Brag...
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Okay... I have to brag on Jordan. For the first time in her entire life she finally finished cleaning her room on her own.
I know.. she is 11 and that seems like something she should have been doing for years but it has never happened before.
I have been telling her to clean her room for about 3 months now. She has not been able to do a lot of things because of this. My family is going to Schlitterbaun (a huge water park south of Austin, TX) and they are leaving on the 11th. I told her that if her room wasn't clean by then she would not be able to go and would have to stay home with DH and I (we can't go because I am still in physical therapy). So yesterday we had a long discussion about her not caring about anything and not believing that we would actually keep her home (we have never followed through with it on something this big before). She did her normal cry and tell us that she will do it.
Well I have been dealing with food poisoning all weekend so I layed down about 2 to take a nap and at dinner time I asked her how her room was and she said she just had a little left.. well that normally means she hasn't started. Well DH went upstairs to check and it was almost totally clean.. All she had left was to put a few things away that were still on her bed like a few books. So while dh went to pick them up some food, she did that and she even finished all of her own laundry too!!!
I was in so much shock that I broke the doctors orders to not go upstairs until i didn't have to wear the brace anymore and went upstairs to see..(I was VERY careful on the way down) I think it might have been a break through because we were so happy that we praised her all night and made a HUGE deal out of it.
Maybe she is finally starting to get it a little bit.
That sounds great!! I am hoping my 7 yr old will finally clean up his own room one day. We are bad about not following through on our threats that we make, which is not very smart on our part!! We have to work on that.
I've had so many of the same problems with my oldest and I just finished a book recommended by a psychiatrist who specializes in underachieving children. It's called "Positive Discipline" and I found out that many colleges even offer a class based on this book. Our little junior college does so I'll be taking it in the fall. It's made a big difference in how I deal with this particular child, especially with schoolwork and her room.
Way to go, Jordan and Tara!
Awesome!!!
Way to go! ^5 to Jordan.
Did he now want you on the stairs, because it's hard to look down to see the steps on the way down? I'm glad that went okay.
Yes with the brace on I can't look down very well so that is why the dr didn't want me on the stairs. But today I am finally allowed to go without the brace except at night and he suggested that I wear it when going anywhere crowded so people are more careful around me.
I am so excited.. this means I can drive again!!!!
Well, Tara, now you and Jordan both know she can do it, do it properly, and do it in a reasonable length of time (since she did it all in less than one day). Sense of accomplishment for her, and knowing that it can be done again. Good job, both of you.
I know exactly what your doctor means. When I had an arm problem, I found that when I wore a sling when with other people, they were more careful; and when my disk went and I was using a cane, people were careful, and often offered me a seat - even on a crowded bus.
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