Aspie Mom

Changes

Normally, Kiddo does not handle change very well. Major changes usually send her into frequent meltdowns but so far, she’s doing well. I started my new job earlier this week after being a stay at home mom for the past two years. She’s handling it pretty well. Better than I am.

Homeschooling continues to go well. I’m hoping we can take a few field trips soon. She really wants to go to the zoo and that will fit with our current science topic.

I am so happy I chose to continue homeschooling. She does so much better with it. She is so much more willing to learn and do the work. In the classroom setting, there are too many distractions and too much pressure for her. She just shuts down. This was definitely the right choice for her. I hate that she misses out on a lot of social interaction but then again, a lot of the interaction at school was negative anyway. This is partly because the other kids just don’t accept her because she’s “different” and also it is because she mis-interprets the other kids. She sees certain behaviors as negative even if they really aren’t.

I’m wondering if maybe we can consider taking her off the Celexa for anxiety. I’m afraid to do that just yet since it is so soon after I started my job and things could go sour at any time with her. But most of her anxiety was school related. Now that she is homeschooling… there really isn’t much anxiety at all. She does get frustrated with math still but for the most part, it is easy going because I’m there to help her when she needs it. No pressure. That’s the key. I will be talking to the doctor about stopping the medication after awhile I think.

One of these days

One of these days I will post regularly again. With moving to MO from NY and then moving from my dad’s home to our current home… it has been hard to find any time to be online. We are doing well though and Kiddo is doing very well herself.

We are still doing the homeschooling. My job starts next week and I will be working evenings… 2:30 to 11pm or something like that. While it would be so much easier for me to just send Kiddo to school, if I do that, I will never see her so that just isn’t going to work. And she really likes homeschooling because it is so much more relaxed and it is at her own speed rather than everyone else’s. If we have to spend a week on a single math page, that’s what we do. And we can talk about subjects that SHE likes. It makes it more interesting and fun for her. Gotta love that!

Not to say that homeschooling is always fun and easy. It is far from easy. I have a million things on my plate right now so finding time to get it all done and get homeschooling in can be a real challenge. But if it is what will be best for us, then I will suffer with the extra work.

Been a really long time!

Sorry for the lack of updates but I have been ultra busy. We still have not moved into a home yet. We will be doing that on the 1st of April. YAY!!

I do have some big news though… Starting Monday, I will be homeschooling Kiddo. This may only be a temporary thing but I’m kind of hoping that it might be permanent. Getting a job has been a problem as well and whether or not I can homeschool permanently will depend mostly on my schedule.

I went to our local teacher store and bought some books to work out of and will be coming up with other things as well. I just needed something to get started with. I finished writing out lesson plans for the first week and am so excited about starting on Monday! Kiddo is looking forward to it as well. While she is never excited about school work, she likes the fact that we can work at our own pace. The pressure is off and she can relax. If it takes us three days to get through a particular math page, then so be it. At least she will have the opportunity to really LEARN it rather than being rushed through whether she understands it or not.

I have looked up the state laws and will be following them. They are pretty simple requirements really. Need to document attendance and hours and I need to keep a portfolio of sample work that Kiddo has done. Won’t be any trouble.

Been a long time!

Well, we are back in the Midwest and I’m glad for the most part. The only trouble is that landing a job has proven to be a very slow moving task. And even though we have the severance pay to put towards rent or whatever, no one will accept an application without a current income. So we have been stuck here at my dad’s house for the past three weeks. It has been thoroughly frustrating.

Kiddo is doing ok but is pretty crabby. Understandable I suppose. She’s been bounced around so much. I’m rather crabby myself right now. Just so much stress.

Just wanted to post and say that I am still around. May be a little while longer before I can post regularly again though.

On Hiatus

I will not be updating for a little while. We are getting ready for our big move next week. I have no idea when we will be settled into a new home or when we will have internet service set up so I have no idea when I will be back online just yet. I will be able to check email from time to time at my dad’s house though.

See you soon!