“It was so wonderful to watch.”
We had to adjust to a life of therapy appointments in-and-out of our house, developmental specialists testing him, as well as doing therapy with Brayden on our own time to help him meet milestones.
We also had to sort of "grieve" that we wouldn't have typical holiday traditions (having pictures taken or throwing birthday parties, for example) because they were either too chaotic for Brayden or he just didn't understand that there was even a holiday happening.