ACCOMPLISHMENTS

OK FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS I HAVE DONE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF VENTING SO IT IS NOW TIME TO TAKE INVENTORY OF A FEW ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT HAVE COME TO MIND.

DAKOTA CONTINUES TO MAKE PROGRESS ON A DAILY BASIS ALTHOUGH IT MAY BE BABY STEPS I AM THANKFUL FOR EACH AND EVERY THING WE CONQUER.LAST NIGHT AS I WAS DEALING WITH MY FRUSTRATION OVER THE 10 OCLOCK BEDTIME ISSUES, I STARTED TO RE-COUNT "GOOD THINGS". IT IS AMAZING HOW ALL OF A SUDDEN YOUR ATTITUDE IS REVIVED AND YOU ARE ACTUALLY ENCOURAGED BY THE PROGRESS. SMALL TO ANYONE ELSE AND ESPECIALLY THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE TYPICAL KIDS BUT HUGE TO ME AND OUR HOUSEHOLD. DAKOTA HAS AN OBSESSION TO OVERFILL HIS WATER GLASS TO THE POINT OF FLOWING OVER ,SPILLING ON TO THE COUNTER AND IN TO THE TRAY UNDERNEATH THE WATER DISPENSER THUS MAKING A MESS AND WASTING WATER. THIS PASSED WEEK WE RAN OUT OF WATER BOTTLES AND HE VIRTUALY STOPPED DRINKING WATER BECAUSE HE DID NOT WANT TO DRINK OUT OF THE SMALLER STORE BOUGHT BOTTLERS OF WATER. FINALLY WE GOT OUR DELIVERY OF NEW BOTTLES AND THAT VERY DAY HE DRANK HIS GLASS OF WATER ; WENT TO REFILL IT  TO BE READY FOR THE NEXT TIME HE WANTED A DRINK AND STATRTED TO SPILL IT OVER AGAIN. I SIMPLY SAID "YOU KNOW MAYBE WE WOULDNT RUN OUT OF WATER SO QUICKLY IF YOU DIDNT OVERFILL YOUR GLASS SO IT RUNS OVER!" THE VERY NEXT TIME DAK TOOK A DRINK HE STOPPED THE WATER BEFORE IT GOT TO THE TOP!!!!!HURRRRRRRRRAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY!

HOPEFULLY I HAVE SLOVED THE "WATER THING"

ACCOMPLISHMENT #2 DAKOTA HAS A TENDANCY TO USE TOO MUCH TOILET PAPER--DONT GET ME WRONG   GLAD HE USES IT AND GLAD HE IS GETTING TO THE POINT THAT HE USES IT EFFECTIVELY BUT BEING A BOY IN A HOME WITH WOMEN HE HAS BEEN TAUGHT TO TIDY UP "DRIPS AND SPILLS" ON THE TOILET AFTER URINATING. WELL SPECIFICALLY WHEN THE PAPER REACHES THE END OF THE ROLL HE IS NOTORIUS FOR EMPTYING THE ROLL OUT INTO THE BOWL THUS WASTING PAPER AND POTENTIALLY PLUGGING UP THE TOILET. THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR MONTHS PROBABLY MORE LIKE A COUPLE OF YEARS  I DONT HAVE A SPECIFIC REASON WHY BUT ON THE VERY SAME DAY THE WATER THING CHANGED SO IT THE TOILET PAPER..

I HAVE ALWAYS NOTICED THAT IT SEEMS AS IF YOU GET "SPURTS"OF CHANGE WHEN IT HAPPENS IT ALMOST LIKE HIS BRAIN TAKES A TURN.

3 RDLY WE ARE STILL STRUGGLING WITH A LOT OF PERSONAL GROOMING ISSUES AND I AM REQUIRED TO BE INVOLVED IN SHOWERING.I HAVE TRIED MANY DIFFERENT APPROACHES AND STILL DONT HAVE THE PERFECT SOLUTION BUT ON THE SAME DAY ONCE AGAIN I NOTICED THAT HE WAS TAKING A MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN WASHING HIMSELF WITHOUT MY VERBAL OR PHYSICAL PROMPTS

SO CALL THEM ACCOMPLISHMENTS OR TRIUMPHS ITS ALL THE SAME TO ME BUT IT NEVER SEEMS TO AMAZE ME HOW REJUVINATED I FEEL WHEN I SEE DAKOTA MAKING PROGRESS: ALL OF A SUDDEN ALL THE THINGS THAT STRESS ME OUT SEEM A LITTLE LESS IMPORTANT.