Sunday, February 16, 2014

Long Time No Post

I have had some laptop issues, so it's been a bit.

Our son started preschool at a developmental center (M-F 8-3 no vacation days) and was just getting adjusted when he got super sick.  He also got me super sick.  It was a very hard adjustment back, but he seems to be getting the hang of it.  Unfortunately, the illness has made him forgo any solid food at all.  Not a bite for over a month now.  We managed to get him to eat some chips this week, but he just wants his instant breakfast and cherry tootsie pops.

I don't know if you realize, but cherry isn't a common flavor in the variety bags and you can't really find them to buy them individually.  We hit a jackpot during Valentines as they had entire bags of just cherry!  We loaded up!  However, at his rate of asking for sucker after sucker all day, they are not going to last long.  If we refuse him a sucker or tell him they are all gone, he gets incredibly violent.  I have bruises along my sides and back from him kicking me.  We are at a loss as to what to do to eliminate these tantrums.  How do you reason with a kid that has a very limited vocabulary that he understands and even less that he speaks?