(That water is not for drinking, by the way. It is clearly now a sand/water toy.)
Entries from May 2009
May 30, 2009
The Squatty Potty
When we were out and about in China, we often had to use squatty potties. Some were actually nice and porcelain, while others were basically a hole in the ground, but all them one “squatted” over. (Our hotel had Western style toilets.) Well, yesterday Linlee took herself to the bathroom (hooray!), but was taking a [...]
May 29, 2009
Me complaining.
While Linlee is doing really well, I’m not feeling very successful at getting her on board with the biomedical treatments for her autism. I’m trying. I’m just not meeting with success, aside from the diet (which is a real bother!). She only has four supplements she needs to be taking right now and I can’t [...]
May 27, 2009
What a set of pipes!
That would be my daughter. Today we had an appointment with Linlee’s pediatrician. We hadn’t seen him since her diagnosis of ASD and I felt like I needed to update him on our progress and get some prescriptions for therapy so that our insurance company might help pay for some of these things. (Wouldn’t that [...]
May 25, 2009
A walk on the trail…
We are experiencing the perfect weather for our holiday weekend; sunny and in the upper 60’s. That’s warm enough to be outside without a jacket, but not too hot. Today we went for a walk. Unfortunately, I seem to have gotten Linlee’s face in a shadow in nearly every picture, so I only have a [...]
May 24, 2009
The Children’s Museum
Linlee had so much fun on Friday, she’s been asking to go back (in her Linlee way), so today we did.
May 23, 2009
The DAN! Doctor
We took Linlee to a DAN! (Defeat Autism Now!) doctor on Tuesday. For a quick reference to what that is, click here: DAN! doctor. Basically, in addition to therapies, it is a way to treat Linlee’s autism biomedically. The GFCF diet is part of the protocol, so we’re already on board with that. Many parents [...]
May 22, 2009
The Mysterious German Sausage
As I was packing Linlee up to go to the Children’s Museum this afternoon, I went to the slider to call Duncan in from the backyard. He is such an escape artist, I usually keep him inside while we are gone. Duncan would not come when I called and I realized that he was eating [...]
May 21, 2009
Potty News (and my first strawberry)
Exciting new; Linlee came downstairs this afternoon and said, “I want go potty.” My jaw hit the floor with a thud. She has never told me that she has to go before (I just take her on a regular basis). I calmly responded, “Okay, go potty,” and pointed to the bathroom. She went in and [...]
