parenxiety

Things I Did Not Expect to Worry About, As a Parent:

1. My child being not able to communicate what's wrong, even if he is verbal.

2. The dreaded tracking & careful rationing of paid days off from work-- which are practically monitored like money in a bank account. And saved for just about everything. But rarely a vacation. 

3. The horror scenes that would take place when administering medication to our child.

4. Numbers 2 & 3 making me feel guilty.

5. Sensory issues.

6. Hearing a big, wet sneeze & hoping to run & catch it with a tissue before the child finds something else.

7. Having enough Plan B's for all of life's curve balls. 

8. Accepting the fact, as time goes on, that challenges will not be fewer or easier. Just different.

9. The meaning of the word "special".

10. Having my own space.  

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