First, I have to say, wow. I’m blown away by the support I was given with this post. All such caring, supportive, encouraging comments and I appreciated every single one. So, thank you all for that.
When my oldest got home from school Monday he went to play with a friend, and once he got home he didn’t go in his room until it was bedtime and the lights were out, so I was sure that he hadn’t noticed there was no toys. Tuesday night I asked him what was different about his room, and he said, “There’s no toys.” Just like that. He wasn’t angry at all. I guess he believed me and was okay with it.
BIG sigh of relief.
I’m going to have him earn the toys back like a few of you suggested, but I know that there wont be as many toys in the room from now on as there was to begin with. In a way, I think he was overwhelmed by everything.
So there you go. Big hugs to all of you.
3 comments:
His reactions says worlds about you as a mom. Way to go.
I can honestly remember as a little kid being totally overwhelmed by the amount of stuff in my room. The idea of cleaning it really did give me anxiety at times, so it may be that he will do much better keeping it clean with fewer things to have to pick up.
I'm behind on blog reading, so I just saw this, but way to go, Mom! I just saw the original post too. This is something that I need to do. I'm convinced my boys have too much stuff, and I'm sure that my SPD (sensory) son gets overwhelmed with it all. Heck, I get overwhelmed with all the stuff too.
Follow-through is so hard for me, and is something I work on constantly. I've wanted to say this to them and dread it, because I've always felt like following-through with it was impossible. Now I know it's not and probably will be even better for them.
You rock, Amanda!
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