At Home With Dot

We have a rocking chair that sits right next to our piano. For a while, it moved back and forth between our kids' rooms. However, night time rocking soon became obsolete but I still couldn't bare to pass it on yet. So, for the last couple of years, it has been in our front room. It is the perfect therapy tool and I still rock three of our four babes here. One particular morning, as with many mornings, our 6 year old was struggling with before school tasks. With lunch items, clothes and shoes in place, I try an minimize morning chaos. Even so, this particular morning brought a refusal to put on shoes, hurtful words screamed from his room and no time to finish breakfast. About one year ago we began to realize our little guy needed more than what we were providing. So, we began the long process of Dr. visits, referral waits and psychological evaluations. At the end of a three month process, Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) was diagnosed and medication sta