I just wanted to let everybody know that SS was grounded all week. His room was stripped of all of his toys and all he had to do was books and puzzles. DH stuck to his guns and didn't give in and we're already seeing improvements with SS.

SS went to school just fine today other then crying a little bit because DH is sick and had been throwing up yesterday and SS felt bad for him. DH is planning on parenting SS more consitently now that he's seen how things can get out of hand really quickly. I am so proud of him. I knew it was going to be hard on him all week but he did it and he's amazed at the results he's already seeing.

We have also decided that SS will not be punished at our home on BM's week when SS does this. It's not fair to DH or SS. BM has been told by the school to not drop SS off until she can get control of him so if she chooses to do so with the knowledge of what could happen that's her choice. DH has already told her many times not to but that's all he can do. Plus, when she spoke to SS this week she knew he was punished and thought that it was appropriate to tell SS about all of the fun stuff he was going to be doing at her house when he came back over. She knew that it would upset him, which it did, and DH was going to have to deal with the fall out tantrum after words. (I swear, this lady just likes to upset the kids on DH's time.)

She texted DH yesterday asking him if I could take the kids to school on Tuesday of this week because she had nobody to drop them off. I told DH that I would do it but they had to be dropped off the night before just in case SS has another temper tantrum. We could calm him down at the house and then he would be able to go to school in the morning just fine. Did she take it? Nope. I think she was just trying to set DH and I up to show that SS has these problems while in our care that way she doesn't look like the only horrible parent. Plus it puts DH in the same position as her when the school tells him that he needs to find someone else to drop SS because I can't manage to do it. She has other options. She can have daycare, which is a block away from her house, drop him off which would be much more convenient then driving over to our house. Plus daycare will do it for free and she knows what will happen if she tries to drop him off in the morning. (She's not nearly as sneaky as she thinks she is.)

Ladies, we're getting there. Slowly but shirly. I have complete faith that after the recent issues with SS, DH is now ready and has seen the light.