Good Job!! Early Intervention is the most wonderful service ever!
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Iām really thankful for the option! I hope we hear back soonish. My mom is a preschool social worker so she keeps telling me how backed up everything is.
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Yay thatās awesome! We did early intervention for speech and walking! He now never stops talking and can walk just fine.
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Five out of five stars!
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I called and made first dentist appointments for the kids.
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Solidarity! I need to fill out the self-refer form for trhe cuckoo. She has good gross motor but still no words. I said I would do it at 15 months and thatās tomorrow.
Good luck with the assessment!
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As your friendly local early interventionist, I approve of all this gold star parenting!
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Iām not sure if this is gold star parenting or not but Iām trying to convince myself it is. This morning, my 16-year-old said she was tired and didnāt want to go to school. I told her she should go to school because thatās my job as a parent, right? But she said she felt too tired even though she didnāt go to sleep late last night. Which I know is true because I was up later than her because I need a mom to tell me to go to bed at a reasonable time but I donāt have that. So then I said, āOK, youāre a responsible kid who has good grades. If you think you can afford to miss the day, I trust you.ā
Because itās true. Sheās taking two AP classes plus an advanced math and they just finished the first quarter and she got 5 As and 2 Bs. And thatās with missing a whole week so she could be a student leader for outdoor school, and she managed all the makeup work all on her own. So I think that was the right thing to say to her but thereās still a part of my brain saying āYouāre the parent, you have to make her go to school!ā But telling her I trust her based on her responsible behavior and good choices and hard work is better parenting than insisting she must go just because sheās supposed to go and Iām supposed to make her, right? I think yes but parenting teens is still something Iām figuring out. Poor firstborns, they get all the trial and error.
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Things are backed up in every public service sector field ever because government but also, there are laws. 
We have timelines, rules about the number of days to begin evaluations, to begin services, etc. You have started the clock! Good for you!
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Yes! In a couple of years Daughter might be at college and have to make decisions like this all the time. Itās good practice. Well done, mama.
Meanwhile Iām over here gasping āDonāt you dare eat my broccoli!ā and shook that it actually works.
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My mom always said this to me and a) I chose to go to school more often than not and b) I have overall memories of her putting my mental health above my academic success and c) sometimes we blew off school for a fun day (maybe twice the whole time I was in HS) and those are precious memories together too.
Gold star for you!
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Thanks for the validation, friends. I appreciate it!
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Same!! My parents always trusted me and I felt even more responsible because of it. Very fond memories of ditching school regularly to do fun Harry Potter stuff with dad!
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My parents version of trust was a little different, more disinterest lol, but the outcome was the same in my case. I went to college with a way better sense of what I could skip or attend as I needed to, and I met a lot of people who were NOT.
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Great gold star parenting! For a one off like that I think you made the right call. If it starts to turn into a regular thing then you can look into what is going on (issue with friends, teacher, health, etc.).
Not that I am a parent to a teenager but your daughter does seem extremely responsible and like she is honest with you so trusting her seems like the right move from where I sit.
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She is very honest with me. I hope itās my parenting over the last 16 years but maybe itās just her, or maybe itās a combination, I donāt know. But I love that sheās open and honest with me. I had a better relationship with my mom than most people I knew but I definitely kept a lot from her when I was a teenager. I never would have shared a lot of what Daughter shares with me! Iām really grateful she trusts me and doesnāt feel she needs to hide stuff from me. knocks on wood
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Iāve been at my parentsā all weekend so my gold star parenting today was handing the baby to my mom at 5am and going back to sleep for 4 more hours. I still have a cold but I think the additional sleep was important because this week DH has a conference in Denver and Iāll be solo mom for four days
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My child was fed, dressed, entertained, diaper changed, walked, held, delivered to and fro for four days without my husband. I knew I could do it, very much did not want to do it, am looking forward to sharing the load with another adult starting tonight. But proud of myself! This included 3am and 4am wakeups so Iām even more of a rock star, please clap
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