This is my first time owning a blog. I always thought about writing one a while ago just never gotten around to it. My name is Jessica. I am 27 years old, a mother to two beautiful boys and a wife to a loving husband. So, I wrote a blog because I finally got out of this funk that was keeping me from communicating with anyone about my son's diagnoses. In August, my son was diagnosed with Autism when he was 4 years old. He is now in school and, well, things are not going the way there suppose to, but I will get to that a little later. His name is Oliver. He has communication and behaviour issues. He is verbal, but he can't say full sentences, he has potty training issues, he has a rough time trying to explain how he is feeling and what he wants and even how his day went in school. But let me tell you about Oliver first....
Oliver is a 5 year old boy who has quite an imagination. He is extremely smart but struggles with everyday tasks. One of them being communication with his parents and his youngest brother. He usually likes to play by himself but sometimes invites his brother along to play. He keeps his toys to himself and wants nothing to do with sharing unless he feels like it. He is an extremely picky eater and only has a few food items he loves and if it's something messy he refuses to eat it. He has a HUGE collection of Hot Wheels cars. Has to be about 200 of those things around. I know there is alot cause every step I take in his room I injure my foot by stepping on them. He has a few passions. He loves his cars, his tablet, and going for a drive in the truck. He knows all his shapes, counts to 10 or sometimes to 15. He knows all his colors, 21 out of 26 letters at the moment, loves music class and he just started playing keyboard and already loves it. He learns best on learning apps on the tablet, it keeps him interested and focused. He loses his concentration not long after I try to work with him on school work. He has an amazing memory. One day he wanted to know what make and model his hot wheels cars were and whenever we pass car in a parking lot he points to them and names them, and most of the time he is correct. He is a lovable child, he hugs, he kisses and he cuddles and he even tells me he loves me a few times through out the day. If I stub my toes or I get hurt, he worries and asks me if I'm alright, and he comes up and kisses my boo boo's. He is amazing. Yes, he has struggles everyday. But we try hard to figure out what is wrong and try to fix it. Since he started school, he has been having more tantrums in the day at home. Sometimes, just hugging him tight and rocking him calms him down within 5 minutes or so. But sometimes it doesn't work and his tantrum goes on for longer. If it's a bad tantrum, he kick, punches, and headbutts and then in some cases he bangs his head on the ground and I have to stop him and hug him again so he doesn't
injure himself.
Oliver is now asking me for a fruit snack so I will write again tonight. Thanks guys.
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