Hard work!

This parenting stuff is hard work! You'd think I would already know that having been a mommy for six years now. I do know this. This AM I was reading Kerrie's Journey to Mommyhood and she was stating this in a far better way. As part of her post she encouraged Mamas to blog about the good and the bad. We've had a tough morning here-not really the stuff that Fairrycakes and Candyfloss is made of! Ethan has such an issue with tooth-brushing that I finally lost it and s tarted to brush his teeth myself. In the process I knocked out a very lose tooth-one that he wanted to save for his beloved Miss Kristy to pull! Miss Kristy is the tooth-puller for the whole of the primary school! Many tears later (and one tooth less) he is more or less okay about things-and glad the tooth fairy will be making a visit tonight. Never did finish brushing those teeth. What is it with ASD kids and their mouths? I am being really awful and letting him watch WonderPets in his room-bad Mama I know. But after fighting him to get dressed (we're half way there), put lotion on, put hair lotion on, brush teeth etc I'm just too t ired! We love our kids all the time-but we can sure get angry at them. I so relate to w hat Kerrie said about others responses to our being tired: You picked this. Would you ever say that to a married couple? To a birth parent ? Agreeing to blog about the good (and there is lots of it) and the bad!
Michele