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Let me first start with how amazing Ben's special night turned out to be. I feel guilty even writing this but it was so nice to be able to go out with just Ben. Everything was so relaxed and enjoyable. I think the last time we were alone with Ben he was 8 weeks old so it was such a treat to spoil him. We realized what it must be like for other families who get the opportunity to have one child at a time vs. two and then the whole special needs situation throws in another added dimension. Anyway, I'll just leave it that the night was amazing and we agreed we needed to treat Ben to both parents more often. Anyway, here is a picture of Ben out to dinner and he was eating dirt (pudding and oreos) and was in heaven. We then went to a friends house for outdoor movie night which was great. Ben watched it for about 10 mins and decided going inside to play with the Thomas train set and table was more fun. Now we know what to get him for Christmas!
As for Tyler, he has been a bit off lately, I think it may be due to the colds. He's been difficult to engage in activities for long periods of time and he's also been more active than normal, i.e. wanting to run in circles more than normal. This could just be because we are having trouble engaging him so he's doing it himself. Anyway, we discussed how to get him back on track which leads me to the next topic; verbal behavior. Verbal behavior is an approach based on the workings of BF skinner. Without going into too much detail, we are advocates of this approach and have recently learned how to practice this at home. We brainstormed as a family this weekend (dad, mom, grandma) on what we need to do at home to make verbal behavior a possibility. We need to rearrange the environment, set up rewards, and basically change some of our schedules and there are a lot of things we need to purchase to help support the environment. I'd be happy to share more details, if you have any questions, just send me an email. Anyway, I'm really excited about this new path we have for Tyler.
