I’ve known for a long time that cold has an effect on Gus: The colder it gets, the more hyperactive he gets. This knowledge allows us to prepare accordingly so that we avoid things like 3 am wake-ups. His teacher knows to expect that he’ll need more sensory input than usual, I know to expect difficult [...]
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Good afternoon, reader! It’s a beautiful, rainy day here but that will not stop us from being grateful that we’re still breathing, right? Of course not! Here’s what I’m feeling thankful for today: I am thankful that my finger is almost better (at least I’m telling myself it is because then I can ignore all [...] image from Wikimedia Commons God (or Goddess or who or whatever you believe is calling the shots) has a sense of humor. I am convinced of this for many reasons, but today I think it is because when Gus was being formed in my tummy, God decided to take every quirk – from me, my husband, [...] Last summer I read a book called Kids, Parents and Power Struggles by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka. While I don’t typically read a lot of parenting books, this one stuck with me. Kurcinka talks a bit about temperament and personality types, and what I found most interesting was that some of the extreme manifestations of [...] |
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