Posted by admin | Posted in Mommyhood | Posted on 22-04-2010
Sorry for the lack of posts. I just have not had the energy to do anything lately. My heart hasn’t been into my blogging either, so I took a break.
Now that Luke is walking, I feel like being here at home with me isn’t enough, so I’ve been racking my brain trying to find things for him to do that are somewhat structured. We quit going to our Mommy & Me class because I was doing too much driving, but I’ve decided to sign us back up. We will start going again next week. That is one day per week where he will be getting good social interaction and some structure. I think he is bored being with me all day, but I don’t want to put him into school quite yet. I want him to be more caught up so I don’t have to worry so much about him.
The moms club I’m in is full of drama. I just discovered this tonight. There are apparently a couple moms who have been starting trouble and spreading gossip around to other clubs. Really??? Wasn’t high school 15 years ago? I sooooo did not join a group to have to deal w/ this BS! I’m definitely going to limit my time w/ the group and make sure I avoid events with the one person who is doing most of the damage. She was already on my sh*t list anyway for some comments she posted on my post on Facebook. Life is way too short to have these poisonous people in my life. I can choose who is in my life!
I’m also having some issues now with disciplining. I guess now that Luke is well into his twos, he is acting the part:) I don’t know how to get him to listen. Timeouts don’t seem to work. I grew up with a mom who screamed at me and spanked me a lot, I do not want to be like that!! Now I have to find a happy medium.
On a sad note, we lost a kitty last week:( My sweet Smokey died last Monday while he was at the vet. He almost died two years ago from what they thought was pneumonia. He had been fine until about 2 months ago. He started the rapid breathing and wheezing again, so the vet put him on antibiotics and prednisone. It seemed like he was getting a little better, but he took a turn for the worst on April 8th. I took him to the vet that Friday and had them keep him over the weekend because we were going out of town. The vet called us the next Monday morning and said that he died. She tried to do CPR on him, but there was nothing she could do. They did tests and discovered that he had a rare lung disease called Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. I’m glad he is no longer suffering, but it has been hard. I had him for almost 10 years and he was with me through lots of life changing moments. Luke and I had to go pick up his ashes today. The vet has also taken his loss very hard. I think he was one of her first real patients. I’m happy that she was there with him at the end since we couldn’t be there. She loved him almost as much as we did. Luke has asked for Smokey a few times, but will then say “oh, Sockey sick”. It makes me cry! I think that Smokey held out as long as he did so he could get to know Luke and make sure that he was ok. Smokey started getting sick again right around the same time Luke started walking!! Smokey is now one of our guardian angels:) We miss him a lot, but it’s getting better.
Ok, I’m semi-caught up for now. Sorry if this post was all jumbled! I am going to do my best to manage my time better and get on here more:)
Hello,
Just found your blog. Have 15 month old twin boys. One falls into the “normal” category…whatever that means. The other is officially undiagnosed, but according to my Mummy research it is trunkal distonia, or hypotonia of some sort. We are waiting for an official diagnosis, but proceeding with our own early interventions. Physio, Occupational therapy, Speech Therapy. Two weeks ago he started crawling. YAY YAY YAY. His lack of strength in his trunk means that it is a catapillar crawl, but we can actually see the tone improving in his back. No more bones sticking out!!!
And, wanted to say, give the bad Mum’s club a miss. I am part of two twin clubs. One is fantastic, one has a total cow in it who (through her own lack of self esteem) causes all sorts of issues. I left before it impacted me, but saw what she was doing to others.
Try and move on. No doubt your little boy has taught you that every moment is precious, don’t waste your time with toxic people.
GL!!!
Philippa – Melbourne, Australia
Oh Tilly I’m so sorry to hear about Smokey… bless his heart for waiting to get to know Luke and make sure he was ok. I believe he is a guardian angel for you.
Yuck about the mom’s club. I’m always baffled by the behavior of some women our age. It’s as though they never left high school. I know several women like this and I keep my distance. Smart of you to do the same! You are such a good person, you don’t need that kind of nonsense around you.
Hugs!
Mari-Ann
Thank you Mari-Ann:) Yes, I do believe that Smokey is our guardian angel:) We miss him a lot, but I still feel him with us.
I’m going to just pick a few moms from our club that are good people and stick with them. I’ll avoid the events with the trouble makers!! Apparently they are in the club for the wrong reasons, I thought it was to provide our children with activities and social interaction.
I hope you are doing well, sorry I’ve been MIA!
Thanks for finding my blog Philippa!! So happy to hear about your son’s progress. You are doing great work with him:)
I agree with you about the club and you are right, my son has taught me that every moment is precious. I don’t need other people bringing me down with them!
Please keep me posted on your son. Best of luck and lots of hugs to you and your boys:)
Tilly
I have a child with hypotonia and we go see a chiropracter that speacilaizes in kinesology (NAET testing)and nautral remedies. It has been and life saver!!! He was able to rell me what she is allergic to and what types of foods to give such as raw egg yolks to increase her protein level. If you have anyone in your area that does this type of treatment I highly recommend it, sounds a little crazy but when you see results it makes sense!