i need new ideas for parenting the highly sensitive child
i started reading the book and it really opened my eyes to schuyler's personality and the "whys" of his behavior. we were doing GREAT for a while. i felt really in tune with his needs and we started going SUPER gentle with him. it was very effective.
well, the magic seems to have worn off. we are back to high frustration lately. i am wearing thin on the "mommy! mommy! mommy! mommy!" every time i get on the phone and when i tell him he needs to wait, i am on the phone, he cries. because he needs me. immediately. to tell me something. and what he needs to tell me is... i need to tell you something. so what i am saying is- if he can't have my attention 24/7, he falls apart into pitiful brokenheartedness.
any new ideas for me? on how to help him to be patient when it is totally reasonable to expect him to wait a minute, and on how to cope with his impatience and extreme "hurt feelingness?"
your BTDT tips would be great. i know what to do, but sometimes i am-gasp-human and i can't do it perfectly every time.
Liza has been hangin' around this board for six years.
My sons are 4 and 6. And they are very loud.