TODAY WAS A LESSON . DAK WAS GETTING READY FOR A SHOWER-- AS THE YEARS HAVE PROGRESSED WE HAVE FINE TUNED AND TWEAKED THE PROCESS FROM DEPOSITING HIS UNDERCLOTHES IN THE LAUNDRY BASKET TO TAKING OFF HIS WATCH OR LEARNING HOW TO PREPARE THE WATER BY TESTING THE TEMPERATURE ALL BABY STEPS FOR SOMEONE WHO JUST DOESN'T HAVE THE "CONCEPT" OF DOING THIS BY THEMSELVES---ITS ALL TRAINABLE BUT A MUCH SLOWER PROCESS THAN WITH A TYPICALLY DEVELOPING CHILD---- OK
SO WHILE IN THE SHOWER DAK DECIDED THAT HE NEEDED TO EXIT THE SHOWER AND USE THE TOILET --IT SEEMS TO RELAX HIM AND OFTEN TIMES IS A GREAT WAY TO ACHIEVE THE 'DESIRED OUTCOME' {EXCUSE THE PUN} HE REQUIRES PRIVACY AS MOST OF US DO BUT AFTER HE IS FINISHED HE BECKONS ME TO HELP WITH CLEAN UP -- ABOUT THE TIME THAT THE TOILET FLUSHED I HEARD A RACKET AND IT SOUNDED AS IF HE HAD KNOCKED SOMETHING OFF THE SHELF AND BROKE IT. A FEW SECONDS LATER HE CAME OUT OF THE BATHROOM WITH THE MOST PECULIAR LOOK ON HIS FACE AND HE SAID -- I FLUSHED IT--- I MADE A MISTAKE--- AND I SAID WHAT DID YOU FLUSH ?? AND HE SAID MY WATCH --ITS GONE I FLUSHED IT!
I SAID NO YOU DIDNT AND HE SAID--"YEP" AND HE GRABBED HIS WRIST. I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE IT-- I LOOKED AROUND AND IT WAS NO WHERE TO BE FOUND AND I SAID DID IT FALL AFTER THE FLUSH OR DID YOU DROP IT AND THEN FLUSH-- I COULD SEE THAT HE WAS STRUGGLING WITH THE QUESTIONED BUT AFTER A FEW MINUTES I REALIZED THAT WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS THAT AS HE REACHED FOR THE HANDLE TO FLUSH HE SIMULTANEOUS HIT THE SHELF HIS WATCH WAS ON AND IT FELL AS HE FLUSHED.
THERE IS REASON I WRITE ABOUT THIS: HE HAS BEEN ATTACHED TO THIS WATCH SO CLOSELY THAT THE LIGHT WENT OUT AND THE BAND HAS ALMOST COMPLETELY WORN OUT BUT HE HAS REFUSED TO ALLOW ANYONE TO TAKE IT OFF OF HIM OR LET ME MAIL IT IN TO REPAIR THE LIGHT. TO SEE HIM HANDLE LOOSING THIS WATCH THE WAY HE DID WAS A HUGE VICTORY. AND THE LOOK ON HIS FACE WAS PRICELESS.
WE DID SUFFER SOME RESIDULE BEHAVIOR BUT MINOR AT BEST-- I MADE SURE THAT I DIDN'T REACT NEGATIVELY WHEN HE TOLD ME ABOUT THE WATCH ;ONE THING I HAVE LEARNED USUALLY THE HARD WAY IS THAT THE LESS REACTION THE BETTER THE BEHAVIOR ON DAKOTA'S PART. TRYING NOT TO LET HIM FEEL THAT HE DID SOMETHING WRONG AND THAT IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT SOMETHING BEYOND HIS CONTROL. HOWEVER ABOUT AN HOUR LATER HE GOT ESCALATED AND STARTED GRABBING AT MOM TRYING TO GET ME UPSET OR MAD WHEN HE COULDN'T GET A REACTION FROM ME THEN HE THREATENED TO HIT HIMSELF. INSTEAD OF DISCUSSING THE INCIDENT WITH HIM I TRIED TO RE-DIRECT HIM ON TO OTHER SUBJECTS OR THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING AT THE TIME LIKE ASKING IF HE HAD GONE TO CHECK THE MAIL OR ABOUT A TV SHOW THAT COULD BE AIRING AT THAT MOMENT-- ANYTHING TO INTERRUPT AND REDIRECT ,
ALL IN ALL THE WATCH IS IN THE TOILET AND ON ITS WAY TO THE "RIVERS OF AMERICA" CANT CRY OVER SPILLED MILK SO WE HAVE TO GET ON WITH LIFE-- I OFFERED HIM ANOTHER WATCH I HAD BOUGHT HIM AND HE RECOILED AND REFUSED -- AFTER A WHILE I WAS ABLE TO CONVINCE HIM TO PUT IT ON BUT SHORTLY THERE AFTER HE STARTED HAVING STUPID BEHAVIOR AND THEN SIGNALED ME THAT HE WANTED TO TAKE OFF THE WATCH SO I DECIDED WHY FI IT??? AFTER I WRITE THIS I SUPPOSE I WILL BE ON THE WEB SITE TRYING TO BUY ANOTHER WATCH TO REPLACE IT!!!
NOT GONNA GO DOWN TO THE LOCAL SEWER PROCESSING PLANT AND PUT A CLAIM IN!! ITS JUST IN THE TOILET!
