Jokester

I'm pretty sure B just told a joke. He has been putting animal magnets together on the fridge and one of the therapists has been making the animal sounds. He just went up there and said "it's a moo" and laughed hysterically - looking to us to gauge our reaction. Not a funny joke-mind you, but pretty cool nonetheless.

The big boy bed is still going great - he is sleeping consistently for about 12 hours a night - can't ask for more than that! He LOVES it and spends a lot of his "down"time rolling around in the covers.

Things are happening so fast and furious that I really should write something every day. I just don't always have the time or the energy.  So I'll try to remember some highlights: B had his highest acquisition rate ever last week because he is "probing" through so many things - meaning that he can do them without explicitly being taught. When I worked with him this week, it was really challenging because there are so many new things (a good challenge for sure).

One of our therapists got a teaching job and had to leave our team. We'll have a new one starting the week of 4/11 so it will be interesting to see how B responds to someone new since he has had a consistent group for several months.

He is repeating lots of cool stuff and singing a lot. My favorite vocal lately was when he repeated his daddy saying "lil dude".

April is a big month. The 20th marks one year since his official medical diagnosis. We have a follow-up visit with the dr. who diagnosed him and a thorough evaluation from a new provider to see how he's doing. In the beginning of May, he'll have his next 6-month review from our ABA provider so there is going to be a lot of attention on his progress and development... even more than usual.