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I wanted to share the story of a friend of mine, as I feel it is truly inspirational and what every blended/step family should be like. I will call my friend "Stacy", her mother "Pam", and her father "John".
Pam and John were high school sweethearts. Shortly after graduation, they found out they were having a baby (Stacy). They tried to make it work but soon realized they were not right for each other - this was when Stacy was one month old.
I just found out this afternoon that BM is knocked up again. 30 years old and is going on her 5th child with 3 different men. That is IF I assume this child is by the same dad as her last one. That makes 7 children between her and her live in BF. Anyone else deal with such a mess of a woman???
I don't get it. Is it an advertisement of some kind?
BM sent me a picture message today of SD5's two adult teeth that are now coming in, saying "We don't have dental". In the picture the teeth are MAJORLY crooked/leaning in (they're right next to each other).
My response: "They might straighten out when she looses her other baby teeth and there's more room, otherwise, sucks for you!"
--BM's message forwarded to DH.
Ha ha BM. You will receive no pity or support from me anymore! Jerk.
So, this is my first time sharing and I truly hope that someone, anyone can help me before I lose my mind.
So... the Friday before the Memorial Day weekend the BF and I take his son8 to a doctor specializing in austism cases. All went well...she basically confirmed what we've been telling BM about his diet and supplements. The next step is to get extensive bloodwork and some urine tests.
We're hoping that once we get the results back and with the Doctor's recommendations, the BM will finally cooperate. The boy8 responds so well and is much more receptive and alert when we have him for the summer and put him on the GF/CF diet and give him supplements.
So finally getting around to posting about the weekend. I swear we sail through the school week fine but as soon as the weekend comes drama starts. Some of it is that SD8 is all about how much fun stuff we are going to do with her... She really loves spending time with us and that's nice cause I'm sure in a few years she won't. But she hasn't learned when to quit it cause dad & stepsoftly are tired and need to wind down. Is that a parenting thing rather than a stepparenting thing? Probably but I wouldn't know.
On Sunday afternoon following another tough weekend with SS7 acting out and getting yelled at nonstop by DH, we finally got the family to sit down and quietly watch "The Sound of Music." SS7 wasn't very interested, but SD5 and I were enjoying it, cuddling on the sofa and singing together.
But, suddenly -- SS7 comes alive during the scene where the captain breaks his engagement -- when the rejected woman is sadly walking away, SS7 looks at me and says, loudly, "That's you in the future."
Once again I need an opinion from others on whether we are over reacting or not. Skids were with BM all weekend, and we got them last night. SS2.5 is COVERED in bug bites. Not kidding, COVERED. There is barely an inch of his body that is clear - there are 15 alone on his face and we counted close to 40 on his back, and didn't even bother with his legs and feet. He was crying and crying last night because he was itchy so we went out and bought him itch cream and it seemed to help.
I have a question about how the vacation time works per the custody order. It says that each parent has 7 consecutive days vacation with SS every year. However, when we are trying to use our vacation time it ends up being longer then the 7 days because of the ways that the normal scheduled days with him. We have him everyone Sunday evening, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and every other Thursday. The vacation we are talking about taking we would leave on Monday and come back the following Monday, however, when we return it is still our days.