((starrieskies)) You are not a bad parent. Kids can be jerks sometimes for no reason. What grade is he in? Is it a new school?
I thought today was Thursday. Blerg. I am also going for a root canal this afternoon. :/ Totally not excited about it.
I am excited about my water bottle. I needed one and thought this would be fun.
It's first grade. He did really well in kindergarten, and ended up at or above grade level in every subject. New year, same school and he's completely different. He has a new teacher who is new to the district as well, and I suspect that her teaching style is not a good fit for ds, but I'm trying to avoid disrupting things further by having him moved to a different class. I started getting disciplinary notes, phone calls, and emails from her on the second day of school and have continued to get them daily.
Post by starrieskies on Sept 16, 2015 15:59:25 GMT -5
I also just got a response from the principal about my email. She is going to arrange to observe the class for a couple of days and get back to me on friday. Finally I feel like I'm getting somewhere!
Post by starrieskies on Sept 16, 2015 19:05:50 GMT -5
Here's the latest: ds's pediatrician says it sounds like ds is stressed at school and spends all his energy holding it together at school. Home is a safe place, so that's where he freaks out. This makes perfect sense to me, but we scheduled an appointment to rule out anything medically.
starrieskies that's good progress. It's great that you're so on top of all of this.
It also sounds like he might need differential instruction or additional supports during math time. Maybe an aide working closely with him, reduced number of problems, etc.
Post by starrieskies on Sept 16, 2015 19:43:37 GMT -5
Yeah, I suggested that to his teacher. I'm not sure that she caught it, because she didn't mention it in her response, but I plan on bringing it up again in our meeting on Tuesday.
Also, I would like to officially say FUCK THIS WEEK! This week has sucked in so many ways that it's hard to really feel any of the bright spots.
Dealing with death threats (not towards me) all 3 days, to varying degrees, at work. Things ending with the chef and the difficulty of not knowing if he was honest or taking an easy out (though I know it shouldn't matter), starting my period, having a massive headache, not having time for my clients because of how much time has been devoted to the other crises at work, etc. I just want to curl up in a ball and cry. And then I get even more sad because I wish it could be in a specific someone's arms but that's not happening. So though it's not the mature thing to say, fuck this week. Some days I just can't deal anymore and this is one of those days. I know it'll get better eventually, it always passes.
Thank you everyone, you're awesome! I got a brief chair massage before I went to do my private practice session, which helped a ton. Then I went to dinner afterwards which also helped a lot.
I realized that it sucks that I apparently got played, but that the important part is that I was able to open up and be myself with someone and that, when I'm ready, I allow myself to be open to someone else instead of letting this hurt me and close me off from others. The work stuff I can't do anything about but leave it behind and hope for a better day.
Thank you all for listening. I'm lucky to have you all in my life.