flabbergasted

[Jimjams]

Not really proud but definitely flabbergasted.

Afetr 3 years of refusing to wear any sort of hat ever ds1 has decided that he will wear hats now. Wore my dad's motorcycle helmet yesterday (!!) and a cap all afternoon. Does this mean the BIBIC senory program is working? Hope so. I'm getting over excited and thinking about donkey riding now!

May I alert you to the fact that my ds2 will not remove a bike helmet all the time. He thinks he is a fireman. GR!!

WHat happened?

dunno- he's decided he will wear dressing up clothes made form funny materials as well (see proud yesterday). He used to claw at himself if you tried to put anything like that on. I do suspect the BIBIC programme.
Luckily ds1 doesn't really know what a fireman is so hopefully that won't become a problem Your ds doesn't try to sleep in it does he?

That's good news Jimjams, hope this rush of new achievements continues .

JimJams
Really good news, glad it's something so cheering.

BTW my stepson has written to us with his new address. his residential centre has built new apartments, and by showing him round at each stage of the building,and decorating, and involving him in choosing the appliances (white goods are one of his "things" he has actually enjoyed the move. We are amazed

God this is all great stuff, he sounds like he's doing really well and I'm chuffed for you.

Excellent! I do hope he doesn't turn into Coddy's helmet addicted son now. Motorcycle helmets are really hot and heavy aren't they??

that is brilliant news both Jimjams and easy...

wow. thats a step forward isnt it.

maybe one day u will find out the joys of kids wanting to dress up all the time, dd1 insist on wearing fairy outfits out a lot of the time. get comments of 'aww is she going to a party?'
erm no, she is just obsessed with dressing up.

Jimjams ahh that is brilliant news. LOL
It is so wonderful how all the children are really doing well

Misdee, we have a picture of ds1 aged about2 dressed in dd2's pink fairy dress. He loved it so much he insisted he went out with it on. Dh was walking around with this fairy boy in tow, wearing a pink tutu and wings over his joggers (ds not dh)!

hat on today JJ?

BTW mine was looking longingly at acricket helmet recently.

No not in bed but he has to have it on the floor. (a certain way round)

Not only hat- he's currently wearing a sheep outfit (I decided to test him) Last time I tried he could not wear it (was clawing at it like mad- even with a cotton t-shirt on) Now he's wearing it next to bare skin!!!!

tell me what BiBc is

British Institute for Brain Injured Children.

There's a thread on it further down.

Wonderful Jimjams, mine has never worn anything that has any "imaginary" element to it (not knowingly anyway!). Through repetition and "training" he will wear a helmet for cycling and horse riding, otherwise he's not allowed to take part in these activities. If you haven't thought of it already, how about putting his name down for Riding for the Disabled? We were on the waiting list for 2.5 years!! Its a nice activity and my son seems to like it, he's eager to get on the horse anyway.

well done little jimjams purlease tell me how you got him to wear it, my dd is refusing to wear her helmet at the moment-infact she looks absolutely petrified by it-help!

Do you mean how did we get him to wear his bike helmet or how Jimjams got her son to wear his dressing up hats? Sorry to go on so long but, if cycling is what you mean this is what we did. First, we taught him to cycle inside using phone books under the stabilisers to get the effect of pedalling (someone else did this, I could get more info). Then we took him out to the park on his bike without the helmet and it didn't take too long for him to "get" steering much to our surprise but a lot of tapping and correcting from us, one on each side. So we got him to like cycling and THEN made the helmet a conidtion of being allowed to cycle. Otherwise my ideas would be - Get her used to seeing the helmet first without any demands. Have lots of pictures from catalogues etc, maybe some books, with kids wearing their bike helmet when cycling and give simple commentary, e.g. "you wear this to go on your bike" or "hat for bike" (even have the two in separate pictures and put them together as you say it). Then encourage her to just hold it and give her the best thing she likes just for touching/holding it for, say 10 seconds (playdoh, smarties, throw up in the air?). Increase the time she just has to hold or touch it, saving special item just for that. Then get her to try putting it on her head just for 2 seconds, maybe have another that you put on too, possibly both look in the mirror and keep increasing that. This would be on the basis that she likes cycling so will care that wearing the helmet leads to the cycling? Whatever you do, don't get ambitious too quickly and make the times too long, softlee softlee! Sorry if its not what you were asking and is irrelevant

I'm not sure he knew he was sheep davros and he certainly has no idea what a pirate is! (although he looked quite pleased with himself when we were saying "wow a pirate". I'm just stunned he wore the nasty material and stuff on his head. Very great strides for him (still not keen on crinkly chips though- had then for tea and he kept shuddering).

We have Donkey riding at the donkey sanctuary near here so I'll probably go for that.

We didn't do anything fio2- until last week he refused point blank to have anything on his head- he just changed his mind last Thursday!

Thanks Davros and yes it IS just the bicycle helmet she is refusing to wear!! She wouldnt wear hats until recently but school sort of sorted that out for us. I have put the helmet in with her toys so its seen as a 'play thing' at the moment. At least shes touching it and going near it now, at first it was just a look of horror if it was even in the same room as her.