Great Day! Tooth Fell Off!!!

I had a rough week at work, and did not have time to take pictures or write anecdotes this week. But today I left work a bit earlier to be home by the time the kids got home and spent all evening with them and Javier. It was a fun evening! Let me tell you about the day.

For the past couple of weeks, but his week in particular, Jonathan and Vanessa have been very playful in the mornings. They both get excited to see each other in the mornings. Once Javier gets them dressed up, they start playing in the bedroom (usually kind of rough leaning on top of each other, pushing, pulling, but gently enough to be fun). They then come to the Family Room and continue to play (again, a lot of pressure play for Jonathan). I believe he enjoys the pressure as he keeps asking Vanessa to play more. So this is therapeutic for Jonathan in 2 areas: play and sensory.

When it is time for breakfast, their new hobbie is to sit on the kitchen countertop and help me heat up food in the microwave (no surprises. Jonathan's favorite things are numbers and letters. He can read and he punches in the time as I dictate it to him). They sit there when I prepare breakfast, heat up food, even if we are just cutting fruit. If I have too many things going on the stove, I don't let them sit too close to the range. Jonathan learned how to climb up on his own with a small step ladder. His arms are much stronger since he started going to the GMS gym.

His public school teacher came today to speak about Jonathan's progress based on his old IEP and to go over the evaluation process. On his old IEP, based on her observations, he mastered all but 4 goals (out of 25). I disagree on a few, but given that we have signed a new temporary IEP until the Kindergarten one is ready, I decided not to argue. I asked her to look into activities for the summer for Jonathan (besides ESY) because I am concerned that Jonathan won't have any therapy during the summer time. She said she would look into it.

Today he lost 1 of the 2 loose teeth!. The teachers told Javier that he was very upset when it happened and insisted that he wanted them to put it back (something Javier predicted it would happen). The teachers were able to explain that they could not put it back and by the time we picked him up, he was calm and actually excited to show off his tooth in the bag. The other one should fall off anytime soon.


Given that everyone was in such good mood today, this evening we went out to eat Iranian food (Jonathan's favorite - chicken with rice) and then we went to the movies to see Ninja Turtles. It was a very good evening. Some pictures below. Both kids stayed through the entire movie. At first he covered his ears. Then he seemed to enjoy the movie. At the middle of it, he wanted to go home, but then the action started and he got interested in it again.

We started restricting his gluten intake this week. It has been very good. His attitude has been better, language better, happier, more communicative. I also started him on the Valtrex pills instead of the liquid on Tuesday (I ran out of the liquid one and the pills are very expensive as well, so I decided to finish them up before I order more of the liquid one). He developed a rash in between his upper lip and nose. Today it looks better. But with that, his awareness and language was better today as well. So I don't want to speculate, but food for thought. I also started him on NCD again. He had been on that for many months, but I had run out and I started him back on it again yesterday. Just 2 drops twice a day. Don't want to detox too much.