He had a dentist appointment on Tuesday and he did really well. He got a rating of excellent and he did a great job with the x-rays, even the hygenist was impressed! He has no cavities, which makes us so happy! His mouth is a little small in terms of having room for his adult teeth, but that will be something we'll deal with later, if we need to at all. We are really proud of him and how good he was for the dentist.
We've also been working on potty training more seriously since my spring break. He's been in underpants only since then and we have been about 50% of the way there, up until last week. Around his birthday we told him that 4 year olds go poop in the potty and last week, he must have taken it seriously. We had a few accidents last weekend, but he has no accidents this week! We are so proud of him. Last week, he wanted to call someone every time he went, but we have moved this week to him wanting, in his words, "3 things, a hug, a kiss and a five". So, now he is happy to have those three things and to be told how proud we are of him. We are so happy to have this done before the baby comes. We are hoping it is done and that we will have enough time for him to get it down completely so that he does not revert when the baby is born.
Ethan just finished his 8 week Nature Explorers program. It was a program that was held once a week for 2 hours at local metroparks and it was through his private therapy. He was able to get extra speech and occupational therapy while there, which is a big reason we signed him up. We also signed him up to help him get more opportunities with kids and adults he didn't know as well. It has been great because he has been so much better about playing with and near other kids, including groups of kids. We really noticed it when we had his b-day party with my family a few weeks ago and if you know my family there are a lot of kids, 10 total. The 7 youngest were at the party and Ethan impressed us so much by playing with them in the little pool, in the yard and even just talking to all of the adults in the family. Normally, he gets very shy and clings to either Matt or I and doesn't play with any of the kids. He also went to our church VBS this summer and he did a great job there. We think that the group therapy he got this summer really helped him. We are so proud of the changes he has made in the past year especially. We can't wait for his teacher to see him now, as he has changed tremendously during this summer also :)
I wanted to put a few pictures and videos of Ethan also...
Aren't I cute??
"Sleeping" with his football.
"Sleep" Dancing, this is his new thing, pretending to be asleep.
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