A blog for anyone who needs to know they are not alone in raising a bipolar child.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Lack of Structure on Break a Problem
Without the structure of school, homework, and sports practice, Caroline feels a little lost. She complains about being bored a lot, and so we are doing a lot of taking her to the gym, and to the basketball court, or just out of the house. Today she forgot to take her morning meds, which we didn't discover until 2 in the afternoon! I am mad that she lost her watch which was programmed to remind her. We must get a new one for her immediately. We usually check and remind her, but everyone was so crazy today getting ready for company. Bill was mad and she was mad, and I was mad. Stress!!! I have a love/hate relationship with Christmas.
Nice looking family. Unstructured time is the bane of our existence, isn't it? I can't possibly make myself as structured as he needs and he can't be happy for very long without the structure he needs. This is another reason for not homeschooling for us.
ReplyDeleteYou have a beautiful family.
ReplyDeleteI can relate! I have a hard time not checking and reminding Daughter, now a young adult, about meds. We moved to a new relationship on this when she said to me, "Mom, you take such good care of me I worry that I won't ever be able to." You have many years to establish this and you are doing such a great job!
ReplyDeleteI love catching up with you via this blog. Today I read it from the beginning and feel like I have been a part of your life for the last year! You are a good mom! You are a GREAT mom! I will be a better friend from here on out!!
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