Saturday morning I went to a church retreat. I expected to be bored, but surprisingly I wasn't and I was sad I had to leave much earlier than I wanted to. E had a birthday party at an ice cream store, and I couldn't figure out what the heck they would do to occupy TWO hours! Came home, A was a little basket case and D was quite up to her limit on ( Read more... )

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I keep hoping to get a good email from E's teacher, but I haven't heard a peep since I sent her an email a few days ago. E indicated he had a better day yesterday, didn't get into trouble as much, and actually helped clean up in his after school program (earning him some points, don't quite get what they are for, but it is a good thing). He was ( Read more... )

Last night we talked and E talked back to us about his day. FINALLY! Progress! We heard more yesterday than we have in a long time about his day-to-day. He is adjusting to the "homework as soon as we get home" routine (even though he didn't have any, he chose to use homework time to make pictures of his family, YAY!). We talked a lot about how can ( Read more... )

We called E's pediatrician this morning after receiving a follow up email from his teacher about his behavior on Friday. We have an appointment on the 22nd with a child behavior specialist. I am encouraged that we're taking this next step, but my stomach is in a tight little ball. I hope his behavior improves today so that I can stop dreading my ( Read more... )

Thank you everyone who has commented and offered suggestions about E. I really really appreciate it. Today I just feel like I have an elephant draped across my shoulders weighing me down. Last night we had a huge talk with E, I don't know if it will help or not, but D feels good about it. I just feel beaten down. I know I'll feel better, but today ( Read more... )

Second email from the teacher ( Read more... )

"E continues to need frequent reminders to keep his hands off of others these past 2 days. Also, today he licked another student's shoe and when the other students complained, E said "he told me to do it." He did that again, later in the day with another incident saying "he told me to do it." I did not hear the other students say that, but I ( Read more... )

Yesterday I sent a note with E in his backpack to ask his teacher to either email or call me, just so I could check in and see how he's doing. She was so kind and wrote me over lunch that she would call at 4. I planned my schedule accordingly, but no phone call. I worked out and some time during that workout my phone rang and I missed her. She ( Read more... )

Yesterday I had the SINGLE best day with my boy that I can ever remember having, and I will write about that separately. This morning was E's first day of real school. He was in a good mood, slept great (thank you Benadryl and a hell of a lot of exercise yesterday), and did everything we asked of him. We all took him to the bus stop, including the ( Read more... )