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FAQ Question #3: Can you point us to therapists & doctors you’ve found useful?

Sunday, May 16th, 2004

Absolutely.

BUT: Out of respect for their privacy, I will not post their details in this forum. If you live in the Michigan area, and are curious about the members of Rubén’s treatment team, please e-mail me privately and I’ll fill you in on all the details.

FAQ Question #2: What therapies/remedies have you tried?

Friday, May 14th, 2004

Here’s a quick list of the various things we’ve got Rubén involved in. For specifics, please e-mail me directly and I’ll be happy to fill you in.

Floortime (the cornerstone of our treatment plan!)
Physical/Occupational Therapy (with a Sensory Intergration approach), twice a week
Speech Therapy, three times a week
Gluten-free, casein-free diet
Soy-free diet
Listening therapy (currently discontinued until we […]

FAQ Question #1: Why rubenpants?

Thursday, May 6th, 2004

Q: Why the name rubenpants?

A: Just a cute little nickname.

He was a very colicky baby, and there was a song I would sing him so
that he would stop crying:

“Oh yes, oh my goodness, who is Daddy’s Rubéncito,
Oh yes, oh my goodness, who’s my little Rubenpants?
Oh yes, oh my goodness, who is Daddy’s Little Buddy,
Oh yes, […]

Categorically speaking…

Monday, April 19th, 2004

My blogging software lets me specify all these neat-o categories that are supposed to make my blog a lot easier to search. As this is only my second post ever, searching it isn’t exactly a real chore as of yet. But I’ve set up a number of categories ahead of time that may make life […]