John woke up the same as usual, with crying. But it didn't last as long as I've seen it last. The rest of the morning was pretty good. We didn't have any meltdowns...which was good. It gave me a little bit of time getting ready for the day.
I spent some time this morning putting makeup on, and in the meantime, the house ended up looking like a tornado went through it. Today, John wanted pickle juice with cut up pickles in it. Of course he was very picky about the cup it had to be in, but since the cup was clean, we had no problems...yay!!! After I made John his pickle "cocktail" I went back to my makeup. After a few minutes, John came in with a different cup and had made me a pickle "cocktail"! What a sweetheart!!! Those are the moments that I cherish with him (with both my kids).
I told you that I had time to myself this afternoon. I went and got my hair done. I was so excited to do this and was so excited for the time by myself. But in preparing for this afternoon (yes, more prep went into this day than you think) I was completely nervous about how it would go. Usually Grandma and Grandpa watch John. Why? Because not only do we find that most people don't want to watch him, we also know that not many people understand his behaviors.
Today was an exception and I had a friend in our town watch John. When I asked her, I made a point to let her know that she didn't have to say yes. But I truly believed that out of everyone I could choose to watch John, besides his grandparents, I knew I could trust her with any behaviors John might throw at her.
Guess what?!?! I was told that John did good! She told me that at one point she asked John a question and he told her "leave me alone." I know this may seem rude, but if you know John, this was a huge step to share with someone besides us that he wanted to be left alone. A lot of the time, he just starts having a meltdown instead of vocalizing his needs. It's a step-by-step process and we celebrate what seems to be little milestones.
Bedtime went into meltdown mode. Since I was gone, my daughter watched John after school. I ended up being later than I expected and then my husband ended up working late as well. We ate pizza for supper and I thought all was well (John ate 3 pieces) until my husband ate the rest of the pizza.....John walked into the kitchen and it was 0-meltdown in 1.5 seconds!! After that I had to try to get him changed into a pull-up and jammies weren't even an option again tonight.....and we were still upset that all the pizza was gone.
I expect that he will ask for pizza for breakfast and we will obviously have pizza for lunch (yes, he will remember that I promised to make more pizza tomorrow). We have officially graduated from our peanut butter sandwiches (we went through a medium-size jar of peanut butter in less than a week) and pickle juice phase to a pizza phase. This means I will be making a bunch of pizza in the next few days.
Like I said, overall it wasn't a really bad day. And hey, maybe I just found someone to help us with John when Grandma and Grandpa might not be available. I'm hoping tomorrow is also a good day. I'll be back to share tomorrow night. Good night and God Bless!!!
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