It's coming.
It really is...

I started reading the RDI book which will get us started on the road to Relationship Development Intervention for Cuyler. Reading it made me quite aware of the great skills Cuyler has acquired in the last 6months - 1 year.

One of Cuylers favourite things to do is to pull us up from the couch "Sand up mommy!" I stand up and he pulls me by the hand to the middle of the family room and shouts with a big smile "Dancin!"
And there we dance without music. When I stop, he grabs my hand and says it again "Dancin!" So we begin to dance and I'll sing "Shake shake shake, shake shake shake, shake your booootay!"
The entire time he's looking right at me laughing.

He also loves to reach his hand up my shirt and rub my tummy. This is so extremely ticklish for me that I bowl over laughing. He now does this regularly throughout the day - anticipating my reaction.

Feels like experience sharing to me...


We find that when Cam is not around - he's a bit of a different kid. No competition. Cam is one of these kid who wakes up talking and falls asleep talking and talks the entire time in between, either asking question, telling stories or singing songs.
So when Cam's not around, Cuyler gets an opportunity to shine.
I gave him a salt bath last night while Cam was at hockey and realized that the Caillou bath set was the best 2 bucks I ever spent. He did some really amazing pretend play with them. I tried to do alot of declarative speech as opposed to imparative (RDI talk). I would say "Leo loves to swim!" Cuy would look around the tub, find Leo and say "Yee-oh swimmin" Or "Rosie splashes in the pool!" He'd find Rosie and make her jump in from the side of the tub "Spaaash!"
He even did this and said "Hode hands Yee-oh!"



He was doing some scripting here. "Oh Hi Yee-oh! Oh Hi Wosie! My turn. One, two, three - SPASH! Oh no! Your turn. One, two, three. Oh noooo! Ok. One more time."



But beyond all the amazing things he does and the joy he brings us...he's just so freakin cute!


So as stressed out as I am and as hard as I am working to make some changes for families affected by autism - I'm feeling good.
Optimistic - which is a rarity for me. Sean is the optimist and I am the pessimist.
But perhaps that's why I have IBS...


AND an arrhythmia. Yes. Cardiac arrhythimia. I was told that the next episode I have I am to go to emerg and be put on the machine. I had a lengthy episode that lasted a few hours last Thursday night and I should have gone...but I hate emerg. They always make me feel like I'm wasting their time. So my doc said "Fine...don't go for you. Go or me. I need to see the rhythms."
Ok. I'll go.
I was told to stay off coffee and I said no. I cut back to one a day. I gave up smoking for my kids. I gave up alcohol cuz it keeps me on the toilet. I am not giving up my Tims. No freakin way. He said 1 a day would be ok. But no more than that.
So I am getting my lists and info together with all of Cuy's stuff. Cuz if I keel over - God help my kids...Sean would have no clue!!