Still here, still plodding along

I haven't had much time to blog lately.  5 boys keep me busy and with Simon working from home a lot lately I'm struggling to get on the computer.  Jeremiah is much the same, still interested in weird facts and lego.  Isaac has lost his first tooth, making more friends at school and desperately trying to keep up with them.  Malachi is now fully toilet trained in the day and still causing chaos.  Ezekiel is his usual happy self.  Zechariah is just plodding along, meeting milestones a bit later than average but getting there in the end.

All about Isaac

As Isaac gets ready to start school things seem to be all about him at the moment.  We seem to have more and more appointments and different proffessionals are getting involved.  We are still waiting rather impatiently for an appointment with wheelchair services.  Isaac's friend has just got a wheelchair and Isaac had a go in it last week.  It was so much easier to push than the buggy and Isaac could wheel himself a little way too.

Today I talked to the SENCO at school about Isaac going part time.  He is going to start off going Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings.  I took him to the disabled toilet at school today but he couldn't manage it himself.  He keeps saying it's his toilet and he wants to visit it every day.  He is doing really well with the potty training and has been dry for 4 days in a row.  It's a lot harder than when he was in nappies but I'm so proud of him for managing it.  He is at the stage when he wants to try out every toilet when we are out so the time in between picking him up from preschool and picking Jeremiah up from school is quickly filled up with a toilet tour of Wellington!  Isaac has been going to preschool all day on Thursdays as well as Tuesday mornings since Easter.  He is enjoying it but he is absolutely shattered afterwards.

I will try and blog about Jeremiah and Malachi next time.

Isaac and school

I have no idea how to turn this picture round!  Isaac is starting school this September.  So a few weeks ago we had a school entry plan meeting.  Well, Simon went to the meeting.  Isaac was sick the night before so I stayed at home with him, Malachi and a mountain of washing.  We are now waiting for assessments from OT and wheelchair services.  This week we have started potty training which has been difficult because Isaac struggles to get on and off the potty by himself.  Not sure how they are going to manage that at school.

We have the long awaited genetics appointment tomorrow.  The letter says we will be in there for 2 hours.  Jeremiah and Isaac have been bribed with a trip to the park afterwards if they have been good.