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ML
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Hello everyone,
I haven't had time to check in for a while and I've missed so much! I must find at least 15 minutes a day to connect with one of my major support systems.
My alanon meetings are just wonderful. I feel so hopeful on levels where I never would have imagined to hope. I am grateful for so many things in my life and you ladies are a huge part of that.
Manster is doing ok but the school anxiety is really bad this year. He begs every morning for me not to make him go. 4th grade pressure are too much in my opinion. His teacher is great and understands the issues (and is part of the 504 team) and I think manster is doing the best he can. Pulling C- in math and B- in the reading/writing. I praise him all the time for it too. Because he truly is trying so hard.
I'm thinking of taking him to an OA meeting. His eating to deal with emotions and anxiety has escalated and his weight ballooning. I also tend to use food (not to that degree but still) and found a local meeting that I thought I would go to.. and ask him if he'll go with me. He loves doing things with me, just the two of us (though new situtions are scary). I don't know what else to do. I have (mostly) only healthy food in the house. I've always let him snack when he's said he's hungry and now wish I had been stricter from the beginning bout no eating in between meals. I've also started making him walk with me, Grammy has him Tues and is working out on the treadmill with him. But we still need to address that emotional aspects of his compulsive eating. I know he is young but I feel so powerless yet as a parent feel that I need to try this.
Any thoughts?
ML
I haven't had time to check in for a while and I've missed so much! I must find at least 15 minutes a day to connect with one of my major support systems.
My alanon meetings are just wonderful. I feel so hopeful on levels where I never would have imagined to hope. I am grateful for so many things in my life and you ladies are a huge part of that.
Manster is doing ok but the school anxiety is really bad this year. He begs every morning for me not to make him go. 4th grade pressure are too much in my opinion. His teacher is great and understands the issues (and is part of the 504 team) and I think manster is doing the best he can. Pulling C- in math and B- in the reading/writing. I praise him all the time for it too. Because he truly is trying so hard.
I'm thinking of taking him to an OA meeting. His eating to deal with emotions and anxiety has escalated and his weight ballooning. I also tend to use food (not to that degree but still) and found a local meeting that I thought I would go to.. and ask him if he'll go with me. He loves doing things with me, just the two of us (though new situtions are scary). I don't know what else to do. I have (mostly) only healthy food in the house. I've always let him snack when he's said he's hungry and now wish I had been stricter from the beginning bout no eating in between meals. I've also started making him walk with me, Grammy has him Tues and is working out on the treadmill with him. But we still need to address that emotional aspects of his compulsive eating. I know he is young but I feel so powerless yet as a parent feel that I need to try this.
Any thoughts?
ML