This Christmas, this would make me happy....

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To hear from those members we don't hear from so often, with update on their

kiddies!

So if you don't post much, but have something you'd like to share from this past

year, it would make a great Christmas treat to read about it.

Hoping to hear from you all,

Jacquie

mom to , 5

Parenting Autism moderator

" Am I the only one who allows his mind to prance outside the box? "

--Dale Gribble, from King Of The

Hill

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>

> To hear from those members we don't hear from so often, with update

on their kiddies!

>

I haven't posted in a while, although I'm still reading (just far

behind). So I thought I'd respond to this since both children seem to

finally be sleeping. is doing so good! I mean so good I can

hardly believe this is the same child I was ready to give to the

first taker in September. My child who was peeing & pooping on

everything & everywhere is almost completely potty-trained!! I can't

take any credit for it, she did it all on her own when I finally gave

up.

She is listening & stopping when I tell her no, she's following

direction...what happened? I have no idea. She used to throw food on

the floor if she didn't want it, now she picks it up if she dropped

something. This last year has been the hardest & most stressful as

far as her behavior, screaming, throwing fits, crying, no sleeping,

pooping everywhere... then POOF.. like magic she's the most

wonderful, well-behaved child I've ever seen. I try to figure out

what changed but, as far as I can see there's nothing different

that's happened that I can attibute it to. Did any of your children

have a huge behavioral change around her age? She'll be 5 in 4 months.

So, I'm very happy. I'd be even happier if my 9 month old would learn

to walk instead of wanting me to carry her every second of the day

but hey, I won't complain. I'm still euphoric over the potty-

training! Christmas went well. My family is psychotic but, who's

family isn't? opened her presents for the first time ever

(her's & everyone else's that wasn't paying attention). Brynn could

have cared less about her presents. I hope everyone else had & are

having good holidays! Hopefully I will be able to start reading &

posting regularly again when school starts in Jan. I miss my daily

computer fix!!!

Happy Holidays,

Tracey

mom to: 4 & Brynn 9mos

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Tracey!

's progress sounds wonderful!

From a purely " mom " oriented point of view, I feel that the ages between 4 &

6 can show HUGE gains in development. I think it is what it is, and

congratulations to for gaining such ground.

Onward and Upward!

Good to hear from you!

Keep posting!!!

Penny

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Tracey:

Delighted to hear how well is doing; Putter improved vastly around

five, I think.

I imagine Tamara is reading your posting with great hope in her heart as

Ebony is now much as was.

Don't worry about catching up; it is impossible! Just post when it seems

appropriate.

Salli

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Tracey,

Glad to hear about the wonderful improvements in ! You must be on

cloud nine!

Sue

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Tracey,

Holy crap! sounds like a whole new girl!!! What changed???? Can you

think of anything at all?

How WONDERFUL!

Jacquie

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> Tracey,

>

> Holy crap! sounds like a whole new girl!!! What

changed???? Can you think of anything at all?

>

> How WONDERFUL!

>

> Jacquie

I got my first " Holy crap " !!!! Actually, I have no idea what changed.

We haven't tried any new vitamins or anything. But I now believe 100%

what everyone told me months ago, that you often see huge progress

after a horrible regression. This was really the first time something

like that has happened. Just getting older maybe? Thanks for the Holy

crap! That makes my day!!

Tracey

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> Tracey:

>

> Delighted to hear how well is doing; Putter improved vastly

around

> five, I think.

>

> I imagine Tamara is reading your posting with great hope in her

heart as

> Ebony is now much as was.

>

>

Honestly, I thought I was the only one that never had anything

positive to share. So believe me Tamara, there IS hope! It's amazing

how much has happened in such a short amount of time. And like I said

before, there really is nothing that we did. It just happened. I'm

sure it will happen for Ebony too.

Tracey