Author: Melissa

So said Monkey boy tonight as we were reading a story. I read the line “with a mighty BOOM and a billow of smoke…” and he jumped right in with a “BOOM!” of his own. He and I played a silly game of saying BOOM! to each other and giggling. He’s too much fun!

Oh, and he and I played in his little play tent/hut thing tonight. He’s never been a big fan of it but he started playing in a tunnel with one of his therapists recently so I brought it out to see if he’d enjoy it. We had a really good time peeking at each other through the windows. At one point he went walking toward it signing “house.” I certainly hadn’t called it that but he was right.

We’ve decided to tackle Monkey’s sleep issues. For the last few months we’ve been really struggling here. He will go to bed and then sit in his crib (sometimes crying, sometimes not) for HOURS each night. He just cannot fall asleep. Some nights he’ll be in there wide awake for 3 or 4 hours. It’s so sad. We kept doing what we’d always done, hoping it was a phase but it wasn’t. Read more →

Tonight we were on our family walk and we told Monkey “Look, there’s the moon!” and pointed to it.  He said “moon” clear as day 5 or 6 times and when we asked where it was he pointed RIGHT at it.  So cute!

Tonight, while I was dressing Monkey after his bath, I stood him up on his changing table and told him “You are soooo cute!” and he responded by putting one hand on each of my cheeks and smiling at me.  What a charmer.

About 20 minutes before Monkey’s therapist was supposed to leave today he walked over and picked up her coat and handed it to her. He then waved bye-bye. She told him it wasn’t time yet and engaged him in another game. When she then sat down to write her note he grabbed Duhdee’s hand and began pulling him toward his room. It was nap time!

How is that for clearly stating his wants? “OK, leave now, I’m going to bed.”

and Duhdee cannot FIND it. Ewwww!

Hey folks, we’ve had a really busy stretch here so I haven’t been able to really think about what to post. I guess a roundup post is in order!

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We got up early, left the house at 11 and headed to the Aquarium. The trip was as fun as the destination for him. He loves riding the bus and the train.

He loved the seals and penguins. He loved looking at all the fish and crabs. He love standing at the top of the tank and looking down at the turtles and the rest of the reef dwellers. I can’t think of any part of it he didn’t enjoy. He mostly walked, though we did have the stroller with us. He’d wander a little bit but never too far. He would hold my hand when it got really crowded but pretty much was just intent on all those FISH!

He broke out a couple new signs, “starfish” and “bubbles.” We met another little boy who knew some signs (his mom had taught him sign language before he learned to talk) and he said and signed “I love you” to Monkey and Monkey boy TRIED TO REPEAT IT! In spoken words. He was close, I understood him…and I almost passed out. He won’t repeat it though, lol.

At the end of our long day we were sitting at Harvard Square waiting on a bus and I handed him a small container of Cheerios. He dropped it and said “Uh OH!” He’s getting there!