normality

Life

 in everyday / normality / now / poem / still life by

Sometimes I feel as though I don’t know quite where I fit in this universe. Almost as though I am living in a dream or dreaming of the world I am living in. I wake often unable to tell the difference from real life and the dreams I must have had. Unable to find things, as I must have put them away on in dream state. A sudden sense of deja vu overtakes a moment, haven’t I done this before? but where and when? Am I just going through the motions? How do I tell the difference between the actual and the perceived? I want to wake up and make the more »

Consistency has been the Key

 in consistency / help. minimad / minimad / normality / tantrums / tempter by

I thought it was about time I updated you on the MiniMad situation and I am pleased to say that we seen to be going in the right directions with the temper tantrums.   I have put my action list in to play and we have drastically reduced the number of incidents and also blessedly the length of any tantrums which do start. I have not succumbed to any of my curly hair terrorists demands and as someone commented you do not negotiate with terrorists! The main things that have made the biggest difference are: Setting expectations of what I want him to do. Counting down to when we are doing more »