You did it! Bedikas chometz is tonight… Never thought the day would come, eh? Ready or not, those intense weeks of prep are almost behind you. No rest for the weary, though… It’s kind of hard to sit back (lean left?) and relax when there’s a certain yummy child in the house who requires constant […]
Getting through the school-age years with special needs is not easy. But compared to what comes next, those school years are piece of cake. A kid is a kid; if her sister goes to one school and she goes to another school, even a special ed school, she can still feel like a normal kid […]
V’nahafoch, v’nahafoch, v’nahafoch, v’nafoch 🎵 Ever wondered if this song was written especially for your house on Purim? A day of no school and much sugar. Um, yay? Some kids love the extra energy, fun, and break from the everyday that Purim brings. But many, many kids are just plain overwhelmed and out of sorts. […]
50% of children with Epilepsy become nearly seizure-free with the first medication they try. We want to talk about the other half. Though many children do respond well to the second or third medication they try, there are numerous others who live regularly with seizures. It’s your neurologist’s job to recommend appropriate intervention, but meanwhile, […]
There are no “one size fits all” solutions when it comes to therapy for our children. Even if both your kid and my kid have seemingly similar behaviors, a treatment plan can be wonderfully effective for your child, while it just backfires for mine. This seems strange to us, because in other areas of our […]
The thought of taking a child with special needs to the dentist can be just as scary for the parent as it is for the child! Sensory overload, interacting with strangers who don’t know your child, and dealing with difficult behavior in public are just a few of the concerns that make the notion so […]
My baby is 15 months old and still not sitting independently. The playgroup morah called to tell me that my daughter doesn’t follow simple instructions like everyone else in the group. My toddler can point, stamp his foot, and throw a tantrum when he wants something, but he won’t say a single word. You may […]
Most kids go through a “picky eater” stage at some point, usually during toddlerhood or the preschool years. For many, the phase is outgrown, while in some cases, parents look on in distress as the list of foods their child will agree to eat shrinks to a smaller and smaller number. Sometimes, it goes the […]
One week to go, and iiiittt’s… Chanukah! Gift shopping, party planning, menorah polishing… Chanukah may be a seudah-free yom tov, but no one can say that there’s no hard work involved. And you’re definitely not getting out of those late nights, either. Over-sensory-stimulating parties, vacation days, sugar highs, and fire-within-reach-anxiety make for an exhausting mix. […]
Money is the most important thing in life. Not. But when there’s not enough to go around, when each month’s expenses bring new anxieties about how the bills are going to get paid, when you have a special needs child whom you love dearly but costs you A LOT of money to care for… Then […]
