It’s that time of year again.  I had Tad’s annual Individual Education Plan (IEP) meeting with his teacher, his paraeducator, his school speech therapist, his mainstream 1st grade teacher, and the school principal yesterday.  Thumper tagged along and slept for most of the time in his car seat, while Tad got to play on the [...]

The big three year old had his well-child checkup appointment yesterday at the pediatrician’s office, and these were his stats… Height: 37 inches (3 feet 1 inch), 42nd percentile Weight: 30 and 3/4 pounds, 40th percentile So, he is totally proportionate, but not huge.  I’m good with that. He is developing right on track as [...]

As I have blogged about before, the boys are having a really hard time with each other.  This is a consequence of Tad’s autism, Rerun’s toddlerhood, and the fact that their interests are just dovetailing each other right now.  Batman.  Angry Birds.  Star Wars.  Star  Wars Angry Birds.  Veggie Tales. And then Rerun had his [...]

The sibling fights used to be between Ane and Tad.  That seemed normal to me.  They are very close in age, there’s a lot of overlap in the things they do, and they can annoy each other easily. What I was not prepared for, and am now having to deal with on a daily/hourly/minute-by-minute basis [...]