Mands: 36

Our little Tony had trouble sleeping last night which caused him to become quite sleepy during the twelve o’clock hour. His sleepiness had ill side effects such as anger and frustration. Life is hard when you’re tired. I think we’ve all felt this way before.

We went for a walk and when he manded for walk was the time I started the mand clicker. Before we made it out the door Tony wanted to make a pit stop in the hall bathroom. He brushed his teeth and fiddled with the lights. He would mand for me to turn the water on. If I did not turn it on full blast, he would reach the knob and turn the pressure up. Each time I turned the water off he wanted it back on. I said bye bye water, bye bye sink, and walked out the door. He followed my lead. We had a lovely walk which involved bus playing and stop/ go. Woo-hoo, its hot out there, especially when you run. I could tell Tony was wondering why I was nowhere close to full speed. He tried saying go with more enthusiasm; he said “doooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!” — and I just jogged. Sorry, it’s the heat!

This morning Tony did a little bit of each category in phase II. The tacts and intraverbals are the categories Tony excelled in and consequently we almost finished these. Maybe Tony will be ready to do some more ABA after OT this afternoon. In an attempt to make the cards less of a chore I focused on activities of Tony’s choosing and only presented the cards during the moments it took to ask a question and get a response from Tony. We took looooong breaks between the questions and played with whichever toys Tony wanted. We didn’t end up getting through a whole lot, but what we did do Tony wasn’t upset with.

What did end up frustrating him pretty badly was a toy. Marlaina decided it was time for a break, so Tony watched “Blue’s Clues.” When he was still cranky after the break we knew it was time for night night