Another night of no sleep with a child refusing to, in order to manipulate and control. A fear response. They aren't in control, they are not safe, an adult cannot provide safety. So manipulate adults in to getting what you want (note, the want and not need there). What they need is sleep... not this … Continue reading Raw, unfiltered, unedited: Sleep deprivation and manipulation.
NB, This was also written before my laptop broke so posting retrospectively Breakthroughs, transitions, ups and downs... busy chaos. Pleasant and shifting. Time consuming and exhausting. But sometimes, glimmers of the things that could be closer to the "normal" we dream of, and hope for. Our life goes like this at times, we just have … Continue reading Can I not just divide myself into several persons?
It's hard to think that a child as young as 4 or 5 could be so ashamed of themselves (their actions, or even their identity) that they'd physcially harm themselves. But, it really does happen. And it really is hard to witness. I don't want to sit here and tell people how to deal with … Continue reading Parenting a self harming child
So, one of the children has struggled with sleep from the outset, one of them has issues every now and again. And as they are both children who feel extra vulnerable at night time, due to the way their history has played out, they both find it extra hard to seek the help they need … Continue reading Why won’t you just sleep? Please!!!!
So 2017. What have you added to our Pleasant Chaos? Well Stress Destruction Intimidation Ill health Death Loss Battles - copious physcially exhausting, and mentally draining battles Personal challenges You brought your A game to topple us, but Life, my old chum, you should know by now that I am tough. I am fierce. I … Continue reading 2017: Reflections
Christmas day this year was kept relatively small - it had to be, we were going away and had to fit everything in our boot. It meant that we were literally left with stuff from Santa and our stockings. Everything else given before we came away was opened ahead of time. Anything else had to … Continue reading Christmas Day 2017
We needed to find something to do for Christmas that would be easy to dip in and out of depending on the mental state and capacity of the children. Having been to Bluestone National Park Resort several times before, and knowing the setup, and the children having visited and enjoyed it... we figured it was … Continue reading Review: Christmas at Bluestone
As mentioned in a previous post (A birthday treasure hunt) my birthday is sandwiched in between Logan and Caitlin's birthday. Last year was a "big" birthday for me, and I had been clinging on to that being a spectacular occassion where I could be selfish and let my hair down and just do "me" for … Continue reading What about my birthday? What about me?
A Pleasant Chaos 