One of the things that came out of Xander's evaluation meeting last week was actually kind of humerous. It was a little verbal sparring he does with some of the teachers and staff at school, and one that he doesn't ever try with us at home!
The teachers tell us that there are times when he doesn't want to be touched or bothered. Typically, he's laying on the ground and resisting any attempt to be either verbally or physically assisted to the correct location (either inside the classroom, or often when it's time to go into school from either car line or recess).
He lays there and tells them "Ouch!" over and over again, saying it louder every time their hands get closer to him. Little sneak.
We definitely hear the "Ouchie!" followed promptly by "Okay?" from him at home. Both twins have a high pain tolerance, but he likes to acknowledge every bump or scrape with this little script. He's heard me say it often when he does something that should hurt. So he's taken to saying it every single time he remotely bumps into anything, even if it probably didn't hurt. It's just one of his little scripts.
But he never says just "Ouch!" and never in the context of leaving him alone. At least not for us. Funny how he adapts, trying out new tricks on each of us!
