Day Two

It's the second day of resperidone, and again we have a dramatic decrease in behaviors. The only aggression I saw today was when Nick was looking over his brother's shoulder, excitedly watching him play a video game, and something set him off. Maybe Noah had shoved him away or something, which annoyed Nick--you know how brothers can be. Whatever caused, it, Nick tried to pinch his brother, but he did calm quickly after I intervened.

Waking up from his long summer's nap. 

What we did see today was a side-effect: drowsiness. Nick had his morning dose and about two hours later he climbed into bed.

He slept for almost five hours.

And this is a kid who never, ever naps.

I had to cancel two therapy session because I couldn't get him to wake up. I laid down with him on and off during the five hours, in part because I was keeping an eye on how he was doing and in part because, as Joe said when he came into the room to check on us, "You never get to do this." Nick loves to be on my lap, but   he's so squirmy that I never get to gently snuggle him like most moms get to snuggle their babies.

We'll see if he sleeps tonight--my guess is no!