Screaming
An end to a great vacation
We’re wrapping up our first day of driving home from a great vacation. The kids have been pretty tolerant although I think they’ve just about had enough driving for today. I have to say, the more often we visit Maine, the more thankful I am to have such a beautiful place to visit with my…
Read More +Long delay!
After a relatively long business trip, I’m home again with the kids. I hate being away for so long, but I did a lot of good stuff for my students and I got to see a ton of cool technology and ideas. (I was at the RTNDA/NAB conference in Las Vegas – such a silly…
Read More +In the holiday mood
We’re enjoying family time for the holidays — I’m doing my best not to hop online as much as I normally do. Jordan is getting better at saying words like Santa, Ho ho ho and tree. She’s also saying more sentences. REALLY fast sentences. I wanna eat that sounds like “Iwannaeatthat.” She’ll say it rapidly…
Read More +Oh I remember this
Cameron started this screaming thing earlier in life. I forgot the mind-bending stress that comes from a child who can’t communicate enough. And this all happened while I was away!! We have a lot more screaming in the house. I’ve also noticed things are aggravating her for the first time… Or at least she’s verbally…
Read More +Wow. Could you get some words please?
We’re soundly in the phase where my girl needs more words. She has taken to screaming a lot since I got back into town. Really painful screaming. I’m using words back with her, asking her to use the few signs that she knows… But she will fall into a ball of tears and an on-the-floor…
Read More +Can someone turn down the volume?
Jordan needs more words. She desperately needs more words. She was doing pretty well with her sign language, but her hands can’t demand a toy, item or food as well as screaming. It’s high pitched, loud and mind bending. I’m usually pretty patient about this kind of stuff. But tonight I took her out of…
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