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Progress Report on NR for July 18 Jul 2013 | 10:32 pm
I realized it was time for an update on our NR progress. We are closing in on a year of doing NR with Violet, and almost 6 months of Maddie doing it. Back in April I talked about all the progress we h...
Race Matters 10 Jun 2013 | 11:06 am
On Saturday Maddie had a playdate with a little girl in her preschool, C. Her big sister was turning 12 the same day, and was having a sleepover birthday party with friends. C. is in the Chinese pre...
Untitled 23 Mar 2013 | 03:58 am
Why am I so adamant about the benefits of NR? Because I have seen them myself in what might be record time, but I have clearly seen my child literally transform before my eyes. We were home 10 months...
Are you an Advocate? 2 Mar 2013 | 03:05 am
Do you Advocate for your child, or do you really want to help your child achieve their potential? Do you want to ADVOCATE for your child, or do you want to get rid of the issue? These can be independe...
Neuro Development 23 Feb 2013 | 04:19 am
Let's see if this works... this is a presentation I did at Violet's school this week on Brain Development- it's 2 hours long and the volume is not great...but the information is!
Another old video from June... 8 Feb 2013 | 05:32 am
This one of Maddie's performance- this is her favorite dance, but so far this year they have not done it yet!
a 7 month old Video... 8 Feb 2013 | 04:49 am
As I'm cleaning off the flip to make room for Maddie's Saturdays dance performance, I found this video of the girls dancing from last June- very cute!
Red furry incentives... 8 Dec 2012 | 05:23 am
So this week's super incentive for our almost 3 year old to tummy crawl has been the gift of an ELMO DIAPER. This may not sound exciting, but we normally use Bum genious all in one cloth diapers- the...
RAD-Explained 29 Nov 2012 | 09:00 am
Here is a quick bit from Wikipedia: RAD arises from a failure to form normal attachments to primary caregivers in early childhood. Such a failure could result from severe early experiences of neglect...
DSM? 27 Nov 2012 | 02:15 am
Since Violet has been home, my educational opportunities have expanded. When you face new things in your life, you adapt to fit them all in. So when we learned that Violet had SPD, we started learni...
