Noah's New Beginning

Sean was chasing Noah around the house.... wait Noah!

Noah walks buy his hand in the poket.

Gee, I wonder why Sean wants to follow me.

I wish Mom would leave me alone.

I think I'll go upstairs to get away from those people...

My brother only wants to be in the picture, what a crazy boy he is!!

Noah has been a handful lately.  I have to constantly check where he is and what he is doing when we are at home because he could be up for no good.  The other day, he trashed his closet, pulling out all the clothes that were hanging and dumped everything on the floor.  After taking everything out from where they belong and creating a huge pile of everything, he climbed on top of the dresser and was about to trash the shelf above it when I stopped him.  At that point, I told him what I felt in a very firm voice since I was furious with him.  I told him it's not OK to make a huge mess like that.  He then sort of looked at me and smiled big, which made me even madder.  I demanded him to acknowledge me that he understood what he did was bad.  I taught him to raise his hand if he understood and after about 10th try, he raised his right arm.  Well, that made me a very happy Mom. 

Previously, I gave up in about 5th try since he completely ignored me.  I shrugged off and moved on, thinking he is not interested in listening to me.  So, this incident was a huge step forward in my book.  It changed how I interact with Noah in a big way.  Now, I expect Noah to communicate me either by signing or vocally every time I ask him a question.  After many tries, he does respond to me and he makes much more eye contacts now.  He even points to my eyes as if saying, "yeah, Mom, I know I am supposed to look at you."  He also grabbed my face yesterday with his little hands, brought me closer to his face and directly looked at my eyes and said "aaaah!!"   I think he was saying "YEEESSS!!!", expressing his annoyance in a humorous way.  I think that kid is going to be a joker.

Now Mike is using this method and we both are feeling good about Noah's progress.  Yay, to team Campbell!!  Despite the loss of BSU today against Texas Christian... boohoo!!