Let's give a shout out to our kids

[Anonymous]

Name one thing your DC achieved this year that was a struggle to him/her before. I'll start:

For many years, my DS was known as the most anti-social child ever. This is a kid who cried at his birthdays. Who hated parties. Who detested playdates. Who hated playgrounds if he wasn't all alone there. Who just wanted to be left alone with his toys, now books, XBOX and iPad. Who had to be bribed to try out sports, a new class, anything. Who would not come out of his room even as grandparents who love him would come to visit. Who was completely in his shell.

This year, my son learned how to swim in our pool. And he apparently learned to swim so well that he made the swimming club team. And he wanted to TRY IT. It is now almost 5 months into it, he LOVES swimming and sticks with it. And yesterday he asked if he could have a teammate over to our house TO PLAY XBOX TOGETHER because HE WAS BORED. His words, not mine. I just said there and cried, saying "honey, you can have the Universe if you want."

[Anonymous]

Congratulations, OP!! Happy for you guys!

[Anonymous]

Learned how to swallow a pill!!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Learned how to swallow a pill!!!!!!!

OP here. That's next on my list. And not kicking and screaming when a doctor gives him a shot.

[Anonymous]

My son fights doing homework. It's not hard, he just doesn't want to do it (boring...). When my husband went to pick him up from school, he was sitting in the desk outside of class, which is usually the spot if you've misbehaved. So my husband braced himself for bad news... Only to find out our son had asked to sit there so he could finish his homework - the homework due in 2 days. It was too noisy for him to do it in the classroom. So for his hate of homework, he's found a way to get it done immediately and not have to do it at home.

[Anonymous]

Not PP, but wanted to add, we managed the pill swallowing, but Oh God the fight over the flu shot was horrible. Hopefully that gets better next year.

DS 1's reading has gotten SO much better (he's dyslexic) and DS 2 (ODD) is getting better at figuring out what is, and maybe more importantly isn't, appropriate behavior when trying to make friends.

[Anonymous]

It also depends on what type of TV you let him watch. DS is allowed 30 minutes of TV on weekdays, all from PBS.

[Anonymous]

My DS has Asperger's so perceiving other people's emotions and nonverbal language has always been a challenge. He's improving however but it's not necessarily good for me; now he realizes when I get irritated and annoyed at him.

I'm not the most patient person so it happens quite often and then he asks, "Why are you getting mad at me?" I tell him Mommy has trouble with being patient. Even adults have trouble with skills like that... It does mitigate my frustration, however. LOL!

[Anonymous]

DS has made so much progress, I am constantly so amazed at just how hard he works. But the proudest moment this year, is when he stood up for himself at the park a couple months back! He had never been able to advocate for himself and kids constantly take advantage taking toys out of his hands. One day a random girl ran up out of nowhere and snatched a toy out of his and he said loudly "hey that's mine!" and snatched it back. Part of me felt awful because the girl ran away crying, but at the same time it was the first time I had to run over and give him the biggest hug I could offer. It was a little glimmer of hope that he will be able to communicate his feelings.
I told one of my friends that night and she came over with a bottle of wine to toast my little guy!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS has made so much progress, I am constantly so amazed at just how hard he works. But the proudest moment this year, is when he stood up for himself at the park a couple months back! He had never been able to advocate for himself and kids constantly take advantage taking toys out of his hands. One day a random girl ran up out of nowhere and snatched a toy out of his and he said loudly "hey that's mine!" and snatched it back. Part of me felt awful because the girl ran away crying, but at the same time it was the first time I had to run over and give him the biggest hug I could offer. It was a little glimmer of hope that he will be able to communicate his feelings.
I told one of my friends that night and she came over with a bottle of wine to toast my little guy!

Yay! I also had my DC give away his toys only to find them later broken or other kids hovering over them "no, we don't want to give them back, waaaah, I'll call my mommy." I started labeling every single playground toy we take with us so every time someone tries to not give it back, he can point and say "that's my toy, it says so." Some parents told us "oh, you should teach him how to share!". Puuuhleeze

[Anonymous]

These are inspiring. Thank you.

[Anonymous]

My daughter can breath on her own, feed orally and SMILE! She smiled for the first time last week at 7.5 months old. These are all things the neurologist said she would never do, so we are over the moon. Keep proving them wrong, little lady!

[Anonymous]

You all have great kids! Love hearing these stories.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter can breath on her own, feed orally and SMILE! She smiled for the first time last week at 7.5 months old. These are all things the neurologist said she would never do, so we are over the moon. Keep proving them wrong, little lady!

Love this! Though I don't know you or her, give her an extra hug for me

[Anonymous]

Fantastic stories!

My daughter is taking steps again, after a surgery that set her back.