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I guess there's only a few of you here that remember and I so I

though I would slowly start to fill in on some more history on

and I.

came out of the institution at the end of May at the age of 5

1/2. For over a year prior to that we began working familarizing

ourselve with his medical history. While we were getting through

paperwork, we begin bringing him home for weekends. We became aware

of how much was missing in life those first visits. He had

never slept in anything but a institutional crib before. He was

literally afraid to get out of his bed. Our poor labrador had to

spend the first few weeks in the basement because he had never been

around a dog before. His eyes just about popped out of his head first

time he saw that four legged monster coming for him. LOL I got a book

on sign language and started giving him a means of communicating. He

was like a little sponge and learned very quickly. He had surgery to

repair his stomach division prior to moving in with us. In the

beginning we were still tube feeding him but starting the process of

getting him to eat by mouth. Oh what a chore that was. He fough us

tooth and nail about putting anything in his month. Simple things

like instant oatmeal became a ritual of an hour or more. He would get

so angry at us that he would resort to hitting himself on the head or

slamming his head down on the highchair tray. When we managed to get

a spoonful in his mouth he would refuse to swallow. He didn't like

being away from people so we started carrying him (highchair and all )

out of the kitchen. He hated being separated form everyone so he

would swallow. Then would start all over again being carried out of

the room after every mouthful. Oh those were the days. LOL Our other

kids got to dread mealtimes for a while. I had to document every

spoonful that he ate in the beginning. The doctors would not remove

his feeding tube until he was eating enough by mouth to sustain a

good weight. The tube was removed in Nov. that first year. It took us

5 months to get him eating by mouth. We literally made eating a game.

we would put bowls of all different kinds of tasting food on the

table. We would ALL stick our fingers in tasting, smacking our lips.

We slowly awakened his taste buds. His first favorite food was honey

than peanut butter. I have to say it was his sisters who were the

best tools. They encougaged and conjoled him into forgetting his

stuburness and fear.

Starting school was another endevor. All the school was looking at

was the diagnosis of mental retardation and the fact he was in an

institution. I dug my heels in and insisted he be given the chance so

we could determine what he was capable of. That first year he went to

a diagnotic classroom with other children developmentally behind. He

had a one on one support for learning sign on a daily basis. He

wasn't even fully potty broke yet but in the learning area he soared.

He was amazing teachers and doctors both.

His second year started kindergarden in a Hearing Impairment

Program. Deaf children from a number of different school districts

were transported to this one hearing school for the deaf program.

The program had full signing support in seperate classrooms and

mainstreaming into hearing classes with interpreters being the

ultimate goal.

More of 's story to come in the future.

mom to (31)

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I'm really enjoying hearing these early stories about . I don't believe

I must have been on the list yet when you were on before. Looking really

forward to hearing more!

, mom to (5)

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wow he had some tough times i guess he was used to peopel beimng in

hosptital all that time im kinda like that to ive allways ben in and out so

im a very person type

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> I'm really enjoying hearing these early stories about . I don't

> believe I must have been on the list yet when you were on before. Looking

> really forward to hearing more!

>

> , mom to (5)

> http://kauffmanlak.blogspot.com/

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Thank you for sharing!!! We look forward to learning more about your

journey together.

artthrobgracie10 wrote: I guess there's only a

few of you here that remember and I so I

though I would slowly start to fill in on some more history on

and I.

came out of the institution at the end of May at the age of 5

1/2. For over a year prior to that we began working familarizing

ourselve with his medical history. While we were getting through

paperwork, we begin bringing him home for weekends. We became aware

of how much was missing in life those first visits. He had

never slept in anything but a institutional crib before. He was

literally afraid to get out of his bed. Our poor labrador had to

spend the first few weeks in the basement because he had never been

around a dog before. His eyes just about popped out of his head first

time he saw that four legged monster coming for him. LOL I got a book

on sign language and started giving him a means of communicating. He

was like a little sponge and learned very quickly. He had surgery to

repair his stomach division prior to moving in with us. In the

beginning we were still tube feeding him but starting the process of

getting him to eat by mouth. Oh what a chore that was. He fough us

tooth and nail about putting anything in his month. Simple things

like instant oatmeal became a ritual of an hour or more. He would get

so angry at us that he would resort to hitting himself on the head or

slamming his head down on the highchair tray. When we managed to get

a spoonful in his mouth he would refuse to swallow. He didn't like

being away from people so we started carrying him (highchair and all )

out of the kitchen. He hated being separated form everyone so he

would swallow. Then would start all over again being carried out of

the room after every mouthful. Oh those were the days. LOL Our other

kids got to dread mealtimes for a while. I had to document every

spoonful that he ate in the beginning. The doctors would not remove

his feeding tube until he was eating enough by mouth to sustain a

good weight. The tube was removed in Nov. that first year. It took us

5 months to get him eating by mouth. We literally made eating a game.

we would put bowls of all different kinds of tasting food on the

table. We would ALL stick our fingers in tasting, smacking our lips.

We slowly awakened his taste buds. His first favorite food was honey

than peanut butter. I have to say it was his sisters who were the

best tools. They encougaged and conjoled him into forgetting his

stuburness and fear.

Starting school was another endevor. All the school was looking at

was the diagnosis of mental retardation and the fact he was in an

institution. I dug my heels in and insisted he be given the chance so

we could determine what he was capable of. That first year he went to

a diagnotic classroom with other children developmentally behind. He

had a one on one support for learning sign on a daily basis. He

wasn't even fully potty broke yet but in the learning area he soared.

He was amazing teachers and doctors both.

His second year started kindergarden in a Hearing Impairment

Program. Deaf children from a number of different school districts

were transported to this one hearing school for the deaf program.

The program had full signing support in seperate classrooms and

mainstreaming into hearing classes with interpreters being the

ultimate goal.

More of 's story to come in the future.

mom to (31)

Amy McKinley

Mom to MIGHTY MAX -- cHARGE, 19 months old (17 months corrected)

maxupdate.blogspot.com

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