Monday, May 4, 2009

A good night's sleep

Things have stalled out lately. Since I had to start missing evenings for the week we began contract stuff, J has regressed into bed wetting. The therapist said it would be okay, that he would naturally make the progression back.
It is rough because he had done so well. For so long there we had dry nights all around.
From my research I've decided to go with the conditioning therapy. So, basically, every two to three hours I wake up and get him up to go potty. It supposedly works because the child will get in the habit of walking from bed to toilet and back again, so it will be second nature.
The hard part is I feel completely at fault for it in the first place, having to miss about 4 afternoons with them in a row back in late March and early April.
T, in her lofty goal to have just as much or more attention than anyone else, has taken note of her brother's situation and has replicated it on a smaller scale. Apparently even negative attention still equates to attention. Her copycatting is very trying. Shrug.
Tonight J had his school musical. It was funny, although they kept the kindergartners in the back and the big kids up front.. so in a stage setting, it made no sense. In fact we were hunting for him so many times during the program the thought occurred to me that he may have gotten sick and was backstage somewhere with a teacher.. and maybe I should leave my front row seat to find him. But no, he was there, hiding behind a group of much larger kids dressed as pigs. I could make out his shoes.
Today at work was quite hellish. I hurt. My face hurt, nasal cold sores and every time I sneezed they all throbbed in a very out of sync rhythm that made me feel like I was going to fall apart. Then there was the actual work. I don't mind work, but who doesn't like to do something they feel confident doing? Today I was doing things I wasn't completely confident attempting, but willing to learn. Trying to learn and getting pulled in 15 other directions.. ick. Very challenging.
So, that was my problem today. I was stressed and sort of out of my element. So much has been going crazy lately I tried to take my time and make sure things went alright, but through the hustle and bustle I ended up having to stay late and getting absolutely no work done on my own accounts.

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