Cotton Candy

So, there are some really good things going on around here! Cotton is close, so very close... the words are there, and clearer and clearer everyday. I am pushing, probably too much, but he is there, and we are ready to take that next step. I would no longer call him nonverbal, maybe low verbal, or not conversational, but non, is no longer:) The really cool thing is that he isn't asking for what he wants. He is talking about things, his day, the people in his life... and ohhh, his dad, the boy is totally into dad right now. Before I get ahead of myself, he is very repetitive, still lots and lots of artic. work to do but man, I was starting to think we would not get here.

He is so funny, he is also blowing me away on his talker , he is getting so good, I don't even know how he is saying some of this stuff. He is now calling me driver, as in "driver want to go to school, driver, go to therapy." Where on earth did he get that! The other day he said "I go to Gimmie Papaw, I get presidents!!" (presents of course, but so cute.) He of course is still reading auras, and I am beginning to think he may have synaesthesia. He keeps saying that he is hearing different colors, not that that means anything, and fairly common with people on the spectrum, but kind of cool.

We are still sticking to our guns with the boy. He seems to be stepping up for the most part. We are requiring him to eat the dinner the rest of us eat, cleaning his room, picking up after his snack, and the other chores that Landon is also responsible for. It takes a million years but it will be worth it. I have added an emphasis on improving his receptive language, which can go hand in hand with chores... if you have a million years or so:) I also bought some software to help facilitate this effort, I will tell you how, and if it works.

So on my little tightrope here, I have a lot to accomplish. I have to remind myself, that I am not looking for perfect just better. Not in he will be better, but I will be, and as a result he will understand more, and be able to communicate more. More, just more.