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Yes it did, as a matter of fact.

Also, I didn't really put two and two together, but the last few days, he has been waking up really early in the mornings. This morning he was up before any of us, already watching TV when my husband got up for work at 5:30am. Normally he will sleep until about 7am. Then he fell asleep on the couch tonight at 5pm, and then now he is awake at midnight, wanting to be up and watching something again. Usually he sleeps 12 hours a night, so this was pretty short, even for him. It's almost like he's so wanting to watch the TV that it's the first thing he thinks of when he wakes up, and he wants to hop out of bed even though he ought to just roll over and keep sleeping.

Proving the remedy means it's the wrong one for him, right?
At this point, I assume we give it some time and see what transpires?

Oh and a couple other things I thought was unrelated (but now I realize are likely the Arsenicum) is little red bumps breaking out on his bottom, and he has complained occasionally of pain in his feet. These both in just the last few days.


Something I just thought of too, what if it is a return to an earlier state? Ethan used to be a horrible sleeper, in fact he and Kody did their first year of life exactly the same. Ethan maybe was a teensy bit worse than Kody for the amount of times he woke up each night (8-10 times for the first year). He only started sleeping through the night about a year ago.
[message edited by alaskamom on Sat, 16 Aug 2014 16:50:31 BST]

I do recall you saying returning to a previous state being a good thing. I think I can handle that for a little while if he doesn't keep me awake too much.

So at this point, is it just a watch and wait kind of thing? See if it gets better, or worse?

So just to update where we are with Ethan.
He is sleeping OK, about like he normally does.
He is still really wanting TV but we are limiting that. Not talking hugely about money at the moment.
Seems to be kind of defiant right now. Showing some attitudes when he doesn't get his way. Making a scrunched-up mad face at me when he doesn't like the answer he receives. He obeys, but kind of sullenly. Husband said he saw some blister-looking rash on his chest yesterday, but when I looked today, not really anything noticeable, just a few tiny red bumps. His bottom still has red bumps on it.

Unsure what to do next with Ethan. He looks kind of washed out, tired. His undereyes look kind of dark pink. He wants to be away from home and visiting his neighbor friends, which is fine but when he can't see them, he is so sad and just wants to watch TV to stave off the loneliness. He has little bursts of entertaining himself followed by wanting to whine to me about how he wants to see his friends.
His rash on his bottom is still there.
He is moody and withdrawn.

No I don't, but I can get some tomorrow evening when my husband gets off work. What potency would be best? I believe the store offers 6c, 30c, and 200c (they do not carry all of the remedies in 200c, but I have found many common ones that they do).

Do you mean 3 drops into the water, stir and give one dose? Or give 3 doses as you instructed me to do with Kody with the Arsenicum?

OK, I gave him a dose last night.

Interestingly, both kids got runny noses today. Ethan has a slight fever as well. He seems to have a lot of mucous going down his throat (he hates blowing his nose). His appetite is poor from being so congested.

I was going to ask you if this is still Phosphorus.
My husband and I have noticed (forgot to talk about this before) that Ethan seems to always be off in his own little world with his thoughts and has a really hard time following directions. He has to be told at least 3 or more times to do something before he gets on track to do it. I hate to get mean with him about it, because it doesn't seem intentional, he seems like he's a space cadet a lot of the time.
Also, not sure if this is important or even worth mentioning, but at Sunday school at church, every time they have some sort of circle or group activity--at least, all the times we've peeked in on him--he is always playing by himself across the room. Not sure why--he loves playing with other kids. But maybe he just doesn't like structured activities. He has a pretty free schedule at home; we eat when we're hungry, we clean up when it bugs me, although his bedtime is pretty consistent.

Oh also, so far he has had only one dose of the Phos, because he got sick the morning after his first dose of it.
[message edited by alaskamom on Fri, 29 Aug 2014 00:52:20 BST]

That makes sense! Glad to hear it's the right remedy for that.

I have a moment, so I can respond now.

Let's see...as far as the better, it's hard to put my finger on it, but I feel like he is not obstinate anymore. Still mischievous, maybe, but it seems like he's doing it just for the fun of it, and not so much because he's angry about something. He isn't bugging me all day to go see his neighbor friends, and seems to be able to entertain himself more instead of wanting to watch TV all day. The spaceyness seems worse, but at least it doesn't seem like he is holding in negative emotions. He seems like those have cleared and he just has his head in the clouds a bit.

I guess I'm wondering that myself. I was a dreamy, far-away child myself, and I don't wan to deny him his true nature. I guess it's just a little annoying when you're trying to get him to obey. ;)
But what do you think. I don't feel any malice or anger from him, just that he is always busy thinking about something other than the here and now.

Sounds reasonable to me! So at this point, we won't repeat the Phosphorus, right?

The last couple of days, Ethan has been rather teary, and pushing to get his own way. He gets really sad when he can't do what he wants. (Kind of manipulative.) Should I repeat the Phos?

Ethan's still been teary about little things, so I gave him another dose of his remedy. I used one drop this time instead of three, to see if that helps him not have an aggravation.

Perhaps so? I guess we should wait and see how the Phos does, and then if no improvement, try the Pulsatilla? I do have some on hand.

I suppose you could definitely be right that it's possible it's my viewpoint that is skewing it. I find that when I am not doing so well myself, my kids seem to do poorly too, either that or I am just less able to be patient with their idiosyncrasies. I tend to be more worried about them and sensitive to their emotions when I myself am feeling down or worried in general. So I wonder if that affects it too.