Comments on: Perfectly in the Middle http://www.parham.org/2008/01/05/perfectly-in-the-middle Thoughts on Down syndrome, life, and other stuff Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:32:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: SGillar http://www.parham.org/2008/01/05/perfectly-in-the-middle/comment-page-1#comment-7604 SGillar Sun, 03 Feb 2008 14:00:02 +0000 http://www.parham.org/2008/01/05/perfectly-in-the-middle#comment-7604 With my non-special needs child (thought who really knows), I have similar issues as he just turned 2. What a pain in the butt he can be! This morning, as with most mornings, has him waking up next to me, whiny, crying, demanding, a cookie. And I reply we can have breakfast, so he kicks me. Mind you, he's not really awake and his eyes aren't even open, but who wants this to wake you up? My 5 year old never did anything like this. So, is it my 2 year old, or is there something special about him making him different? Regardless, it's a pain. Of course we feed him, the night before, so he can't always be hungry for the amount of times this happens. I am thinking that it is possible it would be nice to know that my child DID have a special need to take some of the pressure off of me. I'm saying this not knowing fully what that means, and I am sure that the pressure off from that would just be replaced by another pressure and other emotions, but still, in that one example, it would be nice to know that there could be a reason for the behavior. So, maybe you and I aren't not so different and most likely our children are kind of at the same age where communication is a freakin Issue and they just get pissed about it. Dammit, Mo says, I am hungry, what does a 2 year old have to DO around here to get some food?! Or, Mom I was fine with my new school for so long but there are these new things there that kind of make me a little shy and I just need some Mommy to help me over the hump. I think when they start talking - things will be a lot better. Reminds me about how when they show families in movies or tv shows or even books, it's almost never with really young children. The horror of it, and the boringness of it, just would not sell. Meanwhile, back to the cocktail and the comfort of our friends and spouses. With my non-special needs child (thought who really knows), I have similar issues as he just turned 2. What a pain in the butt he can be! This morning, as with most mornings, has him waking up next to me, whiny, crying, demanding, a cookie. And I reply we can have breakfast, so he kicks me. Mind you, he’s not really awake and his eyes aren’t even open, but who wants this to wake you up? My 5 year old never did anything like this. So, is it my 2 year old, or is there something special about him making him different? Regardless, it’s a pain.
Of course we feed him, the night before, so he can’t always be hungry for the amount of times this happens. I am thinking that it is possible it would be nice to know that my child DID have a special need to take some of the pressure off of me. I’m saying this not knowing fully what that means, and I am sure that the pressure off from that would just be replaced by another pressure and other emotions, but still, in that one example, it would be nice to know that there could be a reason for the behavior.

So, maybe you and I aren’t not so different and most likely our children are kind of at the same age where communication is a freakin Issue and they just get pissed about it. Dammit, Mo says, I am hungry, what does a 2 year old have to DO around here to get some food?! Or, Mom I was fine with my new school for so long but there are these new things there that kind of make me a little shy and I just need some Mommy to help me over the hump.

I think when they start talking – things will be a lot better.

Reminds me about how when they show families in movies or tv shows or even books, it’s almost never with really young children. The horror of it, and the boringness of it, just would not sell.

Meanwhile, back to the cocktail and the comfort of our friends and spouses.

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