Raising Articulate Kids
BRAG ALERT! On the way home from school recently my oldest son was telling me about his day. He was describing a situation with one of the teachers at his school and said: "She's different than all of the other [...]
Intentional Pauses
The book Hamlet’sBlackberry: A practical philosophy for building a good life in the digital age by William Powers is an all-time favorite of mine. Even though no one has Blackberry phones anymore the information in the book still applies! It's all [...]
Baby Elle 5 Months
Here we are on the tippy tail end of Aril and Elle is closer to 6 months than she is to 5, but I haven't posted an update yet. At 5 months she weighed 17 pounds. She is in the top [...]
Create Your Own Speech Therapy Book
When SJ was first diagnosed with hearing loss I was encouraged to create an experience book. Books are a great resource for speech delays anyway, but a book that has pictures and experiences that your child can directly identify with [...]
Summer School
I have been blown away by SJ's recent progress with speech. This time a year ago these were the new phrases she said Daddy has keys I want chocolate milk Snack for later These short sentences were huge breakthroughs for [...]
Speech Therapy Behind The Scenes
I don't mean to sound like a broken record or, to be more current, a song stuck on repeat, but learning to talk with a cochlear implant is a lot of hard work! SJ rivals A-List celebrities with the size [...]