I am not very good at keeping up with this blog. I get lazy and think I have nothing to write and then I sit and realize there are many things to write about.
Brandon has started third grade. He is growing up and yet he is still my little child. There are days he is so dysregulated that I have to stop and re think how far we have come. In pre-school he would come home and be angry all the time, we found out he was emotionally challenge and had attachment issues. So we start Kindergarten and encourage this behavior to teach our dysregulated son that we are here for him. So in Kindergarten, Brandon comes home everyday and has a meltdown that last for almost two hours.... I am talking screaming yelling, biting, hitting and just pure frustration. 1st grade he comes home and it is fighting mainly with his brother and he is angry but not as bad.... can't focus on homework and we are still working on attaching. 2nd grade, it took us til almost the end of the year for Brandon to start processing homework and actually doing it. Spelling words, like his brother in first grade.... took prompting but was getting it with some meltdowns but nothing like in K.
NOW- coming home and regrouping and then for the most part can pull himself together and do some homework, with little or no issues and re-directing. A light bulb has turned on. I am amazed I still have my issues from time to time, but nothing like I used too.
Josh continues to amaze me. He gets it. He matures and he watches the daily struggles with his brother and he just thinks this is normal. There is nothing wrong with his dysregulated brother but there is. Josh is doing great in 2nd grade. The same issues as in every year, he needs to slow down and not rush as well as re-checking his work. His teacher is not worried about his acedemics... he is on target. He could be above but he hates to work too hard at it. So he gets by pretty easy and when it gets difficult then he gets frustrated.
