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Medications

Every night we have difficulty getting him to take his medications. If he isn’t pouring water all over everything, he is dropping his medicine on the floor. He gets distracted and has to cuddle the animals during medicine time. So we have to hold onto him and drop the pills in his mouth. Then rub the side of his throat to ensure that he is swallowing them. After that, we sometimes have to feel his mouth to see if he swallowed them. Then check under his tongue. There have been times when he has made himself throw up his medicines, though I don’t think that he has done it recently. Honestly, I feel like I am torturing him some days because of the way we have to be with him. Someone commented that this is just normal 14 year old boy stuff. I’d be happy to let him come and

I was just playing around…

When you live in an old home, you worry about fire in the rights hands, let alone in the hands of a child with mental illness. Today we discovered this when we went into our guest bedroom/office. Do I think he was trying to burn down the house? No. What he was trying to do, I don’t know. This isn’t the first time he has been caught burning or trying to burn things. So I described what basically happens when people die in a fire. He says he won’t do it again. Until the next time. Tweet #fighting4answrs

trying something new part II

In trying something new, I described efforts we were undergoing to change how we respond to David, and how we let him affect us. Yesterday, we were given an added tip or coping mechanism. Laughter. When angry we should laugh more, because it is difficult to be angry while laughing. On one hand, I think it is an act of lunacy. But on the other hand, it makes perfect sense. Can you be angry while you are laughing? I can’t. Last night the power was out for roughly 5 hours. We repeatedly asked David to stay in the same room as us. We ordered him to do so. He didn’t and wouldn’t. For most kids this isn’t such a huge issue, however, when your child is a thief and does things like playing with fire, you sure don’t want them roaming around in the dark unhindered. Especially when we discovered