I try to be quiet when I wake up so early but there is only so much house to move around in and it all makes noise. Thankfully I convinced him that it was still nighttime and he could have his tablet but he needed to go back to bed. He did it without question.
He had a very calm morning. He seems to be much calmer right now, especially in the mornings. He still gets very excited and has his opinions but it feels like he is processing them more. I also try to walk him through the steps of what we need to do in the mornings by asking him questions about what he thinks we need to do first instead of telling him everything he needs to do. This doesn’t always work though so we still have to go back through each step but I feel like we are making progress. The goal for me is always to work on life skills.
When he got home he said he was not going to his appointment because it was tomorrow. I told him it was today and he had made other plans tomorrow with his grandma. He said they were busy and he couldn’t go until tomorrow. I’m not quite sure why he was deciding this except last week his appointment got canceled so he could still be focusing on that.
I gave him a couple of minutes but he was still pretty adamant he was not going. His bus people had told me he was telling them he was not going anywhere today and that he had an appointment tomorrow so he wouldn’t be on the bus Owen then told me. Some days when they are not the routine appointments even though this is one we go to all the time I think he gets stuck in the loop when it isn’t always consistent. This was a shorter appointment too so that may have had something to do with it.
I said we were going to leave in about twenty minutes and he said, “Wanna wear shorts.” I was testing the waters but he was in a pair of shorts very quickly so he wouldn’t change his mind. He did fine and in fact, he told the doctor that he needed five more minutes before we could leave.
He loves going there so it’s just all part of the process. I try not to push on certain days though because like all of us we don’t want to do things when we don’t want to do things. I’m thankful we went and he was able to handle it all. On the way there he told me he needed to go on an adventure with his bus people and a baseball adventure with his friend. I love that the dude is making so many plans.
We came home and he started screaming and kicking the seat as we were close to getting home. He had mostly been calm the entire way, talking a lot about the traffic but was still pretty calm. When he started the screaming I told him that if he wanted a tablet for the rest of the evening I would suggest he stop and he did just that. I’m thankful he is beginning to listen more.
The rest of the evening flew by with laughs, songs, and instruments. I’m thankful for his growth and in a little over a week, I will have a big twelve-year-old. Each day celebrate your victories. No matter how big or small they are celebrate them all. Smiles to all and donut daze!
He had a very calm morning. He seems to be much calmer right now, especially in the mornings. He still gets very excited and has his opinions but it feels like he is processing them more. I also try to walk him through the steps of what we need to do in the mornings by asking him questions about what he thinks we need to do first instead of telling him everything he needs to do. This doesn’t always work though so we still have to go back through each step but I feel like we are making progress. The goal for me is always to work on life skills.
When he got home he said he was not going to his appointment because it was tomorrow. I told him it was today and he had made other plans tomorrow with his grandma. He said they were busy and he couldn’t go until tomorrow. I’m not quite sure why he was deciding this except last week his appointment got canceled so he could still be focusing on that.
I gave him a couple of minutes but he was still pretty adamant he was not going. His bus people had told me he was telling them he was not going anywhere today and that he had an appointment tomorrow so he wouldn’t be on the bus Owen then told me. Some days when they are not the routine appointments even though this is one we go to all the time I think he gets stuck in the loop when it isn’t always consistent. This was a shorter appointment too so that may have had something to do with it.
I said we were going to leave in about twenty minutes and he said, “Wanna wear shorts.” I was testing the waters but he was in a pair of shorts very quickly so he wouldn’t change his mind. He did fine and in fact, he told the doctor that he needed five more minutes before we could leave.
He loves going there so it’s just all part of the process. I try not to push on certain days though because like all of us we don’t want to do things when we don’t want to do things. I’m thankful we went and he was able to handle it all. On the way there he told me he needed to go on an adventure with his bus people and a baseball adventure with his friend. I love that the dude is making so many plans.
We came home and he started screaming and kicking the seat as we were close to getting home. He had mostly been calm the entire way, talking a lot about the traffic but was still pretty calm. When he started the screaming I told him that if he wanted a tablet for the rest of the evening I would suggest he stop and he did just that. I’m thankful he is beginning to listen more.
The rest of the evening flew by with laughs, songs, and instruments. I’m thankful for his growth and in a little over a week, I will have a big twelve-year-old. Each day celebrate your victories. No matter how big or small they are celebrate them all. Smiles to all and donut daze!
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