Author Archives: carl

>Good Day!

>So M, did something very unusual this am. He woke me up for a glass of water. Half hour later he asked for a bowl of cereal. It was unusual. Because of his hoarding we have this rule in place where he can’t help himself to anything, water included. A couple of hours later he had to argue about some inane thing. Just because he could. At times like that we turn and walk away from the situation, because he will quickly escalate the situation to an all out fight. All in all, it has been a good day so far. Tweet #fighting4answrs

>Concept

>So it seems like M has to have one time each day, where everyone in the house is upset with him. After that happens, he is pretty good for the most part. I wonder why that is? He will push every button he can to get everyone upset, and then he is back to his usual self. Other than that one moment, and the near constant arguing prior to that moment, today has been fairly good. There have been minor infractions where he got something or did something without permission. It isn’t that we don’t want him to have apple juice, it is that we want to ensure that he doesn’t pour juice all over, and that the juice gets put back in the fridge. Same with food. Plus, he is not allowed in certain rooms in the house without an escort. And, he is not allowed to “hide” on

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>hoarding

>Found M’s stash of banana bread hidden on the floor of our bedroom closet. It was the whole loaf. He knows he doesn’t have to steal food, just ask so that we can cut a piece off, and let everyone share in the goodies. Not sure why he hid it in our room. And no, I am fairly certain that it wasn’t either my wife or I sleepwalking into the kitchen, taking the loaf and hiding it in our closet. We would have kept it in the bag that it was in. 🙂 Tweet #fighting4answrs