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Time Out

So this is funny. Simon got a time-out at school yesterday. I suppose I shouldn’t be laughing about that, but the situation was so funny that even his teacher, Ms. Jill, was laughing a bit as she told me. She also suggested that I not discuss the time out with Simon, as she didn’t want […]

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Hi A & H: Your comments offered much food for thought and also made me realize I’ve left part of the story out. The book really does have a bad and misleading title, and Simon does not qualify as “difficult” under the author’s rubric. School has quit talking to me about this, too, so I […]

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Difficulty Quantified

Throughout the past month or so, I’ve been struggling with the question of whether Simon is truly difficult. My heart had pretty much settled on “no” from the get-go, as difficult is indeed in the eye—or heart—of the beholder. My brain began to move in the same direction shortly thereafter, but doubts lingered. So Thursday night, while […]

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Such a Tease

Matt and I have thought for ages that Simon has demonstrated a sense of humor. But then we’d try to remember what he said or did that seemed funny, and we’d either forget or end up with something that required a lot of interpretation. Sunday night, though, we got a full blown joke. Matt was […]

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Oedipus Whitworth

To paraphrase Sally Field, “I can’t deny that he likes me. He really, really likes me. Simon has entered what looks like a classic Oedipal phase. My response to this development is “aaaaaah,” while Matt’s is more “I better watch my back.” It’s not that Simon doesn’t love his Daddy; he clearly does so very […]

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Where Have All the Photos Gone?

Wow. I haven’t posted pictures of Simon in over a month. That’s a record. So what’s going on? Several things actually. First, there’s the hair. I mean for cryin’ out loud, just look at it. Two haircuts ago, we left the bangs long. Last haircut we scheduled right before his nap, the stylist was new, […]

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The funny thing about the September drama over Simon’s sensitivity is that all the books talk about how “difficult” these children are. One book is even titled The Difficult Child. Apparently, I am supposed to be an impatient, overwhelmed mother who is either annoyed at my child for being different or worked up into a […]

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Back to Simon. So, some weeks ago the kind folks at KIP let me know that Simon’s fear of loud noises and transitions did not look normal to them, and they advised me to seek professional counsel. Me being me, the first thing I did was talk non-stop to anyone who would listen (sorry everyone […]

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The “N” Word

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the word “normal.” As in, what is normal for a three-year-old, such as a fear of loud noises or insects, and what is not normal in a three-year-old, which may well be Simon’s level of fear. This all came about rather suddenly. One spring day my two-and-a-half-year-old boy […]

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Mothers & Fathers

Here, in a short vignette, is the difference between mothers and fathers boiled down to its essence. Simon has discovered the book It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. He wants us to read it to him before every nap and every bed-time, and he revels in telling us that “Lucy is cross”, that “Sally is […]

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