Weekend Review

Halloween was interesting- it was like herding cats. I will have to post pictures. Little Bug had an okay time. He really liked the candy aspect of it. He readily signed CANDY PLEASE at every store. He did not like the costume aspect- he cried and cried and cried over his costume. Once he saw other kids in theirs, he became distracted, but was unhappy with it until that point. He also had a hard time with the process of trick or treating. We went to the Proctor District and you stand in a HUGE line as trick or treat. This meant that there was someone bumping him or touching him or getting to close and he would get upset. He did pretty well with handling it and only bit himself a few times.

He had therapy yesterday and it went okay. He is starting to exhibit the behaviors that he has at home at therapy. This is going to sound mean, but it is good to see for two reasons. One, this confirms my suspicion that we aren’t bad parents. Two, this allows us to address the issues, rather than simply reporting them and getting ideas. His aggression is getting worse- he bit me a couple of times, Frank got hurt, he bit himself, and hit his therapist in the face, so we are to begin ABC charts- antecedent, behavior, consequence- to see if we can’t nail down what the behavior means and give him a better way of expressing it.

This brings me to my last thought- the holidays. They are fast approaching. They make me nervous. I am concerned for Little Bug and how he will do with DN’s family. I am also concerned with how Little Bug’s cousins will fare as he gets aggressive during play. DN and I had some conversations around this and came up with a strategy. No more than 3 hours at DN’s parent’s house. There will be extra people- including kids there- and it will be stressful for everyone. We will leave when Little Bug is ready to leave if it is before the 3 hour mark. If he gets aggressive or is having a hard time, we will go. We are also going to bring special food for Little Bug as you never know what he will eat. It’s not that he passionately loves things and then one day hates them. It’s more that he is random about what he will eat and we have to make several dinners.