Well, first off, I'm wondering what age your son is at. Does he perhaps have a late birthday as this frequently plays into it and some kids are just not ready as soon as others and that's perfectly fine but I have found that sometimes the schools here in NY push the kids into school asap and it's not always what is best. I have also found that different kids learn in different ways and it doesn't really matter how they learn, so long as they all get there. I would stop the nite time sessions as it does not sound like they are much fun for any of you and they don't sound productive either. I would look at doing some out of the box kind of stuff. My 4 year old and I play a guessing game which I actually started with my older son. My older son was really into dinosaurs so we used to play the "Dinosaur guessing game". One person would have to think of a dinosaur and they told the letter it started with and the other would have to guess which one and they only got 3 guesses. My son loved it because it had to do with dinosaurs but what he didn't realize was that he had to sound out the first letters so it was fun and he learned at the same time. I guess I'm just saying that I would encourage you to find fun ways to learn. I would also look at some alternatives to meds. I would research some holistic ways to deal with it but if you have to, then do what's best. I would also be sure your son has some time to run and be really active every day as well. Good luck and remember patience! |