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Slowing To A Stop

Friday, February 4, 2011

It’s oddly quiet in our house this afternoon.
Don is home from a business trip and had to fly overnight last night so he is now in bed sleeping as he didn’t get much sleep on the plane.
Rye and I did our math work this morning and then we didn’t make it much further than math [...]

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Shades Of Stability

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

So, it dawned on me yesterday when re-reading my post that perhaps I should elaborate on what I mean when I say that Rye is stable.
After all, what is ’stability’?
I’ll be honest,  I don’t know.  I mean, what is stability to others?  I don’t know.  We are learning as we go over here and all [...]

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The Nightmares Are Gone

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Well, on the down side I woke up with a really bad cold today so that bites.
On the good side though Don and I were talking last night and we have both noticed that Rye’s nightmares have disappeared.  For weeks now.  At least since before Christmas and including through the trip to New York.  No [...]

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Anxiety, Epsom Salts & Benadryl

Monday, January 4, 2010

Well, I’m not sure we are starting the year out on the right foot here but whatever. The anxiety monster completely over took Rye yesterday in anticipation of school starting again and the whole event completely wore me out. Lord have mercy, the kid was all over the place all day. [...]

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Nightmares

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Nightmares, or night terrors, are something that bipolar children are often described as having.
I have found that Rye has them when he is processing a lot of new information or change of environment or change of mindset and they are typically fear-based.  Meaning, there is something he is scared of that he is trying to [...]

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The Importance of Sleep

Thursday, December 3, 2009

I am reminded time and time again of how important it is for Rye to get copious amounts of solid sleep in order to function well and this week has been no exception.  I guess with the holidays and all of the excitement – being off schedule, off routine, lots of time with friends, spending [...]

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