Dear Diary!
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thats good news @Eddcorner and it will hopefully be nice weather. does your mum understand being great-grandmother?I'm going to be a grandad for the second time c/o my eldest come June '24. He has a great partner who really complements him and they're top class parents to my little Ulster Irish granddaughterTally ho peeps!!
I'm going to be a grandad for the second time c/o my eldest come June '24. He has a great partner who really complements him and they're top class parents to my little Ulster Irish granddaughter
Aw - such fab news! ❤️
Many welcome thanks @jennifer1967 @sdmhred and @Izzy!! I'll be a 'youthful' 53years old when the new baby arrives Have told mum... she has many memories of my eldest visiting and staying over into his late teens/early twenties. She loves the videos and snaps of her great granddaughter that he sends - will no doubt welcome more, a visual reference helps her process stuff a lot better though. Mum smiled regardless when informed
Have told mum... she has many memories of my eldest visiting and staying over into his late teens/early twenties. She loves the videos and snaps of her great granddaughter that he sends - will no doubt welcome more, a visual reference helps her process stuff a lot better though. Mum smiled regardless when informed i was 39 when i had the first grandchild then they arrive 2 a year until youngest grandsons 6,5. i had 2 arrive in a week.Many welcome thanks @jennifer1967 @sdmhred and @Izzy!! I'll be a 'youthful' 53years old when the new baby arrives
There’s nothing like new life to give us all a boost, wonderful news. Congratulations Edcorner.
It can be quite frustrating when family expect mum to fit into their Christmas schedule, shouldn't it be the other way round? Mum's routine i.e. nap time, personal visits and meals are led by her not myself. People often draw the wrong conclusion and although they don't say it outright infer that I'm being obstructive! When you get called by your full Christian name in a message it is charged with 'yeah really?' Sigh 😕 oh well vent complete, very therapeutic haha
Sigh 😕 oh well vent complete, very therapeutic haha It is frustrating, other people just don’t understand what it is like to care for a person who has dementia.It can be quite frustrating when family expect mum to fit into their Christmas schedule, shouldn't it be the other way round? Mum's routine i.e. nap time, personal visits and meals are led by her not myself. People often draw the wrong conclusion and although they don't say it outright infer that I'm being obstructive! When you get called by your full Christian name in a message it is charged with 'yeah really?'
It's a persisting issue even though I've explained numerous times; mum's needs as always have to be the overriding priority, no doubt I will be here again however at some point in the future.
Please don't use big words, Edward. 😌'Edward' yep, totally loaded. Already compartmentalised though
Apologies sir
Occasionally my clinical self raises it's ugly head. I've even been known to break into different accents from time to time... lived a lot of different places, got a weird brain me haha!
Hi @EddcornerIt can be quite frustrating when family expect mum to fit into their Christmas schedule, shouldn't it be the other way round? Mum's routine i.e. nap time, personal visits and meals are led by her not myself. People often draw the wrong conclusion and although they don't say it outright infer that I'm being obstructive! When you get called by your full Christian name in a message it is charged with 'yeah really?'
It's precisely for this reason - fitting round the PWD - that for family "do's" and celebrations, etc they all come to us, because my OH can't go anywhere. So hosting the hoards is fine, as it means we get to see them, and they do mostly help or contribute.
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