Brag Day 9/10

Assembly_Reqd · September 2014

Post those brags!

KL777 · September 2014

DS had a rough summer (behaviorally speaking) along with us acknowledging his correct choices, he was also on punishment for the poor ones. One of the punishments was "no sweets" (except fruit, of course). His first day off "no sweets" punishment was yesterday and he got to eat a yummy fruit roll up :-) He danced for joy :-)

MirandaHobbes · September 2014

First grade is starting off remarkably better than kindy, to wit: (1) he has a wonderful, experienced first grade teacher who is firm but fair; (2) he has a new ASD teacher who is similarly wonderful and experienced; (3) his aide in the mainstream room is a soft-spoken MALE whom DS loves; (4) DS is spending all but 1.25 hours a day in the mainstream room, compared to only spending 40% of his day in the mainstream room in kindy; and (5) I've received only glowing reports from both DS and his teacher, even after I followed up with an email saying- really, are you sure?! She replied that DS is "sweet, engaging, and polite." We're only 2.5 weeks in so things could certainly change, but for now I'm relishing the good times.

hopecounts · September 2014

DD had a really good day today and yesterday.

In her daily report yesterday her ABA/Aide said she joined in appropriately playing with a peer with no prompting, now it was doing the see saw (which she loves) and she just said 'me play too?' so still a ways to go but huge progress!

today at her CSS/Preschool program they had a golf toy set up on the playground and the teacher said she loved it and did really well playing and taking turns with it.

bumpuser511563 · September 2014

fredalina said:

The last week or week and a half has been pretty incredible (after the misery that was Labor Day Weekend). We visited my ILs this past weekend. It was a short trip, leaving Sat morning and returning Sun afternoon, but my sFIL has Stage IV lung cancer so we needed to visit. She was SO GOOD there. She was extremely helpful with MIL, sooooo sweet with sFIL, and just generally pretty delightful. I have been trying a reward system (not my favorite but worth a shot) wherein if she has a good week at school, she earns a vintage My Little Pony. Unlike previous attempts at a reward system, I already have all of the ponies and showed them to her up front. The question isn't WILL she earn them, but WHEN will she earn them? This seems to really help soften the blow of having not such a great week, and help her focus on next week being good. Anyway, she had a "pretty good" week at school and earned a pony last Friday, and she was SO good over the weekend, we decided to give her another one on Sunday. I don't know how Monday went, or Tuesday during her regular school day, but yesterday her aftercare teacher said she had a super good afternoon and was being extremely helpful. She really is a helpful little one, so hopefully this will "stick" and become part of her self identity vs being someone who makes bad choices and all that kind of thing.

Were these ponies your ponies?

kcisthebombdotcom · September 2014

A funny one--when I tell dd its time to do something she doesn't want to do she goes in her room and pretends to sleep complete with a fake snore lol

hopecounts · September 2014

fredalina said:

fredalina said:

The last week or week and a half has been pretty incredible (after the misery that was Labor Day Weekend). We visited my ILs this past weekend. It was a short trip, leaving Sat morning and returning Sun afternoon, but my sFIL has Stage IV lung cancer so we needed to visit. She was SO GOOD there. She was extremely helpful with MIL, sooooo sweet with sFIL, and just generally pretty delightful. I have been trying a reward system (not my favorite but worth a shot) wherein if she has a good week at school, she earns a vintage My Little Pony. Unlike previous attempts at a reward system, I already have all of the ponies and showed them to her up front. The question isn't WILL she earn them, but WHEN will she earn them? This seems to really help soften the blow of having not such a great week, and help her focus on next week being good. Anyway, she had a "pretty good" week at school and earned a pony last Friday, and she was SO good over the weekend, we decided to give her another one on Sunday. I don't know how Monday went, or Tuesday during her regular school day, but yesterday her aftercare teacher said she had a super good afternoon and was being extremely helpful. She really is a helpful little one, so hopefully this will "stick" and become part of her self identity vs being someone who makes bad choices and all that kind of thing.

Were these ponies your ponies?
-------------------------------------- Oh, I wish! No, my mom sold all my horsey stuff (MLP, Breyers, homemade stables and saddles etc) in a garage sale when I was 15 and broke my heart. These were ponies I bought from someone with all boys for $2 each, 10 total and she threw in the show stable and ribbons and combs and all that crap. I figure when DD has a week that isn't so great but maybe she did try some and I don't want to totally discourage her, I can give her an accessory to keep her trying.

I still have my Breyer's packed up in my closet with the stable my Grandad built for them, I can't wait for DD to be ready to play with them!
She loves animals so I think they'll be a hit, I just don't trust her with them yet, she wouldn't intend to hurt them (she's actually pretty careful with her things) but she is a bit clumsy and I could see an accident happening and it being the end of the world for her.

macchiatto · September 2014

I got this in an email from his teacher last week: "X is such a thinker which is amazing at this age. When we are having a discussion and I ask a question, instead of immediately raising his hand like so many children do to answer, X will think for a few seconds and then raise his hand. His answers have always been spot on! He makes connections that no one else thinks about. I know it is very early in the school year but I am very proud of him."

Also, last night X said to me, "I have hypotonia. That means I'm really good at snuggling people." It may not have been quite medically accurate but we were pretty matter-of-fact about it all when we had our big talk last week (not really trying to spin it positive, or negative either for that matter) and he's been pretty matter-of-fact about it, too. I thought it was sweet that he looked at it and tried to find a positive on his own.

Junebug060609 · September 2014

He's not afraid to ride the bus to school anymore. Jelly beans at the bus stop FTW!

abigail912 · September 2014

DS has had an amazing couple of weeks at ABA and at home. He is now pointing, waving, saying hi and bye bye. But the big thing is (kind of hard to put into words) he just seems to be understanding/caring more about whats going on around him.

funchicken · September 2014

DD got a certificate for being outstanding student of the day on Tuesday!

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greyt00 · September 2014

DS1 has eaten popcorn during after care. I'm obviously not bragging about a health food, LOL. Popcorn is weird looking, I can't believe he tried it. He was also willing to drink from a totally new straw cup last weekend. And it seems like he is starting to enjoy food. He eats the same few foods every day, but at least it consists of a protein, fruit and vegetable most of the time. The volume is so much more than it used to be. He has gained 5 pounds in the last year, after gaining less than 3 the year before. He wore mostly the same clothes 2 winters in a row, but this winter he will need longer pants.

Kendrav4 · September 2014

Camden said please to get his food at daycare and also requested more food! He didn't sociable much with the kids but didn't wander during circle time either!

Princess_Lily · September 2014

DS got rewards at school, 3 days in a row for good behavior!!

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