Don't like the fire drill.

Long few weeks! Spent some time in the Dells, had J's parent/teacher conference, lots of doctor's appointments and just general driving around craziness!

Parent/teacher conferences went really well. His special ed teacher and K teacher are very happy with all that J is doing. He's starting to read/match sight words, put numbers in order and match rhyming words. I never thought I'd see the days when he would do any of that! He's also doing a great job interacting with peers, but needs some help to stay with the group and not wander off.

The only issue is the fire drill. One happened while J was in PT and since then, he hasn't wanted to go back into the PT room and now it's starting to effect him wanting to go to school at all. His team and I have come up with some strategies for him, so we'll see if any of them work. Poor guy cries and clings to me when I drop him off, all because he's terrified there might be a fire drill.

Jackson has met with the special needs clinic (officially discharged!) and had a feeding session with Behavioral Psych and speech. We're trying to get him to try a wider variety of foods. He's not happy about it, but he's now eating toast with Sunbutter on a regular basis.

Special needs clinic referred us to the Developmental Clinic, although I can't get a straight answer from them about what exactly J will be going there for. So, now I'm waiting for a call back next week.

Monday, J has his endoscopy. ENT said they don't need a repeat bronch, and dental didn't return GI's calls (go figure), so we'll be seeing them separately in Dec. Think good thoughts; I'm always worried about the aftermath.

J's adaptive Phy Ed teacher called last night and wants to start taking J with a small group to the Y for swimming on Wednesday ams. Yay! J loves Mr. S so much, he talks about his non-stop. This guy must be a miracle worker if he can get J to kick a ball in order to get a reward of running up the hill behind the school. My child kicked a ball and wants to run? Up a hill no less? Go for it!

Object du Jour: J is currently running around the house with a clear plastic bucket over his head, giggling like a fool.

Open the garage door!

I think we're finally over illnesses! Jameson had a bloody ear and I took him in with an ear infection, he still coughs at night, but seems better.

Trick or Treating last Saturday night. Jackson told me he wanted to be an iPod, so I made a cool green iPod outfit. At the last minute, he decided he wanted to be Thomas the Train for the 3rd year in a row, so I wore the ipod suit (an older lady thought I was a remote). Jameson was Handy Manny, but he took off the hat and tool belt about 6 blocks in. People would ask what he was supposed to be and I said, "Guy in green shirt." They didn't think I was funny.

Jackson is finally back in feeding therapy after waiting several weeks for authorization of payment from the state and working a schedule with the therapist because the old time was when J was in school. He did really well and ate Sunbutter and a few chunks of fruit. Very reluctant with the fruit. Toast is still going strong.

We have GI/feeding team this week to talk more about feeding and our yearly following up with the Special Needs Clinic.

I'm off Children's on Thursday to talk to interns about what parents expect from their child's doctors. Should be interesting. Busy week!

Jackson has been obsessed with the garage door across the street. He cries when it's closed. I'm sure the people who have only lived there a few months would love to see me knocking on their door telling them that, "My child is sobbing because your garage door is closed, would you mind leaving it open? Kthxbye."

Object du Jour: The garage door.