Today was the start of our very first skills training session. The specialist Lisa and I did a lot of talking today and going over what goals Joey will work on. I realized while in the room going over all of the skills that Joey does not have what a long journey we have ahead of us; my only hope is that Joey gains some basic skills that will help him to live a long prosperious life. He is such an amazing little man and such a joy to the whole family.
I finally got Joey to go to bed last night at 11:00 PM and he woke up when I did at 6:3o AM; some nights it's much more difficult to get him to calm down and go to bed than other nights. He went to school today and had a great day and fell asleep on the bus; which I knew he would. He woke up right when I carried him in the house and is bouncing around like he usually does, he can't sit still for long.
My song to Joey is "I'll stand by you" by The Pretenders. Whenever I sing it to him he smiles; it is probably because I have a horrible singing voice but I still love the smile I get so it's worth it;-)
I am so excited for what the future has in store for Joey and our family.
Life is good!!!
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Hi Carly,
ReplyDeleteSounds like you are covering lots of bases.
It's mind boggling isn't it? Have you looked into Joey's diet? I see the red checks in his photos and wonder if he might have some food sensitive’s. It's one of the first signs we saw in Alex. Since changing his diet he sleeps through the nights more often now and is a lot calmer. We knew it was an indicator/factor that is common in autistic children... my oldest grandson is also autistic. Many of signs we saw in Alex and 'knew' is because of Ronan. If you want some more info.. just ask. or.. tell me to bud out.