tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192431664537672353.post3990168633682539553..comments2014-07-08T08:34:43.653-07:00Comments on Writing the Waves... Again: High Needs MotherLynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04669701574781849858noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192431664537672353.post-19192942142219417852013-09-06T17:44:00.692-07:002013-09-06T17:44:00.692-07:00Hi Chris! Thanks for reading this. Yes, I'm a ...Hi Chris! Thanks for reading this. Yes, I'm a textbook HSP, too, and I believe my son is as well. At least we know we're not alone! I find a lot of comfort in knowing that. Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04669701574781849858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192431664537672353.post-2804886786097404582013-09-06T14:06:20.224-07:002013-09-06T14:06:20.224-07:00I love this post, Lynn, and relate to SO MUCH OF I...I love this post, Lynn, and relate to SO MUCH OF IT. (This is Chris from the Hive, btw.) Ruby was also a "high-needs" baby, and I'm one of Dr. Aron's textbook HSPs. It's a parent-child balance that's tough to handle sometimes, being at once so similar to each other and all the while trying to keep my own (extensive...) neuroses from clouding how I parent my kid. Thanks for sharing your experience...I wish all of us much luck. :) girl chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15819605358497054684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192431664537672353.post-13228955919505981262013-08-26T18:03:39.645-07:002013-08-26T18:03:39.645-07:00Thanks Rebecca! I'm so glad you're making ...Thanks Rebecca! I'm so glad you're making the shift. It's often uphill for me. But knowing I'm not alone helps so tremendously. I also find it interesting that, at least among my friends and their families, fathers find it soooo much easier to ask for what they need as far as time away to do things that restore them.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04669701574781849858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192431664537672353.post-17776660408654236842013-08-26T17:42:08.217-07:002013-08-26T17:42:08.217-07:00I absolutely love the line "I hate that as a ...I absolutely love the line "I hate that as a mother, I felt like I had to choose between caring for my child and caring for myself." That is precisely the conflict that dominated my thoughts for the first two years of my daughter's life. In the past six months, I finally accepted that, like you, I'm better for her when I take care of me. Zings of guilt still strike me now and again, but it's good to hear the in-depth experience of someone in the same boat - it'll help to keep the "zings" at bay!Rebecca Fraser-Thillhttp://workingself.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192431664537672353.post-32362125715718414552013-08-26T15:58:45.261-07:002013-08-26T15:58:45.261-07:00Thank you Chris! I hope so.
Sorry your first was...Thank you Chris! I hope so. <br /><br />Sorry your first was a challenge. My son seems to be just fine now-- I think he was just a sensitive baby who possibly had some tummy issues at first. <br /><br />Glad you're taking good care of you now!<br />Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04669701574781849858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192431664537672353.post-9461864672300165052013-08-26T13:59:32.041-07:002013-08-26T13:59:32.041-07:00Oh this is just such a powerful and beautiful post...Oh this is just such a powerful and beautiful post!! Your words will ring true for so many many mothers!!!<br /><br />My first was like that- and I was desperate for answers. Her's was severe reflux and untreatable asthma- and and and... the list goes on and on.<br /><br />It was a long and desperate journey to get her well. 8 years to be exact. But now I feel liberated and renewed and it feels OH so good to take care of ME!!! :)Chris Carterhttp://themomcafe.comnoreply@blogger.com