It seems like one of the most frustrating parts of parenting a toddler is potty training them. I hear many facebook status updates from my friends who are growling about it. Potty training is tough but can be quickly achieved through these five simple principles: I have no clue. don’t ask me. I’m completely void… Continue reading How to Potty Train Your Toddler
Author: The Informal Matriarch
Spead The Word To END The Word
“you retard” “that was so retarded” “I feel like such a retard” All phrases I’ve said, all phrases a lot of you have said. I never thought twice about using that word, it’s a common term and everyone says it. Until autism. Most people, when I correct them on the use of that word, tell… Continue reading Spead The Word To END The Word
Just Call Me Domestic Goddess
I’m a little late blogging today because I didn’t let myself blog this afternoon until this: looked more like this: Laundry isn’t done but blame it on my slow arsed washing machine, not me. It’s actually a fast washing machine…I just had a lot of laundry. Shush. Note all my little notes on there? I… Continue reading Just Call Me Domestic Goddess
Excuse Me While I Go Purge My Supper
I live in townhouses, it seems to me that people get more nosy when you live in a townhouse. I have this one neighbour two doors down that I find to be particularly nosy. Her child was the one who I removed my children from because him and two other boys were playing “shoot the… Continue reading Excuse Me While I Go Purge My Supper
New URL!!!
From now on you should start getting used to finding my blog by going to http://www.informalmatriarch.com/ Yes my friends, things are changing around here. I’m changing hosts and giving my blog a make over and yes, it’s going to be good. I’m also going to try and make the blog a little better, I’m pretty… Continue reading New URL!!!
Smarty Pants Award of the Year Goes to….
SILAS!! He’s reading me books. Full kids books. Not early reader books but book books. This kid is just unreal. I noticed that he could do more than just read words that I’ve taught him because the other day we were going through this new puzzle where you match the animal sounds to the animal… Continue reading Smarty Pants Award of the Year Goes to….
Therapy Starts TOMORROW!!
Tomorrow tomorrow I’ll love ya tomorrowwww it’s only a daaaay awwaaaaayyy. Alesha comes tomorrow for her first session with Silas. It’s mostly a get-to-know-you sorta deal with him, they’re just going to play. Then the following week she’ll begin at her regular times. Salvation has arrived. woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooot Silas continue to just…get better. He’s becoming more… Continue reading Therapy Starts TOMORROW!!
Happy Friday
Ooooooo there’s cold air running through my house. I love how a week of super hot weather makes me crave the clouds again. I’m so stinking tired right now. Bluah. Listening to Coldplay on the radio, watering my law, pondering cleaning up, feeling awful dry mouth from starting antidepressants. Kinda wanna gag too. Lawn is… Continue reading Happy Friday
Discovering Happy
Sooooooooooooooooo I got a new idea for a blog and I kinda just went for it. K no I procrastinated on it forever but then I went for it. 🙂 Annnnyway, it’s called Discovering Happy and I’m blogging about my journey I’m on to find out how to be happy and stay that way. Through… Continue reading Discovering Happy
BI’s are HIRED
Last night we interviewed to LOVELY WONDERFUL people that I’m already in love with and we’re hiring them both to be Silas’ behavior interventionists. I cannot believe how much we fit with this company, I just cannot believe it. It’s like FINALLY something is easy. Something works, something fits. I’m in love with these two… Continue reading BI’s are HIRED
The Price of Autism
Looking around online I found that for the average family, autism costs them 40 000 to 80 000 American dollars. My government gives us $20 000 a year that only pays for 1/4 of the recommended amount of ABA therapy. Good thing we don’t believe in sticking a kid in 40 hours a week of… Continue reading The Price of Autism
Party Party Party Party
Ikey’s bday party was a success!! I love the fact that we DIDN’T have it at our house so we DIDN’T have to clean up before and after. Wooooot. We went to this tiny, round, chlorinated man-made lake thingy with awful gravel all around it. It used to have sand. I’m pretty sure all our… Continue reading Party Party Party Party
Happy Birthday Isaac!!
My darling Isaac, Today you are two. Goodness I’ve been dreading today for MONTHS now but now that’s it’s come, all I can do is be excited for you. You’re continuing to amaze me with how wonderful of a person you are. I see soooo many things in you my little one. I see someone… Continue reading Happy Birthday Isaac!!
Local Goodness
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY K so I’ve been meaning to do this but never had gotten around to it. Most cities have a harvest box where they have a box of vegetables at a bargain price. Look on your cities website to find your local one. Anyway, last month I signed up for one but they made a… Continue reading Local Goodness
Two Until Two
I’ve been dreading Friday for months. My little baby is turning TWO. UGH. As if I’m ready for him to be two yet. Gimme a break. He’s still a baby…he’s MY BABY!! I’ve been telling him for two years to stay a baby and he’s just not listening. I dunno what to do with that… Continue reading Two Until Two