tv in bed

[Guest guest]

We also put movies in to go to bed. I have always done this, and Ben needs it to

go to sleep for the same reason. I can't sleep in a quiet dark room. We get some

frowns and scowls when we mention this to anyone, so we just don't. He needs the

tv on and so do I. He still sleeps with us often, so we just all watch movies.

Only certain movies, are good for sleeping, ones that don't cause bad thoughts.

And they can't be interesting or new enough for him to actually watch. Eloise

and Eloise at Christmastime, I think I have seen or heard those a hundred times.

But, they are safe movies. I also got tv reruns from the 60's & 70's and he puts

up with those, That Girl, Bob Newhart and he doesn't mind the Gilmore Girl

reruns. I can't sleep without the tv. When we travel we have a small dvd player

we bring. You do what you have to do. I'm learning not to share everything with

everyone about what we do or don't do.

J

Ignore, or stop

Ok. It's officially my second post, and I just came to terms with my

seven year old son's having OCD recently so please don't be

judgemental or think I'm insensitive to my son's needs. I just need

to know what to do until we can get professional help.

I have a call into my insurance so I'm hoping to get some therapy

for us very soon, but until then - do I ignore his behaviors? (they

are very annoying and involve touching things and people (mostly me

and his younger brother) twice. Or should I ask him to stop

altogether?

Up till now, I have been avoiding situations that I know especially

set him off or I remind him that he must look for an

alternative " two thing " that's what he calls it.

Are there any herbs or vitamins that we can take that might aid him?

He has trouble falling asleep and also gets panic attacks.

Thank you for your advice - again!

JSummers

[Guest guest]

I think the " experts " say tv stimulates about 80% of kids, so not to have it on

at night time. But that means it calms about 20% of kids. I think OCD kids

must make up the majority of that 20%!

Sharon

Ignore, or stop

Ok. It's officially my second post, and I just came to terms with my

seven year old son's having OCD recently so please don't be

judgemental or think I'm insensitive to my son's needs. I just need

to know what to do until we can get professional help.

I have a call into my insurance so I'm hoping to get some therapy

for us very soon, but until then - do I ignore his behaviors? (they

are very annoying and involve touching things and people (mostly me

and his younger brother) twice. Or should I ask him to stop

altogether?

Up till now, I have been avoiding situations that I know especially

set him off or I remind him that he must look for an

alternative " two thing " that's what he calls it.

Are there any herbs or vitamins that we can take that might aid him?

He has trouble falling asleep and also gets panic attacks.

Thank you for your advice - again!

JSummers

[Guest guest]

My son has a small fan in his room that he runs every night just for

the noise. I read to him for aobut 30 minutes then he reads alone

to unwind for about 45 minutes. This seems to give him something to

think about after the lights go out.

Also if he is worried about forgeting something the next day he will

end up wandering around the house fixing things: Putting his

homewoek into his backpack, putting his lunch money in his place at

the table,etc. The poor kid will get zero sleep. So I also gave

him a pad of post-its and a pen and taught him to make notes for

himself. I have woken up to find 8 post its at the top of the

stairs. At least he didn't have to DO all the stuff in the middle

of the night.

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>

> We also put movies in to go to bed. I have always done this, and

Ben needs it to go to sleep for the same reason. I can't sleep in a

quiet dark room. We get some frowns and scowls when we mention this

to anyone, so we just don't. He needs the tv on and so do I. He

still sleeps with us often, so we just all watch movies. Only

certain movies, are good for sleeping, ones that don't cause bad

thoughts. And they can't be interesting or new enough for him to

actually watch. Eloise and Eloise at Christmastime, I think I have

seen or heard those a hundred times. But, they are safe movies. I

also got tv reruns from the 60's & 70's and he puts up with those,

That Girl, Bob Newhart and he doesn't mind the Gilmore Girl reruns.

I can't sleep without the tv. When we travel we have a small dvd

player we bring. You do what you have to do. I'm learning not to

share everything with everyone about what we do or don't do.

> J

> Ignore, or stop

>

> Ok. It's officially my second post, and I just came to terms

with my

> seven year old son's having OCD recently so please don't be

> judgemental or think I'm insensitive to my son's needs. I just

need

> to know what to do until we can get professional help.

>

> I have a call into my insurance so I'm hoping to get some

therapy

> for us very soon, but until then - do I ignore his behaviors?

(they

> are very annoying and involve touching things and people (mostly

me

> and his younger brother) twice. Or should I ask him to stop

> altogether?

>

> Up till now, I have been avoiding situations that I know

especially

> set him off or I remind him that he must look for an

> alternative " two thing " that's what he calls it.

>

> Are there any herbs or vitamins that we can take that might aid

him?

> He has trouble falling asleep and also gets panic attacks.

>

> Thank you for your advice - again!

> JSummers

>

>

[Guest guest]

My kids don't sleep with the tv on but neither of them can do homework in a

quiet room. We always have a tv on for this reason. When their teachers start

talking about a " quiet " homework time, my kids know that they aren't talking

to them! Kelley in NV