Here’s what happened at Emmett’s doctors appointment today

As I shared earlier, Emmett had an appointment with his pediatrician this afternoon for an ADHD intake, similar to Elliott's from last week.  The ADHD intake went just fine. Emmett's ADHD was on full display while we were there. We kinda joked about whether or not I was sure he had ADHD because he was all over the place. 😁  I'm grateful to have such a cool, young doctor because it sorta puts me at ease when the kids are in rare form, like they were today.  The only other thing we needed to have checked out was Emmett's ears.  I explained to one of my readers earlier today that he doesn't have issues with his ears but he tends to be really waxy and it can occlude his ear…

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Why I had to pick up the kids early today

We're all checked in and waiting to be called back. Oh... I should have mentioned that Emmett has his ADHD intake with his pediatrician today. This is the same appointment that Elliott had last week, minus the headache stuff.  I'm not expecting this to be a challenging appointment unless they try to clean his ears out. He needs to have his ears cleaned out and Lizze is home with Gavin because neither are feeling super great today.  This is a big appointment in the sense that we had to move to his pediatrician for his ADHD management and can finally get refills again.  I'll let you know how it goes.... 

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Can #ADHD make it difficult for kids to fall asleep? 

It's now pushing midnight as I'm writing this and Mr. Elliott is still awake. He's having the hardest time falling asleep lately. Emmett was the one struggling for so long and now that he's doing better, Elliott is trading places with him. I'm not sure what this is all about, or how to help him through this. Tonight is the first time that I'm going to leave him to his own devices, rather than take him downstairs to sleep on the couch. By own devices I mean, he has to stay on the second floor and not wake up his brother. He's all snuggled up in his bed, watching something on Netflix. This is typically what I would do if we camped out in the living room. He knows Lizze…

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Could he be anymore hyper?

Do you ever have those mornings where your kids are hyper and fuck? I'm definitely having one of those mornings today. The guilty party is Mr. Elliott and this kid is bouncing off the walls and anything else that has a solid surface. I've often wondered why some mornings he wakes up super calm and other mornings he just can't sit still. I know ADHD is a factor but there doesn't seem to be any correlation. So far this morning, Elliott's been jumping on and off the couches, talking incessantly, kicking his feet in the air and just about every other stereotypical hyperactive behavior you can think of. Maybe he didn't sleep well last night. Perhaps it's fallout from the holiday weekend or maybe this is just a biochemical thing. What I…

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