He's Back, YAHOO!!!!!!

My sweet, fun loving little guy is back, man it was a long 3 weeks. Things have been back to normal or even a little better for about 5 days now, THANK GOD! I haven't wanted to say anything in fear I would jinx us but I feel safe now. What ever issues little man was having have finally faded. I felt so bad for L he was having issues of course only with Mommy not Daddy, lucky me :~) He was sad, not smiling or having fun with anything, he didn't want to go any where maybe outside here or there but not really even that. Eye contact with me was lost and his affection to me seemed forced not wanted or needed.

He is making great eye contact again, loving on me, wanting me to help him with things and even holding my hand again on his own. The only thing I still see is he just wants to be at home, maybe he is having fears that he is not coming back, who knows. I hate that he takes these steps back but it is all part of the process for him. He is definitely attaching, I will not say we are there a hundred percent yet maybe more like 90 but everyday we work on it just by doing everyday things like snuggling, holding hands and playing. Over a year later we still have our struggles.

He definitely knows I am his Mommy, he checks in with me while we are at parties or someones house. He hugs and kisses me on his own and he wants me when he gets hurt. These are all things that took MANY MANY MONTHS to achieve. The strides he has made over the last year are wonderful and I am sure he will be able to have healthy, loving relationships when he's older.

My friend Tania and her daughter Julia came over last night, Logan loves them. He was so cute he asked for his Nanny and Papa to come over and I told him they were still on vaca so he then proceeded to say "Tania, baby come mines house". It was so cute, he is now asking for people to come over, (notice come to his house, a month ago it would have been to go). So I gave her a call and they came over, L was so happy, he wanted to hold her right away (see pics below). He is sooooo good with her, he has always from the first time we went over after she was born tried to help take care of her. She started crying and he had to find her pacifier and give it to her, he rubs her face and head, gives her toys and says SSHHHHH when she cries, what a nice boy.

Logan went today for a re-evaluation on his speech, I knew he would not qualify anymore. Since July his speech has exploded, he is starting to speak in 2 and 3 word sentences. I think he may be behind his peers just a little but nothing that requires services anymore. Congratulations Logan you are doing so well. So he is officially out of the system, it stinks really because the program in Michigan is great we are one of 8 states that have such great resources from birth to 3. If I feel like Logan needs to be re-evaluated before he is 3 we will go back there if not in March when he is 3 he will go into our local school system.