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tantrum at 11

Nothing like a tantrum about medicine to end a perfectly good day.

David takes his meds with Apple Juice.  Two of the meds are liquid and taste pretty nasty.

Apple juice

Today I had everything ready for him to take his meds and he broke out into a tantrum because he didn’t have his apple juice.  Even after I told him that his apple juice is on the counter, and showed it to him, he had a tantrum about taking his meds.

David had very positive comments from his day at school.  Positive behaviors.  then he gets home and has to let all of the negative behaviors loose.  He didn’t do it right after school, it actually started while I was trying to watch a movie with his older sister.  See, David wasn’t the center of attention at that point.  and in his world, that his just plain wrong.

He also started digging in the cupboards looking for a snack, which is against the rules for him, something he knows.  His excuse was that mom wanted him to find her a snack.  So I went and asked mom.  “Are you seriously asking David to find you a snack?”

“Nope!” was the response.

So he got snack, but not what he wanted.  And not until after he took his meds.

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a wake-up at 0430

I was pretending to be asleep this morning when David got up at 4:30am.

He comes over, taps me on the shoulder… “Dad, what time do I have to be up for school…?”

I told him “6:30” so he went back to bed.  just as easy as could be.  this never happens. 🙂

No, I am not naive enough to think that he is suddenly going to stop roaming the house and stealing things in the wee hours of the night.

All the same though, it was pretty neat.

Why was I pretending to be asleep instead of actually sleeping?  David gets up and frequently gets into things that aren’t his.  So I was hoping to observe him returning to his bed with whatever device he stole from his siblings.  It is easier and far less time consuming to catch him in the act than it is to convince him to return what ever he is denying the theft of.

 

ugggh, calgon take me away

Anyone remember that commercial?

rubber ducky, you're the one

rubber ducky, you’re the one (Photo credit: debaird™)

I feel like that lady tonight.  No, I am not going to caress myself with bubble bath. I am not a lady at all. I am a stay at home dad.  hear me roar… {meow}

David is in full form tonight.  He chopped the cord from a keyboard, he stole keys to doors on the house, one we found, the other… not yet.  in due time.  Last night he broke into the upstairs of our house and stole his brothers Nintendo DSI.  He stole all of the double A batteries out of our bedroom.

What else… His school teachers described him as “very verbal” today.  Yeah… you could say that.  He has been talking incessantly for four hours.  and if he thinks that you aren’t listening he will repeat the same thing over and over again for half an hour or more.

What else… in our search for the keys we pulled his bed away from the wall, and found most of two packs of Ramen Noodles crushed into the carpet.  We sent him back there to clean up the paper so we could run the vacuum, and he started eating them off the floor.

Everything tonight has been about David seeking attention.  If we don’t give it to him willingly, his behavior escalates until he takes your attention.

He stole the batteries out of four cordless phones.  we actually have seven of them, but the batteries are 7.50 a set of 2.

The very last thing that he did is pour his liquid medicine all over the floor of the kitchen.

Now, where is my bubble bath?

 

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