At Matthew's first IEP (Individualized Education Plan) meeting last year, I prepared a Developmental Achievement Chart (DAC) and shared...

Elizabeth is 10 months old. She is Matthew's DS - Dear Sister. She understands several words and names like 'cat', 'shake...

Matthew's been saying he's "wet" 75% of the time for a week now when he either needs to go or has already wet his pants. T...

By 2pm on a Saturday, Matthew had already sat on his potty chair 15 times. He'll be going more times after his 2-ish to 4-ish pm nap. I ...

In the car, ready to go to school. The only times I've mentioned school to Matthew were yesterday and this morning. Without any past exp...

One of Matthew's goals for the next 12 months is to develop the skill, balance and coordination needed for walking down stairs holding t...

While working on matching sight word cards with Matthew the other day, I decided to try (to test) and see if he would recognize the word if ...

Yes he did - a #1 - for the first time today! We just bought him his own potty seat yesterday with the idea that we would start the process ...

Bill came home from work yesterday and as soon as he walked in from the garage, Matthew greeted him with a "hi". It's one of h...

Life changes with one kid. The landscape changes again with two and we discover that the parenting map for kid #1 doesn't quite apply to...

Look at what Matthew has been able to do recently! He can walk up and down a single 5-inch high step all by himself - a demonstration of goo...

Whenever we have a therapist come to our house, Matthew's quite a gentleman. He walks to the door with me to meet and greet. When the se...

Matthew signs some words but doesn't say words clearly yet. I've always wondered how many words he understood. A good tip I picked ...

Here is an 8-minute video of Matthew working on matching objects to pictures and matching like pictures with his therapists. I think it was ...

Jennifer at Three's a Charm has created " i did it " t-shirts, a wonderful idea inspired by her son, Joaquin. She wrote: Thre...

Breaking news: Matthew is walking!! Eyewitnesses have confirmed that Matthew, who is 21 months old, is taking more and more independent ste...

Now that Matthew is a master crawler and showing more interest in walking, we are working on learning to walk. A few of the activities we...

The interaction between Matthew and our long-haired 4-year old Siberian cat, Yuri, is a good source of entertainment in our home. Yuri doesn...