tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600278351249979209.post7752930155065557667..comments2023-06-22T04:20:49.280-07:00Comments on happy being trevy: I survived a weekend flying solo (almost)Danielle http://www.blogger.com/profile/04484341169494632974noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600278351249979209.post-76460796268358352702010-08-06T19:31:28.047-07:002010-08-06T19:31:28.047-07:00From a single mom (going through menopause with an...From a single mom (going through menopause with an ex that is in jail AGAIN owing >150,000 in support and occasional help from older mom and busy other son)...<br /><br />I know the feeling!!! It's scary going it alone!!! <br /><br />(And I am trying to make all of you guys feel sorry for me! Sniff Sniff!)<br /><br />CyndiColbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05100340319951092104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600278351249979209.post-14363841734746534622010-08-02T16:15:44.628-07:002010-08-02T16:15:44.628-07:00No...but I have a feeling one is coming in the nea...No...but I have a feeling one is coming in the near future...<br /><br />...danielleDanielle https://www.blogger.com/profile/04484341169494632974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600278351249979209.post-26540949359796155342010-08-02T16:10:55.531-07:002010-08-02T16:10:55.531-07:00so did you go to the i pad store?so did you go to the i pad store?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600278351249979209.post-61552364929844053702010-08-02T14:07:36.124-07:002010-08-02T14:07:36.124-07:00K - I take Trevy for out patient speech at a local...K - I take Trevy for out patient speech at a local hospital and I literally had a mom say to me "so what's wrong with him...he looks normal" in a tone that was VERY condescending. Had she spent more than two minutes and a cursory overview maybe I wouldn't have had to punch her in the nose. Oh wait...that was my fantasy response. What I really said was "looks can be deceiving" as I parted his hair and smiled. <br /><br />Ugh. <br /><br />It's a post. Someday...<br /><br />In the meantime...I'm dying to get my hands on another book "My Baby Rides the Short Bus"...just the intro I read on Amazon sold me! <br /><br />...danielleDanielle https://www.blogger.com/profile/04484341169494632974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600278351249979209.post-87118140725873722892010-08-02T13:49:50.717-07:002010-08-02T13:49:50.717-07:00D - i can't string thoughts together much at t...D - i can't string thoughts together much at the moment (not sleeping well) but I feel it too, Henry looks so 'normal' running around, etc. until he starts shrieking or making weird repetitive noises (that we think are fantastic!) or not responding to people, or something else that is obviously 'not normal'.<br /><br />kt xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600278351249979209.post-26032925647336965792010-08-02T09:34:16.057-07:002010-08-02T09:34:16.057-07:00I took all three kids shopping last week and Jonat...I took all three kids shopping last week and Jonathan was amazed! :) Although sometimes Trevy is easier to manage out of the home than in. I'm wondering if boredom is a bad behavior trigger? <br /><br />At any rate...<br /><br />I think you "get" it in a way many can't. When you have a kid who on the surface looks SO typical...it's hard for others (even those with special circumstances) to wrap their minds around the pointing out of the deficits. Trevy's deficits are NOT mobility. They are cognitive. And probably because he's still SO young...it's hard for those deficits to be clearly seen. Unless you happen to be standing behind us in line at the local ice creamery...and notice me physically lifting him from his prone position multiple times...and preventing him from banging the garbage can flap over and over and over and over and over...and maybe try to ask him his name...and ask about the binky and leash...<br /><br />Although many times even those things go unnoticed. <br /><br />I worry often that people think I'm over stating things. Or that they see his cute face...which is REALLY cute...but in doing so they miss his needs. I think that's why I refer to his having half a brain so often. Because that's tangible. They can touch his scar if they don't believe me. <br /><br />There's obviously a post in those thoughts somewhere. If I can ever find the time to gather them together in a way that makes sense. <br /><br />...danielleDanielle https://www.blogger.com/profile/04484341169494632974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600278351249979209.post-37123268495141912452010-08-02T08:34:44.677-07:002010-08-02T08:34:44.677-07:00Absolutely nothing wrong with saying that Trevor i...Absolutely nothing wrong with saying that Trevor is like having 3-5 kids instead of one. Why do you think we have a Nurse's Aide (it's our state, sis...lots of benefits to living in Ohio for the disabled I guess...maybe since there is NOTHING TO DO OUT HERE)? We have her because Bennett is a handful in an of himself. Now with the new poop issues, yesterday it took three of us to change him and keep crap from getting on his hands, clothes, floor and other areas of the living room.<br /><br />It's work. A lot of work. Add two more kids in the mix? I don't know how you women do it. Jen does it a lot, takes both kids to her sister's (2.2 hours away). She's never had a night to herself since Bennett has been born I think. And yet she goes it alone without me again and again.<br /><br />Women are mentally stronger than men, I don't care what the male dominated society thinks.blogzillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08268388544631653375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600278351249979209.post-80068047116169449632010-08-02T03:38:51.268-07:002010-08-02T03:38:51.268-07:00Barbara...I didn't. Although I was hoping to g...Barbara...I didn't. Although I was hoping to go out and possibly get a pedi. Didn't happen. Jonathan came home and promptly fell asleep. He'll pay for that later! :) <br /><br />Bethany...yikes! But you'll make it! <br /><br />...danielleDanielle https://www.blogger.com/profile/04484341169494632974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600278351249979209.post-68543571741633175492010-08-02T02:31:19.753-07:002010-08-02T02:31:19.753-07:00Congratulations! We have a wedding to go to Labor ...Congratulations! We have a wedding to go to Labor Day weekend and Matt is leaving the Thursday before - me on Sunday so the boys only have to stay with my parents for one night. I'm afraid!Jacob's Mommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07290552901950729781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600278351249979209.post-89712395424080316702010-08-01T19:19:44.606-07:002010-08-01T19:19:44.606-07:00You have a "private pedi/mani/massage" s...You have a "private pedi/mani/massage" set up for Sunday evening?!<br /><br />Hoping you are past 'almost' to complete survival by now, and that the Apple store was still open. <br /><br />Barbara (both eyebrows unelevated)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com