What I learned: DON'T CHANGE SCHEDULE WHILE SPOUSE IS AWAY!!!

 Good Morning!

So what I learned over the past two weeks while Grant was off the net was a serious lesson in keeping the routine at least mostly the same. We had signed the boys up for Zoo Camp (still a must do for next year because they loved it) and my mother flew in and stayed at their Ohio house to be 'on call' for just over a week, but honestly even though it was great having Biddy around and was amazing having such beautiful experiences for the kids at camp, it would have been better for me, and probably the boys, to have kept closer to our normal routine and done these fun things while Grant was also back to help with dysregulation or to at least start these while he was back so that the routine wouldn't change as he left. That part was hard frankly because my built in 'rest' time and the predictability, for Jamie in particular,  went out the window and I think that made it harder for him.

Next year we will still do zoo camp and we will still try to convince my folks to just stay in Ohio rather than spending about half the year on the Quebec border, but it won't be while Grant is also away. As time goes on if Jamie and Leo are ready for things like sleep away camp then those would still make sense to do while he's gone because then they won't even notice that he's not there, but until then... let's keep it simple!

End of Ted Talk for today. ;-)

💛 Jess