Comments on: Bathtub Artist http://www.bothhandsandaflashlight.com/2008/07/17/bathtub-artist/ Two parents, one autistic toddler, a new baby, half a clue, and just enough light to see by Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:37:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: JB http://www.bothhandsandaflashlight.com/2008/07/17/bathtub-artist/comment-page-1/#comment-442 JB Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:10:09 +0000 http://www.bothhandsandaflashlight.com/?p=160#comment-442 hehehe......wait until you see the beautiful "Sharpies for Toddlers" gift pack I found for his birthday present! :-) And he straightened up the toys at preschool? Wow. That's awesome. Tell J-Man his Uncle Juan Carlos is here, and he says hello, I love you, and thanks for the card. hehehe……wait until you see the beautiful “Sharpies for Toddlers” gift pack I found for his birthday present! :-)

And he straightened up the toys at preschool? Wow. That’s awesome.

Tell J-Man his Uncle Juan Carlos is here, and he says hello, I love you, and thanks for the card.

]]> By: Tim http://www.bothhandsandaflashlight.com/2008/07/17/bathtub-artist/comment-page-1/#comment-441 Tim Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:42:20 +0000 http://www.bothhandsandaflashlight.com/?p=160#comment-441 @magicdrgn - Thanks! Yep. His smile has won the hearts of thousands. He may not be all that social sometimes, but his eyes light up the room regardless. @Mary (MPJ) - Go your son! J-Man is fascinated (well beyond the point of fixation sometimes) with his little LeapFrog computer. It's helping him learn letters and how to intentionally hit the right button (and not just mash them all until what he wants happens). So if it's a DS stylus, or a little computer, or whatever, if it's helping develop new skills, run with it! We'll take that kind of thing any way we can get it. @JB - Well I can say that the Magic Eraser pad did well, though washing bathtub crayon off involves it transmogrifying into this Easter Egg dye-like puddle that you have to soak up. Clean is clean, though. Though they did say that he helped straighten up the toys at preschool on Friday. So my natural reaction, "where did you put my real child?" :-) Those are the kinds of things he does somewhere else but not at home... @magicdrgn – Thanks! Yep. His smile has won the hearts of thousands. He may not be all that social sometimes, but his eyes light up the room regardless.

@Mary (MPJ) – Go your son! J-Man is fascinated (well beyond the point of fixation sometimes) with his little LeapFrog computer. It’s helping him learn letters and how to intentionally hit the right button (and not just mash them all until what he wants happens). So if it’s a DS stylus, or a little computer, or whatever, if it’s helping develop new skills, run with it! We’ll take that kind of thing any way we can get it.

@JB – Well I can say that the Magic Eraser pad did well, though washing bathtub crayon off involves it transmogrifying into this Easter Egg dye-like puddle that you have to soak up. Clean is clean, though.

Though they did say that he helped straighten up the toys at preschool on Friday. So my natural reaction, “where did you put my real child?” :-) Those are the kinds of things he does somewhere else but not at home…

]]> By: JB http://www.bothhandsandaflashlight.com/2008/07/17/bathtub-artist/comment-page-1/#comment-438 JB Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:22:49 +0000 http://www.bothhandsandaflashlight.com/?p=160#comment-438 WOO HOO!! :-) That's my nephew! (How is J-Man at scrubbing the tub?) WOO HOO!! :-) That’s my nephew!

(How is J-Man at scrubbing the tub?)

]]> By: Mary (MPJ) http://www.bothhandsandaflashlight.com/2008/07/17/bathtub-artist/comment-page-1/#comment-437 Mary (MPJ) Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:55:11 +0000 http://www.bothhandsandaflashlight.com/?p=160#comment-437 That's awesome! And he's so clearly so proud of himself! My son took some washable markers to the bathtub when he was about J-Man's age, and I think we have some similar pictures. For a long time he also held pens and crayons with a weird grip, but I was watching him play with his Nintendo DS (which has a nice motivating stylus!) yesterday and noticed that he was using a standard grip. :) That’s awesome! And he’s so clearly so proud of himself! My son took some washable markers to the bathtub when he was about J-Man’s age, and I think we have some similar pictures. For a long time he also held pens and crayons with a weird grip, but I was watching him play with his Nintendo DS (which has a nice motivating stylus!) yesterday and noticed that he was using a standard grip. :)

]]> By: magicdrgn http://www.bothhandsandaflashlight.com/2008/07/17/bathtub-artist/comment-page-1/#comment-436 magicdrgn Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:26:58 +0000 http://www.bothhandsandaflashlight.com/?p=160#comment-436 Go J-Man! I love his smile! Go J-Man! I love his smile!

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