Showing posts with label its the little things. Show all posts
Showing posts with label its the little things. Show all posts

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Snots, Boogers, and Green Monsters

(S)not for the weak stomached readers--

Tell me, how to teach my child how to blow his nose?

He's little nose is so stuffed with boogers. I am constantly wiping his nose, spraying nasal solution up there to try to get the hard crusties out of there.

Its weird because we have a weird mix going on.

Sometimes they are rock hard boulders up there that require intervention and need to be extracted with a boogerectomy.

Sometimes they just run out like a faucet turned on full blast.

Sometimes they are those ones that you grab hold of and they are attached all the way down to his toes and the more you pull they keep coming, and you think you're actually hooked onto an organ of some sort. He generally giggles so it must tickle.

Those ones that are sticky, and you think you got it all off his face and an hour later you realize that it just slithered over and is now dried up in his hair.

It's always fun to be driving in the car and he sneezes. I turn my head for that quick glance and there is a booger all the way down to his chin. No Kleenex in the car.....uuum Victoria's work shirt will do!! shhhhh she'll never know.

OR better yet, I'm driving, he sneezes and I do the head turn to check and nope, there is no booger! Yeah. Couple miles later I stop at a light and turn to talk to Daniel. He's got his pointer finger smearing the booger I didn't see that he launched on his window. Nice artwork. I'll leave that for Daddy, he'll be so proud. I am so tired of him being sick this year.

I have used the ball thing to suck out the boogers, and most of the time we can't get it to do a good enough job. He still breathes like Dart Vader. I just want him to BLOW his nose.

I put the little Kleenex up to his nose and say "Come on Daniel, blow blow blow", and he just looks at me like I'm nuts. We've done demos to show him how to do it, and that just gets more giggles.

I am so sick of snot and I am snot kidding!

How did YOU teach your kid to blow his nose?
Life would be so much better for him if he'd just blow!

Friday, February 20, 2009

Daniel Von Whoopidoo

Meet Daniel Von Whoopidoo........

How cool does he look?? He is such a big boy, and loves trying new things! He won't use his posture walker, does not want to hold on to it. He wants to walk but not use his walker....at this time, it won't work! So we were trying to get him interested in doing it another way.
This is the first time he has used walking canes. He's learning to balance by reaching forward and making a toy piano play.
Here is Daniel in his Ti-lite manual wheelchair. For those "professionals" who didn't think he'd be able to understand and use his arms to move the wheelchair.......check out where his arms/hands are?!?!!? Daniel Von Whoopidoo!!!

On a bummer note: We should be in Chicago right now for our ABR 1st satellite training. We're not. We are fighting off the seizure monster instead. Bigger creature than I can wrap my arms around. Bigger nightmare than I ever experienced or that I wanted.

So to those who have recently gone to their ABR satellite- Yipee I'm happy for you guys......I hope you have continued success.....now share what you've learned! Come on don't be stingy!!!

Monday, February 9, 2009

Big Boy!!

We have been trying (half hearted or less) to potty train Daniel. Every morning before school about 20 minutes after he wakes up, I've been putting him on his potty seat. Then again at school the teacher puts him on at around 10:30. Sometimes he'll go pee-pee at school. Well EVERY morning when I put him on the potty he pees, and I make a big production out of it. I sing a special song that the whole family knows (and will sing to him!) and he gets to pick out a sticker. This is fun for him.

Well this morning I put him on the potty and he tinkled so I started to pick him up to get him dressed and he started to really fuss. Well just because he is non verbal doesn't mean he can't get his point across! So I promptly figured out he wanted to sit back on the potty, so I put him back and figured he still had to pee.....which he did, but he also went #2. Now, I don't generally celebrate when someone goes to the bathroom but the fact that he made a point to let me know he wasn't finished, and he went poopy on the potty.......THIS IS A HUGE DEAL!!!
He's gone pooh on the potty before but always because I could tell he had to go and I put him there. He let me know.....in so many words!

So he got TWO stickers. Yes two because I was so proud of him, and I kept telling him so all day long. He probably was thinking, "Sheesh, I just sat on the potty. Are we going to throw a party every time for Pete's sake!!"

I know you guys are probably shaking your heads and saying....."geez o'peas, this girl needs a life!"
Well I will further embarrass myself and tell you I don't have much excitement in my life because I actually got a little teary eyed afterwards!!! LOL