Julian Goes to Kindergarten!

Today, after a request from us to the teacher he has been assigned since there is no set 'orientation', Julian gets to go meet his teacher and see the room!

I'm sorry, but I wasn't sending my child to a woman for forthy hours a week without knowing who I was sending him to. And without him seeing her too. Luckily, she was more than willing to see him today right after her lunch!

I will not be able to attend his KRAL test tomorrow, and maybe not even his actual first day because of clinical rotations :( So I am supper happy that I can meet her today. I'm hoping that Daddy is awake enough to get him there on time and take a picture or two for me.

Up Next!

Julian has an appointment with his pediatrician in order to get his exemption exam/letter from vaccinations for....

Kindergarten! 


I can't believe he will be in Kindergarten in just a couple of weeks! (Aug. 22) He's starting cross country for the school on Aug 13.  As of right now. He might do tumbling instead.  We are going to ask his pediatrician while we are there which one will be okay for him.

He hasn't lost or gained weight this summer. He has finally progressed to a high back booster seat.

He recently had an appointment with a psycharistrist because the one from the school system who was doing Julian's evaluation for readiness for Kindergarten, said that Julian had 'long term memory issues, and a low IQ'.  He also suggested that he be medicated. We didn't agree, so we made the appointment with the local specialist, who happens to be nationally recognized in the field. He says that doing a 'standard IQ exam' on a child like Julian is ridiculous. He thinks he'll do awesome as an adult, as long as we keep up all we are doing now. He's learning fine, on grade point or higher on all marks, and remembers fine. As far as medication for us 'Autistic symtoms', he said that was up to us. We decided against it, as of now. If he starts to have problems in school, we will re evaluate.

Julian's speech teacher had her baby! So, she's out for three months. Julian is trying his best to adapt to the new teacher, but change is one of the thing he has trouble with. Friday, he did better with her than last week.  He is still making progress in Speech though, and it's awesome to see him bloom. Occupational therapy is also moving along well.  We are so proud of him!

Kindergarten?? Where did the time go?