Oh Bryson, what am I going to do with you. If you bark like a dog one more time Mommy may just lose it. You started this within the first few days of coming home in imitation of Sadie. I guess I should be very happy that you have the imitation skills and that you want to interact with the dogs but it is one sounds I just can't stand. It also doesn't help that you know I can't stand the barking so whenever you are in trouble or not getting attention, you just start barking again. Hopefully when you are around more peers you will start imitating their language, not the dogs barking!
So much has happened since the last time I wrote you and I can barely keep up. ABA therapy started a little over a week ago. You are receiving 10 hours per week and things are going well. You are generalizing the skills quickly and starting this week we will really be focusing on the Picture Exchange Communication System (PEC's). I am hoping this will slow down your language a little, lessen your frustrations (and mine), and give you more vocabulary. Your favorite words of "go," "mine," and "please" will only get us so far!
Potty training is about 80% done. You are starting to request with "pee pee pa pa" (your interpretation of "pee pee potty) and are holding it longer and longer. LIttle do you know that if you didn't drink so much throughout the day you wouldn't have to spend so much time in the bathroom.
Last week we bought you a bike. You want to ride it but we are going to have to figure at some adaptations. You have a hard time keeping your feet on the pedals and using your core strength to hold your body upright. I am trying to rig some things so that it will be a little easier - I can only follow you from behind holding your feet on the pedals and helping you move them for so long.
You have transitioned okay with the nanny and me going to back to work. You definitely test her the most right now but I am hoping this will settle in - if we can just convience her to stay in the fall!
You do still have few quirks we are discovering. Yesterday when I put you to bed I found six pairs of shoes under your comforter and all your shorts, on their hangers mind you, tucked behind your bed. There is a part of me that knows this is you just being a little boy and another part that knows you are hoarding items a little because of your past. Every wall that comes down another one shows up but the progress is amazing.
Keep on trucking little one because you are amazing us all and making up for so much lost time.
Love you
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