The listening skill was activated last night. Owen woke around midnight but I told him that if he wanted any chance of going to do something today he had to go right back to bed. He immediately went. He didn’t come back until a little after “five oh oh.” He wanted me up but I said I needed more sleep. He came back once and I told him that I would get up in a few minutes to let me rest so we could go do something today. He listened.
We are working on listening and waiting for responses. When we are practicing it he does well but when he isn’t in the moment it is still a lot of repeating. The repeating is what he is used to so we will get there but he is making progress and I can tell in so many ways he is catching up to his age. I always ask is it age, Owen, or autism? The progress is incredible and I am thankful for that.
We were going to go on an adventure and then to lunch but I made the mistake of letting him take a bath before we left. He didn’t want to get out of the bath and then no matter what I said he didn’t want to go anywhere. There are days he can’t process all his emotions or if there are changes that happen it makes it harder for him.
With it being so incredibly hot I was not too sad he didn’t want to go anywhere. He stayed mostly calm but kept showing me this one app over and over again. He listens to it way too loud and it causes him to do a lot of stomping because the app changes all the noises to a high pitched chipmunk type sound. The stomping is getting more stompy the older he gets and it rocks the whole house. He thinks it is hilarious plus I’m sure he likes it for the sensory input. I thought maybe he would grow out of this app but he has loved it since he was very young.
He is so excited that we are going to breakfast with some of our friends next Thursday. He was so happy that we set a date and that we could put it on the calendar. I was glad I could put it on the calendar for him and now he is using the calendar to look at his different activities.
Oh, how our world has changed. I never imagined he would be so excited about using a calendar and wanting to schedule times to eat with our friends. When he was young he would tear up calendars or erase everything off the whiteboard when I would try to show him his schedule. I’m so thankful he now wants to see the calendar and I hope it helps him. Plus I absolutely love that he wants to meet his friends at places now.
It was once again a big food day for us. I asked Owen what he wanted to eat and listed many things. He said, “cheese sandwich and pancakes” which wasn’t on the list but that is exactly what I fixed. He wanted two pieces of bread and a slice of cheese. He didn’t want it grilled or with anything on the bread but he ate every bit of it and his pancakes. I love his new requests.
The evening went quickly. I pray he sleeps tonight and he can go to his therapy tomorrow. Today I feel like we both grew. Emotions can be hard but we got through the rollercoastery ones and I’m thankful. His laughter made my day. Let the sunshine fill your heart with gladness and know that tomorrow will be a better day. Smiles to all and donut daze!
We are working on listening and waiting for responses. When we are practicing it he does well but when he isn’t in the moment it is still a lot of repeating. The repeating is what he is used to so we will get there but he is making progress and I can tell in so many ways he is catching up to his age. I always ask is it age, Owen, or autism? The progress is incredible and I am thankful for that.
We were going to go on an adventure and then to lunch but I made the mistake of letting him take a bath before we left. He didn’t want to get out of the bath and then no matter what I said he didn’t want to go anywhere. There are days he can’t process all his emotions or if there are changes that happen it makes it harder for him.
With it being so incredibly hot I was not too sad he didn’t want to go anywhere. He stayed mostly calm but kept showing me this one app over and over again. He listens to it way too loud and it causes him to do a lot of stomping because the app changes all the noises to a high pitched chipmunk type sound. The stomping is getting more stompy the older he gets and it rocks the whole house. He thinks it is hilarious plus I’m sure he likes it for the sensory input. I thought maybe he would grow out of this app but he has loved it since he was very young.
He is so excited that we are going to breakfast with some of our friends next Thursday. He was so happy that we set a date and that we could put it on the calendar. I was glad I could put it on the calendar for him and now he is using the calendar to look at his different activities.
Oh, how our world has changed. I never imagined he would be so excited about using a calendar and wanting to schedule times to eat with our friends. When he was young he would tear up calendars or erase everything off the whiteboard when I would try to show him his schedule. I’m so thankful he now wants to see the calendar and I hope it helps him. Plus I absolutely love that he wants to meet his friends at places now.
It was once again a big food day for us. I asked Owen what he wanted to eat and listed many things. He said, “cheese sandwich and pancakes” which wasn’t on the list but that is exactly what I fixed. He wanted two pieces of bread and a slice of cheese. He didn’t want it grilled or with anything on the bread but he ate every bit of it and his pancakes. I love his new requests.
The evening went quickly. I pray he sleeps tonight and he can go to his therapy tomorrow. Today I feel like we both grew. Emotions can be hard but we got through the rollercoastery ones and I’m thankful. His laughter made my day. Let the sunshine fill your heart with gladness and know that tomorrow will be a better day. Smiles to all and donut daze!
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