<<It is with some pride I can recount that I never harmed her.....how sad is that???>> Michelle, I knew that Molly was your ferocious one and put you through the ringer. I suppose I can say I'm proud I've never harmed Faren either. Although yelling at her can't be much better : ( Anyway, I guess I just need to write in every now and then and bring up the same old topic so as to stay sane, or atleast get some reassurance that I'm not alone : ) Michelle Wilson , mother to Faren and wife to Rick >From: "James Waite" <jwaite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Reply-To: tri-med@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: <tri-med@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: [tri-med] Re: I'm a freak out/Faren is too >Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 10:28:11 -0500 > > >Jayne wrote: > > <<My, oh my....don't remind me of the crying at 1a.m 2a.m 3a.m, etc! >One > > morning (I think it was 2a.m.) I screamed at Nicholas, "What is wrong > > with > > you????" >> > >Faren's Michelle wrote: > > . But sometimes I > > just lose control. I say bad things like "why don't you just shut up" >or > > "I'm putting you up for adoption". > >BTDT with my non-trier Molly. She "turned" colicky at age 3 weeks and >screamed 12-14 hrs per day until she was 9 months old. It turns you inside >out and drives you mad (like Chinesse water torture) . Unless you've lived >it you can't understand how awful it is. We couldn't go anywhere but my >Gramma's house and my folks. Even Jim's mom didn't want us around much as >the constant crying/screaming bugged her. Poor Alex was 3.5 yrs old and >stuck home with this screaming baby and losing it mom. And that's when my >weight gain really began......... > >We tried EVERY known and suggested remedy--Jim's dad (a dr) put her on >Belladonna. It lessened the degree a bit for a few weeks and then back we >went to full and constant force. She even screamed in the car!! The only >thing that helped at all/sometimes was putting her on the dryer while it >was >on in her bouncy seat. Of course, I had to stay right there with her so she >didn't vibrate off. > >I don't look back at that episode of my life with much fondness and some >self-loathing for how I behaved sometimes when ready to snap apart. It is >with some pride I can recount that I never harmed her.....how sad is >that??? >One Saturday I was going to a craft show and lunch with some friends. Left >Jim with the kids and some breast milk in a bottle. I was gone for 8 hrs >and >he was NUTS when I got home, "She never was quiet" and she was just laying >there screaming in her bassinette. He'd not been very understanding of my >life until then and had just a small taste of what it had been like. His >other comments, " I couldn't even get the dishes done and Alex couldn't >hear >me reading a book to him". No kidding honey...........tell me about >it......... > >Hang in and it will pass. Eventually. As long as there is no medical issue >causing the distress. > >BTW~ Molly is still an easily agitated/frustrated child. Wonder which trait >came first--the attitude or did the colic form it? We'll never know........ > >Michelle mom to Alex (14, partial trisomy 14 mosaic) and Molly (10) >MichiganUSA > > Building ___ooOOoo__ Rainbows > www.trisomyonline.org > Families Helping Families On-line > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Building ___ooOOoo__ Rainbows www.trisomyonline.org Families Helping Families On-line