....but at least I can see the tunnel.
Jake's trip to the pediatrician went pretty much as expected this morning. By the time Dr. Ho got in the room Jake was ready to go. Jake reacted to the doctor with sheer terror, which I didn't exactly expect, but since I'm used to talking over him while he wails and pulls me to the door, we tried to have a conversation. Dr. Ho asked some questions and pretty much took my word for everything and gave me the phone number for the team evaluation. We take him there next Monday. I asked the lady who made the appointment what would happen if he just freaked out there like he does other places. She said that they have a huge playroom full of stuff for him to play with. That made me feel a little better.
I was really surprised by Jake's reaction to Dr. Ho. I can't imagine what it was about, seeing how Dr. Ho hasn't even seen him since he was 2 years old and has never EVER done anything stressful to him. I actually wonder if his very Asian features threw him off. It was strange, as Jake hardly knows what shy means, yet he screamed in terror and hid behind me when Dr. Ho approached him. I was perplexed.
After the pediatrician appointment it was a "good day" with Jake. He was rambunctious and laughed a LOT today and was into everything, wreaking havoc all over the house. I love those days even if they are tiring, much better than the days where he wants to lay in his room and stim all day. At one point he pointed to the cabinet and said "Mommy hey mommy hey Jakey Jakey tell me what you want Jake want want birdhouse, no its a birdfeeder, tylenol, vitamin" This means "I want a vitamin" in Jake-ese. He's listening to me tell him how to ask for things, and he's working it out. He did some more experiments with sentences today and seemed fascinated with noun and verb combinations like "drink juice" and "baby drink" and on the way home from the dairy he said "Cows..... eat..... (full minute pause) GRASS!" He also showed me some sign language that he's learned from his Baby Signing Time video. It was a good productive day.
