon after fracking became a wide spread practice.
Just last week a study revealed much more ground water contamination from fracking than first suspected. Oh joy. I have a well....
When we lived in WV fracking came in and our well water became a mess. Super hard, orange rings everywhere, my hair could not get clean in the shower, it smelled off, and it ruined my entire cloth diaper stash beyond repair. We never drank the well water, I just could never trust it. It was very frustrating. Our neighbors were all old-fashioned country Republicans and not concerned with the environment much but they hated the impact fracking had on the area and started fighting it.
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But this wasn't like that. Again, if you click the links and read the articles for yourself you will learn a lot. Just take the 10 mins to read and a lot of questions will be answered.
The article in the NYT says the mother insisted on taking them to regular doctor and dentist appts and she did homeschool them. That was one of the reasons that CPS couldn't do much. The legal markers of neglect (no medical care, no education, not enough food, filthy environment) were not there. It turns out it isn't against the law not to let your kids outside to play. And actually, in a lot of those more dangerous neighborhoods it is pretty common for kids to go to school and come home and not go outside much.
I am not getting the idea that their father was a monster like that guy in Austria, just a very controlling man with a lot of fears. I have my suspicions that he is mentally ill and inflicted his paranoia on the rest of the family in a mistaken belief that he was taking good care of them.
This is what I saw too. I mean, it's likely some sort of neglect but not bad enough to remove the kids and doesn't seem like any abuse happened. The kids did leave the house anywhere from 1-9 times a year except one year when they didn't leave at all. So it wasn't literally never and they did go to the doctor. It was a 4 bedroom apartment with electricity, water, heat, furniture, clothes, books, and entertainment via tv and music. And it sounds like the mom did her best to actually homeschool them and encouraged all their creative endeavors (the director said their drawings were all over the wall in the kitchen and they put on elaborate plays of the movies, writing down the script by watching and pausing, and made costumes for the plays). The director also said the mom was a really good cook.
So it's certainly dysfunctional but I guess I wouldn't necessarily say bad enough to remove the kids. Clearly CPS and the director who spent 5 years filming off and on in their home didn't think so. I mean, compared to most foster kids these ones would seem very well off. I have crazy stories from foster kids and this doesn't fall into the same class. No drugs, no physical or sexual abuse, no exposure to extreme hazards (like when one child I know punctured her hand on her mom's drug needles that were face up on the kitchen table or when an unattended toddler was burnt by a boiling pot of soup). There was food in good quantity and quality, water, hygiene was practiced it seems (lots of foster kids don't know how to brush their teeth), and they had education (not sure if she followed homeschool laws but there's no claims she didn't so far) and healthcare.
The brothers seem to be doing pretty well considering the situation, 3-4 of them have jobs now and 1 moved out independently. All seem to be literate, healthy, confident adults. They all speak positively of their mother and even homeschooling but do not agree with their father or the isolation & paranoia which seems pretty balanced and accurate. I think it's a bit odd nothing is ever said about the sister but I guess it's good her disability isn't being exploited by the media.
I'm all for calling out truly abusive/neglectful cases (like the Nauglers, ugh!) but there's no need to jump to conclusions in this case based on the information that I've seen so far.
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Yes I was thinking sensory items as well. Disclaimer: I don't have much experience with autism, just some sensory issues and kid-quirks but this is my brainstorming...
Maybe make a sensory corner in his room....a basket of chew toys, pressure items, and heavy pillows, maybe a weighted blanket/vest, some of those sensory bottles (filled with liquid and glitter and glued shut...kinda reminds me of a lava lamp in being soothing), maybe writing utensils if he is able to do that and can be trusted with it. Ikea has like tent things where, if it helps, it could even be a quiet, dark area for him. Curtains can achieve a similar feel.
If he's more sensory-seeking in the gross motor sense maybe a gym mat in the basement with an exercise ball and small trampoline, etc. would be good. I know even my neurotypical 7 year old goes running as a coping mechanism when he loses his temper. We talked about options for what to do when he's upset or angry (besides losing his temper, etc) and came up with that he can either exercise (running being a good option), cry, or write his feelings down. He usually chooses to run around the basement, lol! :) Sometimes he writes. Both really help calm him down. If your son isn't quite up to writing (many 7 year olds just aren't honestly) then maybe you could print and laminate pictures of feelings and make like a story board so he could express himself nonverbally.
For example "I am (velcro a picture of mad/sad/frustrated/annoyed child here) because (velcro picture or word that explains a few common reasons he might feel mad or frustrated or sad)."
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Just a couple minutes ago (Friday 6/19 about 8p.m.) I took a look at Blessed Little Homestead facebook page.
Per fb, two minutes prior, Nicole posted a poem allegedly written by Jacob. She put a watermark of Jacob's supposed signature at bottom of poem.
A poster immediately recognized the poem and stated that she had read it before but could not remember who had written it.
Wonder if Jacob has read the poem his parent claims he wrote.
When I refreshed page a minute or two later, Nicole's post was gone.
The poem was the one that starts out with, "A careless word may kindle strife..... "
Is is apparent that I spent my day off work in an unproductive manner that preparing organic vegetables and grilling salmon cannot redeem?
ROFL! Oh my goodness this woman is crazy, did she really think nobody would catch the lie?
This story gets funnier/sadder/crazier by the minute.
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I kept meaning to add in memory work to our days and it just always fell by the wayside because it wasn't organized and I didn't have a method. I'm totally new to the memory work thing honestly because my public schools certainly never made us memorize anything. Once I memorized the animaniacs song for the states and capitols...that's about it ;)
So, how many things do you work on memorizing at a time?
Do you have a set number of days you spend on each thing or do you just keep practicing it until it's memorized and then file it into a pile to be occasionally reviewed? I'd love to schedule our memory work to match up with our history program but wasn't sure if that would be too ambitious because what if I allot 2 weeks to memorize say the 50 States Song and then one or more of the kids is still struggling to remember it after 2 weeks and needs more time?
Do you focus on short passages, like single scripture lines, or longer chunks? I have the Harp and Laurel Wreath to pull ideas from but I have to say some of those are some pretty darn big chunks to memorize!
How do you organize it all?
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We're expecting #5 beginning of August too and I'm planning 4 weeks fully off then a gradual easing in over the fall. I'm going to have DH continue phonics & math with our special needs daughter but everyone else will be just fine with a break. I'm doing half-day summer school until my 38th week just to make sure we start out a bit ahead so we can adjust to the new baby as needed. For me the 6-8 week mark is always when I hit a wall postpartum with regards to fatigue and such so if you are at all the same you might want to prepare for that.
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Yes, I'd explain it, and have explained it to my high-functioning autistic son. I let him know that whatever he chooses is perfectly acceptable, but that choice X is generally considered for girls and some people might make fun of him. Sometimes, he decides it's worth it and chooses choice X. Sometimes, he picks something more "boy."
Yes, this.
Like you said it's about being informed. Make sure he's aware of it and then he can make his choice. Fwiw I retain veto rights on any clothes my kids try to buy at the store because a) i know better than them and b) i'm the one buying. I'm all for individuality but not at the expense of modesty (just basic "can I see your underwear" kinda thing) or appropriateness to the situation (no you may not wear shorts in february). I think drastically girly shoes could fall under that for a child who's not able to totally understand that choice himself. But then I don't buy my 2 year old daughter sparkly or character shoes either because they bug me, lol!
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This seems to be sorta a regional thing. Everyone I know from where I was born (Boston) eats ice cream cones super tidy with no problems even at like ages 5 and 6. I think ice cream in cones is a bit more common in New England, for some reason most people elsewhere I've seen seem to prefer bowls. I think they're seriously missing out. Also, outdoor ice cream stands are common so in NE heat with soft serve ice cream in a cone you just have no choice but to keep up with it. I also distinctly remember my mom kinda teaching us how to eat an ice cream cone correctly. My DH, not a messy guy, is only so-so at eating ice cream cones neatly but I give him a pass because he grew up in Wisconsin :)
I'd never made the regional connection until one of the women on Like Mother, Like Daughter mentioned it and I realized just how true it was, ha!
I instruct my kids on how to properly eat a cone, it's right up there with shoe tying as a childhood skill ;)
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Generally you want an endocrinologist or naturopath and check that the endo specializes in thyroid. Because most really focus on diabetes and aren't as up to date on thyroid stuff. Levothyroxine is for hypo so you're right that must have been tsh. I'd insist on the other tests I mentioned, especially the ones for thyroid antibodies. Good luck!
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Hm, thyroid removal sounds like Graves, they usually do that when it's hyper and won't calm down I think. I hope the doctor calls you back tomorrow and you're able to get some reassuring and clear answers. It's always a pain when you have a new diagnosis that's all vague and the doctor acts like obviously you as the patient know exactly what he meant when he said your levels were elevated, lol! You'll feel lots better once you have answers. Either way it's not urgent or dire luckily, so you have time to get your answers, do some research, and follow-up sometime in the near future.
Shoe-Tying... Solved!
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I'm totally going to try this! My 7 year old can sorta barely tie his shoes and it's really frustrating when they're a mess all the time. And of course I have another little boy coming up on needing to learn which is stressing me out to be honest, lol! Thanks for the link!