May 2011 - Praying for Parker - The Network of Care

Creating Your Child’s PERFECT Sensory Room

We are changing out bedrooms downstairs. The 24 year old got married. sob. So the 19 year old is moving into her room And the 22 year old is moving into the 19 year old’s room for the summer. This leaves the teeny little storage room for me to use...

Published Tue, May 31 2011 7:38 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life, sensory rooms

Disclosure of a Diagnosis: Yes or No?

The birthing room was jammed packed when Parker made his grand entrance. Having a 4% chance of giving birth to a child with an extra chromosome automatically invites lots more people to your party. After being handed off to the neonatal team, the first...

Published Tue, May 31 2011 9:59 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life, down syndrome, Special Needs, diagnosis

A PSA With A Punch

Don’t forget to enter our Shirley J Giveaway! You can win the fixings for THIRTY meals! My kids, from High School to College come home telling me how their teachers use the R-word in class when referring to students doing something dumb or foolish...

Published Tue, May 24 2011 8:30 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Advocacy, down syndrome, Special Needs, end the r word, Glee, It's Not Acceptable

Shirley J’s ‘Master 30 Meals’ GIVEAWAY!

As many of you know, one strategy I employ to help afford Parker is cooking by scratch and keeping a stocked pantry The Prudent Homemaker style. But I understand that many really don’t know how to cook from scratch, and others are totally overwhelmed...

Published Mon, May 23 2011 4:38 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life, Totally Worth The Calories, giveaway, Reviews and Giveaways!, Shirley J, Shirley J Master 30 Meals

Have you met Punky? She has Down syndrome too.

Punky lives in Ireland. Like Parker, she was born with Down syndrome. Unlike Parker, Punky is the star of an original animated TV show which tells stories from Punky’s everyday life. My first thought after meeting Punky? I sure wish Parker had Punky’s...

Published Mon, May 23 2011 10:11 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Advocacy, down syndrome, Special Needs, Punky

Finding common ground between your kid and mine.

I took Parker for a walk yesterday. Gone are the days when this kid can survive indoors all the time. Like his older brothers, Parker wants OUT. Like his other siblings, the doorbell rings and Parker makes a mad dash for the door. Okay, as mad of a dash...

Published Fri, May 20 2011 5:03 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life, Advocacy, down syndrome, Special Needs, Make A Wish

Surburban Gardening Hodson Style

By now I usually have my entire garden in. Tomatoes. Peppers. Vines. Greens. Onions. Garlic. Unfortunately the weather here has been so bizarre (I’m wearing a sweatshirt as I type this) that all I have in are my cold weather crops. Okay. Perhaps...

Published Thu, May 19 2011 7:06 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Garden Goddess, gardening, grow your own food, surburban gardening

Homemade Hamburger Buns: A Recipe

I know for many people a package of hamburger rolls is no big deal to add to the grocery budget. I remember being able to get them 3 packages for $1.00 during grilling season. But not anymore. Right now the cheapest price for hamburger rolls in my area...

Published Wed, May 18 2011 9:04 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Cheap and Easy, Totally Worth The Calories, how to make hamburger buns, hamburger bun recipe

The IEP: What’s the best way to educate Parker

Yesterday we had Parker’s IEP. The elephant that was addressed: WHERE to educate Parker. The first thought was to bring Parker to school each day for an hour a day. Not in a typical classroom, mind you. Rather in a room by himself and a teacher...

Published Wed, May 18 2011 12:39 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life, homeschooling, IEP, homeschooling the child with special needs

Dear Sargent Steam

Dear Sargent Steam, I know this is a long shot. But to be honest, the last 6.5 years of my life have been filled with long shots. Some worked out. Some didn’t. But nothing would ever have been accomplished without first opening up a dialogue. So...

Published Tue, May 17 2011 5:35 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life, Sargent Stean

Mini Balloon Button: G-Tube Request

I won’t deny it. Parker is hard on g-tubes. He’s very active and often this winds up springing a leak in the Mini Button he uses to receive his nutrition through. Usually, with our old supply company they would allow me to order three buttons…...

Published Mon, May 16 2011 10:10 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life, Mini Balloon Button, Applied Medical Technology

She’s going to the Temple……

And she’s going to get married……. Actually, in the LDS faith we believe that Temple marriages are for not only time, but for all eternity. Looking outside, the day is gorgeous. It’s a perfect day to begin an eternity with the love...

Published Thu, May 12 2011 7:22 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life, Fantabulous-ness, People I Love, Families are Forever, Temple Wedding

Representative Carl Wimmer Gets It Wrong. Again.

Representative Carl Wimmer has published his political position on Medicaid. You can read it on Carl’s political Facebook page: Entitlement and health-care. I used to follow Representative Wimmer on his personal Facebook page. But after accusing...

Published Wed, May 11 2011 8:28 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life, down syndrome, Special Needs, medicaid, #utpol, Utah Representative Carl Wimmer

How to Plant Onions

We’ve been busy planting. All kinds of goodness just starting to make it’s debut. One bit of goodness coming up are onions! We planted white, yellow and purple onion bulbs! Onions are so easy to plant and give you such a great return on your...

Published Mon, May 09 2011 10:11 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: From Scratch, backyard gardening, how to plant onions, grow your own food

Double Coupons at Walmart!

My local Walmart has started something new. In a bid to compete with a local grocery store that doubles coupons each Tuesday, our local Walmart is now also offering double coupon Tuesday. At first I wasn’t too interested. I don’t do a lot...

Published Wed, May 04 2011 5:37 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Fantabulous-ness

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