Guest guest Posted October 5, 2001 Report Share Posted October 5, 2001 It has been an interesting Friday even from dawn. woke up early and decided I was perfect for climbing on, until he grew bored with that and wanted down, as in off the bed, which meant I had to be out of the bed also. joined us downstairs for early morning videos while I pretended to sleep on the couch. This lasted until I roused long enough to look at my watch and realize that I was late in waking for school. I raced up the stairs to wake him which immediately resulted in a tantrum over being late, that transformed into a tantrum over a sore throat, that became a tantrum over a runny nose, that evolved into a tantrum over a stuffy nose, which seemed to set the tone for the entire day. Somewhere in the middle of all this I threw on jeans, found clothes for the babies and called school. Gail's school said they would have her homework in the office at 3:00 and 's thanked me for not sending him while listening to his tirade in the background. Friday is normally a preschool day for , and a day in which I normally schedule things I prefer to get done without him accompanying me. We went to 's and waited...and waited...and waited. She didn't show up. No phone call, her phone is disconnected, no nothing. My preschool teacher is MIA. ACK. I hope it is nothing terribly serious and that she will be there on Monday as the only other school that will take him is the ESD preschool, but not until we get a dx. No one wants a very charming, intelligent boy that is almost four, not potty trained and displays obsessive behavior, irrational outbursts, wild fears and irritability over the the smallest issues. Gee, go figure. I finally called Chris's paeditrician around 2:00 because he was still tantruming more or less incessantly. The doc checked him for strep and, bless him, said to give him benadryl. I did! It's lovely. He's asleep without complaint and without taking two hours of constant trips out of bed. OHSU called today finally with an appointment for Gail, November 16th, but still not one for . I asked about that and the scheduler said she would look at the teams available and see what she could do. I was really hoping to have him in class with a dx by the end of the year. Sigh. This weekend I have all of Chris's schoolwork, plus homework, here for him to work on. Let's just say I'm not overly optimistic when asked if we will get it all completed. I must stress the we part of this as does not do any work at all unless I am right there with him to assist. Gail is completely out to lunch while she has been ill so I do not have high hopes for her to get much done either. This sets the stage for a week fraught with tension and anxiety provided they both return to school on Monday. Of course if they are sick longer this only delays the inevitable and adds more to the work load. Please oh please oh please let them return to school on Monday. I'm not sure if I will allow to live if he repeats today's performances. who is not at all sure she wishes to get up tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 6, 2001 Report Share Posted October 6, 2001 Poor, poor ! > It has been an interesting Friday even from dawn. You must mean " interesting " like that Chinese curse about living in interesting times... woke up > early and decided I was perfect for climbing on, until he grew bored > with that and wanted down, as in off the bed, which meant I had to be > out of the bed also. > > joined us downstairs for early morning videos while I > pretended to sleep on the couch. One of my favorite tricks. You can actually get some rest like that, at least I think you can but I don't know that I would recognize rest if it hit me in the forehead. This lasted until I roused long > enough to look at my watch and realize that I was late in waking > for school. I raced up the stairs to wake him which > immediately resulted in a tantrum over being late, that transformed > into a tantrum over a sore throat, that became a tantrum over a runny > nose, that evolved into a tantrum over a stuffy nose, which seemed to > set the tone for the entire day. Sounds like Enrique but smaller. I wish Enrique were smaller. > > Somewhere in the middle of all this I threw on jeans, found clothes > for the babies and called school. Gail's school said they would have > her homework in the office at 3:00 and 's thanked me for > not sending him while listening to his tirade in the background. Did they indeed? > > Friday is normally a preschool day for , and a day in which I > normally schedule things I prefer to get done without him > accompanying me. We went to 's and waited...and waited...and > waited. She didn't show up. No phone call, her phone is > disconnected, no nothing. My preschool teacher is MIA. ACK. I hope > it is nothing terribly serious and that she will be there on Monday > as the only other school that will take him is the ESD preschool, but > not until we get a dx. No one wants a very charming, intelligent > boy that is almost four, not potty trained and displays obsessive > behavior, irrational outbursts, wild fears and irritability over the > the smallest issues. Gee, go figure. Hey, sounds like a perfectly normal kid. Do you think she disappeared solely because she was 's preschool teacher and just couldn't take another day of it. And, I ask her, if she can't handle being his teacher, well, you have to be his mother full-time. Ha. I am getting all worked up just thinking of this. > > I finally called Chris's paeditrician around 2:00 because he was > still tantruming more or less incessantly. The doc checked him for > strep and, bless him, said to give him benadryl. I did! It's > lovely. He's asleep without complaint and without taking two hours > of constant trips out of bed. Have to remember this. > > OHSU called today finally with an appointment for Gail, November > 16th, but still not one for . I asked about that and the > scheduler said she would look at the teams available and see what she > could do. I was really hoping to have him in class with a dx by the > end of the year. Sigh. > I am constantly wondering why it all takes so long. > This weekend I have all of Chris's schoolwork, plus homework, here > for him to work on. Let's just say I'm not overly optimistic when > asked if we will get it all completed. I must stress the we part of > this as does not do any work at all unless I am right there > with him to assist. Yup. Gail is completely out to lunch while she has > been ill so I do not have high hopes for her to get much done > either. This sets the stage for a week fraught with tension and > anxiety provided they both return to school on Monday. Of course if > they are sick longer this only delays the inevitable and adds more to > the work load. Please oh please oh please let them return to school > on Monday. I'm not sure if I will allow to live if he repeats > today's performances. Let's hope they make it back to school then. > > who is not at all sure she wishes to get up tomorrow. > Did you? Salli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 6, 2001 Report Share Posted October 6, 2001 , This does not sound like any fun at all. I hope you've been taking YOUR meds!! Sue ---------------------------------------------------- Sign Up for NetZero Platinum Today Only $9.95 per month! http://my.netzero.net/s/signup?r=platinum & refcd=PT97 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 6, 2001 Report Share Posted October 6, 2001 > > who is not at all sure she wishes to get up tomorrow. > I wouldn't want to either. Hope things calm down. (What am I saying?) Sissi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 6, 2001 Report Share Posted October 6, 2001 <sigh> What more can I do? Amy H Kepler 4 ASD and Bethany 5 & 1/2 NT " Illegitimus non carborundum " (Lat: Don't let the bastards grind you down) -Gen. ph Stilwell _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 6, 2001 Report Share Posted October 6, 2001 > You must mean " interesting " like that Chinese curse about living in > interesting times... That would be the " May you have an interesting life " curse. > > joined us downstairs for early morning videos while I > > pretended to sleep on the couch. > > One of my favorite tricks. You can actually get some rest like that, at > least I think you can but I don't know that I would recognize rest if it hit > me in the forehead. Case in point here. I was hit in the forehead several times by the previously mentioned baby in search of more attention from his nonresponsive mother. > > Sounds like Enrique but smaller. I wish Enrique were smaller. I wish were smaller. He is too big to carry back to his bed which means he is too big. Bigger is not better. Bigger is more trouble. > > 's thanked me for > > not sending him while listening to his tirade in the background. > > Did they indeed? They did! I told them they really didn't want him today even though he wasn't really that ill, and they said that yes, they could hear him and that was probably not such a good idea if he were to come afterall. > > who is not at all sure she wishes to get up tomorrow. > > > Did you? I did. But not until ten! I left them in their father's care this morning who very wisely let sleeping mothers lie. One child, Gail, ventured upstairs to ask permission from me since her father was napping. Why she thought it was okay to wake me and not her father I don't know, but wake me she did. " Broken, bleeding, burning? " I queried. " No " she replied. " leave or die " . That conversation complete I slipped blissfully back into lala land and slumbered until tenish when I awoke because I had rested. What a lovely moment that was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 6, 2001 Report Share Posted October 6, 2001 > , > This does not sound like any fun at all. I hope you've been taking YOUR > meds!! > Sue Every Sunday, but by Friday I was wishing it was Sunday! LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 7, 2001 Report Share Posted October 7, 2001 > napping. Why she thought it was okay to wake me and not her father I > don't know, but wake me she did. " Broken, bleeding, burning? " I > queried. " No " she replied. " leave or die " . OMG PIMP!!! That is just absolutely CLASSIC, . I will definitely borrow that statement if and when my children can understand it LOL!!! TOO COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Poor Gail... I would have been horrified, though, if my own mother said that to me LOLOL!!! But hey - I understand! I understand! Goodness knows you really needed some rest. Any chance of sleeping in again in the near future? Like... tomorrow morning? (I know.. there is no end to my greed). Grace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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