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Now that we know what we know about Tanner...it's time to enjoy our lives and mold our lives to help better serve him to always allow for progression and avoid regression of any kind. We have noticed now that the Dr. upped the dosage on the Clondine (his blood pressure medicine) he has been sleeping a lot better at night. For awhile the medicine was causing night terrors, but luckily those side effects have subsided. But with the medicine being increased, we have noticed a huge change in his behavior throughout the day as well...it keeps his levels more at a normal range to avoid any type of over excitement. We have noticed that it has increased his speech a lot too, as he has been able to calm down enough to listen better, there for talk better!! We couldn't be happier to see all the changes and progression he has made just since 2/16/2012... One major thing that has been a progression is the use of forks and spoons, he now enjoys to "stab" his food and eat it on his own...
On 03/14/2012 When I went to my moms house on my lunch break I was telling my mom that the night before, Tanner and I were saying what color all the dogs were..as I was talking to my mom Tanner says, "What color is Colt".....I was shocked, Tanner has never asked questions on his own. Engaging in a conversation isn't something we have really done, so I said to him "Brown"...then he starting walking around saying "What color is colt? Brown" The fact that he actually initiated the conversation was major to me...Normally our conversations is just asking Tanner a question and getting a 1 to 2 word response!! It just gives me more and more hope that he will be "up to speed" in no time!!! :) That night before though, unfortunately it was MELTDOWN drama that whole evening...nothing was going "his way". We went on a bike ride to enjoy the weather, but after we came inside all Hell broke loose! He didn't like the way his hot wheels truck was rolling, he ate apple sauce and when I threw the container away it was like I just threw away his whole life, he was running around the house kicking walls, screaming, and yelling...days like that you have to just be strong even though you just want to break down and cry because you dont know what to do or how to help...explaining to him that "its ok" doesn't mean anything to him so sometimes you just feel powerless.
Tanner is such a smart little boy and Kevin and I couldn't be more proud of him. He is already counting to 12..and we are counting coins...we have also started slowly working with telling time..He has down 6:30! :) He knows his colors...it just amazes me how much he picks up every single day!! :) I cant wait to see what the future holds for our little boy genius!!