Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Still Going!

Oh my! JT is still making HUGE steps!

His latest list of accomplishments:
  • Words - bubble, ball, he-llo (while waving!!!), hi, open, byebye
  • gestures - waving (see above), pointing at what he wants (not random at all, he points to show you what he wants, needs, etc - yesterday he pointed at me and said 'up' to be picked up)
  • gets his own food when he's hungry from the kitchen (yay JT!)
  • Easier to calm - can talk to him in the car at stoplights (yes, we STILL have issues with stoplights, lol) and he calms at least somewhat
  • Starting to dislike dirty/wet diapers (this is VERY good, since soon we are potty training...)

There is tons more, I will have to start noting them and updating more often. He is having an explosion!

I should also mention his words are VERY clear now... He still leaves off the last consonant occasionally, but from what I understand that's fairly 'typical' (as in typically developing children his age do that... It's not an autism thing!).

He pointed at The Hubs yesterday and said 'good'. At church, he looked at the handout (with 3 trees on it) and said 'tree. three tree.' Smart boy!

His IEP is March 4th, and he will start school (early childhood special education, through the public schools) shortly thereafter.

I LOVE having good news to post on here!!!

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