Day 3 of winter break

 Day 3 recap....

I am unsure about how I felt about yesterday (day 3). Seems like every day with both girls being home is challenging more each day.

The mornings are great once "S" has her medicine, but once they wear off it becomes difficult. I have to admit that it was helpful to have her ABA Tech here to help with her growing behavioral issues. Change is never easy with any child; however "S" seems to really struggle. A lot of her "bad" choices were in the afternoon around the time that her tech came at 3:30pm. 

It was hard monday and tuesday because we all were under the weather and I needed to make sure that we were better and house was disinfected before having ANYONE inside to help stop the spread of unwanted germs. Her whole environment changed when winter break started, which I tried my best to accommodate for her. 

As a mom of a special needs child, you are NEVER fully aware of how much it takes out of you. Raising children isn't an easy part of being a parent, but when you add in a child who doesn't fully understand because their brains can't comprehend like others can. 

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If I can vent for just a moment... I think the hardest part of raising a special needs child is the fact that other people have no compassion for the children and/or parents. They think we as parents are the problem because our children can't handle change in environment, sensory overload causing meltdowns.

Other people seem to believe that it is lack of discipline, not caring enough, maybe some other factors that cause children to "overreact". When in reality they have NO IDEA.

They have no idea about the LONG hours we as parents put in to LEARNING how to help our children, endless doctors appointments and meetings, daily struggles trying to get our children to even clean up toys, behavior controls, and interacting to help teach and get them to learn new skills. 

End my venting by saying

Thank you moms! Thank you for the headaches you may endure through the day, being on the verge of an emotional breakdowns, most importantly thank you for your ENDLESS love and affection for NEVER giving up on your children. Because of this, you are my heroes! You have proven to me and other moms that WE are stronger than most moms, WE have more love and appreciation, WE are moms!

Keep up the fight for our special needs children, they NEED us to be their advocates, to be their voices and their safety...

Much Love 

Jenny

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