So my 10 year old step daughter has had some issues with showering . over the last 6-8 months, she has failed to stay on top of showering and brushing her teeth on her own. I have talked with her about how important as a girl to keep our bodies clean etc and she says she understands but fails to use soap or just fails to shower at all if she is not with us. She stays every other weekend with her grandparents on her mother’s side. WE are upset with them for not making her shower but also with her since she knows the rules. WE have tried everything to make her learn and nothing is working.

A little over a year ago SS3.5 had one of his kidneys removed. It had been giving him problems pretty much since he was born and finally the doctor said there was no way around it -it had to be taken out. Well last week SS had a check-up and it looks like he has an infection in his other kidney.

(I posted this on Saturday but I am adding updates)
I blogged last week about how BM wanted us to take the skids for a few hours Saturday. Since FDH worked at both of his jobs with a break between 2 and 7 he told her we'd take them just until her mom gets off of work in the afternoon. She said she'd drop them off at 1 at our house.

Me and my fiancee somewhat recently moved to a new apartment. The place is easily twice the size of our old place. Which is great! When we moved, we had a small discussion about not allowing BM in. I felt very strongly about this, as I am not on friendly terms with BM. In fact, she's asked my fiancee to go out with her on a friday night to "hang out" and asked him to have a small dinner with her and son for son's 4th birthday.