The Holidays

Jimmy was very excited for the holidays. That was all he talked about for the whole month of December! He had a good Christmas and loved all of his gifts. A few days after christmas we got snow! I love snow. In past years Jimmy has been a little iffy with snow. One year I remember having to beg him to go out and play in the snow with me! This year HE begged to go out! As you can see from the pics he had a lot of fun!

He has been on a waiting list with Children's Hospital of Cincinnati to be evaluated for Autism. I called over the summer to see where we stood on the waiting list and they said he would be called in November. Well November has come and gone and so far we have been on the waiting list for 13 months! I think it's ridiculous.  I am currently filling out forms from Jimmy's school so he can be evaluated by the Kelly O'Leary Center. I beginning to think that he does not have Autism. I know there are many forms of it, but I just don't think he has it!.

He's doing much better in school, fewer bathroom accidents, which is always good! Lately the latest he has stayed up at night was 3am and that beats the 7:30 am during the summer (he would then wake up at 10am). Melatonin sometimes helps, but most of the time it doesn't!  He needs something to do! He would not be good at soccer, not a team player. So I'm sort of at a loss on that subject.

By the beginning of 3rd grade, I would like to get him sleeping in his own room at night, going to bed at a nice, decent hour, and no bathroom accidents. I would also like to see him have at least one friend, girl or boy. It breaks my heart that he doesn't have any friends at all. While in school he always has a teacher or an IEP aid with him. So that doesn't really help him find friends. I will be blogging more, at least once a week (fingers crossed) and hopefully I will find a direction for this blog to go.