Autism

Little Daniel's speech started to recede at 18months, he stopped humming his favorite song  and he eventually stopped talking at the age of 3. And he started to do this jumpy dance  and flap his ears relentlessly when he was watching TV. I have to stop him so he wouldn't pass out or turn the TV off before he will stop jumping. I am talking about continuous jump, it was heartbreaking to watch and it was like he zoned off into another realm. After a while, we stopped watching TV all together.

Everyone was worried that something was off about him but as a mother you do not want to hear that about your little boy that have already being through a lot to be alive. I tuned them out and my enabler was my pediatrician who said he might just have some delays and nothing to worry about. I was comforted by those words and I wanted it to be so but it was not.

However, we had a development therapist who said I needed to get my son checked because he was exhibiting the same kind of traits one of her clients who was autistic got.
I was like Autism again, so I braved up and took him to Autism specialist  and with  one look at Daniel, he was medically declared  Autistic.

I felt bad that my son was not PERFECT and it hurts but deep down I  felt a kind of relief because now we can deal with these issues  I have been shelving away for so long.
 Now we can fight!

So Daniel is in school, he was admitted into school by 3 years and he has speech and occupational therapy at school and the improvements are showing.

He says thank you, yum-yum (Food),  Dana ( Sister's name), noooooh(no), waha(water) and of course mickey mouse and many more.

 Yea! Everyday is a different and we are working towards progress.

Gosh!

Oh My Goodness!
It has been a while.
Well I have so many excuses. For one my mother was visiting. She was here for three months!!1
Does that count?
Well, I am not sure. But my life have been a rollercoaster for the past year.
where do I start? Not sure but I will start by  saying I am here and still standing.

And by the way, I never got my treadmill but I joined a gym!
maybe I will start with the gym story.

stay tuned. I am  about to unloaded a year's worth of nick knack on yall.

And the kids are doing well.

Treadmill Dilema

where is my treadmill?

I got a note in the mail that my treadmill is at the post office!
  I Just wanted to yell.
Why,  You may ask?
Well,  I ordered it online to be delivered to me at home.
Purpose defeated! Now I have to find a someone with a truck to help me get it.
Oh Walmart!

Anyway, I am still excited about  getting it. I cant wait to jog this extra mass on me away. I will be jamming away with my African music.

Uh, I cant wait to get my treadmill on Saturday.  Yes, I found someone with a big truck and big muscles for Saturday. 

Yup! It is time to get that whoop this body back in shape.

Stay tuned.

Speech Therapy

When Daniel was discharged from the hospital in  November 2013,  he was discharged with a Doctor's order to start all therapy; speech, physical and occupational.

But when I  followed up with the Agency , we were declined over the phone due to the fact that he has no major medical needs.

I followed up a couple of times but still got the same result. Well we are  In 2016 and Daniel cant talk. He makes sound but not words. He has his own way of letting me know what he wants but I want him to speak.

I finally called the Agency again last month, and they agreed to come. When they came and see how far he has gone without proper therapy, they are ready to hit the ground running. we are now fully enrolled for speech and developmental therapy.

And next week, he will be given the advantage of enrolling in school at the tender age of 3 before Kindergarten.  Everything is falling into place and I am glad.

we are moving along slowly but surely, I refuse to complain.

The Time Thief

Today I have decided to take the bull by the horns.
I have decided to SHAPE my future.
I have decided to reactivate my inner beauty.
I have decided to STOP procrastinating.
I have decided to stop wasting time.

I have decided and reached the decision to lose WEIGHT!!!!!!

(DRUM ROLL, PIANO ROLL, GUIRTAR ROLL) . lol.

The weight slowly crept in there and when I weighed myself last week,
I was in total shock. I am over weight.
I am over weight for my height and my health.
1 am too overweight to say. I am doing something about it now.


yes, I cannot blame anyone but myself.
my love for white rice have extremely affected my weight.
and I also leave a sedimentary lifestyle.
I drive everywhere and watch TV like crazy.
I eat when i am sad, happy and excited.

food is my friend and my enemy, food is my adversary.
At this point, I have to bring out all my inner strenght and awareness to
help with portion control, and motivation to exerices on.
wish me luck on my new journey, wish me luck all the way.

I woke up at 4 AM to buy a Treadmill at Walmart.com  today
and no more white rice.

Arrives by Mon, Feb 29

Order placed

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Weslo Cadence G 5.9 Motorized Treadmill with Pulse

Sold by Walmart.com

Well, let me just finish the last pot of white rice I cooked last night.
I hate wastage. lol.

Bills! Bills Bills!

I wonder when the bills will stop trickling in like a leaking faucet.
I wonder when I can stop fighting on the phone with my Insurance for non payment of bills.
I wonder when my credit will breathe again from all the tumultuous  weight of bills.
I wonder when all will be nice and dandy looking again.

WonderMAMA

Looooooool!
This is my life now.