Life with toddlers, tweens and teens
I was a single Mom to one child for over ten years. He was well behaved, respectful and I thought it was due to my exceptional parenting. *insert hysterical laughing here* Now that I am married and the mom to not one, but four children…three who are under 9, I realize I was wrong. Not [...]
When Kellen started taking medication for his ADHD, we watched his appetite slowly fade away. It started with not wanting snacks as much, then progressed to the point where we had to practically force him to the table. I don’t believe in making the dinner table a battle field and have never forced my children [...]
After trying for weeks to teach him to swallow a pill last year, and then spending a half hour every morning attempting to teach him this week, I finally found the secret to teaching my son to swallow pills. Here is what we tried: practicing with candy, ice, vitamins, chocolate chips and the medication swallowing [...]
This mommy gig never gets any easier. When my son was diagnosed with ADHD a little over a year ago, I was upset to know he would have challenges ahead of him for possibly the rest of his life; I was relieved to have a diagnosis so we could move forward and try and make [...]
Being the parent of a child with ADHD can be difficult for a lot of reasons: dealing with challenging behaviours, making decisions about medication, dealing with judgmental people, watching your child struggle socially, just to name a few. I firmly believe that we can not use ADHD as an excuse for inappropriate behaviour, but at [...]
Last night I had the incredible privilege of attending a lecture by Temple Grandin. Temple Grandin is an amazing American woman who has autism. She is a successful scientist and advocate for animal rights, and she is an author who was written multiple books on animal welfare and autism and aspergers. She wrote “Thinking in [...]
Mornings with a child with ADHD…. Get up, start playing.Be told to come eat.Be told to come eat.Be told to come eat.Go downstairs to have breakfast.Fight with sister about which bowl to use.Fight about which chair to sit in.Have breakfast.Have more breakfast.Play some more.Be told to get dressed.Take toys from brother.Be told to get dressed.Ask [...]
I think all parents worry about their child’s future and safety. When you have a child with ADHD, these worries are twofold. There is a stigma attached to ADHD, and I constantly worry that allowing the diagnosis to be made may have set up my son for a lifetime of judgement and low expectations. I [...]
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