I went to Bryan's IEP meeting the other day, and things sound positive and on track for graduation. He's no longer going to be going to Chemistry, but they have an alternative for the class. He'll be doing the work in another classroom by himself with another teacher. He's already cruising ahead and is close to being done with this unit. He has one more unit to complete after this one is done. I pray he can pull up his grade doing this. As for English, we're waiting on four assignments which were part of a presentation. As soon as he gets graded on those, we should know if he's getting a passing grade. I feel like I'm holding my breath. In the meantime, I'm planning for his graduation with the faith that he will be walking across the stage. I know he can do this.
Matthew is being a particularly trying little boy, in that he is acting all 3-years-old and then maybe another two toddlers on top of that. He's a handful. Nick thinks I don't watch him close enough, but honestly, even if I take my eyes off him for 2 seconds, he's into something. If I go to get him a cup of juice in the kitchen, he's climbing the sewing desk in the living room to get to the xbox. There's just no stopping him. And heaven forbid if I try to make him lunch, because then he's shoving disks into the xbox or playstation, and I'm trying to dig them out of there while he's eating. Nick gets just pissed, but Matthew won't stay by me while I'm making him lunch or breakfast, and it's unrealistic to think that I can keep an eye on everything he does around the clock. I take him outside with me while I smoke, which I hate doing because I don't like the influence, but he plays in my car for the most part, and I can keep an eye on him there. I take him into the bathroom with me when I pee, but for #2, I just can't do it. He'll come up between my legs and say, "Doin' Mom?" I'm just very frustrated with my husband right now. He has unrealistic expectations on me regarding Matthew, and he treats me like this is our first child and I don't know how to raise him.
Okay, vent over. On the positive side, my medications seem to be working quite well right now. There's only a little bit of depression, not a major amount of anxiety, and mania is at bay. We'll see how the rest of April and the month of May goes, since that usually seems to be a hard time for me. For now, I'm off to get the mail, because I'm hoping Bryan's grad pictures that I ordered came in.
Try lunchables for Matthew or the premade PB&J sandwiches. They cost a little more but might be worth it.
ReplyDeleteI hope Bryan gets everything done. My youngest son was failing miserably when he met a girl that told him she had dreams and desires and she was going to college. He could go with her or stay behind. He was the only one of his friends that walked in his graduation. He is becoming a well known chef in our area and she is a structural engineer, they are getting married in June. Hang in there mom!