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<blockquote data-quote="timer lady" data-source="post: 128310" data-attributes="member: 393"><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>Many ((hugs)) coming your way this morning. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>Okay - done with the touchy emotional stuff for the time being....</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>DO NOT DO MEDICATION BREAKS! It's simply not worth it. If it's prescribed, it's for a reason. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>In fact, given that it's the weekend means nothing to me. kt cannot handle having her structure messed up. She can stay awake one hour later however she's to be in her room.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>And her night time medications are taken by 7:45; PRN's by 8:30 if necessary. Every single night - room time is 8:00. No questions, no arguments. She can play in her room, she can watch television. Television is off by 9. She plays or reads quietly until she falls asleep.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>Jennifier I had to implement a bedtime routine from day one since the tweedles were placed or I would have lost my mind permanently. There have been bumps in the road, but kt has it down. wm, in his group foster home, has room time down as well. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>Saying that, you are the parent, honey. You set the rules....this little game you play with difficult child gives her entirely too much power. Whether she's aware of it or not. And letting her know that you really need the break tonight isn't going to succeed unless you are sure difficult child has some level of empathy.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>Please know that I'm not criticizing you......I did some of the very same things early on in kt & wm's placement. At some point, I had to take back my home. My children were running it.......not the adults. That's not to say that interventions weren't put into play (that my neighbors never understood) or that battles weren't chosen very very wisely. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>I hope you got some sleep tonight & that the tightness in your chest has lessened. Give difficult child her scheduled medications no matter what - our psychiatrist told me at one point it does no good for him to prescribe them (& he does for a reason) if we good parents decide that our mentally ill children need a "medication vacation". (psychiatrist was scolding me for not using the PRN prescribed for kt more often.)</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>Back to the touchy emotional stuff - I say these things with great care; not to anger you (I hope I haven't). I'm still learning that if I don't take care of me the rest of "my domestic life" falls apart - especially my difficult children. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>Please check back in & let us know how you're doing this morning.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong></strong></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timer lady, post: 128310, member: 393"] [COLOR=Navy][B]Many ((hugs)) coming your way this morning. Okay - done with the touchy emotional stuff for the time being.... DO NOT DO MEDICATION BREAKS! It's simply not worth it. If it's prescribed, it's for a reason. In fact, given that it's the weekend means nothing to me. kt cannot handle having her structure messed up. She can stay awake one hour later however she's to be in her room. And her night time medications are taken by 7:45; PRN's by 8:30 if necessary. Every single night - room time is 8:00. No questions, no arguments. She can play in her room, she can watch television. Television is off by 9. She plays or reads quietly until she falls asleep. Jennifier I had to implement a bedtime routine from day one since the tweedles were placed or I would have lost my mind permanently. There have been bumps in the road, but kt has it down. wm, in his group foster home, has room time down as well. Saying that, you are the parent, honey. You set the rules....this little game you play with difficult child gives her entirely too much power. Whether she's aware of it or not. And letting her know that you really need the break tonight isn't going to succeed unless you are sure difficult child has some level of empathy. Please know that I'm not criticizing you......I did some of the very same things early on in kt & wm's placement. At some point, I had to take back my home. My children were running it.......not the adults. That's not to say that interventions weren't put into play (that my neighbors never understood) or that battles weren't chosen very very wisely. I hope you got some sleep tonight & that the tightness in your chest has lessened. Give difficult child her scheduled medications no matter what - our psychiatrist told me at one point it does no good for him to prescribe them (& he does for a reason) if we good parents decide that our mentally ill children need a "medication vacation". (psychiatrist was scolding me for not using the PRN prescribed for kt more often.) Back to the touchy emotional stuff - I say these things with great care; not to anger you (I hope I haven't). I'm still learning that if I don't take care of me the rest of "my domestic life" falls apart - especially my difficult children. Please check back in & let us know how you're doing this morning. [/B][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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