As usual he had a good morning. Got ready, had breakfast and played in the computer. The time came to be leaving for church. He decided to bring a couple of toys to keep him busy while sitting at church (30m). He found his friend and they sat together. They started to get noisy and finally I gave them paper and pen and they started drawing. He did very well with that! quiet and busy.
Did great at his class and in the way home. After lunch we needed to sit down to finish a math test he had pending. Since I got him off school early on Friday for the eye Dr thing he could not do a math test, so the teacher gave it to me to do home. So we started doing this test...
At first he was doing ok but by the end he had 2 question that required some thinking, like "little Susie spent $3.19 on something then she got $1.50 on this other thing and he had $2.00 left..." he immediately guessed an answer, totally wrong. I asked him to show his work on it and his answer always was.."I did it on my head" it was very clear he made it up and did not wanted to say it. We tried some other problems and he would just make up and answer and shut down!!.
This is not good!!!! he is struggling with addition and tomorrow his class starts with multiplication!. I didn't realize how hard this was for him until now. What makes it worse is that he won't even try. Shuts down and that is the end of it. I need to figure something out!!
Later he went with the girls to a friends house and had a great time. Came back home, had dinner and eventually went to bed. Long day...
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Dave and Buster
It was soooo much fun today. But let's start from the beginning...
By the time I got up all kids were doing something. Actually I found them all in the computer doing a game together. very nicely and fun. Later we had breakfast (pancakes) and watched a movie (Arthur and the Invisibles). Everyone still in pajamas and hair standing up. Carlitos in a very good mood and not an argument at all.
Today is Marco's (DH) job Christmas party at Dave and Busters. This place is very nice for families. It is like a Peter Piper Pizza but much nicer and better games. We all got dressed and ready to go. When we got there the front door people gave us a card with tokens to use. The kids took off running to whatever they saw first. carlitos followed direction immediately, was very responsible with his stuff (tokens, card, cups) and did so amazingly well. I am very impressed because this place was a loud jungle!!, got full of people right away and the noise was so loud you had to yell all the time for people to hear you. So imagine sound, plus people, plus over excitement of video games and such.
After an hour or so he signal me and asked me to go to a quiet place for a while. We went to the 2nd floor which had an outside patio (balcony) and was nice and quiet. The kids had a soda (treat) and after 15min he was ready to go down and keep on going. I told him I was very proud of him for handling his needs so well. Today he was very even in his behavior.
After all that we were exhausted!!! so my oldest made dinner and after that a;; of them got back in pajamas. He spent some time reading in bed and went to sleep.
In my book...perfect day for him!!
By the time I got up all kids were doing something. Actually I found them all in the computer doing a game together. very nicely and fun. Later we had breakfast (pancakes) and watched a movie (Arthur and the Invisibles). Everyone still in pajamas and hair standing up. Carlitos in a very good mood and not an argument at all.
Today is Marco's (DH) job Christmas party at Dave and Busters. This place is very nice for families. It is like a Peter Piper Pizza but much nicer and better games. We all got dressed and ready to go. When we got there the front door people gave us a card with tokens to use. The kids took off running to whatever they saw first. carlitos followed direction immediately, was very responsible with his stuff (tokens, card, cups) and did so amazingly well. I am very impressed because this place was a loud jungle!!, got full of people right away and the noise was so loud you had to yell all the time for people to hear you. So imagine sound, plus people, plus over excitement of video games and such.
After an hour or so he signal me and asked me to go to a quiet place for a while. We went to the 2nd floor which had an outside patio (balcony) and was nice and quiet. The kids had a soda (treat) and after 15min he was ready to go down and keep on going. I told him I was very proud of him for handling his needs so well. Today he was very even in his behavior.
After all that we were exhausted!!! so my oldest made dinner and after that a;; of them got back in pajamas. He spent some time reading in bed and went to sleep.
In my book...perfect day for him!!
Friday, December 5, 2008
Glasses
This morning everything went as usual...got up, had breakfast, and left for school. He is doing very good getting dressed by himself. for the longest time we had to do it for him. However he still needs verbal reminders all the time so he does not get sidetracked.
I picked him up early from school to take him to the Eye Dr appointment. We went in and he immediately got hooked with the equipment. Fascinated with the buttons and such. Loved it!.
Just like I suspected...he cannot see!!! the Dr said his vision changed 5 points since the last time (15 months ago) and now he needs to use them all the time. He picked his favorite glasses and is very excited about it. They are going to check if DDD (Department of Disabilities) can cover the cost of Carbon lenses. They should be ready in about a week.
The kids enjoyed the movie and went to bed right after.
Finally the weekend is here...
We came back and he played again with the new daycare kid I have. They get along very well. I'm glad. After that he did his regular computer time. Then dinner and shower. On Fridays we have movie night. This time we watched Fly me to the Moon" some cartoon with flies going into space. Very cute!!
At school he did not get any work done....we are still trying to figure that one out. There was a psychologist that came to observe him in class. I will hear about that later I'm sure.
I picked him up early from school to take him to the Eye Dr appointment. We went in and he immediately got hooked with the equipment. Fascinated with the buttons and such. Loved it!.
Just like I suspected...he cannot see!!! the Dr said his vision changed 5 points since the last time (15 months ago) and now he needs to use them all the time. He picked his favorite glasses and is very excited about it. They are going to check if DDD (Department of Disabilities) can cover the cost of Carbon lenses. They should be ready in about a week.
The kids enjoyed the movie and went to bed right after.
Finally the weekend is here...
We came back and he played again with the new daycare kid I have. They get along very well. I'm glad. After that he did his regular computer time. Then dinner and shower. On Fridays we have movie night. This time we watched Fly me to the Moon" some cartoon with flies going into space. Very cute!!
At school he did not get any work done....we are still trying to figure that one out. There was a psychologist that came to observe him in class. I will hear about that later I'm sure.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Different
Yesterday he was a little hard in the morning...slower, hard to convince to wake up and get going. When he finally does it then he is good to go, but until then it is kind of a battle.
When I got his report from school it said that he did not do any work. Only one assignment for the day. That is not very good considering he was accomplishing at least 7 assignments a day. Not sure why the change but we are still trying.
In the afternoon I noticed he was very irritable with the other kids. Impatient and short. He was able to do some homework at first but later when I asked him to work on the second part he got very defiant and he did not have really a reason to act that way. He ignored me and walked away. So at that moment I told him I was not going to argue with him and put the paper back in his backpack. If he did not want to finish ok BUT he could not use the computer at all the rest of the night. With that said I got busy with stuff. Within 5 minutes he got his paper out and started working on it.
He did good after that. Had a good time for diner and for bed time.
When I got his report from school it said that he did not do any work. Only one assignment for the day. That is not very good considering he was accomplishing at least 7 assignments a day. Not sure why the change but we are still trying.
In the afternoon I noticed he was very irritable with the other kids. Impatient and short. He was able to do some homework at first but later when I asked him to work on the second part he got very defiant and he did not have really a reason to act that way. He ignored me and walked away. So at that moment I told him I was not going to argue with him and put the paper back in his backpack. If he did not want to finish ok BUT he could not use the computer at all the rest of the night. With that said I got busy with stuff. Within 5 minutes he got his paper out and started working on it.
He did good after that. Had a good time for diner and for bed time.
Forgot
I did it again!! I got distracted and did not post last night. Well....yesterday was a very so so kind of day. I checked on him at school and he wasn't doing any work at all just messing at his desk. I talked to him on the phone and went over some questions about why he was doing that and encouraged him to move on. Based on the daily report he did not do much. The case worker went to his class and reminded him about the reward system and to pick his next prize, this way we could refocus in a positive way.
So far he is still refusing to do all the work...but we are able to negotiate, before that was impossible. Doing better.
In the afternoon we stayed home and he played all afternoon with a new Daycare kid. He was so excited about this kid saying he was his friend. They like the same things..Legos, Star Wars, sword fights..sticks...boy stuff!!. They had a good time and got him distracted from the computer, which was good!.
Good day overall.
So far he is still refusing to do all the work...but we are able to negotiate, before that was impossible. Doing better.
In the afternoon we stayed home and he played all afternoon with a new Daycare kid. He was so excited about this kid saying he was his friend. They like the same things..Legos, Star Wars, sword fights..sticks...boy stuff!!. They had a good time and got him distracted from the computer, which was good!.
Good day overall.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Old habits!!
This morning he had a hard time getting up, rolling around and not following direction very well. Finally he got started and did good after that.
School however seem to be a different story at this point. Got very frustrated. Refused to do a reading test because required some writing. He walked away very defiant and went to the office. they could not convince him to go back to class so he stayed there until pick up time (about an hour). Having the kind of aggressiveness he use to have. Still not as bad as before but escalating a little bit as time goes by.
I had a talk with him about it, put some ground rules and was grounded from computer for the day. did his homework well and also did good at OT at home.
Tonight we had a church event at someones house and there were a bunch of boys. He did good considering the busyness of the place.
Now...something very obvious now is how hungry he is. I don't worry about it much at this minute because he is very skinny and has plenty of room to grow..however it could become an issue later. I am already switching his options to more healthy stuff but he does eat a lot more. We'll see if he balances himself out at some point.
I am a little sad that he is doing some of his old behaviors but still very grateful he is more balanced.. He may be getting sick or something like that. We'll see.
School however seem to be a different story at this point. Got very frustrated. Refused to do a reading test because required some writing. He walked away very defiant and went to the office. they could not convince him to go back to class so he stayed there until pick up time (about an hour). Having the kind of aggressiveness he use to have. Still not as bad as before but escalating a little bit as time goes by.
I had a talk with him about it, put some ground rules and was grounded from computer for the day. did his homework well and also did good at OT at home.
Tonight we had a church event at someones house and there were a bunch of boys. He did good considering the busyness of the place.
Now...something very obvious now is how hungry he is. I don't worry about it much at this minute because he is very skinny and has plenty of room to grow..however it could become an issue later. I am already switching his options to more healthy stuff but he does eat a lot more. We'll see if he balances himself out at some point.
I am a little sad that he is doing some of his old behaviors but still very grateful he is more balanced.. He may be getting sick or something like that. We'll see.
Monday, December 1, 2008
School
Seems like school is getting a little bit challenging. Gong back to some old ways. Today there was a note about him ignoring his teacher completely. But let's start from the beginning....
Got up happy but sleepy. Got ready for his basketball practice 7:20am (yuk) and did great. When I picked him up he said has a good day at school (true in the sense of attitude) he is doing less work but not melting and things like that. In the afternoon he insisted in playing at the computer, he is getting very demanding with it. I may set up a schedule, I didn't have to before but looks like we may need it now.
Played with his younger sister a lot but has a hard time keeping his distance, he wants to be wrestling or hugging her all the time. We are working on that one. At the end he was very willing to take a shower and get ready. Played with some construction sets he has and by bed time he was good to go. No incidents with anybody.
Back to the note from school. His teacher mentioned he is ignoring her and not paying attention at all, so I asked him and tried to figured out if he realized he was doing this (my guess yes!!) but I won't jump into conclusions on this one. He did look surprised, and we agreed that he would try to stay connected in class with the lesson. We'll see what happens.
Doing great with the medicine so far.
Got up happy but sleepy. Got ready for his basketball practice 7:20am (yuk) and did great. When I picked him up he said has a good day at school (true in the sense of attitude) he is doing less work but not melting and things like that. In the afternoon he insisted in playing at the computer, he is getting very demanding with it. I may set up a schedule, I didn't have to before but looks like we may need it now.
Played with his younger sister a lot but has a hard time keeping his distance, he wants to be wrestling or hugging her all the time. We are working on that one. At the end he was very willing to take a shower and get ready. Played with some construction sets he has and by bed time he was good to go. No incidents with anybody.
Back to the note from school. His teacher mentioned he is ignoring her and not paying attention at all, so I asked him and tried to figured out if he realized he was doing this (my guess yes!!) but I won't jump into conclusions on this one. He did look surprised, and we agreed that he would try to stay connected in class with the lesson. We'll see what happens.
Doing great with the medicine so far.
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