Aftermath

I feel like I've been watching Amy's behavior like a hawk since her first NFB treatment. I've read elsewhere on the internets that the first difference people notice is in sleep, and Amy has gone to bed and gotten up easier for the past two nights. Whether it's because of NFB or because school started and she's tired, is hard to say.

Behavior-wise, we haven't noticed much of a difference. Actually, since starting counseling, her dad and I think that her behaviors have gotten worse. Possibly because until this summer, she really didn't see that anything she did was a problem? Now that we are focusing so much attention on it, she is freaking out a bit.

Anyway, after her treatment on Wednesday, she had an ok night. We were pretty busy and wound up eating out, and she did fine. She was really excited because a chewy/pencil topper/sensory thingamajig arrived for her in the mail and she got to chew on it all night.

Yesterday (Thursday) was a different story. She got off to school without too much fuss, but after she came home it was one fit after another. She screamed and threw a fit because she didn't want to go outside to play, because we didn't want her to eat "only" watermelon for dinner, because she couldn't find a pencil (that was a doozy), and because I wouldn't let her sit on her sister while we read a bedtime story (also -- doozy).

This morning she got up without too much fuss, but then immediately refused to drink the smoothie I made for breakfast, and panicked because she couldn't find a pair of matching socks. She was very demanding of attention, which did not go over well, since I had two others demanding my attention at the same time.

So -- she's off on the bus. I'm planning on sending an e-mail to her teacher next week, I hope, to fill her in on some of this. Usually, Amy does very well in school, though, so hopefully that won't be a problem.

What's weird to me is that between all of these temper tantrums, there are also times of great cooperation. Yesterday she helped her dad make a dessert with no problems, she was able to hold on a normal conversation at dinner very pleasantly. The mood shifts are just so disorienting!