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[numbbears]

DS made pizza twice this week. First time I've really let him help in the kitchen. He was so proud of himself. He has pizza making games on his i-pad so I decided to let him try for real. I think I have a little chef now.

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No more doctor appointments for 6 months except DD's well check. Unless illness or injury of course.

[mrsbuttinski]

DS started his internship yesterday and delivered his contract to his adviser this morning. They confirmed his 5 remaining credit hours and he gave notice of expected graduation in May. Holy hell. Not just a big deal, but that I haven't prompted or hand-held in over a year.

And, last night when my flaky mother left her keys at my house and was locked out after I dropped the 'rents off, DS volunteered to drive her keys to her so I didn't have to. It was after 9pm and he had a 7am train to catch, but he felt sorry for me.


ETA: Last week I sent him out to buy me beer. I'm liking this adult child thing.

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DS failed a math test this week. That's not my AW.

My AW is that for the first time since I started voicing concerns about DS's lack of visual-spatial skills and that it causes problems, a teacher listened to me. His teacher sent home an email saying that DS failed the test, but that it was because he got every single geometry question wrong, and she remembers me commenting that he had trouble with it, so she is going to retest and also talk to the math specialist at school about techniques. She also wanted to know if we want to push it further to request formal testing.

The only questions he got wrong involved a picture of some sort.

[akafred]

For Christmas I made my friend who homeschools her ASD son a bunch of Montessori materials to work with him. He has trouble with short term and working memory and was retaining pretty much none of the academics. Well, there has been a sharp improvement in his comprehension and retention since she has been using them! He is really good at matching cards (like matching the picture of the cut up fruit with the picture of the whole fruit) and seems to be learning number concepts up to 5 now! He goes to a Charlotte Mason type homeschool group once a week and the teacher has even commented on his improvement.

[URMySunshine77]

DS has gotten interested in helping around the house. My mom let him snap green beans and help bake the other day. It got me thinking about ways to incorporate body and busy work into his day. We also played some army crawl and bear crawl games tonight, so I'm excited about helping him to stay busy and regulated. One thing that seems to help motivate him to do body work is to make believe at the same time.

[akafred]

OMG I am the worst mother ever and Charlotte was an angel. A neighbor friend had a party at Pump It Up at 6:30 pm an hour+ from Char's school. So I was in the car 2 hours to get there. They only have benches for seating, no backs. I had my wedge cushion but it was still dreadful. (Back story: Had a bad accident a couple weeks ago that has totally jacked up my back). By the time we went into the food room an hour later, I was in tears; I'm sure I looked like a freak to everyone there.. I warned C earlier that I might not be able to make it to the end. She really wanted to stay for cake. "At least just cake", as if that wasn't the last thing lol. When I started having to count my breaths to keep from hyperventilating, I gave the 5 minute warning. C practically begged the employees to serve cake but they didn't and I just couldn't wait longer. I still had a 30 minute drive to get home but at least the seats are heated for some comfort. When we had to go she glumly walked to the door but didn't argue, cry, or make any kind of fuss. Even when the neighbor said, "You'll miss the cake!" My voice shook as I said, "I'm sorry, I have to go." I would have given anything for them to offer to drive her home, but they didn't, and it isn't the sort of thing I felt comfortable asking as I don't know them that well.

I kind of hate myself (but I seriously so much pain). I will have to make it up for her. But also proud of her for handling it more maturely than her mom.

[numbbears]

akafred, you're an awesome mom. I don't think I would've gone at all if I were in that situation. I didn't realize you'd been that hurt in your accident. I hope you start to recover faster.

[akafred]

Jan 21, 2017 16:40:27 GMT -5 numbbears said:

akafred, you're an awesome mom. I don't think I would've gone at all if I were in that situation. I didn't realize you'd been that hurt in your accident. I hope you start to recover faster.

Yeah as long as I can sit in a reasonably supportive chair I am more or less ok, but by the end of the day I hurt a lot. The past 2 days were worse than the couple before them though. I know I should have skipped the party, but DD had her heart so set on it. And then I should have left sooner but I kept thinking "only 30 minutes to go, only 20 minutes to go." At that point I started having muscle spasms and could no longer alternate sitting and standing because the party food room was crowded, and it started cramping, and I started hyperventilating. All I could manage was 5 more minutes. I am sure they did the cake right after.

[URMySunshine77]

akafred you are a great mother. Birthday parties are a challenge in the best of times. I hope you start to get some relief soon.

[akafred]

I mean, I know I am not ACTUALLY a terrible mother. I just hate that I couldn't make it through.

[musicfrk2002]

J is consistently signing "more" and about half the time remembers the sign for "please" without being shown. Also started waving bye this week and using more consonants than just /d/