Normal is BORING!

I wanted to make a post just about Family Resource Centers. I do not know if many people know about them or if they have any idea of how much amazing work they do in the community. If you have an FRC in your district you are really lucky & should take advantage of all the awesome FREE programs that they have to offer. If it wasn't for the birthday screening with Declan I might not have received the kind of help we needed & who knows where we would be now. The people that I met through the Play & Learn Groups were amazing resources the helped me find OT & Neurodevelopmental Pediatrician. I have taken classes through the FRC: one was a Parent Leadership Through Civic Engagement & People Empowering People. My little guy & I have Parent As Teacher sessions (PAT) once a month; a parent educator comes to your home. It helps you know if you child is on track, if  you have concerns you mention them, they are great at helping you find the right answers. ...

Patching & glasses with Bubba was oh so much fun in the beginning, he got used to the routine of every evening watching his movie; thank you Pixar & Disney for Cars, Lightning McQueen you are my hero! Slowly his brain began recognizing his eye & turned it back on! He still needed his glasses, they became his safety blanket. Upon starting he wanted nothing to do with them but now is was the first thing he wanted when he woke up & we had a process to get them off of his face at bedtime. The longer we patched & Bubba wore his glasses some of his quirks seemed to lessen & other things seemed to be arising. Over the next year we had some household changes, I had to return into the workforce finding a job that I could bring my son or worked with my husbands schedule.... I ended up becoming a bus driver, something I NEVER thought I would do! When I started there were a lot of moms & kids there; I was excited to get Bubba around other kids & for me...