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March 2, 2004
Ryan is amazing! You would think as this childs mother I would know what to expect from him in most any situation – I DON’T! I always think the worst and he usually pleasantly suprises me with the best!
On February 18th we took a trip to Tulsa to attend my father’s wedding. My daughter was the flower girl. We were very concerned that Ryan would have trouble with the airplane and trouble with all the people that we anticipated being around for our trip. We prepared him by purchasing him a toy airplane and talking a lot about the events of the trip.
The day came to get on the airplane and Ryan did just fine! He was a little stressed out before we boarded our flight and we were very stressed out as we had a connection to make as well. As soon as we got on the flight, HE WAS FINE!! We brought along his favorite toys and made the best out of it. Luckily our flight was an early one so we had to get the kids up early. They both slept on the first flight and were great on the second flight!
Once we arrived, Ryan put up his usually shy routine and hiding his face from his grandpa and anyone else who was around. Ryan has trouble with new people, he always has. So we just let him get comfortable and don’t force him to talk or visit with anyone he doesn’t want too. There was a lot of family there and Ryan ignored most of them but at times would talk to some of them. He was more interested in playing with his toys and other kids that were around on occasion and for different gatherings.
You know what amazes me? No matter how many times you tell people to be gentle with your child or respect that they need space, they don’t get it! There were a lot of people who just wouldn’t listen when I would tell them to just leave him alone. People like to get in his face to talk to him which escalates him. People want him to talk to them and behave as any other 2.5yr old would but he doesn’t do that all the time. When they persist is when we have problems. Usually, I just have to take Ryan out of the situation so he can continue with his self relaxing routine, whatever it may be at the time.
We haven’t had any luck with potty training this child! We try to get him to sit on it, sometimes he will get his diaper off and almost, ALMOST sit on his potty then back off. We don’t push the issue with him but I feel that we should at times. He is perfectly content sitting in a messy diaper and really has trouble at times with diaper changes. My question to those who have successfully potty trained a boy, HOW DID YOU DO IT and stay sane?
Ryan is scheduled to have his next evaluation on March 31st. It is time to re-evaluate his needs to see if he qualifies for continued services. At age 3 (Ryan turns 3 in July) they assess his current needs and go from there. Ryan has come a very long way since we started with this program in our county and my gut tells me he won't be qualified to continue free services. We'll see though.
Well that is it for today, I am trying to get into a good routine with my diary, so far no luck!! HA!
Gerri
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