TerryJ2
Well-Known Member
difficult child has been on fluoxetine/Prozac for 2-1/2 wks now.
He sat at the kitchen table with-me this a.m. and chatted happily. That's a first!
Yesterday, he refused to wear socks to school (I should have put that on my pet peeve list on WC, LOL!) and then called me an hr later and said his shoes were giving him blisters, and "You were right, Mom, I need socks." Wow! A first! Mom was right! Then he added, "Could you bring me some socks?"
"Maybe, maybe not. I have a cold. I'll see."
I never brought him the socks.
NO meltdown. Just acceptance. Another first!
Also, last week, he forgot his lunch. I brought it to school just as they were eating, and he had ordered ... all deep fried, wheat foods, like chicken strips. I handed him his lunch and he folded the top of the ordered food and handed it to me! Whoa! Another first!
I played classical music on the radio the other day and he didn't seem to notice. Normally he fights me for it ... he wants his rap. Another first!
Don't get me wrong, he's still got his moments. But this is amazing.
Maybe it's just maturity?
(And yes, I have lowered my expectations, so when he does something "normal" I am elated. )
He sat at the kitchen table with-me this a.m. and chatted happily. That's a first!
Yesterday, he refused to wear socks to school (I should have put that on my pet peeve list on WC, LOL!) and then called me an hr later and said his shoes were giving him blisters, and "You were right, Mom, I need socks." Wow! A first! Mom was right! Then he added, "Could you bring me some socks?"
"Maybe, maybe not. I have a cold. I'll see."
I never brought him the socks.
NO meltdown. Just acceptance. Another first!
Also, last week, he forgot his lunch. I brought it to school just as they were eating, and he had ordered ... all deep fried, wheat foods, like chicken strips. I handed him his lunch and he folded the top of the ordered food and handed it to me! Whoa! Another first!
I played classical music on the radio the other day and he didn't seem to notice. Normally he fights me for it ... he wants his rap. Another first!
Don't get me wrong, he's still got his moments. But this is amazing.
Maybe it's just maturity?
(And yes, I have lowered my expectations, so when he does something "normal" I am elated. )