Comments on: My basement debacle http://breakfastatcharlys.com/blog/2007/09/09/my-basement-debacle/ The Official Blog of the Original Bacon-Wrapped Enigma Thu, 02 Apr 2009 08:30:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Bentobitch http://breakfastatcharlys.com/blog/2007/09/09/my-basement-debacle/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Bentobitch Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:42:13 +0000 http://breakfastatcharlys.com/blog/2007/09/09/my-brother-is-a-jerk-part-876347/#comment-21 First I'm going to give you a ton of shit for not wearing a face mask in the first place before the smell even started. Just the dust alone from moving stuff is bad. Take care of yourself! Remember that the first step to caring for others is taking care of yourself, too. For the behavioural concerns, I wouldn't worry about it long term. There's a lot going on and it's confusing but once things stabilize and he knows what's what again it should clear up. When stuff like that goes on here I wander in circles flapping my sleeves and saying, "I don't know what to do!" Then they tell me, "Kai, you don't have to do anything." and I say, "I know what I don't have to do. But I don't know what I should DO!" You can try Bear Hugs For Transition Times or a book similar to that. I got it in a whack of old secondhand homeschooling books so it's kind of older but it's for exactly what it says. It's for groups but it's not hard to fit it to just the one and it helps center a lot and it's quiet fun. For Hei when she starts getting worked up while I'm explaining something, I squat down and take both her hands and apply pressure to the palms and sort of massage there with my thumbs. Both her arms make a direct line to me so it centers her in on what I'm saying and the pressure... well, you know about that. Congratulations to him on his 100%, too, btw! First I’m going to give you a ton of shit for not wearing a face mask in the first place before the smell even started. Just the dust alone from moving stuff is bad. Take care of yourself! Remember that the first step to caring for others is taking care of yourself, too.

For the behavioural concerns, I wouldn’t worry about it long term. There’s a lot going on and it’s confusing but once things stabilize and he knows what’s what again it should clear up. When stuff like that goes on here I wander in circles flapping my sleeves and saying, “I don’t know what to do!” Then they tell me, “Kai, you don’t have to do anything.” and I say, “I know what I don’t have to do. But I don’t know what I should DO!”

You can try Bear Hugs For Transition Times or a book similar to that. I got it in a whack of old secondhand homeschooling books so it’s kind of older but it’s for exactly what it says. It’s for groups but it’s not hard to fit it to just the one and it helps center a lot and it’s quiet fun.
For Hei when she starts getting worked up while I’m explaining something, I squat down and take both her hands and apply pressure to the palms and sort of massage there with my thumbs. Both her arms make a direct line to me so it centers her in on what I’m saying and the pressure… well, you know about that.

Congratulations to him on his 100%, too, btw!

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