Come on, people! Brag already! (9/7)

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LO asked if something we were reading about was applicable to his own life.

[chickypoo2468]

I have stuff!!

This past week my 13 month old has rolled onto his belly 3 times (he only rolls front to back, and only to the right), put food into his own mouth (if he ate any I have no idea lol), accepted a sippy cup (which he just bites down on but I will take anything at this point), let me put him in the bathtub (it's been sponge baths until today bc OMG with the screaming) and has started trying to pull to stand when I hold his arms. All of this is completely new and I some of it I thought would never happen. He's not pro at any of it, and I now totally appreciate the idea of inchstones. MH was almost in tears when he started biting a roll. It was such an amazing thing that came out of nowhere. I hadn't even been encouraging it any more because it just didn't seem like a possibility.

You know what though, trying to explain why things are a big deal is such a drag. Like I showed my mom a video of him in the tub and she asked "he's good in the water?" Like she never really understands why I'm sharing stuff. I'm like "BECAUSE ITS HUGE" cmon mom. Work with me here.

[luvboston]

Ds moved his right elbow actively for the first time in 5 months!

[numbbears]

Sept 7, 2016 19:29:59 GMT -5 chickypoo2468 said:

You know what though, trying to explain why things are a big deal is such a drag. Like I showed my mom a video of him in the tub and she asked "he's good in the water?" Like she never really understands why I'm sharing stuff. I'm like "BECAUSE ITS HUGE" cmon mom. Work with me here.

When DS first got a dx, someone told me that things that are normal accomplishments for other kids are so much sweeter and worth celebrating in kids that have to work harder for them. I think it's harder for other people to understand that.

[numbbears]

DS started Pre-K this week. The teacher and therapists there were really surprised by how much he's progressed during the summer. His teacher e-mailed me to say that she was re-making his IEP to include new things now that he's mastered some of the previous stuff that she had put on a new draft.

Here's my First Day of School sign fail when DS decided to run around and roll in the yard instead:

I did manage to get a cooperative one later.

[anintrovert]

We are having a rough start to the school year.

Weekend before last my H was having a weird unexpected allergic reaction (just local swelling but it made me nervous since it hadn't happened before) and I had to go somewhere alone. So I gave DS the old flip phone we sometimes use as a land line and reminded him how to call 911 and me. Well 5 minutes down the road he calls me and talks to me for my whole drive (I was hands free), about 45 minutes. When ever the conversation lapsed he pause and think really hard and then ask me a question that he knew would interest ME. He stayed on topic most of the time and it was true back and forth. It was AMAZING. It's usually like pulling teeth to get him to stay on the phone with family members for just a few minutes.

[chickypoo2468]

Sept 7, 2016 22:55:32 GMT -5 numbbears said:

Sept 7, 2016 19:29:59 GMT -5 chickypoo2468 said:

You know what though, trying to explain why things are a big deal is such a drag. Like I showed my mom a video of him in the tub and she asked "he's good in the water?" Like she never really understands why I'm sharing stuff. I'm like "BECAUSE ITS HUGE" cmon mom. Work with me here.

When DS first got a dx, someone told me that things that are normal accomplishments for other kids are so much sweeter and worth celebrating in kids that have to work harder for them. I think it's harder for other people to understand that.

Yeah, and I know/understand that. It's just that this is my fourth kid, if he was typical then I probably wouldn't be all enthusiastic about him pushing a button or touching water lol. If I took the time to send a video just assume it's because he's never done it before.

[namastebiotches]

Well, I have myself a kindergartner!
He's been doing well from what I can gather (despite breaking his glasses barely 4 days after getting them but that's a story for another day.) He's still hesitant playing outside in the morning before they lineup for the day because it's all grades but I just get him there a little later when their playtime is over. No biggie. I can understand him being a little overwhelmed. Some of the 2nd graders seem so huge! (His school is PK-2)

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Well, I was going to come here and brag that DD took to kindergarten like a fish to water, but then yesterday they had a fire drill and the teacher didn't warn her class. DD melted down for an hour. This morning she cried all of the way to the bus stop and had to be forced on the bus. She cried off and on all morning at school today, and just spent 45 minutes sobbing and asking me to cancel school for tomorrow.

So, yeah. Brag gone.

3 more fire drills, a lockdown drill, and a tornado drill left to go this month. Ugh.

[numbbears]

Hope tomorrow's a better day for her @mightymaude.

[chickypoo2468]

Aw, I hope she is able to get past the anxiety soon, mightymaude

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@mightymaude, that's still a brag that she had a great start. The change isn't without just cause. She'll get back to a good place, hopefully the weekend will help some. Hugs to you both that that happened (obviously drills need to happen but I mean the impact it had on her).

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Thanks. Yesterday wasn't great, but at least no perseverating at bed time. Of course, she knew today was a weekend day.

[chickypoo2468]

Sorry but I'm back.
I had said that O rolled into his belly 3 times during the previous week, tonight he rolled 4 times in like 10 minutes!! I think that officially makes him a roller, right? Yay!!

[Life is interesting]

DS started private preK and is doing well! Only had 2 days but requires minimal prompting from shadow to stay on task. So excited it is going well.

[mrsbuttinski]

DS has been a real trooper- stepping in to visit my dad at the rehab center when my mom and I are busy dealing with the logistics of moving here. He even ate dinner with him one night and has been like a beast of burden unloading and loading the van.

One upside to this is that it has shamed my niece into making more of an effort. She wants to be the "favorite grandchild" and DS has raised the bar.