Bridger has been having such a good school year. Well for us, it's good. Everywhere else he never lasted too long before they kicked him out.
He loves school! He loves going. He's made many friends. He still has issues tho. He will always have issues. Poor kid battles his extremely high ADHD and anxiety and OCD and ODD on a daily basis. Some meds help more in one department and others In a completely different department. We are always going to have a struggle. As he grows older and can learn to control it more himself if should be better. But for now he relies on us to makes these decisions he really has no clue about.
We switched meds back in December because what he was on wasn't really helping as much as we would like. And by the time he got home to us, he was so so hyper! It was awful. He couldn't listen or chill if he tried. Caused him to get into trouble more then he should because he can't help it. So we switched. Back to something he was on before, but we had hopes this time would be different since he is on a "mood stabilizer" as well. Here's where some areas are better while others are worse....we will never get perfect....and that's ok....but we do need something that is steady. Now with this med, we are back to freaking out more and being more emotional about things. Getting angry 0-100 in one second. He has gotten written up 6 times total since school started. Mainly for touching other kids, more recently for the way he has been speaking to his teacher. We have an episode happen last week where he flipped out(like he used to) if it happens one more time- we have to change meds ASAP.
I feel bad for him because he can't tell us what he feels or reasons why. He says his brain sometimes doesn't think. Makes me sad. I'm not crazy about meds. But I know he will not succeed without them. His case is too severe. With maturity it will get better....and I hope so. I want to know his feelings and his desires. I don't want to give him something that makes him feel worse and we just don't know. It's so stressful trying to make the right decisions for him. As well as for others too, we want everyone happy..... But bridger will ALWAYS come first.
We had to start tutoring. Some days he has stuff down, others he will completely forget. It's frustrating because I know he knows....but at the same time, he really can't help it. He's trying. And you can tell. We really don't want to hold
Him back...I'm hoping this tutoring will help!
Other than that he is a fun crazy hilarious little boy!! He totally would rather be playing with his friends outside then hanging with us. He fights with them a lot. He's the youngest, I know he gets picked on. Then he's kind of bossy. Lol he loves to hang with his dad still, and adores his baby brother so much!!!! We hang out and play some of his games, mainly he likes to craft with me, and get me to help him with his games in the iPad. He's so sweet to his mama at times, when he hits those moments, it's like overload and so so adorable! I love it. He has such a sweet heart! He is so particular about stuff and likes to know about details to everything. Even things that aren't his business or he's too little lol! He doesn't wanna watch kid shows anymore, he likes his dad's movies, action packed. He likes watching stuff on animals or even history type stuff. He's such a matter of fact kid. I hate when he has those hard hard moments, but I always know his little sweet self will come right back.
Friday he reached his goal for the week at school and kept his hands to himself for and number of times they asked. He got to pick from the schools treasure box and he was thrilled! I love his excitement!
