I know that Noah has more going on with him than just attachment disorder. In fact, the new psych won't even acknowledge that it is part of him. It doesn't matter though, because I'm the expert on Noah, and I know with every fiber of my being that attachment and early trauma is part of what makes Noah who he is
If you are family or friend, or have followed our journey on here, please take the time and listen to this.
I watched The Backup Plan with Jennifer Lopez tonight and it is fucking hysterical.
This bit though made me stop and say "wow, yeah, exactly."
It's awful, awful, awful and then something incredible happens. And then awful, awful, awful, awful, awful...and something incredible happens.
Well, I don't know what it is like in a normal family with normal kids, but that is what it is like with Noah most of the time.
Yesterday Noah's camp had their end of the year camp show. I wasn't able to go but Rich was there. Noah was awesome. In fact, after it was over Rich called me to tell me about it and he was all choked up about it. It was really sweet.
One of the songs his group did was Michael Jackson's Beat It. Noah had a "dance" solo towards the end. Here is a little clip of it. He's in all black with the gold vest. Please note the large white glove he is wearing. ;)
The video is about 23 seconds. It makes me smile and laugh. This is the incredible.
And then the awful, awful, awful...today at karate I saw him taking money out of my purse. I told him to put it back. He grabbed it anyway and went running out of the karate studio. In front of everyone in the middle of my class.
That is what he is doing now. If he doesn't like what we are telling him to do, or if he is being reprimanded or directed to do something he doesn't want to do, he takes off.
I refuse to run after him. It would be like trying to catch a puppy. I won't catch him and it will just be more fun for him.
So instead I feel absolutely ineffective because at the moment there is not a thing I can do until he comes back.
Awful, awful, awful...
And then we came home and he helped me pick up and vacuum, and it was a little bit of the incredible again.
Is there anything better than the sound of a baby laughing?
I've noticed movie Monday is my least commented on post. I realize not everyone wants to take the time to load and watch a home video. I get it and I'm OK with that. I'm going to keep doing them, but they are more a way for me to routinely document my kids lives. This one isn't too long: one minute, 11 seconds.
This is my friends dog Robbie. He doesn't like Elmo, or Barney, or puppets on TV in general.
I know the quality sucks, took it on my cell phone. And it only took me five hours to figure out how to get it off my cell, on to my laptop, find a program that would convert it and play it, then edit it and post it. I am THAT good. Ughhh....
Since I'm having so much fun playing with the videos I've taken recently, I thought I'd start something new on my blog - Movie Monday! Of course, there is always the chance this will be the only Monday this happens, but I might surprise ya'all.
I promise to do shorter ones next time! I realize not everyone likes watching my boys as much as I do. ;)
