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Post by rileyandtheowl on Feb 4, 2009 11:26:15 GMT -5
I can't believe people would be so awful as to make fun of any child, for any reason. I'm officially volunteering my drawing skills
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Post by sistoangel on Feb 4, 2009 12:46:26 GMT -5
Can I join the fun? My daughter had a seizure when her friend spent the night and wet the bed. If your kids do this during a seizure you know what I mean by this, but when I say "wet the bed" it is more like flooded the bed. The urine comes completely through pull-up/depend whatever and literally drips off the bed Ok, anyway, this child is younger than Evelyn by 3 years, and I explained to the mother that Evelyn is developementally/mentally delayed, has epilepsy, etc. and that when she has these seizure, it can be a mess. So, Evelyn was in her bed and the other child was across the room in my oldest daughters bed and my oldest was on the couch. Evelyn came and woke me up and she was completely embarrassed as it was obvious what had happened. She is going through this phase of being embarrassed by the seizures, which you know, is understandable. So, when the mother came to pick up her child, I explained the situation and she nods her head, looks at me really concerned and says..."Does it bother you that she isn't potty trained and she is 10?" I tried to ignore that comment, but the next one got me...she said...."If I were you, she would only be allowed to have 4 ozs. of liquid after 4pm." I didn't even think before I spoke, but I responded with "yeah, because neglect is much less embarrassing and heaven forbid someone see a wet bed/pull up. " Then, the icing on the cake....she said, "Well....if she was my child, she would be cleaning up her OWN mess." And believe me, this isn't the first time an adult has indicated that she should be cleaning this up!!!! WHAT!!! Grrrr.....
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Post by rileyandtheowl on Feb 4, 2009 13:02:23 GMT -5
My first job was baby-sitting an autistic child named Dylan. I was 16 and he was 4. He's 14 now, and doing great! Anyway....I'd be out in the backyard and Dylan would be playing. Autistic children sometimes have a tendency to hum to themselves, or flap their arms and he'd do just that. And his neighbors, who had lived there for years would tell me "oh, you poor girl, you just have no clue what you're getting yourself into." or "I know this is your first job, but do you really think it's worth it?" Um, what? First off, they're NOT his parents, or relatives, so what the heck would they know? Second, whatever happened to mind your own business? like i said, anyone needs unflattering twit drawings, i'm your gal
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Post by heartsabroke on Feb 13, 2009 17:38:45 GMT -5
I need a page just for something my DH said...... We took the kids to have their hair cut. I didn't notice until we were home that Olivia's was crooked. On top of that, she put a pony tail in, decided that the side pieces were wrong, and took the scissors and hacked off a chunk. Kids. We ran into a friend of ours while we were out and about. Our freind loves all of my kids. Just loves them. So, while we were standing there chitter chattering, she mentioned their haircuts, yada, yada, yada. My big mouthed husband, (and I am still upset about this) said, "Too bad it wasn't Sophia's hair that was cut crooked, maybe then her eyes would look straight." I was LIVID!!!!! How do we teach her to be everything she can be, when he makes stupid comments like that. I am still a little tee'd. I didn't talk to him for two days. That is extremely unusual for me to stay mad that long. He finally said he was only trying to be funny (I am not amused) and that he was sorry. Honestly ladies, my own DH, Sophia's Dad. I am glad she is still younger and might not really "get" what it meant. Men, can't live with them, can't live without them. This one deserves an entire page to itself. Lisa
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