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Sunday, March 24, 2013

Day 6: Meltdowns, Snow, & Countdown


Woke up to Sherbert doing her I have to go whine, which set me in motion because I really was not looking forward to cleaning her cage.  My morning was a rocky start not only where we late getting to the faculty which led to me feeling off kilter because I had to reroute myself and get over to the class site once I got there and got my bearings I felt better and was able to focus on what we were doing.  I have to say Sherbert was on her game this morning.  We did one track but she was on top of the footsteps that Jonathan and his friend took this morning going right to them and having that look on her face like so mom, I found him where are my dogs (hotdogs) and my tennis ball.

The DeZarn girls and Sherbert
Today was a little awkward for me because I was in a transition mode due to circumstances Jonathan’s sitter had to return home and it meant I was handling Jonathan & Sherbert. Can we say busy bodies but I am happy that the families here have bonded because I had some moms & dads stepping in to help when necessary at one point we had grandparents involved with the chaos of the kids. We began to work on behavior disruption today which includes lap as well as over which can be a large help when Jonathan is in meltdown mode or coming out of seizure mode because it’s deep pressure. 

So here is the fun part of it all or at least now that I look back over the day I think that but it was no funny or laughing matter while it was going on. We were back in the mall today and we were doing inside tracking and tethering. Now remember yesterday when I wrote about the chaos that J caused in the stores with tethering. Well today was no different Mister Brown went for ham and just cut a fool  at first I attempted to ignore it and act like nothing was going on but that lasted all of about thirty minutes because I could feel the tension headache forming behind my eyes and I can only imagine the scene we were causing.  Sooo I untethered them and that still did not satisfy him so we went through a three-hour period of an upset and temper tantrum child and a dog who did not know whether to stay by Mom’s side or to try to console his boy because his boy was simply in fight or flight mode. After a few moms stepped in and attempted to help me we finally got an idea on how to pull off a tracking situation in the mall and JcPenny’s of all places but it worked out because we made it as fun as possible.

J & Sherbert in play mode
Once back at the hotel I was hoping for a quiet moment I was even willing to let J take a quick nap for a quiet moment but he had other plans so I let Sherbert and him play for a little while to see who would tired down first. Let us just say as I write this blog he is up making noise and knocking on the wall.  Here is hope that the night manager does not call up here tonight for his mayhem…

Cannot wait to share with you tomorrow’s adventure we are official on countdown until time to go home T minus 5 days…

~Truly Blessed,
Misherald “Missy”, Jonathan “JB” & Sherbert “SD” Brown

Monday, January 14, 2013

To Spank a child or not... What's your thoughts


A recent study from 2012 showed that by spanking our children we are turning them into depress and aggressive individuals. I have always heard about sparing the rod and spoiling the child and I am a firm believer in a spanking if it is a necessity to me it is a last resort but I do not have an issue with the spanking. Now I think the problem may be that these parents do not know how to balance it all. To still provide the positive impact that these young children need to learn to express their selves without issue. Therefore the question is do we need mandatory parenting classes for trouble toddlers or should we quit basing every step of raising our child on a study unless it is necessary.

I know one state that I will probably never ever live in. Delaware has recently passed a bill that states that spanking is considered child abuse as well. My right eyebrow just shot up. Now in my mind, I am thinking about the whole shooting that just happened at the elementary school in the Northeast and it makes me wonder was that young man spanked as well or was he sheltered.

Now I know my child well enough as you can see from the picture up above he is plotting something and it does not look good but my child knows me as well as I know him. He knows how far is to far. Do not let society raise your kids you have to do that.

"He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes."'
Proverbs 13:24

Truly blessed,

Misherald "MB" & Jonathan "JB" Brown