I think I spend a lot of time talking about how hard and exhausting this whole journey is. And that's definitely true - this is by far one of the most challenging periods of my life. But there are a lot of good things happening around here that are worth mentioning:
1) B man has been sleeping through the night. After a 5-day stretch where it seemed like he was falling back into his old pattern of waking for a couple of hours every night, he has been consistently sleeping for 11 hours or so every night and even napping periodically.
2) Big bro. has been accident-free for almost a week. We saw a digression in potty habits when we started B's therapy. I didn't make the connection but our team did and implemented some strategies. Simple stuff - rewarding him with the EXACT same kind of rewards that B gets (who knew that he wanted to be spun around and tickled too) and not giving him any attention (even negative) when he does have an accident. We haven't had to do the second part because his accidents stopped as soon as we started the new re-enforcement.
3) B has pretty much abandoned his "clutching" behavior after just 1 tough weekend. It's amazing.
4) Transitioning my firstborn to preschool has been nothing but a positive non-event around here. He loves it and I love what it is doing for him.
5) We have a PCA now and hubby and I are instituting a weekly date night. This is sooooo needed and long overdue.
6) Halloween was a success. Both boys wore costumes and there were no meltdowns. We were out for a full hour. B didn't get into it but he wasn't unhappy and handled it very well. Last year, he was pretty traumatized by the whole thing.
7) The obvious one - B is doing great with his therapy and despite all the hard work and sacrifice, it feels right.
8) There are more good days than bad.
I was going to do a top 10 but that exhaustion thing is getting the better of me. More to come, I'm sure...
No comments:
Post a Comment