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<blockquote data-quote="meowbunny" data-source="post: 65748" data-attributes="member: 3626"><p>Aw, hon, I'm sorry. I know how hard it was leaving my daughter and she was an older teen. Your baby is so young this has got to be even more heartbreaking.</p><p></p><p>He will settle in. The medication waiting may make it a bit harder for him but he'll get into the routine. They won't give him much choice. If this is a good Residential Treatment Center (RTC), they'll be strict but fair by their standards. Just be prepared, their standards aren't yours. They won't cut him a lot of slack.</p><p></p><p>For my daughter's 14 months, there wasn't a time I wasn't crying my heart out on the flight home. I thought it was the right thing to do (still do, even if the results weren't quite what I was hoping for) and that was the only way I could cope. I hated every call where she told they were punishing her for something. I so wanted to step in and give them the reason why my child was behaving as she was. The one time I did it, I was firmly told why they were doing what they were doing and was not-so-kindly reminded of why she was there in the first place. I got the message.</p><p></p><p>As for the psychiatrist, I'm hoping he's only doing the medications, not the therapy. If that's the case, then he sounds pretty typical, stinky, but typical.</p><p></p><p>For now, hugs and a shoulder to cry on. It won't be easy but, hopefully, will give your son some tools to cope with life in the future.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="meowbunny, post: 65748, member: 3626"] Aw, hon, I'm sorry. I know how hard it was leaving my daughter and she was an older teen. Your baby is so young this has got to be even more heartbreaking. He will settle in. The medication waiting may make it a bit harder for him but he'll get into the routine. They won't give him much choice. If this is a good Residential Treatment Center (RTC), they'll be strict but fair by their standards. Just be prepared, their standards aren't yours. They won't cut him a lot of slack. For my daughter's 14 months, there wasn't a time I wasn't crying my heart out on the flight home. I thought it was the right thing to do (still do, even if the results weren't quite what I was hoping for) and that was the only way I could cope. I hated every call where she told they were punishing her for something. I so wanted to step in and give them the reason why my child was behaving as she was. The one time I did it, I was firmly told why they were doing what they were doing and was not-so-kindly reminded of why she was there in the first place. I got the message. As for the psychiatrist, I'm hoping he's only doing the medications, not the therapy. If that's the case, then he sounds pretty typical, stinky, but typical. For now, hugs and a shoulder to cry on. It won't be easy but, hopefully, will give your son some tools to cope with life in the future. [/QUOTE]
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