OH HAPPY DAY!!!

After much stress over the past two weeks, we now have great plans for Madison's daycare situation. Madison's last day at daycare will be tomorrow. I will then work from home for a week and then my best friend Betty who has the patience of a Saint will keep Madison in her home. I will also work from home on Thursdays. Madison will have physical therapy and speech therapy on that day at the house.

Rory and I are so excited. We know that Madison will do SO much better with someone who loves her and wants her to do well. We also let the daycare center know exactly what we think of some of their choices for employees. But, I feel like a weight has been lifted off of my shoulders.

We have also begun to work intensively with Madison on self-help issues, like eating with a spoon. So last night, I dove in and bit the bullitt. I worked with Madison with hand over hand eating with her spoon. After about 5 minutes, she was screaming, hitting and if she could have gotten close enough...biting. I removed Madison from the table and sat her in time-out for about a minute, then back to the table. From that point on, she allowed me to fill up her spoon and she proceeded to eat every bite with the spoon. I had to redirect her from using her other hand to shovel it in and a few times she stopped herself. So I know this sounds crazy to be excited about a 2 year old who eats with a spoon, but for Madison this is HUGE. I think she will have it mastered in no time.