This Week at MES

Nicholas reviewed his studies on the continents this week. He also practiced zipping and lacing - both of which he is quite good at. He also loves to button and will button and unbutton his shirt twenty times in a row just because he can. He is working on tying his shoes and gets the first part right but gets a little tangled up when it comes to the two loops.

The class read the story, The Mitten, and did creative dramatics to go along with it.

Nicholas also worked on numberal tracing and letter printing.

Math: Nicholas learned about the 10 boards work and made some numerals 11-99. He also learned to count by 10's to 100.

Good Shepherd: The class discussed Baby Jesus.

Mrs. Carrico said that Nicholas had a rough day at school yesterday. She said he was unusually distracted and just not himself. I've been seeing the same type of problems at home all week. As I thought about it some, I considered that he does have some congestion and maybe he just hasn't been sleeping well at night. But also I wondered if perhaps it was the Xoprenex/Albuterol medication for wheezing that I've had to start giving him this week in his breathing treatments. I called the pediatrician's office and discussed it with one of their fabulous nurses. She said that the Xoprenex wouldn't cause hyperactivity but she mentioned that the Pulmicort in his breathing treatments has a tiny amount of steroid in it. Nicholas has taken a steroid medication (Omnipred?) in the past that made him so hyper he was climbing the walls. However, she said that Pulmicort has a minuscule amount of steroid compared to that previous medication. She didn't think that would cause any problems. We reviewed his other medications and determined that Aldex is probably the culprit. I started giving it to Nicholas this week for his cough. He takes it twice a day and it works really well. But the nurse explained that Aldex works so well because in addition to the cough suppressant it also has an anti-histamine and decongestant. These medicines can cause drowsiness. Now for most adults, we would want to go to sleep with medicine like this. But a three year old, at least MY three year old, is more likely to be so tired that he ends up getting the crazies, aka totally hyper. We determined that I could give him the Aldex at bedtime but in the morning I will give him a different med just for the cough. I tried Delsym this morning instead of Aldex. Mrs. Carrico and I talked after school today. She said that he was calmer and more focused today and seems to be back to his usual sweet self today. I can tell a difference too. Mystery solved!