Zee is being two. I mean he is fantastic, but oh so 2! I remind myself it isn't personal. He just woke up one day and realized he has power, he has a voice, he has an opinion, and Mommy is good for problem - solving. So he works on having me problem solve ALL DAY LONG. Precious little muffin that he is...
It seems interesting that as I focus on uncurling my clenched hands from the idea of having control another strong voice has joined the chorus of voices saying, "Uh, MOMMY! I need you to solve everything!"
Chi is still flipping out, but I think a little less. He continues to improve in his sensory struggles to unexpected stimuli and that helps everyone. He actually is a very funny and sweet boy when he isn't dealing with sensory avoidance.
I am beginning to get a better perspective. They aren't going to magically become 6 year olds overnight and I don't really want them to do that anyway.
Yesterday we all survived 8 hours in a car together. It was just me and 5 opinionated kids. There were some bad moments, and some hilarious moments, and quite a few times I had a realization that any noise repeated 20 plus times in a row makes my mini van start to feel like more like a paddy wagon, but it was decent enough. I got us ice cream as we neared home. We deserved it. I survived their childish antics and they survived my parenting from the driver's seat.
In other news it looks like we will moving in mid-March. The house is the big one I wanted and I am looking forward to settling in and having room.
I check the online appeals court docket twice a day to see if we can schedule our adoption date. From what I have seen the decision could come any day now.
Chi and Obie got their weighted vests today to hopefully help with their sensory struggles in crowded noisy environments. We have a sports banquet and father/son basketball game with our home school group tonight, so we will see how it goes.
No comments:
Post a Comment