I am not a doctor, but I feel like it because I am on call. Yesterday, the school called and John just had enough. Yes, he was tired, he was banging his head, he was ready to go. Why? Who knows, since this is the kids that never sleeps. I got in the car and rushed two minutes to bring him home. All of my good work, down the drain in three hours and now reason why. I let him fight himself for a while by banging his head and then finally he went to sleep on the floor.
Today, I dropped John off at school at 9:00 in hopes of some work time. The teacher requested the weighted vest, since it seems to help John stay focused and not so out of control. I am still not sure how this is helpful except making him stronger and even more difficult to handle. It seems to be working, so we will go with it. It is very helpful during the transition times from the playground to the class room.
So, in attempts to get two solid hours, I left the school went and got the vest and returned to the school. Able to sit down and work on some accounts receivables, just when I was ready to focus RING> RING>..
I don't even say hello anymore, my response is did he break anything? At that moment, I realized to any other person this might sound bad, but I truly want him to learn the threshhold of pain and that won't happen with a mommy who comes running.
They noticed that he had broken skin and a good bite out of his face, but they were not sure when or how it happened on the playground. Basically, it boils down to the same issue we have been having, he does not and barely feels pain. He did not cry, stop playing, or even acknowledge there was a bite, until Amy cleaned it and kissed it. So, this is where the concern still comes in and hopefully, this vest and the brushing techniques to include heavy work, per lou ann, will be helpful.
Either way next month I am calling to see what type of evaluations we can do to learn more about this high threshold, so he does not hurt himself or others.
Leaving to pick him up for Speech Therapy