Owen slept all night and I only woke up once. He was having a pretty good morning with just a side of pushing my buttons. He was laughing a lot but at this point, he was listening to me and wanted to talk about his days ahead. I told him last night he was not going to see his grandma today and I was thankful that he handled it well.
The recurring theme for the day was his talking about things like hitting, kicking, spitting, and licking. He told me he could say them in four languages. I told him we do not need to talk about those things in any language. This is when I ask the question is it Owen, age, or autism? And then I ask does he want to talk about these things because he likes to watch how I respond or are there other reasons? He hardly does any of the actions but he likes to talk about them constantly.
He wanted me to play one of his video games. Every time I would get close to winning he would push something. I try to explain to him that sometimes I look at the board because I have to “figure it out” so I can win the board. Later in the day he kept saying “Figaro to win.” At first, I didn’t realize what he was trying to say and then I realized he thought I was talking about our cat Figaro and he was winning the board.
A little screaming turned into a lot of random screaming. Some were happy screams, some were because everything was way too much, and some were directed right at me. And he wanted to sit two feet from me most of the day. It was a lot of emotions for both of us.
He could tell I was upset with his screaming. He told me that “he was funny Owen.” I said not when you are screaming at me. He said, “When he answers incorrectly” he is funny. I said, Are you funny when you say things incorrectly? He said, “boing” replying with the noise he likes to hear from one of his learning apps when he answers incorrectly. I told him that he is very funny but not when he screams or answers incorrectly on purpose. I also told him that it sounded like he knew the difference. I think he does he just doesn’t know how to transition through it to be joking about something and to explain it.
He kept telling me that I was frowning. I asked him if he knew why I was frowning and he said, “No screaming happy mommy.” He knew I was upset and he started talking about one of his favorite games and asking me to tell him which one I liked. He likes to talk about the animals with me and it felt like he was trying to redirect himself and make me happy.
Our friend is going to church with us tomorrow so he is very excited about that. He can’t wait to pick her up and to go out to lunch after church. Food has become an important topic of conversation for him so we talked about where he wants to go tomorrow and that he wants mushroom or olive or both on his pizza for Monday. He will probably want to go to “cracker burial” again tomorrow but we will see.
He went to bed excited about church. He prayed that we would sleep tonight and go to the bathroom tomorrow. I never know what our prayers will be about but I know that God understands it all. It was a very long emotional day but I’m thankful that I got to witness the growth in both of us. Let the long days go and remember there are still many great days ahead. Smiles to all and donut daze!
The recurring theme for the day was his talking about things like hitting, kicking, spitting, and licking. He told me he could say them in four languages. I told him we do not need to talk about those things in any language. This is when I ask the question is it Owen, age, or autism? And then I ask does he want to talk about these things because he likes to watch how I respond or are there other reasons? He hardly does any of the actions but he likes to talk about them constantly.
He wanted me to play one of his video games. Every time I would get close to winning he would push something. I try to explain to him that sometimes I look at the board because I have to “figure it out” so I can win the board. Later in the day he kept saying “Figaro to win.” At first, I didn’t realize what he was trying to say and then I realized he thought I was talking about our cat Figaro and he was winning the board.
A little screaming turned into a lot of random screaming. Some were happy screams, some were because everything was way too much, and some were directed right at me. And he wanted to sit two feet from me most of the day. It was a lot of emotions for both of us.
He could tell I was upset with his screaming. He told me that “he was funny Owen.” I said not when you are screaming at me. He said, “When he answers incorrectly” he is funny. I said, Are you funny when you say things incorrectly? He said, “boing” replying with the noise he likes to hear from one of his learning apps when he answers incorrectly. I told him that he is very funny but not when he screams or answers incorrectly on purpose. I also told him that it sounded like he knew the difference. I think he does he just doesn’t know how to transition through it to be joking about something and to explain it.
He kept telling me that I was frowning. I asked him if he knew why I was frowning and he said, “No screaming happy mommy.” He knew I was upset and he started talking about one of his favorite games and asking me to tell him which one I liked. He likes to talk about the animals with me and it felt like he was trying to redirect himself and make me happy.
Our friend is going to church with us tomorrow so he is very excited about that. He can’t wait to pick her up and to go out to lunch after church. Food has become an important topic of conversation for him so we talked about where he wants to go tomorrow and that he wants mushroom or olive or both on his pizza for Monday. He will probably want to go to “cracker burial” again tomorrow but we will see.
He went to bed excited about church. He prayed that we would sleep tonight and go to the bathroom tomorrow. I never know what our prayers will be about but I know that God understands it all. It was a very long emotional day but I’m thankful that I got to witness the growth in both of us. Let the long days go and remember there are still many great days ahead. Smiles to all and donut daze!
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