4ml prozac, probiotics, 1/2 a magnesium
Today Ewen had his CBT/therapy appointment with Kari. She was happy to hear all the stuff he is going to do this summer starting with soccer camp next week, then band camp the following week and gaming camp after that. Summer is very expensive when you have 3 kids. My oldest will be doing a girl rock band camp and my youngest is too shy to do any camps.
Ewen has been huffing a bit today but not a lot. He huffs more at night when he is tired. He is teaching Magic Cards to his older sister with autism. I think this could be her ticket to being a bit social. She won't have to talk to people, just play the game if she learns Magic. So even though all she wants to do is play the Sims all the time, I've asked her to take 10 minutes a day to play and learn Magic. She is agreeing to do so and I hear her asking Ewen questions and actually doing it.
So I have been taking Prozac too and I can see why Ewen wants to stretch his muscles a lot and be a bit tickie because when I wake up in the morning I feel like I need to stretch my feet a hundred times and I realize that I am doing what Ewen does when he is falling asleep. I like feeling happy though. I'm sure I am also feeling happy these days because Ewen is doing so much better. But some of the things that used to upset me with him don't bother me as much. When he rolls around and seems uncomfortable sometimes...it used to vex me terribly. Now I'm just like...whatever, as long as he is happy. I am going to very, very, very slowly come down on the Prozac for him and possibly for me too. But I do like being happy again, sigh.
Today I made everyone in family, including Mike and I, a chore list. I hand-wrote them instead of typing them on the computer and drew little flowers on them and taped them on the dining room wall. Everyone did their chores...even Mike. It is amazing what happens when you put stuff in writing. Also, when the kids saw how long my list is, they didn't complain about theirs at all. It is simple things like my oldest has to make breakfast for herself and her little sister in the morning, and she has to empty the dishwasher. Then at night the oldest has to set the table, then make sure no one left clothes on the bathroom floor at night.
Ewen has to make his own breakfast too, then at night he has been given the chore of clearing the table and putting all the dishes in the dishwasher and any leftover food away in containers and the fridge.
My youngest (7) has to clean the sink in the morning after she brushes her teeth. Then at night her chore is to shake off the table cloth and put it in the hamper, then vacuum under the table and wipe down the chairs. When I tried to help her tonight she shouted at me...."This is MY chore!"
Mike's most important chore is to put bugs and critters that the cats bring in...outside. He also has on his list to take out the garbage, make Ewen's lunch for camp next week, wash his coffee cup and put away anything he got out of the fridge or cabinet that morning. He also sometimes helps with making dinner and taking a load of laundry in to the shed and bringing clean laundry to dump it on the couch and I will organize it into piles and have the kids put theirs away and I'll put the rest away.
So we will see. It will be amazing to have help and not have to do all this stuff myself.
I think that if this summer goes smoothly I will start making honey lemonade again...and popsicles.
Today Ewen had his CBT/therapy appointment with Kari. She was happy to hear all the stuff he is going to do this summer starting with soccer camp next week, then band camp the following week and gaming camp after that. Summer is very expensive when you have 3 kids. My oldest will be doing a girl rock band camp and my youngest is too shy to do any camps.
Ewen has been huffing a bit today but not a lot. He huffs more at night when he is tired. He is teaching Magic Cards to his older sister with autism. I think this could be her ticket to being a bit social. She won't have to talk to people, just play the game if she learns Magic. So even though all she wants to do is play the Sims all the time, I've asked her to take 10 minutes a day to play and learn Magic. She is agreeing to do so and I hear her asking Ewen questions and actually doing it.
So I have been taking Prozac too and I can see why Ewen wants to stretch his muscles a lot and be a bit tickie because when I wake up in the morning I feel like I need to stretch my feet a hundred times and I realize that I am doing what Ewen does when he is falling asleep. I like feeling happy though. I'm sure I am also feeling happy these days because Ewen is doing so much better. But some of the things that used to upset me with him don't bother me as much. When he rolls around and seems uncomfortable sometimes...it used to vex me terribly. Now I'm just like...whatever, as long as he is happy. I am going to very, very, very slowly come down on the Prozac for him and possibly for me too. But I do like being happy again, sigh.
Today I made everyone in family, including Mike and I, a chore list. I hand-wrote them instead of typing them on the computer and drew little flowers on them and taped them on the dining room wall. Everyone did their chores...even Mike. It is amazing what happens when you put stuff in writing. Also, when the kids saw how long my list is, they didn't complain about theirs at all. It is simple things like my oldest has to make breakfast for herself and her little sister in the morning, and she has to empty the dishwasher. Then at night the oldest has to set the table, then make sure no one left clothes on the bathroom floor at night.
Ewen has to make his own breakfast too, then at night he has been given the chore of clearing the table and putting all the dishes in the dishwasher and any leftover food away in containers and the fridge.
My youngest (7) has to clean the sink in the morning after she brushes her teeth. Then at night her chore is to shake off the table cloth and put it in the hamper, then vacuum under the table and wipe down the chairs. When I tried to help her tonight she shouted at me...."This is MY chore!"
Mike's most important chore is to put bugs and critters that the cats bring in...outside. He also has on his list to take out the garbage, make Ewen's lunch for camp next week, wash his coffee cup and put away anything he got out of the fridge or cabinet that morning. He also sometimes helps with making dinner and taking a load of laundry in to the shed and bringing clean laundry to dump it on the couch and I will organize it into piles and have the kids put theirs away and I'll put the rest away.
So we will see. It will be amazing to have help and not have to do all this stuff myself.
I think that if this summer goes smoothly I will start making honey lemonade again...and popsicles.
Comments
Post a Comment