Uuggghhh...

Potatey is falling back in to his habit of getting up 'at the crack of dawn' (he's up by 6 am LATEST) in the weekends. And I don't think this is due to the sun getting up so much earlier now. He has black-out curtains in his room and you really cannot tell that it's light outside until those curtains are opened...
And the frustrating part of all of this is that, during the week, he is still 'deep asleep' by 6.45 am and I frequently have to pry him out of bed to get ready for school.

I get up very, very early during the week, and yes, 6 am is 'sleeping in' compared to that. But sjeesh louise, I'd love to be able to actually SLEEP until 7.30 am or so on Saturday or Sunday.

I think it's time to put a little bit of extended release melatonin back into his supplement schedule, just on the weekends, and see if that gets me an extra hour.....

The other thing that's been going on with him this weekend is that he's very, very clingy.. I cannot set one step away from him without him either following me around like a little puppy, or yelling 'mom, mom, where are you?' in that panicky tone of voice..

And it's NOT that I don't tell him where I am going.. the rule here is that we, always, always, let each other know, if we are leaving the immediate area where people are conglomerating, WHERE we are going. This is something I implemented way back in the days to help Salamander understand that, when I walked away from him, I didn't just cease to exist.. but that I was simply disappearing from his field of vision and that I would come back (once I realized this and consistently implemented the described action, Salamander's HOURS LONG hysterically screaming, crying tantrums at drop-off at his school diminished greatly...).

Maybe Potatey is not actually 'hearing me' when I mention that I am stepping away and where I am going...

Hmmm, guess I'll need to do the same thing with him as I do with Salamander, e.g., make sure he's actually looking at me, is paying attention to what I am saying, and then ask him to repeat back to me what I just said.

Potatey has shown this behavior before... and at that time it was detox related. I am sure that's what going on this time too. I'll be doing more testing on BOTH boys tomorrow anyway....

But man, between Salamander continuing to not feel well, Potatey getting up so early and then acting like a little 'Kling-on' the whole day, I am WIPED.