So the first couple of years went by with no major issues. Cuts, bruises, the occasional "I want to pull my hair out" moments happened of course. But all in all raising Jonny was easy then. He is now 7 and in the first grade. Let me tell you school was the first issue I had with my son.
Preschool was at a school close to my house, about ten minutes away. I was ok with this. It was a good school for the most part. Teachers were nice and very understanding. My son was not exactly an average child we began to realize. Jonny had was is called inconstanance. It is an issue with not knowing he has to use the bathroom until it is urgent. Regardless to say this caused many accidents. He was potty trained but some of the teachers didn't understand that this was a medical condition. They felt he was just being lazy. NOPE! Sorry but he just didn't feel the need until to late.
Ontop of that I also started to notice some warning signs about Jonny that hit close to home. I have suffered with ADHD my whole life and remember all the things said about me. I couldn't sit still, I had a hard time focusing, people were constantly thinking I was ignoring them when I really just had no clue they were even there. All this and more I saw in my son. So it was of to see the Doc. Sure enough he takes after his mom poor thing. This was when he was 4-5 I noticed. Trying to get Dad and Step Mom to listen he finally went to see a doctor about it at 5-6. We are still in the fine tuning the meds stage. But he is doing majorly better in class now.
That is the other issue I am having. He is now enrolled in school over thirty mins from my house. I didn't not enroll him here his Dad did. Which I am still trying to figure out how since I still have sole legal and physical custody. (His Dad has him every other week but that is what he and I worked out outside of courts but I still have custody). Pissed me off though. I understand that they live in Gilroy and they think Morgan Hill is half way between San Jose and Gilroy. It is not half way between our houses though. And his Dad drives to San Fransico everyday for work. Umm last time I checked San Jose was between Gilroy and there so why did we have to change schools? Wait for it.....He did not want his wife having to drive all the way to San Jose on the days she would pick up Jonny with there new baby. So wait, it's ok for me to drive that distance with my son but not for her to drive it with theirs? I worked in Milpitas when he first came up with this idea which is thirty minutes from my house in the opposite direction. Which means half an hour to Jonny's school then an hour from there to work. Then an hour back out to pick him up and an hour home. That is three hours a day. An extra two just because he doesn't want to half to get off the freeway in the morning when he drives and so that his new baby doesn't have to be in the car as long. So I told him since I was now tripling my commute he was paying for all of daycare. Still not an even compensation (have you seen gas prices) but hey it's something.
Jonny is now loosing that little kid look and starting to look more like a preteen more and more each day. I know he is only going to be in the second grade but I realized that he has two years till he's 10 and I am just not ok with this. STOP GROWING UP SO FAST. I am not ready for a teenager anytime soon. lol.
