One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

He was up until 4 am last night and he is so destructive that he can't be up alone. He is 10 years old and this only gets harder.

He can't dress himself, or wash himself or wipe himself. He can't speak a single word and - perhaps worst of all - he has nothing, nothing, nothing to occupy himself. Any object, toy or otherwise, gets chewed in the same way. He likes the t.v. to be on, but I don't believe he understands plots and such. He doesn't have the attention span to sit still and watch, though he likes to fall asleep in front of a t.v. So, he climbs and chews and destroys.

It is so hard to get anything done. One must literally watch him. He doesn't really play or interact, so it's no fun watching him, but someone has to. I compare it to driving; you have to sit there, paying attention and even if sitting still, it is tiring. This makes it hard to get anything done.

My sister came over, when he and I were home alone, and she helped me clean the pantry out and such. Lovely. In the meantime, just in through the open doorway to the living room he managed to open a window and burst out through the screen onto the porch.

One step forward, two steps back.