27 march 2013 Wednesday
Great morning start! Remy didn't eat anything before we left the house to take Sophia to school. I showered him because he had peed his bed overnight.
Coming home from Sophia's school was awesome! Remy went on the perimeters of the school garden around and around quickly holding my hand. The guy has very good balance like a heavy ballerina :)
He started running off an I would run along side him instead of telling him to stop or wait. I kept doing this and I think Remy was impressed with my new stamina! I have been feeling slimmer the last two days and I felt a lot more strength and endurance to run with him instead of after him.
It became like a game. We would run and then "1, 2, 3 jump!". He smiled looked me, laughed in delight. It was nice and sunny! What a wonderful start to our day.
We got back to the house at 9:04 am! I think that's a record for coming back so early. I made him apple sauce out of an apple mixed with some probiotic. He finished it up rather quickly, and came to me with the empty bowl looking for more food.
Because my mom told me not to give him tea with the suspicion that it caused him to laugh for over an hour yesterday, I decided to not make him any today to see if there would be a difference. But we were out to the library and health food store and he seemed just fine. I cannot determine if it was the tea. Only through experimentation will I figure it out like most things.
Remy ate two substantial bowls of lentils before we went out so he wasn't hungry. We ran and walked. He looked at me and got me to scratch his back as we made our way to the library. He used the toilet there no problem. He just wanted to wash his hands more.
He was OK at the health food store too. He jut hoisted himself on the counter a few times like usual but no running around.
Remy kept pushing his stomach and got me to push his stomach on the way home. This is an indication to me that something is going on internally with his gut.
When we got home, I fed the baby while Remy enjoyed leftover veggies in chicken stock. I am SO grateful that he has taken to the meat stocks and mushy veggies. I think that we can begin his intro to the GAPS diet this Friday. I just have a Q and A with Julie Matthews tomorrow afternoon about the GAPS webinar two weeks ago before I am ready to execute the intro with Remy.
In the afternoon our transition coordinator came to do a little assessment on Remy using the ABA method. I got a jar of kale chips to help her in doing the assessment. There was a lot of demands put in Remy by the stranger in his playroom. Most of the time time he just ran off laughing and trying to sneak the kale. He also jump quite a bit on the trampoline, but with a lot of physical manipulation (or "prompting") she did manage to complete the 5 level assessment. Remy didn't pass the fifth level which was putting a dry piece of sponge (he kept trying to eat them) in either the yellow tin or red box. I was pretty impressed though by what he actually did for a stranger.
Although we have been waiting a long time for funding (almost four years now) to give Remy the recommended IBI treatment, I am not sure I want to use that method to teach him. The relationship piece has been so rewarding; I want to continue to build on it. The ABA just doesn't feel right or in alignment with me.
At bedtime Remy went into the bathroom rummaging in the magazine rack and he pulled out a Golden Book entitled Puppy Love starring Bert, Ernie and dogs. He took it back to his bed and looked through it. I sat down with him on his mattress. Then he looked at me and gave me the book, so I started reading it to him. He took the book back before I could finish the first page.
Every day is a journey. Enjoy it thoroughly!
Kim :)
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