you know you need a break when
You sleep for 16 hours after placing your child in the psychiatric unit at the hospital. Seriously, I fell asleep shortly after I got home last night, and other than a few phone calls, slept until shortly after noon today. Now, the argument could be made that I have a wife who could help out. My response to that is: she works full time. She does everything that she can in the evening hours to give me time to unwind. On the weekends, she forgoes sleeping in so that I can go to bed after I finish as David’s “night staff”. Ours is truly a collaboration in raising a special needs child. Plus. Communication. Without communication between parents, the child is free to run the parents ragged. My wife and I talk about everything. We have basic guidelines or unwritten rules that we follow regarding major decisions. Our goal in