On Saturday it was Adam's 3rd birthday, I'm not sure if he noticed though. He pushed the cards away when we showed them to him and showed no interest in the presents, unless you consider trying to eat them showing an interest.
We went to visit family and he seemed to enjoy that, just being in a different environment and being round different children.
We bought him new things for his birthday in an attempt to stimulate him: play doh, wooden puzzle, shape sorters etc. The plan is to keep them separate so that we can use them during therapy sessions, hopefully that will keep him interested for longer. I have started to keep a record of the activities that we do with him, along with some comments about how interested he was and for how long.
Last week he started doing an extra session at preschool on a Wednesday afternoon, enabling me to attend a 10 week course called Good Beginnings, for parents of Autistic pre-schoolers. The first session was an eye-opener. There were only 4 other parents there and their children were able to do much more than Adam. They enjoyed certain toys, games etc. Adam just chews and watches baby TV.
We also had a meeting last week at preschool, with his preschool specialist. We discussed options for schooling and she has offered to come with us to look around the Special Needs School, if that's what we want. I am interested in looking but daddy is apprehensive at the moment.
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