One of Those Three Month Updates

I'm getting good at these ;-)

I would say in a way we've taken the summer off. EI has continued with some time off here and there as per the public school schedule but we've missed chelation schedules since late June. Some due to my sheer tiredness, and some due to traveling.

Speaking of traveling myself, Derek and my oldest took a trip across country to visit a friend in New Jersey for a little over a week. It was quite a trip, a flight to Baltimore, a stay there for 2 days, then a train to Philly, then a flight with a plane change home. Derek did SO well. I think he was the best behaved 3 year old on the flight! People would come by and comment that they had no idea he was even there. It took a lot out of me because I kept him constantly entertained but it was for a few short hours and we made it through.

He slept well, he was a little "stimmy" but it was to be expected. He loved the New Jersey shore and sat with me on the beach with the waves smacking us in the face for nearly an hour. There was a lake by my friend's home and he was thrilled, I think he was a fish in a former life. My friend has a daughter the same age as Derek and since we've been home he asks about his friend and wants to play with her. I printed out some pictures of them and lamenated them for him.

Our in home ABA program started in late June and its going well. We're at 2 hours a day 5 days a week and will work up as he can tolerate it. He's still napping so between EI in the morning and ABA a couple hours in the afternoon he's got a full schedule right now. My therapists are great, I had so many issues finding someone who wasn't flakey. Missed interviews, calling and canceling was just becoming a nightmare. Now we are dealing with insurance, we've finally got approval for ABA coverage but its almost nothing, at just a few hours a week it will be out in 5 months.

Now that trips are over and ABA is going I'm getting back into things, chelation and trying to figure out how to get vitamins into him. I'm also looking into DMG/TMG. Also a second hair test has been done and I'll be sending that in tomorrow. He's still GF/CF and that continues to go well. He's even had a peice of pizza with no ill side effects! He's obviously got some gut healing going on.

My other plan is to start to introduce potty training. At EI they take him to the bathroom with the other kids so he's exposed daily. He also follows us in too, and washes his hands with us, so there is some sense of toilet use and a routine to it. Wish us luck!

One last thing- I've joined an autism blog ring, and I invite you to check out the other blogs.