Day 5 of Potty Training

Dry all day ....... yippee!

It's a busy day for Alex today. Woke up at 7:00am and then breakfast, get dressed and straight to nursery by 8:30am.

Today is the first day of Speech and Language Therapy at nursery. Angie worked with him for 20 minutes and then had a long chat with me after that. She was really impressed with his development.

We discussed if we should continue with PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System) and I told her that we don't really need that because Alex is communicating fine with us. His problem is with speech and sound. She decided that we will try Jolly Phonics with him next week and Catherine, his key carer will also work with him once a week on the same. Catherine was really surprised by the level of understanding that Alex has. Of course I was not surprised because he has been doing it will us at home for some time.

Wednesday is definitely a busy day for this little boy. SALT (Speech and Language Therapy) and then Inclusion with Amanda followed by exercise class.

After nursery, I toke him to town centre for lunch at Burger King while waiting for our next appointment to see Rebecca for SALT Assessment. She spent roughly about 20 minutes with us and asking Alex standard questions from a book to assess his level of understanding. Alex was not paying attention most of the time but when prompted to pay concentrate he did better.

Base on his score, he is at the level of 30 to 42 months (2.5 to 3.5 years) but because we knew it was a long day for him and that he wasn't concentrating like he should, he would be at the level of 4 years to 4.5 years - that is very very good. He knows the meaning of heavy, heavier and heaviest which impresses Rebecca. Alex is turning four next month and this meant that his level of understanding surpassed his age.

While still at the SALT centre, Alex wanted to poo and I took him to the toilet but because the toilet was way bigger than him, he can't do it comfortably. Then I told him to hold until we get home.

As soon as we got home (15 minutes later), he ran upstairs to the toilet and I helped him with his pants.

He did it!

He was so happy that he did it and loved every minute of the praise I gave him.

Well done Alex! Mummy love you so much.