These last few weeks have taken a toll on me and my batteries are drained! So much that I have NO patience for my head strong, curious, defiant 3 1/2 year old. My parents refused to take him this weekend so I fortunatly was able to send him to the same family that looks after J on weekends.
I think he is displaying jealousy towards J but at the same time he is always wanting J around to be with. If J is sleeping, he will wake him up. He doesn't understand that J needs more sleep (especially since J was under the weather this past week).
I am constantly talking with CO about making choices, consequences and how he needs to choose my way over his. It is SO trying! How do I get my almost 4 year old to desire to obey? Sometimes I fear that this is not a 'stage' but a result of possibly being exposed to some drug or alcohol while in utero...and I don't know if I have the energy to handle him being this way or worse for ever...being tired doesn't help with my feelings on this! Having a ray of hope that this is a 'stage' is what I SO desire.
Sometimes I wish Dr James Dobson offered a boot camp for parents and thier strong willed children!
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Thursday, June 9, 2011
CO and his wagon...
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
the case of the missing dish detergent aka bubbles of fun
CO got ahold of a bottle of dish soap that the Pathfinders forgot to put away this past weekend after thier camp. All these bubbles are just from the two boys going down the slide...they had SO much fun. When J would stand up the breeze would blow a giant bubble between his legs. I totally had to rinse them off after they got out...and I didn't even need to bath them.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
update
My Dad is home and doing SO much better! His recovery is still a long one but it is nice to see him SO SO SO much better than last week.
My laptop is dead. My new laptop. New this past fall. So I have to ship it away to be repaired. :( NO FUN. In the meantime I have some access to my mother's computer but it is amazing how much one can miss thier own computer..I just wish I had access to my one email account.
Someone brought us supper tonight...SO appreciated!
Now the challenge of 'hanging out' at my parent's house during the day while my bathroom is being renovated and keeping the boys 'quiet' and 'well behaved' so that they don't disturb my father or destroy my mother's house.
My laptop is dead. My new laptop. New this past fall. So I have to ship it away to be repaired. :( NO FUN. In the meantime I have some access to my mother's computer but it is amazing how much one can miss thier own computer..I just wish I had access to my one email account.
Someone brought us supper tonight...SO appreciated!
Now the challenge of 'hanging out' at my parent's house during the day while my bathroom is being renovated and keeping the boys 'quiet' and 'well behaved' so that they don't disturb my father or destroy my mother's house.
Monday, June 6, 2011
help...
Do you know of someone or have you used 'Come Sit By Me' curriculum by Cyndy Regeling
it is supposed to be similar to FIAR but instead it uses all Canadian literature. I am interested in learning more about it but I am having troubles finding more information on it and any reviews from families who have used it.
it is supposed to be similar to FIAR but instead it uses all Canadian literature. I am interested in learning more about it but I am having troubles finding more information on it and any reviews from families who have used it.
Sunday, June 5, 2011
crazy weekend..
It was a LONG weekend for me...Thursday some of my Pathfinders camped out because our annual camp was on the weekend and they were in charge. Most of Thursday was dedicated to last minute preparations (as well as spending some good time with my 'boys' before the weekend as I knew that it would be a crazy busy weekend with an expected 41 people camping out in the backyard)
Friday morning J went to his supervised visit with his grandparents. He once again did not nap the rest of the day and was a miserable grump that wanted to be carried all afternoon and evening. Not an easy feat when you are setting up and starting a camp. I went to bed that night wondering why my left hip was aching so much and then I remembered that I was holding J for so many hours :)
Saturday late morning we were greeted by a thunder storm and had to quickly decide on a plan B of activities which ended up bringing everyone into my sunroom to work on crafts. It was a tight fit expecially with a dog crate, two sets of bookshelves, my bathroom vanity and a train table. But we waited out the storm and within a few hours the weather had turned nice again and we were able to send everyone back outside to resume the camp activities.
Sunday morning my mother quickly arrived home from the trailer to drop off my sister and take my father to emerg. It seems he deteriorated VERY quickly over the weekend and was to the point that he couldn't hold a conversation or even walk. They did a CT scan on him and decided that he was bleeding on the brain again and was going to need some intervention medically. He was transfered to Hamilton General where they drilled into his head and put in a drain. He came out of surgery SO MUCH BETTER! He is in less pain and has gained back his long term memory. He can't remember anything from the past week and they are hoping that he will be fully recovered in the next few days. His headache still will exist but it won't be as painful as it has been this past week.
Mom is home.
My brother is at the hospital with my dad.
The campers have all gone home.
And there is only a few hints of camp left for me to deal with (the biggest being a trailer of craft supplies that need sorting but that is no rush).
Overall camp was a success and I am glad my father is on the mend. Fortuantely this intervention should help his recovery go much quicker...though he still has a long road ahead of him.
Me, I am happy that camp in my backyard only happens once a year!
Friday morning J went to his supervised visit with his grandparents. He once again did not nap the rest of the day and was a miserable grump that wanted to be carried all afternoon and evening. Not an easy feat when you are setting up and starting a camp. I went to bed that night wondering why my left hip was aching so much and then I remembered that I was holding J for so many hours :)
Saturday late morning we were greeted by a thunder storm and had to quickly decide on a plan B of activities which ended up bringing everyone into my sunroom to work on crafts. It was a tight fit expecially with a dog crate, two sets of bookshelves, my bathroom vanity and a train table. But we waited out the storm and within a few hours the weather had turned nice again and we were able to send everyone back outside to resume the camp activities.
Sunday morning my mother quickly arrived home from the trailer to drop off my sister and take my father to emerg. It seems he deteriorated VERY quickly over the weekend and was to the point that he couldn't hold a conversation or even walk. They did a CT scan on him and decided that he was bleeding on the brain again and was going to need some intervention medically. He was transfered to Hamilton General where they drilled into his head and put in a drain. He came out of surgery SO MUCH BETTER! He is in less pain and has gained back his long term memory. He can't remember anything from the past week and they are hoping that he will be fully recovered in the next few days. His headache still will exist but it won't be as painful as it has been this past week.
Mom is home.
My brother is at the hospital with my dad.
The campers have all gone home.
And there is only a few hints of camp left for me to deal with (the biggest being a trailer of craft supplies that need sorting but that is no rush).
Overall camp was a success and I am glad my father is on the mend. Fortuantely this intervention should help his recovery go much quicker...though he still has a long road ahead of him.
Me, I am happy that camp in my backyard only happens once a year!
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
today is the day!!!
This morning my father is being released from the hospital. It is a long drive home. Please pray for him as both motion and light make him feel worse...nothing like a long car ride after a brain injury!
Monday, May 30, 2011
Monday...
My Dad has almost been in the hospital a week. The doctors did a second CT scan and it showed that the blood clot/bleed in his brain is receeding. Last night was his first good night since being in the hospital. All other nights he either missed a pain med or he did something silly like sneeze and it would take him most of the day to get his pain level back to a 7 out of 10.
If things continue to progress he will be discharged from the hospital in Sudbury on Wednesday.
He will be at home for a few months recovering. He isn't allowed to drive for atleast a month. He is fortunate that another man was around to see it happen and call for medical help right away. My dad delivers to grocery stores at night and where his accident happened was in a dark parkinglot and nobody would have found him until morning.
So please continue to pray for him and the long road of recovery that he has ahead of him.
(Jay I took the password feature off the comments so hopefully you can get it to work now)
J's eating has been SO much better this past week. I guess he realised that I am just going to keep giving him stuff. He still won't eat a vegetable that is cut up in little chunks and put in front of him, but I did discover that he will eat baby food vegetables from a jar. I keep hiding puree veggies in his yogurt and applesauce. But I'd like him to get to the point where he will pick up a vegetable and eat it. I'd like to not always have to hide them. Tonight at supper he willingly ate some corn. I fed some frozen kernals to him first and then he ate some cooked ones. His fruit is expanding as well. He will now eat kiwi, mango & plum. Hopefully he realises that I am just going to keep serving him so he might aswell give them a try and learn to love them :)
CO on the other hand has had a bit of a rougher week. I think having my dad in the hospital, us camping out at my mom's during the day due to the bathroom renovated and no longer being an only child is all part of it. I've been SO busy with camp plans, trying to stay on top of messes and looking after J that a lot of our routine has just gone out the window. We seem to be in survive mode these days rather that thrive mode...so I am going to try to put J on a more solid schedule and have him go down for his morning nap around 10:30 and then CO and I can do some special stuff together until lunch and CO will then have his nap around 1:00. If I am lucky they will overlap thier naps by an hour so I can have some peace, but then J wakes up and we are able to do some stuff together until CO gets up.
well I need to go...my blessing, CO, is requiring my attention and a neighbour is on his way over to see if he can put up the sunshade on the front deck.
If things continue to progress he will be discharged from the hospital in Sudbury on Wednesday.
He will be at home for a few months recovering. He isn't allowed to drive for atleast a month. He is fortunate that another man was around to see it happen and call for medical help right away. My dad delivers to grocery stores at night and where his accident happened was in a dark parkinglot and nobody would have found him until morning.
So please continue to pray for him and the long road of recovery that he has ahead of him.
(Jay I took the password feature off the comments so hopefully you can get it to work now)
J's eating has been SO much better this past week. I guess he realised that I am just going to keep giving him stuff. He still won't eat a vegetable that is cut up in little chunks and put in front of him, but I did discover that he will eat baby food vegetables from a jar. I keep hiding puree veggies in his yogurt and applesauce. But I'd like him to get to the point where he will pick up a vegetable and eat it. I'd like to not always have to hide them. Tonight at supper he willingly ate some corn. I fed some frozen kernals to him first and then he ate some cooked ones. His fruit is expanding as well. He will now eat kiwi, mango & plum. Hopefully he realises that I am just going to keep serving him so he might aswell give them a try and learn to love them :)
CO on the other hand has had a bit of a rougher week. I think having my dad in the hospital, us camping out at my mom's during the day due to the bathroom renovated and no longer being an only child is all part of it. I've been SO busy with camp plans, trying to stay on top of messes and looking after J that a lot of our routine has just gone out the window. We seem to be in survive mode these days rather that thrive mode...so I am going to try to put J on a more solid schedule and have him go down for his morning nap around 10:30 and then CO and I can do some special stuff together until lunch and CO will then have his nap around 1:00. If I am lucky they will overlap thier naps by an hour so I can have some peace, but then J wakes up and we are able to do some stuff together until CO gets up.
well I need to go...my blessing, CO, is requiring my attention and a neighbour is on his way over to see if he can put up the sunshade on the front deck.
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