Bad Day

Today started off on the wrong foot and that really set the tone. We both woke up at 7:15 am and had to get ready quickly for Jesse's speech therapy at 8:30 am. Jesse wanted to nurse, and he did, but apparently not long enough. As soon as I started trying to get him ready - change his diaper, get him dressed, wash his face, etc... - he freaked. Then he wouldn't eat breakfast, refused to put on his coat and shoes, and was just an over all pain in the rear. It didn't help that I was running on two hours of sleep.

So we were late for our 1/2 hour speech therapy. And when we got there, all Jesse wanted to do was nurse. She did give me some more ideas though for helping Jesse. It's all stuff I've already been doing with Jesse, just less intensive. Things like stressing the words in, out, on, off, up, down during play and in our every day life. I have to narrate everything. It's a bit difficult to get used to, since I'm not really a very talkative person (something I've been working on since I first noticed Jesse's speech issues a year ago). He is picking it up though. He can say all of those words, even if he only says up and off spontaneously right now.

After that we went to an active play playgroup, which went relatively well. At least it helped Jesse burn off some energy. Later though when I put him down for a nap, he wouldn't let me get up (he'd wake if I moved). I have so much stuff to do, and I really needed to use his nap time to do it! (((sigh)))

I have another 15-20 resumes (ABA home therapist applicants) to print. I have probably 40 resumes to review. I still have to figure out  a way to rate them and decide who to interview. We were finally assigned a senior therapist (this past Friday...squeaky wheel gets the grease, I guess) but we don't meet with her til March 30th. So I have no idea how to go about hiring someone. And since we won't have had an ISSP yet, I have no idea how many hours we will qualify for, so I have no idea what to tell the home therapist applicants. The social worker was hoping we'd have someone hired by the time the ABA therapy training session comes up in April, but it's not looking hopeful. Steve and I will still do the training (if my manager gives me the time off, that is). But we may end up holding off for a couple weeks or more on hiring someone. And to be honest, I'm not that worried about it. I know that sounds horrible, but really, Jesse is doing pretty well lately (save for today, I guess).

I also didn't get the chance to call the physiotherapist and ask about a joint PT/OT appointment. I really need to get on that. After speaking with some people who work at children's rehab or development departments, I'm thinking we may need to go private with OT as well. I'm just worried that these private services are going to result in a lack of communication between care providers.

I'm just feeling a bit overwhelmed at the moment.