Guest guest Posted April 7, 2002 Report Share Posted April 7, 2002 , It can be real overwhelming when you first get the diagnoses Years of speech, IEP meetings, making sure child is getting all necessary services, am I doing everything I need to for child?, is it my fault?, etc. As a Mom who has been doing this for last 2 years I can tell you it does get easier. You just plug along one day at a time and suddenly you wake up one morning and juggling therapies and meetings seems normal. You get on a board and realize for the first time you have more answers than questions. Your child can tell you for the first time what he is thinking about and you realize that that by itself makes it all worth while. Sending my ds to preschool at 2.10 was the hardest thing I had to do. We don't use babysitters, older ds didn't start until K at 5 1/2. I had considered maybe one year of preschool year before K. But I agreed to try under the stipulation that if I was uncomfortable I would pull him out. I had to leave him crying with teacher everyday for the 1st 9 weeks and come back and check to make sure he was happy. But by the 2nd quarter he was taking off so fast. You could see daily improvement and I knew I was doing the right thing. Forget about looking too far ahead. Just stick to next meeting, next therapy, what are we working on this week, how am I going to get through today (what is working and what needs to be gotten rid of). And one day you will find yourself bragging about how great your child is doing and wonder why you ever worried. Good luck. Dawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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