Morning, been slow posting recently due to just ongoing bloody illness, I’m fed up of it! Started with DH, nothing weird or wonderful but just nasty virus/ temps, then me, then DD then DS. DS does not do being poorly well. Lots of tantrums and meltdowns as mentioned before so it just makes a hard situation even harder. I find I’m generally so stressed/ worried/ depressed about DS anyway, even when he’s at his best, when one of us (either) is unwell it tips me over the edge. Whereas with DD it’s just an inconvenience if that makes sense.
Danni, ouch! Is it any better??
I can’t believe your DS is still up so early with all his sleep meds! I’m a bit worried about DS as he’s like a zombie at the mo on a morning, I’m worried we are overdoing the meds or maybe it’s just exacerbated by the fact he has been under the weather.
on the subject of sleep can I ask a question… you may say you don’t know, but do your DC move a lot in their sleep? DS is always tossing and turning, banging the wall as he turns, then I find him upside down in bed. I wonder if his unsettled sleep is why he is tired? It stresses me too that he is having some sort of epileptic episode that I don’t know about. Or if this is normal?
Liv, I hope the meeting goes well. I don’t think for DS school is really where he wants to be either. I just don’t think it’s clicked in his head that it’s a decision he can control. As Open said, I’m interested to hear their strategies.
Dimples the school you looked around sounds fab! Interesting that they do GCSEs, none of the SSs here do. The Head at this one said whilst many of the kids are more than capable they don’t have the attention span to sit for exams of that length. I could see myself saying that about DS. I do feel though that I’ve now set him on a path that may not allow him to demonstrate his abilities.
Open, that sounds a very early start still. Do you still feel the melatonin isn’t working? Are you going to go back to the dr?
Ahna, that sounds like something some of our GP would say. I remember MIL saying bluntly when DS was 2 that he was ‘retarded.’ Then justifying herself by giving the literal interpretation of the word. I do find though that certainly with our GP they just get worse with stuff they say (not just about the DC, generally.) maybe some older people are appropriate and tactful but most I know aren’t. Would you challenge her on these things Ahna? DH wouldn’t with his, I would blow a gasket with mine on the spot. Different relationships I suppose.
Beyond that DS seems quite settled at the mo and a few nice reports from school detailing positives (good work in maths, reading, comprehension, some writing, no toilet accidents.) I say at the mo as who knows where we may be next week.