Last year when DT2 started portage they referred him for music therapy as music (especially singing) was the only thing that engaged him.
12 months on we got a block of 4 appointments - they were during “nap time” but given that he often skips his nap I figured it would be fine.
First one was last week - he spent the whole session trying to eat instruments, having meltdowns (unlike him) and being angry because he was tired.
Today I extended his nursery session by an hour hoping he would sleep before we picked him up and then be okay for the session, as sometimes he will randomly fall asleep at nursery anyway. Nope. He was crying at the start of the session and fell asleep 10 mins in.
It takes him hours to go to sleep at night. He’s often awake for hours in the middle of the night. The only time he sleeps reliably is when I need him to be awake.
I’ve just cried all the way home on the bus (the third bus, since the first two had buggies on already, just squeezed in next to a buggy on the third which had no child in it, only shopping). I don’t even know why I’m crying, I’ve just reached saturation point I think.
I know these sessions are in very high demand and we are wasting them. I feel bad for the music therapist who hasn’t been able to get any response from him. I feel worried about my twins and how I’ll ever get them to engage. I’m just a mess.
What do I do about these last two sessions - do I just cancel them? I doubt they’d be able to fill them at such short notice, especially when they do blocks of 4... but I feel so guilty for wasting them.
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SinkGirl · 30/08/2019 15:19
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