Travis's Progress

If you haven't read the "Autism" thread yet, read that first. Travis has been doing great the past two months. Having a diagnosis has helped us pay more attention and measure his progress probably more than the average parent notices in their 3 year old.

For the first time, he answered a question with a lot of detail two weeks ago! I asked him what he did at a friend's house when he was babysat. He told me, "I went downstairs, jumped on the trampoline, read a book, ate a snack, played piano, and played toys." I was so dumbfounded that I pulled the car over to call Ryan about it. He rarely answers questions. To get an answer out of him I have to hold his two options in front of him (i.e. the red shirt or the striped shirt) so he can point to communicate.

He has made a small food milestone as well. Yesterday he ate a banana and a half box of raisins. He hasn't eaten a banana since he was 10 months old. (He still eats 3-4 cans of baby food a day -the only way we can get fruits and veggies in him.) He even sat in his new church class without a cry for the two hour time period -even gave the prayer! It has been nothing less than a miracle yesterday -for real. Every Sunday we don't make church for more than an hour because he gets so overstimulated. Yesterday was the first time we had zero struggle with him. I'm sure the 9:00 a.m. church time is helping him as well instead of the 1:00 p.m. time we had last year.