Micah is an angel...mostly. Just this last Sunday we had someone compliment us on Micah's behavior in a restaurant. I see Moms at the store having a hard time with their children and turn and tell Micah that I love him and how wonderful he is. But, we do have bad days.
Bad days are usually a combination of Micah being tired, Mommy being tired, and communication issues with Micah.
Micah doesn't understand that Chris and I are in charge. To make it worse, I can't find a way to punish him. The ONLY things that gets his attention is when we tell him that we will take his Kindle away, but that is working less and less.
Part of the Autism with Micah means he doesn't understand authority. On good days this translates into Micah being bossy. For example, I was reading the other day on the couch. He came up to me and said, "Mommy. Get up. Get up right now." I asked him why and after some coaxing I got him to tell me that he was thirsty. I explained that just telling me to get up wasn't nice and that he needed to ask me to get him a drink. He can be pretty demanding too. As he grows up and gets better with communication, this all gets better and easier.
Today was a bad day. Micah had a fever yesterday. He doesn't have the flu or anything. The doctor said it could have just been from allergies. He is congested. He was tired, but also really wanted to go to gymnastics. I went ahead and took him. He loves gymnastics so much and I am glad I took him, but he was tired after class. Tired Micah can often mean a grumpy Micah. Poor guy.
It didn't help that I didn't sleep well last night and I have been going over all the reports for Micah's ARD this week. Motherhood is one of the loneliest things. It is odd. It really shouldn't be, but it is. I have a ton of friends and family. I have the best husband and I everywhere I turn, there is support. But, there are those days when you want to hide in a closet and eat ice cream and I think that is okay.
-jozlin
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