I'm Behaving!

For the last 8 weeks, my behavior therapist wanted Mommy to keep track of how many times I was "aggressive" (hit other people) or "self-injurious" (hit myself or banged my head). The first week, I had 54 aggression tally marks and 70 self-injurious tally marks. Each week it has gotten better. This week....I had two aggression marks and NO self-injurious marks! Mommy said I get a special treat tonight, so instead of regular Vanilla Pediasure through my feeding tube, I get Strawberry! :o)

Next on our list to work on is eating from a different spoon. All of you knew that I would only eat for Mommy, but not many people knew that I only eat from the rubber-tipped baby spoons! Mommy didn't know until one day she forgot to bring a spoon with my lunch, and she tried to use the plastic baby spoon she keeps in our emergency kit. I wouldn't eat the food even though I was hungry. So far though, it looks like I'm going to hold out longer than I did when other people tried feeding me. I made progress there pretty quickly. But Mommy has been trying for the last week to get me to take just one bite from a different spoon and I absolutely refuse! She thought it was too easy now that other people can feed me, so I have to keep her on her toes!