A Funny Old Day!

It's been a funny old day! Boy Wonder awoke in a very high, erratic mood, worse than he has been in a long time. Getting him to participate in the most basic of tasks was a near impossibility and as a result I ended up doing everything for him.  By the time we got to school my head was spinning ( but probably not as much as his!!) and I passed him over to his teacher with a sigh of relief.

I picked the children up after school and after hearing about Cat Girl's grazed knee we got ready to leave . Boy Wonder appeared quite low and after some initial engagement went into his own head and shut us out.

The play therapy worker arrived and Boy Wonder refused to spend time with her. He told me that he was worried as he kept forgetting everything as it wouldn't stay in his head.  After some persuasion from the worker he came downstairs but it was very clear that he didn't want to be there. I managed to persuade him to engage for a short while but knew that I would pay for it later! Cat Girl enjoyed playing with the jelly game and the worker asked me questions about the house and if its difficult to heat ? (this was due to freezing her colleagues out last week during a midday meeting when we are usually at work, so the heating wasn't on!) She also asked Cat Girl some questions about her being happy and if Boy Wonder played with her?  However only asked these when I left the room. Is it me or is the social services training a bit old hat?!  Anyway one more session to go and hopefully we can forget all about this ridiculous idea!

As we set off for piano Boy Wonder became quite upset and said that he had tummy ache and felt sick. Typical anxiety symptoms. We got into the car and he remained very quiet throughout the journey. Piano was okay and he changed for Ju Jitsu but continued to complain of feeling unwell.

I spoke to Ju Jitsu about BoyWonder saying that he felt sick and told them to ring me if he needed collecting early. We also spoke about the up and coming awards and the concern that we have about Boy Wonder not achieving anything ( which has been the case at all previous events) and how this impacts heavily on his self esteem. I explained that due to Boy Wonder's complex needs, he struggles hugely with what he perceives to be failure  They said that they would think about it and get back to me. I reassured them that we didn't except them to go against their usual procedures but had to consider Boy Wonder's well being and the impact this would have on him. We also spoke about Boy Wonder's attendance and was reassured that coming once a week was perfectly acceptable.

This evening was fairly settled. Cat Girl practised her spellings but burst into fit of giggles every time we got to 'wigwam!' We gave up after a while as the giggles were contagious and we weren't getting anywhere! It was fun though.

Boy Wonder returned from Ju Jitsu and appeared to be a bit brighter. He settled down on my knee and after an hour fell to sleep.