Bad week....

[Ericsmomma]

Afternoon all;

Well, I guess I gotta whine alittle. This has been a bad week in the Schmitt house. (kinda like the sh...t house!)
First of all, Eric has the lovely habit of SCREAMING...the ear splitting type of scream...almost constantly. He would occassionally do it when frustrated or tired, but now, man, its like 24-7 ! I try to ignore it, but it really can get to ya. I've been putting him in his room, in his crib, door shut, for about 15 min. He'll be ok, then right back to screaming..YEOW!! I took him to the doc, thinking it might be his ears and he did give him an antibiotic for his sinuses. But that was 10 days ago, and still screaming. Somebody please tell me this is a phase, and he'll stop soon! Then Friday his school has their annual picnic. I was going to stay and help with his class. Eric was fine in the classroom, but as soon as we went outside for games and food he freaked out.
He would not walk, started SCREAMING, and just sat on the grass crying. I tried everything to calm him, but I ended up taking him home after 20 minutes. It seems like he just doesn't like being in crowds where there is alot of commotion and noise. It was just very frustrating for me....and I kinda felt down the rest of the day. And to top it off, Hubby's business is not so great right now..(economy kinda sucks here in northeast ohio, pa, and west virginia), so I think I'm going to have to pick up more hours at work. I only
work 2 days now, so I'm looking at possible full time,
or maybe 3 days (12 hr. shifts ). Yuck! I'm exhausted now...too old for all this crap.. Well, thats my story...
thanks for letting me vent.. Dolly

[Becky]

Vent all you want.

I sure hope this is a phase becasue Justin (3) does the same thing. He does not like crowds he freaks and we also end up leaving he can not handle the noise, his scream is not loud just very anoying(sp) and he does it all day.

I hope hubby gets more work soon so you dont have to work more.You can always move here to Oklahoma there is alot of work here right now, everything is growing so fast.

Take care and have a better week next week ;D

Becky

[christie]

Hope next week is a better week for you ;D HANG in there things always get better

Chris never screamed BUT when he was little Ohhhh how he hated LOUD noises and lots of commotion, unless of course he was the one making the noise and commotion, LOLOL He would just stand there and put his hands over his ears He has gotten much much better with this

CC

[Emilysmom]

Dolly~
Not sure that I have any advice for you, but have to say you've had quite a week! Wish there was a way we could make it easier!
The only thing that came to my mind about the screaming is this: When you put him into his room in his crib and he STOPS screaming, you could immediately go to him and give him positive reinforcement. Then, if the screaming began again, you could put him back in the room.......as MB always says "without emotion". I know there is a fine line here....but I know you don't want his crib to be seen as punishment. At the same time, it seems like rewarding his QUIET moments could help.
Wish I had more to offer.
Susan

[MaggiesMom]

Maggie has gone through that recently. A big part of it with her is not being able to communicate what she wants, or doesn't want at the time.

We've started trying sign to see if that helps. But, so far, she doesn't get it. It lasted for about a week and then she quit.

I'm thinking it had a lot to do with the fact that she had a lot of new people in the house that week...new therapists and a teacher...and just lots of new things. Her sensory issues just don't allow her to handle "new" anything very well. No new foods, utensils, people, shoes, etc. But, as time goes on and she's exposed to it again and again, she eases up and goes on.

Have you all done brushing with the OT? We have been doing that the past few weeks and it really seems to be helping Maggie be less defensive.

Good luck!

Robin M - Maggie's mom

[meghans_mom]

Dolly - sorry about the rough time you've been having lately...hope things look brighter SOON!!
re:screaming - Meghan does this but not constantly, and even her little bit gets on my nerves, so I can only imagine what the constant yelling would be like. Meghan will do it if she needs help w/ something (like climbing into her booster seat at the dinner table) and we try and remind her to say "help me" - or if she wants to do something but we won't let her (like going outside after dark) but yikes! it is grating on the nerves.
anyways...hope the yelling and everything else gets better sooN!
laurie

[ashliesmomheidi]

Sorry about the Bad Week but maybe Next week will look better for ya!

Ashlie hasnt relaly ever been a screamer but she does hate large crowds and loud noises. The Crowd thing is getting a lil better for her as she gets older, But the Loud Noises still bother her! Ugh!

[shellk]

If this is a phase then Kourtney has been going thru it for about 2 years she started it at around 3 and is now 5 and stills screams..At, first we thought it was her hearing and she has her tonsils and adnoids removed and tubes put in and it still didn't stop...We can't take her to go dee the fireworks or even let them off in our yard she FREAKS even if DH is using a saw or something she freaks....Crowds she is not that bad with but loud noises and lots of things going on at once seem to send her into a tizzy....We are still waiting for this to phase out...Hopefully it will sooooooooon..