Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Help me spell...

Cole is a sleepwalker... He has had night wakings/night terrors since he was a baby but the sleep WALKING has been going on about a year or two. When it first started he would just get up and go to the bathroom, then come into my room crying, babbling and usually saying things I could not understand. As time has gone on he seems to do more while he is sleepwalking... going downstairs, turning on lights, sometimes the tv and just standing in the room crying... 
Now school has been going ok.. Cole REALLY needs and IEP (individual education plan) but for now I have only been able to get him a 504 (don't ask). His Dyslexia is becoming more and more apparent. The school will not be able to ignore it for much longer and I guess I will be gearing up for another fight but for now we are making are way through 3rd grade...
The other night Cole got up. I wasn't sure if he was awake or not. He came into my room to tell me he was going to the bathroom.. after a few minutes I could hear him downstairs crying... SLEEPWALKING ...ugh! And this time he was trying to get to the kitchen..OH NO he is going further and further.. Need to lock up the back door so he can't get out!.. Anyway.. I get him back upstairs...he is crying.. and talking and I can understand him... "Please help me...help me... help me SPELL.."... OH GOD this poor kid thinks about not being able to spell in his SLEEP!! ... :(
Today he had a play date with his friend Nick and my rules are, if you have play date during the week you MUST do homework together...
This is where is becomes CRYSTAL CLEAR how much Cole struggles(not that I didn't know..but to see him next to a "typical" kid it's really CLEAR!).. breaks my heart and pisses me OFF that the school has yet to acknowledge... But no worries, this Momma Bear knows the drill and is ready to fight! And although it is hard to watch my kid struggle with academics, he doesn't struggle with his friendships...

 SO that's the silver lining... Cole is a great friend and HAS great friends... I'll take that and deal with getting C's in school... He doesn't need any help spelling F.R.I.E.N.D.S. :)

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