Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Update

Harder to update these days - have to sneak it in.

Daron cried last night- it was however, one of my favorite moments. He opened up - raw. Usually - he combats- he puts up a gaurd or begs, whines. Last night - he cried because he had literally eaten the cuff of the sleeve off of his favorite black shirt with football. We havent quite figured out the shirt eating habit. Tried making him stop, tried saying "no big deal" tried joking around. But last night he was so upset that his shirt was broken and after I cut off the cuffs (sleeves were long) he later walked over to talk about it but I could see he was near tears. One hug and he broke down. He said he needs to chew his shirt all day. But he didnt want to.

Called Yavneh today and in this day and age the "need for sensory input in the jaw" is very real and recongnized and rewarded with... gum chewing in class. Bravo. But D was very happy to hear it and I hope rewarded to know that if he opens up to us, maybe we can help.


Ian is doing great in school - seconod grade - amazing. Much better year academically than last year but he is shy in school. English teacher said he and Mikey sit next to eachother and do not speak all day. Made us laugh. He is a good kid- maybe shy which I dont relate to but we were very proud. I am mostly proud because he listens at home and seems to treat teachers and friends with respect. Hope he is having fun too.
Today he had a special lunch with clako and a few other kids. Was supposed to draw him out - small group of kids etc. He told us "had to go with ms gail for luncha nd tell her our names and what we do in recess. then we missed half of recess"

Rory - she sings, all day - sings everything. And loves now to play with baby dolls. Had her very first play date yesterday with Tamar (tamari) who I got to speak Hebrew too. Was really fun and kinda funny - I had little cars to offer them but really wasnt sure what to do with little girls on a play date.
And then this... replied to a Readers Digest story:

Hi Linda,



You have done your homework. Not only that  if you plug it in to any of those cool name wizards  it shows such an amazing spike in the 20s and then a total flatline now.

It is now considered totally unusual.



What kind of response? Well- we have gotten angry, surprised, curious, polite, intrigued and are you insane? We have also heard charming I love those old names cute and mostly why?



Many people have asked if I have an obsession with Wizard of Oz.



The answer is that it was my grandmothers name. I was very, very close with her and she was kindness, dignity, beauty, smarts, and love. We struggled for a long time with whether or not to name her Dorothy or just use the D and select a more popular or more modern-sounding name. Thankfully we had nine months to struggle with it. But I have to admit that even in the hospital, after signing the birth certificate, I actually cried for about a day or two wondering if we were wrong to do it. I credit my husband, who did not particularly like the name for deciding we should go for it.



We actually call her Rory as a nickname (particularly when she was an infant) and the family members who least favor Dorothy call her Rory all of the time (in-lawsJ). Often I find myself calling her just Roar. Her brothers call her baby even though she is almost 2. My brother calls her Dot. But she calls herself Dorothy and says it with such glee and such pride and such joy that I am happy every single day that we named her Dorothy. Not only is it a wonderful reminder of my grandmother every day but it has become a totally adorable name and I love it.



In her room hangs a favorite black and white photo of my grandmother and I know no other name would have suited my little Dorothy.