Man alive! I love my son, but 5th grade has sone a number on his attitude. He is not only the whiniest kid on earth, he has also mastered the art of showing his exasperation with his incredibly stupid parents.
I remember that. I remember when I got so hip to the jive that my parents suddenly became the STEWPIDEST people roaming the earth. It was a miracle they were toilet trained, seeing that they spent thier entire lives in OBLIVION... and lucky for them, they had me to teach them. How did they fumble thier parts together TWICE in order to make my brother and I? Was it some moment of drunken clarity that they accidentally created life, I mean... these guys were dumb. I couldn't figure out how they managed anything, let alone both of them getting thier Masters Degrees.
(not to mention doing it BEFORE they got married ,and getting married BEFORE they had kids... now see, I did it exactly the opposite way around, first kids, then marriage, then a degree, no masters... not yet.. pine for that. smart me.
The new thing at my house is that whatever I go to tell my 11 year old, he already knows. He is showing a very astute psychic tendency, I will tell you that...
"Nolan, time to get up for school!"
"I KNOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWUH!"
Oh OK I didnt know.
"Nolan, I am going to pick you up a"- Interrupts- "I KNOWWWWWWWWWUHHHHH!"
"a new minibike after school" (i finish with a lie to get his attention)
"oh but you knew that already didnt you?"
"OH MY GOOODDDDDUUUHHHHHHH!"
He knows about my game.
"Nolan, could you put"--YES I KNOWWWWWWWWWWUHHHH!"
"your-" -"I KOWWWWW"
"socks-" -"YES I KNOOOOOOOOWWWWWWUUUHHHHHH!"
"in your-" -"I KNOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.. Im putting them in my dresser, GODDDDDDDDUHHHH!"
"MOUTH???? ALL OF THEM???? CAN YOU FIT THEM ALL IN THERE SO I DON'T HAVE TO HEAR YOUR CRAP?"
OK I dont say the last part, but I want to.
Dont even let me get started on when I ask for blood sugars.
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Sounds like life is fun with your 11-year-old. My nine-year-old is on her way to her own little attitude. She has mastered rolling her eyes as soon as I ask her to do something. I can't wait to see how she will be in two more years!
BTW, LOVED your explanation of how you remember going through the same experience your son is now going through. It made me snort a few chuckles : )
nice blog, my daughter is type 1 too, she is 8 and we go through the same ups and down. it has been a hard 15 months since her diagnosis but we take it one day at a time. H
Hi - sorry for posting here but couldn't find an email address for you!
I work for Diabetes UK and we've just launched a new video about bullying and Type 1 diabetes. Hope it's not something that your child has experienced. But we've heard from a lot of kids who are tired of the myths and misconceptions about Type 1.
You can see our video here www.diabetes.org.uk/record
Would love to hear your thoughts on this!
Elissa Morrissette
elissa.morrissette@diabetes.org.uk
Hi Jen,
I thought you might want to check out the this new web-only public service announcement designed to let parents know about the devastating consequences of diabetes and encourage them to take steps toward prevention. Here's the link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EKXBuClORA
Sorry to post this here, but I think it may interest you, and would love to hear what you think of it.
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