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Mom? What's a difficult child?
OK lets say... your 6.7 yo (who has been in swimming classes since 6mos old)
has planted herself in the pool and is refusing to get out... we are in Tucson. Not our home... she is manic, violent. It started when I asked her to wear a hat for a little bit to get a break from the sun... which means she can't obsessively sit under water.
So she went under anyway... then started screaming at me, because the hat was wet and she couldn't see.
I told her she could either stop going under or get out and stay out of the sun for a little bit. (this is the kid who has been stuck in the swimming thought since last Tuesday)
So the screaming escalates she starts throwing things at me and splashing me...I count... she says "NO I AM NOT GETTING OUT"
You ruined it Mom I am not doing anything you say, you can't make me.... on and on...
we get up because now it has gone on for 15 minutes and she is in the middle of the pool screaming at us, splashing, throwing things...
So we go inside, leave the screen door open, YES I can see her and there is also a HUGE picture window that we can see her through...
So she proceeds to come back and forth to the screen window and spit and throw water, objects... whatever she can think of at us, while screaming... after each assault... she hucks herself back into the pool...
We end up locking the doors...
Just sit and watch her...
After over an hour of this, she has just climbed out and wrapped herself up in a towel. SHe is just sitting on a lounge chair talking to herself...
No I am not taking her to a hospital... she has done this sort of thing a lot before... she is manic.
I am just curious what you would do besides take her to a hospital?
We will give her a PRN and try to get her into a bath.
I think the SUN of Tucson has really triggered some Mania, It has for me... I am not sleeping...
We went from NO sun to full blown sun...
I just don't know what else we could have done in this instance... Yes we could have dragged her out, and restrained her, sure we could have smacked her... but I am not into violence and do not believe in it.
I thought and so did husband to let her get it out of her system...
she is not able to learn a lesson at this point, she is out of control.
She will feel bad later. If she remembers, we can talk about...
I am tired of restraining the poor kid.
Any ideas of what we could do? or could have done? It is hard because this is not our home.
She was safe... let's just get that out of the way. We were only 15 ft from her at all times. She can swim.
TIA
has planted herself in the pool and is refusing to get out... we are in Tucson. Not our home... she is manic, violent. It started when I asked her to wear a hat for a little bit to get a break from the sun... which means she can't obsessively sit under water.
So she went under anyway... then started screaming at me, because the hat was wet and she couldn't see.
I told her she could either stop going under or get out and stay out of the sun for a little bit. (this is the kid who has been stuck in the swimming thought since last Tuesday)
So the screaming escalates she starts throwing things at me and splashing me...I count... she says "NO I AM NOT GETTING OUT"
You ruined it Mom I am not doing anything you say, you can't make me.... on and on...
we get up because now it has gone on for 15 minutes and she is in the middle of the pool screaming at us, splashing, throwing things...
So we go inside, leave the screen door open, YES I can see her and there is also a HUGE picture window that we can see her through...
So she proceeds to come back and forth to the screen window and spit and throw water, objects... whatever she can think of at us, while screaming... after each assault... she hucks herself back into the pool...
We end up locking the doors...
Just sit and watch her...
After over an hour of this, she has just climbed out and wrapped herself up in a towel. SHe is just sitting on a lounge chair talking to herself...
No I am not taking her to a hospital... she has done this sort of thing a lot before... she is manic.
I am just curious what you would do besides take her to a hospital?
We will give her a PRN and try to get her into a bath.
I think the SUN of Tucson has really triggered some Mania, It has for me... I am not sleeping...
We went from NO sun to full blown sun...
I just don't know what else we could have done in this instance... Yes we could have dragged her out, and restrained her, sure we could have smacked her... but I am not into violence and do not believe in it.
I thought and so did husband to let her get it out of her system...
she is not able to learn a lesson at this point, she is out of control.
She will feel bad later. If she remembers, we can talk about...
I am tired of restraining the poor kid.
Any ideas of what we could do? or could have done? It is hard because this is not our home.
She was safe... let's just get that out of the way. We were only 15 ft from her at all times. She can swim.
TIA