Our week in review.. :)

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I just thought I'd post how our week went.. Josh has been GFCF for almost 2

weeks now and I have been so happy over some new behaviours he's been

exhibiting in the last couple days..

For starters, He's playing WITH people.. Not just near them, or whatever..

Actually cooperating! My girlfriend and I took the kids to Chuck E Cheese

Monday morning and Josh wandered off near the video games.. I could see him

watching this other child and his mom playing the basketball game. Typically,

if they were to talk or even look at him, he'd pull his hands in under his

chin and turn away and run for me or a quiet corner.. This time, he reached

in the bin where the basketballs were and pulled out a ball and HANDED IT TO

THE OTHER CHILD! The other child took it and shot the ball into the basket

while took out another one to hand to him.. I was just in awe watching

him..

The next morning I was logged on checking my email and the kids were eating

breakfast in the living room.. I heard the smacking of little feet running on

tile coming toward my room (where the computer is).. Josh comes tearing in,

looking over his shoulder, arms up in the air, giggling.. He runs up to me

and jumps in my lap. Next I see Dana come tearing in after him, laughing

saying " HE TOOK MY DONUT!! " .. Later in the day they were playing together,

taking turns playing at the new Little Tykes workbench we had just gotten

Josh..

Wednesday, Mom came down to babysit while I took Dana to her audiology

appointment.. He was asleep when she got there. She said that when he woke

up, he looked at her kind a blearily, then crawled into her lap and put his

head on her shoulder.. Normally, when I've left him with her and he's woken

up like that, he's screamed or cried almost non-stop until I got home.. He

ate lunch with her and played with her until I returned. She said he'd take

her hand and put it on the tools so that she could help him with the

workbench.. Good non-verbal communication IMO..

Thursday, his old OT and new ST came for a tandem visit.. He was so calm, and

he signed more for them as they blew bubbles and played games with him. Pam

kept saying she can see such a difference in him, which was good to hear from

her. His speech therapist wants us to implement PECS and some other

augmentative language system that she's going to show us next time she comes

out..

I'm just so encouraged by the comments made to me about Josh's behaviour by

my mom and his therapists.. *I* see a change in him, and I'm glad that they

are too (not just projecting my wants on to him).

And, as I posted earlier, we also got our first solid BM from him in all his

2 years of life... He's run the range from diarrhea to really soft, foul BM's

since birth, sometimes with, sometimes without blood.. The last few diapers

I've changed have been normal consistancy and I'm SOO happy!

And today... He's was so good. He's was stimming a little more today than he

had been this week but that's ok.. He's still playing with me and Dana and

signing when he wants more of something.. He's laughing and clapping his

hands..

I'm just so happy to see positive things happening to him.. Thought I'd

share..

Married to Dan

Mom to:

Dana (3/4/98)

36 week preemie, now a spirited 3 y/o

6lb 8 oz and 20 " long at birth

28 lb 8 oz and 38.5 " long on 3/27/01

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(3/26/99)

33 week preemie, now a 2 y.o. growing boy!

Hearing impaired, DSI,Mild Autism

5lb 4oz, 19 " long at birth

24 lb 14 oz, 35 " long on 3/27/01

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