Meet Dracula, currently the middle child in our house of boys. He is a "quirky" kid, with really long beautiful eyelashes. His personality is so different than Anthony's that they don't really get along, but I try my best to keep the fighting to a minimum.This year he turned 6 and is in the 1st grade. I was very happy with his teacher since I already knew her since she had the older one for 2 years (1st and 2nd) and knew that she would be firm but kind and would be able to get his hyper little butt in check.
As the school year is progressing, I have been working with the little blood sucker every single day. Unlike my older child he was blessed with 2 years in the "best" preschool around, where he learned to cooperate, follow directions and become the social bug he is today. The major problem for him has always been academics, he has no concept of time, date, took forever to learn his letters and numbers to 20, but I was hoping that he would be able to catch on. Last year at one of the conferences his kindergarten teachers called him "strange" then she explained that his broad knowledge of animals and strange facts was just interesting.
Well 1st grade has been a struggle, he's not getting the whole "reading" thing, he just guesses words without really looking at them, and today he brought home a 0 in math, these were proceeded by a 30 and a 50.
His teacher suspects possible ADHD, I just can't believe that all of my kids are going to end up with some sort of label over their heads...it just breaks my heart, and just thinking that we have another one coming and what might be wrong this time, just totally freaks me out.
We're going to have the school psychologist evaluate him, but in the meantime, I will be getting private testing done, because I need to get to the core of this and figure out how to help him.
For my sanity and for the good of this family, I really hope we find a solution, I'm trying to raise a normal kid, not a class clown and right now, he's definitely going in the wrong direction.
6 comments:
Oh Anna- I'm so sorry! Logan is my "label" boy and he is having a tough time with the academic side of things. I will try to learn from your road ahead on how to handle it all.
I once read an article by a dad in a parent's magazine who had 2 or 3 "labeled" intense kids and they had an oops sibling. He was talking about how this perfectly average and "normal" child was exactly what the siblings needed to keep going, to rely on, and to look up to. But that the "normal" one learned so much compassion for the other special needs kids that it was such a gift to their personality.
Oh, Anna, he's lucky to have you as such a caring, compassionate mama. I'm sorry you've got these challenges and I'm going to pray for you.
Looking back I was probably ADHD when I was a kid. They called in day dreaming back then. He'll make it. I do some how.
Good luck and God bless you.
P.S. Don't let him near your neck.
Anna, Anna, Anna... Normal is a label too. Honestly, I don't think there is such a thing. There are reasons whey people do what they do. If there happens to be a label for it, then I say embrace it and take advantage of the resources that are attached to that label to help him. The problems that I have with L are tough because she doesn't have any kind of label, so there are so many things that I can try that my head spins. Having a label isn't wrong or right, it just is. Just roll with it. Its no reflection on you at all. You are an awesome mom. You'll get through this and Matthew will be fine, label or not :D
Hang in there! Love ya!
ali
What an obviously great mom you are. Your boys (and the new baby) are so lucky to have you. Remember that. I hope everything turns out the way you hope it does. I would have to agree with the comment about no real normal.
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