LETS SEE ETHAN IS STILL TRUCKING AWAY IN THERAPY. HE SEEMS TO BE GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO CRAWLING, STILL JUST NOT STRONG ENOUGH. ETHAN HAS ALSO RECENTLY DISCOVERED A NEW LOVE FOR HIS BABY WALKER, WHICH HE TENDS TO ONLY GO BACKWARDS IN. WE FIGURE BACKWARDS IS OKAY AS LONG AS HE IS USING HIS LEGS AND MAKING THEM STRONGER.
ETHAN IS ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING FOUR NEW TEETH. THE POOR KIDS GUMS ARE SO SWOLLEN AND TENDER. HE HASN'T BEEN A HAPPY CAMPER LATELY AND I UNDERSTAND WHY FOR SOME REASON THESE 4 HAVE BEEN MUCH HARDER ON HIM THEN ANY OF HIS OTHER TEETH. HOPEFULLY ONCE THESE TEETH POP THROUGH THEY WILL MAKE HIM A BETTER CHEWER.
HALLOWEEN IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND WE ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ETHAN SHOULD DRESS UP AS. HE IS IN A AWKWARD SIZE OF CLOTHES SO NOT SURE HOW MANY COSTUMES WILL FIT HIM. I FIGURE THIS YEAR WE WILL DRESS HIM UP TAKE HIM TO THE GRANDPARENTS AND AUNTS AND UNCLES AND THEN GO HOME AND GIVE OUT CANDY. WE ARE ALSO GOING TO CARVE PUMPKINS SOMETIME NEXT WEEK. I FIGURE GO ALL OUT THIS YEAR, AND GIVE ETHAN A GREAT HALLOWEEN. OF COURSE HE WILL NOT BE EATING ANY CANDY, BUT FIGURE LET HIM GO EXPERIENCE THE HALLOWEEN TRADITION THIS YEAR SINCE THIS YEAR MAY BE THE LAST THAT HALLOWEEN ISN'T A TOTAL DISASTER AT OUR HOUSE.
WHO KNOW MAYBE IT WON'T HAPPEN FOR A FEW YEARS, BUT IN THE PWS COMMUNITY HALLOWEEN IS ONE OF THE MOST HATED DAYS OF THE YEAR. ONCE OCTOBER COMES YOU START TO HEAR ALL THE OTHER PARENTS PANIC ABOUT HALLOWEEN. IT MAKES ME SAD THAT ARE KIDS DON'T GET TO EXPERIENCE THIS HOLIDAY FOR KIDS, LIKE EVERY OTHER KID.
WHEN KEVIN AND I WERE OUT BUYING CANDY WE STARTED THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE COULD GIVE OUT NEXT YEAR INSTEAD OF CANDY, AND WE JOKED HOW THE WORD WAS GOING TO GET OUT AN NO KIDS WOULD COME TO OUR DOOR. MAYBE THAT IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN BUT ONE THING IS FOR SURE NO MATTER WHAT WE WILL FIGURE OUT SOME WAY TO MAKE ETHAN ENJOY HALLOWEEN TOO. WE WILL THINK OF SOME WAY TO MAKE HIM NOT FEEL EXCLUDE FROM THE FUN.
A HOLIDAY BASED AROUND A LARGE AMOUNT OF CANDY GIVEN OUT TO EACH KID SEEMS LIKE A PWS NIGHTMARE...... BUT WE WILL START A NEW TRADITION AND A NEW MEANING TO HALLOWEEN IN OUR HOUSE.
you are such a good mommy... eth is so lucky to have you!!! way to stay so positive, mol! i can't wait to see his costume and am excited for the new traditions you and kev start. tell us how we can help- we're on board!
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here are some alternatives that i found:
ReplyDeleteChoose miniature toys, stickers and nonfood favors in the Halloween section at local stores. Small, child-safe toys, stickers, whistles, pencils, plastic rings, coupons to food establishments or pennies and nickels are also welcome gifts.
Nonsweet treat suggestions include cheese and cracker packages, sugar-free gum, cheese sticks, individually wrapped sticks of beef jerky, juice box packages, small packages of nuts or raisins, packets of instant cocoa mix and coupons good at local food establishments.
Let me know what I can do to help!!!