thanks so much for that note. Good luck over there. I know what it is like to have two children who are just set on HIGH all the time. I start to feel so disheartened as if I have done something very wrong as a parent, but deep down know there is only so much control I can have. My gut told me the same thing that you are saying: I need time away and they need friends to play with besides me. My DD is actually the worst at home and part of it may be I am burning out so I have less to give. If I take her alone to a show, even the ballet, or to an appointment, she can contain herself, and she also can sit quietly at storytime at the library and focus on art projects etc. so that gives me some hope. She was much more explosive at two and three. I know they say gifted kids are often intense, but I do still wonder about ADHD. I asked the teacher who observed and she wrote it off because she followed directions well and stayed on task, but the impulsivenss, constant talking, and intensity, is exhausting by whatever name you call it!

Thanks for stopping by my post to at least say you understand.