9Oh Clover! Some answers are good huh? But it still sounds a bit "up in the air". Sounds like you're making great progress in understanding your son yourself which is awesome! It's funny how you don't notice the subtle little differences like shade vs sun and then when you do it's like a lightbulb goes on huh?

My son had his developmental assessment for government preschool services on Wednesday. It went well. He failed with flying colours He's so sweet and smiley and makees eye contact but then ALL he said the whole time was the name of the In The Night Garden characters. Over and over again. They seem to think he's autistic too. Everyone says it, we're just still waiting for the official diagnosis before anyone will say it in so many words.

So he qualifies for developmental preschool, which is 4 mornings a week starting in mid September. He'll be in a class with 12 children, teacher and two assistants. OT, PT and SLP will come in and out all the time too and he'll be taken aside for one-on-one OT and SLP sessions. I think it'll be really good for him- lots of repetition and opportunities to learn!

We've also started private OT at one of the most highly recommended places in Seattle. It's based on the floortime model so I'm learning about how to do floortime. It seems good.

Still going to speech, although I think since I wrote last we've added another speech therapist on another day so we go twice a week. They have very different styles so it's good actually because he gets different things out of both sessions.

We're in the early days of trying to start the GAPS diet too. It's tough because he only eats 3 foods so doing a diet intervention isn't easy! We'll get there though. I'm determined! Anyone else read the Gut and Psychology Syndrome book? It's amazing- I'm sure it's going to change our lives!