I'm BACK!

 First off, I can't believe it's been almost 3 years since I last posted!  Somewhere along the way, Blogger made some changes and I couldn't access my account or maybe it was my ADHD brain, not knowing my password for the 100th time.  And oh yeah, I was diagnoses with ADHD back in 2003, but I finally decided to get on meds in 2018 after baby #3.  I don't love everything about the meds, but overall they seem to be helpful.

I left my O.T. job, that's occupational therapy for those of you who don't know, because my sassy #3 had oral motor delays that made it near impossible for me to give her what she needed and hold a full time job.  She went through speech therapy as an infant to help her be able to feed and recently was re-evaluated for speech for the actual speech part.  Basically, I just want to be able to understand her and more importantly, not have her get frustrated because we can't understand her.  With leaving my OT job, came a new opportunity to work at my kid's preschool.

Year one I barely survived as a 2 year old teacher.  You guys, I'm use to dealing with kids with special needs, but I had a 2 SPD kid, a kid with DS, a kid with ADHD, a kid with Attachment disorder, a kid with high functioning autism and auditory sensitivities, and a kid who was non verbal/developmental delays, plus some 'typical kids".  Mid year, my co-teacher had a meltdown and left without warning.  Needless to say, it was a crazy year but I love those kids!

Year 2, I was in the non-stop infant room.  Babies are sweet but non-stop in a childcare setting.  So this is year 3 and I am the support staff lead.  I have a sensory room to use as needed with the kids who are enrolled in therapy.  I meet weekly with therapist and modify classrooms and educate teachers as needed to support these kids.  I am the advocate for the kids in many ways.  And occasionally I point out to the teachers that their expections of children in their class aren't realistic.  Let's just say, that doesn't make me popular.  But like I said, I'm here for the kids.  I'm an advocate.

Overall, I've learned a lot about me, yet I still struggle.  I want to advocate for those who struggle and be the one that fights for them, other times I want to rehab those recovering from illnesses or those dx with autism, but sometimes I have this fantasy of being a SAHM, gardening, cooking meals and homeschooling my kids, but unfortunately those can't all happen simultaneously.

Mother's Day 2017

Mother's Day started out with a french toast breakfast followed by everyone at the table coloring, including Mac-A-doodle.  Later, the two littles and me took naps, followed by a delicious meal made by JV and BV which including desert, my favorite part of a meal!  The rest of the day was spent outside in the gorgeous daylight that was given to us today.