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Thursday, April 17, 2008

Secrets

Well, two days in a row Alyssa came home will bad behavior reports from school. She has been talking(to the point that she got her desk moved), being disruptive, disrespectful, etc. School is usually the one place where she doesn't have problems. Jeff and I sat down with her last night and tried to talk with her about her behavior at school. She mentioned a lot of little things, nothing big, and I thought we had the issue settled. She was going to offer to stay in at recess today and tomorrow so that she could pay her teacher back some of the time she wasted. She went to bed happy and I thought, problem solved.

This morning, Alyssa did everything in slow motion. It was like watching the Alyssa of a year ago get ready for school. We had a big problem for a long time getting to school on time, but since implementing and tweaking new "schedules", we have not had a problem. So anyway, we finally leave for school and I look in the mirror and Alyssa is sucking her thumb! She used to do this a lot! Now, the only time she does it is if she is really stressed or worried about something. I asked her if she had something on her mind and reminded her that she could talk to Mommy about anything, no matter what it was and she said she was fine, just a little tired. I didn't push and I let the subject drop. I just got an email from her teacher saying that Alyssa has been sucking her hair!

Excuse me while I beat my head against the wall and pray for inspiration!

2 comments:

Lisa said...

You know me....I am a loud mouth and complete garbage may spew from lips so feel free to tell me to go jump in a lake. K?

Tonight can you do "baby" time with her...holding, rocking, wrapping her in a blankie, bottle, etc???? Maybe something is triggering her and she "needs" to be a baby again for a bit. Jordan still has these days where she just needs to be a baby. Dear God in heaven, she went through a period a few months ago where she wore diapers (used them), crawled every where (because I can't carry her 56 lbs around), had a pacifier, etc for several days. After you've allowed her to be a baby for a while then you can say, "Alyssa, since you're a baby that can talk would you like to tell me what you're worried, scared about?, etc.
Just a thought....

I know....me and my big mouth.....

Lisa said...

P.S. This too shall pass.....