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<blockquote data-quote="hexemaus2" data-source="post: 205864" data-attributes="member: 4560"><p>Thanks everyone!</p><p> </p><p>Fran - it has been awhile, hasn't it? It's good to "see" you again. And yes, I have to agree about being too young. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I told both the girls that I'm not old enough, gray enough, nor fat enough for anyone to call me Grandma yet...not that anyone bothered to ask me first. lol. </p><p> </p><p>And yes, difficult child 1 is living at home - for the time being. She turns 17 in March & we have discussed setting her up in her own apartment on a "trial" basis then. (In GA, she can leave home at 17 & I can't "make" her come home, but if she decides to come back, I can't refuse her as I'm still responsible for her.) First though, she has to get through her post-partum stuff & then get a job. We'll see how she does when she has to pay her own cell phone bill & the satellite TV service she's begging for, in addition to baby expenses. If she can stay on top of that & manage her own check book, there's a nice little apartment complex just a few miles down the road. She'd be close enough to home to come do laundry & check in with Mom, but still have her own place to start spreading her wings. </p><p> </p><p>It really is amazing me how mature she can be in the important stuff like responsibilities...but yet still so much a difficult child when it comes to dealing with her brother (difficult child 2.) Go figure. We'll just have to kind of play it by ear & see how things go. It's not easy backing off & giving her space to screw up when she's really not old enough yet...but now she's a Mom, so she has to start learning how to be old enough, if that makes sense. I think, for the first time since she was little, I honestly think she's going to be okay, all things considered. </p><p> </p><p>As for difficult child 2, I can hold off on the ER trip for another day or so. I forgot we sent some of his last rx with him to my best friend's house the last time he spent the night over there. I was talking to her earlier today & mentioned the medication issue. She reminded me that he still had a few pills at her house, so she dropped them off. It was enough to get him through the weekend & since I'm just absolutely exhausted today, I decided to use some of the time those few extra pills bought me to rest up a bit. (I wake up every time Raydin so much as coughs, so I'm getting even less sleep than difficult child 1!)</p><p> </p><p>Guess that's just so many years of being "Mom" & having that instant response to a child's cry ingrained in me. I'm going to have a tough time learning to "ignore" it & sleep through it. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/felttip/anxious.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":anxious:" title="anxious :anxious:" data-shortname=":anxious:" /><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":tongue:" title="tongue :tongue:" data-shortname=":tongue:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hexemaus2, post: 205864, member: 4560"] Thanks everyone! Fran - it has been awhile, hasn't it? It's good to "see" you again. And yes, I have to agree about being too young. :) I told both the girls that I'm not old enough, gray enough, nor fat enough for anyone to call me Grandma yet...not that anyone bothered to ask me first. lol. And yes, difficult child 1 is living at home - for the time being. She turns 17 in March & we have discussed setting her up in her own apartment on a "trial" basis then. (In GA, she can leave home at 17 & I can't "make" her come home, but if she decides to come back, I can't refuse her as I'm still responsible for her.) First though, she has to get through her post-partum stuff & then get a job. We'll see how she does when she has to pay her own cell phone bill & the satellite TV service she's begging for, in addition to baby expenses. If she can stay on top of that & manage her own check book, there's a nice little apartment complex just a few miles down the road. She'd be close enough to home to come do laundry & check in with Mom, but still have her own place to start spreading her wings. It really is amazing me how mature she can be in the important stuff like responsibilities...but yet still so much a difficult child when it comes to dealing with her brother (difficult child 2.) Go figure. We'll just have to kind of play it by ear & see how things go. It's not easy backing off & giving her space to screw up when she's really not old enough yet...but now she's a Mom, so she has to start learning how to be old enough, if that makes sense. I think, for the first time since she was little, I honestly think she's going to be okay, all things considered. As for difficult child 2, I can hold off on the ER trip for another day or so. I forgot we sent some of his last rx with him to my best friend's house the last time he spent the night over there. I was talking to her earlier today & mentioned the medication issue. She reminded me that he still had a few pills at her house, so she dropped them off. It was enough to get him through the weekend & since I'm just absolutely exhausted today, I decided to use some of the time those few extra pills bought me to rest up a bit. (I wake up every time Raydin so much as coughs, so I'm getting even less sleep than difficult child 1!) Guess that's just so many years of being "Mom" & having that instant response to a child's cry ingrained in me. I'm going to have a tough time learning to "ignore" it & sleep through it. :anxious::raspberry-tounge: [/QUOTE]
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