SD6 did great at summer school, she went from saying "I can't read" and feeling completely opposed to trying. Her Conners assessment (psychiatric assessment completed by the teacher) from her summer school teacher was 110% different from her 5K teacher's just two months prior. We've got her working in first grade workbooks and last week she said to DH and I "All this time I've been saying I'm not smart, I'm stupid, I can't do it and it seems I was mistaken! I AM smart!"

SD6 had never taken a class of any sort until we signed her up for gymnastics. We let her decide what type of class she wanted to take and then found one that was at 11 a.m. on a Saturday. We told BM that we wanted to do it back in May, we gave her a month's time to object before signing her up in June, then another three weeks until class started the last week of June. Both her therapist and pediatrician are concerned about her schedule and lack of sleep; BM puts her in her room around 8:30 with the TV then turns it off around 9:30.

DH finally got the lowdown on BM's recent antics which include an arrest for battery, leaving SD with her Ex-MIL and first ex-husband who's an alcoholic that she had to get a restraining order against, abusing her prescription meds, then taking her son's and finally buying them off the street.

I wish you would get medication for that Bi-Polar that you were diagnosed with ten years ago but have chosen to ignore. If you're going to continue to lie to DH on such a regular basis, you probably shouldn't do so via text since it's laughable but also quite pathetic when you contradict yourself within hours. It really would be fabulous if you had any intention of being the great mother you claim to hope to be one day but in the meantime, perhaps you could just try not to cause your daughter anymore emotional damage.