I want DS to pick out clothes on his own to wear to school and daycare. I have been doing this for awhile except he was fighting me Monday and Tuesday this week.
He busted out with brown pants and a red and blue tye-dye fourth of july shirt. Oh well, he is dressed!
I've had stitches in my arm for the last 10 days (atypical mole removal) and DD1 has been so interested and concerned. And she's better about remembering my restrictions than I am! One day last week, when we had such terrible rain & flooding, I told the girls I was going to lift them over some puddles to get them out of the car and she was like, "But Mama! You have stitches!" because I'd talked to them about not being able to lift heavy things. LOL. I managed to do it just using my good arm, but she was spot on about reminding me.
Last week I was asking her about kids at school and she gave SUCH a sigh and was like, "And there's X (boy), who ALWAYS bothers me." It was like a premonition of world-weary, OMG, age 13 or something. I don't know if X bothers her because he likes her, and it wouldn't do any good to ask b/c DD1 doesn't really have any concept of that, but I kind of wonder. She is a pretty little girl, after all.
I don't know if this is a brag or not. :P We had our first social skills class this week. The school psych who runs it asked to observe DD1 for a class before I told her any background, and she was surprised to hear her autism dx and that we got it so early (age 3). She said she can usually peg ASD pretty easily and would've said shyness was DD1's issue, plus needing extra time to process. I always have mixed emotions about things like that -- it's kind of nice to hear someone basically say, "gee, your kid is so close to typical," but at the same time it brings up a flurry of, "maybe this person just isn't as familiar with ASD in girls," "yes, she's doing well but still has a long way to go", "well, she still doesn't seem to have friends," etc. in my head.
Ds1 has started babbling BABABABA! We have heard all vowel sounds and YAYAYAYA but finally a closed lip consonant!
To my boys: I will love you for you Not for what you have done or what you will become I will love you for you I will give you the love The love that you never knew
We had a follow-up with the developmental pedi yesterday, and DH got to meet her for the first time. She spent two hours with us, and she spent a lot of that time answering questions and talking to DH. He LOVED her. It's the most enthusiastic I have ever seen him be about a medical professional.
DD's recent OT sessions have been awesome. Her therapist has been raving about how hard she's working
A brag for DS and me. :-)
DS had three over the top TERRIBLE days at school after 3.5 really good weeks. The first day I was sick in bed so DH picked him up and didn't get a whole lot of information. I figured everyone has bad days and we moved on. The second day I went (his teacher was out) and spoke with the classroom's full time aid. Basically he was a over whelmed, overstimulated mess and they were basically sending him to the office after he was past the point of being able to process anything. They also had not implemented any sensory or visual aids. We discussed them at length in the transition meeting. I was pissed. So I sent out an email out to the team it was firm but professional and it basically demanded their engagement. The SLP who also pulls DS for SpED immediately responded on Saturday and I was able to have a good talks with her Monday morning too, the OT was OOT and apparently serves several schools.
Monday he had an accident and I had to bring him new shoes while I was there he was hugging me hard, digging his chin into my shoulder, and hanging off me-basically everything he does when he is overwhelmed and NEEDS deep pressure input. When I picked him up the SLP was waiting for me to tell me just how bad the day had gone. She was even talking about going to half day temporarily.
We've been looking for compression shirts in his size (in brick and mortar stores to try on) for a while with no luck. DH (who is OOT for work) found a store across town. I immediately drove down there in rush hour on Monday and procured a pressure vest for him.
Yesterday and today were great days, The SLP scared me when she started walking towards me at pick up yesterday, but she was coming to tell me what a great day he had, he was calm, regulated, he listened and followed directions.
The OT emailed me back yesterday to tell me she probably has a weighted vest or pressure vest available for him but won't be at his school until Monday the 24th :-l.
AW for DS: with the appropriate support he has been very successful in the classroom
AW for me: I stepped out of my people pleasing passive comfort zone and strongly advocated for my kid.
Nate can now sign the letter "f". I was ridiculously pleased about this. It's not like he can sign other difficult letters like K P M N R Y and W. I guess since F was the first 'hardish' sign it tells me the others are not far behind. He has also started to spell nonsense. I jokingly asked him to spell something because I couldn't get a sign he was doing...He spelled B-A-F (we were not discussing bath...i dont't think...hmmm....he did need a bath though)......LOL
I'm new to this forum. How do I find out what the initials mean? I'm assuming DS means Down syndrome but what about the rest?
I know there is a link somewhere but here a few to get you started
DH=dear husband
DS=dear son
DD=dear daughter
Ds=Down syndrome
ASD=Autism Spectrum Disorder
PT=Physical Therapy
OT=Occupational Therapy
SLP=Speech Language Pathologist
DI=Developmental Intervention
NT=Neurotypical
SN=special needs
PP=Previous Poster
OP=Original Poster
To my boys: I will love you for you Not for what you have done or what you will become I will love you for you I will give you the love The love that you never knew
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Re: brag day wednesday!
I want DS to pick out clothes on his own to wear to school and daycare. I have been doing this for awhile except he was fighting me Monday and Tuesday this week.
He busted out with brown pants and a red and blue tye-dye fourth of july shirt. Oh well, he is dressed!
DD1, 1/5/2008 ~~~ DD2, 3/17/2010
DD's recent OT sessions have been awesome. Her therapist has been raving about how hard she's working
Monday he had an accident and I had to bring him new shoes while I was there he was hugging me hard, digging his chin into my shoulder, and hanging off me-basically everything he does when he is overwhelmed and NEEDS deep pressure input. When I picked him up the SLP was waiting for me to tell me just how bad the day had gone. She was even talking about going to half day temporarily.
We've been looking for compression shirts in his size (in brick and mortar stores to try on) for a while with no luck. DH (who is OOT for work) found a store across town. I immediately drove down there in rush hour on Monday and procured a pressure vest for him. Yesterday and today were great days, The SLP scared me when she started walking towards me at pick up yesterday, but she was coming to tell me what a great day he had, he was calm, regulated, he listened and followed directions.
The OT emailed me back yesterday to tell me she probably has a weighted vest or pressure vest available for him but won't be at his school until Monday the 24th :-l. AW for DS: with the appropriate support he has been very successful in the classroom
AW for me: I stepped out of my people pleasing passive comfort zone and strongly advocated for my kid.
DS 09/2008