tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2466456397560550541.post88806844270574976..comments2021-05-28T15:46:36.837-04:00Comments on Eby Jeebies: Willing to TryKatherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14477633322266736973noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2466456397560550541.post-74623513262003545502010-09-02T20:51:30.974-04:002010-09-02T20:51:30.974-04:00Janella, "art therapy" is a good idea. O...Janella, "art therapy" is a good idea. On Naomi's good days that might be something we could try. Unfortunately, on her bad days, she's on another planet all-together, can't even think straight or communicate really.<br /><br />I did end up writing a note to the teacher about the bullying. She was great, talked to the kids and the bus driver too. The kids now have to sit in an assigned seat on the bus and stay away from Naomi. Naomi is please with the results of that anyway. I'm just glad Noami told me, sometimes she doesn't speak up and let us know when these things happen.Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14477633322266736973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2466456397560550541.post-3628795496137871402010-09-02T18:21:20.555-04:002010-09-02T18:21:20.555-04:00can you use "art therapy" with her after...can you use "art therapy" with her afterschool. have her come home and draw her feelings or what happened at school in a special notebook and then close the notebook on all that days bad events. This might help her to get it out and have a voice in a healthy way? I would also talk to the school about the boy. Sorry, bully at any age is still a bully. I realize it could be a different kid every day. when Andrew was in 4th grade a special needs student in his class was having her lunch stolen every day by kids. Andrew stood up for the girl, reported the situation to lunch people and teachers who had no clue. Sometimes with that many kids they miss things that are that obvious.janellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17638580660312178516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2466456397560550541.post-69418265600868591692010-09-01T20:59:34.859-04:002010-09-01T20:59:34.859-04:00Her personality sounds just like Nathan's...te...Her personality sounds just like Nathan's...tenderhearted and wanting to do things "right". He struggled so with the school setting and the "rules" and regulations...not only being obedient but struggling with all the kids who were NOT following the rules. He struggled with learning to "read" a new teacher's expectations (expressions). He STILL struggles with this, we are struggling with this right now at the beginning of another school year, learning about all of his new teachers. These kids wouldn't be related now, would they????Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17747062020289357357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2466456397560550541.post-46745648697112868332010-09-01T19:57:15.372-04:002010-09-01T19:57:15.372-04:00Yes, I soon learned that baby Naomi would sooner c...Yes, I soon learned that baby Naomi would sooner cry herself to death than to sleep. She was such a difficult baby--it seemed like any little thing would set her off and once she was screaming nothing would calm her. She grew into a sweet two-year old with frequent violent tantrums lasting up to an hour in length.<br /><br />She is the most soft-hearted wonderful six-year old now, she truly wants to do what is right all the time. Though the tantrums have tapered off now and will sometimes disappear for months, they reappear especially under times of stress and major routine changes (such as starting a new school year). One day that passion will be put to good use if we can help her learn to harness it.Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14477633322266736973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2466456397560550541.post-17517378740843173922010-09-01T19:22:21.093-04:002010-09-01T19:22:21.093-04:00Oh my, poor, sweet little Naomi. You are such a k...Oh my, poor, sweet little Naomi. You are such a kind mother! What a beautiful way to help her to regain her self-control. First grade is a hard age, all day school when the mind has trouble keeping up with that schedule... and so much for sweet little ones as classmates...children can be so mean at any age these days. I will pray for her! (I think that she was the child whom you believed would "cry herself to death"...hmmmm....???? so passionate and full of emotion to know how to express at this age, no doubt.)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17747062020289357357noreply@blogger.com