I’ve been really amazed at the progress Jett has made in just a short time. He’s putting more words together to form sentences, and his single-world vocabulary has also increased tremendously. He’s also using more signs: please, more, banana, apple, and ball are some of them.

We went to the park a few days ago, and he found a bottle cap on the ground. I instructed him to throw the cap away in the garbage can because it was trash, and that’s where we put trash. We went to the garbage can, and he found a straw wrapper as well, so we threw it in there. Later on, he started collecting acorns, which has become a park ritual of his. He started digging one out of the ground, and I said “That one’s all dirty. Maybe you should leave that one there.” He said “Dirty? Throw away, in the trash?” I was tickled to death that he made that connection and put together such a good sentence. It was a little slurred and mumbled, as many of his sentences are, but still understandable to me. 🙂

Some of his sensory issues seem to be resolving as well, but I’m starting to notice a lot of super hyperactive behavior. I know he’s always been pretty hyper, but I’m just now starting to really see it. We have our OT evaluation tomorrow morning, so we’ll find out more then.

He’s still doing ST on his own, and it’s going really well. His SLP consistently says that he’s using several words during the session, but she’s reminded us the past few times to keep working on getting him to pay attention to us. This, along with his hyperactivity, is starting to really make me consider ADHD as a big contributor to his communication and behavior issues.

More to come after his evaluation tomorrow!