Tag: special needs

I don’t buy sugary yogurt. I don’t buy flavored yogurt. I don’t really “do” yogurt cups. All of these statements were pretty much true until VERY recently….and here’s why. The backstory is this: While I definitely grew up on —

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You may have noticed that there’s been sort of a theme running on RRG lately: the boys are growing older. We’re having to expand everyone’s horizons and ways of doing things. We’re figuring out where to give them more independence,

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My dear friend Laura has the coolest job in the world – she’s a book publicist. She’s also a fellow “sensory mom” and knows what we’ve been through with L.’s complex neurology. So when Laura messages me about a new

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Not long after I began writing this blog, many moons ago during the last Ice Age and when I could still say confidently that I was closer to my 20s than I was to my (gulp) 40s, our older son

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How we’ve worked through the “Eat more, eat less, eat now” struggles to have a peaceful family dinner. Raising kids is a big old umbrella term.  You think it’s one thing, but it’s not.  It’s a lot of little things:

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Need a quick reference with the most vital information?  Check out my free download, The Dye-Free Disney Guide. Just a few weeks ago, our family went to Disney World for a short vacation.  It was the boys’ first time there,

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I mentioned a while ago that I was invited to be a part of a very special, very emotional, indescribably amazing event — the inaugural Providence performance of the national reading series “Listen To Your Mother.”  I told you how

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There has been a lot of talk about gifts, and “giftedness,” in our house lately. Proving that things are never boring, at least not for long, in this old red New England home, J. and I received some interesting, unnerving,

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Anybody who has hung out here for very long has probably been acquainted with the trials and tribulations of L.’s weight.  If you haven’t been a part of that particular conversation, you can catch up here, here, and here; but

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It’s time for a reprieve. After six weeks of experimenting with a gluten and casein-free diet for L., we’re in the “rechallenge” phase.  Gradually and carefully, J. and I are adding wheat products and dairy products back into his meals,

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