Morning all, Open that’s great re school but rubbish re the DLA. What is wrong with people? I remember expressing my concerns about DSs development to our senior GP when he was tiny and him saying having kids is hard enough without worries on top. Well it’s hard enough then having worries on top and people who are supposed to ‘help’ being useless and causing more stress.
Dimples, how long to get ready??? 😬😬. What do you do?! I leave 45 mins to get up, dressed, showered (me, kids have one night before), quick brekkie and we are out the door! Bags done night before etc. We have just got DS a new bed tho and he’s unhappy about getting out of it… Dimples, DS also does the selective ignoring. When he was younger he used to just close his eyes as if to say I can’t see you so you aren’t there. He still does it now sometimes.
Susan, hopefully the TA situation will resolve. Not sure about anxiety meds… from my dabble with the adhd meds I felt for DS they created more problems than solved. I suppose adjusting the environment is better as addressing root cause, he wasn’t anxious was he with you over summer and goes on hols, out with you, abroad even etc ok? So is this issue just a temporary one do you think? If so I wouldn’t rush for meds unless there were issues across the board.
All ok here. DS is still looking solemn when going in but comes out happier. We had the discussion last week with his teacher on Fri and she said he had really settled in to it as the week went on although it’s frustrating that he behaves in a far less advanced way there than at home, I wonder if this is normal? For ex she said ‘DS is eating his lunch, I appreciate he can’t use cutlery as he eats with his fingers’. So the next time he was eating at home with a fork I recorded it and emailed it to the teacher. She replied and said oh! I never would have guessed. I’m only not pushing him because I honestly thought he couldn’t do that but I’ll push him now. Yesterday she messsged to say he had eaten all his curry with a spoon. It’s so frustrating though… I want him to show his best side to them! Bizarrely DD would be far better behaved at school than home, he’s the opposite! So I’m preparing to sneak around with a phone to record him in the next few weeks if needs be. The overall upshot was tho that they are going to prioritise communication above all else which is great. The issue with DS though is that his ‘drivers’ are so limited. So yesterday he was by the end of the day communication fluently for sweets, food etc using various forms which they say he picked up quickly but not for other less desirable (to him) things. God knows what to do about that!!
how are you Danni, and hello to Light, Liv and Ahna !