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clairewop

tellmeitsfriday wrote: »

Claire, have you taken him to the docs about the bedwetting - there are all sorts of things they can do to help...?

Yes He is under a peadatrition, he is suppost to take tablets to see if that helps, He normally uses drynights but we are finding it really hard to find them these days, my local boots have stopped doing them and Asda are hit and miss.

Alisonpennypincher wrote: »

Claire, sorry to hear about your bad start to the day. Do the MG 15 minutes at a time, and you'll soon crack through it all.

As for the decluttering i find these things take time, and a lot of the time it takes ages to see the results. But don't forget all the wonderful work you have done to the house, and if you check back through your posts you said yourself that your home is much improved these days and you feel better about it. So it's not all bad!

Put some music on and have a 15 minute boogie as you sing and dance and do you work, betcha you'll feel more positive in no time!

In the meantime ((hugs))

App XX

I'm getting there, have spent some time this morning boxing jewellery that needed boxing and started putting beads in relevent storage boxes, I can nearly see the dining table again

Yes your right My house is looking much better, and I'm pleased with the progress, It's the dining room clutter letting it down now, But that will take a while cause its mostly beads and craft stuff that need sorting and putting away.

robsmum wrote: »

Had to smile when I read this. My son did this on a regular basis when he was young! I tried everything to stop these accidents and then when he was about 11 it just vanished.

Also Claire, be gentle to yourself, you have done so well. Hugs to you.[/QUOTE

DS2 is 13 and still wetting

I'm getting there it was just really disheartening knowing all the extra work I had to do on top of what needed doing, I'm now down to 2 loads of washing plus the bedding so getting there.

Memory_Girl

se999 wrote: »

An opposite approach here, I'm very much into developing the ability to learn independently, so I will help with showing them techniques to use and examples, or point them towards where to look for information, but I'd never write out a child's homework or do it for them. The only exception would be for a severely dyslexic child who isn't able to write it themselves or some other similar reason.

It gives them reasponsibility for their own work and the results, and also helps them develop the skills for independent learning in later life.

I'm working with a young lady who is so scared about writing that we don't do any. She creates Mind Maps in pictures only and then either types or speaks the content onto her laptop via some nifty software I persuaded her Dad to buy.

He protested at first - wanted me to "Fix" his daughter. Bit of a heated discussion ensued when I pointed out she wasn't "broken" she just processed differently - and if we gave her tools that supported her there wouldn't be an issue.

He wanted her to "write" with a pen on paper "properly" - so I asked him to tell me exactly the last time he "wrote" to anyone. His Mrs then piped up that he doesn't even sign the Xmas and Birthday cards any more.:rotfl::rotfl:

He "writes" every day - he says "hundreds of emails":cool:

.................... yup on a computer

So now daughter has access to a laptop, voice recognition software and a touch typing programme .................. and today is off to school with her first ever essay, compiled completely by herself and delivered on time. FIRST TIME EVER:T:T

Teacher doesn't care how the information got onto the paper - just that this lovely young lady can demonstrate her brilliant intellligence.

In fact I think I will drop her off a tin of Twink's hob nobs for being such a star.

Memorygirl

robsmum_2

Claire: It does sort it's self out eventually, but I understand where you're coming from with the extra work.

De-cluttering is an on going process I think. Our house is tiny and over the years we have made use of every inch for storage, but still don't have enough. I'm still de-cluttering and short of either going minimalism ( I hate) or the house becoming elastic I think will be at it for ever more:mad:

You are doing well, so regard today as a blip and please find me that special elastic to extend my house!;)

knitwit67

Hi Claire , just a suggestion , Lynda Hudson.com has a 'I'm dry at night ' hypnosis CD that was reccommended in the times. He would just listen to it in bed before sleep. As a new hypnotherapist myself I would be interested in the results if you tried it. In training I saw good reslts but have never had a client myself. (can I say I have no connection with this CD, just want to help)

thriftyscotslass

Memory_Girl wrote: »

He protested at first - wanted me to "Fix" his daughter. Bit of a heated discussion ensued when I pointed out she wasn't "broken" she just processed differently - and if we gave her tools that supported her there wouldn't be an issue.

Brilliant; brilliant and brilliant :T:T:T

After years of forcing a square peg (ds) through a round hole (secondary school); we broke ds . Hindsight is a wonderful thing but I often wonder how different our lives would have been if ds had been in an environment that supported his individual processing.

clairewop

robsmum wrote: »

Claire: It does sort it's self out eventually, but I understand where you're coming from with the extra work.

De-cluttering is an on going process I think. Our house is tiny and over the years we have made use of every inch for storage, but still don't have enough. I'm still de-cluttering and short of either going minimalism ( I hate) or the house becoming elastic I think will be at it for ever more:mad:

You are doing well, so regard today as a blip and please find me that special elastic to extend my house!;)

Yes I know, I will hopefully get at least the dining table clear and sorted today and beads sorted ready for the next lot, ds1 is going to get me some more storage boxes. So I can put the beads in the cupboard tidy.

knitwit67 wrote: »

Hi Claire , just a suggestion , Lynda Hudson.com has a 'I'm dry at night ' hypnosis CD that was reccommended in the times. He would just listen to it in bed before sleep. As a new hypnotherapist myself I would be interested in the results if you tried it. In training I saw good reslts but have never had a client myself. (can I say I have no connection with this CD, just want to help)

Thankyou will look into this, and have a chat with him to see if he would like to try it, with ds2 if you try to push something he doesn't want to do he digs his heels in and refuses.

Right I've had a coffee and a rest, going to do a bit more.

spud30

thriftyscotslass wrote: »

Brilliant; brilliant and brilliant :T:T:T

After years of forcing a square peg (ds) through a round hole (secondary school); we broke ds . Hindsight is a wonderful thing but I often wonder how different our lives would have been if ds had been in an environment that supported his individual processing.

That's my big fear. I can see my lad changing, and it's not nice. OK, I know he's approaching being a teenager, and change is pretty much par for the course but he just seems so unhappy whenever he talks about school.

MG, I wish you lived nearer.

Claire, hugs hun. My DS wet the bed for a while, and for about a year or so, I set my alarm for 1am every night and got him up for what we called a 'dream wee'. DS sleepwalks too, mostly when he's worried about something.

troglodyte

Morning all!

Honestly if I miss even half a day I am so behind with what's going on on here!

Have to say I love the TED talks. I'd never even heard of TED until about three years ago when I was asked to volunteer at the conference (I regularly work as a volunteer at the venue), I spent most of my session wondering who on Earth all these people were and what was going on. Now I know and love it - I was lucky enough to be able to go to most sessions this year, all for free :money:(tickets cost over £2,000 I believe and you have to be approved!) Hope I can do the same next time. After a certain delay they do put everything up on the web free though, which is fantastic.

Mnemonics, hmm, I don't know many but the ones I do know have stuck in my head for ever.

Necessary = Never Eat Cress, Eat Salmon Sandwiches And Remain Young (I have never had any problem with spelling but nevertheless, every time I write this word I can't stop myself thinking this)

Colours of the rainbow = Richard of York gave battle in vain = red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet

Notes on the treble and bass clef = Every Good Boy Deserves Football; Good Boys Deserves Football Always

Organisation of living things: Kevin Please Come Over For Gay Sex =
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

For the periodic table have you tried a song? There are a few about, I can't actually find the one I remember (first 20 elements in order) although there seem to be plenty of them in other ways. But I'm sure you could just sing them along to your favourite tune!

This one has the entire table though and also pictures which I really like although not the world's greatest singer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGZ20OrmYBs

As far as remembering numbers, I kept forgetting the code to get into our work building, even set off the alarm and got the manager out in the middle of the night! After that I thought I'd better try harder, couldn't think of any association for the 4-digit number itself but settled on X years before Columbus discovered America (which I always remember from 'In fourteen-hundred and ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue' - now I can't forget it even though I don't work there any more!

Spell-checkers - Grrrrr - my pet hate, people think that just clicking that is enough so mistakes like using completely the wrong word just go through unnoticed.

OK, better stop rambling and get on with some real work!

robsmum_2

Positive vibes now please.

I am about to go and sit in an empty and cold house (the old lady's who I cared for before she went into a home)and await an Argos delivery. The time span was between 12-6pm. Please hope it's sooner.

clairewop

I have found !/4 of the dining room table lol

Gonna stop for something to eat then have another go, On a bright side I have boxed quite a bit of jewellery.

Hopefully tonight we will beable to sit at the table and eat