August is in full swing...it isn't as busy as July was but we are having lots of fun the same. We spend as much time at the cottage during the week as we can. It is so nice and peaceful there and it is great that there is a pool just down the street that we can swim in daily as much as we want. In July J wasn't a big fan of the pool. He cried when we first went in and he would only really be happy if there was a ball for him to hold. I had a boat thing for him to sit in and he'd like it for a bit because there were a couple of balls floating in the inflatable part, but by the end of July whenever he was in it he would tip himself out...not so much fun for mommy when she is trying to swim with two boys at the same time. Well August...it is a completely different boy! He now JUMPS in! It is crazy funny to watch. He will stand alongside the pool, yell to me and then sign 'more' or 'please' to let me know he wants to jump in and then I'll stand in front and he'll jump right in. Because of his MAJOR comfort level change his life jacket stays on the WHOLE time he is in the pool area which he doesn't seem to mind once it is on...he complains when it is getting put on. I'll have to try CO's puddle jumper on him to see if it works for him sometime soon (it is currently at my parent's trailer).
Speaking of trailer...we are hauling it to Orangeville this week and parking it in a friend's driveway. I haven't seen her in AGES and it will be nice to be in my old area for a bit and to see some old friends.
CO is now riding a two wheeler! He ZOOMS! It blows me away that he is a three year old riding a two wheeler...well he is almost 4...he has decided he wants a forklift on his cake :) what a kid!
Last week we were at home rather than the cottage as it was being rented out. We spent lots of time outside and I showed him how to catch grasshoppers. We collected a bunch in a jar and then took them down the road to feed to a neighbour's chickens. CO isn't the greatest at finding them...but if I point one out, he is able to catch it.
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
yummy salad lunch
I love market days because our fridge is full of yummy, healthy food. Today for lunch I chopped up tomatoes, cucmber, green beans, broccoli, carrots, strawberries and added blueberries, raspberries and blackberries. I stirred it all together and served it. It was SO good. No salad dressing needed as the juices from the food just blended it all up nicely.
CO ate it all. J only ate the berries, tomatoes and cucumbers (I snuck in a couple of broccoli stems)
Sorry no photos...we gobbled it up too fast :)
CO ate it all. J only ate the berries, tomatoes and cucumbers (I snuck in a couple of broccoli stems)
Sorry no photos...we gobbled it up too fast :)
Thursday, July 21, 2011
some busy weeks
I was checking out my camera the other day and realised that I took very few photos while at the cottage. :(
I think overall everyone had lots of fun. My cousin said her kids were full of stories of thier adventures on the drive away from the cottage. The two oldest kids were 'teens' and got to have lots of late night adventures including a night at a bowling alley. CO didn't like his program too much so I ended up taking him for a walk to the dump to find a treasure to keep him busy in the mornings. We settled on an antique sewing machine. Not only did it keep him busy, but his cousins and the neighbour kids too :). So between that and playing at the park with the Hewgill grandchildren, he wasn't missing his program at all. He declared that he was never going to school ever again...sigh.
The week was filled with crayfishing, swimming, park playing, volleyball, friends and stories. This year I read the children Danny Champion of the World. It was hard to get the reading done in the evenings with two small children as well as two teens and two in the middle, but we got many chapters in. I have to admit that one evening I was so captured by the story that I picked it up after all the children were in bed and I finished it (didn't get to sleep until 1am that night). I ended up sending the book home with my cousin so she could finish the story with them. Hopefully by now they are done.
Above are two of my favorite photos from my camera of our time at the cottage. They are of my cousin's youngest daughter M (these photos are sooc as my editing program is on my dead laptop...but they don't really need any editing). I love how they have captured her inner beauty and joy.
After the cottage we loaded everyone up and brought them to my house. Monday was a day of laundry, resting and swimming. Tuesday...a day of Marineland. It was expensive for all of us to go but overall very worth it. Everyone had LOTS of fun. Even little J. We rented a 12 passenger van and it was lots of fun all being to travel together. There was a dvd player in it so there was some movie watching too...to help keep the kids content.
When we arrived home from Marineland, CO's grandparents were at our house. We got to spend almost a week with them. We went to Centerville. It was a crazy ride down on the subway as J decided that he needed to have a huge fit and scream most of the drive. I think it was a mixture of tired, not feeling well and mad that I had put water in his bottle as he had drank the milk on the way to the train station. But after a nap in the stroller, he was much happier and he had LOTS of fun. I am SO glad that CO's grandparents were able to join us for this outing. I have been there many times in the past with my cousin and her kids when they were small and I knew that CO would LOVE it...and he DID! J too had a blast. CO's grandfather blogged about the trip here and here (and yes he posted photos of J...oops...CO's grandfather is BIG into 3D photography). I have yet to upload the photos off my camera from our time since the cottage...maybe next week...or after I finish the cake this week.
Yes I am doing another cake. It is for a party for a couple who are getting married next month. Thier family is having an auction and game night. Due to the fact that we are having a major heat wave here, I am kinda at a loss as to how to make this cake without it melting...so I am going to try my hand at marshmellow fondant and see how it goes. I have the air conditioner set to fairly cool to assist with the cake and keeping the humidity down so that all my ingredients don't turn out to be a big flop!
So the heatwave, on top of trying to get a cake done...is leading to some craziness today. J was put back to bed shortly after 9am since he was just too grumpy and I was sick of all the fighting and crying. CO and I headed out to eat some cherries outside in the shade but overall it is just TOO hot outside (34...feels like 38). So I have resorted to letting my son watch some curious george and berenstain bears. We've also read stories, did some puzzles and he helped me make the lemon filling for the cake.
CO has a speech appointment Friday morning, so we'll see what the next step is with that. It has been a year since I first started the whole process to get his speech assessed. Overall I am not very thrilled with the amount of help he has gotten. He started off with the 'home program' which was stuff for us to do at home (which I was more than fine with), but since then his therapist went on mat leave and so he was assessed by another lady and then invited to join a speech camp. Since then...nothing has really happened. I guess this upcoming appointment will show if he is progressing well enough with just me following the resources they gave me from the camp or if they will do something more. He hasn't started using any of the sounds that he struggles with at the begining of words but he has begun to add them to the middle and ends of words but he was doing that in the Spring. His pronunciation maybe lacking but his vocabulary has improved in leaps and bounds (all that good literature he is exposed to when I read to him I guess). This is one of the ones he is loving the most these day.
Friday, July 1, 2011
leviticus 23 and the feast of trumpets
23 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 24 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath-rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. (taken from Bible.com)
On the first day of the seventh month on my calendar here is CANADA DAY. I didn't spend it as event filled as I thought I would this year (was going to go to a local city to participate in the events for the children) but it was still a good day. I packed up the kids and we spent it at my parent's trailer. There was swimming and playing. I had purchased a few Canadian flags earlier and the children all enjoyed waving them around and playing with them. We even had strawberry shortcake (a lovely birthday cake/dessert in Canadian colours: red & white) for dessert from supper. There were no fireworks or parades but in all honesty I was fine with that...my sons have a few years before they need to stay up to watch fireworks...maybe once they understand the concept of sleeping in the next day. There were no trumpets (maybe next year) but I did spent time throughout the day thanking Jesus for my family and the time I get to spend with them. My niece is here for a couple of weeks. We stayed up last night making Canada Day sugar cookies. It was nice to be able to spent that time with her.
CO is LOVING having her around. She is learning to have patience with him :). It is easy for her as an only child to forget that he is only 3 and he may ask her questions more than once.
I unfortunately forgot my camera and may just dress the boys up in thier Canada t-shirts I bought them and take a photo of them pretending it is Canada Day :)
The pool at the trailer is nice and J spent the first 20 minutes mad to be in the water (even though he LOVES water) and the next 40 minutes loving splashing and being thrown into the air and landing in the water. I am hoping that he enjoys next week at the cottage pool and grows to love swimming as much as his brother. CO is close to being a swimmer. He can swim for short distances with no help. If the weather this upcoming week is nice, I hope to be in the pool daily and help him improve these skills even more. I have an inflatable boat for J at the cottage so hopefully he will allow one of the big kids to play with him in the water so I can do some 1:1 swimming with CO. I will be at the cottage next week with a 1, 3, 8, 10, 12 & 12 year old. I will be the only adult most of the week so please feel free to pray :) My cousin is going to lend a hand but she is puppy sitting up the road at another cottage so I am not sure how much of a help she will be free to be.
I dropped J off at respite this evening and went home to pack for the upcoming week. I am hoping that on Sunday I am able to get home quickly from work, attach the trailer, load up the back of the truck and the trailer and pick up the three kids and be at the cottage before bedtime. I don't know how realistic this is as I am not off work until 3:30, J's bedtime is 7, I'll need to feed the kids supper and the cottage is an hour away...but I am willing to give it a try. I could wait until the morning but I wanted the kids to be able to attend the program next week and it starts bright and early Monday morning :)
On the first day of the seventh month on my calendar here is CANADA DAY. I didn't spend it as event filled as I thought I would this year (was going to go to a local city to participate in the events for the children) but it was still a good day. I packed up the kids and we spent it at my parent's trailer. There was swimming and playing. I had purchased a few Canadian flags earlier and the children all enjoyed waving them around and playing with them. We even had strawberry shortcake (a lovely birthday cake/dessert in Canadian colours: red & white) for dessert from supper. There were no fireworks or parades but in all honesty I was fine with that...my sons have a few years before they need to stay up to watch fireworks...maybe once they understand the concept of sleeping in the next day. There were no trumpets (maybe next year) but I did spent time throughout the day thanking Jesus for my family and the time I get to spend with them. My niece is here for a couple of weeks. We stayed up last night making Canada Day sugar cookies. It was nice to be able to spent that time with her.
CO is LOVING having her around. She is learning to have patience with him :). It is easy for her as an only child to forget that he is only 3 and he may ask her questions more than once.
I unfortunately forgot my camera and may just dress the boys up in thier Canada t-shirts I bought them and take a photo of them pretending it is Canada Day :)
The pool at the trailer is nice and J spent the first 20 minutes mad to be in the water (even though he LOVES water) and the next 40 minutes loving splashing and being thrown into the air and landing in the water. I am hoping that he enjoys next week at the cottage pool and grows to love swimming as much as his brother. CO is close to being a swimmer. He can swim for short distances with no help. If the weather this upcoming week is nice, I hope to be in the pool daily and help him improve these skills even more. I have an inflatable boat for J at the cottage so hopefully he will allow one of the big kids to play with him in the water so I can do some 1:1 swimming with CO. I will be at the cottage next week with a 1, 3, 8, 10, 12 & 12 year old. I will be the only adult most of the week so please feel free to pray :) My cousin is going to lend a hand but she is puppy sitting up the road at another cottage so I am not sure how much of a help she will be free to be.
I dropped J off at respite this evening and went home to pack for the upcoming week. I am hoping that on Sunday I am able to get home quickly from work, attach the trailer, load up the back of the truck and the trailer and pick up the three kids and be at the cottage before bedtime. I don't know how realistic this is as I am not off work until 3:30, J's bedtime is 7, I'll need to feed the kids supper and the cottage is an hour away...but I am willing to give it a try. I could wait until the morning but I wanted the kids to be able to attend the program next week and it starts bright and early Monday morning :)
Thursday, June 30, 2011
a better week
I can't believe how much better this past week has been. CO is still defiant...but he seemed to be less so. He wasn't perfect and had his moments...but really it seemed like it was a nicer week.
The social worker (SW) called to say that J's visits are being extended to 3 hours to accomodate BM whom has shown up (doesn't have a fixed address but seems to be in the area). It seems CAS has to accomodate her as in court this month they are giving the grandparents time to aquire legal council in order to fight CAS's application for crown wardship. I knew going into this that it was going to be a long ordeal and that there were no guarantees that in the end the courts would grant crownwardship. So instead he is going to be gone for 5 hours every other friday (2 hours being travel time). I need to ask the SW what happens if BM decides to disappear again, if he will come home an hour early or if the grandparents will just have him the extra hour.
In the meantime J is a joy and blessing...who is starting to show his temper :). He is 17 months old and is picking up sign language quite quickly. This week he used three signs in a row to ask for more milk (he signed more, milk, please). I need to expand my knowledge of signs so that I can continue to add to his. It is SO nice when he uses his signs to communicate his desires rather than his squeal. His eating is getting better too! this past week he willingly picked up some cooked vegetable chunks and ate them :) sounds crazy but it is true! He is still a crazy picky eater but I can count on him eating SO much more than I could in the begining. He is up to 24.5lbs. He is working on puzzles and will stack blocks a few high (and then knock them down). I invested in a wood block animal puzzle (it has four blocks and a box they fit into). He doesn't try to form the animal but he spent a good 30-45 minutes practicing and mastering fitting the blocks into the box. He LOVES water and often will try pulling off his own clothes and try to climb into the bathtub when I am in the bathroom.
Speaking of bathroom....mine is almost done! I have a toilet and a working tub. My first bath wasn't as grand as I had planned...but when I return from being at the cottage this next week my relaxing, hot bath with my glass of wine and candles await me :)
The social worker (SW) called to say that J's visits are being extended to 3 hours to accomodate BM whom has shown up (doesn't have a fixed address but seems to be in the area). It seems CAS has to accomodate her as in court this month they are giving the grandparents time to aquire legal council in order to fight CAS's application for crown wardship. I knew going into this that it was going to be a long ordeal and that there were no guarantees that in the end the courts would grant crownwardship. So instead he is going to be gone for 5 hours every other friday (2 hours being travel time). I need to ask the SW what happens if BM decides to disappear again, if he will come home an hour early or if the grandparents will just have him the extra hour.
In the meantime J is a joy and blessing...who is starting to show his temper :). He is 17 months old and is picking up sign language quite quickly. This week he used three signs in a row to ask for more milk (he signed more, milk, please). I need to expand my knowledge of signs so that I can continue to add to his. It is SO nice when he uses his signs to communicate his desires rather than his squeal. His eating is getting better too! this past week he willingly picked up some cooked vegetable chunks and ate them :) sounds crazy but it is true! He is still a crazy picky eater but I can count on him eating SO much more than I could in the begining. He is up to 24.5lbs. He is working on puzzles and will stack blocks a few high (and then knock them down). I invested in a wood block animal puzzle (it has four blocks and a box they fit into). He doesn't try to form the animal but he spent a good 30-45 minutes practicing and mastering fitting the blocks into the box. He LOVES water and often will try pulling off his own clothes and try to climb into the bathtub when I am in the bathroom.
Speaking of bathroom....mine is almost done! I have a toilet and a working tub. My first bath wasn't as grand as I had planned...but when I return from being at the cottage this next week my relaxing, hot bath with my glass of wine and candles await me :)
Friday, June 24, 2011
cottage...week 1
My plan this summer is to try to spend every other week at the cottage. It is a lovely peaceful place on a Christian campground. It is a safe place for kids to be. I can know that CO is at the park on the next street over and I don't have to be there with him. (It is really quite close and I just have to walk a little down the street and I can see the park). CO can ride his bike and I don't have to worry.
We just got home from our first week at the cottage. Did I mention that the cottage is 12x24 feet big :) and two stories tall. It has a kitchen, sitting room and bedroom. Upstairs is wall to wall mattresses with walking space between and some shelving. It is sort of divided into three rooms upstairs. We can and have fit a lot of people in this little building and it works...more effectively in nice weather...less so in rainy weather. I remember one summer it was raining and the kids set up all the barbies in the back of my pick up truck and played back there for part of the afternoon. :)
Our week this past week was good. We didn't get there until Tuesday night as I had a staff meeting Tuesday afternoon. We made it to the pool once. It rained all three nights. The first night was a small thunder & lightning storm, the second was a severe thunder & lightning storm and the last it just rained. Night two CO FREAKED out (part of it was being tired, part of it was the sound of the major storm on the steel roof above his head) and ended up sleeping in my bed. Needless to say we didn't fall asleep until 1130pm and he was still up at 6am. UG. Most people don't believe me that he is incapable of sleeping in. He only catches up on his sleep by his afternoon naps. Overall we had a successful week. There were lessons to be learned...like you aren't allowed to take off with your 1 year old brother to the park without mommy.
Today was the hardest day. It was rainy and blah outside and I was trying to keep them inside on the most part. J was not in a good mood (maybe coming down with something) and was more irritated by CO's actions and was very fussy. I was handing out lots of time-outs for CO and finally mid morning J just went back to bed, the rain stopped and CO and I went for a small walk down the street. We watched one of the maintenance guys repairing the road after a washout and CO was fascinated and full of questions. CO had a LONG nap in the afternoon so that probably accounted for part of his rough morning. tired. I just get SO fed up by him hitting, kicking and shoving. Myself and J. And he seems to do it more when tired. and hungry. It is a fine line.
Now we are home. J is at respite for the weekend and I am officially unpacked. (my least favorite part about going away and I usually drag it out for days)
CO is tucked in bed and heading to the trailer in the morning with my parents...me...I should be getting ready for work...instead I type :) and catch up reading blogs.
my less than a year old laptop is caput. I would love to send it away for repairs (warranty) unfortunately I am having to wait for a dumb postal strike to be over. So in the mean time I manage with occasionally borrowing mom's computer in the evening (after the kids are in bed). It would SURE be nice to have mine back and in working condition...so far I am not going to have my hopes up to have it functional this summer. It is supposed to take 2-3 weeks after I send it away and in the meantime I am stuck with not being able to even send it...here is to hoping the Canadian Government forces the postal workers back to work!! (I know selfish of me...)
We just got home from our first week at the cottage. Did I mention that the cottage is 12x24 feet big :) and two stories tall. It has a kitchen, sitting room and bedroom. Upstairs is wall to wall mattresses with walking space between and some shelving. It is sort of divided into three rooms upstairs. We can and have fit a lot of people in this little building and it works...more effectively in nice weather...less so in rainy weather. I remember one summer it was raining and the kids set up all the barbies in the back of my pick up truck and played back there for part of the afternoon. :)
Our week this past week was good. We didn't get there until Tuesday night as I had a staff meeting Tuesday afternoon. We made it to the pool once. It rained all three nights. The first night was a small thunder & lightning storm, the second was a severe thunder & lightning storm and the last it just rained. Night two CO FREAKED out (part of it was being tired, part of it was the sound of the major storm on the steel roof above his head) and ended up sleeping in my bed. Needless to say we didn't fall asleep until 1130pm and he was still up at 6am. UG. Most people don't believe me that he is incapable of sleeping in. He only catches up on his sleep by his afternoon naps. Overall we had a successful week. There were lessons to be learned...like you aren't allowed to take off with your 1 year old brother to the park without mommy.
Today was the hardest day. It was rainy and blah outside and I was trying to keep them inside on the most part. J was not in a good mood (maybe coming down with something) and was more irritated by CO's actions and was very fussy. I was handing out lots of time-outs for CO and finally mid morning J just went back to bed, the rain stopped and CO and I went for a small walk down the street. We watched one of the maintenance guys repairing the road after a washout and CO was fascinated and full of questions. CO had a LONG nap in the afternoon so that probably accounted for part of his rough morning. tired. I just get SO fed up by him hitting, kicking and shoving. Myself and J. And he seems to do it more when tired. and hungry. It is a fine line.
Now we are home. J is at respite for the weekend and I am officially unpacked. (my least favorite part about going away and I usually drag it out for days)
CO is tucked in bed and heading to the trailer in the morning with my parents...me...I should be getting ready for work...instead I type :) and catch up reading blogs.
my less than a year old laptop is caput. I would love to send it away for repairs (warranty) unfortunately I am having to wait for a dumb postal strike to be over. So in the mean time I manage with occasionally borrowing mom's computer in the evening (after the kids are in bed). It would SURE be nice to have mine back and in working condition...so far I am not going to have my hopes up to have it functional this summer. It is supposed to take 2-3 weeks after I send it away and in the meantime I am stuck with not being able to even send it...here is to hoping the Canadian Government forces the postal workers back to work!! (I know selfish of me...)
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Prayer for a strong willed child
Prayer for a Strong-Willed Child
When parents bring one of these tough youngsters into the world, they need to recognize that while raising that child may be difficult for a time, it is worth their effort to do the job right. Their attitude should be, "The Lord gave me this challenging child for a purpose. He wants me to mold and shape this youngster and prepare him or her for a life of service to Him. And I'm up to the task. I'm going to make it with the Lord's help." That's the healthy way of looking at parenting when the pressure is on.
I am convinced that there is no other true source of confidence in parenting. There is not enough knowledge in the books, mine or anyone else's, to counteract the evil that surrounds our kids today. We must bathe them in fervent prayer when we are in our prayer closet, saying words similar to these:
"Lord, You know my inadequacies. You know my weaknesses, not only in parenting, but in every area of my life. I'm doing the best I can to raise my kids properly, but it may not be good enough. As You provided the fish and the loaves to feed the five thousand hungry people, now take my meager effort and use it to bless my family. Make up for the things I do wrong. Satisfy the needs that I have not met. Compensate for my blunders and mistakes. Wrap Your great arms around my children, and draw them close to You. And be there when they stand at the great crossroads between right and wrong. All I can give them is my best, and I will continue to do that. I submit them to You now and rededicate myself to the task You have placed before me. The outcome rests securely in Your hands."
I've found that God is faithful, as a loving Father, to hear and answer that cry of the heart. Turn to Him for solace when you've reached the end of your rope. He will be there to comfort you and work within the soul of your beloved child.
Adapted from The New Strong-Willed Child by Dr. James C. Dobson. Copyright © 2004, Tyndale House Pubishers. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
When parents bring one of these tough youngsters into the world, they need to recognize that while raising that child may be difficult for a time, it is worth their effort to do the job right. Their attitude should be, "The Lord gave me this challenging child for a purpose. He wants me to mold and shape this youngster and prepare him or her for a life of service to Him. And I'm up to the task. I'm going to make it with the Lord's help." That's the healthy way of looking at parenting when the pressure is on.
I am convinced that there is no other true source of confidence in parenting. There is not enough knowledge in the books, mine or anyone else's, to counteract the evil that surrounds our kids today. We must bathe them in fervent prayer when we are in our prayer closet, saying words similar to these:
"Lord, You know my inadequacies. You know my weaknesses, not only in parenting, but in every area of my life. I'm doing the best I can to raise my kids properly, but it may not be good enough. As You provided the fish and the loaves to feed the five thousand hungry people, now take my meager effort and use it to bless my family. Make up for the things I do wrong. Satisfy the needs that I have not met. Compensate for my blunders and mistakes. Wrap Your great arms around my children, and draw them close to You. And be there when they stand at the great crossroads between right and wrong. All I can give them is my best, and I will continue to do that. I submit them to You now and rededicate myself to the task You have placed before me. The outcome rests securely in Your hands."
I've found that God is faithful, as a loving Father, to hear and answer that cry of the heart. Turn to Him for solace when you've reached the end of your rope. He will be there to comfort you and work within the soul of your beloved child.
Adapted from The New Strong-Willed Child by Dr. James C. Dobson. Copyright © 2004, Tyndale House Pubishers. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Fridays...
Most people LOVE Fridays. It means thier last day of work for the week and a lovely weekend ahead of them. Me...Friday means my last day off and I head into work just before midnight. I don't dread that it is Friday as it means that I get to enter a different stressful environment than being with my son and it gives me a break from him so that by the end of my shift I am ready to return to the trenches of parenting for anther week. :) Not that he is ALL bad...he is just very trying and testing these last couple of weeks. I know it is probably associated with the fact that Grandpa was in and out of the hospital and is still recovering and because he had to double check where he fits in the world now that J is around and that we have not spent much time in our own house due to the bathroom reno so his routine is all mixed up. My CO has returned to the kicking, hitting and screaming stage of life...oh joy! Some days I SO want to ship him to Dr. James Dobson. One particularly trying day I looked at him and wondered if we were having such a bad day because he is three...or because his biomom took something while pregnant and this is just him....the second option scared the crap out of me as I just don't know if I have the energy to always be battling with him over every single thing. He is already over 50lbs at 3...I can't imagine how hard it would be to lug him to his bedroom at 10 with him having a full blown temper tantrum! PLEASE Jesus let this be a phase!
ANYWAY back to Fridays...well every other Friday J is picked up by a CAS driver and taken for a 2 hour visit with some of his family. Since moving in with me, he has had three of these visits. Each time they have sent him home in a size 6 diaper (he wears a size 3 and there are a minimum of 3 sent each time in his diaper bag). Each of these visits he comes home so wired that he doesn't nap all day (which is odd as most days he is still napping twice). The last two visits we fought diarrhea for the rest of the day. I am not sure WHAT they are feeding him or if the visits are just stressful for him...but I dread Friday afternoons! Because I am usually fighting with a tired little boy trying to get him to sleep or am up to my elbows in soiled laundry. Yesterday they sent him home in a size 6 diaper ON BACKWARDS!!! let me tell you that a diaper that is three sizes too big and on backwards holds NOTHING in. There was a mess everywhere. I am SO frustrated with his family because I get so little accomplished after he visits them and J is SO 'off' the rest of the day.
The one good thing about the visits is that CO and I get to spend a few hours together just the two of us. We went to the library and the park today. It was nice. In the future I need to make sure I am really on the ball so that we are heading out or starting our fun time right away when J is picked up by the driver. Speaking of the driver...the one who brought J home this time put some of her iced tea in a sippy cup for him to drink on the drive home. ICED TEA!!! you know the beverage full of sugar and caffine...the perfect thing to feed a 16 month old!!! I pointed out that there was a bottle in the side pocket of his bag...so I dont' know if J's upset stomach today was from the ice tea, the visit or something else. I just hope that after a good night's sleep tonight he is feeling much better...I'd feel SO bad if he was sick at the respite's home.
ANYWAY back to Fridays...well every other Friday J is picked up by a CAS driver and taken for a 2 hour visit with some of his family. Since moving in with me, he has had three of these visits. Each time they have sent him home in a size 6 diaper (he wears a size 3 and there are a minimum of 3 sent each time in his diaper bag). Each of these visits he comes home so wired that he doesn't nap all day (which is odd as most days he is still napping twice). The last two visits we fought diarrhea for the rest of the day. I am not sure WHAT they are feeding him or if the visits are just stressful for him...but I dread Friday afternoons! Because I am usually fighting with a tired little boy trying to get him to sleep or am up to my elbows in soiled laundry. Yesterday they sent him home in a size 6 diaper ON BACKWARDS!!! let me tell you that a diaper that is three sizes too big and on backwards holds NOTHING in. There was a mess everywhere. I am SO frustrated with his family because I get so little accomplished after he visits them and J is SO 'off' the rest of the day.
The one good thing about the visits is that CO and I get to spend a few hours together just the two of us. We went to the library and the park today. It was nice. In the future I need to make sure I am really on the ball so that we are heading out or starting our fun time right away when J is picked up by the driver. Speaking of the driver...the one who brought J home this time put some of her iced tea in a sippy cup for him to drink on the drive home. ICED TEA!!! you know the beverage full of sugar and caffine...the perfect thing to feed a 16 month old!!! I pointed out that there was a bottle in the side pocket of his bag...so I dont' know if J's upset stomach today was from the ice tea, the visit or something else. I just hope that after a good night's sleep tonight he is feeling much better...I'd feel SO bad if he was sick at the respite's home.
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