Wednesday Brags (12/3)

hopecounts

In her daily report yesterday DD's ABA told us that DD has made a friend in her classroom.

She and another little girl have become pals and play during free play and at recess (actual cooperative play according to him and not just parallel play).

He said DD and the other little girl play and one or the other always starts the day with a hug and a 'good morning' 'hi' to each other. 

This is huge for DD, she has always been cool with peers but had no interest in interacting with them!

bumpuser511563

So an ASD support group mom that I was somewhat close with because our boys were both about the same age and class last year texted me recently. She moved to our apartment complex and we decided to get together Saturday at the playground area.

The playground is almost enclosed in a triangle. There are sidewalks with entrances/exits at each corner. I was of course afraid to let go of DS in fear of him running out into the parking lot but I told him to turn around at each corner while we waited for our play date to show.

Play date showed up and they played kick the ball. Play date is non-verbal and was about to go out of those entrances/exits and his poor mom was telling him to turn around from where we were sitting. He was not listening so I told DS to get play date to turn around. DS said "Come on, play date, let's go this way!" DS was awesome in helping! He did it a few times!

lite-bright

There's one little girl in DD1's class who always, always makes a point to say hi to her. She's a super sweet, adorable kid and they sit in the same cluster of desks, and DD1 says they're friends. This morning she was waiting outside the school for DD1, and they walked in to class together. It makes me happy to see DD1 interacting successfully with another girl, and it warms my heart that this little girl makes such an effort. 

I feel like DD1 is having more fun being silly lately, and doing a better job of judging when someone else is joking or being sarcastic. Last night DH told her to "hop to" and go brush her teeth, and she bunny-hopped to the bathroom, giggling the whole time about the fact that she was actually hopping. We still hear, "Ohhhh, I thought you were joking!" sometimes when she misinteprets whether we really meant something or not, but I think she's making headway. 

MirandaHobbes

Good IEP meeting yesterday. DS's ST is sortof a joke- I had her explain her methods and she talked about how she pulls DS out with a nonverbal kindergartner (DS is in first grade, highly verbal) and they work on conversation. Really? So I respectfully requested she push in to the classroom and his awesome mainstream teacher immediately backed me up and said she had the perfect slot of time for DS to have some indirect speech services during choice time. SLP seemed annoyed, but she agreed. I think it's the first time I've challenged them, and I'm glad it went smoothly. His team all seems to be on the same page. Except for his MSW who is a putz and I kid you not kept farting audibly during the meeting. My 10 year old sense of humor could hardly keep a straight face.

Two week med check on Intuniv- reported back that there has been no change at all. Upping him to 2 and 3 mg to see what happens, if nothing we'll move on to SSRI's. Psych brought her therapy dog with her this time, omg DS is so smitten!

typeset

The kid has been really sweet with his brother lately, kissing him goodbye at school. He misses most of the time, but I appreciate the effort. 

veggieroll

Yesterday during ST, DS matched colors on a color block toy. I was blown away. I didn't think he would understand color concepts right now so I haven't bothered trying any. Sometimes I wonder how much I really do underestimate him.

And today, I got an unprompted close-mouthed kiss on the cheek. Best part of my day.

kcisthebombdotcom

This weekend dd and I were sitting on the couch while I had my morning cup of coffee. Dd accidentally hit my elbow and a bit of my coffee spilled (luckily it was getting cool). I told her she needed to be careful when mom was drinking coffee and she responded the dog did it. Poor dog was snoring next to me. Lol.