New Year

Maddie had a runny nose and ear infection on 12/22 and was on antibiotics for 10 days. She was basically drip free for 10 days and now is a mucus machine! Poor thing just can't get a break, her 18 month visit is next monday and I hope we won't have to go to the dr before that.

On another note, I learned of a non-profit in the county that Maddie attends pre-school in, which is different than the county we live in and use for early intervention. This non-profit focuses on teaching the day care teachers things to do with Maddie to supplement her other therapies. They will also work with the other children in her class. I'm excited about this b/c physical therapy every other week and speech and feeding weekly aren't enough. I'm also annoyed that my early intervention coordinator didn't mention this to me and when I asked, she said she used to work for them! This non-profit really seems to get it and I asked them to let me know if they think of anything we can do that might benefit Maddie and they said they would.

The non-profit is called smart start, however the way the funds are used differ in every county. In Raleigh or Wake county, the focus is on low income which if only one of us worked, we still wouldn't be eligible.