The meltdown arrived
Friday night at the fish fry went very well again. Liam was very well behaved as there were quite a few other kids there that he and Seamus knew. They all ate and went about playing with the other kids there. They colored and watched movies with quite a few other kids. Jill and I got to enjoy time with our friends and family that we knew there. It was another enjoyable evening there. By 7:30, Liam was ready to go. That is his typical bedtime and as part of his regular routine, he was ready. He told me he wanted to go home and take a bath. So we went home and did his nightly routine.
Saturday turned out to be a relatively nice day so Liam and his brothers all played outside. Liam was back and forth between our house and his buddy Kelly’s house. It was really nice to see Liam playing with Kelly. All afternoon they hung out together and were having a nice time. Once it was dinnertime we could see Liam was tired from his busy day. By 6:30 his anxiety was getting bad as he was repeatedly asking to take his bath. I got to him as soon as I could. by 7:15 he was sound asleep!
Sunday morning Liam seemed to be very high strung from the time he got up. His anxiety was higher than we have seen it in a while. Liam was all over the house going from one room to the next monopolizing the TV’s. Once I told him he could not watch every TV, he quietly slipped away. I found him in our room watching TV. I stopped that and he got very upset. Jill had to run to the grocery store and Liam kept insisting that he go. We told him he had to stay home and Liam’s anxiety went through the roof. As Jill was leaving a full-blown meltdown ensued. It was one we have not seen in quite a while. Jill had to slip out of the house as I restrained him and flipped the latch over the door so he could not get out. He then ran into the living room where he opened the window. I couldn’t tell if he was trying to get out, or just open it. I had to physically restrain him to close the window. Liam then began banging on the glass. I had to try and hold him back from the window to keep him banging on it. Liam was struggling with me the whole time. He then just laid on the floor and was kicking. I let him lay there and kick as I started to ignore his behavior. He was then insistent on kicking me. I would move and he would keep scooting across the floor trying to kick me. I then looked at him once more and said he needed to settle down and to come sit with me. He kept kicking the floor and screaming as I walked away. Five minutes later Liam came and sat with me in the chair. He was slowly settling down and about 15 minutes later he was asleep for a nap. He woke up 2.5 hours later and still anxious about everything. He ended up going to bed by his regular town around 7:30.
Monday wasn’t too good a day in the morning. At some point after breakfast, Liam had picked at his upper front gum and had bled a little. Jill noticed his teeth were blood stained. After she looked at his gums, she could see they were enflamed, and discolored yellow, hopefully not from infection. We will continue to keep an eye on this, he has become very discreet when he picks his gums. This morning Liam’s teacher noticed his gums were enflamed. She asked what the dentist or doctor had said about it. Jill explained to her how he does it and how discreet he is. It is clear that during the school day with all the other kids and activity going on that she is unable to observe him picking at his gums, and I’m sure unable to observe other things. Noting this observation from school really makes us wonder if Liam is really getting what he needs at Olmsted Falls. This is just another one of the many things for us to note and remember.
Saturday turned out to be a relatively nice day so Liam and his brothers all played outside. Liam was back and forth between our house and his buddy Kelly’s house. It was really nice to see Liam playing with Kelly. All afternoon they hung out together and were having a nice time. Once it was dinnertime we could see Liam was tired from his busy day. By 6:30 his anxiety was getting bad as he was repeatedly asking to take his bath. I got to him as soon as I could. by 7:15 he was sound asleep!
Sunday morning Liam seemed to be very high strung from the time he got up. His anxiety was higher than we have seen it in a while. Liam was all over the house going from one room to the next monopolizing the TV’s. Once I told him he could not watch every TV, he quietly slipped away. I found him in our room watching TV. I stopped that and he got very upset. Jill had to run to the grocery store and Liam kept insisting that he go. We told him he had to stay home and Liam’s anxiety went through the roof. As Jill was leaving a full-blown meltdown ensued. It was one we have not seen in quite a while. Jill had to slip out of the house as I restrained him and flipped the latch over the door so he could not get out. He then ran into the living room where he opened the window. I couldn’t tell if he was trying to get out, or just open it. I had to physically restrain him to close the window. Liam then began banging on the glass. I had to try and hold him back from the window to keep him banging on it. Liam was struggling with me the whole time. He then just laid on the floor and was kicking. I let him lay there and kick as I started to ignore his behavior. He was then insistent on kicking me. I would move and he would keep scooting across the floor trying to kick me. I then looked at him once more and said he needed to settle down and to come sit with me. He kept kicking the floor and screaming as I walked away. Five minutes later Liam came and sat with me in the chair. He was slowly settling down and about 15 minutes later he was asleep for a nap. He woke up 2.5 hours later and still anxious about everything. He ended up going to bed by his regular town around 7:30.
Monday wasn’t too good a day in the morning. At some point after breakfast, Liam had picked at his upper front gum and had bled a little. Jill noticed his teeth were blood stained. After she looked at his gums, she could see they were enflamed, and discolored yellow, hopefully not from infection. We will continue to keep an eye on this, he has become very discreet when he picks his gums. This morning Liam’s teacher noticed his gums were enflamed. She asked what the dentist or doctor had said about it. Jill explained to her how he does it and how discreet he is. It is clear that during the school day with all the other kids and activity going on that she is unable to observe him picking at his gums, and I’m sure unable to observe other things. Noting this observation from school really makes us wonder if Liam is really getting what he needs at Olmsted Falls. This is just another one of the many things for us to note and remember.
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