He went to his 6th grade dance
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| Fri, 06-15-2007 - 9:00pm |
Josh asked to go this past week. He insisted that many of the kids from his class were going and he wanted to go to.
He insited that he had to dress up in a shirt tie and nice pants.
At first I wanted to say no because of the problems with testing and the failing issues. But DH reminded me of Socializing socializing. The fact Josh wanted to do this was a big deal. So we let him go.
We went last night to get him a good outfit complete with a blazer. And I got him a matching cap for the hair issue. Josh was worked up in his repitition mode. didn't want to get any teasing from the siblings. Wanted Dad to walk him in..
Darn he looked good. Darn DH for not taking a picture. But DH says he will get a good picture soon. Maybe then I can post it. But we had it all planned. Get hime from school. GFet hair cut to diminish the look of the bald patches from hair plucking(wasn't too bad but still noticable.) Came home ate, showered and got all dressed.Sniff sniff.
Went to the dance. He said he hung out with eh kids from his class. And he said he danced to some of the stuff Like the Cha Cha Slide. I can beleive he did because I know he has in the past. But of course anxious to get there, ws getting anxious for getting PU, and used his cell phone to remind us to pick him up..lol
After the dance he didn't shut up. DH and I agreed to lift restrictions and let him watch a movie on his computer in his room to help him chill down. Even Josh knew he needed chill down time.
But you can tell he enjoyed himself. One small step for man one Giant step for Josh
Rina

Rina that is so cool. I only hope one day when my ds is old enough I get the pleasure of the dance at school kinda thing. Knowing me I'll be on PTA and he'll have to let me come. LOL
Nora
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Rina, thank you for sharing this with us. In my heart, I've always hoped that our spectrum kids would actually WANT to attend things like dances, because it's such a "typical" thing to do! It makes me feel good to know that it actually does happen, and it gives me hope that someday our Noah and Claire may be able to do the same!
Amy
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Christine
Yes he did look good. I know Josh can be a socialble kid. And he tends to do what everybody else is doing to a point. You can tell when he has had to much because he will hold himself back.
I also know it also depends on the crowd, who is there etc. And you can tell when he feels uncomfortable.
BUT, many times I think it was a blessing for me not to know Josh had such a dx until last year. Becuase I never thought to treat him differently from any other kids. I never well treated him with kid gloves(does that make sense). And I guess between that and just being willing to fight with him it does help. I think he has confidence there on what he wants. I knwo it will be struggle but I think some how Josh will make it. many bumps inthe way but we will do it.
Rina
What a great thing for Josh Rina! I got goosebumps reading how he went and danced and had fun. Thanks for reminding us that our kids really will be okay :)
Lainie