Another HUGE Drew milestone...

[LIZARD]

Drew and Liz (his therapist) were out yesterday when she accidentally slammed the car door on her fingers. She screamed and was crying from the pain, and Drew asked if she was okay. When she said no, she hurt her hand (I don't think he saw her do it, either), he said, "I'll get help." Then he looked at his phone (a Migo, with numbers programmed into it; no number keypad) and said, "Where's the 9?" He was going to call 9-1-1!! I tell ya...this kid is making leaps and bounds left and right!! :D (Her fingers were bruised and stiff [she had some movement in them], but she seemed otherwise okay by the time they got back here.)


LIZARD, Drewy's gloatin' mommy :)

[GinaMarie]

That is sooo great!! I've got my fingers shut in my van door and know that pain all to well!!! I hope her fingers are feeling better soon. High 5 to Drew!!

Blessings,
Gina Marie

[LIZARD]

I offered to ice them for her, but she just wanted to finish her notes and head home. (She only lives a couple of miles from us.) She could move her fingers, which is a good sign, but her poor hand looked awful! :( She won't be back here 'til Tuesday, so we'll see...


LIZARD...

[milivica]

Wow! Too many cool things to list!

When what they were about to do was interrupted, he was able to 'appraise' the situation and switch priorities (flexible thinking!), then, borrowed HER perspective and took over as co-regulator!

DANG!!! That is awesome!

[gynwhyver]

Yeah, what Mili said!!! Honestly, that is so truly awesome. One of the hardest things I'm having to deal with with my daughter is empathy for others (you know, taking things that belong to others - like gum, a sensory thing for her - when it doesn't belong to you is not nice.). That others have feelings too and those feelings are just as important as her own, and that her actions or inactions can change how others feel...it's not sinking in. She doesn't care that I get upset if she gets into my purse and smears lipstick all over her face or takes gum (that I stash in there as a "reward" when we're out) or takes everything out of my wallet...she's told me if I didn't want her to get in it, then I should have put it up where she couldn't get to it. (Too smart that one because she was absolutely right! Sneaky little 8 yr old :rolleyes: ).

That Liz hurt herself and Drew wanted to help and took steps to help....just WOW!

Congratulations Drew!!!!

[milivica]

>>>>She doesn't care that I get upset if she gets into my purse and smears lipstick all over her face...

She cares! Just not in the same way a child who can borrow YOUR perspective will. Sooooo much harder not to do things like that, when you have no functional idea that "I" am part of "Mom" being upset. The lipstick, gum, those things have to do with you being upset. That's how I'd have looked at it once upon a time anyhow. Or, I'd have some sense it was 'something' I did, or didn't do, but overall just a sense that I screwed up again, and would have no idea how to fix it. Similar to the 'duh' factor I so often see with my nt husband ;)