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  1. Hope everything goes okay with the doctor!

     

    My youngest had a month a couple of years ago where he had episodes of vomiting at least 4 times in a month. First time was in conjunction with a stomach virus that his brothers gave him. The next few times where out of the blue and only one or two times. The doctor blamed in on multiple viruses which I thought was odd, but it cleared up after that month. Hopefully it's something innocent for you as well. :001_smile:

  2. Mine either can't fall asleep early, or if they take something to get to sleep they wake at ungodly hours after only a short period of sleep. They just naturally sleep better if they fall asleep naturally at a later time than is normal for adults. A trip to the pediatrician confirmed that this is normal for teens. She also mentioned how lucky they are that we live a lifestyle in which we can honor biology instead of forcing a constant state of walking exhaustion.

     

    We now let them set their own sleeping and waking times so long as all of the work is getting completed. My teens usually start their schoolwork between 10 and midnight, and get to bed around 2 or 3am. Attitudes toward work have greatly improved since then! And they never gripe anymore if they have to get up early once in a while for a good reason.

     

    This is something we may look into. He is mostly independant at this point and I can certainly work on other areas during the afternoon.

  3. Hi all!

     

    We have decided to go with Apologia science (Human A&P for my 6th grader - Gen Sci/Physical Sci combo for my 8th grader) Anyway, in the past one of our struggles with science has always been in not having all the supplies on hand when we are ready to do an experiment - thus delaying the lesson.

     

    Apologia has science kits available that go with their curriculum and I was wondering if it is worth it to purchase them. They seem expensive for the products it contains - but it appears that all the items are sorted by module to make it almost idiot proof. Hmmm...just wanted to get some feedback from others who use Apologia to see what you guys have done. If you purchase the kits - are they worth the $$...if you do not purchase the kits do you have a system in place? "Winging it" doesn't work for me - I've tried! LOL!

     

    Blessings,

    Angela

     

    :bigear: I've wondered the same thing.

  4. My husband had major TMJ issues that got so advanced he actually had bone loss. He couldn't eat for weeks at the worst. He started therapy with a splint and now has been in orthodonics for two years. (It's funny kissing a 39 yo in braces..lol) He'll graduate to another splint in a few months and have to wear it nightly from now on to make sure everything stays put. It's been very expensive but his case was so bad, and the pain so severe that there weren't any other options.

     

    BTW, his was caused by orthodonics that were misplaced as a teenager. It makes me nervous now that my oldest son is in them to correct his bite.:001_huh:

  5. Unless he's spewing misery around the house, I wouldn't punish him for his attitude. IMO, a kid is allowed to be miserable if they want to. I just require them to keep it to themselves (this is self-inflicted misery, obviously, not things that really deserve attention). I just take a "bummer for you" stance and ignore them.

     

     

    This is generally my attitude. DH butts heads with him all day long regarding respect, but that's another issue. Gotta love the teenage years.

  6. Someone help me out here, 'cause I don't understand.

     

    I'm not being snarky, I promise.

     

    When my dss is here, he sets his alarm to wake up for school. (Granted he goes to PS, but I don't see how that's different really in this situation.) I get up as well to get him and dh off for the day. I pop my head in and do a 'Dss, are you up?' but that's it.

     

    If we were homeschooling dh and I wanted him to get up at a certain time, we'd do the exact same thing.

     

    So OP, I think you might be struggling with more of an obedience issue than a 'how to get teenagers up' issue. If your dh has decided it's important to him that your ds get up by a certain time, well then that's what he does. He sets his alarm and gets up. If he doesn't follow through with that, then there are whatever consequences you use in your house for disobedience. And if he decides to be crabby in the morning because dad says he has to get up at a certain time and he doesn't want to, well then there'd be consequences for that as well. Something that would make ds not want to repeat the cranky morning routine too many more times. :tongue_smilie:

     

    I'm not being dense, really. But in my house, if dh and I decide that, say, 9am is wake up time for dss, then he gets up at 9am. He doesn't have to like it, but he has to do it. And once he's up, he has to treat people according to the rules of our home.

     

    This is pretty much how we deal with it day in and day out. It seems like there are repercussions for him everday based on his attitude. It's such a daily issue with this child who we rarely have problems with that I'm wondering if this is really a larger issue than we have made of it. :confused:

  7. Calculus at midnight

     

    Not so off base. Yesterday he told me that he didn't have to do math since he did it the night before when he should have been in bed. He literally go out of bed at midnight, went to his bin and got his books and completed a Saxon Algebra 2 lesson. :banghead:

     

    I made him do another one and thanked him for the extra credit.

  8. This is a daily problem with my oldest son. We've tried everything, and it seems like I spend most of my morning dealing with this. I'm almost to the point that I don't care when his work is done (even if it's at midnight) as long as it's completed. Let's just say my husband doesn't agree. ;)

     

    We've tried having him go to bed earlier and he claims he can't sleep. If we drag him out of bed he's such a grump that I don't want to deal with him. In the afternoons and evenings he's such a good kid.

     

    What do you do with your teenagers who aren't early birds??

  9. Same. Today for lunch he ate 3 sandwiches and a heaping bowl of mashed potatoes and gravy. As soon as I buy clothes he's outgrown them!

     

     

     

    And we're slowly finding the same. The 13yo is encouraged to bike/walk everywhere and weekends are filled with hikes, rope courses, and camping. Being active makes a HUGE difference in the mood swings!

     

    I can relate to the eating and growth. DS is now 6'2" and only weighs 125. He eats like a science experiment. I wish I had that metabolism!!

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