Day 2

Day 2 of all being quiet by 9:30! YIPPEEEEEEEEE! We keep this up and I won't know what to do with myself. I feel like jumping for joy. It is so funny because it is almost like an on off switch. One minute you hear his various playing noises and the next it is silence and he is out. I am loving this Melatonin stuff!

A Miracle??

I just have to say that I think I may have just found myself a miracle pill. Night time around our home is horrid. When Jesse comes off his meds, he gets very hyper and can't sleep until about 11:00 at night. His psychologist recommended asking his pediatrician about using Melatonin for him, so I did today. I gave it to him about 8:45 tonight and then sent the kids to bed. I heard the typical playing that happens every night. About 9:15 Jesse comes out of his room, hands me the bottle and says "See mom no medicine helps me go to sleep." I told him just to go to bed. He finally did and within 5 minutes the house was quiet. THIS NEVER HAPPENS!! There are many times I still hear him as I am going to sleep. I went and checked on him and he was out at about 9:30! I am sitting here now basking in the quiet of our house and hoping that we have found something to truly help Jesse.

The Difficult Decisions of Parents

Our son Jesse has lived with many different medical problems throughout his life. Throughout this past year we have spent lot of time with doctors trying to help find a solution to some of his problems. They finally decided to do some psychological testing to see if there was a behavioral condition underlying some of the medical problems. The testing showed that he has ADHD. We then were left with the decisions of medication. Having seen other members of my family struggle with medication for psychological disorders, I was very nervous to medicate, but also knew that my son was really struggling. We finally decided to medicate him and he started on Sunday. We saw a difference that day. He was able to sit through church without any major problems for the first time that I can remember. He had a hard time sleeping that night, but came home Monday saying how good of a day he had. He was so happy that he hadn't gotten in trouble at school. He again had a hard time sleeping at night. He has now taken the medication for a few days and seems so much calmer. I have seen differences in areas I hadn't thought of as well. He has been very into drawing, writing (which h hated before),and coloring. I was looking at the pictures he colored last night and was really impressed. His coloring has always been sloppy with weird colors (people being green with blue hair for example) but the pictures he colored yesterday looked "normal". I know we still have a long road ahead with fine tuning his medication, but the results so far are great (except for the insomnia which we are working on).