The day started off early, as usual. Logan woke up at 5am (his usual home wakeup time) and we cuddled together for a while. We then made a "pillow mountain" in the bed and propped ourselves up so we could read and look through magazines together. (Daddy and Carson were still asleep upstairs and I was trying to maintain that as long as possible.) Logan thought that was cool and he also enjoyed hangin' with mom in the bedroom (not something we usually do at home).
Since the cabin is very open and small, if anyone is awake, all are awake! It didn't take long before Carson and daddy joined us in the excitement of "being up at 5am on a vacation morning!" (Can you feel my excitement?) At least if they are up, I can make my latte (impossible to do an still have folks sleeping)...so that was a plus! The boys were kind of playing with some toys, etc., and Kelly and I were playing on our computers/reading books. Carson asked if he could watch a video and we both said no...we were just enjoying the quiet time. It didn't take long for the cabin to become "out of control!" Neither Carson or Logan are happy...and mommy and daddy aren't too happy either. Before long, Carson got himself so worked up over who knows what that we had to put him in the car (strapped into his car seat)! Lovely!....great vacation memories, huh?
You see, when we are at home and Carson gets like this, he honestly just needs to get his body under control. Mom and Dad cannot do that for him...he has to do it by himself. At home, we would have put Carson in his room (with the door locked!) so he can focus on just getting himself together (instead of focusing on getting out of his room or getting our attention or proving that he was right or etc., etc.,). It will generally take Carson 15-20 minutes to get "his body under control," and then we can rationally have a conversation about what to do next. Sounds really bad, but that's how Carson operates! The cabin doesn't allow us the luxury of having a room to lock him in. There is one bedroom and we were scared that he might actually destroy something in it if we left him in there. OK...so plan B...as you can tell, was the car! Again, sounds bad, but that's how Carson operates.
We all have to learn to regulate our own bodies. For Carson, this is especially difficult! For a typically developing (TD) child, they are able to process their external stimuli (sounds, smells, information, rules, care giver expectations, etc.,) much more efficiently. Sure, even TD children need timeouts (breaks from what is going on around them), but they are much more able to change their focus and figure things out. For children with SPD, we have to figure out what our children are saying (not with words, but by reading their behavior and body language) to figure out what their bodies need at that time.
I digress...so once we made it through breakfast and a quick trip to Walmart to buy Carson a different fishing pole and mommy a pair of "I'm getting fat jeans", we were back on the lake enjoying the sun again!
I seemed like a very long day 'cause it wasn't too much fun listening to Carson and Logan do a lot of whining...but as I type this blog, it seems like a very short day 'cause I don't have much more to say! Other than I completely enjoyed the time when the boys were napping...not because they were asleep, but because I had a lot of fun being by myself, reworking this blog and reading...doing my own thing while listening to my pandora.com music and soaking up the sun!
It was quite obvious when it was time for bedtime at the end of the night. We did let the boys watch "Monsters Inc" before bedtime (probably not a great movie choice, in retrospect), but mom and dad were pooped and we needed some quiet time! Ahhh...the silence! It is truly golden!
Hope tomorrow is a better day!
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