I should have just given him the soy milk

Sigh.... such a rough morning today. My D threw an epic fit about wanting the soy milk in the purple box usually reserved for lunches and car trips. When told that these were for lunches he threw himself under the table and refused to eat breakfast. All in front of Grandma and Grandpa. Great. Even tho these are my own parents I felt like I was the star of "the bad parent show".

No amount of hugs or sit in the chair could calm him or get him to come out. My J was starting to throw her food, so backpacks and lunches were put in the car and packed his waffle in a plastic cup, put my breakfast in the car, carried D to the car with no shoes or socks and got his sister and her shoes. Quick "bye" to the grandparents and we were off. Change of scenery worked and before we dropped his sister off, he was asking me for more waffle. Where was my sweet boy when we had an audience?

Since this fit caused us to miss his bus, I took him to school. Because of a teeny tiny packing lot and a million school buses, we couldn't even get down the cul-de-sac to the school and parked and walked from the main road. Lovely day to walk but I was already late to work. D was smiling and chipper despite loud bus engines by the time I got him to his class. I warned his teacher about the fit but emphasized he was happy now.

Got to work an hour late and in a bad mood. Would it have been different if I had just given him the freaking milk? Or was the fit going to happen no matter what?

So what is it?

Thursday David started his new school. He attended 2.5 for 2 days. He is tired when he leaves and is being actively engaged, unlike his old school which let him play quietly as long as he wasn't fussing. Meanwhile I start him on the high dose B6, Friday we got the Magnesium/Calcium/trace elements mix and yesterday we got the probiotics. Over the weekend, he has made HUGE mental leap. I have no idea what is doing it for him or is it a mix of all of it? Something is working!!

Things David has never done or rarely done before this weekend 11/14-11/15:

- LOTS and LOTS of "what's that"

- Answering "what's that" questions asked of him

- Drawn something and named it - "camel" "mouse"

- talked spontaneously about things

- answered questions about school, really trying to find words

- bargained- "Go potty, watch rocket"

- talked on skype with Nana and Grandad for almost 20 minutes

- played with animals in appropriate way - fed the wax cow and Elmer, walked them around.

- told us the story of how the cow and Elmer were eating, what they were doing

- added "ed" for past tense to words which he had never heard "stucked"

In general, more eye contact, more talking, clearer talking, less fits, less scripted speech and long silences. More potty using, less fussing with that and more dressing of himself.

We are hopeful. :)