Can't celebrate any gain...

Rdmaggie

I feel like we can never celebrate any accomplishment with DD because we never know if it will "stick". Just because she does something once doesn't mean she'll ever do it again or that it will ever go anywhere. Sure maybe its a "building point" but in our case it usually isn't. She said "look mommy, water tower" in April and despite my encouragement I've never heard "look mommy" again. It's like everything else in her life, she starts to develop a skill and it somehow goes awry. I hate it because I never want to let myself get too caught up in the excitement of something new she does because it wrecks me when it doesn't evolve or just becomes a new script...etc Meanwhile DH is beaming with pride and excitedly sharing with our EI worker every little "positive" thing he sees and I'm just the cranky b.tch who is underselling DD. He never says this, but that's how I feel. Why does this have to be so ridiculously hard all the time? It's like a constant mind fvck.