PersonalEnigma
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I've not been posting much the last week or so as I have had my hands more than full here with difficult child. I don't know what to do with him. School is a huge issue. His behaviour at school keeps escalating (he did have one good week after getting off medications, but now he's even worse). The other kids in his class are now afraid of him and he even drove his poor teacher to tears. The EA is working with him in his little room because his behaviour makes it impossible for him to be in the classroom with the other students.
Today I am meeting with the school to work on some solutions. I was hoping to go in for the day, but it turns out that they are having specialists come in to discuss difficult child's saftey plan, including getting "protective gear" for the teachers I can't beleve it has come to this
I am busy working on finding some possible solutions to his issues. I am researching various disorders (both those he's officially diagnosed with and others) to create a plan. There is so much information to go through and my time is very limited with a young baby at home and now having difficult child at home most of the time (between being sent home, having bad days before even leaving and now as we are working on having a strategy in place before difficult child goes to school again - my choice on that one). I have had lots of ideas, but am having a very hard time getting my mind wrapped around them all and getting a real plan in place. My mind is just a scatter or information right now and nothing is clicking :s
difficult child is so oppositional at home. My hubby can't cope with it and argues with him all the time, making things worse. I have not brought myself to speak to husband about that yet, but will have to soon as it isn't helping at all. I can barley cope with it and am finding myself making more threats than usual (taking priveledges and even threatening spankings - something I almost never threaten as I believe that he is too old for spankings to be a reasonable punishment - to me they are only for kids that are too young to be reasoned with and in situations that are dangerous or otherwise completely unacceptable). I am usually very good with difficult child, talking things through with him, helping him find ways to cope, etc., but right now I just can't do it
I am at my wits end I am so stressed out. I've been quite depressed the last week and just barely manage the minimum around the house. All I want to do is curl up in a ball and sleep I love difficult child very much, but right now I find it very hard to like him at all I know this is only temporary, but I find it hard to see any light at the end of the tunnel. It is even hard to enjoy easy child right now
I just don't now how to cope
Today I am meeting with the school to work on some solutions. I was hoping to go in for the day, but it turns out that they are having specialists come in to discuss difficult child's saftey plan, including getting "protective gear" for the teachers I can't beleve it has come to this
I am busy working on finding some possible solutions to his issues. I am researching various disorders (both those he's officially diagnosed with and others) to create a plan. There is so much information to go through and my time is very limited with a young baby at home and now having difficult child at home most of the time (between being sent home, having bad days before even leaving and now as we are working on having a strategy in place before difficult child goes to school again - my choice on that one). I have had lots of ideas, but am having a very hard time getting my mind wrapped around them all and getting a real plan in place. My mind is just a scatter or information right now and nothing is clicking :s
difficult child is so oppositional at home. My hubby can't cope with it and argues with him all the time, making things worse. I have not brought myself to speak to husband about that yet, but will have to soon as it isn't helping at all. I can barley cope with it and am finding myself making more threats than usual (taking priveledges and even threatening spankings - something I almost never threaten as I believe that he is too old for spankings to be a reasonable punishment - to me they are only for kids that are too young to be reasoned with and in situations that are dangerous or otherwise completely unacceptable). I am usually very good with difficult child, talking things through with him, helping him find ways to cope, etc., but right now I just can't do it
I am at my wits end I am so stressed out. I've been quite depressed the last week and just barely manage the minimum around the house. All I want to do is curl up in a ball and sleep I love difficult child very much, but right now I find it very hard to like him at all I know this is only temporary, but I find it hard to see any light at the end of the tunnel. It is even hard to enjoy easy child right now
I just don't now how to cope