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The nightmare has begun again....difficult child home from Residential Treatment Center (RTC).
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<blockquote data-quote="Hanging-On" data-source="post: 369422" data-attributes="member: 2325"><p>Thank you all. We're at the end of the day and I can say today's been a little better. Thankfully easy child got away for 2 wks. Yesterday I sent him to my parents, in another state. He's very home sick for me and is crying, but I'm just so happy that he can have a small summer vacation and be a kid again running around and playing and not being part of this right now. He's just too sweet. He had my dad call and when he got on the phone he was just such a little man. He's only 7 yrs old, but so wise, loving and nuturing. He wanted to know how I slept last night, am I working to hard, how many breaks did I give myself, what did I eat today, did I go outside and just breath and look over all our hills and land, how are the dogs they'll be there for me when I'm sad, and to go to my room when I need to be alone. Ohhhh&#8230;..just brought tears to me eyes at what an old soul he is. </p><p></p><p>difficult child has been alittle better today, not completely ODD. But maybe that's because easy child isn't here to pick on, and then for me to protect. (I swear he is constantly testing me). Hes acting more like the big boy I saw at the Residential Treatment Center (RTC), who engages in conversations instead of the violent manipulating non-verbal or cursing regressed child.</p><p></p><p>I did had a violent situation to deal with today cause he wouldn't take his medication, and wanted the wii game unit that I have unplugged and hidden. Both easy child and difficult child know that they have to earn using the electronics. Well I heard one of his providers tell him this week that if he refused his medications, that by law they would have to call an ambulance and have him taken to the hospital so that his medications could be given by a shot. He complied after tIhat. So today I said the same thing. Instead of getting the compliance they got, I got instead a full blown autistic non-verbal screaming / squealling child on the ground rolling around trying to kick me. I told him to either take the medication, or I'm calling 911. I counted down from 3 and he opened his mouth. I told him to get up like a big boy and take it, but he would never do it. So in the end I gave to it him as if he were a toddler. I then told him to go and play in the other room cause I was doing something. But really I just wanted some space.</p><p></p><p>Got to go, he's calling me and it'll go to screaming in a few seconds if I don't go.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hanging-On, post: 369422, member: 2325"] Thank you all. We're at the end of the day and I can say today's been a little better. Thankfully easy child got away for 2 wks. Yesterday I sent him to my parents, in another state. He's very home sick for me and is crying, but I'm just so happy that he can have a small summer vacation and be a kid again running around and playing and not being part of this right now. He's just too sweet. He had my dad call and when he got on the phone he was just such a little man. He's only 7 yrs old, but so wise, loving and nuturing. He wanted to know how I slept last night, am I working to hard, how many breaks did I give myself, what did I eat today, did I go outside and just breath and look over all our hills and land, how are the dogs they'll be there for me when I'm sad, and to go to my room when I need to be alone. Ohhhh…..just brought tears to me eyes at what an old soul he is. difficult child has been alittle better today, not completely ODD. But maybe that's because easy child isn't here to pick on, and then for me to protect. (I swear he is constantly testing me). Hes acting more like the big boy I saw at the Residential Treatment Center (RTC), who engages in conversations instead of the violent manipulating non-verbal or cursing regressed child. I did had a violent situation to deal with today cause he wouldn't take his medication, and wanted the wii game unit that I have unplugged and hidden. Both easy child and difficult child know that they have to earn using the electronics. Well I heard one of his providers tell him this week that if he refused his medications, that by law they would have to call an ambulance and have him taken to the hospital so that his medications could be given by a shot. He complied after tIhat. So today I said the same thing. Instead of getting the compliance they got, I got instead a full blown autistic non-verbal screaming / squealling child on the ground rolling around trying to kick me. I told him to either take the medication, or I'm calling 911. I counted down from 3 and he opened his mouth. I told him to get up like a big boy and take it, but he would never do it. So in the end I gave to it him as if he were a toddler. I then told him to go and play in the other room cause I was doing something. But really I just wanted some space. Got to go, he's calling me and it'll go to screaming in a few seconds if I don't go. [/QUOTE]
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