How is your Christmas going?

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DS (3) is in great form and I thought DD (5) was too - we’ve had some lovely times - but she’s just completely lost her shit and I got hit in the head with a chair.

Need to find a way to keep tomorrow chilled!

How are your little people all doing?

My son, 6 has either been hyper off the wall or screaming/crying and stomping off with a few hits/throwing things. That's been in between much longer periods of calm.

Compared to this time last year this is bliss. We've had a really good nice all in all. Last year was his first xmas here and it was horrendous.

We're just going to my parents tomorrow - in and out... for lunch. I'll see how he is tomorrow....

So far, so good. This week has been an utter shit show - and very very stressful for my girl but today has been good. They’re both just the right kind of excited, they’ve seen family and opened some gifts, not much food has been eaten though. They’re both quite tired so I’m hoping for a relatively easy night.

DD (4) has been hard work since school nursery finished last week. I’ve been trying to keep her calm with lots of walks, baths and jigsaws but she’s pretty hyped. I’m hoping tomorrow will be better. Good luck everyone

Dare I say, so far so good here!

So far so good here too. Very excited but it’s just right & no tears.

Scraping them both off the ceiling Xmas Eve and the week running up to it. School has successfully (if unintentionally) managed to wind them up about Christmas for the last two months (Christmas nativity, parties, dinner, carols) etc. and then gave them back to us with a full week left to go!! Once presents are opened some normality may resume. We’ve also had a funeral this week of a grandparent, so a few logistical and emotional hurdles had to be jumped before the big day. Merry Christmas to you all!

Our long term foster child who has complex needs and severe learning disabilities tried to throw the tv in the lounge yesterday as he took exception to something on You've Been Framed which he usually loves. I managed to stop him just in time so disaster averted there.
Adopted little one doesn't understand due to his complex needs but has decided to ramp up the seizures the last 2 days in anticipation anyway.
So basically it is pretty much normal around here just with more work involved for us adults.
But we wouldn't want it any other way.
Merry Christmas to all you lovely folks on this board. Hope you have a good one xxx

So far quite good, we do a very low key christmas and no santa, so it isn’t too different to any other school holiday on a usual year.

It is however very different this year as we’re spending it at our little holiday home and we’re at the stage of seeing our daughter every other day, so for the first time my son is having to share me. So far he has been brilliant and was even a bit upset yesterday that he won’t see her today, so fingers crossed he copes okay when she finally comes home.

With a 17 year old things are very different now.

We have had a busy week, spent a day with his brother who is in residential care, been up to Liverpool to see the grandparents. Apart from a few walks to the allotment we will be having a quiet few days.

We should be going to London on Tuesday but will decide on Monday

Merry Christmas everyone

Our day is quiet so far (just us for the day) but we needed a quiet one after a very busy festive lead-up! Happy Christmas to you all.

Turns out taking on a new long term foster child on Christmas Eve makes for a rather stressful Christmas 😂

FS and AS are sleeping soundly now. Both have complex needs and sleep issues so it won’t last but nice to sit with a cuppa for a while!

Merry Christmas All

Good so far. Tempted to say one of the best.

FS is 11 now and has been with is almost 8 years.

Good luck everyone.

Pretty awful!!!! Travelled abroad to visit family (with elderly parents) which I knew I really didn't want to do due to all the covid hoops, my son's behaviour, & clothing issues and parents feeling the need to constantly tell me what to do (aged almost 50) but i went along with it as hadn't seen family for 2yrs and they wouldn't go without us.
True to form, child clothes didnt fit /feel right, parents did their usual disapproving looks and tuts making things worse resulting in child have many melt downs giving his gran a slit throat sign of which she lost her sh*t :-)
Xmas day cross words and gran in tears telling me "I need to get my son help and someone to talk to once a month for his issues" we have made so much progress over the years and I try to be as theraputic as possible but they really set us both back so much!
Not sure what the point is of my rant but I can't wait to be back home alone with my boy x

Aw @Midge591, I’m sorry. That sounds really tough. It’s a real shame she’s not more understanding. When do you get to go home?

We’re having a really hard time. DD is SO dysregulated, it’s just very hard to be around and I don’t really feel like I’m enjoying the Christmas break at all. I actually think it would help if we had more family around as DD responds well to company but that hasn’t worked out because of Covid.

Name changed for new year. We’ve had a good Christmas other than his cousins getting covid so not around to amuse AS (3) but nonetheless he has had a lovely time and been happy during the day with just usual little melt downs however he has really struggled at night and has been doing a lot of processing and letting out of emotion has made for a tired family!! Going try a really calm hiatus day tomorrow snd take decs down to see if helps.