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<blockquote data-quote="Bunny" data-source="post: 543049"><p>We've been through something similar with difficult child. He spends so much energy keeping himself together at times (Mother's Day this past may comes to mind) and the next day he had to go to school and I think he was just exhausted from the effort. The thought of going to school to have to do it all over again was just too much for him and he had a screaming tantrum Monday morning that he "just couldn't go to school!" I made him go and he was fine when he got back, but getting him through is hard. </p><p></p><p>It sounds like TRex spent alot of energy being well behaved on the Ohio trip that now that she is home, and faced with the idea of you and husband going away without her, she is falling apart. It's like she's emotionally exhausted and it shows in her tantrums and rages. How does she feel about staying with her grandparents? Does she like spending time there? Can you sort of "talk up" the fun she will have there? Find out if her grandparents are planning anything special to do with her and remind her how much fun she will have there (but then you have to make sure that whatever those plans are do not get changed. That is something that would completely wreck my difficult child!).</p><p></p><p>(hugs). I think we can ALL relate to doing exactly the opposite of what we are supposed to do when they have their fits. Don't be to hard on yourself about it. You recognize what you are doing, and that is half of the battle sometimes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bunny, post: 543049"] We've been through something similar with difficult child. He spends so much energy keeping himself together at times (Mother's Day this past may comes to mind) and the next day he had to go to school and I think he was just exhausted from the effort. The thought of going to school to have to do it all over again was just too much for him and he had a screaming tantrum Monday morning that he "just couldn't go to school!" I made him go and he was fine when he got back, but getting him through is hard. It sounds like TRex spent alot of energy being well behaved on the Ohio trip that now that she is home, and faced with the idea of you and husband going away without her, she is falling apart. It's like she's emotionally exhausted and it shows in her tantrums and rages. How does she feel about staying with her grandparents? Does she like spending time there? Can you sort of "talk up" the fun she will have there? Find out if her grandparents are planning anything special to do with her and remind her how much fun she will have there (but then you have to make sure that whatever those plans are do not get changed. That is something that would completely wreck my difficult child!). (hugs). I think we can ALL relate to doing exactly the opposite of what we are supposed to do when they have their fits. Don't be to hard on yourself about it. You recognize what you are doing, and that is half of the battle sometimes. [/QUOTE]
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