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Post by milesofsmiles on Feb 1, 2005 17:12:29 GMT -5
Ever wish you loved ones had a flashing red light when they were feeling angry?? Boy, I felt for my little guy this morning.... He must have really been wheeling inside. His breakfast bar was falling apart, so he threw it at the wall SMASH crumbs everywhere. I was in too much shock to see this one coming. This was way out there even for him. Asking why he did it? He was "angry that it was falling apart". Wow, wish the little red light was shining brightly to warn us..... Miles  Oh by the way, our mornings have been going much better. That is why this was such a shock.... |
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Post by Linda on Feb 1, 2005 17:52:23 GMT -5
miles...I am glad your mornings are going better....gotta remember even adults have bad days too. ;D ;D
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Post by rosyred45 on Feb 2, 2005 19:17:14 GMT -5
maybe he just had enough  But glad to see the mornings are better  What are you doing different? |
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Post by milesofsmiles on Feb 2, 2005 21:21:53 GMT -5
Not really sure what is different. We started Strattera in addition to the Focalin he is taking. (We... like we all are taking it....) I should say he is taking it, we are experiencing the affects. Like you all said, it might be just an off day. But he is not up to his target dose of Strattera. Miles |
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Post by finnmom on Feb 3, 2005 12:29:39 GMT -5
Here´s hoping for it to get better I´ve read that it take´s lquite long getting to the target dose of strattera  Wishing you good luck!! |
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Post by milesofsmiles on Feb 3, 2005 14:11:09 GMT -5
It figures that I make my thoughts public, and my son pulls the rug out from under me. Totally the opposite this morning. Eat breakfast, no. Brush your teeth, no. Put your clothes on, no. Take your medicine, no. Get in the car, no. I wonder where the time goes in the morning. But while he had no problem telling me no, he was asking me to do this and that for him, like the conversation we just had never happened. I swear some days my head is going to pop just like in the cartoons. Miles |
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Post by kurs10b on Feb 3, 2005 20:27:46 GMT -5
If he keeps telling you no, then just reverse it on him. He says no he wont get dressed, he asks you to make breakfast, NO. You ask him to brush his teeth he says no. He asks you to get him his book you say NO.
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Post by milesofsmiles on Feb 4, 2005 14:39:20 GMT -5
I did take the advice of those above and did the opposite. I decided to show ds what a good morning actually feels like. When I woke him up this morning I told him that we were going to have a good morning. I told him that when he was losing focus I would give him the answers to get back on track. I would give him a reasonable response that he could have thought of. Why not, it beat yelling and escallating fury. The responses I fed him were a little over the edge, but he caught on and got back on track. Just one for instance... 'Nate, please continue to eat'. I would then interject, 'Oh yes daddy, I am sorry, I got distracted and will get back to eating right away'. Just a theory, but I think my response to his distractions served two purposes, 1. It let him know that he was getting off target, and 2. There is a different response rather than NO!! He thought it was pretty silly at first, but at least there weren't any 'no's'. Then he started responding better. Hey, you got to go to the mountian, because it won't be coming to you soon. Miles |
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Post by Linda on Feb 4, 2005 15:22:06 GMT -5
Hey miles another litttle trick that used to work for me...set a timer and give your ds so much time to do whatever it is you want him to do.I think he will like the challenge of beating the timer I say all this and I am laughing because this morning I heard Paul"s alarm go off at 6am and I swear he was beating up his clock ;D ;D ;D |
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