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Crumbling Family Rock
We went out of town this weekend to an annual event where we know lots of people because we're performers. The first two days she was being a great helper, doing what she was told, not running off and getting eaten by a bear, etc. People were noticing it too.
So then Saturday night daughter was hanging out with a couple of kids that we know the mom of, and they were eating cheetos (we had no idea). Of course they didn't know she can't eat them, but daughter does! She comes back to our camper kicking things, not communicating correctly, being generally aggressive. My friend and I were playing a board game and she started shoving it off the table and doing that word repeating thing over and over and getting more and more annoying, my friend tried to hold her back and when daughter pushed, I grabbed her and did a bear hug until my friend put the game away. I had to hold her until she broke the episode, it was horrible. It took her a full day to get it out of her system enough that she was manageable again.
This was one of the first times she had a food dye rage and we could actually talk about it afterwards. It's been about a year and a half since this happened. At least this time I had a friend around, and a camper to confine her to so she could stay safe. At least she remembered it this time.
So then Saturday night daughter was hanging out with a couple of kids that we know the mom of, and they were eating cheetos (we had no idea). Of course they didn't know she can't eat them, but daughter does! She comes back to our camper kicking things, not communicating correctly, being generally aggressive. My friend and I were playing a board game and she started shoving it off the table and doing that word repeating thing over and over and getting more and more annoying, my friend tried to hold her back and when daughter pushed, I grabbed her and did a bear hug until my friend put the game away. I had to hold her until she broke the episode, it was horrible. It took her a full day to get it out of her system enough that she was manageable again.
This was one of the first times she had a food dye rage and we could actually talk about it afterwards. It's been about a year and a half since this happened. At least this time I had a friend around, and a camper to confine her to so she could stay safe. At least she remembered it this time.