WILL I EVER LEARN?

I AM NOT SURE I WILL EVER GET THIS BUT THIS MORNING AS WE ARE TRUDGING THROUGH OUR FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL FOR THE 15YEAR  OR SO I FIND MYSELF MAKING THE SAME MISTAKES AND IT IS ONLY AFTER WE HAVE GONE THRU THE BEHAVIOR AND THE STRUGGLE THAT ENSUES  BEFORE I REALIZE THAT ONCE AGAIN I SCREWED UP.

DAKOTA WAS ABSOLUTELY MORE DIFFICULT TO GET UP THIS MORENING THAN THE REST OF THE DAYS THIS WEEK SO I THOUGHT I WOULD GET HIS BREAKFAST FIRST AND LET HIM SLEEP A FEW EXTRA MINUTES  -- BUT OF COURSE MY THICK SKULL DIDNT REMEMBER THAT I WAS  SWITCHING THE ORDER OF THINGS AND I MIGHT AS WELL JUMP OFF A CLIFF --   SO WHEN I WAS DONE I TRIED AND TRIED AND TRIED TO GET HIM UP AND MOVING AROUND AND SHORT OF DOING SOMETHING MEAN LIKE A SPRITZER WATER BOTTLE I JUST COULD NOT GET HIM TO GET UP I EVEN TOOK HIS FOOD INTO THE BEDROOM AND PUT IT UNDER HIS NOSE BUT THE MORE I PUSHED THE MORE HE DUG HIS HEELS IN -- ABD REFUSED TO WAKE UP AND GET GOING

I DONT KNOW WHY I DONT GET THIS ---                  IT IS AN APPRECIATION OF TIME; WHICH NONE OF HAS ENUF OF ;  WITHIN A FEW MINUTES OF ME BACKING OFF  HE WILL COME AROUND FOR 80% TO 90 % OF THE TIME. IF I JUST STOP INTERACTING WITH HIM AND PLEADING TO GET UP AND GET GOING AND GO ABOUT MY BUSINESS LIKE HES NOT EVEN GOING TO SCHOOL HE WILL CAVE. ONCE HE DETERMINESTHAT HE IS NOT THE ISSUE AND THE CENTER OF ATTENTION  HE WILL START TO TALK  OR GET UP AND HEAD FOR THE BATHROOM OH DONT GET ME WRONG IT DOESNT ROLL RIGHT INTO THE PERFECT SCHEDULE OR TIME CONSTRAINTS BUT AT LEAST IT IS SO MUCH CALMER AND LESS CONFRONTATIONAL AND A WHOLE LOT BETTER FOR DAKOTA AND HIS DAY AT SCHOOL. AT LEAST I KNOW WHEN HE FINALLY ARRIVES AT SCGOOL IF ANYTHING HAPPENS BEHAVIOR WISE AT SCHOOL AT LEAST THEY CANT POINT TO ME OR WHAT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE HE CAME TO SCHOOL

AND THATS  THE MAIN OBJECTIVE-- TO GVE HIM A FRESH START IN THE MORNING SO THERE IS NO UNDERLYING   REASONS FOR BEHAVIOR--AT LEAST FROM HOME!!!

SO THE NEXT TIME YOUR LITTLE ONE "STONEWALLS"  JUST TRY BACKING OFF AND PRETENDING THEY ARENT A PART OF THE EQUASIONAND SEE IF THAT HELPS THEM TO COME AROUND.