Tag: Parenting
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The Tooth Fairy
Early autumn we noticed that Robert was growing “shark teeth”. This happens when adult teeth grow in behind the baby teeth. I looked it up out of concern, only to discover it is a fairly common phenomenon for children. The search results indicated that it was best to encourage the child to wiggle free their…
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Best Brothers
It has been busy here these past few weeks. We bought hardwood flooring to replace the old carpets in some of the bedrooms, and we were finally able to install it. We began with Robert’s room. After we emptied out the contents of Robert’s room, and my husband installed the new flooring, we decided to…
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Rencontre de transition
We had Robert’s transition meeting recently. This transition meeting was a time for his team to sit down together and discuss how his transition from junior kindergarten to senior kindergarten was going. Robert’s team is amazing. It’s comprised of an occupational therapist, his educational assistant, his teacher, the resource teacher, the principal and us, the…
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Another Dimension of Love
Bonding with your third child is nothing like bonding with your first two. Somehow the third child gets left alone a little longer, gets swept up into the activities of their older siblings, instead of having their own, and consequently, waits a little longer and seems to grow up a little faster. You just can’t…