Hump Day Brags

[mrsbuttinski]

Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike.


Go ahead, make my day.

[mrsbuttinski]

Not really brags, but more along the lines of amusing exchanges.

We had ice here, so I had to collect DS from the train station and DH decided to ride shotgun. When I'd dropped him off previously an ad came on the radio that featured little kids singing the names of the presidents, only once they got to Monroe they started to hum. DS made a comment that the humming was "lame". So I asked him if he could name the presidents. (btw, while he's a history/poli sci buff- presidents were never a thing for him as they are for some on spectrum) he pretty much did it, or at least I didn't recognize any omissions. He did, however, refer to Bushes 41 and 43 as "dumb-ass' father" and "dumb-ass"; he has a personal grievance with the younger.

On the drive to the train to pick him up I mentioned this to my DH who was impressed. When DS got into the car, he and DS started talking about presidential trivia- who was gay, who had mistresses, etc. and then this gem-

DS: We have a president who has one testicle. Notice I said has. This person is still living.

DH: Really? Who might that be?

DS: Jimmy Carter.

DH: I did not know that.

DS: You didn't know Jimmy Carter was still alive?

[junebug060609]

Love both the Carter thing and the "dumb ass" thing.

I guess my brag is that DS is becoming an escape artist. It's honestly scary as hell bc of the increased possibility he could wander, but at the same time it's nice to see the thought process is there. You've heard about his bedtime shenanigans with opening his door. His newest trick? He'll lean on the back of my recliner until it tips back and then scurry up the back and over the baby gate we have near the front door. The gate is up for his sister since there's a two foot drop off to get to the door. Combine that with his door opening skills and we are revamping our DS containment strategies.

[anintrovert]

Still so far so good at the new school. I know we're in a honeymoon stage but I'll take it. Most of the class stays after school and plays out front for an hour (it's half day) and DS seems to be fitting right in. He mostly plays with one little boy. A few of the other moms including his have mentioned that they're happy he has a new friend (he's definitely on the quirkier side). I'm happy DS has found a new friend too.

[numbbears]

DS gave the speech therapist a high five. Apparently this has been a thing that he's been doing, but I'm just seeing it. It's so cute.

[mamaturtle]

I have 3 brags.

1st brag: DS has been signing Valentine cards since Friday. I put the classmates' names and staff names (some of the names were really long and would not fit if DS wrote it) and DS picked the cards out for everybody. We had planet and My Little Pony valentines cards. I think we still have the mainstream class and the daycare class left to give cards.

2nd brag: When we were done DS gave me the biggest My Little Pony card. He wrote "Mom."

3rd brag: DS has been introducing me to complete strangers when we are out in public saying "Hi, I am DS. This is my friend, mommy. Mommy say hi."

[typeset]

The baby is rocking his glasses and hasn't tried to take them off. I'm taking that to mean they help.

The team reports the kid slowed his pace in the gym yesterday to run beside one of his classmates and keep him company.

[mrsbuttinski]

Ooh. Another one.

My mom is on her way home from the hospital with her shiny new knee.

It was a bit of a journey to get here. She failed her cardiology clearance and had to have a catheterization done prior to getting the OK to proceed. This both annoyed and terrified her, but she did really well with it and got a good report.

Her surgery was Monday afternoon and she's going home 1-2 days earlier than expected because she's where most folks are after 3 weeks of rehab. The hyperactivity of ADHD isn't a bad thing when you're 77.

And we finally located DS's missing scruff razor. He didn't know where it was because, you know, ADHD. I know he took it in his shaving kit to stay with my niece ahead of the ice but haven't seen it. I called the niece who didn't see it, because you know, ADHD. I tore the house apart. I sent her a breezy text "Hey, FYI, I tore the house apart and can't find the razor. Keep an eye out in case DS left it somewhere strange at your place."

She sheepishly called last night. The shaving kit was on the shelf in her room mate's bathroom. Room mate is touring Columbia, so DS crashes in his bed/bath. Derp to DS for not packing it when he left and to her for not seeing it in the bathroom DS used. Between these two, there are 67 mg of psychostimulants and another 60mg of SSRIs coursing through their systems- locating a razor in a bathroom should be doable.

Meantime, DH is dogging me because he thinks I should run to Target asap to replace said razor. Umm, no. If DS lost his razor, he needs to figure out a way to get a new one. Natural consequences and all that.

[funchicken]

Lol at the Jimmy Carter exchange mrsbuttinski!

DD3 and I survived the trip to my grandmothers funeral. She was so good the whole entire time. It was a traditional Catholic funeral, so we had a full day of visitation before the day of the funeral. It was an intense weekend. Despite our connecting flight in Charlotte being delayed by 2.5 hours, she only got fussy for a few minutes right before we landed in Dulles.

DD1 and DD2 stayed home with DH, and they were really good, too. DD1 even let DH do her hair for ballet twice (!) without giving him grief about it. Her hair is one of those areas where we've been working on flexibility because ordinarily she only trusts me to style it.

[cam]

LO was sitting next to me on the sofa. I heard him say, "ball," so I looked over thinking he was talking to me. Ball was the first object in a picture book (a picture of an item and the name of the item on a page type book). He then went left to right (that is huge) and said the name of each item the best he could (the bear is "grrr" with a bear-type action, for example). He did every single one, even words I had never heard before from him.

He has been big into painting the last couple of weeks. He has been expanding his subject matter. He painted daddy with "2 eyes, nose - 2 holes, mouth, belly button, feet, hands, shirt, pants, and a can of Mt Dew." My mom asked him to paint her a picture. He painted her, himself, her dog, her favorite candy, and snakes. My mom hates snakes, so I can't wait to see her reaction when he gives it to her. Half of his paintings lately include snakes.

[macchiatto]

Leo (fka "X") has started writing and illustrating his own little books. It's adorable.

[KC thepouchh8r]

For the last 3 weeks dd has missed Monday/Tuesday of school because of bad weather. She's taken the disruption to her usual schedule like a champ and has been great at home/when she goes back to school on Wednesday.

[namastebiotches]

DS has been using his words more & is surprising us almost daily with things he knows how to say. He's also attempting new words/phrases & it makes me happy. He used to put up such a fight when we'd try to help.
Also, his teacher told us a few weeks ago that he is finally participating with their little songs & dance/hand movements with the class. He was refusing before. That makes me happy because he's so cute when he does his rendition of songs.

[BostonKisses]

I have 3:

1. She's back into a phase of being cooperative and helpful with her vest. She's not fighting it, and wants to do everything herself, including putting on the vest (which is brand new!), clipping the clips, and connecting the hoses. The only thing I have to do right now is adjust the velcro part because that needs to be precise, and give her a little boost with pushing the canister of her inhaler.

2. She's FINALLY dressing herself for the most part! She kept asking for help with shirts up until a couple weeks ago, and now that she realizes she can do it herself she's all about not asking for help unless she's really stuck.

3. She properly sorted the pieces she needed for a particular Doc McStuffins puzzle (they have a stamp label on the back so you know which pieces go with which puzzle), and put a couple together without assistance.

[dymphna]

1. DS is starting to pee in the potty...yay! Now he needs to talk his sister into it.

2. I was asked to teach a music lesson to the twins' preschool class. Their EI and preschool teachers have always told me they really liked music. I just thought "yeah, all kids like music and you're humoring me because you know I teach music". But whoa, they were REALLY into it. That day it was 4 typicals + DD and DS. All the kids liked the lesson but mine were so into the instruments and everything

3. DD has been getting a lot more approximations lately I can understand about 70% of what she says in context. Also, she sang a song!!! Do you know how long I've been waiting for this? She has always loved to do the motions but has never, ever tried to sing. She sang 3 songs with me yesterday and I am over the moon.

[theycallmemommy]

Feb 11, 2015 10:10:03 GMT -5 typeset said:

The baby is rocking his glasses and hasn't tried to take them off. I'm taking that to mean they help.

The team reports the kid slowed his pace in the gym yesterday to run beside one of his classmates and keep him company.

Yay for leaving them on! My son got them at 3 and I remember thinking no way in hell was he going to leave them on. About a week later he proved me wrong.

Glad to hear that it's going smoothly!

[theycallmemommy]

Feb 11, 2015 17:24:51 GMT -5 dymphna said:

1. DS is starting to pee in the potty...yay! Now he needs to talk his sister into it.

2. I was asked to teach a music lesson to the twins' preschool class. Their EI and preschool teachers have always told me they really liked music. I just thought "yeah, all kids like music and you're humoring me because you know I teach music". But whoa, they were REALLY into it. That day it was 4 typicals + DD and DS. All the kids liked the lesson but mine were so into the instruments and everything

3. DD has been getting a lot more approximations lately I can understand about 70% of what she says in context. Also, she sang a song!!! Do you know how long I've been waiting for this? She has always loved to do the motions but has never, ever tried to sing. She sang 3 songs with me yesterday and I am over the moon.

You are a music teacher too? What do you teach?

[olivegoose]

She was woken up two hours earlier than normal (baby brother threw a huge fit this morning) and we still had a good day. I'm baffled. I was sure it was going to be awful.

[harti09]

DS is willingly shaking his head 'yes'. We've had 'no' down for a bit, but only when in a calm state and he'd often do it when he actually meant the opposite. This new gesture is huge for us. We've had two good days of it appearing multiple times.

I set out a few different color socks for him to pick from. As we went through each choice, he kept nodding 'no'. I was sure the whole lot would get that response. The last sock got an enthusiastic 'yes' movement and he was so proud in his red socks. I was so proud too.

DD has been amazing this week with story telling. In actuality, it's two words randomly pieced together and a lot of in between narrating on my part. She is trying to tell a story though and communicate whole thoughts. Another big victory.

[mcribster]

I said 'we have to fill out 14 valentines". DS rocked it. he set up a little assembly line and each one got a sticker and he wrote his name on each one. i wasn't prompting him or paying any attention whatsoever because i was helping DD write her name (which she mastered, yay!). Great to see that he took the initiative to get it all done in an orderly fashion w/o complaint. I was sorta impressed.

[triplea598]

Sort of a brag. DS had his cataract surgery Wednesday and all went well. The eyedrops are a nightmare, and it's been a challenge to try to keep him from rubbing his eye, but I'm just glad the surgery went smoothly.

[dc2london]

Feb 11, 2015 7:44:43 GMT -5 mrsbuttinski said:

Not really brags, but more along the lines of amusing exchanges.

We had ice here, so I had to collect DS from the train station and DH decided to ride shotgun. When I'd dropped him off previously an ad came on the radio that featured little kids singing the names of the presidents, only once they got to Monroe they started to hum. DS made a comment that the humming was "lame". So I asked him if he could name the presidents. (btw, while he's a history/poli sci buff- presidents were never a thing for him as they are for some on spectrum) he pretty much did it, or at least I didn't recognize any omissions. He did, however, refer to Bushes 41 and 43 as "dumb-ass' father" and "dumb-ass"; he has a personal grievance with the younger.

On the drive to the train to pick him up I mentioned this to my DH who was impressed. When DS got into the car, he and DS started talking about presidential trivia- who was gay, who had mistresses, etc. and then this gem-

DS: We have a president who has one testicle. Notice I said has. This person is still living.

DH: Really? Who might that be?

DS: Jimmy Carter.

DH: I did not know that.

DS: You didn't know Jimmy Carter was still alive?

This is amazing

[akafred]

3 week nights in the past 2 weeks Charlotte has said she was going to go up to her room or her playroom. Voluntarily. Alone. Once last weekend she said she was going to go up and then stopped and said, "You can come if you want, Dad." Normally he is her go-to for companionship because he is better at getting down on the floor with her (I have arthritis) and she will usually insist or at least beg that he go with her, and she pretty much never wants to play alone. We've been enforcing weekend quiet time for over a year and it seems like it's starting to help with the independent play thing I never thought would happen.

[bubbalicious]

DD swam with a freestyle stroke. She is and has been swimming for years but w/o an identifiable stroke. After years of lessons...she swam freestyle! Coincidently I signed her up (before xmas) for a third swim class (she attends her own swim class and ds's class) that starts next week! I am approaching this as we will see what happens...but hoping this builds her confidence!

[mrsbuttinski]

Not my kid.

One of my long term friends who has a son with HFA got his SAT scores the other day. Actually, the other night. He set his alarm for 2am PST to check for them when they were first available.

800 math
800 writing
700 critical reading

This is a kid who was unable to gain admission to his first choice magnet school program in 8th because the school was concerned he wasn't up to the level of work required.

[bubbalicious]

Shut the front door! That is awesome!

[kmc2]

DS tends to be really negative saying he hates everything and everything is stupid, everyone is an idiot type stuff. The other day he woke up and said, I just feel really happy today mom. He's also been awesome in showing empathy towards others lately.

DD is coloring in the lines, she's like my little artist. Her eye contact seems to be improving too and she's very smiley lately. I love the way they both laugh especially when they think something is really funny.