I could cry. Milo just went to his check up with his psychologist / behavioral specialist who diagnosed his ADHD and prescribes his meds... he watched Milo being horribly defiant and told me basically that I need to take parenting classes.
He asked me if I had tried time outs. HA! Are you freaking KIDDING ME!?
He told me that it is obvious that we cave a lot and let him have what he wants. No shit, he screams until he throws up, throws things, breaks stuff, hurts people, and shrieks like we're killing him. No SHIT we give in.
Have I tried time outs? Are you KIDDING ME? Of COURSE we've tried time outs. He screams, bangs his head on the wall, hits us, bites, scratches, KICKS, flails, sobs hysterically like we're killing him, and carries on for hours until we stop.
This child DEFIES logic in every way.
I am HONESTLY beginning to think he's got Asperger's, because he seriously just completely defies all logic. I can't put him in time out, I can't do anything. Nothing helps, nothing works. He was so great on his meds at first, and now he says he can't up his dosage any more and that with him losing so much weight (he's down about 3lbs) we shouldn't try to anyways. He's keeping his dosage and medication the same. There isn't anything else approved by the FDA for his age group.
So basically, it's my fault that he's a monster, and I need to just read a few more books about parenting and figure out how to discipline him. YA DONT FUCKING SAY?! I've been BEGGING these people to give me some kind of help, tell me what would be effective for him, show me what I can do differently... and all they say is to take a class. The class he recommended is actually for 9-18 yr olds. AWESOME! I'll just get right on that.
So now I just have to hope he gets into preschool and that someone there can do or say something that helps us in some tangible way... I have no idea what else to do.
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