At 10 years old and now in grade 3, Aaron has far surpassed all expectations of him from day one. It's a wonder he's still on earth with us to make us smile and give us hugs and say the silly things he says.
While getting for school yesterday one of his favorite shows comes on at 7:30 am. Viva Pinata. I got all excited and started to dance with his hands and swinging his arms. He looked at me with all seriousness and asked, "Are you okay?"
I couldn't help but stop dancing and just giggle my way through the rest of the morning preparations.
Now that school is in session things are so much better with his behaviour. We now have an established routine which is going very well! In September he was having a bit of an issue with getting up for school. As soon as I walked in his room at 6:45 he'd start to whine Do you know what time it is? I'd say what? He'd say It's time to go to sleep! Thankfully that issue was solved by talking to a couple friends. Their solution: Put him to bed half an hour earlier! It worked.
Another issue I've had since the dawn of time is bathing the poor child. Last year we got a shower chair. I thought it was the answer to my prayers. I had to start giving Aaron showers because baths were becoming a problem for me doing the transfers from the bath lift to the shower chair (which then he was transferred to his room to put his clothes on). This child hated showers. Hated them with a passion. My routine was to shower him at 4 o clock every other day to time them with his catheterization at that time. For a year I had to hear this poor child whine and cry himself into a stupor. I then thought I'd give him a choice one day: A bath or a shower? He chose to take a bath. It was the first tear-free bathing session we had in a year! The plus to all this is that he's gotten so much stronger in his upper body that he's helping a lot more in his own transfers from one place to the next. Hooray!
The summer was rough but the fall is proving much easier on both of us. Last night I asked him to tidy the living room as there were video games and puzzle pieces all over. When I asked Aaron to pick up his puzzle pieces and put them in the ziploc bag he understood! In the past he could only understand one thing at a time. Now he's understanding so much more and it's so fun! We're dealing with less meltdowns.
Even though things are looking up we still have issues to deal with and for the first time Aaron will be seeing a psychologist. I'm excited and nervous all at the same time. This will help me help Aaron and I'm all for that. Although I'm a bit apprehensive thinking my mothering skills be questioned.
All in all Aaron's doing very well and I couldn't be more pleased.
7 comments:
You should be pleased! You're doing a marvelous job and Aaron is thriving in the process. I'm sure everything will be just fine with the psychologist. Bravo to both of you!!
It's so hard to believe he's 10 years old already and look at how handsome he is:-) I love his school picture!! I'm so glad to hear that things are going better these days. I think a lot of kids just need that routine in their lives that school brings. He's come such a long way in just the last couple of years even and I know that a lot of it has to do with your love and caring. He's very lucky to have you as a mom:-) xoxo
Sounds like you have reason to be so excited. I was estatic the first time Little Bit could follow 2 part instructions. It is so exciting to see advancement, especially when it was not expected. Congrats to mom for working so hard with him!
Wow Aaron looks totally cool in that pic! What a wonderful boy. It is so great to hear that he is gaining skills so that he can do more for himself with less frustration.
This post made me happy for the first time all day :)
That's a sweet picture of him Laura !
I am so glad things are going a little smoother for you, routine is a wonderful thing.Ask any Mom !!
He is gaining skills and strenght that will help him through out his life and its all because your a good and caring mother.
Don't fuss about your parenting skills , you could teach the how to's to others I am sure!!!
Take care
Diane
He looks so grown up!!!
Love his school! Absolutely love it! He looks so handsome, and dashing, and debonair, and studious...and other words I can't think of right now...distinguished. Great picture!
Such a great update too - that's wonderful that he can help more in the transfers and that he's understanding/following multiple step directions!
I'm sure your mothering skills won't come in to question! You're doing a wonderful job!
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