GOOD NEWS!

Hi everyone. Sorry I have'nt been able to write in a couple of days. I don't know how, but it seems like the days are going faster and faster. Well, we got some good news this week... Danny's teacher wrote me a note that said: "Just a note to let you know that danny is doing very well in school, he is eager to learn and works sooo hard". I don't think anyone can understand what an exciting moment that was for us! I called Jay at work and read it to him, he was so happy. I have been trying not be be the pesky mom who emails the teacher all the time, but since Dan is considered delayed, and we are having such a hard time with homework, this came as quite a surprise! I must admit, I was starting to wonder if mainstreaming him was the right idea. Socially, he has really picked up. and in his special-ed preschool he seemed like he was at the top of the class, but that was with 9 other low functioning autistics. Now, he is in a class of 26 kindergarteners, 1 teacher and I think since I went to the school board and fought, 1 aide. The other day, the fifth graders came in to be introduced as big brothers/sisters. The teacher said that if you knew a fifth grader, raise your hand and they can be your big brother. Three kids raised their hands and when the teacher got to Dan, she asked him who he knew... his response..."No one, but I really like her shirt, can she be my big sister?" I guess the 5th graders got a kick out of that. The other mom's in the neighborhood thought it was cute. Dan also has little girlfriend. He gets in trouble on the bus for slapping hands with her. One day when she was sick, an older boy gave Dan her phone number. I am trying to meet her mom first, before he calls her... at the age of 5, he is quite a ladies man. Zachy has had a great week also. He woke up this morning at 6 am and wanted to do homework. He asked for the 1st grade math workbook, and finished a 40 page book by 8am. All of a sudden, he is addicted to math and numbers. He walks around the house all day adding numbers together. A friend of mine emailed me some info on "Aspergers" becauseshe felt that Zach fit into the profile. I have been researching it, and in some ways it fits Zach to a T. We are having such a hard time with potty training though. The other day I went into school to do some work (I am the treasurer for the PTO- I am a gluton for punishment...) and Zach decided to pee all over the copy room. What a mess! The nurse came in and was amazed at how much had come out. Zach will usually only go 1-2x's a day. We put him in big-boy underware, but he just does not seem to want to use the potty. He was going at school for his teacher, but Friday he wet all over the classroom. I need help, or some good advise!
Today, we took the boys to a big train convention... I think Dan had died and gone to heaven! Talk about sensory overload. I was even more surprised to see how excited Zach got. Dan lives and breathes trains, the doc said that it is one of his OCD's, and to let him do it as much as he want's because it is his comfort zone. It is becoming a problem though, because he has chosen to play trains lately, instead of playing at the park with his friends, Dan also talks in his sleep like me and it is always about trains. My neurologist says that we should not worry, but how long will this last? Will he always be ocd? Do kids grow out of it? Well, it is getting late, and my two little guys have now crawled into our bed. I am sure they won't be doing that at the age of 21, or else we have a reeaal problem! He, he. My husband is the lucky one, he gets up and lays in the extra bedroom (with the new matress) and actually gets some sleep, while I get kicked and layed on most of the night. There is a great side to it though... they never look more heavenly then when they are asleep! I could just eat them up. It also makes all of the hard parts of the day melt away.