Nick got home from OT and was miserable. He'd cry and scream off and on. He was miserable for some reason he couldn't communicate (it was so reminiscent of some of our earlier days with autism). Noah, however, didn't have much compassion and would yell "Don't scream!!!" every time Nick screamed. And so I yelled at Noah not to scream at his brother. A lovely cycle of yelling ;)
Nick laid down on his back on the living room floor and his face was red with misery. "Let's go night night sleeps" I told him, thinking that some rest would make him feel better. He gave me a look that said, "Heck no! The sun hasn't even set yet!"
"You can choose anywhere you want to lay down," I told him. And he went right over to the couch and laid down. (I love that my child can now actually understand and respond to things I say!)
I got his blanket for him and after a few minutes I looked over to find him fast asleep. "Look," I whispered to Noah, " Nick's asleep."
Noah turned to look at Nick, then got up from his chair to gently pet his brother's hair.
Noah has been watching Cartoon Network for the past hour, and even though he's very engaged in his shows, he keeps stopping every now and then to check on his brother and pet his hair.
Brothers may make each other yell, but there sure is a beautiful love there.
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