Must be MY SIDE… ;)

The big brain on my son, that is…  (my side ;) ).  I hope this doesn’t come off the wrong way… but, I am pretty psyched and wanted to share. We just got AC’s first report card from middle school today. He got strait A+’s!! . =) We’re so proud of him!! I thought he [...]

When will my baby brother start wearing his hearing aids?

Shortly after we brought his little brother home, AC asked me one day, “So, when will DC start to wear his hearing aids?”. I realized that he just assumed that since he had started wearing his HA’s the year before – that his little brother would eventually do the the same.

Mild Hearing Loss or ADD??

“His extraneous movement did not appear to be related to his hearing loss”. Oh Really??

So… What’s YOUR Problem?!

As I mentioned before, the year AC was in 3rd grade was a bit of a rough year for us. It was the first time he really ever “got in trouble” in school. He was basically being misunderstood, and was falsely accused of misbehaving, when he simply wasn’t hearing.  Third grade was also the first time that AC [...]

Silent Whispers…

There’s a beautifully written post by Michelle over at the “Say What Club” blog – entitled: “All That A Whisper Is“.  Michelle is a mom who has severe hearing loss herself, and talks about how she could not hear whispers from her child.  Please go read her post…  it’s an inspiring read. For me, it also gave me a glimpse [...]

His speech is a little off…

“you know. I doubt she (the PreK teacher) said it just to make you mad, or for fun. She IS a teacher. She DOES see 100′s of kids. Maybe you should check it out”.

Starting an ASL class tomorrow

I can’t wait! It’s just an introductory course… but, still… it will be fun.  I hope I can do it! Next year, AC will take ASL as his language in 7th grade.  We have both been wanting to learn it for a while.  He’s hoping I can teach him a few things so he can [...]