As I"ve been trying to say, uneventful Monday did not carry into an uneventful Tuesday.
Morning started as usual, well a usual morning where the tooth fairy had visited the night before because my little boy who hasn't lost a tooth in almost 2 years now, pulled out a tooth... it was loose (I personally didn't think it was very loose at all- but it was enough loose to bother him and so he pulled it out- that's my boy!;)
Anyway, this happened Monday right at bedtime- he woke up, yes in deed tooth fairy paid him a visit- left money under his pillow
so he spent the early morning counting all his money! Now if that's not a critical skill I don't know what is.... so just keep on counting!
And then as he does, he organized the money into piles of one dollar using all different coins.
Again, awesome skill-
then he proceeded to put them into little baggies, organized- picture below:
Then it was almost time for L the Behaviorist to arrive- so Ty gets himself ready .. his latest "greeting" is to spy on them and to take pictures of them walking up to the house and then surprise them. Yes a bit creepy I know, we've been talking to him about taking pictures of people without their knowledge.. and I had to put a stop to the random picture taking of the mail man and people walking up and down the street. I'm sure it is creepy when you discover a little boy with a camera taking your picture, anyway- trying to instill some social boundaries for the future anyway!
So, this is his latest thing- and he gives me a "script" to say when I open the door-
He greeted her finally, and I"m not quite sure what transpired from this point exactly, except L wanted to do "X" and (on purpose it's a not preferred activity- that's kind of the goal- have him participate for 1-3 minutes in a non preferred activity- I know, high bar... and he refused. So behavior plan is to wait it out.... and 4 1/2 hours later- he continued to ignore her and go on about his day.
But the funny part, ok not funny, but this is the weird world we live in, he ignored her, he didn't agress, he didn't do verbal insult, he ignored her for the most part- every 4 1/2 hours, and entertained himself.... this is the weird part- I was proud of him... it could have been really really bad, or just a little bad- but he just went about his time and did what he wanted (I know, it's again this having him participate in something for 1 to 3 minutes that he doesn't want to do... it's a big deal..... ) Anyway- so after 4 1/2 hours, she leaves and he's glad- which is fine... never said it's gonna be easy- heck it's far from it everyday for this kid... but he also made the good choice of ignoring her... how many times do I say this to both Megan and Ty.. ignore each other!!!!
But it's also a sign.
A sign that he's not tolerating much today, his threshold is lower and later that night it definitely is a low tolerance level for others... including potty time!
He didn't go on to the potty until 8:30pm... 8:30pm... is really really late and that means he won't get off the potty until almost 9:30... and I"m tired, Brian's tired.... ugh...
so that was the Tuesday after our uneventful Monday, and I"m hoping to get back to an uneventful Wednesday... so far so good for the most part- but I have a school meeting tonight for Jr. High... that throws all things out the door... fingers crossed Wednesday continues to be pretty uneventful... but until that boy is sound asleep, head on his pillow, in bed, snoring..
... you just never know!
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