Wednesday, November 23, 2011

May 2011

I guess it's time for my biannual entry, lol. Meadow is now one and walking and chases after Lily all the time. She still craves attention from Lily and Lily is still hard pressed to give it to her, though Lily does clearly love her sister it's not all Meadow would like it to be. Time will help, and when Meadow can start verbalizing her wants, I know things will take a turn.

Lily was having a hard time with her anxiety over pretty much everything and it was hindering her progress at school. Meltdowns around every corner. It is so hard to watch your child cry and become upset over trivial things. Having to go to the potty, wash hands, pick up a toy, get dressed for school, transitioning to another activity etc. To everyone else they are trivial...to Lily they are things that trigger emotions in her that she just can't control. So after trying everything that I could think of and her teachers doing the same, I decided to bring her to the doctor so that she could get some antianxiety medication. BINGO, a home run from the very first dose! Her body is very sensitive so it doesn't take much to affect her. Her teachers were thrilled, as was I. She started to get more hyper during the day and had trouble settling down at night, so I increased her trazodone in the evening and that seemed to help a lot, but by 3 or 4pm she seemed overtired so naptime for everyone! It makes her bedtime later, but her body seems to like that schedule. Last year she used to nap from 2-6 and then sleep 8 hours at night.

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