SNAP

Finally - my 7.5 year old son can snap his own pants.

Despite years of private occupational therapy (from which he has graduated - hmmm...), he has a number of fine motor problems (zipping, handwriting, buttoning etc.) and has not been able to do his own pants until just recently. He didn't even want to try - getting frustrated after just a few attempts. Over Christmas break, though, he showed initiative - wanting to do it himself (despite being thin enough to pull up most of his pants without even un-doing them). It took a few days but his little fingers have finally figured it out. Now, he will un-do and re-do them ad nauseum - he's so proud and we are too.

I hate that things that come so easily to my daughter (and other "typical" children) are always such a struggle for him. Boy do we celebrate as a family when he passes another milestone, though - no matter how "late" it is!

We're hoping to tackle shoe-tying next...