Life Goes On
Happy February! It's been about 4 months since I wrote last, and let me tell you, things have changed a little since October. Let me preface this by saying we haven't gotten a formal diagnosis yet, but hope to soon. That said... buckle up. This is a long one. At the time of my last post, we were trying to get Bailey into Head Start. That ultimately fell through and I'm awfully glad it did. Here's why... Sometime during late October, I got a call from the Apple Valley Early Education Center about enrolling Bailey there - it's basically a preschool under the Apple Valley School District that caters to students with special needs, including kids with speech and language delays, autism and other disorders. As we were having Bailey assessed before entering the program, my primary concern was getting Bailey the proper help for her communication issues... all the while I was pretty much ignoring the signs of autism that were beginning to make themselve...