DD and I have a lot of fun, but mostly it's when we talk in the car (on the way to the doc/therapy/surgery/etc.) or in my half-attention while I'm working. DH is the roll on the floor guy. I feel like so much of my life with her is planning and researching stuff for her health care (financial and dx-wise), not quite as much is just play.
Some of that is just me. I have a hard time letting go of all the hooha and just sitting down to play. Some is her. She would really just rather watch tv than anything in the world most of the time, and so trying to get her to play is just awful.
Anyway, yesterday we baked bread together. It was really so lovely. She's getting where she's interested in and willing to follow directions (still won't eat the final product, but that's okay). I know that seems so small, and so many of you are much better at this part of mothering than I am. But, for me, it was just wonderful to feel pleasure in doing it instead of obligation. Does that make sense? It makes me really excited for the summer! She's doing ESY, but that's only until noon, so we'll have more time to play. And I'm actually looking forward to it. Which is a milestone for me!!!!!
Some of that is just me. I have a hard time letting go of all the hooha and just sitting down to play. Some is her. She would really just rather watch tv than anything in the world most of the time, and so trying to get her to play is just awful.
Anyway, yesterday we baked bread together. It was really so lovely. She's getting where she's interested in and willing to follow directions (still won't eat the final product, but that's okay). I know that seems so small, and so many of you are much better at this part of mothering than I am. But, for me, it was just wonderful to feel pleasure in doing it instead of obligation. Does that make sense? It makes me really excited for the summer! She's doing ESY, but that's only until noon, so we'll have more time to play. And I'm actually looking forward to it. Which is a milestone for me!!!!!
Believe me-this was HUGE. He's pretty much terrified of any kind of bugs or crawly critters, and for him to show interest in a worm was just totally cool. Maybe you guys could do something like that, too!
) until I was done eating and she was done with dishes (sometimes she'd gripe at me for not eating fast enough because she couldn't finish dishes until I was done eating!)
