Why?

     Every morning Samual wakes up, grabs his blanket (or as he calls it, bacon) and his pillow and climbs into bed with me to wake me up. We usually talk for a few minutes, he yells at me to wake up and then we play a game of how long can mommy lay there motionless before Samual decides he's had enough. It's not a perfect wake up routine but we're used to it and it works.

     Samual usually has sensory issues in the morning where his body takes a bit to adjust to being awake. Sometimes he handles these very well and others not so much. One of the ways he copes with his sensory issues is by pinching others. It is not usually painful and it is not meant to be either. He simply grabs another persons skin, pinches lightly and then tenses up his entire body. I can't explain the mechanics of it but I know it helps him to release some of that built up tension in his body. Although it is not usually painful we are trying to correct the behavior so that he does not accidentally hurt someone and we want to teach him other ways to cope with his sensory issues.

With all that explained I bring you this mornings conversation:

Me: Sami please don't pinch
Samual: Why?
Me: Oh, it's not nice buddy.
Samual: Not nice? why?
Me: Because it hurts people
Samual: hurts? why?
Me: Why? Oh...uh...I don't know why it hurts buddy.
Samual: okay wake up mommy.

He has never used the word why before. I was so excited but way too tired to try to explain why pinching hurts. It's amazing how far we've come in the last year or so. I am so excited to see what new things he will learn every day.

Samual enjoying breakfast and dragon show this morning. 

We get the results of his autism tests today. Will write on that later.


Peace & Love,