Kelly Biedron's Timeline

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  • Parents Get Married

  • Date of Conception

    My Mother had a healthy pregnancy and birth. She led a healthy lifestyle while pregnant and craved certain foods, such as grapefruits and peanut butter.
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    Prenatal to Birth

  • Date of Birth

    I was born at 7 lbs 4 oz in Farmington Hills, MI
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    Kelly Biedron's Timeline

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    Birth to 2 Years

  • Establishing relationships with my Mother and Father

    Psychosocial After my parents brought me home from the hospital, they began to get used to having a new baby in the house. In the first few weeks after my birth, they had established an intimate relationship with me.

  • Normal Physical Check-Ups

    Biosocial After being born a healthy weight and size, my first check-ups with the pediatrician were all in the normal ranges for infants. My Mom said I was developing in the middle percentile of normal infants.
    Being a healthy infant could be attributed to these factors:
    my parents did not smoke and were both healthy and active, the use of prenatal vitamins, my Mother's balanced diet and no family history of diseases or illnesses.

  • Began Making Noises

    Cognitive Began to cry, laugh, coo and fuss. I was a happy and easy baby for my parents. They said I would always laugh and smile.

  • Started to Babble

    Cognitive Domain

  • First Words Spoken: "Mama"

    Cognitive Domain I began speaking before I was a year old.

  • My Younger Sister was Born

    Psychosocial Before the birth of my sister, I had my parent's complete and undivided attention. I actually remember being in the hospital after my sister was born and was nervous and uneasy.

    It took me a few months to get used to having a little baby in the house.

    However, my Mom told me I would happily help feed, bathe and play with her. I was a little over 2 years old when she was born.

  • Wizard of Oz was My Favorite Movie

    Psychosocial and Cognitive Wizard of Oz was my first favorite movie as a child. I would sit and watch it with my Dad and I became closer with him as a result.
    He would explain some of the details in the movie to me.

  • Began Kindergarden

    Cognitive I began kindergarden at a small Catholic school in Traverse City, MI. I was uneasy to leave my Mom and venture off into a new different environment. My teachers said I was creative and enjoyed coloring and painting. Throughout my school years, I was cognitively normal to above-normal.

  • Began First Grade: Ballet & Girl Scouts

    Psychosocial As a young child, I was painfully shy. My teachers said I would barely speak to the other children in my class. However, once I was comfortable with my teachers, I would talk more.
    Because my parents were aware of my shyness, they wanted me to participate in a variety of activities and clubs. After school in first grade I would partake in ballet and girl scouts. As hard as my parents tried to break me out of my shell with my classmates, I was still extremely quiet.

  • A Shy Child

    Biosocial Growing up, my Mother was also shy until she began a restaurant job during the end of high school in which she was in a more social environment.

    More than likely, this personality trait was genetically passed down from her to me.

    At school, I would not talk often, but when I was at home or with people I was comfortable with, such as my parents, sister, relatives and babysitters, I would easily talk and laugh.

  • Reading Groups at School

    Cognitive In school, I was placed in the higher reading groups. I began reading at a normal rate in class when I was younger and was content in these groups.

  • Becoming Close with My Sister

    Pyschosocial When I was in elementary school, my sister became my good friend. Because she was younger, my Mom said she used to "idolize" me and there were times I did not like that. However, we were each others main playmates; and spent a lot of time playing outside, coloring, playing with dolls and watching Disney movies.
    I was always a very easy-going child.

  • Joined the Softball Team

    Pyschosocial I joined the softball team on a league with my sister. My Dad helped coach; because of this, I was more comfortable establishing a few relationships with my teammates. I played on the softball team from 1996-1998. I remember this as an enjoyable activity and did my best and did not succomb to pressure from teammates or myself during games.
    During the offseason, I would practice softball often with my sister and Dad.

  • Joined the Middle School Cross Country Tream

    I wanted to try a new sport out starting out at a new middle school and meet some new people so I joined the Cross Country Team. I excelled at my new-found sport; except for falling face-first during the beginning of my first race.

  • First became interested in my Biology class

    Cognitive Beginning in 7th grade, my academic classes became much more challenging. I had to study more often, ask teachers more questions and start utilizing study groups with friends. The first class I took in which I became very interested in was Biology, where we first learned about the cell.

  • Made my first real middle school friends

    Psychosocial I started hanging out with a few girls I met in my classes. We would spend the night at each other's houses, go to the mall, watch movies and study together. I am still friends with these girls today, five years after our high school graduation.

  • Made some friends on the Cross Country Team

    Psychosocial and Biosocial I started hanging out with some new runners on my team and had fun during racing events. Enjoyed the camaraderie for team dinners. I was unfortunately made fun of by one of my team mates who I thought was my friend. I stood up to her politely and made sure to keep my distance from her. She had recently lost her mother in a tragic white water rafting accident and could have been taking out her frustrations on me.

  • Began Menstruation

    Psychosocial and Biosocial I first got my period and was scared and unsure about how I felt about this biological change. It made me feel better that my girlfriend got her period before mine so I could talk to her about it. My Mom tried to teach me about periods and other "girl things" but I was never very interested.

  • Started hanging out with the "Cool Group"

    Psychosocial When I was growing up in elementary and middle school, there was a definite "cool group" in my class. I believed I had to be friends with these people to fit in. However, my attempts did not succeed very well and so I ended up idolizing these girls and kept the same friends I had had since 6th grade.

  • Continued with Cross Country

    Biosocial and Psychosocial Beginning high school was a scary and challenging time for me. It was intimidating to be in school with students three years older than me. I was convinced to continue on the Cross Country team into college because of my prior performances. It was a good way for me to start getting back into running shape and meet some new high school teammates and future classmates.

  • Began High School

    Psychosocial and Cognitive I remember attending orientation for high school and being very scared to be around people who were three years older than me and to begin a more rigorous academic schedule.

  • Named Cross Country Co-Captain

    Biosocial and Psychosocial Halfway into the season, my coach named me Co-Captain of our Cross-Country team, despite only being a sophomore. My coach liked my hard-work ethic, performance and dedication on our team. I established a close relationship with my coaches; it was a great feeling to have someone besides my parents who really believed in me and my talents.

  • Focused on Academics

    Cognitive Being an upper-classman, I knew it was time to start thinking about college and what I wanted to study. I took all the accelerated classes in high school to adequately prepare myself for college.

  • Part of the State Cross County Meet and received Honors

    Biosocial and Psychosocial Became Captain during my junior and senior years of high school. Being in this position, I tried to be a role model for my teammates and to be someone they could look up to, both on the field and off. I established closer relationships with my teammates. During the school day, I had a different set of friends. It was interesting and fun having two distinct groups of friends at school.

  • Went to Formal Dances

    Psychosocial Was asked to some high school dances by some guys and enjoyed dancing with a big group of people and getting dressed up. Also had fun going to some dances with my girlfriends without dates.

  • Attended Saint Mary's College

    Cognitive and Psychosocial I was accepted to Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, IN and went to school the August following my high school graduation. I did not know anyone else attending Saint Mary's but enjoyed the small class sizes and beautiful atmosphere of the campus. I had a very difficult time leaving my home and parents and had difficulties making friends because I was still quiet.

  • Became more established at college

    Psychosocial After attending college away from home for a semester, I became more comfortable with myself and my "new home". I made my good friends during the second semester of my freshman year.

  • Study Abroad in Rome and traveled through Europe

    Cognitive and Psychosocial Studied abroad in Rome with several others from Saint Mary's. It was an excellent cultural emersion and was a time in which I matured. I was able to establish closer relationships with my friends and learned a lot of independence along the way. My friends and I were able to visit a lof of European cities and learn a great deal about the history of Rome. Living in Europe was an eye-opener and I enjoyed learning about how other cultures live.

  • Declared Biology as my major

    Cognitive After being tentatively enrolled in biology as my major, I officially declared it as my major. I wanted to do biological research in a laboratory.

  • Biology Summer Internship at Notre Dame

    Cognitive and Psychosocial After spending time in college pursing biology as a major, I was accepted into Notre Dame's biological research internship. I was able to learn about research work and made some great friends. This summer was a significant social time for me in which I established relationships with three friends in way I had never felt more comfortable being myself for the first time. We were the best of friends, although only being together for three short months.

  • College Dating

    Psychosocial and Biosocial Did some dating around in college and attended dances with dates.

  • Decided to pursue Nursing and move back to MI

    Cognitive, Psychosocial and Biosocial After spending time researching nursing and talking to family friends who were nurses while still out in LA, I decided that it is a better career path for me to utilize the skills I gained in biology with my desire to help people. I realized how important my immediate family was after living far away and that I would not be able to afford the beautiful CA sun until I have a good job.

  • Began Research Work at UCLA

    Cognitive and Psychosocial I decided to pursue a career as a Research Associate and was accepted to be a part of an Autism research effort at the University of California at Los Angeles. I wanted a huge change in which I would meet new people and explore a new part of the country. I lived with my aunt and uncle in the suburbs of LA.

  • Made new friends in a new place

    Psychosocial After being more comfortable with myself, I began to be more approachable to others as a result of my experiences in college. I met some friends through orientations at UCLA and hung out with them by going out, going to dinner and shopping. I was able to explore more of Los Angeles with these new friends who also relocated to the area to work at UCLA.

  • Decided for a career change

    Psychosocial and Cognitive After working in the research lab, I decided that conducting molecular biology research was not a career I could see myself doing. I did not enjoy being alone for extended periods of time (usually the entire work day) in which I did not interact with anyone besides my boss. I wanted to utilize my skills in biology to help make a difference in people's lives and did not see the long term accomplishments that my work would result in.

  • Worked in Physical Therapy

    Cognitive and Psychosocial I decided to give the field of physical therapy a try by working as an Aide in LA. I enjoyed meeting and interacting with a lot of people but could not see myself pursing physical therapy as a career. However, I met some friends my age and learned more about working in a privately-owned practice.

  • Begin Accelerated Nursing School Program

    Cognitive, Psychosocial and Biosocial Begin an accelerated bachelor's program for nursing that will last approximately one year.

  • Work as an RN

    Cognitive, Psychosocial and Biosocial A fter completing the Nursing program, I will work towards getting a job as a nurse in a hospital, in which I will meet new coworkers and learn the necessary on-the-job skills of being a nurse.

  • Dating and Relationships

    Psychosocial and Biosocial After working in the hospital, I will date some driven and ambitious guys in which I will learn more about myself, others and what is really important to me in a relationship.

  • Get Engaged

    Psychosocial and Biosocial After dating for a couple years and talking about the future, my boyfriend proposes.

  • Get Married

    Psychosocial and Biosocial My husband and I get married.

  • Have first child

    Biosocial and Psychosocial Have first child with husband. Decide to be a stay-at-home mom, taking a break from nursing until daughter is older. Get used to having a child in the house. Although having a child is great, it changes the relationship with my spouse, friends and family. Decide to breastfeed.

  • Have second child

    Biosocial and Psychosocial Have second child. Must adjust to the changes that a second child brings, especially the relationship with the older child. At first wonder how one can devote adequate time and attention between two child of different developmental stages.

  • First child attends school; Resume work

    Cognitive and Psychosocial After first child goes to school, go back to work as a nurse, knowing it will be difficult to adjust to the workplace again and balance being a mother and wife.

  • Get Master's Degree

    Cognitive and Psychosocial After being a nurse, I realize it is time to further my career in the workplace and get a Master's degree. I cut back on work to ensure I will have enough time with the children.

  • Celebrate 10 year wedding anniversary

    Psychosocial
    Psychosocial and Biosocial Celebrate 10 year wedding anniversary with husband by leaving the children with family and going to Cancun for a week. It is a time to reconnect and build our relationship further, especially due to the changes after having children.

  • Become more involved at children's school

    Cognitive and Psychosocial When my children are in school, I decide to help out in the classroom and by going on class field trips. I use this time as an opportunity to establish relationships with parents in my children's classes.

  • First child attends middle school

    Psychosocial After first child goes to middle school, I realize that the children have become much less dependent than before.

  • Volunteering

    Pyschosocial After becoming established in the hospital with my job, I devote time to volunteer work in which I help others in my community.

  • First child leaves for college

    Psychosocial After my first child graduates from high school, she attends college out of state. It is a difficult time without her in the house and changes the family dynamic.

  • Go through menopause

    Biosocial and Psychosocial After having two children, I go through menopause at age 50. I do not like the symptoms that accompany this biological change.

  • First grandchild

  • Death

    I die at 93 years of age; as predicted by the Age Calculator.