Praying for Parker

Yes, you can homeschool your child with special needs!

I’m meeting more and more parents of kids with special needs who are considering the idea of homeschooling. But that’s as far as they get. When push comes to shove they each end up feeling that there is no way you can homeschool your child...

Published Sun, Nov 30 2014 9:38 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Special Needs Homeschooling, home school, Life With Special Needs, speical needs, special needs parenting, SN Homeschooling

How to use doTERRA Wild Orange Essential Oil….and a Giveaway!

I thought it would be fun to start 2015 off with a fun giveaway! Parker and I will be giving away one 5ml bottle of doTERRA Wild Orange Essential Oil. All you need to do to enter is tell us why you want to win in the comment section below! Easy! We’ll...

Published Sun, Jan 04 2015 10:23 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: special needs parenting, doTerra Essential Oils, essential oils, doTerra Essentail oils, wild orange essential oil

Impedance Probe

Tomorrow’s the day. We’ll get up so early that even the roosters are still asleep, drive up to Primary Childrens Hospital and watch as a reflux monitoring device is threaded down his nose to his esophagus. . Yes. Tomorrow is Impedance Probe...

Published Tue, Sep 30 2014 9:57 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Life With Special Needs

Special Needs Massage Therapy

I’d been wanting to get Parker hooked up with someone experienced in special needs massage therapy. Interestingly enough, in the state of Utah kids on regular Medicaid waivers are covered for special needs massage therapy. Kids like Parker who are...

Published Mon, Jun 09 2014 7:56 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: The HIGH Cost of Health Care, down syndrome, pulmonary hypertension, Therapy, Life With Special Needs, special needs parenting, speciial needs, massage therapy

Special Needs Homeschooling , Blenderized Diets and more.

We are counting down the days until a new school year here at the Hodson’s. The Blue Eyed Girl will be a (gasp!) Junior, The Curly Girly has just been hired on as an Intern with her very own special needs classroom. Reed is busy getting his school...

Published Mon, Aug 11 2014 6:35 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Special Needs Homeschooling, down syndrome, blenderized diets, frugal living, Life With Special Needs, special needs parenting

Sleep and the child with special needs.

We’ve discovered one benefit of gross motor activities. It’s honestly a bit serendipitous. Gross motor sensory activities help kids learn better, and it seems they help Parker sleep better. Even crashing out in mid-activity. Okay. So maybe...

Published Sun, Feb 09 2014 11:19 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Life With Special Needs, special needs parenting, clonidine, sleep issues and kids with special needs, gross motor activities

Over at Simply Preparing Today

Parker and I are over at Simply Preparing today. Well, actually I’m sitting here in the Family Room of Now I Can while Parker is in the Small Heroes room with two therapists stretching him out. Parker’s chewing these guys out big time for...

Published Thu, Sep 26 2013 7:51 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: frugal living, food storage, Life With Special Needs, prepping for hard times, prepping on a budget, special needs parenting, emergency prepaedness

The Common Cold and Kids with Special Needs

The Common Cold. Nobody enjoys them. For most of us it’s a week of being uncomfortable and then on we go. Unless, of course you are a medically fragile kid with special needs. Combining something as simple as the common cold and medically fragile...

Published Mon, Sep 09 2013 5:16 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: down syndrome, Life With Special Needs, medically fragile kids, special needs parenting, baby booger grabber, common cold

Mormon Missionaries

Way back when my parents were first married and I wasn’t even a year old, my Dad worked with a guy who was a no longer an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. My Dad and this guy liked playing practical jokes on each...

Published Sun, Apr 14 2013 9:35 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Holding On Tight To My Faith, church of jesus christ of latter day saints, lds, called to serve, Mormon Missionaries

Therapy Ideas for Children from Yard Sales

I’m a woman on a mission to provide Parker with things he needs to meet his sensory needs, as well as physical (gross motor) and occupational therapy (fine motor) needs. I’m going to be seeking out therapy ideas for children from yard sales...

Published Thu, May 16 2013 6:03 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: down syndrome, yard sales, thrifting, Kid to Kid, physical therapy, Life With Special Needs, Re-Purposing, occupational therapy, OT, Savers, PT

Compulsory Abortion

At a time when many throughout the world are preparing to celebrate the birth of their Savior, it came as an even bigger jolt to read this headline in The Reporter, a UK newspaper: Compulsory abortion for Down’s syndrome foetuses, says UKIP Kent candidate...

Published Wed, Dec 19 2012 6:49 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Advocacy, spread the word to end the word, end the r-word, compulsory abortion

Combating Rising Food Costs

It never fails. Each time I go grocery shopping I find that prices have gone up. Again. Rising food costs have made it absolutely necessary for me to revamp my Price Book. As Reed and I prepare for our next son to leave on an LDS mission, and as we work...

Published Mon, Jan 14 2013 7:41 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: From Scratch, frugal living, food storage, DIY, Victory Garden, Coupons, prepping for hard times, rising food costs, price books

Cheap Hand Soap

I’m always on the prowl for things that will save me money on items we use everyday. Saving money is the next best thing to actually making money. You know that whole a penny saved is a penny earned thing. I was excited when my local Smith’s...

Published Thu, Jan 17 2013 9:03 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: frugal living, Coupons, cheap hand soap, couponing

Life Saving Frugality

I knew he was trying to broach the topic as gingerly as possible by the tone of his voice. Are you really serious about getting out of debt?, he asked. Serious as a heart attack, I replied as convincingly as I could. Money is such a freaking stressful...

Published Wed, Feb 27 2013 10:47 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Holding On Tight To My Faith, frugal living, Politics of Special Needs, prepping for hard times, Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us, Financial Ready Utah

Ending the R-Word

What would you do if someone told you that something you were doing was causing pain to another? Would you continue to make the choice to hurt others, blowing it off with a shrug of your shoulders and a remark that only you found witty? Or would you stop...

Published Wed, Mar 06 2013 7:43 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Advocacy, down syndrome, Special Needs, intellectual disabilities, end the r-word, www.r-word.org

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