Sorry that I've been complaining so much.
As most of you know Jaden (my 7 year old son) has severe asthma and allergies and ADHD. Lately, his medicine hadn't been working. (So we thought.) He had been having a hard time behaving and concentrating at school.
After months of being really sick, he'd finally gotten better. I noticed over the past two weeks that he'd started coughing and wheezing again.
This morning, I caught Jaden throwing his pills away. He flat out lied to me. I asked him if he took them and he said yes. I asked him what he took them with and he said "That water bottle." I told him the water bottle was empty, so that isn't true. So then he said he chewed them up. Which I know no kid would eat their pills that way. He eventually admitted that he'd thrown them away because he doesn't like taking them.
He swears this is the first time that he's done this, but I do not believe him. His behavior and his recent cough (plus his lying) indicates that this has been going on for a while.
Mike is on this horrible shift where he probably won't be home the whole weekend. This needs to be addressed immediately.
Jaden already knows that his asthma can kill him. He's been dying to have his tubes removed from his ears, get rid of his weekly shot routine, etc... So he knows darn well why he is taking his meds and how they benefit him. He understands that his health will get better if he takes them.
We've had these talks dozens of times. (He's tried to get out of taking his meds before, but this was the first time I caught him actually lying.)
So, having a strong talking about the importance of his meds is not going to work. I am so hurt, disappointed, and frustrated. He used to be such an honest child. I hate this.
It is very likely that he's doing all of this because of what is going on with my pregnancy. I'm giving him as much attention as I can, but of course, it isn't the same.
But that still doesn't make it ok. I told him that we'd talk about it when he gets home from school. What should I do? I don't know how to address this and make him understand how important this issue is.
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