No pictures for this post and I still can't get out of this font. What is up with that?
Things are calming down a bit here. I think I am still traumatized by Maddox's reaction to the vaccine. I feel I am on "red alert" when it comes to him with anything. Even if he falls, I really have to work hard not to over-react. He has been doing pretty well. Sleep is eluding us again.
The only consistent thing with this little guy are his inconsistencies. Now he is terrified of the bathtub.. I have no idea why. Just won't go near it. won't even let me put him down next to it if there is water running or water in it. And he has always LOVED the bath. It was a place I could have him on his cranky days and know he would have fun and be happy and pretty calm afterwards. ugh. Always so much thinking to do. My brain is nearly fried.
Mason is doing well. We are gearing up to get school started. Starting with Lewis and Clark and frontiersmen/trapping/tracking. He will love that. I will probably do some of the activities while we are camping this weekend. (I still can't believe we are going to try this. The nighttime may be pretty bad and hopefully other campers aren't too close to us in case Maddox is crying at night) We will be the hated campers of the campground.
The last few days have been wonderful. Monday I worked, Tues we went to the Rose Garden after Mason's ENT appt (ears are fine. I thought he had an ear infection starting), yesterday my nephews came over and we went to Brighton Beach and Lester Park and had a wonderful, perfect time. I'll miss having them over so often this fall while they are in school. Today we met up with friends at a park near our house. I am loving this warm weather and hoping it stays this way until December. :) (a girl can dream)
Mason is into cars. Real cars and the type of car they are. We printed off a list of manufacturers and their symbols so he can have it in the van with him. He loves it. His cousins know their cars extremely well, so he wants to keep up. Even I am starting to learn them. As we are driving around, he is naming all the cars and now Maddox is saying "car, car, car" whenever he sees one. I'm surrounded by gearheads.
I am going to have Maddox's speech/language evaluated at work. I am tired of worrying about it, so called for a Dr. referral today. i have been on the fence about his speech for a long time now. His understanding of language is way beyond his expression, and they should be a bit closer to each other. There are other things as well, not to mention his frustration at not being understood. Sooo, I am just going to do it. And if it turns out fine, then I will stop worrying. It is so hard being his mother and a speech therapist sometimes. If he were someone else's child, I would have confidence in a decision, but being his mother is so much harder. Am I over-reacting? Am I under-reacting? Am I being a perfectionist with him? Am I expecting too much? Am I looking too deeply into things? ugh. I am tired of going through all of this in my mind all the time. I just want someone else to take a formal look at him and let me know. A co-worker who is practically a genius said she would assess him for me and we have been talking about him for several months. That will be a relief just to get that done.
Starting Sept 15th I am going to work 1 ten hour day a week for a few months to help with a maternity leave. My brother and his girlfriend will be watching the boys until their work/job situation changes. I think it will be nice to get out of the house 1 day a week for a while, especially with all the stress of the food stuff. And the money will definitely help.
Nothing much else to report. I need to get started on packing clothes for the boys for our camping trip.
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