Three More Days!

In three days, Caroline will return home. I am truly looking forward to hugging her and making her feel at home again. Her little sisters are quite excited about this, the older one not so much, but we'll work through it. Caroline sounds so amazingly normal whenever we talk to her: no baby talk, no whining, so blame shifting, just a normal, happy teenager. We are just wondering if she can keep up the good work. The social skills group she starts through Southeastern Skill Builders should help a lot with this. See the link on the sidebar if you are interested in finding a group like this for your child. I wish we would have found this earlier.

My husband is still painting her room. He is a real perfectionist so he takes a bit longer than a contractor probably would, but the end result will be nice.

Off-topic: my youngest is pretty severely ADHD and we have been experimenting with her meds a little. Result: when she takes her stimulant in the morning, she is sweet and pleasant all day, very few explosions or meltdowns. When she doesn't take it, we have meltdowns all day. So the lesson is: she really needs her Focalin everyday even if it is not during the school year. Nice to finally figure it out. I had resisted giving this to her but it was to our detriment, not just her own. Sometimes we just need to medicate our kids if we want them to succeed in school, relationships, their futures. Not every kids needs medication, but there is no shame if they do.