The kids saw their developmental pediatrician yesterday for their (three- to) six-month well check-up!

Bub had one of the medications that he was put on changed. The medication that he had been prescribed at night (Mirtazapine) to help with regulating the rest of his mood and to help him sleep had caused him to gain… a bit of weight, and we didn’t want that to become a lot more weight, so he’s been switched to hydroxyzine for sleep purposes. I’ve been weaning him down on Mirtazapine and weaning him up on hydroxyzine, but I can already see a marked improvement in his sleep! I’ll give him the rest of the week to coast on these doses, and then I’ll try removing the last of the Mirtazapine from his nightly schedule while replacing it with the full dose of hydroxyzine that he’s intended to be on. He’s already sleeping much better!

Every few months, I write up notes that detail the progress that both boys make in homeschool.

The state does not require that I do so, but for the SNAP work exemption — Bub in public school would be a nightmare due to behavioral concerns alone, and that isn’t even taking his severe social anxiety into consideration, and I’m never even doing that to him — I submit these to the state every time a renewal comes up. They’re also helpful to have and keep on hand for his doctors, specialists, and therapists, that way all of us are on the same page when it comes to what each boy is working on, where they are progressing and what struggles each of them may be having. Finally having been diagnosed with ADHD and being on medication for it (guanfacine, 2mg in the morning and another 2mg at night) has made writing these notes so much easier even though I don’t think I’ll ever actually enjoy writing them in the first place. Right now, with the “school year” being three quarters of the way over (we technically do year-round though, simply… not stopping) I’m at the Spring Break section. I turn them in to the state at the… “end” of the school year.

This is always fun, and I always say this with a heaping, heavy dose of sarcasm. This will never be fun.