Thanks, Hec and everyone else. ltc was horrible the rest of the day yesterday, even for her grandparents. She was also pulling at her ear and babbling in her sleep last night. So, I think yesterday was a particularly bad teething day. I do feel bad when other kids are clinging to their mothers in the morning, and mine doesn't even notice if I leave, and never wants to leave with me at the end of the day.
You know me! I'm like, "Go school! It's your birthday!" Or something to that effect.
Willow ,'Empty Places'
Spike's Bitches 49: As usual, I'm here to help you, and I... are you naked under there?
Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
sj - Oct 18, 2017 4:27:39 am PDT #2302 of 8214
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Laura - Oct 18, 2017 4:34:37 am PDT #2303 of 8214
Our wings are not tired.
How horrifying, Steph. I hope that maybe the police got a clue about the abuse going on there. I'm really worried about those children.
Laura - Oct 18, 2017 4:39:36 am PDT #2304 of 8214
Our wings are not tired.
I do feel bad when other kids are clinging to their mothers in the morning, and mine doesn't even notice if I leave, and never wants to leave with me at the end of the day.
And you would feel horrible like you were torturing her if she did cling! Parenting is full of these emotions. Super fun is when they totally love the other parent and have no use for you. Ah, memories! (at least they ended up going back to being Mama's boys later in life)
Steph L. - Oct 18, 2017 5:15:25 am PDT #2305 of 8214
I look more rad than Lutheranism
How horrifying, Steph. I hope that maybe the police got a clue about the abuse going on there. I'm really worried about those children.
I am, too. She is a goddamn horror show.
Kate P. - Oct 18, 2017 5:53:45 am PDT #2306 of 8214
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Steph, that is awful.
sj, if she's anything like my kids, she'll go through several phases of clinging to you and then not caring if you leave, then being clingy again. Rose was in daycare from 4 months onward, yet when she was 3 (and had just transitioned to a new room at school, right around the time that Jane was born) she went through a horrible phase of screaming and crying if we left her at daycare, even though she later came to adore that teacher more than any other she's had before or since. Laura is totally right that you'd feel bad if she was clinging and you had to leave her in that state, too!
She's growing up in a safe and loving home and family, and I trust that you feel she is safe and loved at her daycare too. That's the important thing.
Nora Deirdre - Oct 18, 2017 6:09:01 am PDT #2307 of 8214
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
TW: infanticide (I white-fonted)
So, there was a horrible, horrible murder of an 18-month-old baby in New Orleans by her father because he said God told him to do it.
I actually used to work with him. So I'm a little shocked and shook.
Maria - Oct 18, 2017 6:14:51 am PDT #2308 of 8214
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Teppy, can you make an anonymous complaint to CPS? This doesn't sound like a safe environment for children.
Suzi, glad you were able to get in with your doc. I hope the changes make a difference soon.
sj, you're a good mom. LTC is a toddler with strong feelings and opinions, which will probably change on a minute by minute basis. She's loved and healthy and safe. Please be kind to yourself.
Maria - Oct 18, 2017 6:16:37 am PDT #2309 of 8214
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
That's horrible, Nora.
Laura - Oct 18, 2017 7:02:59 am PDT #2310 of 8214
Our wings are not tired.
Oh Nora, how awful.
WindSparrow - Oct 18, 2017 7:15:30 am PDT #2311 of 8214
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Teppy, can you make an anonymous complaint to CPS? This doesn't sound like a safe environment for children.
Today would be a good day to do so, since the police were there - the mother might think the cops had reported her rather than being sure it had to have been a neighbor.