1st Day of School

Last week the girls started school!  And I can not say enough about how excited I am for Madi to be going where she is going!!

The girls are going to the Rise School of Denver.  It is a preschool that has 50% typical and 50% kids with special needs.  They have the schools located in a few places around the country and I feel so fortunate that we have one located in Denver!

Madi is in the Toddler class and Taylor is in the Pre-K class.

I know a few people are thinking......really, school for Madi?  It's just daycare, right?

Nooooooo........this school is amazing!!  The wonderful thing about the school is that they do the Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Music Therapy right at the school.  Each day has a different focus, but they have a team of therapists that come in and work with the kids in a class setting and also individually.

I am so excited about the teacher that Madi has.  Every week they are going to focus on a different Oral Motor therapy exercise.  Whether it be putting peanut butter on the top lip and stretching the tongue to get it off or strengthening the mouth by blowing horns and straws.....they will practice the exercise every day for a week before moving onto something else.

The ratio is 3:1 so Madi gets alot of one-on-one help with everything!

For those of you that know how much I am struggling with the balance of being back at work......this school is my life-saver!!  I have been so worried about how Madi is going to get any therapy done now that I am out of town 3-4 days a week.  I KNOW that she is in the RIGHT place, with the RIGHT teachers/therapists and that she is learning a ton each and every single day.

I am still struggling with the balance of everything but hopefully now when I come home from being gone for several days, I can just focus on being Madi's mom and having fun.......not stressing about when I am going to fit in the therapy exercises.