It is one thing to have an autistic child, it's another to have twins. Justin's twin sister is not autistic, and has no delays.
They both have a special bond. When they were babies, they loved looking at each other, jabbering, and touching each other.
As they started rolling, they would roll to each other and smile and laugh at each other.
Once they were crawling, I made a play area for both of them. It was a couple hundred square feet. It was full of their toys. This lasted several months, until they became escape artists.
By the time I took down the play area, they were walking and running around.
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
If You Can't Beat Him, Join Him
I wrote recently about Justin's enjoyment in spitting his juice into containers, or onto the floor.
After trying several different methods to stop this behavior, I have conceded that if you can't beat him join him.
What I have decided to do is, instead of giving him juice. Which gets sticky all over the floor. I now give him small amounts of water in his sippy cup.
Yes, he still spits it into little containers, cars, and onto the floor. I know that if I just be patient he will grow out of this stage.
In the meantime my floor isn't ending up sticky.
I have found that sometimes going about it this way, prevents a lot of frustration on the parents and the child.
After trying several different methods to stop this behavior, I have conceded that if you can't beat him join him.
What I have decided to do is, instead of giving him juice. Which gets sticky all over the floor. I now give him small amounts of water in his sippy cup.
Yes, he still spits it into little containers, cars, and onto the floor. I know that if I just be patient he will grow out of this stage.
In the meantime my floor isn't ending up sticky.
I have found that sometimes going about it this way, prevents a lot of frustration on the parents and the child.
Monday, June 1, 2015
Jump, Jump, Jump, Run, Run, Run
Yesterday was an outside day. Justin loves it outside ! One of his favorite things to do is jump on the trampoline. He also enjoys digging holes, swinging, playing with water, and one of his all time favorites is running.
He will run in a big circle around the whole play area.
I don't know what it is with running, but generally autistic kids really enjoy it. Maybe they feel a sense of freedom when they run. Or maybe it's simply the pure joy of speed, and the air hitting his face.
The last couple years when we would go outside. Justin would eat handfuls of dirt. He would also pick off clover flowers, and eat them.
This year, these behaviors seem to have diminished.
He will run in a big circle around the whole play area.
I don't know what it is with running, but generally autistic kids really enjoy it. Maybe they feel a sense of freedom when they run. Or maybe it's simply the pure joy of speed, and the air hitting his face.
The last couple years when we would go outside. Justin would eat handfuls of dirt. He would also pick off clover flowers, and eat them.
This year, these behaviors seem to have diminished.
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