Hey guys, Happy Tuesday. I haven't been moving much this week, the morning sickness is awful. Its good though, while my house is a terrible disaster (although, I did manage to fold laundry, YES!), I have time to blog, crochet and read. I thought I'd fill you in on how Echo's doing with all the issues I mentioned in a previous post, and give you a few new things to help me out with.
First, Echo is pretty much sleeping through the night. It makes such a big difference. She still wakes up throughout the night, but only cries for 30 seconds or so before going back to sleep, I don't even have to get out of bed. Its great. She's tolerating the car seat and stroller occasionally, but she's pretty unpredictable. I'm still working on that. And with the weaning from breastfeeding....I gave up. She will not take a bottle. The doc said I can still nurse until she's one, I just need to feed her more solids to make sure she continues to gain weight. Which is okay, because she finally decided she likes baby food along with other solids. Its definitely getting easier.
Now for my new problems:
1. The Jehovah's Witnesses. A couple of weeks ago a polite old man and sweet little person knocked on my door. I knew who they were immediately, but I have a rule about being polite to people who are going door to door for their religion, so I listened to them for about 2 minutes and took their brochure. When they left I figured that was the end of it. I was wrong. Since then, they've come back 3 times. I continue to take their literature (never actually reading it), and smiling politely. Last time they actually gave me a book. I don't want to waste their resources, or take them away from people who are actually interested in it, but I don't know how to get rid of them. I feel like I'm cheating on my religion. How do I get them to stop coming around without being rude?
2. Dexter's flipping out. I'm actually starting to be concerned that there may be something wrong with him. He turns five in less than 2 months. This shouldn't be happening like this at his age. I'm leaning towards bipolar disorder. I'm not even joking. I'm going to talk to the pediatrician about it on Friday. I'm kind of at the end of my rope and am thinking that he possibly needs to go on medication to be able to function normally in society. I can't send him to kindergarten like this. It really isn't normal. Am I overreacting?
3. My craving for Mexican food. I have always been a big mexican food fan, but lately I have this ridiculous need for it. There are two problems with this, first the other members of my family aren't as big on it as me and second, it doesn't fully agree with my stomach, yet I can't stop wanting it. Tonight I'm making some sweet pork enchiladas with mango salsa, and I'm SO EXCITED about it. I don't think there is another member of my family that is going to like it, and I'm going to regret it when the indigestion comes around at bedtime, but I've still just got to do it! (I don't really think anyone can help me with this. Cravings go away after a while)
Anyway, let me know if you have any thoughts on any of this stuff. Thanks!
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Friends don't let friends go to Kindergarten while flipping out
Posted by Rochelle Brunson at 11:37 AM
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I am not a psychologist nor do I have much expertise in that area but I had some similar concerns with one of my children a few years back. Bi-polar was my best-guess-diagnosis too. I was taking the Love & Logic parenting classes at the time and I talked privately with the school psychologist who was teaching the classes. I asked about this child of mine that I was concerned about. His first question was whether or not these behaviors happened EVERYWHERE or just at home with me. Did he/she have similar episodes at church, at school or with other caregivers. My answer was an emphatic NO. It just happened at home, and especially when dealing with me. He said that true bi-polar disorder would not be able to be controlled like that. It would display itself everywhere. Of course he never analized my child personally, but he said it sounded like a very developed level of manipulation. My child knew how to work the system (and work me over) and was doing a good job of it. This didn't really help my situation but at least that helped me rule out more clinical diagnoses.
Don't know if that helps at all, in your situation. But something to consider. Also, talking to a school psychologist would be an easy and free starting point if you have concerns.
Good luck!!!! Man, these children are difficult at times, huh??
Unfortunately, its not only at home with me. I can think of two examples from just the last 2 weeks. Once over a dime in his mouth that he was unwilling to spit out, and once because he forgot to tell me something before I left. The dime one took 20 minutes of time out and coaxing to get him to spit it out all the while he cried uncontrollably in the hallway, the other time he cried the entire time of school (3 hours) and was still crying when I picked him up.
On the Jehovah's Witnesses... Their lit is actually kind of interesting. My mom sometimes uses their non-religious booklet (more of the ethics/values/morals booklet) for the stories at school. My dad always invited them in, but did make sure to seat them so they were sure to not miss the statue of Joseph Smith or the big, family size Book of Mormon, and would often talk about something at church the Sunday before, or talk about his mission. They knew he was LDS and not likely to change, but they kept coming anyway. (They only stopped after he died - how's that for great missionary work?) They used to visit my aunt too. When she had an extended hospital/therapy stay a few years ago, they actually went to see her more times than the bishop, home teachers, and visiting teachers combined. I guess what I'm getting at is that they are persistent, and they probably know you're not likely to change religions, but they're okay with that. (And hopefully your visiting teachers are more faithful...)
I'm glad you are finally able to get some sleep now.
I have always been like you(or you like me)I invite the J.W. to come in ,I take their pamphlets and then tell them I am L.D.S. and that I want people to be nice to our missionaries, so I extend them that same courtesy....they kept coming back here too, but after a while they stopped.
As far as Dex goes...I hope he will be okay, or that some one can help you figure out what is going to help him,so you can feel better about him.I've never witnessed his out burst's, but we're never there,cause we live too far away.
As for the mexican food thing you inherited that from us. We LOVE mexican food!!!
Yay that she is sleeping better at night. I would say it would be nice to see a psychologist just so you could know what is going on and see if there is anything you can do to help him through it. It never hurts to get more info. I have a hard time saying no to people that is why I usually just don't answer the door.
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