Jeremiah's Week!

Wow!!! It’s Saturday already. This week has flown by. I guess you figured it out. It was easier to get back in the swing of things this week than I thought. We made it through our busy schedule with minor problems and lots of surprises.

This is an overview of our week. Monday, he got up and went to school with no problems. He had a great day with no timeouts. To say the least, his teachers and I was surprised. One of the teacher assistants said that no all of the kids had such a good day on the first day after Spring break. He even did well at dinner, when we ate out. Tuesday, meet us with ups and downs. He had to go to time out three times on Tuesday. I'm not surprised. We have many ups and downs. He did great when we went to ride horses despite his instructor being out and another child having a seizure. The seizure was another situation all together. The boy had a habilitation technician and his mother with him. I didn't realize that some mothers forgot their responsibility when they have someone work with their child. The mother stayed on the phone carrying on with her conversation while the person working with the child did all the work. To say the least I got ticked. The mother may be used to the child's seizures but that is still or child and you don't know how much time you will get to spend with any person. To me, God gave me Jeremiah. He gave him to me for a reason. I believe that God thought I could handle him and that I am to take care of him, not some strangers. Now family is another story. My mother does her fair share of watching and helping with Jeremiah but I don't plan to depend on others for this. I understand that you may need outside help for when you can't be there for you child but this mother was nearby and did not even seem to be one bit concerned and I understand that others will care for your child when they are school and that is different also. Jeremiah goes to school also. But please act like you care about your children especially when they need you. After horseback riding, we went to my grandmothers and spent some time with her. Jeremiah adored her neighbor’s baby and even held the little girl. We went home and had a little picnic outside to eat dinner so that Jeremiah could also play basketball while he ate. Basketball is love. That was a long Tuesday but now we made it to Wednesday. Wednesday he had a better day at school, with no timeouts. After school, Jeremiah got a smoothie for good behavior and pawpaw went to therapy with us. He had speech and occupational therapy. Can you say I'm already exhausted? Even writing this makes me exhausted. Thursday, he got up and went to school. He did go to time-out one time on Thursday but I found the reason to be humorous. My little one decided he wanted to be the teacher. He is very bossy and an only child. On Thursday, all day he wanted to be the teacher so they had to put him in time-out but he did do his school work. That’s the important thing. After school Thursday, his therapy schedule was upside down. One therapist had an emergency and another was sick. Instead of having speech, occupational therapy, and physical therapy, we had a little break and we just occupational therapy with a different therapist and physical therapy. Jeremiah caught a little bit of break. After therapy my mom had to get a tire replaced so we had dinner, got the tire fixed, and ice cream. On Friday, he had another good day at school so he played basketball with pawpaw and had pizza for dinner. Thank goodness for a better week than expected at school. We have extremely busy weeks.

As for me, during the day I was busy looking for a job and cleaning. In addition I did go to the doctor with my mom and a woman's get together. So I didn't do too much but enough. One of these days I will have to go back to work. Hopefully, I will find a wonderful opportunity that works in the best interest of everyone.

I have some thoughts on why we may have had a better week after Spring break. He could be finally adjusting to the routine. It takes Jeremiah a really long time to adjust to new situations and this year he is at a new school with new teachers and new kids in his class. Everyone around him is new from office people to cafeteria workers to janitors. Jeremiah was well known at his old school. Another reason that he might be improving at school is that after the holidays, his class added an additional teacher that he identifies well with. He is paired with her and his days even before Spring break were getting better. Jeremiah seems to like her best out of all his teachers. Jeremiah also started horseback riding about two months ago. It is said to be really calming and relaxing. He absolutely loves horseback riding. Jeremiah rides one day a week for an hour and it is about the longest I have ever seen him sit still with the exception to going to the movies. In addition Jeremiah also started children’s Omega-3 vitamins. We started out with dose on the bottle but after some research we increased to the dose recommended for children with ADD or ADHD. He currently is taking 600mg which is the same dose that children take with ADD and ADHD. Jeremiah's behavior seems to overall be improving. I am guessing that it is a combination of it all. It has taken a lot of hard work to get to this point. I’m happy for improvements in Jeremiah’s behavior for whatever reason it may be. :)