the good, the bad, and the perplexing

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More about my son's " progress " .

My wife and I have mixed feelings about this. And I am starting to see her

point of view. has suddenly gotten much better in several ways. He now

commonly starts conversations. He's staying away from gluten and casein on

his own and I haven't seen him try to cheat. Though he's shy, he is very

social and with so many other kids on the block I look forward to his

developing friendships. And his stimming behavior of holding his hands out,

stamping his feet and saying something like " ah ahhh aah " (hard to express)

is still there; but maybe one day??

I also notice his obsessive compulsive behaviors are now more evident when

he's bored. I think if he's busy then he forgets about water and bathrooms

and would rather play or do something else.

At the same time though he is getting to be a real handful in other ways.

He broke a toilet tank top yesterday, accidently. Fortunately he didn't get

hurt, those things are heavy. He is more insistent on having his way. I

wonder if he's just feeling his oats and being a typical boy.

I'd love to hear comments from others about this sort of thing. We are

starting to discipline him more regularly, usually by taking him in his

room. Unfortunately that isn't always seen by him as a punishment. Taking

away his bike for half an hour might be better.

Marty