Grandchildren What A Blessing

I don't know if anyone remembers about me talking about not seeing my oldest grandson. Well my daughter in law has decided to let my son keep Zachary for extended periods of time. Right now he is with his mother and I miss that boy. He turned 3 this past December. He calls me nana because my mother is known to everyone as grandma and it was just to confusing.

I hope everyone is enjoying their grandchildren because you never know what might happen.

Ladyhawkcj

Children Spanking and Crying

I decided to write this because I have been seeing something for awhile and wanted to say something. There are some people who believe in spanking a child and there are some that don't. I personally try not to but I will if it is warranted.
But what I wanted to talk about is spanking and crying.

I was at the park the other day eating a snowball with my daughter and my son's girlfriend and this couple at the table beside us had a couple of small children.
Anyway the father spanked the child who in turn starts crying. The father then proceeds to tell the child to quit crying.
Now in my opinion if someone pops me and it hurts I am going to want to cry also. Why is it that parents wants to spank their children and then turn around and tell them to be quiet. If you don't want to hear them cry-- then don't spank them.
I have never spanked my child in public. That is embarassing for the child. I wait until I get home if I have to do anything like that.
What do you think?
Ladyhawkcj

My Greatest Fear

Last Friday I got the scare of my life. I had sent both girls to school as usual but I had woken up with a tremendous headache and I was a little stuffy so I took some Benadryl allergy medicine but it didn't help. I decided to check my blood pressure as I have high blood pressure.
Anyway it was high and so I took some blood pressure medicine and went to lay down. I had fallen asleep and I vaguely heard the phone ring but I didn't get to it in time so I got it and had it in my hand in case it rang again but I really went to sleep and didn't hear a thing.

Next thing I know my husbands phone rang and it was my daughter in law that works at the school where the girls go. She told me that she was on her way home with Shannon that she had passed out at school.
I tried to get an appointment with a Dr but the one she usually sees was no longer there. I called other Drs but as a new patient she couldn't get in until Monday - today. She did not show any signs of weakness or I would have taken her to the emergency room.

Anyway I come out of the Drs office today with referals for an endocrinologist and a cardiologist. She has to get her thyroid levels checked along with Diabetes and I am going to check her white blood count.

Shannon had two holes in her heart when she was born but they had closed on their own and she hasn't seen one in years. She is pale looking and I am wor
ried about her. When she was born they thought she had leukemia but it wasn't. She had something they called it
Transient Myloproliferative Disorder in which she had an enormous amount of immature white blood cells. They told us that it might can possibly turn into leukemia as she got older. We just have to keep monitoring it.

My greatest fear is if she does get leukemia I don't know how I am going to deal with it. She is so special and everyone loves her. I am hoping and praying that she does not have diabetes or any kind of heart problems. Down Syndrome children have a high risk for heart problems.

I am now waiting on them to call me with the appoinments. It is not a good thing when you see your child not feeling good and not being able to help.

On another note Did you see the last Bachelor show? He Picked Shayne which I was hoping that he would. I am using different colors in my text to see which I can see better. I am sleepy so I am going to for now. Talk to you later
Ladyhawkcj

When She Cries I Go Running

I have a daughter that has Down Syndrome as some people are aware of. This morning I got ready for school and put her on the bus as usual and everything was all right. I decided that since the girls was at school and my hubby at work I would lay down and get me a little nap . I didn't get to bed till after midnight and then turn around and get my hubby up at 4 am. I was still sleepy. Just as soon as I got laid down my phone rang and it was the school calling to tell me that my daughter was crying.
You have to know she doesn't cry unless she is hurting or sick. I hurriedly got dressed and went to the school to get her. I could see where she had been crying. Her vocabulary has increased but it is still hard for her to tell us what is wrong. They said she put her hand on her head. I touched her head and asked her if her head hurt and she said yes.
I gave her one of those junior strength tylenol chewable and at first she didn't want to chew but she decided to go ahead and chew it and get it down. Then she tells me its good as it is grape flavor.
Right now she seems to be ok and is watching tv.
When my baby cries I go running to check on her, I have to make sure everything is all right.
We as mothers do that with all our children but when one is handicapped you tend to be more protective. They depend on us to keep them safe and away from harm.
Well I have to say goodbye to my nap.
Ladyhawkcj

HIS, MINE AND OURS

Have you ever seen that movie His, Mine and Ours with Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda? That is what I think of when I think of our family. My husband has a daughter and son from previous marriages, I have 2 sons from a previous marriage and together we have 2 daughters. What is so great about it is that all the children do not consider themselves step, half or whole brothers and sisters.They just think of themselves as just brothers and sisters. I think it is great that they have bonded together and it was done all on their own. Their ages range from 31 to 9 with a daughter being the oldest and a daughter being the youngest.The problem is not with the children it is with the relationship between my sons and my husband but that is another story..
The same applies to grandchildren collectively we have 6 grandchildren with one on the way and it is going to be a boy. I'm so excited I can't wait but alas I have to. I come from a large family and it is crazy when we all get together but it makes for a fantastic time together. That is what it is like when all our children and grandchildren are together it is fantastic. So on that note I am going to go asI have to go check to see what the youngest daughter is doing. Have a Good Day.

Night Terrors

I was driving back from taking my girls to school when I heard on the radio about this place that was talking about sleep apnea. The signs and symptoms of it and about sleep walking. It mentioned night terrors and remembered that my older daughter used to have night terrors when she was small. She would start screaming some time during the night and I would have to go in her room to her and hold her face looking at me and saying M can you hear me? Look at me and I kept doing it until she focused on me and I could see that she was awake. But it was an experience that is not sometimes easy to take. To hear her screaming and I didn't know what triggers it. I still don't. She has outgrown it thank God but I got to thinking about it and I thought that maybe there are other mothers out there that has gone through the same experience and maybe have different ways that they dealt with it. If we talked about what we did then maybe someone that is going through it now might find one method that helps them. If you went through a child having night terrors post a comment about it so that we can help someone else.

Thank you
Ladyhawkcj

Where Does The Time Go

I was sitting in the car waiting to pick up my girls from school. As I was sitting there I could see the kids waiting to get in the cars. I saw my daughter and it was like one of those moments when you notice how much they've grown. She was standing there with her crutches ( she broke her foot )and I am thinking it seemed like it was just yesterday that she was born. Where did my baby go? I know that most mothers feel the same but it just seems like time is passing too fast. It is important to spend time with them while you can before they grow and move. I am proud of her but just a little sad that she won't stay that little girl that needs her mama. They will always need you but just not in the same way.

Ladyhawkcj

Dating- How Old Should They Be

DATING- That is the question. How old should our children be before they start dating especially our daughters? I remember when I was about 13 I asked my daddy when can I start dating and he told me I couldn't date until I 40 years old. Last night we were over at Melanie's older brothers house and her 23 year old brother said that she needed to wear looser shirts because she is starting grow into a young lady and that it is very noticeable. I told him and her 25 year old brother that they are just not used to seeing their little growing up. Her 25 year old brother Anthony said that she couldn't date until she graduated high school. Her 23 year old brother Nick said she couldn't date until she was forty. I thought it was funny to watch these grown boys be protective of their little sister. Her father hasn't said anything because she is still his little girl. The time will be here before we know it. I would like to hear your opinions.

Ladyhawkcj

Children- Getting Lapbands

I'm writing about this because we women are mothers too. I saw on Oprah the other day about these children that were overweight getting lapbands. There are advantages to it because they do lose a lot of weight and they don't have other children picking at them for being overweight. I'm not talking about a little overweight but obese. I don't know if I would have my child do it or not. It is better as far as future heart problems or whatever could happen. If you had a child that was really overweight would you have them go through the lap band surgery?