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Re: Open Letter Thursday
Dear dd's brain,
if you could stop seizing that would be great. Thanks.
love,
kc
Dear Dev Peds,
Why is it everytime I see you, you find some reason to make me feel like a bad mom. So big damn deal I haven't gotten my son, who just turned 3 5 days ago, into a big bed yet. What is it harming? I believe with special needs kids you take one challenge at a time and don't do too much change at once. Well we have been potty training and am focusing on that. So quit judging me and why he isn't in a "big" bed yet. Quite honestly if I could I'd keep him in a crib till he's 5. Haha. You fail to ever see the positive and I always leave feeling deflated, when I was so excited going in to tell you all the great stuff. Well I am here to tell you that I am extremely proud of my son and his MAJOR accomplishments over the past few months. You only see that he is still in a crib. BIG FAT DEAL LADY..... GET OVER IT.
Signed deflated mom.
Nate is still in the crib too. Since he is still comfortable, I see no reason to switch. Believe it or not, my MIL actually encouraged us to keep him in the crib for as long as possible.
Your Dev Ped wasting valuable appointment time on this non-issue is damn ridiculous. Don't be deflated. She is just full of a lot of hot air.
Dear Graduating Nephew's Baby-Daddy,
Thank you so much for leaning in to me and saying "Someday this will be you, too" during nephew's graduation reception. Thank you for getting how that weekend of not one, but two H.S. graduations, did a number on me. I couldn't thank you at the time or I would have balled my eyes out. Out of all the close relatives that were there that weekend, only you reached out.
I will be sure to tell your son about how much that sentence meant to me.
Thank you,
me
Maybe I'm missing something because I agree with the above and that I don't understand why the Dev Ped is so concerned about it. My 3.5 (ok, 3.75yr old) is still in a toddler bed. It is the only thing he can actually get in and out of on his own/with minimal help. It is nice for him to be able to succeed at something physical even though I want him in a big bed so I can sell the crib.
Dear Self --
You knew this would happen. Your summer schedule is crazy, and you knew you were probably going to forget something amidst all the therapy, camps, activities, and vacation. Did it have to be the social skills class? Sigh. At least there are two sessions left that we *can* make, now that I've realized we're missing it.
Signed,
Overscheduled
DD1, 1/5/2008 ~~~ DD2, 3/17/2010
Dear Vacation Bible School Staff:
I did my part. I communicated DS' needs, and offered to assist DS as necessary during VBS. You never responded. Please, from now on, try to communicate what issues arise during VBS instead of cheerfully telling me each day that it was going well and then waiting until the last day to tell me passively that "DS wasn't really 'having it' and didn't participate fully and then have a junior high student brightly tell me all about your special Sunday School for the disabled.
Dear Elementary School:
Say it isn't so. Tell me I don't have to coordinate afterschool care at another daycare because you failed to tell me that the afterschool program at your school was full before I even found out our placement. Tell me I don't have to wait until 1 week before school starts to set up special ed busing because the social workers are on vacation without checking email or VM. Tell me I don't have to work my way down this list of family day care providers whom I do not know. Tell me I don't have to actually consider the crappy child care center in a crummy neighborhood with a list of licensing violations. Tell me I don't have to interview nannies. Tell me it doesn't always have to be hard!!!!
Dear DH:
Bring home wine. I'm having a bad day, yo.
Yeah, I don't know why this is such a big deal, but every time I take him there she asks about it. I think it is such a waste of time discussing this. I mean it's my decision when to switch him and I want to tackle one thing at a time. She always makes me feel like I am being judged and it really irritates me. She just concentrates on this and spends like a skinny minute on all the accomplishments he has had. Thank goodness that I will be following up with the lead doc from now on as this lady is moving.