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January 14, 2013 by: Gina

Lessons in Parenting Special Needs, 1/14/13

Filed Under: parenting

It’s amazing when you see a child make strides.  Last week, we decided to put a “different” shirt on our daughter.  You see, the only shirts she’ll wear are those skin tight ones made for working out and skiing, racer-back tank ones in the summer, mock turtlenecks with long sleeves in the winter.  Hubby said, “They’re too small now, get me a regular shirt.”  So I went ahead and did that, and she wore it at our outings. (Still not in the car, we’re not there yet!)

So I tried a few days in school.  I had mixed results but that’s better than NO results!  Then, the other day, I came upstairs to see her doing this:

Got a pajama shirt and buttoned most of it herself:
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I helped a little but she was pleased with the results:
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This is her, actually admiring herself and I think complimenting her good looks:
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Good things really do happen in this house 🙂

NEVER give up hope, my friends.  Your kid can do what you never thought she could before too!

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Comments

  1. Bay @ Queen Mother Blog says

    January 14, 2013 at 12:54 pm

    This is great! Congrats on her achievement–I’m sure she has many new triumphs ahead! <3

    • Gina B says

      January 14, 2013 at 1:03 pm

      Thank you! I hope so too 🙂

  2. Gina B says

    January 14, 2013 at 2:03 pm

    We are blessed, Xandra, that our kids are happy!

  3. Lauryn says

    January 14, 2013 at 9:21 pm

    I can only imagine how wonderful this makes you feel as a mom! Rock on little one:)

    • Gina B says

      January 15, 2013 at 8:44 am

      Thanks Lauryn! We have lots of areas I wish we were more ahead in, but this weekly post gives me perspective.

  4. Althea Young says

    January 14, 2013 at 10:51 pm

    Being a parent is very challenging and I believe that every challenge we experience happiness and sadness. I learn so many things here in your blog about parenting and I really love to read it.

    • Gina B says

      January 15, 2013 at 8:45 am

      Good point, Althea. It’s all in the learning. Thank you, that makes me feel great! Happy to help.

  5. Gina B says

    January 15, 2013 at 10:37 am

    Thanks Dresden! The trick now is to get her to do it all the time 🙂

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