by Leah Irby | Mar 18, 2024 | Parenting, Parenting Autistic Kids, Singing to communicate with your kids
First of all, If you could hear me right now, you would hear me taking a big breath in and letting it out with a big sigh. There is something so raw and humbling about trying to simultaneously run my own business and also try to parent my...
by Leah Irby | Nov 11, 2023 | Connecting with Trans & Nonbinary Kids, Parenting, Parenting Autistic Kids, Singing as communication, Singing to communicate with your kids
Let’s take a look at strategies to help ourselves as caregivers calm down so that we can provide a safe space for our kids to express themselves and better communicate their needs so we can help them. If you only look at parenting when your kids are struggling,...
by Leah Irby | Sep 22, 2023 | Parenting, Parenting Autistic Kids, Singing to communicate with your kids
Have you ever asked your autistic child – or any younger child – to help you put things away, only to be met with a blank look or instead they just ignore you and keep playing? Music is a great way to help with transitions. I think of this song as a fun...
by Leah Irby | Sep 4, 2023 | Parenting, Parenting Autistic Kids, Singing to communicate with your kids
When we are struggling in our everyday lives, the winter darkness seems to make this magnified. I experience being a parent of an autistic child as cycling through a sort of post-traumatic stress syndrome. Except, I am still going through things that are stressful. It...
by Leah Irby | Aug 9, 2023 | Parenting, Parenting Autistic Kids, Singing as communication, Singing to communicate with your kids
Earworm Do you ever suddenly realize you have some phrase or part of a song that is stuck in your head, sometimes called an earworm and it is playing on auto-pilot during your day? Traditionally we have been taught to believe this is something to be annoyed by. But,...
by Leah Irby | Aug 5, 2023 | Parenting, Parenting Autistic Kids, Singing as communication, Singing to communicate with your kids, Uncategorized
Yoik of the Wind by Sofia Jannok, Sung by Leah Irby A bird knocking on my door I was sitting in my favorite recliner chair in the living room, gathering my thoughts for the day, when I heard what sounded like a knock on the front door. We have a blurred glass on half...
