Day Three and Four

Day 3:
Rocco fell asleep at 10pm at Nonna's house on Sunday night and woke up at 4am. He had been requesting a lot of water the night before and Nonna thinks he was because he had dry mouth. So he peed through his pull up and then couldn't go back to sleep. He stayed in bed with Nonna until 8am. She said, while he was quiet, his body could not keep still those four hours.

During the day he was well behaved with Nonna, (it helps that she spoils him) and ate lunch without fighting her. She did notice that he was still moving his mouth around quite a bit though. I picked him up around 5 pm and he fell asleep on the way home. (This is not normal for Rocco to fall asleep in the car, but I'm glad the medicine didn't prevent him from snoozing because he was awake since 4am)

Day 4:
Rocco slept from 8:45pm to 7:15am. He even slept 15 minutes past everyone else in the house which normally he wouldn't be able to sleep through our noise. My poor boy was tired.

Appetite was improved today. His body seems to be working so hard and getting fuel from food is way better for his health then just being wired.

Ok reread the above sentence after you read what he actually ate today. And remember that I'm the mom promoting healthy fuel:

Breakfast: Waffles with SF Syrup & OJ
School Snack: Apple and about 4 Ritz Crackers & Capri Sun
Lunch: 1 1/2 Slices of Cheese Pizza & Capri Sun
Snack: 4 Oreo cookies & Water
Dinner: Homemade Chili Dog, French Fries & Water
After Bath: He said that he was really hungry and I was glad he wanted to eat so I let him pick a snack which was the oh so healthy BBQ chips.

Besides eating some more, another good thing today was that I didn't notice the mouth moving crazy thing. He did have a pretty busy day including school and T-Ball practice and he handled the day well.

I wrote a really long note to his teacher and she wrote back a very supportive one. She said that she understands how hard my decision to medicate was and that they will really monitor Rocco over the next few months. Making sure the difference in school is worth the medicine in a nutshell. I feel very lucky with his current teacher and aids. I do feel like I have a little team in Rocco's corner. I giving him the water and the teachers are holding the spit bucket so to speak.

On a slightly negative note: I'm gaining a 10 year old attitude.
I talked in my last post about Rocco's "Tantrums" seeming different; more heightened emotions. Same thing today and even got some preteen attitude thrown in for fun. Pre-Meds, Rocco might whine, "I don't want to go" and huff and puff. Today, when leaving a playdate, Rocco with a rude tone said, "I'm not going home!" Hey this may be normal for a five year old, but it's different from Rocco's past behavior.

Another couple of days checked off in our journey.