Take a Deep Breath and Breathe!!!

Okay, Kristin, it's time to calm down. I admit I've been both a little depressed and a little anxious lately. I'm not exactly sure the reason either. Ben's had two trips to the emergency room in the past five days, and though now he's on antibiotics and hopefully getting better (family - call me if you want the details but he's okay- really) the whole autistic kid in a hospital environment is enough to make edginess border on a little craziness. I can't think straight. I can't blog straight. And I haven't been either, since my last post was in the beginning of August and now it's already October. It's hard to gather my thoughts and sit down to do this, though there's been many things regarding Ben that are certainly worth reporting. I'll start with school. He's going now. The bus wasn't a problem for him like I suspected it would be, and he's been perfectly happy. Two. Has been doing a small amount of echolalia at his private Speech Therapy. She does a lot of "floortime" with him and he's responding to it! He's imitated "knock knock", "kiss", "go", "stop", and a few other words here and there. At home he's done "ni ni" (for bedtime) and "ma ma". His head gestures for yes and no have gotten stronger too, as has his receptive language. All good news, but I've begun a beaucoup of supplements and will be adding more. I'll talk about those and Jenny McCarthy in a later post. As for now, I have to sign out and get some laundary done.