Lost a tooth!

Yesterday afternoon Sean showed me that he had a loose tooth. It didn't look too bad, and besides, wouldn't he have mentioned it before if it was really loose? Well, after we put him to bed, we were watching television in the living room. We heard him call for Michael. After a minute, Michael called for me! Sean's tooth had come out! We calmed Sean down and got him to lay back down. Then we had to go figure out the tooth fairy thing! It sure seems like we are doing this parent adventure on fast forward!

We also met with Sean's psychiatrist yesterday afternoon. He was amazed at the difference he saw in Sean since he saw him last month. He was supportive of our cutting down on Sean's medication. However, he spent the time talking to us, not Sean. I thought psychiatrists were supposed to do some counseling, too, not just write a prescription. We were in there 15 minutes. Fortunately, the guardian ad litem is arranging for some counseling for Sean. Maybe that will give him some real coping skills and truly help with the trauma he has experienced.

Sean Prays

Ok several days ago, I told y'all about Sean praying for the first time. He simply repeated what I said. Hearing that sent my heart soaring. That was nothing compared to tonight. Tonight he prayed all on his own. I prompted him to pray and was going to let him repeat what I said. However, he started the prayer all on his own and with only a VERY small amount of prompting he prayed all on his own tonight. Right now the prayers we pray focus mostly on just thanking God for people and animals, but I figure that is the best place to start. I know that it has to bring a sweet tear to God's eye to hear the prayers of one so innocent and precious because it certainly brings a tear to my eye.

I must say that I am continually amazed by God's blessings. He has surrounded us with so many people that we can go to for support and for advice and guidance. I don't know where I would be without people like my mom. Sean acts so much like I did when I was his age that I am constantly calling my mom to give me advice on how to handle him. I figure I might as well go to the expert on this.

Thank you to the rest of you for your wisdom, advice and guidance. We couldn't do this without you.