Being mom for a child with language delay

This post is not about baking this time. It's more of like sharing you what it's like being a mom to my precious little one.

While I'm writing this post, my son is beside me. We just had a long day of activities and interaction-oriented playing. The picture above was taken yesterday when we went to east coast and play. 

My son now at 2.5yrs and still not talking. He's also not as social as other kids his age like his supposed to. I noticed that when he's still 18 months and I went to have him checked by a specialist. Though they can't diagnose yet if he has autism, but they said he is showing signs.

We are doing early intervention to help him develop his social and language skills as advised by the doctors to avoid those fearful meltdowns. Meltdowns are usually caused when kids can't express their needs/wants. So we have to work on that. Lots of playtime that requires engagements to develop eye contact are required. Meaning you have to do a lot of floor time activities and talk to him often face to face and very close. And you know how it feels when you do all the talking and you don't get any responses? very very despairing at times. And I have to do that every night after I get home from the office battlefield. It's very tiring I know but I can't back down and give up. Doing so means giving up on my son. 

Whoever is reading my post, I hope you include us in your prayers. Not really wishing for a miracle but at least to make things bearable for all of us in the family. I know God won't give us anything we can't handle so I guess this is something he thinks I can manage. 

Recipe: Microwave Chocolate Moist Cake

So I as looking for some microwave cake recipe for a fast craving fix. Found one from tablefortwo.com. Credits to her for experimenting to get the perfect moist chocolate for us to enjoy! :)

Prep time:  1 min

Cook time:  1 min

Total time:  2 mins

Serves: 1

 

Ingredients:

• ¼ cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
• ¼ tsp. baking powder
• 2 tbsp. granulated sugar (you can add 1 tbsp. more if you like it a bit sweeter)
• ⅛ tsp. salt
• ¼ cup + 1 tbsp. milk
• 2 tbsp. vegetable oil
• 1 tbsp. hazelnut chocolate spread

Instructions:

1. In a medium bowl, whisk together dry ingredients.
2. Whisk in the milk and vegetable oil until all ingredients are combined and batter has no clumps.
3. Pour batter into a microwave-safe mug. Mine was a 14-ounce mug. You want enough head space for the cake to rise without pouring over.
4. Add 1 tbsp. of hazelnut chocolate spread in the middle of the batter. Just drop it in the middle, no need to push it down and sink it in the batter.
5. Place a paper towel into the microwave and set the mug on top (this is to catch any batter if your mug cake overflows).
6. Microwave mug cake for 70 seconds on high (PLEASE READ NOTES CAREFULLY BELOW)
7. Carefully remove from microwave and enjoy!

Notes:

Please note that ALLmicrowaves are different therefore can yield different results and can overcook this mug cake if you aren't careful. My microwave is 950 watts and I cooked mine on 100% power for 70 seconds. Knowing this information, it may help you better judge how long to cook yours for and at what power.

You can totally omit the tablespoon of chocolate hazelnut spread if you want or use a different spread of your choice (peanut butter, biscoff, etc.). I just thought it made the cake even more moist but the cake itself is moist enough without it!