Almost There
Sunny has earned six stickers so far. On the day he last woke us up, he still earned a sticker because he didn't do any name-calling or pushing or hitting. As long as he can make it through today, he'll get seven stickers, and then he can take back his beloved Legos.
His behavior has been quite good lately!
He said an interesting thing last night. As Guy was tucking him into bed, Sunny said, "tell Mom I love her, and I'll love her even after she's dead." Guy laughed about it with me later that night... "I guess when I die, the love gets cut off right away!"
The visit to see his foster family and bio grandma (and maybe his mother's grave) is coming up soon. We probably should be prepared for more emotional storms at that point.
Foster Care System Perspectives
1 comment:
Yay, it is wonderful that there was no hitting or name-calling last time.
I was wondering about something - as he has trouble getting himself back to sleep in those situations, I wonder if he is suffering from that problem many/most(?) people have on occasion (or some much too often), when you wake up at 4 or 5 a.m. and all the unwelcome thoughts start going around in your head.
Then he may be wanting help from you, but finds that night-time is not really a suitable time for getting help beyond 10 min. or so. Within a couple of years he should have matured enough to deal with this, but in the meantime, I was wondering if there was some sort of favorite and/or soothing music he could play at those times, in his room? Maybe with headphones? I know cords might be an issue and maybe not wanted in bed, in case he falls back to sleep and rolls over and over with the cord, but maybe there is some neat thing with soft kid-friendly headphones and mp3 storage capabilities and no cord? Or maybe just a little stereo tape-player thing (um, sorry if the mention of tapes dates me horribly) that he could have next to his bed, and listen with the lights off, or with a nightlight? You could specify which tapes are allowed and have them nearby (not very energetic ones, maybe?).
You have probably thought of this already, but just wanted to put that out there, anyway. Can he read by himself yet? Soon, reading quietly in bed might work, too.
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