Illnesses

We spent thanksgiving and Christmas with my son being sick with a virus and pink eye. Once he started getting better, I went down with a sinus infection and ear infection. Today I am still down (5wks later). I haven't had an ear infection since I was 10 or so... And trust me, I DO NOT miss them!!!!!! Might as well get this out of my system so I can get on with 2014!!!!!

A child's pain

How do you convince a 16-year old that his BFF is only moving 30 minutes away... Not around the world?

She accepts him for who he is and they hang out, laugh, talk, be serious and be silly.

He is heartbroken. I am also.

The hardest part of being a mom is seeing your child in pain.

Limits

I can only make suggestions on what you should or shouldn't do. I can't hold your hand 24/7 so I guess you are on your own.

I want to help you find happiness and be content but I guess I need to let you live and learn. I, too, have been at this junction and I had to make decisions also.

I want you to be happy and not get hurt but you need to make your own choices.

I wish I could help, but its a decision you have to make.

He's driving me nuts

My son and I are leaving for a trip tomorrow. He's driving me crazy. I'm trying to pack. He's got his music blaring. I go in the living room to watch TV. He follows me and sits there with me. I go back in my room. He goes to his and continues to pack with his music on. We have done this lead/follow thing at least 3x in the last 2 hours.

He is driving me nuts!!!!!!!

My son's journey

My son has struggled with his weight. This has been an issue of frustration in our house. We saw a new psych this week. She spoke with him about many things including his weight frustration. Tonight I took him out to dinner and his choices were amazing. I was proud of him. Then he brought food home. We went for frozen yogurt and he took a smaller portion than usual.... with less toppings. I hope this keeps rolling. I want to see him happy.

Realization

Today our doctor told me that I have done a good job raising my son, after talking with him for 1/2 hour. Made me feel good.

Confrontation on eating

My son is my life. I love him to death, the only problem is that he has gained weight. I am afraid, that due to our family history, his weight might not go away as easy as it came.

When I try to talk to him about eating habits, he gets really frustrated and confrontational, almost like I am attacking him. I am trying to talk to him from a mom's point of view and the view of someone who has battled food.

He gets defensive and doesn't want to hear it, but he does.

I watch him, he is self-conscious, but also is just his quiet self. I don't want him to suffer like I did and I am completely at a loss on how to talk to him. I want him to be healthy and happy. I don't want him to go through what I have suffered with.

How do I confront him and talk to him without him getting so upset with me? I want him to understand that I am trying to help him.

Any suggestions for a mom in a corner... mentally...

cooking

If your child decides they want to go culinary, make sure you have a big kitchen and a dishwasher!

Just saying....

my son... my shadow... my chattered

I love my child, but he does not understand the theory of "personal space".
He follows me around the house, he chatters (almost nonstop at times), he talks to himself, he narrates, to me, everything he does, etc.
He is very sweet, caring, and kind~hearted, but there are moments when I just want a personal bubble with a one mile radius!
I love him... Just asking for a silent personal bubble of even an hour!

sick and hoarse

Have you noticed..

The more hoarse or more congested a child is...

Is directly proportional to

The amount the child talks...

The more funny-sounding, the more chatter...

Anyone else experience this?

Only as Mom-cool as my son thinks I am

I try to be a mom who isn't boring... or an embarrassment to my child, but eventually (I know) the time WILL come. But right now, he still thinks I'm cool and I am fine with that.

My son was hanging out with his friends one day and they got into the regular conversation of how old their parents are (surprise!) One of the boys was telling his mom's age. My son added in with my age. His friend then replied that he thought I was in my 30's. That was sweet... But my son had to point out my EXACT age... which is okay... because I don't feel my age... or feel I look my age... or even always act my age.

Anyway... I have driven my sports cars. I do NOT wear polyester. I listen to heavy metal, country, and even rap music. I color my hair. I let my son keep his hair longer. I don't make him clean his plate. I work out at the gym with him. We play laser tag. We go to a local store and paint ceramics. We go out to eat and go for sushi. If he wants something special from the grocery store, I buy it. We put a pool up in our yard in the summer. We drive with the windows down and the bass up. We go for frozen yogurt. I have tattoos and many piercings (even my belly button). I still wear a two-piece swim suit. He enjoys the office supply store like I do. We have done martial arts together. We have done homework together. I still throw him birthday parties with his friends, my friends, and food. We go to video game stores. I know how to play PacMan and can try to play Mario and Sonic. My friends enjoy hanging with my son... and my son enjoys hanging with my friends.

He still seems to think I am (at least) "kinda" cool. I try. As long as he doesn't mind hanging with me, I'm fine with that. I admit... I can be a dork... and I admit... so can he... so we are both good with that.

 

Is My Child a Morning Person??

Mama Kat's Writing Prompt... Is your child a morning person?

Oh yes, most definitely... morning person all the way.

I am bad... if I sleep past 6am, then something is wrong. He is the same. He is up early and ready to go. He even manages to wake and then wake everyone else up, to find out what we want for breakfast. Even when he stays at his friend's house, he is a slumber party's worst nightmare... they stay up till 2 or 3 am and he is still up by 6 (7 at the latest). Everyone else sleeps in... but not him.

His normal time on Saturday is about 6:30 or 7:00 am. He makes coffee and then starts asking what we want for breakfast. He is willing to go all out -pancakes, fried eggs, toast, coffee... you name it, he'll accommodate.

During the week, he gets up with me at 5am and gets his shower and makes breakfast before seeing me off to work.

I am glad he's a morning person, but some days I wish he would just let me NOT be a morning person.

Ah... Motherhood... and Maxine....