The ups and downs go on
Liam’s fits have continued to be a problem. Each day he seems to have at least 1 meltdown where we have to take him in the house and let him work it out. The meltdown’s usually come after he is denied something he wants. Lately is has been to always be with Seamus. We do our best to let Seamus have his time playing with his friends, but occasionally Liam will go along. Quite often he will get distracted by something and go do that which catches his eye.
We had some new neighbors move in last week. Jill and Liam went in and met the mother. While she and Jill were talking, Liam noticed they had a bookcase filled with dvd’s and video tapes. Jill had to carry Liam out as she was leaving and he wanted to watch movies. The next few days while the kids were playing outside Liam had sneaked into their house and helped himself to watching movies. When we found Liam and took him out of the house he would be kicking and screaming he wanted to watch a movie. We had to take him home and latch the door so he could not get out. We would let him scream, stamp his feet, pound the floor, and yell at us. We would ignore him. Reacting to him only seemed to make it worse. When Liam would finally settle down, it was quick, as if a switch went off. He would suddenly be fine. We would then go back outside where he would continue to play. We still had to do our best to watch his every move as we would catch him trying to go back to the neighbor’s house. This routine repeated itself each night in the past week. It was becoming quite exhausting constantly watching his every move.
The new neighbor’s also have a 4 year old girl named Kelly. She and Liam really seem to get along with each other. It is very interesting how Liam responds with her. The two of them get along so well, and play together so well it is odd to see Liam play like that. We are thrilled with it though. Jill and I have not seen Liam respond like this to any other kids in the neighborhood. One evening a bunch of the boys in Seamus’ age range playing football. Three of us dads were watching them play and Liam and Kelly came up to see what was going on. They were a little too close to the action so told them to go play in another area. I looked over and here Liam and Kelly were playing with a soccer ball kicking it back and forth to each other. We have not seen him play like that before, it really was nice to see. Each night now Liam has been looking forward to playing with Kelly after dinner. We’ll see how this progresses, right now we are just enjoying it.
On another good note, Liam has continued do well with the potty training. It has been 1.5 weeks now and he continues to use the potty like a big boy. Liam’s prediatrician prescribed some medicine to help him poop since he had not gone in 5 days. The medicine took 3-4 days to work. On the 3rd day Liam said he had to poop. We were eating dinner so we rushed in to help him right away. He made it! He then went 2 more times before we went outside. The next day Liam was outside down the street with Jill and disappeared. Jill went to look for him and saw him running down the street in a pull up. She had no idea what he was doing. As she got closer she noticed his legs covered in poop. It turns out the medicine was still working and the big poop we expected hit. I was helping a neighbor with a fence and was finishing up when I saw what was going on. As we went in the house, we found a towel with poop on it, his clothes with poop on it, a small trail to the steps, then when he changed into a pullup, his underwear with poop on our carpet. The house stunk! We had to cleanup as fast as possible as his teacher was due over with a caterpillar to watch grow into a butterfly. We got the mess cleaned up as his teacher arrived. I just had to finish steam cleaning the carpet upstairs. Luckily there were no stains left!
In a couple weeks school at Olmsted Falls Falls-Lenox is starting for both Seamus and Liam. Liam and Seamus are both excited to go back to school. Liam has repeatedly been asking about school at Olmsted Falls and Middleburg. It is like in his brain he is preparing and telling himself about what is coming up. We have also noticed him picking at his gums again, we’re not sure why, but it is something we need to keep an eye on.
Seamus has taken an art class this summer at Falls-Lenox. It has helped him become familiar with his new school, so that will make the transition easy. Seamus is very excited about school. A couple of neighborhood friends will be in his class as well. It is really hard to believe Seamus is starting kindergarten already. I think Jill will be very emotional about it, especially the first day he goes off on the school bus alone.
We had some new neighbors move in last week. Jill and Liam went in and met the mother. While she and Jill were talking, Liam noticed they had a bookcase filled with dvd’s and video tapes. Jill had to carry Liam out as she was leaving and he wanted to watch movies. The next few days while the kids were playing outside Liam had sneaked into their house and helped himself to watching movies. When we found Liam and took him out of the house he would be kicking and screaming he wanted to watch a movie. We had to take him home and latch the door so he could not get out. We would let him scream, stamp his feet, pound the floor, and yell at us. We would ignore him. Reacting to him only seemed to make it worse. When Liam would finally settle down, it was quick, as if a switch went off. He would suddenly be fine. We would then go back outside where he would continue to play. We still had to do our best to watch his every move as we would catch him trying to go back to the neighbor’s house. This routine repeated itself each night in the past week. It was becoming quite exhausting constantly watching his every move.
The new neighbor’s also have a 4 year old girl named Kelly. She and Liam really seem to get along with each other. It is very interesting how Liam responds with her. The two of them get along so well, and play together so well it is odd to see Liam play like that. We are thrilled with it though. Jill and I have not seen Liam respond like this to any other kids in the neighborhood. One evening a bunch of the boys in Seamus’ age range playing football. Three of us dads were watching them play and Liam and Kelly came up to see what was going on. They were a little too close to the action so told them to go play in another area. I looked over and here Liam and Kelly were playing with a soccer ball kicking it back and forth to each other. We have not seen him play like that before, it really was nice to see. Each night now Liam has been looking forward to playing with Kelly after dinner. We’ll see how this progresses, right now we are just enjoying it.
On another good note, Liam has continued do well with the potty training. It has been 1.5 weeks now and he continues to use the potty like a big boy. Liam’s prediatrician prescribed some medicine to help him poop since he had not gone in 5 days. The medicine took 3-4 days to work. On the 3rd day Liam said he had to poop. We were eating dinner so we rushed in to help him right away. He made it! He then went 2 more times before we went outside. The next day Liam was outside down the street with Jill and disappeared. Jill went to look for him and saw him running down the street in a pull up. She had no idea what he was doing. As she got closer she noticed his legs covered in poop. It turns out the medicine was still working and the big poop we expected hit. I was helping a neighbor with a fence and was finishing up when I saw what was going on. As we went in the house, we found a towel with poop on it, his clothes with poop on it, a small trail to the steps, then when he changed into a pullup, his underwear with poop on our carpet. The house stunk! We had to cleanup as fast as possible as his teacher was due over with a caterpillar to watch grow into a butterfly. We got the mess cleaned up as his teacher arrived. I just had to finish steam cleaning the carpet upstairs. Luckily there were no stains left!
In a couple weeks school at Olmsted Falls Falls-Lenox is starting for both Seamus and Liam. Liam and Seamus are both excited to go back to school. Liam has repeatedly been asking about school at Olmsted Falls and Middleburg. It is like in his brain he is preparing and telling himself about what is coming up. We have also noticed him picking at his gums again, we’re not sure why, but it is something we need to keep an eye on.
Seamus has taken an art class this summer at Falls-Lenox. It has helped him become familiar with his new school, so that will make the transition easy. Seamus is very excited about school. A couple of neighborhood friends will be in his class as well. It is really hard to believe Seamus is starting kindergarten already. I think Jill will be very emotional about it, especially the first day he goes off on the school bus alone.
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