Light?
After 19 days of constant tantrums…Hours and hours of stair time…Phone calls from neighbors and teachers…new levels of anger and rage….
Jeremiah FINALLY decided that it was time to have a good night.
YAY!!!!
Our caseworker came over after school yesterday and had a chat with the little guy. They “high-fived” on the agreement that Jeremiah DESERVED to have FUN and needed to let himself make good choices so he could have fun.
Something clicked. At least for last night. He was marvelous. He genuinely smiled, which we haven’t seen in a long time. He even cooperated with Gabe while doing chores. That’s a YAY for both boys! YAY! Jeremiah accepted feedback pleasantly, without a melt down or angry faces. He even washed properly in the shower THE. FIRST. TIME!
I breathed a sigh of relief. No. More like a sigh of JOY!
This morning I was not sure what to expect. He didn’t sneak during the night, so that was good, but he was hard to get up and ended up losing ladder steps for being mean and rude when asked about what happened to his school note yesterday.
I’m hoping for a good afternoon.
We are still struggling with what to do about all the lies. That’s the toughy. He doesn’t like it when he’s caught and ends up getting really angry, even if there are no consequences given. Still working on that.
Anywho, pray for us. Pray that this might be the beginning of the light to the end of these days of darkness.
Blessings!
Hannah
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Keep hanging in there. Day at a time. Retraining their neurology and building new “ruts” in their brains means doing it over and over and over and over and over again.
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