Day 5

I'm doing day 5 a little late, it's almost the conclusion of Day 6, however, I work night shift and wasn't on the computer last night. 
Day 5 started off with taking the medication on yogurt, which was not Gabriel's favorite.  I should have known applesauce.  Oh well, Mommy will learn eventually. 
Gabriel had his first day of school on the medication.  We didn't tell his teachers as per request of the neurologist, to see if they noticed a difference.  The only thing I can say, is I didn't get a bad report at the end of school, so that is a plus.  No one said anything different as of yet.  I had this feeling of "I know this will be a good day" as I dropped him off.  To be honest, if someone would have had a bad report when I picked him up, I probably would have been shocked.  A week ago?  I would have expected a bad report.  Sad to say.
I took Gabriel for a haircut, uneventful.  Then to Panera for lunch.  A special surprize since he loves Panera.  He loves the mac n cheese there.  Let me tell you, if he's supposed to have a decreased appetite, he doesn't so far.  Maybe I'm looking too far in to it, and just assumed that because it's a side effect, he'd automatically have it.  BUT he ate his whole portion of mac n cheese, then finished mine.  Major plus!  I'm going with the recommendation that when they ask to eat, feed them, and it will promote the appetite.  he is so skinny that I'm not concerned with him getting overweight, it's underweight that concerns me with him. 
After a quick rest, we picked Madeline up from school and went to skating practice.  He actually asked to skate and practice.  Not much progress there.  He didn't really practice, he just raced around the rink.  Sometimes I think he should be in speed skating, not artistic.  He'll find his own niche. 
I noticed towards the end of practice/end of the day, that the meds might have been wearing off.  I had to start reminding him multiple times to settle down and get away from his baby sister and leave her alone.  He kind of slipped right in to his old ways.  That's my worry.  I don't want the meds to wear off and/or him build up a tolerance to them and have to continue to increase the dosage.  I don't think that at day 5 that has happened, but that is a fear I have.  One thing to remember, is that just taking the medication doesn't fix the child.  The parents and adults surrounding the child need to change as well.  Structure is the name of the game.  You can't just keep increasing the dosage and not expect to keep stability.  The medication isn't the whole answer.  Therapy, as well as discipline have to come hand in hand with the medications to make it be successful.