What A Week!

Crazy week.

But mostly good. Some not so good. Such is life.

For the good. Alex is doing some amazing stuff that I've never seen him do before. Is it taking him off of milk, or is it just that he was at a tipping point? I'm going to leave him off of milk for a little while longer before I test that theory. Amazing stuff - Alex put the numbers 1 - 10 (on cards) in order. His speech therapist says she thinks he is recognizing words. We had to take him for testing at Marshfield Clinic (they did not impress me). The speech therapist there said that Alex is making a lot more phonetic sounds than he was in November, and is showing more interaction. The occupational therapist said Alex is caught up on his fine motor skills. If I remember correctly he was testing at 22 months last November - which means that according to them he's made a 21 month jump. (he's 43 months right now) I think he's just more interactive with people he doesn't know. Because as much as he has progressed in the last little while, it hasn't been that much. Although, the interaction is such a vital part.

One more amazing thing. I was telling Saryn about how I told the O.T. that we were letting Alex draw with dry erase markers on the bathroom mirror. The OT was thrilled with the idea, saying how good that would be, from a therapy standpoint. As Saryn and I were talking about it, Alex got up, went into the bathroom and climbed up to the mirror. I went in after him, and he held out the marker. I let him draw for a few minutes. If you didn't catch that, Alex overheard us. Meaning he was taking meaning from our words. Talk about thrilling!

On the ooky side this week. Alex had severe gastrointestinal distress. I'm wiped out. I haven't had more than 3 hours of uninterrupted sleep all week. There is something going around, but yeesh. And oogy. And ICK.

He is much better this morning, hence me taking time to blog. I've either been cuddling Alex or cleaning up after Alex or working this week. Notice I didn't include sleeping on that list. Even during my sleeping hours, I've cuddling or cleaning up after Alex.

Parenthood gives you superpowers.