Monday, May 25, 2009

school's out for summer

I was hanging out with Damonito today. The school year is over and because of a technicality, he's ineligible for summer school. He has had a great year at school. He's saying and signing more words, he's much more attentive, and he's feeding himself. Which is a sight to behold.
One of the symptoms of Lennox-Gastaut is learning regression so an entire summer without going to school can't be a good thing. We will do absolutely everything we can to make sure he's working on all the things he's learned. We know it's not the same.

Damonito's been quite interested in my glasses. He's been gently taking them off me and putting them on himself. He'll sit there for awhile and look around, like they give him a different view. Then he carefully takes them off himself and puts them back on me. Upside down.

He's doing great feeding himself. His new thing is he tries to tickle you. Which is hilarious because he takes both hands and wiggles his fingers on your back or you leg, places that would never tickle. Of course, he cracks up and you can't help laughing hysterically because he's getting such a kick out of it.