Ever since my son started walking (just before he turned 1), I've been thinking that if we could hook him up to a generator, we'd never have to worry about the electric bill again. He's now 7 and, while he has, for the most part, calmed down considerably in the past couple of years, no one could ever accuse him of being a slug.
Every once in a while he reverts to old habits. And last night was one of those times. From 6pm until 10pm he was literally running and jumping around the living room, shrieking. We'd try to find tasks for him, or get him to sit with us, to calm him down, but NOTHING worked!!!!!! (Our daughter also had a huge case of the giggles. Mostly from watching her brother do his impersonation of a cat on catnip.)
Finally I brought him upstairs and tucked him into bed with me, turning off the light. This usually lets him know that it's bedtime and he calms himself.
Yeah, last night? Not so much.
He finally did fall asleep, at about 11:15 or so. I'm not sure, exactly, because I nodded off first. (Our daughter had already tucked herself in to her own bed and fallen asleep. She does that. LOVE IT!!!!!!!)
At about 7:30 this morning, guess who was up and running around, shrieking? He also woke up his sister, who was NOT happy. I made him come downstairs and sit at the kitchen table while I made breakfast (and only had to call him back to the table about 50 times in the minute it took to microwave his food) and got out some of his workbooks from school. Well, just SEEING those workbooks (on a Saturday morning?!?!?!) must have done the trick, because he calmed down enough to eat, and even helped me clean up a little without my having to ask!
See, he's what those in the occupational therapy world call "high arousal." (No, really?) His sister is "low arousal." He has very good body awareness, excellent gross motor skills, and is very aware of the world around him. She used to have very little body awareness, needed physical therapy to help with gross motor skills, and needs to be brought out of herself and into the world around her more. In a way it's kind of good; they both influence each other a bit. She's climbing all over everything, getting into whatever she can, and generally enjoys making a mess. Just like her brother when he was her age.
Oh God, I'm in trouble!
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Oh sister. We had a night like that last night. All 3 bouncing (literally) off the walls until 11 pm. Just lovely. I agree about needing a generator hook-up. Good for you for seeing the positive!
What gets into them?!?!?! It's amazing.
Last night our daughter was up crying for over 2 hours. Turns out she had been bitten a bunch of times by a nasty bug, and her poor little face was so swollen! I gave her Benadryl and that helped, but THAT BUG IS GOIN' DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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