Language Improvement after Detox

The past 2 days have been interesting. Jonathan again made a leap into complex play and language improvement. On Monday, he got up in a great mood, greeted me and when Vanessa woke up, they played until we left to school. I was happily surprised when he joined Vanessa in pretend play with an elephant toy. Jonathan spontaneously said that it was a baby elephant and he wanted his mommy. Vanessa repeated the same thing, and Jonathan said that he would go downstairs to get the mommy elephant. And he did. Then he and Vanessa played with them for a few minutes and we all went downstairs. He found another elephant (Vanessa's favorite animal) and brought it over and said that it was the brother.

I noticed the change in behavior when he came by and asked me for his leapster and I told him that Grandpa took it so he could give it to him when he picks him up from summer camp. And Jonathan understood and smiled and took it great. Just the day before he had a horrible meltdown at McDonald's because he wanted chicken nuggets and they were still serving breakfast. Then they moved into playing with the piano. Watch the video below and notice how patient Jonathan is, how he is trying to understand what Vanessa is doing (finding an audience) without losing it, he is coping, reading non-verbal language. He tries to sing and when he notices that Vanessa is not playing the piano, he stops. And then he starts softly when she starts playing the piano and puts more emphasis when he realizes that she is going to finish the song. To me, this is a breakthrough.

In the afternoon, I noticed that his sentences were better structured than ever. I asked him what he ate and he said "I ate all my chicken and rice, my apple sauce and I drank all my apple juice. I didn't eat my banana". Now, that is a lot of words. During the public school assessment performed this past February, they reported only hearing 5 words in Jonathan's sentences, but most were only 3-word sentences. When I asked him why, he said "I didn't want banana. My belly is full at school". Seriously, I cannot even write or remember everything he says. He is talking and talking.

Today he didn't ask for the GPS in the car. All he wanted to do was talk. He told me about 2 books that he read in the morning. He seemed different today. Asked quite a few "why" questions and it is hard sometimes to explain because I am not sure if he knows all the words I may use to describe why. I also noticed that he didn't do the head movements as much the past couple of days (he tilts his head to one side when he talks or walks).

Yesterday and today he still had some mucous in his stools, but not as much. I read a bit more about it and there seems to be some anecdotal evidence of a white thick mucous in the stool when Clostridia is dying. He has been off the Flagyl for over 2 weeks, so that seems a bit strange. But never underestimate the human body. It cannot be a coincidence that 2 days after I noticed that mucous, he started playing more appropriately than ever and speaking better.