Andre went to the speed zone for the first time

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小飞第一次坐妈妈开的赛车。妈妈吓得魂飞魄散。还被叫停开的太慢。

咪咪抓蟑螂玩,吓得蟑螂不敢动。

First time went to speed zone this evening! Andre was complaining because of the noise of go karts, otherwise he was good! Mom drives him, and I was driving behind. I passed them for a few time, and Andre had a face of “what’s going on, but kind of enjoyed it“ lol. Mom was scared of driving. haha. Too bad I could not take a photo while I was driving.

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妈妈上午去ihss,据爸爸说小飞遇见小朋友都没哭或者哼哼,只是让爸爸唱小星星来calm自己。

小飞早上要求下楼看猫猫。

把超市里的圆筒咬扁了，乐的不行,一直说咬扁了咬扁了。

Andre asked “Kitty Come” again this morning! And then regretted again after 10 seconds, lol


Andre pretended to be a piggy

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第一次画半月,还让爸爸也画。

招呼咪咪来,虽然后悔了。

澡盆里自己撅嘴说猪猪。

在Kim那里说积木直升机不转转, Kim阿姨找了real toy helicopter.


This evening Andre drew a crescent for the first time, and let me draw one as well. Also first time he said “Kitty come“ although he regretted after 10 seconds. But it’s still good! ! That means he likes to get more interaction with the cat.

When he was taking bath, he pouted his mouth and looked at me, said piggy. How funny! Then I asked him to pretend pig again, he did it!

Below is a picture I took later just show how he did it! lol

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Andre was kind off in last two days

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Andre was off over the weekend. Very nervous when kids around. Whining and crying a lot of more than usual. Maybe because his sleeping was not good. About 9-9.5 hours for each day. Maybe because something we don’t know. Our PT Kim said it maybe also because of the nerve system’s developing. But it’s OK, we are expecting there are some bad days and good days.

On Saturday we did My Gym, OT with Grace, and went to Lotus Festival in Echo Park (Crying all the way…).

On Sunday we went to a water playground in OC, and did his second Karate and then ST will Jill right after. Went to We Rock the Spectrum Gym in Pomona in the afternoon.

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Andre 在party kingdom 第一次挺明白的玩投影地毯游戏,踩老鼠，踩气球,踢足球进门(现场球迷欢呼让Andre很兴奋很自豪)。在大球池里游泳，跳水,这是以前很怕的东西。

还是不喜欢离猫猫很近。画画时猫猫会来捉画笔,Andre就爬走,画笔一动猫猫又来。猫猫还会爬到Andre椅子上拿Andre的叉子,舔Andre正在玩的ipad.


He really love the ball pit recently. He was scared of it before. His nerve system is getting mature. Right now he jumps into it, crashes into it, and swims in it. Enjoyed it a lot.

Also his sleeping is getting better! I mean really stable. 8.5-9.5 hours at night and 1-2 hour nap. Beautiful! This is another sign the nerve system is getting mature. Yay.

We did hiking today

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Just a regular day today. We had OT and ST this morning. After his nap, we did hiking had dinner with a friend. After that Andre ran around on the street after the dinner, and went back home!

Hiking is very good for him. He started doing hiking about 6 or 7 months ago. I still remember he got some big gross motor improvement after the first few hikes. It was not easy for autistic kids to start the new activate as they will whine and try to escape. But hang on there, and it will pay back!

Andre did his 1st Karate Class Today!

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This was Andre's 1st Karate class! He did so good today!

早上咪咪主动亲了Andre。Andre乐呵呵的。Adventure park里面1小时Andre问了3个"这是什么"。第一个是bean bag沙发,第二个忘了。第三个是干草。妈妈用干草把2个卡车连载一起。Andre和2个小男孩都呆了一会儿。还画了粉笔画,自己画了戒指,和妈妈画了哭哭蜘蛛。小飞不太怕呆在那个公园里了。

第一次上karate。一对一。一直whine。

小飞说: 妈妈画3个绿色的电线杆。

Went to Santa Monica Stepping on the Beach

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We went to Santa Monica after his nap. Let him step on beach and get him more use to the crowd. Whined for sure, but he is getting better. We still used the “mixing little comfortable thing with new environment” strategy when he stepping on the sand. Kind of worked!

Touch (tactile system) is sooooo important! That’s the foundation of learning. The image below explained it. That’s why we need to spend a lot time and energy to let him get use to different textures.

Andre is getting better with the cat and sometimes likes to watch the little kitty.

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晚上去santa Monica,一路跑哈哈哈,踩沙子还是叫,但是好多了。还能在湿沙滩上面用羽毛写个A。

Happy 4th of July!

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Only one physical therapy session from 123 pediatric therapy today as other clinics are closed. We went to a water park after the PT session. The water gun worked great! It successfully distracted him and calmed him down. See how he interact with the mom and even looking at other kids. He did whine and asked to leave after this video, but we can tell he is much more comfortable, and on the way to get use to it.

After the nap, we went to Downtown LA for the 4th of July event. He was a little off and nervous but we had some fun!

There are some fans with water spay. Andre loved it! This is the best park for today’s event for him. lol. He was running around for 20 minutes! Lots of sensory input.

Most importantly, Andre saw firework for the first time! I mean really watched it for 20 minutes! He was calm and enjoyed it!

Still no pooping! Two days in a row

Andre is performing so well today!

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今天状态超级好,很像nt,语言也好,在party kingdom也不太怕小朋友了，在爸爸的陪同下能勇敢的管小朋友要小红车玩(说my turn)。

中午游泳爸爸走近录像,小飞很自豪的扔小鱼跳水,眼神特别好。


超市玩具机器中了绿色棒棒糖,车上说:"蓝色棒棒糖没有,只有绿色棒棒糖"。好像是说过的非delayed echolalia的最长的句子! 今天还有几次试图说长句子,但是妈妈没听懂。


Andre is so sharp today! He is even like a neurotypical kid this afternoon! I don’t know why. It happened for a couple of times before.

Just for my own notes about what’s different today: 1) gave him the Probugs Kefir after his swimming class instead of giving him before the bed time. 2) He had little mushroom at lunch (he had some rashes on his thigh after the nap, we though probably because of the mushroom. We don’t give him mushroom usually). 3) He eat some dried citron daylily last night for the first time. I’m not sure if they are related or not. Just for my record.

No poop today.

2nd time played in a water park this year. He still didn't like it!

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在Kim阿姨那里唱了好多歌,old MacDonald,rain rain go away(旋律)，twinkle twinkle.

水公园刚开始还是唧唧歪歪,要吃汉堡想逃回车。妈妈给小飞灌滋水枪,小飞偶尔滋到妈妈,妈妈哇哇叫,小飞就来劲儿了，滋水枪追着妈妈滋。虽然自己没动窝,但是忘了怕水。水公园6点没水,小飞恋恋不舍。

Jump n Jammin 蹦床里不怕小朋友了，小朋友离近了会跳跳躲开,但是还会继续跳,偶尔才躲妈妈怀里。在隧道里还和妈妈说了小姐姐好。

小猫来我家后第一次打疫苗。回来就不吃不喝病泱泱的了。晚上活了一点点。

假装吃小猫食盆里的食,还用手或愣或愣猫水盆。

We went to a little water park called Carolyn Rosas County Park in Rowland Heights this afternoon. Getting some sensory thing for him! This was the second time we went to this park this year. Andre is still very afraid of it. He was good last year. Probably because he hasn't played in the water park for a while. He usually has some transition period when switches to new things, like from shorts to pants, socks to no socks. It will go away after keeping doing for a few times or a few days. It's getting hotter, so we will try to bring him to this place more.

We used the same trick when he doesn't feel comfortable with the new environment. We tried to use/find something he likes, that can distract him. We used water gun this time. But the water was closed at 6pm, right after he was getting a little more comfortable. We will use it again next time.

We went to Jump n Jammin in West Covina after the water park. He likes jumping in the trampoline a lot. He can jump 30 to 40 minutes straight. It can give him a lot of vestibular and proprioceptive input. We always bring him to a gym with a trampoline every 2 to 3 days and let him do a long time jumping, as we found this can calm his nerve system really well.

PT with Kim and ST with Amanda in the morning.

Pooped today!