Case Study- Post 8

       Today mom and I sat down to talk. I brought with me a couple of articles about bedtime routines, and way to transition children into a bed from a crib. I asked her how things were going with the move from the crib to a bed. She said that night times were still really rough, and that neither one of them are getting much sleep. I asked her how that was effecting her homework, and the daily schedule that we had discussed last time. She said it was hard for her to stay on schedule when she was so tired, and that when she should be doing homework, she wants to be sleeping. She said that during the day she has been, falling asleep while reading her lessons and that when she wakes up it is time to come and pick up the baby. I gave her the information that I got for her and said maybe the articles would be able to give her some ideas to make bedtime easier for them. She said that she would look at them. I asked her how her lessons were going. She said when she gets to them, they are not to bad and is able to work though about one lesson in two weeks. I asked her if she was working on the math section, and she said, that she works on it with her sister and has to take it very slow.
   At this point I was wondering if she was feeling like she was failing at getting her school work done because she is so tired during the day. I asked her if she was feeling like she was falling behind, and feeling nervous about failing. She said that she was not scared that she was going to fail because the school will not give her anymore lessons until she has finished the one that she has. She told me that she was planning on attending a class at Children's Hospital to learn more information about her daughters chronic condition. I told her that I was proud of her for taking the time to schedule a babysitter for the baby, and learn about this condition. I also asked her if she could educated me on what to look for after the class. She smiled and said that she would love to do that. I felt that by asking her to educate me, showed that I respect her as the parent. I also think that this will show her that I care to know about the condition that her daughter has so that I can detect sign that the child might be having a crisis.
    My next step is to talk with the mom about the information that she learned in her class, and how she is going to use that information to keep the baby healthy, and out of the hospital.