Progress

Aiden continues to be a sweet, loving boy who brings us joy every day!

I'm very happy to write that Aiden is making great progress!  He is starting to respond to conversations appropriately, and almost always follows directions.  I sneezed today and Aiden said, "bless you".  He says "good morning momma" and "bye dad" now at appropriate times.  But best of all, Aiden says, "I love you too" when I tell him how much I love him.  He still doesn't respond when I ask him how his day was at school, but I'm certain that will come!  From his teacher's notes, and his IEP meeting, Aiden is doing very well in school.  I see the changes in him, and I'm grateful he has some sort of education while we wait for intensive therapy.  I'm starting to think he won't need it!  

Aiden will be 4 1/2 in July.  He is still not potty trained.  He is willing to sit on the potty at times, but he still hasn't actually gone on the potty.  Lately, Abe and I find him in his room--or ours--with his pants down and diaper off.  I'm not sure what that means.  I really want to start him on a toilet training routine at home like they do at school; however, there are a couple barriers to that: 1) he will start summer school in a month, and his day will change completely, and 2) we are going to have another baby REAL soon, so my energy and our routine will be altered significantly.  I'm really praying that I can get Aiden started on a potty training routine by the end of the summer.  That gives us a couple months to adjust to baby #3 and start over with a new routine for all of us!