So today was a hellish day. Ethan's attitude has been getting worse and worse as he gets older. However this time he really pushed it for me.
After several days of him not bathing, I insisted he bathe as today was his first speech appointment. So, in the shower he goes. However, Ethan has extremely poor hygiene. Yes, I've talked to his pediatrician, yes I've explained about bacteria and germs, and yes I've tried to see if it was the harshness of the toilet paper. It's none of that. It's about laziness and poor hygiene. Or, he just doesn't care.
So, a very reluctant Ethan slowly undressed and eventually made it into the shower. Now, due to not being able to trusting him to wash himself, I am forced to wash him myself or he will simply stand in the shower and lie and say he washed. I make him wash his own privates but I have to wash his hair and most of the rest of his body. This time though he resisted, and gave me an extreme attitude. Yelling at me about how I never let him do things on his own. Well, I would if I could trust that he'd wash, and each time I give him opportunity to (which is frequent) he always lets me down and doesn't bathe.
So, I'm washing his hair and asked him to turn around. He did a half turn, and I said, please turn a little more. A huge sigh of grief came from his little mouth and he got enraged at me. GOD, just let me DO it he yelled. When you wash your hair, you only wash the top and not the back or sides, so NO. He looks at me irritated and says," That's because I'm not so picky like YOU"! Anyways..... on and on it went. He kept insisting he knew how to wash himself. Finally it's time to get out and he says, "oh can I ask you something? Can I wash you, even though you know how to wash YOURself".
Well, my mom heard this and came bursting in the bathroom. She was as upset as I was and we agreed no video games or tv for the rest of the day. His attitude was just horrendous and it keeps getting worse. I'm not sure what it is, or why but it's getting bad.
The speech appointment went okay. I was not up for it after that ordeal however. Although Ethan had calmed down thankfully. He will be seeing her once a week. We'll see if this actually helps. I HIGHLY doubt it as it's mostly him that needs to decide to USE the strategies that he's learned. He knows them, and when he decides to use them they work, but he never does. :(
After several days of him not bathing, I insisted he bathe as today was his first speech appointment. So, in the shower he goes. However, Ethan has extremely poor hygiene. Yes, I've talked to his pediatrician, yes I've explained about bacteria and germs, and yes I've tried to see if it was the harshness of the toilet paper. It's none of that. It's about laziness and poor hygiene. Or, he just doesn't care.
So, a very reluctant Ethan slowly undressed and eventually made it into the shower. Now, due to not being able to trusting him to wash himself, I am forced to wash him myself or he will simply stand in the shower and lie and say he washed. I make him wash his own privates but I have to wash his hair and most of the rest of his body. This time though he resisted, and gave me an extreme attitude. Yelling at me about how I never let him do things on his own. Well, I would if I could trust that he'd wash, and each time I give him opportunity to (which is frequent) he always lets me down and doesn't bathe.
So, I'm washing his hair and asked him to turn around. He did a half turn, and I said, please turn a little more. A huge sigh of grief came from his little mouth and he got enraged at me. GOD, just let me DO it he yelled. When you wash your hair, you only wash the top and not the back or sides, so NO. He looks at me irritated and says," That's because I'm not so picky like YOU"! Anyways..... on and on it went. He kept insisting he knew how to wash himself. Finally it's time to get out and he says, "oh can I ask you something? Can I wash you, even though you know how to wash YOURself".
Well, my mom heard this and came bursting in the bathroom. She was as upset as I was and we agreed no video games or tv for the rest of the day. His attitude was just horrendous and it keeps getting worse. I'm not sure what it is, or why but it's getting bad.
The speech appointment went okay. I was not up for it after that ordeal however. Although Ethan had calmed down thankfully. He will be seeing her once a week. We'll see if this actually helps. I HIGHLY doubt it as it's mostly him that needs to decide to USE the strategies that he's learned. He knows them, and when he decides to use them they work, but he never does. :(
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