Plays Well With Birdseed! Adventures in Occupational Therapy, by Cat Reilly


So, my son plays well with birdseed. We had our first session of Occupational Therapy this week, and Doodle played well with birdseed.  All of the OTs gathered around and admired his pouring back and forth.  And…I felt so proud.  Whoever imagined I’d be puffing up with pride because my son wasn’t ...

Late Walker, Late Talker, Just Right by Cat Reilly


At the birthday party last night, Doodle toddled excitedly up to our neighbor, turning two, and yelled, “goolie goolie goolie!” in his low, guttural, forced-air voice.  That’s a normal birthday greeting, right? Doodle is 19 months old, but I can no longer say he isn’t talking yet: we have just added a ...