Life has been crazy at the Stafford house recently, so I apologize for not posting any new updates lately.
Peyton is doing very well! He started his school district classes in September. He attends a social skills group two mornings a week and has 30 minutes of speech therapy prior to his social skills group one day. The group that he's currently in is comprised of 5 kids all with some language delays which are causing delays in socialization. Last week, I met with his teacher and she told me that Peyton's language skills are above what she's teaching in his current group, so she will be creating a new group for him and one of his classmates starting in November, that will focus exclusively on applying his language to socialization. James and I are very pleased that the teacher is willing to make this change so early in the school year!
The three other days of the week, he continues to go to his inclusion preschool at Milestones, part of Abilities United. He loves it there! He's made some great friends. Our little guy is growing up; he now calls me "Mom" and James "Dad". Rarely, he'll call us Mommy and Daddy, but he's definitely not a little baby any more!
Potty training has derailed - up through last week, he was able to pee and poo on the potty, but just wouldn't tell us when he had to go. Then on Sunday, he refused to go to the potty AND refused to get his diaper dirty. This caused big messes at night. :-( So, I've had to beg him to go in his diaper and we'll revisit the potty another time. (He'll go at school, sometimes, so it's definitely a control issue on his part - my little Taurus).
But, I'm happy to tell you that Peyton has started to SPELL! He can tell you what letter words start with, and has learned to spell his own name. We are so proud of him!
