| Jaden is starting to like preschool after two solid months of crying! |
[Nov. 4th, 2009|09:17 pm] |
Yesterday, when I picked up Jaden from school, I saw a small group of kids and teachers clapping and singing in a circle- and Jaden was in the center DANCING! He danced/jumped for the whole song and then cheered and clapped for himself! When he saw me, he wanted me to come dance with him in the circle so I did and he was soooo happy. The teachers said he liked the music class and is starting to interact with the kids. Before, the music class was the most intimidating to him but now he likes the teacher!
Today, he was jumping around and playing with another kid when I got there. He wanted me to come in and play with him again. His teacher said he's sitting at the table with the other kids when they do art projects, he's talking, AND he's eating more now. He eats well at breakfast, nit-picks his lunch and then eats all the snacks they give him through out the day. Up until last week, he would go all day without eating anything!
We said good bye to the teachers and kids and he said he wanted to come back tomorrow to play. He waved to everyone, "See you tomorrow!" and even gave some of the kids high fives when prompted by his teacher. All the kids waved back and some of them mentioned that he doesn't cry anymore.
We went back to the class room to get his beloved Lightning McQueen nap blanket and he decided he didn't want to leave. He asked for a paper cup of water and showed me where to get it. When he was done, he threw his cup in the trash like a good boy and went straight to playing with legos. We played there for another 20 minutes before he was ready to come home.
He's still having big moments of acting out, being negative, or wanting to scratch/hurt himself but it seems to be less often the past few days. The only time he's been really frustrated is on the long hour home when he's tired. We're taking him for a follow-up doctor appointment for his ear infections which are hopefully all cleared up and we're going to bring up all this behavioral stuff and see what she says. My worry is that something could be physically wrong (like headaches) and he doesn't know how to tell us.
We're also implementing a good-behavior reward chart and he got to his first mini-prize today for listening to us!
Early Christmas miracle? Maybe! |
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