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The family vehicle is getting repairs done today so we are at home for the day. That is just fine by me! We will do a full school day followed by chores and family movie night! Fortunately, we went to the library yesterday afternoon because a couple of our ILLs came in. We stocked up while we were there so we have plenty to keep us busy today.
Reading, memory work, spelling, grammar, Friday free write, math, science, exercise (warm enough to go outside!), piano practice, and art.
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I think everyone is feeling like themselves again. Thank goodness.
We are in the midst of our school day. Ds has done handwriting, grammar, and is doing the computer portion of his math right now.
Dd did handwriting, and that's it. Not a good day for her. She is currently cleaning the giant mess in her room to redeem herself. The goal is to reset, give both of us space from each other and she will have to do math and language arts after lunch. Normally, she would get to do piano and poetry tea but actions have consequences, right?
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This is the weirdest virus I've ever encountered with my kids. They are acting like their normal selves and don't seem sick at all. Then when its time to eat, they grab their tummies and groan and just want toast or crackers. Then they both fell asleep super early last night. Probably from not enough food. I don't get it.
Oh well, we'll just keep pressing on. I think I'm just going to do some school from the couch (under blankets) today. It is so frigid and our school room is downstairs so its very cold in there. And with the kids not feeling 100%, I'm sure they'll appreciate a more relaxed school day.
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That sucks that you have three vehicles and still have to give up yours! Car repairs are so obnoxious. 😣
Well, dd was feeling better by the end of the day. I think it was just a 24 hour tummy bug. Now ds is exhibiting the same symptoms. So I guess I'll be doing school work with dd and letting him rest and read today. We have a playdate with his 2 bffs tomorrow so I'm really hoping he's well enough for that. He'll be so disappointed if we have to cancel. 😞
Memory work, spelling, grammar, handwriting, math, piano practice, craft time, and reading for dd.
I'll hold off on the group subjects now that ds is down for the count.
The toddler has a playdate at a friend's and I am very much looking forward to the break! I've tried to host the playdate here twice in recent weeks and they cancelled for sickness both times!
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1 hour ago, happysmileylady said:
Ok, that's WEIRD. Blue garlic....nothing else in the thing turned blue?
Nope! I had to look it up and apparently, its quite common, although its never happened to me before.
According to several different sites, the sulfur in garlic reacts with copper in water and it turns blue! Its still safe to eat and it didn't change the taste that I could tell. From what I read it seems to be more common with pickling and cooking it in wine. Which I did put white wine in the crock pot but this is not the first time I've ever cooked wine and garlic together. Weird! 🙃
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HSL- I love changing around plans when they are motivated! To me, that is the definition of homeschooling so it always gets a big enthusiastic "YES!" from me! ❤️🤣
Well, the new crock pot seems to be working like a champ but the minced garlic turned blue! First time that has ever happened to me! The photo doesn't do it justice, its really bright blue! 😂
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Congratulations!!!! Thanks for sharing your story with all of us. ❤️
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Good morning everyone!
Dd is sick. So I think I'll only get to count a bunch of reading time and maybe some art if she gets out her drawing.
Ds is fine though, so he will still be doing school today:
Reading aloud, memory work, spelling, grammar, handwriting, and math.
He will get a break on geography, science, and art lessons, since those are group subjects. I'll have him do some exploring on the piano and some free art instead.
I am also making dinner in the Crock pot today. Mine fried last week and I ordered a new one. The crock itself is much lighter and thinner than my 12 year old crock pot so I hope it doesn't cook too hot!
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1 hour ago, katilac said:
My s-i-l writes out the check the minute the mail comes, and then walks across the street and gives it to the mail carrier!
My grandfather waits at the front door for the mailman with the checkbook, pen, and stamps in hand. He takes the mail from him, puts together the bills, and puts them in the mailbox with the flag up! 😂
I keep telling him online bill pay would be perfect for him but I haven't convinced him. 😊
As far as my habits, I put the keys on the key hook right inside the garage door every time. Even if I have 5 grocery bags in my arms, I have those keys on my pinky and slide them onto the hook.
I also do a task in the kitchen while waiting for the microwave or coffee maker. I think I got that tip from here! I was shocked how much I could get done in a minute 30 seconds while the microwave is on!
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1 hour ago, Carrie12345 said:
The EMTs (who are close friends) didn’t like her heart rate or the fact that it wasn’t coming down, so they took her to the hospital, where it still didn’t get down to a normal person’s range even hours later, with IV fluids.
The bold is what happens to me. The 2nd time I was in the ER, my heart rate was sitting at 108 for a long time and I felt like normal (for me). The ER doc wanted to give me another IV push of meds and I had to convince him that was a pretty normal heart rate for me and I felt like I didn't need more meds. If I had as much experience then as I do now, I'd probably let him do it to see what happened! 😄
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I've been researching this myself lately. I have a history of SVT that put me in the ER twice to get IV meds to lower my heart rate. (One visit, I was 8 months pregnant and the other visit, my heart rate was so high, they brought the crash cart.) All the other numerous times, I've been able to lower it myself.
But I think there is something more going on. I've never fainted, but I feel like I'm going to a lot. Just yesterday, in fact. Lots of shortness of breath, tingling at the extremities, and dizziness.
What was it that sent you all in (or your kids, as the case may be) to get checked out? If you don't mind me asking... I hope this isn't a thread highjack!
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Medical appointment in the city today. I did warehouse grocery pickup and regular grocery pickup while he was at his appt. Such a time saver!
I think I can count 3 hours of reading today for school because the kids just rode along in the car and read the whole time. School in the car with actual lessons is hard if I'm driving. Which, these days I'm always driving. If we can do a subject in a waiting room, coffee shop, library, or park or something, then school on the go is great.
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9 hours ago, Scarlett said:
Exactly. And no the girl is still figuring out the world and listens to her mother, so by the time I talked to her she was in the urgent care waiting room. I told her her mom had overreacted and to stop worrying...if she has mono she will know it and no need to test before symptoms. Sure enough the doctor wouldn’t even get her for it.
Poor thing. She must have been so upset... for the wrong reasons. 😞
Let us know how your ds is doing. I didn't get any shots! They sound like they helped a lot!
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1 hour ago, Scarlett said:
Well mono has a 4-6 week incubation period, so I am positive she has been exposed. She, Ds, and ds’s went to the movies Sunday night. Her dramatic mother somehow found out ds has mono before ds could even tell his girlfriend. She calls up her daughter at her new job, hysterical, telling her ds has mono and she needs to leave work and be tested. Good grief.
Holy overstepping boundaries, Batman!
Does she see the drama and eyeroll or shrug it off or does she freak out, too?
I contracted it from a classmate in one of my classes in which we shared an assigned table. But I don't think we shared as much as a pencil past that! Nobody else in my family or boyfriend or anyone I know got it from me. So, yeah, gf's mom is jumping the gun, I'd say.
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Okay, so I'm reading everything here and making a list. I'm reading up on the terms, pragmatics, interroception, all of them, and reading the links.
I'll be back tomorrow with more questions, I am sure! 😨
Thank you all for your insights, examples, thoughts... All of it! 🤗
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I do agree with the bold for the most part. She is always "on" when she's around others and is very conversational. She can chat about the weather or whatever in a setting like that with the np. Or her swim instructor or whoever.
In an open ended setting like a picnic/park day/ field trip/ family dinner she becomes much less back and forth conversational and little to no interest in others. She monoploizes the conversation and gives endless personal details about whatever she's wanting to talk about.
If I give her a look or signal, she stops and says, "WHAT?!" like I'm way out of line and interrupting her. We talk about balanced conversations, others want to participate, not just listen to you the whole time. We talk about that people don't want or need a lot of personal details when relaying a story. These are areas we have made little to no progress in.
We can discuss them in the car on the way to the thing, she can tell back to us what the expectations are and why, and still loudly talk constantly the whole event. Later, when we talk about it, she'll say she held back so many other things she wanted to say but didn't so she thought she did great!
35 minutes ago, Storygirl said:I am curious about whether you agree with the bolded. Because as parents, we see a wide range of behaviors over an extended period of time, and he only saw her for an hour. As PeterPan said, a good evaluator will take a lot of input from the parents and add that to their observations.
I assume, by the way that by social reciprocity, he means the back and forth of conversation. You said she is very verbal. Is she able to show interest in and discuss things that are important to others but are not important to her? Or does she only talk about what she wants to talk about?
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49 minutes ago, Storygirl said:
we definitely have to talk and talk about appropriate social behavior, and he does not understand the WHY of things, even when explained to him. Now that he is a teen, we have a lot of interesting discussions explaining things that most other boys will get intuitively. And then we have them again. And again.
Just a tip -- People who are very verbal and have trouble with nonverbal cues need things explained to them verbally and directly. They may not understand suggestion or inference, so they can't draw a line from "someone is old" to "they are more likely to be unstable and fall over." You have to spell it out for them and probably over and over and over.
Also, some people struggle with perspective taking (also called theory of mind), where they are not able to put themselves into someone else's position and see things from their view. They only see things from their view. So they don't grasp why things would be different for others than themselves. If big hugs are great for them, they think that they must be great for everyone. And they just won't get it.
We have found that we often just have to set a rule and require following the rule, even if understanding is not all the way there. And then we keep working on developing the understanding over time. So, for example, we might have a "don't hug great-granny" rule, and then each time we see her, we go over the rule and the WHY. The expectation then is that the rule will be followed, even if the why is not completely understood yet. Because there are safety issues, and there are personal and social boundaries that DS needs to know and respect, even if he doesn't really understand them intuitively. It's exhausting, frankly, but it's how it goes.
This exactly what goes on here. All of it.
I've been reading about NVLD/NLD and she checks all the boxes except reading comprehension difficulties.
So if I were to call around for an SLP, do I ask for one that believes in NVLD, or what? 😂
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14 hours ago, PeterPan said:
It sounds like the school was actually offering you some help. Why are you poo-pooing their writing? SOME schools are actually doing good, evidence-based writing intervention and some have testing and interventions that might benefit her. It might be better to dig into whether the school is actually doing good intervention before deciding. I would ask them if they have an ADOS-trained team. Like just for your trivia, ask. If they do and if they ran further testing, they could spend the time to do things properly.
Really, you have so many questions unanswered here. Sounds like you got a hatchet job, just doesn't even make sense. No family history, no ADI-R or other mental health forms AT ALL??? Nothing??? I mean, nuts, if ASD is on the table they should be screening other stuff too. The Conners hits some, but still.
I need to go back to my Tamiflu delirium. This makes no sense. You came out with no pragmatics scores, no narrative language scores, no standardized tools for ASD and mental health, no expressive/receptive language testing, nothing.
Ok so I'm going back through everything from the beginning to look up things one at a time, makes notes, and decide what to do next.
I think I wasn't super clear in my first post that the testing proctor with the district did administer the IQ the first day then recommended we come back the next day for the WRAT, which we did. So that's how we got those scores. Sorry @Storygirl if that was confusing in my op.
To address what I've quoted here, I completely missed this last night. I think I was getting tired. 😴
1. I'm not poo pooing the school's writing at all. The proctor's reports, conversations, and emails were extremely helpful. At the time she relayed that dd would be in a remedial math class if she were enrolled in ps. We decided against ps at the time because we were expecting a clearer picture with the np. It seemed premature to put her in ps.
If you are referring to the writing program sent home with us by the OT, they were very helpful. We did both levels start to finish and they have helped her very much.
All the things you listed at the end... no we didn't get any of that, I have no idea what any of those things are! Lol!
I have on my to do list to call the district to ask about an ADOS trained team.
I'm sorry you are sick! That is so sweet and truly above and beyond for you to help in this way when you are really sick!
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1 minute ago, Scarlett said:
I am really worried about his classes.
You might try to contact the school and see if there are services for this sort of thing. With such a contagious thing, they don't want him there! So they might have options to help him keep up.
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1 minute ago, mlktwins said:
Oh no!!! I am so sorry, but am so glad you know what you are dealing with now!!! Mono is nasty stuff and, once he is over this really bad part, he needs to rest, rest, rest!!! Even if he is starting to feel better!!! My mom had to bring my schoolwork home for me to do to try and keep up with everything. I wasn't worth anything for at least 2 weeks. I have never been that sick!!!
The school district sent a homebound tutor to my house 2 times per week to help me keep up. She said I was her only homebound student that wasn't pregnant.
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Ugh. Poor guy. Mono sucks. I was sick for a month with it and had weakness long after. So brace yourselves this might not be quick.
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30 minutes ago, Storygirl said:
I'm a little confused about the score reporting, because the WART does not sound like an IQ test, but an achievement test. However, your description of these scores shows that IQ was run. DId the psych run it? It may have been a test called WISC.
Even if the nonverbal (fluid reasoning and processing speed would be in the nonverbal category, as would visual spatial) scores are within the average range, if the raw test score is twenty points lower than the verbal scores, it is statistically significant and could point toward a nonverbal learning disorder diagnosis.NVLD is not in the DSM and is not always diagnosed, but there is a specific learning profile that corresponds to lower nonverbal scores and high verbal scores, and it includes difficulty with math, social cues, and also typically reading comprehension,. Also typical is difficulty with fine motor and other visual spatial and motor skills. It can resemble the part of the Autism spectrum formerly called Asperger's. So, yes, NVLD is like autism but is not always autism; but it sometimes is. Clear?? LOL
The psych sent us to the school district for an IQ. We did that. The WISC. The testing proctor that did it said she thought it was odd the psych didn't want an achievement test to really know where she needs help. She offered to administer one the next day. So we went back to her for that, which was the WRAT (Wide Range Achievement Test).
I forwarded the results and report of both to the psych.
On the IQ (WISC), Her non verbal scores are 27 and 32 points lower than her verbal scores! 😨
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3 hours ago, Lecka said:
ADHD impulsive can be related to the social issues you mentioned.
I agree. Everyone around here associates ADHD with poor behavior and an inability to calm down.
But I'm looking at her clobber Great Granny with a full body weight hug while her much younger brothers (that are typical wrestle/ play fighting boys) are very gentle with Great Granny and thinking that's demonstrating impulsiveness and a lack of understanding.
And to further this isolated example, when I mention to her that she can't do that, she asks "why not?" Totally clueless. I tell her to think about why she shouldn't attack hug the elderly and she doesn't have an actual answer for that. She says "I want to show them how much I love them and how happy I am to see them." Anything less than an attack hug (to anyone) is us suppressing her. She just doesn't understand why people wouldn't appreciate a hug. (But its not a hug. She's big enough now, she knocks me off balance.)
And we have to go through this discussion every time we are going to see friends/ family (which is at least once a week). If we don't, she forgets and clobbers everyone.
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Good morning!
Placing grocery and warehouse store pickups this morning for tomorrow when we'll be in the city for dh's medical appointment. There's one aspect of technology I'm finding to be a time saver rather than a time suck. 🤣
Full school day today: Memory work, language arts, math, geography, science, exercise, piano practice, poetry tea, and reading.
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Help me plan a taco bar (reheating? etc.)
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I could just drink that tomatillo dressing!!!!! So so so good!!!
... Okay... changing my dinner menu for this week! 😂
Op, I'd probably do more ground beef (should be fine in the crock pot), get as many varieties of tortilla chips as you can (white corn, yellow corn, blue corn, scoops) and definitely sour cream. Daisy makes a squeeze bottle which is so nice for taco bars. Much less gross than the flecks of shredded cheese in the sour cream tub! 😬
I'd also reheat the rice in the microwave, but beans tend to explode in the microwave so I'd do that on the stove.
I'd plan on 4 tacos per person. But my extended family are big eaters and I'm paranoid about people leaving hungry. I'd probably also make a tres leches cake for the adults for the same "big eaters" reason.
Have fun with your kids and family!