- I think our indian summer has finally come to an end. Its 43° F outside. Its been only a little warmer than that all day. I still wore my birkenstock sandals. Funny part was that my feet weren’t cold. The rest of me was!
- What did I do wrong with my child? He’s snotty, talks back, can’t play by himself, is addicted to television (my fault, i’ll own that one), and is having daytime wetting problems. *sigh* the other half of the dynamic parenting duo thinks we aren’t been strict enough with the child. I am of two different opinions – one is getting really freaking pissed off (ha, an unintended pun!) because I can’t keep the kid clothed for an entire week because he pees in his pants. The other is worrying if its a medical problem and I will feel like an ass for getting mad about it.
- Being the 95% caregiver for my son is wearing me out. I wish I had the patience and understanding and desire to just enjoy my son’s company. When he goes over to his father’s house, I don’t miss him. At all. I just feel so relieved and relaxed and I don’t look forward to him coming home.
- I apologized to my stove tonight for almost blowing out the flame. It didn’t answer back, thank God. I felt a little silly about it at the time.
- Hamza and I spent the afternoon with a friend of mine who lives in an assisted living facility. Seeing all these people, who probably had a life somewhere, reduced to living with a roommate in a room the size of my college dorm room feels so sad. It kills me that we can’t find ways to take care of these folks in our own families. I don’t know if I am oversimplifying because I don’t have this situation my too small, barely 2 generational family or if people just are too lazy or too busy to care for their own.
No cold toes here!
November 6, 2007 by Aoife
Salaam;
You know, it could just be that Hamza is reacting to the stress of the divorce. He may also be going through a mental/physical growing spurt, which can cause regression in behavior and potty training. Have you been able to get the HH card yet? Talking to a pediatrician about it is a good idea. I don’t think that getting more strict works with a child that age — he’s simply too young to get it, and you don’t want to create an atmosphere of fear. Have you ever read the book Don’t Shoot the Dog by Karen Pryor? It’s about using positive reinforcement (dogs, children, spouses, etc). It is actually an excellent resource on how to modify a child’s behavior more or less painlessly, and is compulsively readable.
“What did I do wrong with my child?”
You gave birth to him! If it isn’t one problem it is another.
Hi there. I just wanted to see how things were going with your son. I find that when they are young that they change developmentally so very fast. My son used to have that wetting problem but then left it so far behind!