I miss the routine of school for my sweet baby O. Owen was up by five wanting me to find Christmas videos for him. He loves Christmas videos but more importantly he loves to ask me about Christmas videos. The day felt jam packed before we even began. He didn’t want to go anywhere so I told him that if we didn’t go someplace today that we would have to go someplace tomorrow. I want to make sure that he is understanding that we don’t always have to stay home when we don’t have something routine scheduled. I tried to get him to go bowling, but he did not want to go anywhere else so I made sure he understood that we would go someplace tomorrow. I can tell you I already feel like sitting tomorrow and not going anywhere but I have to keep pushing forward. Some days it feels so hard to convince him to go anywhere and that just leads to other emotions for both of us. Even though we didn’t go anywhere, it was a very full day and a very emotional day. I am always amazed at what he can find on his tablet and today was no exception. He found a game that he plays with one of his therapists and he loves it. The game has dice and he keeps telling me that he wants to eat a dice. This game went away for now. He generally does not put things in his mouth until I assume he will generally not put something in his mouth that he’s not supposed to. He ate a big breakfast and a good size lunch. Then he sat next to me on the couch under a blanket watching a video about losing teeth. He is fascinated with all dentist videos. I kept telling him to change it because I am not a fan of all dentist videos. A few minutes later he took the blanket off his head and he had his hand in his mouth. He pulled it out with blood on it. He has handled all of his other baby teeth very calmly, but this one not so much. At first, I didn’t realize he lost it so we went to the bathroom to clean up and I looked in his mouth. It was gone. I asked him to show me where it was and he refused. I move the blanket that he had been under and I still couldn’t find it. Then I realized he likes to hide things under pillows. I picked up the pillow and it was there. I tried to take it from underneath the pillow and he got very upset. I told him that I wanted to put it in a bag so we could give it to the pirate tooth fairy. This just upset him more. And he took the tooth and ran off to the bedroom to hide it under his pillow. He still didn’t want the tooth fairy to come and take it from him or give him anything for it. He kept yelling, “no pirate tooth fairy today.” Within a few minutes, though he was calm enough and it no longer bothered him. I didn’t want to attempt to find the pirate tooth fairy because I didn’t want him to get upset again. I might ask him tomorrow if he wants the tooth fairy to come but he was pretty adamant about it. He loves maps. I decided to show him maps on his tablet and let him see how he could find where he likes to go. I showed him our church and then the windows. Before I could show him anything else he said, “give Owen a chance Owen’s turn.” He loved it. He played with it for quite some time and kept yelling about where he was driving on the little streets and what he was looking at. Once again, bedtime was not what he wanted, but within a few minutes, he was fast asleep. I’m thankful for a good day even though we had a few rollercoastery in moments. I told him we could go bowling tomorrow or go ride his bike. We shall see what he chooses to do. Through all of these moments today, I saw incredible growth. Be inspired, be motivated, and be happy. Smiles to all and donut daze!
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