Journal Entry for September 15, 2009
September 15, 2009 1:30am
I am having trouble sleeping, even though I'm very tired. I need to sort my feelings out as far as this whole "parenting a …
sunnytitan78
2:36am, August 16, 2009
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About Me
I was a teen mom way back in the late 90's; now my "baby" is a tween on the cusp of womanhood. Her father and I have needed many voids in our lives to be filled as we struggled to become adults while raising a child. We needed "raising" ourselves, and suffered from a lack of family guidance and support. Somehow we have managed to survive our late teens, twenties, and recently entered our thirties. Our second child, a son has just turned two, and parenting a decade later is a whole new ballgame!
I was a teen mom way back in the late 90's; now my "baby" is a tween on the cusp of womanhood. Her father and I have needed many voids in our lives to be filled as we struggled to become adults while raising a child. We needed "raising" ourselves, and suffered from a lack of family guidance and support. Somehow we have managed to survive our late teens, twenties, and recently entered our thirties. Our second child, a son has just turned two, and parenting a decade later is a whole new ballgame!
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Ouch, my fingers
August 25, 2009 1:58am
Our Children's aid worker visited today, and the sexual and physical abuse from my past came up again. It was so hard to talk about. …
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AAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
August 18, 2009 2:14am
What's up with the weather man!!!!!! It's waaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy too hot!!!!!!!!! The nights are driving me crazy now; but on the …
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hey thanx for you hug message thing :) hope your okay? take care janner x
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hey thanks! yeaaah... i liked it. it was a good time. sorry i haven't been on at all recently. it's kind of random that i'm on now. school's keeping me SWamped! buuut. talk to you soon
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Thanks sunny it was not to hear from you, hope everything is going ok with you, thanks again for the hug take care and hope to hear from you soon big hug from C xx
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Hi sunny hope you are ok thanks for your hug it was great to hear from you. I will have an apple pie for you and let you know how nice it was lol. Hope to hear from you soon stay strong and take care xxx
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Close Depression
Type: Clinical (Major) DepressionI have been depressed my whole life; I was abused by my parents, and I've never been able to get over what they did to me. How do you love someone as an adult who bullied and beat you as a child? They thought it was an "appropriate" form of discipline, but I hate them for it. I still have nightmares, sometimes I over-indulge in alcohol. My "love"-life is a mess:(
Treatments
- Effexor Too Soon to Tell
- After a year on the meds, I can't tell if they are working, or if I am just finally letting go of past hurts because I can't be bothered with those who hurt me.
- Psychotherapy Somewhat Helpful
- I can go to counselling all I want, but unless and untill those closest involved with me take part in the process, including admitting to the wrongs that they have done in the past, none of us gets to move on. The result? False relationships and more stress all around>:(
Close Self-Injury
I self-injure; I used to do it only in private, now it's as if I don't care who is around. Or perhaps I don't care because the people around me (with the exception of my daughter) didn't care.
Treatments
- Talking Somewhat Helpful
- My daughter reminds me to stop when she notices me doing it, which I find annoying sometimes, but for which I am grateful. If she isn't around though, I find it very hard to resist the urge.
Open Anemia
Type: Iron Deficiency AnemiaI am joining this group because I basically need to feel that there are people out there who understand what I am going through while dealing with the symptoms of anemia, which are far too often debilitating.
Treatments
- Iron Too Soon to Tell
- I have managed to stave off constipation by eating a lot of nuts & dried fruit:)
Open Parenting Preschoolers (3-5)
I have an EXTREEEEEEEEEEEmly spirited 2 1/2 year-old, who I swear was in training to be an ultimate fighter champion while in-utero....he's still nursing (long story)....he just never took to the bottle, and was allergic to every formula we gave him anyway, so we gave up trying to find a bottle+formula combination that he would accept. (Avent, Playtex, Gerber....I want my money back!)
Treatments
- Attachment Parenting Somewhat Helpful
- Now I'm having a difficult time getting my little manzie to say goodbye to the boobs :-o
- Child Time-out Not Working
- Patience Working / Worked
- We have to be patient with everyone else, so all the more reason to be patient with our own offspring I say....my little guy is learning by example, so being impatient with him, will only teach him to be impatient with the rest of us. That being said, any kid in the midst of the "terrible twos" is going to be naturally challenging because of their stage of development, so sometimes it is hard to be "patient" when my son turns into a hurricane :p
- Play Therapy Working / Worked
- I find that making a big deal about "spending time in MYYYYY room!" and setting aside time to play with "just me" makes my little manzie feel so special, and he looks forward to his "mommy+me" time. His level of energy requires constant burning off; I wonder if he's part humming-bird. He never stops MOVING! Comes in handy though, because he loves to help me clean, so he's always handy around the house :)
- Positive Reinforcement Working / Worked
- Always works! XD
