Andre is still performing good! This morning when he was in the OT session. His language is still good. Like when he was doing the sit-up, he asked for Mom’s help: Mama help you (me) get up, and some other sentences that were more words than before. Yay!
We felt Andre got some big development in the past few days
After he finished the OT session today, Andre was bringing the sword toy which was used in the OT session to the front desk lady and talked to her:”看看这是什么东西”. This was in mandarin Chinese, which means “Look! What thing is this?“ OMG we were shocked! This was the first time he shared the interest to someone!
We got a new OT yesterday
Finally we got Dorothy with centra pediatric therapy! She is beyond great. We feel really lucky to get her as Andre's OT.
It was just the evaluation, and we were super impressed by how good the Andre’s fine motor skill is. After the 1 hour evaluation, he had not reached the ceiling yet! He kept going on and on and on… We have to do an extended evaluation next time. Dorothy let him cut a circle and he did it successfully! This was his first time. Wow! We felt it pays back after all the effort we put it.
It seems he is not afraid of other kids around anymore when he was at playgrounds. He played at a playground in Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park yesterday conformable for about 40 minutes. No problem at all!
No naps in past few days
The sleeping was back to no nap mode a few days ago. It was all good. 10.5 hour sleeping time at night.
The pooping is getting very stable. Good bye miralax, good bye milk of magnesia!
He definitely masted the power wheels
He drove 7 miles today and of course we also run 7 miles after him. lol. He was very happy.
The pooping is so smooth!
It was like 30 seconds, and done! Wow!
Today's Karate class with Rebecca
Andre is definitely getting better.
When we came back home, I parked on the street. On way we walked to home, Andre heard there was a little girl laughing at the playground in our community, and he looked at her and told me ”slide”. So we went there played the slide once. This is huge for him. He hasn’t play at that playground for a year, and one reason is that he is afraid of other kids! Very impressive with what he did!
The sleeping was not good in last three days. But that’s fine. It happens once in a while. Usually after bad sleeping, we see he will have some improvement. Probably, his serve system is developing.
Got a power wheels for him!
Got a power wheels for him! He liked it and had some fun. He hasn’t used to it yet. Need better coordination and motor planning. But I think he will master it really soon in next few days.
Another good thing we found about the power wheels is that it gave Andre a lot of proprioception input as it has plastic wheels and shakes a lot when it drives on hard surface. After Andre driving it, he felt very calm and not afraid of other kids anymore when he played at the play ground.
爸爸买了一个二手的power wheels. Andre第一次开自己的power wheels，!乐的不行。还不太熟。需要手眼脚协调。
Talking about ABA from a parent's perspective
We had ABA service for about 6 months, and then stopped it. In this video I'm talking about the pro and con about ABA, and our experience. Hopefully it's helpful.
Keep pooping in the toilet. Every day I let him poop after dinner, and I will stay with him in the toilet. Andre was whining/complaining/bargaining with me every single time when he was seating on the toilet. I always say “first pooping then do (something)”, he then started whining with a sad face:”don’t want to poop / don’t have eating dinner anymore / don’t have playing with grandma anymore / don’t have ….. “ I will play a poker face and keep telling him pooping first. lol
This is the last week of his swimming class from Walnut Gymnasium and Teen Center
Today's swimming class! This is the last week of his swimming class from Walnut Gymnasium and Teen Center. He made a lot of progress and had a lot of fun.
He took a nap yesterday, as he woke up at 7:30 in the morning and was really sleepy around 2pm. Well the good thing is he got much better energy in the afternoon, but he woke up in the middle of last night for 1.5 or 2 hours… I guess the it’s not the time of completely taking off his nap yet…
Andre knows how to give a high five while jumping
Andre knows how to give a high five while jumping! He did it successfully the first time the Karate coach let him.
He did go kart with me twice today.
It was the first time he drew a Rubik's Cube and then colored it with different colors without any prompt! He never done any coloring with different colors before.
Karate挑起击掌一次成功。
连续开了2圈赛车。
给魔方图了很多颜色。
No naps in recent few days
Three days ago, we started taking off his naps. So far ok, he is just sleepy after 3pm. The first night he slept 11.5 hours, the second night was 10.5 hours, and third night was 10 hours. So the total hours are not bad.
The pro is we don’t need to give him malatonin anymore. He spends 40 minutes to 1 hour to fall asleep at night, which is acceptable.
We will keep going and see how it comes.
The poop is still good!
Andre的字母写的越来越好。猫猫可以挂在纱窗门的最上面了。
Third day pooping in the toilet. Twice and very smoothly
This is his third day pooping in the toilet. Once in the afternoon, and one in evening. No problem at all! I’m thinking about getting rid of the diaper in next few days as he knows pee and poop in the toilet already.
He didn’t fall asleep for nap. We wend to Speed Zone again and put him on bed early at night.
We went to the Speed Zone again as Andre asked for it. We also tried the mini golf. He hit balls into the hole for a few times from a very close distance. Very good!
Second day pooping in the toilet. Very smoothly! It only takes about 5 or 10 minutes. Done!
小飞又开赛车了。晚上说不开,早上说不开,一道下午就说开。
还打了高尔夫球。很像回事儿。
第二次坐马桶上拉屎特别顺利,屎也特别稀。
追猫玩,和小猫越来越熟。