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The Internet is a funny thing. You can type in “autism” and pretty much any other word, and you’ll find people claiming a link between the two. Cow milk? Yep. Same with microwaves, cell phones, computers, televisions, formula, and everything else.
Either way, we’ve switched over to goat milk from cow milk. It’s insanely more expensive (topping $12/gallon) than cow milk, but it does seem to set better on his stomach. His diaper was filled with a rainbow of coloured droppings over the week he was on cow milk, and it seems to be a lot more consistant with goat milk.
I still think it’s cheaper than formula, at least.
So Aiden hates the vacuum cleaner. Or, loves it. Not sure which, but he’s definitely very passionate about it either way.
I was vacuuming the other day, and Aiden saw me pushing what must look like a large loud purple monster. He started screaming (not in a scared or hysterical way…more like shouting “AAHHHH!!”) at it. He’d walk over, and sort-of push it around, trying to knock it over. Perhaps he’s trying to mimic the sound it makes, but he just kept yelling “AHHHHH!!!” over and over. Comedy gold.
Aiden’s vocabulary now consists of “Balloon”, and that’s it.
“Bah woon”. All day, every day.
Even at non-balloons.
Books? “Bah woon”. The cats? “Bah woon”. Food? “Bah woon”.
We get all excited when he points at an actual balloon in a book and says it, but I’m starting to wonder what exactly that word is associated with. 
It’s pretty darn cute, though.
The doctor suggested that Aiden can now eat pretty much anything we can eat, assuming it’s cut into managable slices. Specifically, rotisserie chicken makes a good meal.
We had some of that chicken for dinner last night, and Aiden seemed to like it. It’s neat to see him eating “real” food, instead of milk, gerbers, and cookies.
I have a feeling that the cookies won’t be removed from his diet any time soon. At least, not if he has his way. He knows where we keep the cookies (in a cabinet), and he can open that cabinet and grab a cookie (or six). We’re in trouble.
Aiden had his one year checkup today at the doctor’s office. All is still well.
Dr. Dedman told us that we can upgrade to whole cow milk. Aiden will probably love that stuff. Plus, it’s a ton cheaper than the formula!
He has also thinned out a bit. His height is now in the 40th percentile (previously 25), and his weight is in the 70th (previously 80). He weight 24 pounds 8 ounces and is 29 inches tall. We were a bit worried that he was on the heavy side, so this is good news.
He got a slew of shots, against our initial goal. This makes the fourth round of the pertussin shot, a chickenpox vaccine, and his first DTaP shot. We still skipped the polio shot. It is very interesting how different doctors recommend different immunizations–Dr. Dedman strongly recommended ALL vaccines, while Dr. Wampler implied that some of them aren’t as important. My brain knows that studies find no correlation between vaccines and Autism, but it’s hard to pump him full of that stuff. And he is so pitiful, crying on the table, with nurses jabbing needles into him. I think it really does hurt me more than him.
They also pricked his finger to take a blood sample. He didn’t like that much, either. But he did get some super-cool cartoon bandaids (that he almost ate once they came off).
Aiden said his first multisyllabic word today–balloon.We still have some of the balloons left over from his birthday, and Aiden thinks they are great toys. He holds onto the strings and runs around the house. He had been making a “buh” sound at the balloons, and we have been encouraging it. After all, “balloon” starts with “buh”.
Today, out of the blue, he pointed and one and said “buh woo”. He didn’t say it again for hours, but now he repeats it over and over.
Why again do we buy expensive toys for him when a two dollar balloon is all he wants?