I'm Not Going Anywhere!

Had one of those mornings with Jack. He didn't want to get out of bed and didn't want to go to school. I found out that he actually went to skills yesterday because he refused to participate in a class activity. Mrs. Whetman said they had a little trouble the day before but he was able to work his way through it. She was hoping for the same yesterday but he never quite got there. She also shared with me a little story about Jack going in to class everyday and picking up a little book about a chocolate factory. On Back to School night he and I had gone to his classroom and we read that book together. She just thought it was neat that he gets that same book everyday. That is my buddy.

Anyhow, Jack didn't want to have anything to do with getting up so I sat down on his floor and opened a book. I read him Dr. Seuss - Oh The Places You'll Go. I like that book. He was not happy with that selection and was even more determined to stay put. I grabbed Never Smile at a Monkey and read different excerpts about different animals and had him try to guess which one it was. I think we started a little blood flow but still nothing. I finally acted like I was breaking the rules of the book to never cuddle a bear cub. I pretended the momma bear was chasing me. Anyhow, he got a kick out of it and came down from the top bunk. It was good. Well, my acting wasn't all that good but it did the trick. He can be extremely challenging and just a skosh stubborn. Getting him to move on his own accord is the trick as he simply will tune out anything I ask him to do when he is in this type of a mood.

I wish I knew exactly what to do to get Jack going. He adapts pretty well and what happens to work today doesn't always work tomorrow. Today the books did the trick. I wasn't sure it was going to happen. When I finished the places you'll go he resolutely said "I'm not going anywhere". Sometimes you just do the best you can. With Jack if I get cross at him in the morning it can easily set off his entire day and I don't want that for him at school. Anyhow, we do the very best we can and have a little hope and prayer in our hearts that he can get it going. Grateful that we managed to get there today. It certainly makes for fun times.