I got a note from my sons occupational therapist telling me that the improvement this year is excellent! Hit teacher told me I was one of the best Mothers she has ever met...the EA that tutored him here last year told me the same thing.

This week he is starting to try to eat new foods and he is doing well...this issue has been going on for three years...now finally we are getting somewhere.

He is bathing himself...still needs my help but with guidance he is becoming more independant.

He transitioned with this move so well he could not have done any better.

He is sleeping in his own bed every night....he is not even crawling in with me.

I guess i just needed to pat myself on the back..with so much going on and with him having ocd, aspergers and tourettes...he is EXCELLING...they even used that word. I can honestly say..I did it all on my own. The other kids in his class go to respite...I just could never put him in an institutional setting....I would rather have them here. Socially he is coming along but I have allowed him to have friends sleep over every weekend so he can learn to relate and relate to his peers and continue to be a good friend and a good person. We have used the autism support group...that was very hard...he really didn't like it and my body was at the stage that it never stopped shaking so I felt like I looked like a freak. I know I have done the best for him even with being on my own and healing my PTSD.

I guess that is a success story.....3 or 4 years ago....I really thought he would be better off without me...Wrong thinking....I know.