Why Now?

Going Failsafe is something that I have been thinking about for a while now, probably around three years. It was at this time that a friend of mine "went Failsafe" with her family due to one of her children's sensitivities and I thought it may apply to Master 5 (then about 2). I filed it away in the too hard basket, but over the years "Failsafe" has kept popping up and I've kept thinking about it.

Just last week I was chatting to a friend about Master 5's behaviour changes since he started school and she mentioned Failsafe. I started googling a bit and that afternoon there was an article in the school newsletter saying that Sue Dengate was doing a series of talks in the area! The universe has spoken, we are listening! Now is the time!

Master 5 has always been up and down with his emotions, when he's happy - wonderful but if he gets upset or something doesn't go the way he was planning it to - look out! He's always been a big lover of routine. He likes to do things in a certain order. But recently, most definitely since school started, his reactions to when things don't go his way are getting bigger, more emotional. He's dissolving into tears when a seemingly minor thing is different. There are tantrums of gigantic proportions, yelling, the whole box and dice. At school, he's ok. It makes me wonder if he is using up all his flexibility at school and is just too tired to hold it all together at home. His teacher has said he is often day dreaming and not completing the tasks set.

Master 3, while not the same lover of routine has his big brother, has his own behavioural quirks. He is loud, boisterous, emotional and prone to using his hands and body to do the talking for him. He has taken to yelling when things don't go his way and then being physical too! He is very physical with Master 1, I feel like I'm constantly yelling to "Leave him alone!!!".

So now is the time. Well not right now ... next week. Monday the 14th May. That is the date as it is Master 5's birthday on Friday and we're having a little party for him at the park that afternoon. Then it's the family celebration on Saturday and then Mother's Day on Sunday.

Monday. One week to get ready, get our heads around what we can and can't eat!

D-Day is coming. Or should it be F-Day?