I spent the night running fevers and throwing up and with terrible pains in my bladder and kidneys. I’m off to the hospital. Please keep me and baby Max in your prayers. Nathan is staying with the nanny for the day.
Why he loves his preschool
September 29, 2009 by 2 Comments
I’ve been ranting about Nathan’s preschool but I figured I’d share a little bit about WHY he loves it.
1. His teacher, Tia Paola, is wonderful. She cares a lot about him and is doing her very best to meet his needs. I can already tell that he has developed a rapport with her and really loves her!
2. The kids in the class accept him. They look forward to him arriving at the school and they seem to integrate well with him.
3. He gets to do lots of art projects and to do things with his hands. Whatever the other kids do, Tia Paola helps him do as well. She mentioned that he’s opening his hands more so they’ve been trying to get him to use his hands with more coordination. For example, today they had him pull things out of a container. She told me he was doing it very conscientiously. He would look, reach, and grab things. So he is integrated with the other children and using his hands and body to learn.
4. Everyone at the school is lovely! All of the Tias (as they call them here) are very kind and they all look out for him. The other kids from the other class are sweet to him too so basically he is surrounded by sweet, kind people.
5. The school is very organized and they have a lot of projects and things for the kids to do. All of the kids seem happy and everytime I show up to drop off or pick up Nathan, they are having fun.
It seems that the universe attracted Nathan to the very best place for him to have his first preschool experience! I couldn’t ask for anything better!
Here are a few pictures:
The last one is with his nanny, Denise, who is WONDERFUL.
Max
September 29, 2009 by 3 Comments
For those of you wondering how Max is doing – everything’s going great! Max is now 9 weeks and 1 day old. I saw the OB down here today and he said the baby looks perfect. Everything is measuring right where it should be for the gestational age. I was able to hear the baby’s heartbeat and it was very strong – 179 bpm! The baby is attached properly and there are no signs of detachment. I was so happy to see the baby ! He no longer looks like a tiny little frog – you can already see the shape of his head and body. I walked out of there on a cloud! I still can’t believe I’m going to have another baby in less than 7 months!
The visit to the doctor here was so extremely different than it is at home. The doctor brought me in to his office and we sat for a nice long chat before he did any tests. He took his time getting a comprehensive history and it turns out that he was the doctor for a family that we met on Sunday that has a daughter with SL HPE, just like Nathan! What a small world! I feel as if I’m in good hands with him, he was warm, caring, and even gave me his cell phone number in case I felt the need to ask him any questions. How cool is that?!!
I went to the OB while Nathan was doing his Medek sessions so I am sad to report that I don’t have any pictures to share of his afternoon session. But you can imagine my surprise when I walked in and Ramon and his daughter Claudia greeted me with tremendous excitement. He stood up in an aerial exercise!!! Ramon was holding him by the ankles, and he stood up all by himself and stayed up in space, just by the ankles!! Can you believe that?? Ramon filmed him so I am going to try and get a copy of the video. He was ECSTATIC as it shows a sign of great progress for him to be able to do that already. Once they start standing up aerially, they’re on the path to independence!!!! So tonight I am on cloud 9, happy to know that both my babies are doing well 🙂