This is just a snapshot to show how difficult child doesn't handle disappointment well. husband ordered pizza while I was at curch. difficult child was very excited-he loves pizza.
husband accidentally ordered the pizza with mushroom along with the pepperoni and sausage. We always order sausage and pepperoni on at least half. I picked off the mushrooms for him on several pieces. Not good enough. difficult child is swearing and screaming. husband told him he was sorry and also mentioned to difficult child that if he hadn't been bothering him while he was on the phone ordering maybe the mistake wouldn't have happened.
difficult child sits at the table and tells me how he was looking forward to this pizza all day and puts his head down on the table and begins to cry. easy child/difficult child came down and nicely tried to convince him it was o.k.
husband said nothing is ever enough with difficult child-so true. He played tons of games with him, helped him come up with a Halloween costume when the one he was planning on didn't fit anymore, and then difficult child screams at him about the pizza.
On the positive front difficult child did apologize (with-out being asked) to husband and he didn't throw any of the food (something that would have happened in the past). Also when husband offered to go buy him a piece of pizza from somewhere difficult child did say no. While the rest of us were eating he said he wanted to go to bed and sleep til Halloween. I brought him upstairs, read to him for about 5 minutes and he was out. It was only 7:00.
Poor husband feels horrible about it. He really was trying to do something nice for difficult child by ordering pizza. Sigh...
husband accidentally ordered the pizza with mushroom along with the pepperoni and sausage. We always order sausage and pepperoni on at least half. I picked off the mushrooms for him on several pieces. Not good enough. difficult child is swearing and screaming. husband told him he was sorry and also mentioned to difficult child that if he hadn't been bothering him while he was on the phone ordering maybe the mistake wouldn't have happened.
difficult child sits at the table and tells me how he was looking forward to this pizza all day and puts his head down on the table and begins to cry. easy child/difficult child came down and nicely tried to convince him it was o.k.
husband said nothing is ever enough with difficult child-so true. He played tons of games with him, helped him come up with a Halloween costume when the one he was planning on didn't fit anymore, and then difficult child screams at him about the pizza.
On the positive front difficult child did apologize (with-out being asked) to husband and he didn't throw any of the food (something that would have happened in the past). Also when husband offered to go buy him a piece of pizza from somewhere difficult child did say no. While the rest of us were eating he said he wanted to go to bed and sleep til Halloween. I brought him upstairs, read to him for about 5 minutes and he was out. It was only 7:00.
Poor husband feels horrible about it. He really was trying to do something nice for difficult child by ordering pizza. Sigh...