Definitely a Monday!!

Boy Wonder took some waking this morning, two alarm calls singing One Direction and an over active kitten! Still he slept....

Eventually BoyWonder got up, had a shower and came down for breakfast.  We left for the hospital at 7.30am to avoid the city traffic.  Boy Wonder played on his phone throughout the journey , yawning and fidgeting around.

Once at the Hospital, Boy Wonder became obviously distracted and anxious . He started with the baby talk, putting himself in the third person ( something he does when he wants to remove himself from a situation) and very flighty.  He was called in more or less straight away and had his hearing test. He coped with this well and then played whilst I spoke with the Doctor. His hearing tested fine this time but she remains concerned about his hypersensitivity to sound and the tinnitus that he continues to have, although never really speaks of. We spoke about the hearing nurse coming into the school to advise on ways to support him with noise reduction in the classroom and how this could combine with the O.T referral.   She asked to see Boy Wonder again in six months.

I dropped Boy Wonder off at school and went to work.  His teacher reported that he had become increasingly restless as the day went on and needed several prompts to stay on task.  On collecting him again after football he had his head on his hands and was crying, I asked him what was the matter and he told me that he had banged his head during football and it was hurting and he felt ill. The football coach didn't seem to think it was a significant injury and there was no marks, all very odd! As he was complaining of being ill I asked his teacher to have a look at him before we left. She advised him to have a drink and rest before swimming. She was as baffled as I was .

We picked Cat Girl up from after school club and got in the car to go swimming. Boy Wonder ate a bar of chocolate on the way which was in the car from earlier. When we got to swimming we agreed to talk to Boy Wonder's swimming teacher as he had voiced that he was frustrated by doing the same thing over and over. She checked his progress and said that he was due to move up so would ask his instructor to check him tonight. Boy Wonder appeared okay with this but as he walked off to get changed he became very upset, shouting and throwing himself about. We went into a cubicle for some privacy and Cat Girl asked me firmly to calm him down! Eventually after more shouting and hitting out I got him into the shower to attempt to calm him and then moved him swiftly into his lesson. His instructor was brilliant and diverted him straight away. If I hadn't have taken him into his session, Boy Wonder's meltdown would have continued and heightened with panic as his class began . A difficult decision to make but often diversion is the best option albeit a temporary fix.

After swimming Boy Wonder had another lengthily shower whilst waiting for Cat Girl to finish her lesson. We then got ready and came home. On the way home Boy Wonder started to become anxious again, demanding that Cat Girl does as he says ( play a game) . I intervened and told him ' no games just chill time.' He moved swiftly on to demanding that he needs more love to make him better and that he was loved more than Cat Girl. I spoke to him briefly but clearly about love being equal .....

This evening Boy Wonder struggled to settle . He didn't know what to do with himself  and just couldn't relax.  Super Man pinned  him down to a game of Ker Plunk and the 'Yes, No' game. He then went up to bed looking very tired. Hopefully he will wake up a little happier. Not nice for him being this anxious. It 's one of those times that you feel totally helpless.  Although we couldn't do a great deal for Boy Wonder, we had THE chat with Cat Girl ( not the first time) explaining that Boy Wonder struggles with his worries and that we need to help him and know that he loves her a lot as do we. She simply said ' Yes I know ' smiled and asked to play sweetie bingo!