Well hello
again old friend. I can't say I haven't missed you. I guess I turn here when I'm feeling like my
parenting skills are reaching their limits.
I feel stressed and pulled in every direction, and honestly it would be
amazing to run away. Blogging seems to be my little escape.
My oldest son B. is bi-polar, with ADD and
anxiety. It's a struggle to get through
each day sometimes without having him get upset. We try not to tiptoe, but it's hard when we
have 3 other children in the home. He is
a kind hearted boy when he can be. The
past few weeks have been great. He
really has been a help around the house, and with the kids. Last night he got J to eat all his chicken,
by promising to play candy land. And you
know what he did! He followed through and also played checkers. Like I said when he's good he is really good.
Aaron has Asperger’s, and is good in
school, but crashes as soon as her gets home.
Hyper, wrestling, yelling, easily upset.
But that’s another post.
And Jack, he is our easiest. Unless you tell
him no. Then all hell breaks
loose. Again another time.
My daughter N is the one who has been
having a wicked hard time lately. I
think it’s safe to start off with the fact that she was adopted at 2 years old
from foster care. She knew too much about
how to do things and seemed too grown up.
It’s terribly sad. We don't know
what happened exactly. Which is also
sad? Well lately she has been stealing
things from kids at school. Just swiping
their stuff right off their desks, of out of their lockers. Also she has been talking to kids about
kissing and sex. bum bummmmmmmm She thinks kissing is sex. We don't know where she got the word. She says from her other friend. But seriously she is just 7. That word should not be in the vocabulary. So almost every day I get a phone call home
about my not so princess. I made her an
appointment for a therapist. I fear it
could be a reactive attachment disorder.
It would make sense. When she
first came home to us she would, on the surface, love and attach to
anyone. You could see it was just on the
surface. Till this day she still has
little empathy for anyone or anything. She
also has little concept of right and wrong.
Obviously. Or consequences
Every day is a struggle for whoever you
are and I know we could be much worse off, but jeez I could use a break.
