Ava started gymnastics a couple of months ago and is loving it and flourishing! Zach is starting football in August and is very excited and nervous at the same time. I have my reservations about football but when he sets his mind to something, it's what happens, generally. Tis the life you lead living with a child with Oppositional Defiance Disorder! You pick the major battles because if you don't, they ALL become major. The diagnosis is new for all of us although I suspected it since he was about 3 (but aren't all 3 year olds defiant?!). This comes along with the ADD diagnosis that we were just waiting for. My gut told me it was true before it was confirmed. Now we are going through all the fun stuff involved in parenting and being a child with a "diagnosis". The first step was counseling for both of us and extended school year for him. Let me tell you that that battle has NOT been fun. Today was day 4 though and although he asked to skip school he did not cry, throw a fit or make me feel like the worst mom ever so I would say it's a success!
