Moot Thoughts & Musings

Today, despite my tiredness--and E's for that matter, I feel like I really pulled some great parenting guns. First of all, we didn't go anywhere. I get to midafternoon, and then I just can't take it anymore, so we go somewhere, ANYwhere. It takes a lot of perseverance to get through that time without going anywhere. I'm glad we didn't, though, because Ellis is getting some bad diaper rash and a touch of diarrhea from the antibiotic they gave him after surgery (Cednifir, I think preemptive against an ear infection). I gotta tell you, the best cure for diaper rash is going commando for awhile, but that becomes somewhat difficult when diarrhea is involved...'nough said. I only mention it, because seriously, a bare bum is a better bum.

Okay, back to topic. So this is what we did today:
* really cleaned and vacuumed E's room
* made paper birds to hang from his huge green Ikea leaf that canopies his bed
* got a very grumpy E to sleep for a nap
* play cars
* hung new paper birds since the glue dried during nap (they're really cute)
* played ball outside for about 15 mins with Aunty Lu, but it was REALLY hot today
* put a blanket on kitchen floor and put three large containers of water on it, drip a little food coloring in each tub and provide measuring cups, colander, and baster--worth 30 mins of toddler fun right there
* played "teddy bear"
* introduced him to his new Memory Game. (right now we just notice that two cards match)
* played Playdoh
* ate an awesome dinner; he ate really well and got an ice cream cone for dessert
* played in the bath
* watched a little Toy Story 2 ("You have saved our lives. We are eternally grateful.")
* read books
* went to sleep calmly

and there was a fair amount of playing cars all interspersed in there...

Meanwhile, I was on the phone trying to straighten out an Early Intervention snaffu. We get our services from Pennsylvania School for the Deaf contracted with our county, but there has been some problem with PSD and my county and the contract. I think it's mostly resolved, but the speech therapist we need to add to our plan only works during the school year. So I was trying to get a therapist to start immediately, since Ellis just got his CI. Well, my early intervention coordinator didn't understand the difference between Teacher of the Deaf, Deaf Mentor (the two people who already come), and SPEECH THERAPIST! Seriously!! So she transferred ALL my services to this one place in my county that I do NOT want to go, but wanted to get a speech therapist from temporarily. I had to explain to her that a speech therapist was an entirely different person. Ugh!! Don't these people educate themselves on basic services for the variety of needs. I mean it's not like being deaf is some obscure thing. Grr. I think it's pretty much straightened out by now. But still, so annoying.