Gabe is starting school

What a busy busy month. We are moving the first of Dec. YAY!! I cannot wait to move. Gabe is starting school. Another exciting moment for us. He will be in a preschool with a mix of neuro-typical kids and non NT kids like Gabe. I really think this is going to be something good for him.

How Ironic.

All the hype in the media is the H1N1 virus and the vaccine. As many of my friends and family know...I am not a huge fan of vaccines. Tonight on the local evening news they were reporting on the H1N1 vaccine and how it does not contain thymerosol. The news anchor then went on to say thymerosol is not dangerous according to the CDC. My little lovely Gabe happened to be in the living room and walked out into the kitchen repeating CDC, CDC, CDC, CDC. Hmmmm....there's no danger in thymerosol. For those of you that don't know Gabe, he has echolalia and repeats lines from TV shows and parts of speech repetitively...it's a symptom of autism. Thymerosol is thought to cause autism and Gabe has autism spectrum disorder. Just thought it was ironic.

ADOS testing.

Gabe had the ADOS testing with the school on Wednesday. It went well. The ladies that did the test were very nice. I am not sure what to think of the results yet. They place him not on the spectrum. I emailed a psychologist that does the testing for a living and he said kiddo's with pdd-nos can test and show results not looking like they are on the spectrum. The two gals doing the test said that as well and they are going to go see Gabe at school. I wish they could see him out in public or even just spend the day with him so they can appreciate his perservations and restricted interests.

I am having his TSS be at daycare when they come because he wants to talk to them. It really doesn't matter if the school district dx's Gabe with an ASD. My biggest issue is he is not getting appropriate services. Hopefully, with all my yelling and screaming he will get better help. If not...I'll go the legal route. I have no problems fighting for my child's education.

Some recent pictures.

Gabe's front teeth are fixed and Zane sat up on his own!

Gabe had his dental surgery yesterday. All went well. He has been sensory seeking and stimming a lot since then, but I don't think it has anything to do with the surgery. His front caps on his teeth look different, but I am sure in time I will get used to it. It just makes me sad that his teeth were that damaged and he had to have a root canal on them :-(.

Zane went from laying on the floor to a sitting position last night! He also said dadadada on Sunday and he got his very first tooth on Wednesday. He has had such a busy week. I can't believe he is going to be 8mo soon. He is getting so big.

This weekend we are going to a picnic with some of my friends from work. I hope Gabe behaves. And then we have a birthday party to go to as well. Daddy took off on Monday and I am thinking a trip to the Harbor might be nice. They have a lot of cool things there for kids. The last trip we took to the Harbor was cut very short by one stinky little boy. Gabe had one of the biggest tantrums and we had to leave. Maybe this time will be different.

mouthing and chewing

Sounds like the title of this post should be about Zane....but no...it's about Gabe. He is getting worse with mouthing things. We saw a decrease in his desire to put everything in his mouth, but the past month or so it's getting really bad again. I have tried his wiggle toys, chewy foods, sour foods, spicy foods, etc to "wake" up that mouth of his. So far today I have found a paint brush, a car, some paper, and his fingers in his mouth. I feel like all I say anymore is "please not in your mouth Gabe" I wonder how many non edible items my son has eaten in his 4 years of life?

Zane is growing so big

Zane had his 6mo checkup. Well it was more like almost 7mo checkup. They canceled his first one. He grew 3 inches and gained 2 pounds. His head is HUGE. He is in the 20th % for weight and height...but his head is in the 88%. WOW!!!

Zane isn't crawling yet and still tips over when he is sitting...but I'm not in a big hurry to have him crawl. We don't have any gates up yet. Zane actually prefers to be in his jumper chair more then on the floor. He loves to make that thing bounce. He is such a crazy baby in it!

I just can't believe Zane is almost 7mo old. Where in the world does time go?