Spring Blossoms...

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Spring Blossoms...
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Tue, 04-24-2007 - 9:28am

...and I'm not talking about the trees either.


Yesterday I got a call from Peter's teacher raving about how Peter had done well in school. OK he got into trouble, but he was able to tell the teacher exactly what had happened, what should have happened differently, and that he should receive a consequence.


I was thinking back, and we often see a lot of progress with Pete around this time of year; spring or summer seem to be good for him.


Has anyone else noticed a trend like this?


-Paula

-Paula

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Tue, 04-24-2007 - 9:45am

Actually, we're having the exact opposite happen with Claire. She has turned into a monster recently. Out the blue she started throwing tantrums in school...screaming and crying because "now she'll never have friends", ripping up her worksheets, running out of the classroom and hiding. It's really starting to scare me. This is completely unchartered water for us and when the teacher asks us for advice, I'm at a loss. Her IEP is next Monday and, no doubt, we're going to be expected to have an answer for them, and I haven't a clue what to tell them. She's been a turd at home too!

Ugh...this move really can't happen fast enough.

Amy
who's really sorry for weeing on Paula's beautiful Spring Blossoms...

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Tue, 04-24-2007 - 11:22am

Hmmm.


Amy,

-Paula

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Tue, 04-24-2007 - 11:24am

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Tue, 04-24-2007 - 3:26pm

Well I guess you would say I may got some "bugs" on my flowers.........
Adam is SO close to testing out of OT----good thing BUT so sad cause I LOVE MY TEAM

He has made great strides at therepy but has been a handful at school.
He is flip flopping his attitude....last month was polar opposites GO FIGURE

Well hence the eval and us getting more inhome help again to help him with transitions and staying on tasks...........contolling emotional outbursts (he screams on occassion and crys) when things dont' go his way.

BUT TODAY AT STORY TIME AT THE LIBRARY
He did pretty good. I was armed with fruit snacks and pretzels LOL
All he fussed over was the song and dancing was too short to his liking.

Nora

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Tue, 04-24-2007 - 4:29pm

Great news Paula! These cycles are interesting. We notice Eric makes developmental gains when we are on vacation in Colorado, in August. We think it's the relative quiet, lack of civilization or something.

Amy, as for the spring, we're having the same problem and we've never had it before. Eric usually acts this way, the way you described Claire in November. For 3 yrs. in a row it's been November. In the spring he is usually entering his "manic" phase, so this is also new to us, at least timing-wise.

We have noticed the pollen counts are especially high here, which is unusual for us in Florida at this time of year. Even I am having sneezing fits and my head is about to explode and I feel exhausted. I usually have this problem in the fall.

Hence, we are wondering if junior is having allergy trouble like moi which is making him peevish.

Just a thought but you have my sympathy. You know what crazy thing helped Eric calm down a little bit, Epsom salt baths. Don't ask me why. It works in the fall so I am starting them with him now and it seems to be helping.

Time for me to pop another benedryl! Aaaaachoo.

Katherine

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Tue, 04-24-2007 - 5:55pm

In early spring (that's March 1st here in Phoenix) we see a downturn in behaviors. But 6 weeks later, mid-April, like right now, we see some blossoms. The girls have been out playing a lot in the evenings. It helps that the days are getting longer, so they have more time to play.

Yesterday, durring the GreatGlass Clean-up, I didn't think Jade could handle watching both of her little sisters so I sent Eva over to a friend's house. She and her friend wanted to play in the back yard and her friends mother told them to put on sweaters (yes, it was cold.... for about 20 minutes) and low and behold Eva didn't give her any arguements. She just put on the sweater offered and trotted out to play. And kept it on!Normally Eva argues and whines and complains about the very idea of sweaters and coats, and this friend's mom knows it. When I stopped by to pick her up I was informed of how impressive my normally argumentative DD behaved. Of course, I was still so livid about the Glass Thing that I might not have been as appropriately overjoyed as I should have been.

~Candes

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