shelleynshaggy
Distinguished member
- Joined
- Sep 2, 2009
- Messages
- 280
- Diagnosis
- 08/2009
- Country
- US
- State
- OH
- City
- Brunswick
Ok, so comfort was beginning to settle in and things were running smoothly. No new symptoms for awhile..... THEN....
I get an email from my sister today. Sunday we were at her house for my nephew's baptism and party. Jim and I were honored as Godparents. Our kids (6 and 2) were playing with my nephew (3) in the basement when he comes running up that Uncle Jim said he was bad. He's crying and we figured all the kids were over tired. So we decided to call it a day. My mom took my family home and I went to work.
So this email - my sister tells me Jim slapped her son. I asked Jim what happened - he says he yelled at my nephew because he was hurting Mikayla. End of story.
According to my kids, my nephew tried to pick up Mikayla and fell on her - and Jim did slap him. Both my girls say so - Jim still denies it. Luckily, my sister is a behavior specialist and understands dementia. She is not upset with me or Jim per se - but it just brings us to another cross road.
Obviously, Jim cannot be left alone with any kids including mine. My mom has been picking Jim and the girls up when I work Sundays - so he is only alone with them for 2 nights/week. I only work 2 nights a week right now. I am cut back to lower then the bare minimum and not sure what to do. My mom has offered to pick them up on Saturdays and have them over night or she will stay here. I have approached other family memebers - no one else is sure they can help us with family sitting. My mom works 5 to 6 days a week and this is a lot for her to take on. I know this will wear on her and especially my dad very quickly stressing an already strained relationship between me and dad.
Again I just want to curl into a ball not sure how to handle this too.
Not that I expect solutions so much - just once again need to vent. I wish I only had to find someone to watch him or someone to just watch the kids - but it is so hard to ask someone to watch your husband AND your kids.
I get an email from my sister today. Sunday we were at her house for my nephew's baptism and party. Jim and I were honored as Godparents. Our kids (6 and 2) were playing with my nephew (3) in the basement when he comes running up that Uncle Jim said he was bad. He's crying and we figured all the kids were over tired. So we decided to call it a day. My mom took my family home and I went to work.
So this email - my sister tells me Jim slapped her son. I asked Jim what happened - he says he yelled at my nephew because he was hurting Mikayla. End of story.
According to my kids, my nephew tried to pick up Mikayla and fell on her - and Jim did slap him. Both my girls say so - Jim still denies it. Luckily, my sister is a behavior specialist and understands dementia. She is not upset with me or Jim per se - but it just brings us to another cross road.
Obviously, Jim cannot be left alone with any kids including mine. My mom has been picking Jim and the girls up when I work Sundays - so he is only alone with them for 2 nights/week. I only work 2 nights a week right now. I am cut back to lower then the bare minimum and not sure what to do. My mom has offered to pick them up on Saturdays and have them over night or she will stay here. I have approached other family memebers - no one else is sure they can help us with family sitting. My mom works 5 to 6 days a week and this is a lot for her to take on. I know this will wear on her and especially my dad very quickly stressing an already strained relationship between me and dad.
Again I just want to curl into a ball not sure how to handle this too.
Not that I expect solutions so much - just once again need to vent. I wish I only had to find someone to watch him or someone to just watch the kids - but it is so hard to ask someone to watch your husband AND your kids.
