The first picture is yesterday on my way out, I stopped at Tim Horton's and then the second picture is from my bedroom window this morning around 9 am. It snowed all day since I took this picture. I am so ready for Spring.
Over the weekend we went to friends that live in the country, the kids ran around and played for hours. They came home and slept so good. We have put a double futon mattress in Ginja's room and what a huge difference. She is allowed to have her iPad until she falls asleep so she isn't crawling in with us all night. We have decided we need to pick our battles, I lay awake until I hear that last show fade and her room go quite. Last night she was up until 3:30 am, but was in her room.
We have been put in the wait list for services through Ottawa Children's Treatment Centre and also received a referral to a pediatrician in Ottawa to attempt to obtain a provisional diagnosis. I have to pick up our referral letter for a private diagnosis referral from the family dr this week. We have received some push back from them about insurance coverage. For a private diagnosis we are looking at about $2500 out of pocket. Insurance will cover 80% up to a maximum of $1000. Now a portion of the time is strictly with the parents and is billed at about $225 per hour, they want to see us on the first visit for minimum 90 minutes. Our family dr believes it is fraudulent to have my insurance cover that portion and to also have Ginja's portion cover her time with the psychologist. I don't quite understand that personally so I am hoping the paperwork is handled by the paediatricians office. We have been working with our infant and child development worker and also have a home based speech and language program in effect. Ginja has started stringing longer sentences together and has started using 5 word sentences. Ginja will start attending weekly speech and language session with her pathologist in May until about mid to end of June.
Lil Man received an award at school last week for perseverance and determination. It is good to see he is pushing along as we had some issues with him giving up before. I have to implement our home reading program because the teacher rarely sends homework home, even after being asked for more. I have been looking at homeschooling websites and I want to start challenging him at home. He is very intelligent, just gets bored easily and frustrated when answers don't just come to him. I am extremely pleased with his reading, when he is done his chores he will play with his sisters or read. When we are travelling to visit family he will read in the van. You wouldn't know starting grade 2 that he couldn't read, and now he is reading well past his level. I give all the credit to his second grade teacher Mrs Robillard. She is by far the favorite teacher he has had. She put so much effort into her students, something that is rarely seen now a days.
Our Coco! She is so full of energy always so happy, and progressing so well. It wasn't until I had her and have been watching her grow and develop, that I realized raising a baby could be so easy! She and Ginja both starting walking around their first birthdays, but I notice Coco talks so much more, is so independant and loving. She adores her big sister and brother. If I could have been guaranteed a pregnancy with no vomiting and a baby exactly like her, I would have a football team! My kids are my entire world and they are each individual and unique. I couldn't imagine our lives without them.
