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<blockquote data-quote="AnnieO" data-source="post: 634998" data-attributes="member: 6705"><p>Pat got the short end of the stick a lot when Belle was living with us. We were so busy dealing with her latest whatever, that we couldn't do anything for him. And every time we tried (like when we took him to the neuropsychologist evaluation), she would ramp up... Any time anyone else got attention, she ramped up (like when husband had shoulder surgery or the first time I got pregnant).</p><p></p><p>And something just occurred to me. Biomom was, by all accounts (and police reports) a major difficult child as well. HER parents were alcoholics and beat the crap out of one another, got divorced... And bio-uncle also got shafted. Interestingly, uncle works for a local court as a bailiff.</p><p></p><p>I wonder if... Because biogma was dealing with biomom alone... And uncle lived with his father... that biomom learned to deal with Belle and ignore Pat, just the same as her mother? And that thought... Well, we didn't do much better for a while...</p><p></p><p>Rose just jumped rear-end over teakettle into the Terrible Twos and Pat started to withdraw, but since I need his help with husband out of town... He's not able to vanish. We talk. We spend time together (with and without Rose). Maybe he has a chance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AnnieO, post: 634998, member: 6705"] Pat got the short end of the stick a lot when Belle was living with us. We were so busy dealing with her latest whatever, that we couldn't do anything for him. And every time we tried (like when we took him to the neuropsychologist evaluation), she would ramp up... Any time anyone else got attention, she ramped up (like when husband had shoulder surgery or the first time I got pregnant). And something just occurred to me. Biomom was, by all accounts (and police reports) a major difficult child as well. HER parents were alcoholics and beat the crap out of one another, got divorced... And bio-uncle also got shafted. Interestingly, uncle works for a local court as a bailiff. I wonder if... Because biogma was dealing with biomom alone... And uncle lived with his father... that biomom learned to deal with Belle and ignore Pat, just the same as her mother? And that thought... Well, we didn't do much better for a while... Rose just jumped rear-end over teakettle into the Terrible Twos and Pat started to withdraw, but since I need his help with husband out of town... He's not able to vanish. We talk. We spend time together (with and without Rose). Maybe he has a chance. [/QUOTE]
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