I am at wit's end with A. Both her parents died in an auto wreck and everyone is giving her lots of leeway which of course I agree with too. Only when I see her it's like a cattle prod is put to my spine. She comes in, shrieking at the top of her lungs, throws her arms around me, touches everyone else she can lay her hands on (other kids' parents express disapproval) and I encourage her to recognize "bubble space" to no avail.
Yesterday she asked to put her hand in my fish tank and I spent a lot of time explaining about fishes' protective mucus, oil on hands, bacteria in water, soggy sleeves, afterward she submerged her entire arm into my poor little pelagic paradise. >.< I put my head on the wall and exclaimed "arrgg!!!" Fortunately she thought I was matching her crazy energy but it was raw frustration I couldn't censor. She basically touches, dismantles, or steals anything that isn't welded to the floor. I assume she's acting like this because she doesn't want to sit still long enough to feel anything but she is making me pretty miserable too.
My SO teaches and said just be honest with her and tell her you have a disease and it's hard to have a lot of noise so I said that the next day and she said "I doubt it."
Yesterday she asked to put her hand in my fish tank and I spent a lot of time explaining about fishes' protective mucus, oil on hands, bacteria in water, soggy sleeves, afterward she submerged her entire arm into my poor little pelagic paradise. >.< I put my head on the wall and exclaimed "arrgg!!!" Fortunately she thought I was matching her crazy energy but it was raw frustration I couldn't censor. She basically touches, dismantles, or steals anything that isn't welded to the floor. I assume she's acting like this because she doesn't want to sit still long enough to feel anything but she is making me pretty miserable too.
My SO teaches and said just be honest with her and tell her you have a disease and it's hard to have a lot of noise so I said that the next day and she said "I doubt it."
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