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One of Those Weeks by Tammy K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness When we started this journey over a year and a half ago I knew I was in for some extremely hard work, sincere dedication, and definitely a roller coaster ride of emotions. Eig ... Read on »
the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly by Tammy K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness the GOOD Aiden has added new words to his vocabulary list! He now says "meow" (without the /e/, so more like "mmmmow"), "hah" (hot), "buh, b ... Read on »
Halloween Fun by Tammy K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness HaPpY HaLLoWeEn!!!We started our festivities with a little bit ofpumpkin carving, or as Aiden calls it"uh-un".Ryan was feeling "too cool" to help out,Kaily ... Read on »
Walk4Hearing by Tammy K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness The Walk4Hearing was this past weekend in DC. This is a walk produced by The Hearing Loss Association of America ( HLAA ) in an effort to end the stigma associated with hearin ... Read on »
Next Steps After Concerns ... and a little "h" by Tammy K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness After posting my concerns about Aiden's standstill I received a lot of great feedback, so first let me shout out a huge THANK YOU! All my CI mommy friends rock and it is so ni ... Read on »
Apples and Leaves by Tammy K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Sometime ago, I said I wanted to post on Aiden's blog the particular theme we're working on. I'm finally getting around to it and I'll start with what we're doing now then go ... Read on »
Standstill by Tammy K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I'm looking for some advice and guidance. Aiden has been hearing for almost 7 months with his right CI and just over 5 months with his left, but I feel we're at such a standst ... Read on »
Welcome to Holland by Tammy K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness When I first met Miss Helen (one of Aiden's first AVT's) she told me about the poem, Welcome to Holland. Whenever I read it, it reminds me of how in the beginning I really wan ... Read on »
18 Month Mommy by Tammy K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Aiden had his eighteen month well baby visit yesterday.As I sat there waiting I couldn't help but reminisceabout his two month well visit.The tears welled up in my eyes that d ... Read on »
Good with My Bad by Tammy K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I am completely worn out. I have been going nonstop since Aiden started school. It doesn't help that last week we had at least one commitment every day. School, audiology, the ... Read on »
Just Like a Cat by Tammy K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Just wanted to share a little video we captured the other night of one of Aiden's newest acts - it's hard to hear, so you have to turn up the volume as he imitates the cat dri ... Read on »
Mom of the Year Award ... I Think Not by Tammy K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Okay. So yesterday I started off my day by helping Kailyn's teacher for a good hour or so, then hurried home to get Aiden ready for therapy. As I am driving down the highway, ... Read on »
First Day of School for My Little Caterpillar by Tammy K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Yesterday was Aiden's first day in the toddler program at The River School! They have two classes for his age that meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and he is in the Caterpillar ... Read on »
Thankful by Tammy K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Lately I've been writing about our goals, our workboards, what we're doing to help Aiden speak and hear ... but today, I just want to say I am THANKFUL. THANKFUL for his nev ... Read on »
Aiden's Learning to Listen Workboard and Calendar by Tammy K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness About a month ago, I saw this calendar from Ben's mom and this family workboard idea from Brigg's mom, and immediately knew I needed something similar. I wanted something that ... Read on »
Quiet Time by Tammy K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness This morning,Aiden and I walked his sister to her second day of third grade.Then came home and drove his brother to his first day of eighth grade.When we returned home,we play ... Read on »
I Heard That! by Tammy K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness One of the very first things I learned from the wonderful Miss Helen (the very first AV therapist I met with after finding out about Aiden's deafness) was to point to my ear w ... Read on »
Shout Out to a Dear Friend by Tammy K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness There's not a day that goes by that I don't think of my father. Not a day. They're mostly good days, when I smile about fond memories, but some of them are just down right yuc ... Read on »
He's Going to School by Tammy K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I was beside myself with excitement yesterday as I opened up the mailbox and saw Aiden's class placement at THE RIVER SCHOOL! It feels like I just had my little monkey and now ... Read on »
Busy, Busy Bees by Tammy K. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I'm trying to catch up on all my blogs I love to read and saw a this from AJ's mom, and decided to do the same thing. I have been SO busy getting things ready for ALL THREE of ... Read on »