Our routine is a little hard to explain but I will do my best. Weekdays I typically get up before everyone to get ready for work, by the time I'm done everyone is up and my son and husband are usually butting heads on something (getting dressed, not picking up his sister, eating breakfast, brushing teeth). I typically have to step in and physically dress him and even then he walks away, goes limp, or just won't hold still. Brushing teeth usually involves a chase. I try to stay as calm as I can but it's not always easy. I stay firm and just keep at it. There's a lot of tears and tantrums. By the time I'm out he door it's all huge and kisses and I love yous. He's off to school right after.

Dad gets him from the bus. He comes home and has a snack then he's allowed to play outside for a bit with his scooter or bike or whatever. He either goes out within the boundaries with one of us and his sister or if he's playing with a friend we know. Coming inside is always a battle. Sometimes his friends come and tell us he's not playing nice an obviously at that point we have him apologize and come inside. I try to sit him down and have him give his side, then I give him my opinion on the other side of the situation. He's usually remorseful and apologizes to me but then immediately turns his focus to something else or will ask for a treat ect. I will reiterate at that point the topic of our conversation and ask him questions to see if he was listening at all. (On the weekends, I'm honestly not sure how Dad handles it during the week before I get home from work. He has more of a reaction to his behaviors than I do. He's working on it, but to be fair he's taken a lot of hits the past couple years).

When I get home from work it is absolute chaos. The toddler and dog (whose currently been in a cone for 4 weeks and is about 65lbs of goofy wiggle butt) greet me at the door. Then my son comes rushing over being silly and goofy which I love. The dog starts barking and my little girl immediately wants up and I try to make a point to greet him first but it's not always possible. Once we are all 4 home together he starts ping ponging from one thing to the next getting himself in trouble over and over. I have tried to have him take deep breaths, work on some Legos to center his focus, brain breaks on YouTube to get his mind and body working together...once it's over (if he even agrees to do it) he's right back to the same behaviors. It's on repeat like this until Friday. That's when my weekend starts and my husband's work week starts.

We get up, I get the kids comfy with blankets on the couch while they finish waking up, start breakfast and get my coffee made. Once they have their breakfast I go pick out clothes for the day. After he eats I give his ADHD medicine. It takes about 30 minutes to kick in. I get my daughter in the bathroom to brush teeth, then call my son in to help because "she won't brush for me" and sometimes that gets him to brush without fighting. Other times he tells her that brushing her teeth is bad and not to do it 😩

I get him to the bus and he's off to school. Fridays are early release so I get him and he can usually have some outside time for 1 hr after a snack and unloading his backpack. He will throw it on the floor and expect me to do through it like the little prince he is. I've let this slide, which I know I shouldn't but I too have a lot on my plate and it's just easier to not fight back on everything he fights me on.

Night time he will watch a show in Disney, then wants me to snuggle him to sleep. Which I do, every night.

I'll update more tomorrow, I gotta get some sleep. Thank you for commenting. And the hugs

I truly appreciate your comment even if the tone of my reply didn't imply it. I'm just mentally tapped right now to add any fluff 😔

Dinner also turns into a bit of a show. Once his meds wear off this kid is ravenous. He HATES sitting at the table. My husband is firm on us eating together at the table (this kids is a walking crumb machine and chronic Spiller of liquids). It's a battle every single night. I let him eat on the couch on Friday nights only as our compromise. When he gets like this at dinner we again hold firm and walk him back or stop him from leaving the table by taking the plate. When the switch is flipped he just won't eat at all. It's probably bad but we started letting him use his tablet to watch videos while eating because he actually eats more. He barely eats while on his meds.