Nope, unless it's about curriculum. My Dr homeschools too :)

Nope

As a foster parent, I certainly don't want to be 'in charge' of getting these kids' weight under control! Imagine the microscope that would put foster families under (more than we already are)! If they go to school during the day, they can get their hands on food. No foster family can control that. In fact, they'd probably be depressed from being removed from their families and eat MORE when out of the foster home. JMO.

If I had the space and proper venting, I would in a heartbeat!

Praying for you all!! :grouphug:

:iagree:

My oldest son, when he was 8, said-as he was looking at a box of tampons "I know what you use these for" I said "Really? What are they?" He replies "You stick them up your butt so you don't get poop stains on your underwear" :001_huh: I was driving and almost wrecked the car..... :lol:

My son also has a severe growth hormone defect. He's on daily shots, only his defect caused severe blood sugar drops and grand mal seizures. But they did say the defect causes weak muscles, and therefore, causing milestones to pass on by. (He didn't walk until he was 3.5, but we kind of thought it was a DS thing.) His defect was hard to ignore because of the symptoms...however, it did take them 8 months to find out the cause of the blood sugar issues and seizures.

I'm not saying it doesn't happen. I'm also not saying that I would find it horrible in every situation. However, in *this* situation, based on what this mom said, or at least the part that was aired, it's horrible. JMO, I know all won't and don't agree.

In my opinion, having 'bad Mommy moments' is totally different than what is happening in this story. Yes, I am horrified at the way she has treated her daughter, for the REASONS she treated her daughter this way. Hey, I'll be the first to admit that seeing my son's (who has Down syndrome) peers pass him up hurt. It still hurts to see him try to hard and not be able to do something. I'm sure it will hurt forever, to a degree. Does that mean I chose not to like him-- Because he didn't reach his milestones? He can't speak to me and tell me who he played with on the playground. But for pete's sake, I still like him. I love him like crazy! He's just a fun guy! I still hold to my initial thought that this mom is just selfish and embarrassed and I feel badly for her daughter. She said "I don't think it's too much to expect your child to reach the milestones" My response is "Well, sorry darlin' sometimes, yes it is...."

Oh, I'm so so so sorry! :grouphug: Praying for all of you! :grouphug:

You know, sometimes is IS too much to expect your child to reach the developmental milestones....Not everyone is 'just like the books'. You don't think her 7 year old noticed that her mom loved her sister more than her? As a mother of a child with special needs, this story maddened me AND broke my heart all at the same time. This mom is selfish. Plain and simple....SELFISH! Sometimes having a child, especially one who is 'different' means you lay down yourself, your dreams, your expectations for your CHILD. Anyway, the more I type, the madder I am getting...so I'll shut up.:glare:

Hence the reason he is the way he is.....

Did you accidentally 'poke' her?

Praying!!!!! :grouphug:

I just can't get over how many of us are near here!

Soooo, who else is thinking we need to do a KC meet up?!

This is near where we live. You can see DH's work from here (toward the end of the video) Our sirens went off for a good 1.5 hours off and on. Thankfully no one was hurt, DH spent an hour in the stairwells, but nothing happened. WHEW! http://www.fox4kc.com/news/wdaf-video-storm-rotation-over-leawoof-20110525,0,2955010.story

Well, to be honest, I have no plans! ACK! I am hoping to nail down some curriculum over the summer. We will be starting Logan in Kindergarten curriculum this year (he turned 6 in April). He knows his letters and their sounds and can identify numbers mostly through 20. He does not do well holding a pencil yet. What are you thinking? Maybe we can pick each others brains and come up with something!

Hey Emily! (GREAT name...tee hee) My little guy (6) has Down syndrome and we are planning on HSing him next year. I don't have much time right now, but would LOVE to 'talk'!! Keep an eye out, I'll come back to respond later! :grouphug::grouphug:

Well, according to my friend, he was acting this way the game they won too. How do you know if it's a "Little League" team or not? This is just a small town rec team. Hmmmm. I will just be thankful we have a great coach.

Very good point. For me, I don't feel comfortable confronting a man, especially since it wasn't my child who he was belittling. If my child were on the team, I'd sick my husband on him :001_smile: This is a VERY small town league. We chose it because it was less competitive than our local team. There are only 4 practices and games. I would be embarrassed if I heard someone say that about my DH. I'd probably use it as a way to let me him know it wasn't just be who thought he was being a jerk! :tongue_smilie:

However, in this case, I'm glad I did! We were at my oldest sons baseball game last night. My friend has a child on the other team, so we were sitting next to each other. After observing the other coach belittle and humiliate the kids on the other team, I said to my friend "Wow, your coach is a jerk. I would be really upset if we'd ended up on his team." (as a side note, we did try to get Zach on that team because his friend was on it. It didn't work out...THANKFULLY!) Anyway, the lady beside my friend glanced over when I said that, but she didn't say anything. After the game, I discovered it was his WIFE! :001_huh: Ooops. My DH is an assistant coach for my sons team and he even mentioned after the game how glad he was Zach didn't end up on that team and what a jerk he was being. I told my DH not to worry, his wife overheard me calling him a jerk. Honestly, while I probably wouldn't have said it if I knew it was his wife, I'm glad she heard. Maybe the message will get passed on to him. :tongue_smilie: Oh, for the record, my friend agreed with me. :) As another side note, one reason I LOVE our coach is because last night at the end of the game, we were ahead and were going to win. (They play 1.5 hours no matter the score) Most runs for both teams were scored by stolen bases (both catchers have issues catching) and our coach wouldn't let our team steal home anymore in the last inning. After the game he told the boys that one of the most important lessons in sports is good sportsmanship. He told them the reason he wouldn't let them steal home anymore was because it wasn't good sportsmanship to run up the score when you were going to win. He would have let them run if we'd gotten a hit, but wouldn't let them steal home to add more points. I think that is really cool.

My placenta was in the 'front' of my belly with my last one. They had trouble hearing his heartbeat and there was almost no felt kicks. He rolled a lot (later than 20 weeks), but the placenta absorbed almost all the kicks, especially early. :grouphug: If I were you, though, I would go to the ER, just for peace of mind. It doesn't do anyone good to be stressed!!!! :grouphug::grouphug:

After months of training and planning, we are having our walkthrough today to get our temp foster license. We will get that in a few weeks, then State will come out and approve us for our permanent license. Theoretically, we could start taking foster placements in a few weeks (or whenever our license comes in the mail. They said 4 days to 3 weeks....it'll be longer.) Please pray this walkthrough goes smoothly! :cheers2: