Terrible 4

I don’t know if I ever mentioned what Jim’s schedule ended up being this quarter. He is working (ack) six days a week, Sunday through Friday. Nights. Jamie sees him on Saturdays and in the morning the other days. I see him a little more often than that, because most weeks he’s home by 9:00 [...]

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My grandma is declining, but slowly, and I went by yesterday to spend some time with her. I ended up helping my aunt shift her around in the bed and figured out that since she was having a hard time swallowing water, maybe ice chips would be something nice. She sucked down several spoonfuls of [...]

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Hey Sarah Palin?

BITE ME:
Dear MomsRising.org Member,
Yesterday, MomsRising.org members tried to deliver our letter–signed by over 21,000 people–to Governor Sarah Palin’s office in Washington, D.C. The letter simply asked,  “Where do you stand?” on key issues of importance to moms and families.
But, we were turned away at the door.
When pressed, Palin’s staff told the group to drop the [...]

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Aaaahhh…

It finally stopped raining this weekend and was warm and sunny enough today for people to dig out their shorts and sandals and escape the indoors for hours upon end. Jamie and I made good use of the warming trend yesterday and spent some time at the park practicing his scooter:

He lasted about 7 1/2 [...]

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How the following unrelated events cause me to have a panic attack

The list:

Monday MD started a new job (yay) that once again is SUPPOSED to be days, and yet, he’s gone for 12 hours a day, meaning we’ve gone back to Jamie seeing him for about an hour a day during the week.
Jamie also started transitioning to his pre-K room at daycare.
Jamie’s rounding on a year [...]

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Drama

We had a throwdown tonight over Jamie’s bath. While I’ve been lax in the past about bathing in general, especially in the wintertime, Jamie’s got some scaly stuff going on on his scalp and my stylist recommended washing it more frequently to try and keep it at bay. Due to poor planning, it had been [...]

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Three

Ok, it cracks me up that a post that is pure gripe gave me so many comments!
So, caro asked:
Our tree is still up, and we are by far not religious enough to claim any liturgical calendar reason for that. The tree is up and half the needles are down on the living room floor.
The stuff [...]

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Chicken/egg

Always, after we go through a period of hellishness with Jamie, he’ll crash, sleep better than he has in days (weeks!), and he’ll be wonderful and pleasant again. As he was this morning after sleeping until 7:15, after several days of waking up at 6 freaking a.m. Actually, this time around it took him sleeping [...]

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Better

I realized something about Jamie this morning, as I was going over last night in my head. He’s never going to be the type of kid who is going to follow your instructions just because. Well, other than “STOP!” as he’s running away from us. But we’ve reinforced that through running games and it’s a [...]

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Wit’s. End.

I’ve realized a couple of things about myself this week. First, access to the internet is what gets me through night after night of dealing with an insane three year old. Without another adult to help diffuse the ongoing battles, negotiations, and bribery that getting through each evening entails, a five minute break upstairs in [...]

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