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No progress must mean I should end this, right?

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I have been married for 2.5 years and I haven't learned anything... I still hate BM (perhaps even more than before) I still have mixed feelings about SD6, and I still CAN'T let *his* past go...
It still bothers me to think that he had a child with BM, and they experienced that Joy together. You would think that I would have learned how to deal with things and how to manage them.

Bio and step child don't get along.

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I have a son who is 2.8 years old, and then I have my 6 year old Stepdaughter. My son is not my husband's bio, but he has taken care of him since we married and he was 7 months old. For the most part, he considers him "his son".

My son and stepdaughter do not get along. They can't play together without a lot of screaming, arguing, and someone (usually stepdaughter) crying and getting hurt.

A few weeks ago he gave her a very bad black eye, it wasn't playing, it was an accident in which his head hurt her browbone. Today, he threw a block at her and hurt her lip.

How to handle this situation with SD6?

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Ok, so the other day SD6 was here with us and she wanted to spend her mom's birthday with her, so DH was going to drop her off at her mother's house. SD came to me and asked me what should she wear, and I told her that I was going to help her find her clothes and was walking with her to her room when she said that she wanted to wear X dress, I said no, that dress is dirty and then she said "But I like that dress". I consider that talking back, so I just told her go ahead and look for something yourself, and came back to my room.

Spouse comes first

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This is an answer I provided for AlexandraL's post about this subject. I decided to make it a blog entry since I want to explain in more detail some examples of what really means putting your child/spouse first. I would also love to see some examples from Storiesbysteve who has had a 30 year old marriage with a woman who has put her children first, and has put this in actual words.

Without further due, here is my post:

Mood changes.

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Last weekend I was looking fwd to SD being here and spending time with her. I didn't want her to leave on Monday and that got me sort-of-excited/predisposed for this summer, and spending time with her. I honestly was amazed at how close she felt like a daughter in my heart. It might sound silly, but it did. Now, THIS weekend, I just don't even want her around. The only difference is that she came here acting very down, like sad or something, I talked to her but she didn't say anything. It seems like she doesn't even want to be here, which I guess that changed my mood totally...

Is it rude to NOT show your new baby to your ex?

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Ok, so DH and I got into this argument, inititated by my great curiosity and my thirst to micromanage every detail. We had not seen BM since she was pregnant, but she already had her baby and DH was going to pick SD6 today at BM's house. I asked, out of curiosity if he was going to ask to see the baby, he said no, and then I asked, what would he say if she asked if he wanted to see him? and he said "I'd say sure" and then I proceeded to ask him if we have a baby of our own, would he ask her if she wants to see him/her and he basically said "yes, that would be SD6's sibling".

Is this normal for a 2.5 year old?

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I have a son, and in his annual check up, the doctos referred me to a neurologist, audiologist and speech therapist because my son doesn't talk. She wanted him to get him checked for autism but I don't think he has autism as I have read a lot about it and he does not fit the "profile" he is extremely social, he never "acts" deaf, he is very aware of his surrounding and is extremely loving. He points at things etc...

Anyway, Early intervention program has yet to contact me to make an appointment and provide an a evaluation for my son and therapy at home if needed.

OT- Sodium Lauryl Sulfate

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Ok so this is freaking me out. I have read and heard about how SLS is so bad for your skin and can even cause skin cancer. Almost all of the products that foam up contain this ingredient. Face wash, shampoos, dish soap, detergent...

This is one link i found:

http://www.natural-health-information-centre.com/sodium-lauryl-sulfate.html

I went to check all of the products I have in the categories I mentioned, and they ALL contain this ingredient because it is cheap to make. :O

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