Yesterday was okay. He was mad again at not receiving his video via mailbox, few headbutts. Then we went for a drive. When we do this, we just take off and Brendan tells me where to turn, go straight, etc. It's fun to see where we end up and to check out different neighborhoods. Well after driving through downtown San Jose and him directing me onto streets I have never been on before...we ended up at ToysRUs!! How he knew to get there from where were were is a mystery to me. He has an amazing sense of direction. Anyway, I told him he could get something if he had money. He dug his wallet out of the backpack and had enough, so in we went. The rest of the day he did fine. Since he hasn't been sleeping well, he almost fell asleep before the ABA therapist arrived. But, even then, he did fine with her.
Today was pretty good. He did get up again at 3am and fell back to sleep around 5am. So, he didn't wake up in a particular happy mood, but at least he wasn't mad. He didn't even get mad that the mailbox was empty. So, he got rewarded (50cents) big time for staying calm. Then we waited for the behavioral consultant to show up. I told Brendan that we were going to be talking about him and his progress (eg., not breaking things, regulating his emotions, etc), and he could join us at anytime. He did remarkably well. Usually he gets very agitated when people are talking about him (even if it is good). He even joined us at one point and I asked him how he felt about things. I typically ask 'yes' and 'no' questions so he can answer them.
Then, we went on an adventure looking for Lake Elizabeth. Of course I was on 880 instead of 680, so we got lost. I was U-turning, going this way and that way, took a cloveleaf to tight (he had a funny smirk on his face when this happened - you know..kinda like...Yep! Mom's a bad driver!), but he was totally fine with it and thought the whole thing was amusing to him. We did eventually find the lake, but could only stay for a brief visit because we were expecting another ABA therapist at our house. I plan told him we would come back next week (both him and I have the whole week off) and we could walk around the entire lake. As for his ABA session, he did really, really well with her considering I thought he was getting tired.
Overall good day. Just hope he starts sleeping through the night for both of our sakes!
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