We're enjoying summer break. Lil' Man has been staying up later (8:30), and sleeping in until 8ish. We've been to the pool, played in the sprinkler, been to the beach, and the lake. We've been attending all of the free shows at the library, and going to wild adventures.
Today we took a 3 hour nap, after getting up early to go yardsailing. Lil' Mans behaviors have be so/so at home, however he still continues to pick. Hopefully we will get it under control soon.
Yesterday the boys, and I went to a puppet show at our local library. It was great! Lil' Man was a little unsure of the whole thing. He sat with big eyes, and his mouth hanging open. At one point he said "my stuff animals don't talk."
Our local library has a ton of great shows, and their all free!
I spoke to soon. Lil' Man was up almost all night. He went to bed at 8pm, and messed around until 10pm. He was up again at 1am,until God knows when. He appeared again at 4am and was up until 6am. Since hubby doesn't have to leave for school until 11am, we let Lil' Man sleep till 9am.
His bed was covered in blood.
He was picking while he was awake.
Hubby drove him to daycare after breakfast only to be told by the director "he needs to be here by 9am or he cant attended unless he has a doctors note."
WTF?
It's daycare not school.
and that would have been nice to know when we first signed him up.
I told hubby next time we will just take him grumpy as all get out and they can deal since he has to be three by 9am.
Things have clamed down here. Lil' Man has slowed down on the picking. He has been listening the first or second time, instead of the 100th time! He has been sleeping well at night, and waking up in a much better mood!
Lat night we went to my inlaws for a BBQ. He was so well behaved I almost forgot we had a special needs kid. Typically when we go over there, he plays the food game to see how much food he can steal when I am not looking. I've found it hidden in his pockets, socks, and his bag. He didnt ask once for extra food! We even stayed till 10:30pm which is 3 hours passed bed time!
Today we hung out at the house, played games, did crafts, and tidied up. Afterwards we went for a golf cart ride. We allowed him to stay up late again tonight (8:45), and he did well again.
I wish things could be like this all of the time. We're almost like a normal family.
I hate hate hate hate, that Lil' Man picks . He currently has 19 infected spots, all from picking so damn much. He mostly picks because of anxiety. We've tired everything, but nothing helps. If he has the urge to pick he's going to do it regardless. Most of it is done at school/daycare.
When he picks and its bleeding he no longer gets a bandaid. There aren't on for longer than five minutes anyway. Sometimes he's picking just for the extra attention At school he was sent to the nurse, and at daycare he was sent to the director.
So at night we sneak into his room, and lather him up with antibiotic cream, and band-aids. At least they stay on over night.
Lil' Man did not get kicked out of the new daycare. They seen enough improvement within the week, that they are willing to work with us.
THANK GOD!
Things have improved at the daycare. They paired Lil' Man with a little girl, who he now calls his girl friend. The director said we're not in the clear, but she is willing to give him more time to adjust.
The daycare is wonderful, I hope he can remain there. The kids grow their own food, help prepare meals, and are in charge of maintaining their classroom. Taking out trash sweep, mopping, etc. They go swimming twice a week (I will attend with Lil' Man).
They participate in so many hands on activities, and go above and beyond his other daycare.
I really hope it works!
