Throwing

I've written before about Mackenzie's hair pulling and headbanging phase. Today I am overwhelmed with her need to throw things. No, I'm not referring to tantrums. She literally NEEDS to throw things. It started before we really new about her SPD and really just blended in to her need to make herself bald. In the beginning it was sitting at her toy basket throwing every toy out. Yes, every kid throws...not like this. This is throwing so she can get feedback in her joints. This is throwing so she can feel better because she is out of sync.

When Mack gets out of school every day, she walks over to my classroom. She is dismissed at 2:00 and I am allowed to leave school at 2:45. A typical afternoon for us is one where she runs straight for my snack cupboard in the classroom and insists on having some crackers. I go to open a package of Ritz and she freaks out because she was expecting to have the whole tower of crackers. She throws the whole package. Then throws a chair off the table. I put her in time out in the corner of the room. She throws the trashcan and begins throwing papers from my paper drawer next to her time-out rug. I put her in her car seat for a timeout right outside my classroom. Now I'm stuck standing outside by the car for 3 minutes. Once she apologizes and "cleans" her mess we are back on track for a few minutes.

Mackenzie loves to play in the toy kitchen in my class...Fiona heads her way to get a book and because she was within 5 feet of Mackenzie, Miss Mack begins throwing all of the toy food all over the classroom yelling NO FIONA! Time-out in the car. By now it is 2:30 and I have gotten nothing done in the classroom. We do the apology and clean up again and she heads directly to 4 cups filled with 100's of plastic math counters and throws all of them on the floor. By now I am so pissed off that I put her in her car seat for good and get Fiona ready to go. It's 2:45 now and I can leave. I got nothing done other than clean up after her.

Once we get home, I usually make a smoothie for the girls and Fiona does her homework before we go outside to play. Mackenzie runs around the house playing with odds and ends waiting for the loud blender. Once the smoothies are ready she gets in her booster seat and I hand her the cup. She wants a straw. I give both girls a straw. Fi wants a spoon. Then Mack wants a spoon but uses it to spoon smoothie on the table. I take the spoon away. She throws the entire smoothie and smears it all over the table. Time-out. Apologize. No more smoothie for Mack.
We go outside to play. Mack drives her car up and down the driveway. Fiona rides her scooter and taps the top of Mack's car as she passes by. Mack gets out and attempts to throw the car at Fi and then runs over to the toy boxes and throws 5 toys out onto the driveway. Time out. Apologize. One more chance to stay outside.

Meal time- Same story. Food. Throw. Time-out. Apologize. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

Utterly exhausting every single day.