The sleep train got a little derailed for me but thankfully Owen slept all night again. He woke up focused on a good day but wanted me to stay in the “white bed.” I have to remind him that if I stay in bed he can’t go to school because we have to get ready. This generally convinces him that I should get up.
He asked me if he was riding the bus home and I repeated it back to him. He immediately went through his day. Ride the bus to school, see everyone at school, mommy picks me up, music, eat a snack, vision therapy, and come home. He said all the steps and went off to play. I love that he is connecting to going through the details of his day.
We got dressed and went out to wait for the bus. He is saying the right things about crossing the street but he isn’t doing all the steps. I told him again he has to make sure he looks for cars both ways. I pray that he always remembers to do it. The bus was a little earlier today and off they went.
I went to pick him up and his teacher said he had a pretty good day. She showed me a picture schedule that she made for him and he is using it. She is going to put together one for us at home. I am so thankful he has started to connect to visual schedules. This is years in the making. He has not wanted calendars, schedules, or any other form to show his routine or daily activities before. He would always take them down or destroy them. I’m excited to see how this works for him now.
He was focused on what his music therapist was going to wear as soon as he got in the car. She was wearing black pants. He wanted her to change. She said he did fine for his session after she talked to him about his behavior. She handled it beautifully and thankfully he remained pretty calm.
On the way home I talked to him about blue pants and that we would assign people to wear them on different days. When we went through each of the people he wanted to wear blue pants I made sure to assign them days he wouldn’t see them that way they could wear whatever they wanted on the days he did see them. I’ve gone through the schedule several times with him and I hope he connects to it.
He did pretty well at his vision therapy appointment. He focused on wanting her to chew gum but at least he was able to do his exercises. He took turns with her on one of the exercises where he had to ask her to find a letter in the game they were playing. This was something he didn’t understand before and was now able to accomplish it.
We came home and he was excited to have fish for dinner. He said, “Yum” as he was eating it. He has taken to rubbing my bald head. This time when I leaned over to kiss him he rubbed my head with his hand. It’s a new experience with a bald head. He used to do it all the time when I had hair. I had to laugh.
Bedtime once again was a very quick process. I like how he hears the timer and we talk about it for a minute, and then off to bed, he goes. His laughter was full today and that makes this mommy smile. Make laughter a priority and watch how your world will change. Smiles to all and donut daze!
He asked me if he was riding the bus home and I repeated it back to him. He immediately went through his day. Ride the bus to school, see everyone at school, mommy picks me up, music, eat a snack, vision therapy, and come home. He said all the steps and went off to play. I love that he is connecting to going through the details of his day.
We got dressed and went out to wait for the bus. He is saying the right things about crossing the street but he isn’t doing all the steps. I told him again he has to make sure he looks for cars both ways. I pray that he always remembers to do it. The bus was a little earlier today and off they went.
I went to pick him up and his teacher said he had a pretty good day. She showed me a picture schedule that she made for him and he is using it. She is going to put together one for us at home. I am so thankful he has started to connect to visual schedules. This is years in the making. He has not wanted calendars, schedules, or any other form to show his routine or daily activities before. He would always take them down or destroy them. I’m excited to see how this works for him now.
He was focused on what his music therapist was going to wear as soon as he got in the car. She was wearing black pants. He wanted her to change. She said he did fine for his session after she talked to him about his behavior. She handled it beautifully and thankfully he remained pretty calm.
On the way home I talked to him about blue pants and that we would assign people to wear them on different days. When we went through each of the people he wanted to wear blue pants I made sure to assign them days he wouldn’t see them that way they could wear whatever they wanted on the days he did see them. I’ve gone through the schedule several times with him and I hope he connects to it.
He did pretty well at his vision therapy appointment. He focused on wanting her to chew gum but at least he was able to do his exercises. He took turns with her on one of the exercises where he had to ask her to find a letter in the game they were playing. This was something he didn’t understand before and was now able to accomplish it.
We came home and he was excited to have fish for dinner. He said, “Yum” as he was eating it. He has taken to rubbing my bald head. This time when I leaned over to kiss him he rubbed my head with his hand. It’s a new experience with a bald head. He used to do it all the time when I had hair. I had to laugh.
Bedtime once again was a very quick process. I like how he hears the timer and we talk about it for a minute, and then off to bed, he goes. His laughter was full today and that makes this mommy smile. Make laughter a priority and watch how your world will change. Smiles to all and donut daze!
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