Similarly, a few hours later, we were all watching an Alfred Hitchcock movie. When it was over James got up and trotted into the bedroom, on his own. Very impressive! We quickly brushed our teeth and climbed into bed ourselves. Awhile later, I heard quiet tinkling. James had cleared off my dresser, put everything on the bed and created a tent for himself and all the objects. Then he started to stim. James sat among the objects and tossed them in the air creating the noise I heard. It is wild that he was attempting to be quiet about it. Sneaky kid. I panicked a bit when I saw my wedding rings among this "booty." David came in and helped clear the bed. After hiding all the interesting and breakable objects we put him back to bed. Soon, I heard some movement. Not sure, but his hands were on the clothes that his dad had just took off. I think he was about to pull them into the bed and stim. I talked to him again. We looked at each other eye to eye. I explained it was time to go to sleep. I talked about the busy morning we had the next day. So, time for bed, okay? James nodded. And went to sleep. Just like that. Talk about "practicing" his autism!
