Posted 7/19/2014 8:41 AM (GMT 0)
Hello William and welcome back! Sorry to hear about the loss of your Dad. I'm without either of my parents now and although we spend a lifetime knowing thats coming it doesn't make it any easier does it?
As for sleep? Well obviously some of us don't get a lot! Lol. You can usually find a few of us wondering around here at odd hours. I stopped thinking in terms of sleeping thru the night and sleep whenever I can and end up getting enough I guess just not all in one session but more accumulated. Many rely on added sleep meds but I've not found one that didn't effect me the next day leaving me lethargic and hungover feeling. I have a very strange reaction to tranquilizers and anxiety and depression meds.
As for CP and Parenting dont beat yourself up over your inability to be "normal " to children they dont tend to miss something they didn't know. I had 5 children when I entered the land of CP and all under 13 and one only 3 months old. Yes we all had adjustments but we survived and they actually are all compassionate, empathetic adults dedicated to serving others in their career choices! Learn to make the time you spend with him of good strong quality and dont worry so much about quantities. To a child lying on the bed spending hours playing with army men, legos, or an art kits just as much fun as going skating as long as he's doing it with you! Helping you becomes a great accomplishment for him and earns self worth and pride in "taking " care of Dad when you have a bad day. My kids loved using the back massager, use to fight over who got to go first! Making me a sandwich or putting clothes away I had folded on laundry days. Use your imagination when spending bad days with him, incorporate your needs into "play "
The forum is a lifeline for most of us, a place where we can say how we really feel and not be judged, support in the ways of understanding.