Didn't manage pictures of Zach's first day of school - it took all I had to get him on the bus. Not sure why - but he has had a few hiccups going to school this year. But all is OK - actually it is pretty darned good!
We had asked for Zach to repeat kindergarten so we are doing round 2. A chance for us to get things worked out understanding the expectations and determining Zach's reactions to them. He has a good team with a new SLP.
But most exciting has been some of his language use. He has spontaneously used single words appropriately - words like "yes", "eat", "mouth" and "satin". Yeah - that satin one really threw us for a loop - no idea where that came from - all I can say is that we were in a fabric store and he went up to a bolt of fabric and started saying "satin, satin, satin" and by the way - yes indeedy, the fabric was satin!
Sleep has continued to be an issue for him (us!).
Zach sporadically only sleeps around 4-5 hours a night which we are having a hard time attributing it to anything in particular. This means that Zach is sometimes awake at 3am for the day. Being that Steve and I pretty much get a lot of our stuff done after the kids go to bed - this frequently means we might have only gotten 3 or 4 hours of sleep. Let's just say that all the caffeine/B12 energy drinks in the world cannot help you after several days of this. Is it any surprise that Steve and I can frequently found snipping at one another like a couple of children? What can I say - sleep deprivation doesn't sound so 
bad - but going on years of it now and with the demands of a special needs child, I can tell you it is a big component of why things can feel torturous at times.
Zach's relationship with me, Mom, has waned recently - leaving me a little saddened, only to be made up for the fact that he just loves his Dada, Steve, so strongly now! From a few of the parent groups I have been reading in (of typical children) I noticed that this is not uncommon in this age group.
Zach's family birthday party was great fun yesterday. He really loves opening up presents! And he really enjoys people singing for him - I loved watching him look around the table at all the people singing to him with wonder in his face.
And then there was soy whipped cream which makes me feel so happy to be able to give him something fun to eat that doesn't upset his tummy like good ol' dairy whipped cream.
Zach is a happy little guy who has a great smile and we are still working on getting him to communicate more. Sometimes I wonder at how he has gotten this far without speech/communication. And then when I watch the drama and gossip of reality-TV and facebook posts I think - maybe the emphasis on language communication is overrated. Zach may just be smarter than the rest of us that way!
Happy Birthday to my Beautiful Boy!
We had asked for Zach to repeat kindergarten so we are doing round 2. A chance for us to get things worked out understanding the expectations and determining Zach's reactions to them. He has a good team with a new SLP.
But most exciting has been some of his language use. He has spontaneously used single words appropriately - words like "yes", "eat", "mouth" and "satin". Yeah - that satin one really threw us for a loop - no idea where that came from - all I can say is that we were in a fabric store and he went up to a bolt of fabric and started saying "satin, satin, satin" and by the way - yes indeedy, the fabric was satin!
Sleep has continued to be an issue for him (us!).
Zach sporadically only sleeps around 4-5 hours a night which we are having a hard time attributing it to anything in particular. This means that Zach is sometimes awake at 3am for the day. Being that Steve and I pretty much get a lot of our stuff done after the kids go to bed - this frequently means we might have only gotten 3 or 4 hours of sleep. Let's just say that all the caffeine/B12 energy drinks in the world cannot help you after several days of this. Is it any surprise that Steve and I can frequently found snipping at one another like a couple of children? What can I say - sleep deprivation doesn't sound so 
bad - but going on years of it now and with the demands of a special needs child, I can tell you it is a big component of why things can feel torturous at times.Zach's relationship with me, Mom, has waned recently - leaving me a little saddened, only to be made up for the fact that he just loves his Dada, Steve, so strongly now! From a few of the parent groups I have been reading in (of typical children) I noticed that this is not uncommon in this age group.
Zach's family birthday party was great fun yesterday. He really loves opening up presents! And he really enjoys people singing for him - I loved watching him look around the table at all the people singing to him with wonder in his face.
And then there was soy whipped cream which makes me feel so happy to be able to give him something fun to eat that doesn't upset his tummy like good ol' dairy whipped cream.
Zach is a happy little guy who has a great smile and we are still working on getting him to communicate more. Sometimes I wonder at how he has gotten this far without speech/communication. And then when I watch the drama and gossip of reality-TV and facebook posts I think - maybe the emphasis on language communication is overrated. Zach may just be smarter than the rest of us that way!
Happy Birthday to my Beautiful Boy!
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