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TinyPinkBug
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Today is going to be a LONG day!
TinyPinkBug
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Uhg! It is 7:30 and I am totally exhausted emotionally. Poor Ty has been complaining all weekend of a headache and has been completely unbalanced, he has also thrown up a couple times. I think it is mostly stress related. Both kids have been up 5-6 times each the last 2 nights. This morning B was up for the day at 5am and Ty 5:30. Ty has been freaking out all morning because his internal clock said it was time to be up at 5:30 but his alarm clock said differently. He screamed, cried, kicked, hit, total tantrum for 45 minutes until I got him to calm down in his swing with my iPod. That lasted for all of 5 minutes before he started vomiting in his swing :-( Once he calmed down again, he asked if it was a school day or stay home day, I told him stay home. Then DH left for work, the third major tantrum of the morning started because I said it was a stay home day but DH was leaving for work. Uhg! Of course B has been screaming and having her own melt downs, and can't leave Ty alone. I tried to put B in her chair with her favorite show so I could deal with Ty only to find that they removed Little Bear from OnDemand! Uhg! It has been nothing but mass chaos here all weekend.
Yesterday DH was trying to clean out the gutters and pressure wash the outdoor toys to put them away for winter. The noise of spraying water was stressing Ty out so bad he was curled up in a ball on the floor covering his ears crying for it to stop, and he just wanted his Daddy to come in. This was stressing out B so she wouldn't leave Ty alone and kept hitting, kicking and screaming at him. She has bite marks and bruises on her arms from her own tantrums, Yes she bites herself and head butts during tantrums :-( DH never stops anything until he finishes it, so despite my efforts to get him to stop and come inside, he kept working. It took 3 hours. I lost my cool right before he finally came in. It wasn't good :-(
Then, of course, I gave him a huge attitude after we got the kids in bed for not stopping and coming in while the kids were losing it for three hours. His response was basically that he was working and doing things that needed to be done, when else was he going to do all the work. There really is no argument to it. There just are not enough hours in the day.
So, now I am debating on sending Ty to school. He has had a headache for three days, some vomiting when he gets super upset. He rarely vomits. I know I should keep him home since he threw up in his swing this morning. But we are all so stressed and today is Monday, he has one-on-one time with his psychologist at school first thing. They do a lot of yoga and general de-stressing. Plus we all need a break from each other and Bri has her evaluation for EI at 2pm. I should probably cancel. I finally have the kids each doing their own thing for a few minutes, I should close my eyes and relax since this is short lived, but when I close my eyes everything starts spinning :-(
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Re: Today is going to be a LONG day!
((hugs)) You're day is not starting off well. I'd send Ty to school and just let the teachers know what's up if he happens to feel worse. Sounds like stress induced to me. My nephew is autistic and lived with us for 2 years (ages 4-5) while my sister was hospitalized. It was tough and he'd often throw up if something wasn't the way his schedule indicated. Could you go and pick him up if he started not to feel well? Try and take 10 minutes for a hot shower and a cup of coffee. I'm sorry things are going so bad today.
On a side note, I did want to thank you. You gave me an idea a few weeks back for the vocabulary parade we were having in school. The kids liked the "superhealers" idea you came up with. Well they WON!! Ha, they were so excited. They won a trip to the museum of play and a pizza party in school. This is a BIG deal to them since many don't ever get a chance to do either. Thanks, I give the credit to you:)
TTC since 6/2003. m/c 9/14/03 8 weeks, 5 chemical pregnancies, mmc 6/04 12 weeks, Michael born sleeping 5/25/05 at 22weeks always our angel, fought ovarian cancer and won, m/c 4/06 5.2 weeks and 7/07 6.6 weeks,Our Miracle baby girl born 4/8/10,mc 12/18/11 at 5.3 weeks, BFP 10/26/12 dating u/s on 11/8/12 showing a strong heartbeat!EDD July 4,2013. RCS on 6/27. Baby boy in NICU for 8 long and scary days before he was able to come home. We are now a happy family of 4
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I'm so sorry. I think I would probably try to take him to school, since he is need of some assistance in regulating himself. Is his program in the afternoon? Maybe you could call and talk with the psychologist first before deciding to send him in.
Hope you get a few minutes to yourself today.
Thanks. Glad to hear it was a success! I know my kids would love the idea.
I sent Ty to school. He says he had a good day, came off the bus laughing. His bus aide this year is AWESOME! We played outside for about 1 1/2 hrs when he got home and he was fine all evening. A few fits but nothing major. I'm glad I sent him, he really likes his school.
Brianna had her screening for Early Intervention. It was just as I expected, she is right on track for expressive and receptive lanuage but has some issues phonologically. And EI doesn't adress phonology issues so she didn't qualify for EI, plus she is ahead in every other area so no further testing needed. The ST said she may qualify for speech services at the preschool level when she turns 3, they said to start the eval process with the school district in March. The ST is also going to send me some speech milestones to watch for and work on in her report. I'm glad I had them do a screening just to be sure, I am also glad she doesn't need services at this point. Now I just have to remember to get her registered with the district and set up the CPSE eval in March.