Someone should really warn people about how hard parenting can be. You really just focus on the physical exhaustion in the beginning. The sleepless nights, diapers and constant vigilance. So in some ways it gets easier. Most nights they don't wake me up anymore. But today Micah got a note sent home saying "Micah seems to have lost focus lately, anything going on I should know about?" This is from the teacher who we have had ongoing conversations about, Micah's mood, ADD etc. She disagrees with us and thinks he just lacks motivation. Now we've spent about $1000 and many hours. We have recommendation letters from a psychiatrist, psychologist and a pediatrician that say he needs educational testing and an IEP. Soooo when the teacher says anything going on that I should know about....I want to say" yeah, you know that testing we asked for months ago, we still need it!!!! "So in his journal I wrote, just the same issues we've been dealing with for months! But then I wrote a formal letter to the principal, teacher, counselor and school psychologist once again requesting educational testing.
Then Noah tells me that he missed recess because he talked back. And when I told him he couldn't do that or I'd ground him from after school play. He proceeded to say he wished the recess helpers were dead and I was dead. So everything he's asked me for this eve. my response has been, "dead mom's can't tie balloons, dead moms can't get you a drink, dead moms can't get you a snack. "So he says "you talk about dead too much." Maybe he got the point.
And then to top it all off Noah and Jadon decided to water the dirt. They came in covered in mud. And since Jadon knew he was going to get in trouble, he didn't bother to come in and go to the bathroom, so I was cleaning up mud and poop. What a mess.
I say to Kevin someone should have told us how hard parenting is. And his response is "we have a lot easier then some parents....and a lot harder then others.(pure Kevin wisdom) Pretty soon they'll be headed off to college and we'll be missing them. "I couldn't help but add "or to prison!!"
Then Noah tells me that he missed recess because he talked back. And when I told him he couldn't do that or I'd ground him from after school play. He proceeded to say he wished the recess helpers were dead and I was dead. So everything he's asked me for this eve. my response has been, "dead mom's can't tie balloons, dead moms can't get you a drink, dead moms can't get you a snack. "So he says "you talk about dead too much." Maybe he got the point.
And then to top it all off Noah and Jadon decided to water the dirt. They came in covered in mud. And since Jadon knew he was going to get in trouble, he didn't bother to come in and go to the bathroom, so I was cleaning up mud and poop. What a mess.
I say to Kevin someone should have told us how hard parenting is. And his response is "we have a lot easier then some parents....and a lot harder then others.(pure Kevin wisdom) Pretty soon they'll be headed off to college and we'll be missing them. "I couldn't help but add "or to prison!!"
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I always say that parenting is the the second hardest thing I've ever done in my life. Being married is the first!!! When I have days like that I wonder why I don't drink or do drugs but then I remember that food is my drug. Not funny but true. Hopefully tomorrow will be one of those days when being a parent is fun and easy. Well....we can dream anyway.
Yes. I'm reading ALL of your blog. This one in particular made me smile. I guess Chris and I KNOW how tough that job is and have decided not to submit a resume--Dalisa
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