It’s been a while since I last posted. A little something called LIFE got in the way. Don’t you hate that when it happens?!
My DD is an amazing little girl who is smart beyond her years.  She’s quick, lively, beautiful and full of compassion and love.  What mother doesn’t say that about her daughter no matter what her age…right?!  Even with all these attributes, she was lacking.  There was something in her brain that just would not make the connection. Not from A to B or B to C but from C to D and on… I had just thought that her age was the problem, she would “grow out of it”. Over the last year it was getting worse. She has a fantastic teacher this year who has been very patient with her, redirected her back to her work, and showed her more care than anyone in the past.  We talked with her teacher and knew that it was time. 
My DD has classic ADD. She is smart and can do the work but she can’t sit to do the work. So she falls behind in school.  At home, she has to be timed to do anything. Otherwise she gets lost in her head, in her thoughts and forgets what she had to do.  At karate, she’s uncoordinated.  She can do two of the steps but when it comes to the third and fourth, she can’t complete it. In the car, it’s a constant stream of thought coming out of her mouth.  Her brain can’t tell her to shut it off and think it to herself.  It’s very frustrating for her and for me.  It feels like a constant battle between us.
That’s where the medication comes in and what a difference it makes in her and in me.  Just a side note: my family is not one to run off and take drugs for every little thing that goes wrong.  When we get a cold, we let our immune system fight it off.  If I get a simple headache, I drink water to cure it.  It’s know that when you get a headache, it’s your body telling you it’s dehydrated.  But if medication will help her, we were all for it. 
So now to the good news. We have our same quick, lively, beautiful, full of compassion and love daughter but she can complete tasks that you give her.  She’s not all over the place, she’s coordinated, and she can get dressed in a normal amount of time. We have conversations in the car. She can tell me what she did at school.  She even won an achievement award for demonstrating good work habits, enthusiastic attitudes, and a cooperative spirit.  Way to go sweetheart!
It’s even made a difference in my attitude.  She loves crafts (like me). I now let her craft before she goes to bed. Before medication, I would not let this happen because I knew it would be a 45 minute fight to get her to clean up. Now, all that comes out of my mouth is YES! Because I know that when I tell her she has 5 more minutes and when that time is up, she’s says ok and puts her things away.  No fights, no whining, no crying.
I am amazed and so happy. She’s happy. 
To a new world…..

Later

I think now is the time to let her have her pink streaks in her hair! She deserves it!!!

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