I don't get it. How are you supposed to discipline your child when all other resources have been exhausted? I can make every threat under the sun and it still doesn't get through. Argh! I never knew how much a three year old could irk me, but he's managed it. My mom or dad would have spanked me for the things he gets away with. How do you stress the importance of a babies sleep - I can't speak a foreign language - English just doesn't seem to work. Maybe the threats are a set-back. When I say I will spank maybe I should - I don't believe in corporal punishment but I am at my wits end. It's been a rough weekend for David and I both; if I hear my son say 'no' again I swear I will smack him into next week. That sounds like a good ole Cosby punishment if I've ever heard one. I brought you into this world and I can take you right back out - is another favorite of mine, but I never seem to remember it. I also told myself I wouldn't swear at him; when you've lost it you should walk away - where do I walk away to when I have a baby in the next room? To avoid waking her again, he's been sent to couch to be quiet. No TV, no movies or toys; this is supposed to be quiet time, and it is also very important 'z' time for Maddie.....
So much for 'z' time for anyone. To top it off I have been dealing with an exorbenant amount of illnesses in the house. Maddie is still getting over the flu; Stirling was over his last week, but another cold has been added to the mix that came with a wonderful nagging cough. I am just over the flu late last week, but at least it was mild and only had one really bad day of vomiting; I think my system is almost back to normal.
I want to enter the Cook of the Year contest at Canadian Living, but can't find the time to perfect my entry and the deadline is April 1. I managed to squeeze in a tester last weekend before we all got really sick, but I've decided it needs some adjustments before I send it off; if only I can find the time.
I have to cut this short before I lose it; Stirling is driving me bonkers and its not as simple as sending him to his room. Maybe he needs therapy, maybe I need to take up another language - no thanks to Dora! Because everything I say in English just doesn't seem to be understood anymore. How else do I try to tell him that mommy and daddy are the grown-ups, the bosses?

I can't believe that Madison will be five months old in a few short weeks. Her weigh in at her four month booster appointment said she's grown to 15lbs. 11 1/2oz.; holy cow; and she's over 25 inches long already! In comparison to Stirling at this stage in his life; he was taller and a little lighter; but not by much. She's started on rice cereal but I've only been feeding it to her on occasion. I don't want her to get too big; she's still in the 75 percentile for her weight and 90th for her height; at her two month booster appointment she was in the 90th across the board.
We've all been sick for what seems to have been weeks. Thanks to daycare we can now take part in the various illnesses that are floating in the atmosphere there. So far my contribution has been small; Stirling has had two colds and a touch of the flu; David was really sick with the flu for over a week and a good cold that still hasn't subsided. I have luckily managed to come through this with a minor case of the flu that still allowed me to function for the most part, and the colds seemed to have missed me all together. My mother in-law says that its because I have no time to be sick; and you know what, I think she is right.
On the other hand, I have this strange spot on my stomach, that seems to not be doing much of anything. In the meantime, I came across an article in the Journal that spoke of a superbug that is set to hit Canadians called MRSA (a bacteria commonly found on the skin and in the nose of otherwise healthy people). It usually causes skin infections that may look like a pimple or boil, and can lead to pneumonia, bloodstream infections, or surgical wound infections. Nurses in hospitals are in contact with patients infected with this unaware and in turn pass it on to subsequent patients without even knowing. I don't recall coming into contact with anyone, but now it has raised concerns and questions of my own. It's been over a week and maybe it's the more I examine it, it still seems the same but I seem to be irritating it. If it's still unchanged by Tuesday maybe I'll go to the clinic, just to on the safe side. It seems MRSA is very drug resistant and I don't want to take my chances.