Back To School w/ADHD

7yo ADHD Phenom is in 2nd grade, with a wonderful teacher, who reassured me at the Meet & Greet: "He's going to have to run to keep up with me and my ADD!" She also told me she doesn't believe in taking away recess time as a punishment for active kids, which was music to my ears. Restricting movement and activity for these kids is never a good solution. They have a brand-new playground at the school, which he is very, very excited about. Addressing the ADHD issues -- doctors, medication, therapy & alternative approaches -- is still a big challenge. I have a new specialist to consult with next week. We've started a new medication, and we'll see how that goes. So far, these medications seem to make him even more animated, which is contrary to the whole point. So we'll see.

I spent my first week settling back in to...the schedule and structure required again with 3 kids in school: Healthy breakfasts, packing lunches, forms & paperwork (more school supplies!), PTA stuff, teacher meetings, backpacks, bus schedules, car pool, errands, taking the dog to the dogpark (doggie playdates!), laundry, grocery shopping, clean up, picking everybody up, snacks, homework, after-school activities, dinner, reading, and the dreaded bedtime schedule, with all necessary negotiation and compromise...

Exhausting, isn''t it?!