To us, the major goal of the Monster’s IEP isn’t necessarily to fully catch him up this year with his peers. It’s to get him ready for life in the real world without all of the supports he needs at the moment. This means socialization, expressive language… and toilet training. Continue reading
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Because It’s Better Than Crying
The wife and I were talking last night about potty training, verbal outbursts and how things could always be worse.
(No, don’t worry, it’s not that kind of toileting entry for once.) Continue reading
Meltdown Mayhem
I know that all parents of children with Autism go through this from time to time – knowing that you’re going to be taking your child into a scenario where a meltdown is all but guaranteed. Continue reading
Night Moves
A few weeks ago, I posted about the Monster getting moved from the nursery into his ‘big boy bedroom’ (see, “G’bye Mommy! G’bye, Abba!“).
We hear from a lot of our friends about the problems they have with their neuro-typical kids about moving into the big-kid bedroom at some point. We have friends whose kids yell and scream until they’re retrieved when they’re in there. We have others who have figured out that any gate in front of the door is hardly an impediment and manage to break out of solitary on a regular basis on their own. Continue reading
So It’s Progress
Yesterday afternoon was our once-a-month-or-so visit with the developmental therapist at Kennedy Krieger. Continue reading
Back to Normal
This morning was the Monster’s first day back at school in almost two weeks.
Over the vacation, we obviously didn’t keep him to his ‘real’ schedule for lack of having any way to do that. As I’ve mentioned, there was a very large issue with behavior, due to the order of his life breaking down with that regard. Continue reading
And Into 2013 We Go…
Now that it’s New Year’s and the school year resumes tomorrow… it’s time to start thinking ahead to what’s coming down the pike. Continue reading
In The Background
So, against the backdrop of trying to get the Monster toilet trained this week – an activity that, as you’ve all been aware, is going kind of in fits and starts – I’ve been spending a good amount of time with the kids. Continue reading
Into Every Life…
You get a good streak going, and then something comes along to throw a kink in it all…
On Wednesday and Thursday, save for the (very rare) little trickle, the Monster succeeded in not having an accident – he’s even been getting through the night dry. To me, this is a massive success, and is perhaps the longest single streak we’ve had since we started trying to toilet train. Continue reading
Short Sighted
Today was new glasses day.
I’m sure it’s been evident through the few pictures I’ve shown, but the Monster wears glasses and has since he was about eighteen months old. His are for two purposes – he’s far-sighted, and his eyes cross. Continue reading