#nonplaudite

Thank you!  Though I should have specified that my foundation made my skin look even better...I didn’t wear a lot but it did just enough.  The lip stuff is a lip butter (I think that is what it was) from Almay.  

I just saw this, but yes it did go well, and we got a nap in too!  The monster is actually eligible for the program due to an delay in expressive language, but only for another 6 months and then the public schools take over.  But until then he will probably get set up with speech therapy done in our home on a sliding scale fee.

Thank you!  It still amazes me how much of parenting is making sure your child doesn’t injure themselves!  And so scary!  Your situation sounds like it was far scarier than mine, but either way luckily the outcomes were both good.  I admit that my anxiety gets the best of me, and so I become frustrated really easily, but I’m constantly working on it.  I am still trying to figure out the best way to react to the monster’s outbursts, I think I will try your tactic next.  

It is so hard not to worry over every little thing with kids, but I have forced myself to chill or else my anxiety would be the end of me!  Plus, I used to work with kids with severe autism and other severe developmental disabilities who were non-verbal, and I haven’t seen any markers in the monster that it could be something more serious than him taking his own damn time to speak.  

He is such a little tornado of energy that it is fantastic to see him sit and concentrate on something!  I cannot even imagine how rough it is to get the stickers off of wood furniture!  I am just going to spend at least today picking stickers off of the carpet and other random places, but since they were stuck to him first it isn’t hard just a nuisance.

Thank you!  It is reassuring to read that, and I needed that!

And won't let me add this to a post, but oh my gosh @nonplaudite your tags on this post (re: confession): http://nonplaudite.tumblr.com/post/113300293035/writingonthecastlewalls-apparently-someone-is Just about made me do a spit take with my iced coffee. Hehe. True.

Excellent decision, my friend.