Yay! Tantrum Didn't Happen!

As a mother to a girl with Asperger's, I am no stranger to tantrums. My daughter used to tantrum any time a transition occurred, any other time she didn't get her way, or any time things were out of her control.

I'm so incredibly proud of her about something that occurred this weekend! She lost her second tooth, but then really lost her tooth. She had no idea where it could be. I guess she had woken up, went to the bathroom and noticed her tooth had come out during the night. She looked for it in her bed, but couldn't find it anywhere! She would have had a HUGE tantrum over this a year ago! Instead, she remembered something that had happened in a book that was read in school. In the book, a dog lost his tooth and couldn't find it. So, he took a picture of the new gap in his mouth and hid the picture under his pillow for the tooth fairy.

This book helped my daughter problem solve. She grabbed her camera and took some adorable pictures of her new gap. When I greeted her with "good morning," she told me about everything that had happened and how she problem-solved and showed me her solution! I was floored! I was also afraid that she had swallowed her tooth. We looked in her room, and I finally found the tooth! It had fallen on the floor, by the bed. So, we were able to use the real deal for the tooth fairy. But I couldn't have been more proud of my girl!