Brooke Making Fantastic Progress

Grandma and I went over to see Brooke last night. What an amazing change I saw in her with vocabulary and mood.

When we walked into the house, Brooke was very upset. Cora said Brooke had seen a candy bar and wanted it, but it is not allowed with her diet. Brookes words to her Mom were "I want it, I want it now". Seeing Brooke was upset, I knelt down and asked her why she was upset. She climbed into my arms, squeezed me around the neck and said " dad-dy". She then went into a long conversation, which I couldn't quite understand. I carried her into the living room, and sat on the couch with her. She climbed down, grabbed my hand, and pulled me to the closet where her dvd's are. I picked her up so she could grab her dvd case. As I was setting her down, she said to me "I got it, ok". She unzippered her case, and studied the dvd's, until she found one she wanted. She handed it to me, I handed it to her Mom, and she put it in the machine. Brooke really didn't want to watch it, she went back into the kitchen by herself. Probably trying to find the candy bar. The experts say autistic kids crave what they can't have. Brooke finally came back into the living room and crawled back into my lap. Grandma wanted a hug, but hugs are given on Brookes terms. After about 10 minutes, Brooke climbed out of my lap, into Grandma's lap, and gave her a big hug. Brooke then wanted to watch the movie in her room. She pulled me into her room and likes me to hold her as she watched the movie. After about 10 minutes, I told Brooke I had to go bye-bye. She got up, took my hand and started heading out of her room. I stopped her and told her I was going bye-bye, she had to stay home with Mommy. I gave her a kiss on the cheek and told her bye. Her reaction I had never seen before. She climbed back into her bed, propped her head up on her arm, and started watching the movie. No chasing after me, no tantrums, nothing. I walked into the living room and told Grandma it was time to go. Even took Linda off guard, ok to leave this easy?

Hopefully things will continue going in this direction for Brooke. Her Mom started her on TMG 4 days ago. TMG is really DMG with one more active ingredient. It is also a higher dose than the DMG. Many of the Autism Doctors have great success with the higher dose TMG for vocabulary and mood. Sure has made a believer out of me.