Family Forum / Parenting / Mothers / August 2005

Am I hard to believe? I don't doubt that. I have special circumstances.
According to one therapist he predicted in 97 that I would have a nervous
breakdown befor 99 was over - guess I am 6 years overdue and counting
But then maybe I went crazy and just don't know it <g>

So tonight instead of being up all night, she fell asleep at 9:15!!!!!!

Alena won't sleep
It's now 1am and I am exhausted.
I have to be up at 6am to go to work. She's tired because she keeps yawning
and resting her head. But she just won't sleep

Do you have "A. A. A. D. D."?
(Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder)
This is how it manifests:
I decide to water my lawn.

I cut it all off!  Its 3" at its longest and about 1" at the shortest.  I
LIKE it!  :o)
Angela

I meant to email!
duh me!

It appears that two children can require as much help figuring out what to
do and being entertained by adults as one does.  So much for my secret
fantasy that if we'd had more than one child they might have kept each other
busy playing together.

Ds, DH and I just got back from the multidisciplinary evaluation for his
non-speech.   They tested him for Autism.... Thank GOD he doesn't have it.
They think that he needs to see an ENT because his speech is very nasal.
They said it could be adenoids or a small cleft.  His eyes ...

Just curious
Free Spirit
DD(9) DS(12)

That's what my babies do. They must be taking after DS, who has been
fascinated by rotating things from the day he was born. Last week both
babies were head down, yesterday they were both head up again. Don't ask
how I never felt them make the move, since it's supposed to be tight ...

2 Month ago - school almost over DD approached me.
"Dad in about 2 month Football practice starts - I want to do much better this
year - I want to be a starter." A tall order for her as with her 60lb she is
about 45 lb under the upper weight limit. And I had to reply.

I bought a brand new car thrusday, drove it home thursday night. It was from
a dealershop 30 miles away.
1.5 days later the A/C stopped working. i know it worked at the dealer
beacuse i froze driving home. The next day I can't be positive but on

Tomorrow we'll be celebrating my 6yo's (not really his bday - just the
party) 7th birthday.  It'll be a pokemon party.  We'll be playing pokemon
bingo (I downloaded custom bingo cards with his name across the top instead
of BINGO ) - the free space in the middle is a pokeball and ...

I want to make Treacle Pudding for DH but not sure where to start.  I
googled for it but I'm not sure how to convert some of the ingredients to
US.  Can someone lend a helping hand to me by either translating this recipe
or giving one of their own?  Thanks

Did I miss anything big or important?
Sue