Today I’m focusing on the good stuff. I keep reminding myself of this and it’s working. The calmer I am the calmer Owen is even if he almost broke his glasses.
Sleep is still evading me but thankfully Owen has been sleeping much better again. He was talking through yesterday’s adventure at the pool. He was talking about how “the wood got wet.” He didn’t say “the woods” only “the wood” so I was not sure what he was referring to but I liked that he was thinking it through. I told my mom about it and she told me that when he is at her house he always wants to have the campfire. When it rains she tells him the wood got wet.
We were faced with more storms today and lots of wind. I told him we probably wouldn’t be going to the pool so he said, “Ask Grandma black computer.” I said we would have to see about that and it depends on a lot of things. He said, “Ask her.” He headed off to school not knowing if we were going anywhere when he got home and I didn’t know either. Sometimes even when I think we know we don’t. My mom said it would be fine if he did come so I figured I would see how it all played out.
When he got home he concluded that the “weather broken” and I told him we weren’t going swimming but the weather should be better on Friday. He said, “Dollar General” and I said sure. He said, “No stay home” and that was that. I said do you want to go anywhere else he said, “That’s too many cars stay home.” This reminded me about yesterday when we were leaving the pool he wanted to get in a “burgundy maroon car.” I told him we can’t take any car we want. He said, “Yes we can.”
For some reason, his tablets did an update in the middle of the afternoon. This was not on the top of our “fun things we wanted to happen today” list. Both of his tablets decided to go through an update at the same time. The one tablet did fine but the one he wanted was just spinning. I gave him the tablet he didn’t want but that did not make him happy. He doesn’t realize that his glasses can break very easily and he almost broke them when I gave him his other tablet. This is when our breathing exercises start and we talk about what happened. I want to prepare him for broken things and life happening but it is incredibly hard in those moments to do it. I try to reference back to these times when we can talk through them again.
After he got his other tablet back the night went smoothly and I reminded myself the next time he needs new glasses I will be getting him some very flexible ones. He ate a lot for dinner and wanted more snacks before bed. He’s excited about his Thursday with all his therapies.
He fell asleep singing Old MacDonald and yelling out his music therapist’s name saying it was her turn. I see so much progress and even through the hard moments he is learning to process them and find calm. Believe in the miracles yet to come. Smiles to all and donut daze!
Sleep is still evading me but thankfully Owen has been sleeping much better again. He was talking through yesterday’s adventure at the pool. He was talking about how “the wood got wet.” He didn’t say “the woods” only “the wood” so I was not sure what he was referring to but I liked that he was thinking it through. I told my mom about it and she told me that when he is at her house he always wants to have the campfire. When it rains she tells him the wood got wet.
We were faced with more storms today and lots of wind. I told him we probably wouldn’t be going to the pool so he said, “Ask Grandma black computer.” I said we would have to see about that and it depends on a lot of things. He said, “Ask her.” He headed off to school not knowing if we were going anywhere when he got home and I didn’t know either. Sometimes even when I think we know we don’t. My mom said it would be fine if he did come so I figured I would see how it all played out.
When he got home he concluded that the “weather broken” and I told him we weren’t going swimming but the weather should be better on Friday. He said, “Dollar General” and I said sure. He said, “No stay home” and that was that. I said do you want to go anywhere else he said, “That’s too many cars stay home.” This reminded me about yesterday when we were leaving the pool he wanted to get in a “burgundy maroon car.” I told him we can’t take any car we want. He said, “Yes we can.”
For some reason, his tablets did an update in the middle of the afternoon. This was not on the top of our “fun things we wanted to happen today” list. Both of his tablets decided to go through an update at the same time. The one tablet did fine but the one he wanted was just spinning. I gave him the tablet he didn’t want but that did not make him happy. He doesn’t realize that his glasses can break very easily and he almost broke them when I gave him his other tablet. This is when our breathing exercises start and we talk about what happened. I want to prepare him for broken things and life happening but it is incredibly hard in those moments to do it. I try to reference back to these times when we can talk through them again.
After he got his other tablet back the night went smoothly and I reminded myself the next time he needs new glasses I will be getting him some very flexible ones. He ate a lot for dinner and wanted more snacks before bed. He’s excited about his Thursday with all his therapies.
He fell asleep singing Old MacDonald and yelling out his music therapist’s name saying it was her turn. I see so much progress and even through the hard moments he is learning to process them and find calm. Believe in the miracles yet to come. Smiles to all and donut daze!
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