Friday, December 12, 2003
***Bragging Mommy Alert!!!***
Ian had such a GREAT morning this morning!!! I was running late and I got into their room to get them up and ready for school and Ian was still hiding undert he covers. I put Aidan up in his bed and uncovered him and they did their "excersizes" which consists of romping around on the bed. I had to cut it short and tell them it was time to get out of bed and Ian started to argue with me and tell me he was still doing his excersizes. I told him that he was arguing with me and I was going to have to doom him if he didn't get up. He said "Well, I'm going to excersize myself to the ladder". And he did! And came right down.
Then I got Aidan dressed while he was going pee and whatnot and I put all his clothes in a pile. I told him I was going to go downstairs for a minute and that he needed to get himself dressed. Now he can put all his clothes on my himself already but he has a tendency to dawdle a lot and he had trouble with the fastenings. (fine motor issues and hand strength and all that) I went downstairs for a few minutes then came back up and walked into their room and Ian was all dressed and he had snapped and zipped his jeans and
BUTTONED THE LITTLE BUTTONS ON HIS SHIRT!!!!!! ***doing the happy mommy dance of glee*** I gave him the biggest hugs and kisses and told him how extra proud of him I am. And I could tell he was really proud of himself too. When I came in and said "You got yourself all dressed!" he got a big smile on his face and pulled up his shirt and said "Look!" to show me he had done up his pants. What a cool way to start the day.
We talked a little bit last night after talk time while I was tucking him in. He said Daddy told him that since I don't hear very well someday I wouldn't be able to hear at all. And that I would need to hear "I Love You" a lot. I told him that that was true and we talked about the little machines that I will eventually get to put in my hears to help me hear. Then I showed him how to say "I Love You" in sign language and he thought that was pretty neat. Now in order for you to see the amazingness of this next thing you have to understant that Ian doesn't say his "Ls" he says "wuv". But Corrine at his speech therapy has obviously been working with him because he looked up at me and said "I LLLLLLLove You" really emphasizing the L.
I don't even know how to describe how I feel. I feel blessed, I guess, is the best way to describe it. He has come so far, made so much progress. And I am so very proud of him. I don't know if he will ever be the social butterfly that Aidan is but he seems to be getting a little bit better about that too.
He has a new friend at his theraputic preschool named Kyle. Now when he first met Kyle he came home and told me he didn't like to play around Kyle because he kept banging his trucks into Ian's while he was driving them. But instead of making the "Zachary Mistake" I told him that perhaps he should just tell Kyle that he doesn't like having his trucks banged into. And that maybe Kyle just needs to learn how to play nicer. And now, they are friends and play banging trucks into each other together.
***End Bragging Mommy Moment***
Now Aidan. I love her to death. She is a wonderful, energetic child full of joy and fun. But she has some things that she needs to work on that I really don't know how to deal with and it's really distressing me. I know it's something I'm missing, some angle I'm not coming at it from but I'm just lost!
Last night we were wrestling around a little bit, me and her and Ian, and having a giggly ol' time when all of a sudden Aidan balls up her fist and hits Ian right in the chest! I do not have clue one how to address that!! Ian never hit as a toddler. He never had any aggressive tendencies. So I gave her a swat on the diaper and put her in her bed and put Minnie (her lovey) in time out. Then Ian and I pretty much ignored her until it was time for lights out. It is my hope that if no attention comes out of the action she won't feel encouraged to do it again. It's not like she never gets attention!!! John and I both play with her all the time, read to her do art projects and painting and things with her. Whenever she wants to she comes up to me and says "I want to lay on your arm" and climbs up in my lap and lays down with her Minnie and I hold her and rock her and sing to her.
Who would have ever thought that my "special needs" kid would have been so much less trouble than my "typically developing" kid. *sheesh*
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