one hand on the Diet Mountain Dew. Fail again in Rachel's world. Keith knew. He totally knew and brought me a bottle of liquid life/death home from the gas station this morning.
This Bo Bear. I swear this child is trying to see exactly HOW naughty he can possibly be. I have waited for four years and I knew this day was coming, and boy has it ever. There is a tiny little voice in my head telling me he is only going to get naughtier, but for right now I am just going to dwell on the idea that I will never sleep again.
Bo can now quickly climb on the furniture to pull the stuff off of the walls. In a way he is literally "climbing the walls", and isn't that the term we use when our kids are acting extremely hyper? Well guess what? My child is doing EXACTLY THAT! Over the next week or so, I will be taking the arrangements down off of my walls and pondering what to do next. If you know me, you know that I like to have a lot of stuff on the walls. Maybe this will be my excuse to get some more updated things? My mom and I are rummage sale junkies so I have a ton of odd, mismatched stuff. My house is like a cross between an older ladies/ the Weasley's from Harry Potter/ and one big playroom. I went over to my friend Crystal's new home the other day and it sort of inspired me. She has a good eye so I may have to strong arm her into coming over and seeing if she can give me a little advice :) I am all for constructive criticism.
The other new thing of Bo's is that he no longer wants to be inside. The hot weather has broken here in the hot state of Minnesota *laughs at my hilariousness*, so we have been spending our days outdoors. Bo can spend literally hours out there and when I make him come in for a snack, meal or diaper, he literally flips out! It is roll on the floor funny, until bedtime comes and he is still torked! Last night, in between rainy times, I let him play outside until 9:45 thinking he would pass out easily. Negative. He freaked out until 3:00am! The night before it went on until 5:00am!
Our Pediatrician warned me this day was coming, and has asked me to see the Behavioral Specialist. It looks like I am going to have to take him up on that offer. Also, we will have to go back on the low-dose Melatonin and see if that gets him back on a schedule. I wanted to take the summer off and see if maybe there was some chance he grew out of the need. Apparently not.
I have no idea what sort of advice the Behavioral Specialist will have for me, but I am thinking his advice will be directed more towards MY behavior as opposed to Bo's. It isn't so much about adjusting the Special Needs child's behavior, but more so how we as adults react to it. We do time outs here, and use deep toned "No" as well as signing the word "No". It will be interesting to hear what he has to say, that is for sure. I do walk around the house "mean-mugging" the naughtiness when I am exhausted like this, lol.
Anywho's, I had best skidaddle and peek outside at those naughty little boys. They are playing blocks on the blanket outside.
I am thinking about getting them a bunny.
Rachel=Glutton for Punishment
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