Posts by Rose-Roget

I'm preparing to start hs'ing my ds, who will be turning 7 and "in" 2nd grade next year.  I've been reading a little about CM, and I like the much about the philosophy.  Ds is such a tricky kid to teach...

Salut Gabrielle!   I'm American and dh is French.  We live in America.  I'm preparing to start hs'ing my ds, who will be 7 and in 2nd grade next year.    Do you have any good recommendations for...

I'm not a regular visitor to this group, but I wanted to start a new thread to keep the ideas coming!    For those looking to homeschool their school-aged child, I wanted to let you know that Montessori For Everyone...

I second the swimming idea. I find that it takes a lot for ds to learn to coordinate the movement and feel what "tense," "floppy," and "relaxed and strong" body postures are.  But it's a great...

How about you or your dh accompany him to get the wood, but have ds carry what he can?  That would provide the heavy work, teach a responsibility, and the adult could make sure it was done safely and it would avoid all the messy...

Our OT suggested we try a stretchy, spandexy type shirt/pants, like UnderArmor.  On days when we can't get much heavy work in, I have him do bear walks and crab walks around the house.  These help.  You could even follow...

Interesting.  I guess they have to feel like they get accurate enough reads like that, even though I would think that the child would maybe sleep worse than usual because of being in a new place, having probes...

Thanks for that information.   Sounds like it can completely depend on who the doctor is.  It's true that sleep disorders can have overlapping symptoms with other disorders.  But since ADHD and the like are just...

Ds is 6.  He has SPD and looks kind of ADHD at times.  He's learning well at school, although he acts impulsively and gets into trouble.  On another thread, someone posted that he could have sleep problems, since I...

Quote: Originally Posted by blessedwithboys  Absolutely don't waste any time getting to a sleep lab!  My 16 yo ds was exactly as you described and I never medicated him.  I spent the last 13 yrs trying to...