Our fun began at two in the morning. Owen was wound tight. He immediately wanted to go to his grandma’s house and knew that he hadn’t slept all night. The screaming started because he didn’t want to go back to bed and he didn’t want to wait to see his grandma. I kept telling him that he needed to stop screaming. I try to explain to him that he can be awake without yelling at me. They do not have to go hand in hand. He doesn’t get it.
I attempted to work on some breathing exercises with him but it was only making him scream more when we stopped. I told him he could have his tablet if he went back to bed. He went back to bed but it was peppered with him going through the house yelling and turning the lights on and off. I know he was afraid his routine for the week was going to be messed up again. He knows he has Monday and Tuesday off but this does not make it any easier on him. My attempts to fall back asleep were not something he wanted to see happen and he let me know it. I gave up and got some coffee.
I wasn’t going to take him to see my mom but the more I thought about it I knew, in the long run, it would make it easier on both of us. I was in slow motion so I didn’t rush to get us ready. I told my mom I was going to bring him but I was only going to have him stay a couple of hours. I wanted to keep him in routine but get home before it was later in the day and he got upset again.
Over the years when I don’t get sleep or for a thousand other reasons I have told him “I’m cranky.” I want him to understand emotions and why we have them. This morning he was right on the money. “You cranky mommy,” he said over and over again as he ran around the house laughing.
He started yelling again about going to his grandma’s house. I stood there doing breathing exercises with him before we got ready to go. He said, “Calm take a deep breath” and very quickly went through the exercises. We got dressed and headed out to his adventure. He wanted to go a very specific way to get there and had been planning it all night. I made his dream come true and then he spent a couple of hours with his grandma. I picked him back up and we got dinner on the way home.
He wanted to play the fruit game again on his Nex Playground. He said, “Terrific” as he was playing and naming all the fruits on the screen. I could tell he was pretty proud of himself because he knew he got a high score. He had asked to play right when we were walking out the door and again on the way home.
He talked about his best friend all day long. He wanted to know what he would be wearing the next time he saw him if he could go to church with him, or if he could use his tablet, the list went on and on. I wish he could spend time with him. I hope he is with him next year at school.
I played a YouTube video of someone playing Old MacDonald Had A Farm on the harmonica. He was listening and trying to follow along. I had played it for him before but I don’t think he grasped it as much before. I feel like it won’t be long and he will be playing songs.
He asked about church and I told him we were going. I plan on going unless the weather gets worse quicker than predicted but I don’t want him to worry about it because it may cause him to have another night of no sleep. Pure exhaustion is what I feel and I can tell he is tired as well. I pray for sleep for both of us. I know that it is so hard for him to understand when his routine is changed. I’m glad he was able to have a pretty good day after our initial bumps in the road. Celebrate your victories. No matter how big or small they are celebrate them all. Smiles to all and donut daze!
I attempted to work on some breathing exercises with him but it was only making him scream more when we stopped. I told him he could have his tablet if he went back to bed. He went back to bed but it was peppered with him going through the house yelling and turning the lights on and off. I know he was afraid his routine for the week was going to be messed up again. He knows he has Monday and Tuesday off but this does not make it any easier on him. My attempts to fall back asleep were not something he wanted to see happen and he let me know it. I gave up and got some coffee.
I wasn’t going to take him to see my mom but the more I thought about it I knew, in the long run, it would make it easier on both of us. I was in slow motion so I didn’t rush to get us ready. I told my mom I was going to bring him but I was only going to have him stay a couple of hours. I wanted to keep him in routine but get home before it was later in the day and he got upset again.
Over the years when I don’t get sleep or for a thousand other reasons I have told him “I’m cranky.” I want him to understand emotions and why we have them. This morning he was right on the money. “You cranky mommy,” he said over and over again as he ran around the house laughing.
He started yelling again about going to his grandma’s house. I stood there doing breathing exercises with him before we got ready to go. He said, “Calm take a deep breath” and very quickly went through the exercises. We got dressed and headed out to his adventure. He wanted to go a very specific way to get there and had been planning it all night. I made his dream come true and then he spent a couple of hours with his grandma. I picked him back up and we got dinner on the way home.
He wanted to play the fruit game again on his Nex Playground. He said, “Terrific” as he was playing and naming all the fruits on the screen. I could tell he was pretty proud of himself because he knew he got a high score. He had asked to play right when we were walking out the door and again on the way home.
He talked about his best friend all day long. He wanted to know what he would be wearing the next time he saw him if he could go to church with him, or if he could use his tablet, the list went on and on. I wish he could spend time with him. I hope he is with him next year at school.
I played a YouTube video of someone playing Old MacDonald Had A Farm on the harmonica. He was listening and trying to follow along. I had played it for him before but I don’t think he grasped it as much before. I feel like it won’t be long and he will be playing songs.
He asked about church and I told him we were going. I plan on going unless the weather gets worse quicker than predicted but I don’t want him to worry about it because it may cause him to have another night of no sleep. Pure exhaustion is what I feel and I can tell he is tired as well. I pray for sleep for both of us. I know that it is so hard for him to understand when his routine is changed. I’m glad he was able to have a pretty good day after our initial bumps in the road. Celebrate your victories. No matter how big or small they are celebrate them all. Smiles to all and donut daze!
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