Yea! Today is a great day. A bunch of my blogging mama friends and I have decided to regale you with some of the unexpected stories of extreme parenting. We were all chatting about the bizarre, scary, amazing and sometimes just plain crazy things that we have experienced since becoming parents. No one ever wrote … Continue reading Extreme Parenting: What the Books Never Prepared Us For
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Dear Babysitter, Special Needs is Not All Sweetness and Light
Dear babysitter who thinks because my son has special needs that means he's sweet and easy. When I told you about my son's issues during our interview, I don't think you were listening to me. You were so perky and shiny and a tad bit condescending. "Oh yes, I worked with special needs kids in … Continue reading Dear Babysitter, Special Needs is Not All Sweetness and Light
Music to Tame The Savage Beast
Last night the little man was in prime form. It's funny when you can connect behavior to things you have read - it a reminds me of how normal life really is. Tonight, he was Max from Where the Wild Things Are; just when Max yelled at his mom "I'll eat you up!". That was … Continue reading Music to Tame The Savage Beast
Living Room Acrobat
"Jennifer! I can't believe you're letting him do that! Isaiah, get down right now!" "Mom, it's no big deal, he does it all the time. He's 7-years-old and he hasn't fallen yet." "That's ridiculous, that doesn't mean he won't fall." "At this point, if he falls, he'll learn - and he won't do … Continue reading Living Room Acrobat
8 Years Ago Today
Blistering heat. Like nothing. Not like back when I lived in the armpit desert that was Mesa, Arizona. This is oppressive, heavy, impossible to move. This is Plano, Texas. Unpacking a car full of too much. Too many diapers, too many onesies, too much baby stuff. But how could I know? In two days our … Continue reading 8 Years Ago Today
What You Don’t Know About Night Terrors Could Scare The Heck Out of You
He shoots up with panic in his eyes, and asks me desperately "Mama what?" My son has night terrors. He's had night terrors ever since he was very little. My son has a lot of things that don't fit into a nice little tiny box wrapped up with a bow. We began seeing a neurologist … Continue reading What You Don’t Know About Night Terrors Could Scare The Heck Out of You
Why Read A Parenting Book When You Can Just Watch The Brady’s?
I just got schooled. I guess I had to be here, in this place. This place of banging my head against the wall trying to parent a wacko/pyro 9 almost 10-year-old. I will start with this admission, I am a total hypocrite. I used to preach no TV until the Roosters Came Home and the Cows Went … Continue reading Why Read A Parenting Book When You Can Just Watch The Brady’s?
The Gnomes Under Our Tub
There are gnomes that live under our bathtub. What? You didn't know? Oh, well, now you know. We have a gnome family under our tub. They moved in one day, about - hmmm.... I don't know, when did Isaiah start playing Edmund Fitzgerald? About two years ago? Ok, well that's when they moved in. The … Continue reading The Gnomes Under Our Tub
I’m Always Confounding Things
So I'm sitting in my bed feeling fairly crabby, and really not interested in writing - although I had every intention of doing so. I am reading people's work, I am considering watching some back episodes on my iPad. Then my son starts hacking. If you know me, then you know my son sleeps with … Continue reading I’m Always Confounding Things
How A Day in The Park Turned Into a Nightmare
It was the perfect day here in the suburbs of Chicago. We live in a beeeautiful area not far from the lake halfway between Chicago and the Wisconsin border. I decided to take my son and my niece to one of our favorite forest preserves. We love this one because it has easy trails; essential … Continue reading How A Day in The Park Turned Into a Nightmare
Jen Kehl 