Big Week!

 So last was a pretty big week for our boy! First, Porter's class went to see "The Lorax" at the movie theatre. When his teacher approached me about Porter going, I will admit I had my doubts.  Porter's not big on the sitting still stuff. But we both agreed it was a perfect time to try. I would drive him there and that way when we had to leave, I could just take him home. And it was a matinee so it was only going to cost a toonie for Porter to get in....I figured even if we stayed for 20 minutes, it wasn't like I was spending a fortune. Plus, the rest of his class was going, and darn it, he should too.

So we arrived and found our seats in the back with the rest of his class. It was about 10 minutes before the movie was due to start and we didn't have our popcorn and treats yet ( they were being delivered ). Porter didn't want to sit and he started making his signature "ticky ticky teeeeee" squeal sounds while trying to bust loose into the aisle. So thus began the workout of me picking him up and sitting him on my lap , him squirming out of my lap and repeat. This is when my heart starts to pound as I wonder what other parents are thinking. Part of me wants to stand up and say " he has autism, just so you know, it's very hard for him to sit still,  it's not that I am a bad mother". Or maybe they know he has special needs and they feel bad for me and that makes me want to stand up and say "hey, don't look at me with pity, my child is perfect just the way he is !" ( It's pretty clear, I have some issues I'm trying to work through huh? )

Anyway, the movie began and for a few minutes he thought it was pretty neat. There were cars zooming by on the screen and I'm sure he was captivated by their wheels. Then the glorious Kids Pack arrived, and that did it! Popcorn and skittles and juice with a straw! Enough to entertain him for practically the entire movie! Every now and then he would get out of his seat and play with his chair, but in his defense, he had never seen a chair that would bend like that! We ran out of food near the end and he was getting super restless. I decided that we were going to leave while things were still going well. By the time we got to the car the movie was letting out, so I say we pretty much made it the whole movie! Momma was proud to say the least.

But wait there's more! Last weekend Porter and Ruby had a sleepover at Nana and Pepe's. Nana tried putting him on the big potty and he peed! The past few weeks Porter has been showing more signs of readiness but we haven't had much luck on his little potty at all. In fact, before this week I couldn't even tell you the last time he went.

So the next day Mark and I thought we would try the BIG potty just for fun...and it worked! Let's just say that when he is on the big potty he needs to use his hands to balance and he doesn't get "distracted" by anything else. So needless to say, we were pumped! We gave him some candy and made a HUGE deal!  Well, looks like I will need to hit up the Superstore tomorrow because we are all out of rewards! I think we hit double digits of successful pees today! And it's only the first week!



Chat soon
Rae:)