January 2010
1 post
Sleeping on the job.
So this is actually the same place as the “racial stereotyping” story. The child I was seeing was 1 of 2 children in the daycare at the time - all the other children were sick. I’m filling out my billing sheet (we work with the child for 45 minutes and then spend 15 minutes doing the billing) and all of the sudden I hear snoring. The kid was sitting on the daycare...
Jan 13th
December 2009
4 posts
The chicken bone story
I no longer see this family because the child has aged out (when a child turns 3, they lose our services). But I will never forget them. The child also had an 18 month old sibling (the child I saw was 3 months shy of 3 years old) and every time I came over, the mother insisted that he did better with her not there so she was never around. One time when I was working with him (which soon became...
Dec 3rd
Every day at some point I say "I am sorry, What?"
From babies with chicken bones to grandpa’s in boxer briefs our day to day jobs can get pretty “hairy”!  Imagine 5 days of visiting 20-30 different families with children all under the age of 3.  I have seen, heard and been asked to do things I  would have never imagined.  I fuel my day with gasoline for my car and coffee for my body, I sit on floors in homes and childcare...
Dec 3rd
Racial stereotyping - 4 year old style
Today I was seeing a child in a home childcare (a woman’s basement). She has about 5 or 6 children a day that come to her home. It is a heavily Hispanic populated suburb; all of the children that come to this home are Hispanic. I was working with the child and 2 other children (about 4 or 5 years old) were playing restaurant. The girl said to the boy “I am going to be the server and...
Dec 2nd
Who we are/What we do
This is the blog of 2 therapists who see children in their own homes or child care centers between the ages of 0-3 for therapy services.  We come across some amazing/funny/interesting people and moments in our profession so we decided to share these instances with the public. Obviously we won’t use the families real names or towns. But they’re some pretty amazing stories. Something you should...
Dec 2nd