It's bittersweet. We love his OT, and he's made TREMENDOUS progress. He's learned to ride a bike, button his shirts, put on his shoes and socks....all things that seem small, especially when Becca can do them already...but they're big things for us. We've worked through his sensory processing disorder and found new ways to cope with it. He's shown progress in following multi-step directions.
On the other hand...now we're on our own. The OT has given us tools to help him along and he's finally caught up to kids his age.
Preschool has not gone well at all. In fact, he hates it and is begging not to go anymore. We told him he had to stick it out till Christmas, and then we'll talk about it some more. Socially....he doesn't play with the other kids at all. I like that he's ok to play by himself, but it's sad to me that he doesn't have friends like all the other kids do. His teacher is concerned that he may have Aspergers (which is sort of a high functioning form of autism). His teacher isn't the only person that has brought it up to me. I don't know if that's completely true.....it's hard for me to diagnose. From the research I've done, he has some of the markers for it, but he doesn't have ALL the major issues that most children with Aspergers have.
Right now, we're praying about how to continue....we could have him evaluated by a developmental pediatrician and a psychologist, or we could keep going as we are for awhile. I think that we'll probably wait until his 5 year check-up and discuss it with his pediatrician and then maybe again with his OT, we'll see.
