The Official Status Update Thread #226 Tis the Season

[mom45]

I guess I should go start the beef stew for supper. Cole is napping.

 

[Jaybird1980]

I am honestly afraid to cancel centurylink because there are so many trees that nothing else seems to work here. If we cancel, we will never be able to get it back. They have way too many people hooked up and no new accounts are available.

Yeah that's why we couldn't get the CenturyLink. It might be worth your daughter and SIL looking into it.

 

[mom45]

Yeah that's why we couldn't get the CenturyLink. It might be worth your daughter and SIL looking into it.

Their Verizon signal sucks so I doubt it would work.

 

[Jaybird1980]

Their Verizon signal sucks so I doubt it would work.

Oh ok. I'm surprised their signal is that much different from yours.

 

[mom45]

Oh ok. I'm surprised their signal is that much different from yours.

There's at least 20 acres of woods between our house and theirs. It is amazing how much they impact the signal.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Granddaughter gets to spend the night since she's on winter break. She's being great with the boys. She brought them each a Paw Patrol firetruck that they'd been wanting. Bryson (the troublemaker) started acting up so she took his firetruck and hid it. He got upset so she told him that when he started acting right, he could have it back. She is only 7! God I love that little girl.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

He just started acting up again, so Susan sent him to his room. He immediately started tearing all the covers off his bed (which I had just made). Susan told him to make it again, and the granddaughter told her, "You go rest. I've got this." Too bad she's in grade school. I'd hire her as our nanny!

 

[rkwhyte2]

Evening DD sounds like you have your hands full. I have a grandson that when he was young broke all the windows in one of our out buildings. Over 28 panes of glass. Some kids are just wired differently.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Evening DD sounds like you have your hands full. I have a grandson that when he was young broke all the windows in one of our out buildings. Over 28 panes of glass. Some kids are just wired differently.

We do have our hands full, but the granddaughter has been a big help today. She's an exceptional child though, and always has been. But yeah, Bryson is definitely wired differently. I really think he needs to be evaluated by someone. Child psychologist maybe? Don't know if it's ADHD or if he's somewhere on the autism spectrum or just what. It's beyond "just being a kid" though IMHO.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

This screaming that he does (and is doing now) is just not normal. Totally random and for no reason. And it's a blood curdling, "axe murderer is about to kill me" scream.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

As soon as he got back from his dad's today he was screaming like that, laying in the hallway and kicking the walls. That's not normal behavior and is beyond just being a brat I think.

 

[rkwhyte2]

You need to get him some help.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

You need to get him some help.

I agree.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

You need to get him some help.

Did your grandson that broke the windows grow out of it, or did he end up getting help too?

 

[rkwhyte2]

He is now 30 years old and drives a semi. Personally I wouldn't ride with him. He is an okay kid but still weird. He did get some sessions with a therapist and for a while he was on meds for ADHD.

 

[rkwhyte2]

I have another Grandson who is now in his teens. He is on the low end of the autism spectrum. He kicked one of my dogs and broke a rib. I was not told of this I don't even think my wife knew. When I found out I banned him from the house. His mother wasn't to happy about that but I could really give a .

 

[mom45]

We do have our hands full, but the granddaughter has been a big help today. She's an exceptional child though, and always has been. But yeah, Bryson is definitely wired differently. I really think he needs to be evaluated by someone. Child psychologist maybe? Don't know if it's ADHD or if he's somewhere on the autism spectrum or just what. It's beyond "just being a kid" though IMHO.

It is a kid who hasn't had direction in his life and doesn't understand boundaries. An evaluation might be a good thing.

 

[mom45]

If his mom was abusing drugs while pregnant, that is another potential cause for his behaviors.

 

[rkwhyte2]

It is a kid who hasn't had direction in his life and doesn't understand boundaries. An evaluation might be a good thing.

I agree with this right up until you find that he is a twin and his brother doesn't act like this.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I have another Grandson who is now in his teens. He is on the low end of the autism spectrum. He kicked one of my dogs and broke a rib. I was not told of this I don't even think my wife knew. When I found out I banned him from the house. His mother wasn't to happy about that but I could really give a .

This one worries me with our cat and dog. Actually they both worry me because I've seen some bad behavior out of both of them, kicking at the cat, or jumping and yelling at her. Our little 14 year old Boston Terrier is deaf and blind, and they torment her too when they have the chance. I won't put up with cruelty to animals.