Little Z

We signed the papers in March to move in to our new place at the end of April. Since then things have been pretty crazy around here.

Z's behavior got better for awhile. Then it got worse. We took him to the doctor on April 7 and discussed behavior. No diagnosis, but a referral to a child psychologist. We got him in 2 weeks later and met with Dr J.

Dr. J was a nice guy and Z seemed to really like him. Or his toys at least. Dr. J noticed Z seems to have a hard time comprehending speech as well as speaking. e were then recommended to call a speech therapist and told to come back in about a month.

On to the speech therapist. We got into the speech therapist 6 days later. That appointment went really well. The speech therapist, H, thinks that Z should only need about 2 months of once a week therapy. So we start therapy Tuesday and have an appointment every Tuesday for the next couple of months.

It's all been an adventure. I'm glad we are getting him help. I've also been trying to find Z a pre-school. I want him to go to one with kids with special needs and typically developing kids. There are a few here, but I know the one I really want is full. So my next step is trying to find someone to assess him and place him in a school. Last 2 weeks I've been taking a few days a week and a few hours a day and calling anyone I can to help. I keep getting passed on to the next person and back and forth. I know I will find someone eventually and I will get him in and he will get the help he needs.

In the meantime we just need to keep loving him and trying to keep our patience. But most days the patience thing is very hard.

Moving

We've kind of had it with the apartments we are living in. We have been looking at moving the last week or so, but only seen one place. The place we've looked at has a lot of pros and cons. We haven't been able to get into any other place that we want to see.

Pros:
-has a "garage" that my car can fit in. Right now the car the kids' carseats are in has to park a block a way and I have to take them both back to the house and hope little man doesn't get loose.
-has a storage space for extra things downstairs.
-has a place to lock bikes up. We had our current bikes locked up to a tree with a tarp, this will be a huge improvement.
-has an elevator. No more trying to get down 14 stairs while trying to hold onto both kids.
-The kitchen space is better laid out. No more eating over the carpeted area
-I like the living room layout.
-The shared hallways seem cleaner than our current one.
-There is a linen closet
-It's a block away
-The ceiling is falling in. Our ceiling has already fallen in and been replaced 2 times in the last 9 months.

Cons:
-There is no "coat closet" or a "broom closet" or anywhere to put tall items.
-The rooms are SMALL. The rooms in our current location are very big. So going to rooms that are even smaller than standard size could pose a problem
-The bathroom is small! No place for hampers or anything extra.
-While this seems like a silly con The room with the tv will not have a cable hook up. I love watching my morning shows in peace.
-Not many kids in the building. I'm more worried about the noise factor with our kids. Currently there aren't kids in our building, but there are a lot of younger people who are loud.
-No balcony. We don't currently have one either, and that's why I really want one. I want a place to put some plants and a place to sun bleach my cloth diapers. And just a place to step outside.
-The rent is a little bit more than what we are currently paying.

So there you have it. The pros and cons. There is this other place that we are looking at, but they keep canceling our appointment. It's in a different area, but it has things like 2 bathrooms and a balcony. They are replacing everything in this apartment and I like the idea of everything being new. Whatever we decide we will be stuck there for a year.