Thursday, November 4, 2010
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Wordless Wednesday
Back when I began my blog at the beginning of 2010, I started my own meme titled "Frame-It Friday." I used Fridays as a day to share recent pictures for our family and friends to view. As of today, I'm discontinuing that theme and will be joining other bloggers each week for "Wordless Wednesday." So here we go!
Moms of Boys: I Need Your Help!
Let me begin this post by confessing that I'm about to break a hardcore blogging commandment of mine: To never use my blog as a sounding board to complain about my children, husband, or family. But desperate times call for desperate measures, right? I'm genuinely asking for any and all advice here, because this mama is about to go nuts.
For the past four weeks or so, my almost-two-year-old son has been crying. Not just fussing... CRYING. And it seems to never end. I don't understand at all what's going on with him. Therefore, I have no clue how to help him.
There's no fever. There are no symptoms of any illness. He sleeps a sound twelve hours each night. He begins the morning happy, which causes me to have false hope, thinking, "Happy, Happy! Joy, Joy! Today's the day he's not going to cry!" Only to have my hopes shattered about an hour or so into the day.
My daughter never went through a stage such as this one. She did have her own share of strong separation anxiety, but easily transitioned out of it around 19-20 months. My little sad boy will be two years old in December.
He wants his mama. He wants his mama to carry him constantly. If he doesn't get every little thing he wants, he wails. We've tried ignoring him. We've tried coddling him. We've tried a balance of both. Nothing is bringing this to an end.
Yes, I am a VERY hands-on mother. I reserve blogging and other personal activities for when the kids are asleep or outside playing with their father. There's no way my son isn't getting PLENTY of attention from me. Ironically, the crying honestly makes me NOT want to be around him at times. Instead of responding tenderly and sensitively, the sound of his crying is becoming as pleasant as fingernails scraping down a chalkboard.
So, my question to all of you is... What the heck do I do?! I've read my share of parenting material by Sears, Dobson, etc. I understand that boys struggle more than females to detach from their mothers. Could this be an internal struggle that he's going through? Is he learning so much, so fast, that he can't handle it emotionally? Arghhhhhh! This psycho-analytical mother needs answers. Even incorrect answers would do at this point. Having the slightest explanation would probably help a tiny bit. At least I think so... *Sigh*
Losing it slowly-
NUTS,I'm telling ya!
There's no fever. There are no symptoms of any illness. He sleeps a sound twelve hours each night. He begins the morning happy, which causes me to have false hope, thinking, "Happy, Happy! Joy, Joy! Today's the day he's not going to cry!" Only to have my hopes shattered about an hour or so into the day.
My daughter never went through a stage such as this one. She did have her own share of strong separation anxiety, but easily transitioned out of it around 19-20 months. My little sad boy will be two years old in December.
He wants his mama. He wants his mama to carry him constantly. If he doesn't get every little thing he wants, he wails. We've tried ignoring him. We've tried coddling him. We've tried a balance of both. Nothing is bringing this to an end.
Yes, I am a VERY hands-on mother. I reserve blogging and other personal activities for when the kids are asleep or outside playing with their father. There's no way my son isn't getting PLENTY of attention from me. Ironically, the crying honestly makes me NOT want to be around him at times. Instead of responding tenderly and sensitively, the sound of his crying is becoming as pleasant as fingernails scraping down a chalkboard.
So, my question to all of you is... What the heck do I do?! I've read my share of parenting material by Sears, Dobson, etc. I understand that boys struggle more than females to detach from their mothers. Could this be an internal struggle that he's going through? Is he learning so much, so fast, that he can't handle it emotionally? Arghhhhhh! This psycho-analytical mother needs answers. Even incorrect answers would do at this point. Having the slightest explanation would probably help a tiny bit. At least I think so... *Sigh*
Did any of you have this experience with a growing toddler boy?
Losing it slowly-
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
I ♥ New Followers!
Note to self: Don't ever choose to do "housekeeping" on blog while participating in a hop.
A big welcome to my new followers who found me today from the Tuesday hops! I apologize if you saw my site in a mess today as Igoofed around reorganized my layout a bit.
And as I promised, I will visit your sites and follow each of you back. If for some reason I overlook anyone, do me a big favor and email me so that I'll know that I missed your blog.
Okay... back to blogging for real tomorrow. See you then!
A big welcome to my new followers who found me today from the Tuesday hops! I apologize if you saw my site in a mess today as I
And as I promised, I will visit your sites and follow each of you back. If for some reason I overlook anyone, do me a big favor and email me so that I'll know that I missed your blog.
Okay... back to blogging for real tomorrow. See you then!
Monday, November 1, 2010
Giveaway Winners!
A big thank you to all who participated in my recent DVD giveaways!
Winners chosen by random.org are:
• "Trusting in the Shepherd"- Melody
• "Upside"- Jeska
I plan to host another DVD giveaway later this week, plus an extra giveaway when I reach 200 followers. Stay tuned and thanks ALWAYS for reading...
Happy November!
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