My Little Parrot

Rudy has become a parrot this past week. No longer a toddler...but a parrot lol. He's repeating everything and he's actually starting to speak clearly. I'm so ecstatic that my little boo is finally getting there!

Here are a few of his favorite phrases/words this week:
-agua (water in Spanish)
-It's ok.
-Wooooooow (LOL)
-No (haha the infamous 'no')
-Get up. (To his daddy in the mornings...I taught him that one lol)

So there we have it! ;-)

What does being an "Iron Momma" mean?

Booboo had blood work done about two months ago and came back positive for anemia. I've been giving him iron supplements and tried increasing the iron in his diet. Easier said than done! He won't eat meat, won't eat beans, won't eat veggies! I don't know what else to do.

Here I am at 1:47 re-reading an article about iron deficiency. Wanting to rip my eyes out in the process. Apparently, if you didn't know, iron deficiencies cause mental and motor skill set backs due to lack of blood traveling to the brain. My son has been anemic for about 6 months I will roughly estimate. And it doesn't seem to be going away. He still bruises easily, he is tired for a big part of the day, and the dark circles under his eyes are killing me.

Iron momma - I started this "mommy blog" in hopes of sharing my experiences in helping my son's anemia get better, and so far I haven't succeeded. I had thought that he'd be tested again in October but his doctor decided to wait until January to evaluate it again.

I need to do more but I just don't know how much I can actually do with such a picky eater. I blame myself for teaching him to be like this, and I blame myself for not realizing sooner that he had a problem. Now he might possibly be held back cognitively because I didn't do a good job at feeding him what he needed.

I want solutions but it's kicking my ass and I sit here helpless.

parenting cycle

"When you teach your son, you teach your son's son." - The Talmud

I read this quote today and it made a huge impact on me. The way I behave and react towards my son is crucial not only because it's going to shape him, but it will define how he will raise his children. It's all a cycle. I can't allow myself to forget how I want to raise him. I need to take control of the situation instead of letting it control me.

Terrible twos are hitting hard. That on top of this underlying fear of Autism that's eating me up inside. He's just so defiant now. Tantrums galore. Ear bleeding screams (aah those are the worst lol.) Nothing I do works and I'm tired of time outs with no results. With that being said; I do not want to spank. Despite feeling helpless and pinned between spanking or no discipline I know there has to be a way. There has to!! I have to control my emotions more than anything. I can't allow myself to be overcome by the frustration. I can't imagine how frustrated he has to be without being able to tell me what's wrong or express himself fully without a vocabulary to use.

Library here I come! Parenting books have always helped me and while I don't agree with everything I've read in the past a lot of the time I've been pointed in the right direction. Every kid is different...and mine is an extreme oddball lol. I have to be able to handle his individuality and needs the way he NEEDS them handled.

And there's my rant for the night. =]