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I've been VERY emotional lately. Just thinking of how to prepare him for the "real" world. Trying to figure out how to balance his independence and his comfort zone. Granted, he is only 3 months old .... but sometimes it feels like it was just yesterday that I gave birth to my oldest ... and hes...

I really appreciate all of your posts and info deafdyke .... I feel so lost and hopeless sometimes but you (and all you guys really) have been like a light at the end of the tunnel for me. THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

I'm so sorry ... I've been so busy! @whatdidyousay! ... They "upgraded" his medicaid to medipass and told me that this way they have a bigger budget to cover all the extra costs. TOOK A MONTH to straighten it all out, but he's covered now. @Buffalo ... I have to find the paper that says...

I'm so sorry ... I've been so busy! @whatdidyousay! ... They "upgraded" his medicaid to medipass and told me that this way they have a bigger budget to cover all the extra costs. TOOK A MONTH to straighten it all out, but he's covered now. @Buffalo ... I have to find the paper that says the...

Yeaa I was preeetttyyy pissed. Didn't even get notification! I found out about the medipass when I spoke to that Lady that I spoke about on the phone. NOT looking forward to the crazy run arounds with the insurance mess ...

He hasn't gotten them yet since his medicaid was cut off for the month of January for some odd reason ... Apparently he's supposed to have medipass started now in Feb so then we can get his molds done ... we already picked out the baby blue ones for him :)

The lady I spoke to yesterday was from Early Steps ... she said that a caseworker will be assigned to him from the deaf school (which is in St. Augustine ... about 2 hours from me) and that he/she will be making house visits and be able to help me find everything that you've mentioned

aww of course!! he's my baby and we are a family. he may not be perfect in someone else's eyes but he is to me. while others see a disability, i see so much potential and an opportunity to learn and explore new things and communities. believe me, ill be the to thank him in the long run!!

thank you!!

Nope not "shy" at all @poweron ... just the name on my birth certificate lol. @deafdyke, I actually got a call today from the early steps program which will help with his speech therapy and things of that nature. she told me that the deaf school will assign a case worker to him to help me with...

I understand what you're saying but I couldn't imagine putting him in a dorm room while having his brothers home with me. It can be passed as favoritism or like I'm trying to outcast him. Not to outsiders (could careless about what others think of us) but to my boys. They are all equal to me. I...

We're still waiting on his hearing aides. Hopefully he will get them in the next month or so. I think its very important for him (and all who surround him) to know ASL so that he can have a back up. There's so many what if's. I looked into that school ... it's two hours away from where we...

ive been using ? ASL ? American Sign Language

as said in another post, im here for my baby boy. would like to meet deaf/hoh people and people who know and/or are studying asl

I have told my family and close friends that ASL will not be an "option" ... its going to expected! Especially because he might not be comfortable being verbal.

That's exactly what I want to do!! I want him to grow up knowing that he's extraordinary just the way he is and would like for him to have people that he can relate to him in ways that I obviously cant. Thank you so much for the links!!!!

I live in Ocala. I have been learning ASL (online) ... trying to teach it to my two oldest too. We want to go with hearing aides and speech therapy. CIs seems a bit extreme ... I don't if I'm totally comfortable with it. Either way, the doctor said that it wont even be an option until he's one...

Hi! My name is Shy and I have 3 boys ... my youngest (2 months old) is HOH. I just want to learn as much as I can and get as familiar with the "deaf community" as possible. Any ideas? Live in Florida, if that matters. :)