I stopped teaching and starting demanding not a good idea with any child much less a child with Aspergers. I lost my way again and I started reacting to her lack of understanding and paid the price with withdrawal and unmanageable meltdowns.
Trying to teach my baby girl social cueing in the middle of a meltdown is like trying to tell a person screaming at you during road rage fit that they left their blinker on.
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| My girl at 1 with mommy in Alaska |
I am a therapist, a trainer and a mother and in all of those roles I have to TEACH. If someone does not know how to squat I break it down and teach the mechanics of it, if someone does not know how to put make up on after a stroke we re-train the brain so......... with my daughter I need to TEACH her how to read faces, to study reactions and to respond.
This can be an overwhelming task that gets forgotten in the middle of working, cooking cleaning and caring for another child.
Today is about finding balance and getting back to teaching not demanding from myself, others and my precious children.
I shout glorious praise for the eye to see, the ears to hear, the heart to feel and the willingness to change and I trust him for the strength.
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