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thanks for all the feedback

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Thank you all very much for all the feedback on my Question. I have been considering all the options you all gave me but my first desision was to take him to a doctor and find out what the matter is with him and if there is anything wrong with him.

I have been trying to get out from where i live ever since i first had problems with the arrangements (referring to my previous blogs), but sadly fo now that is impossible, i have no income whatsoever and wont be able to provide for my son on my own just yet. I am really trying to get something to hold onto to get outa here. my parents can't understand why i need to move out, they say that i am stealing him away from them and that i only want him to myself. they also think that i will  be abusive towards him if they dont see what i am doing all the time.

this weekend he had a violent fit and i held him close telling him how much i love him and how much i want to help him and after i left him, he played outside quietly and my sister spoke to him and apparently she was telling him not to get dirty in the dirt and he got angry at her, picked up a stone and threw it at her, he missed her but threw out my dad's company vehicle's window. that was not a good thing, i was hurt that he did something like that and started crying when they said to me how its my fault that he is like that, how i am a worthless mother and not doing anything about him, how im not dicipling him and and and. i was sad all day and couldnt stop crying as i really did feel maybe it is my fault that my son is acting out the way he is, maybe i should have never trusted them to look after him while i was trying to find my feet, to build him a better stable life, to build something that he can look back to and say..' i had a good childhood and my mother is the best'. but at this moment i feel that he will look back and say my mother is worthless and she never did anything for me by herself.

i have this really big feeling of regret, fear, worthlessness. maybe it was wrong of me to not listen to my dad when he said to get an abortion, but i felt it was murder. i love my son, i have loved him since i found out i was going to be a mother. i never once said i would rather leave this behind because of the challenges that would lie ahead to be a single mother and unemployed, i took my responsibilities on full ahead. i knew it would be hard, but that is one of the challenges that comes with any parenthood i believe it helps you grow love for your kids and for other people around.

mystikal, dont worry about hurting my feelings before i was a bit over sensitive that day as i did not have the best of days. all my days consist of not good days lately.

i am seeing someone that loves my son to bits and he is paying for the doctor or phycological expences as he is also very worried for my son and me. my son and him are the only people that keeps me going when the days get tough. he sometimes offer to watch my son while i sleep a bit or when i need to relax, he even sent me to a spa this past weekend to help rid of some of the stress. so as soon as he gets steady in his own place and me get a good job we plan to move in together. i cannot have asked for a better man to support my emotional needs, i love him to bits. to be very honest this weekend after the window insident i phoned him up asking if we could maybe hang out together at the park to let my son relax a bit ( as he got a hiding from grandpa for the window and i was very angry at that and told them how i felt). he came and took us out to the park and almost instantly i saw a changed child. he was loving, he actually looked at the worms hanging on webs in the trees and told me he was happy to see animals. so i agree with some of the comments saying that it is the enviroment he is living in.

here is my email adres if any of you want to speak some more or give me more good advice andreabfg@hotmail.com

i am very greatful and appreciate all the advice given to me and i am sure going to try it all until i find the one that works with him.

Thank you Minti moms.

Lotsa love and blessings to you all.

xxx

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jacsmollen
July 7th | jacsmollen
Re: thanks for all the feedback

Have been reading your blogs and the support messages from other minti members. Wow! you have surely been through a lot and I think that you are a well deserved good person and a good mother. Life was not meant to be easy, the turmoils we go through life makes us grow and turns into wisdom. I agree that you have to follow your own path and don't allow your family to put you down, the negative feed back you get from them will not acheive anything, but instead stunt you from growing and make your son behave even more worse. Glad to hear that you have found a good partner in your life, and that your son responds to him well. It's vital that you continue to grow and build a stable foundation for yourself and your son with this new man in your life. As for your son in the way he behaves, if you and your partner make sure there is stability, nurturing and loving environment / home with positive boundaires in place, I am sure your son will improve with his behaviour. I work in the health industry as a remedial massage therapist and nutrition advisor. I was wondering if you and your son take in omega-3 fish oil in  your diet daily. Research has been proven that a diet lack in omega-3 causes high risk in heart disease and stroke and in children hyper-activity (ADHD or ADD). Also mental fatigue, slow learning abilities and lack of concentration. If you would like to know more about this you can let me know by your response to my comment and  I can then send you a personal email and discuss this matter further. Until then take care and be positive. 



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ellosunshine
June 30th | ellosunshine
Re: thanks for all the feedback

Im so glad to hear that you have someone close that cares about you and your son. I hope you can get help with you son and things improve for you. And i hope soon you will be able to get out of the environment you two are living in at the moment. How your family is like towards your son and you is not right. They dont seem supportive at all, especially from the very start when they found out you were pregnant. Does the government in South Africa help people who are unemployed? Its ashame that the system over there isnt like here in Australia where you will get alot of help and support and you can be out of that environment sooner.

Just remember we are all here for you. If you have any questions or need to blog out your emotions do so as they will help you heaps. Keep us updated... thinking of you...

Jo xxx



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      singlemama
July 2nd | singlemama
Re: thanks for all the feedback

thank you so much. virtual support from all my minti mommy's and daddy's are so much of help. the only way the goverment here helps you is with social grant monthly which is r280 only for each child you have, they have no other ways of supporting the unemployed. they will tell you go live in a homeless shelter or build a shack which with our crime rate i wont even consider, to have my son living in such an enviroment is even worse than here where we are now, the shacks im talking about is in rural areas with no drinkabl water and electricity. poverty in our country is not well handled at all. my uncle who lives in australia has offered for me to go live there with them but i can only do that once i have income. thanks again very much appreciated.



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           mystikal
July 2nd | mystikal
Re: thanks for all the feedback

Hey sweety once you have the money I hope you can make it here to Australia (take that nice young man with you lol) the government will take good care of you. Bulk billing for medical, clean drinking water and you will get plenty of money to look after your children as well as wonderful savings on child care for your son if you go back to work. Things are really looking up for you, good on ya for taking a step in the right direction.



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mystikal
June 30th | mystikal
Re: thanks for all the feedback

P.S I got this huge, warm, fuzzle tingle down my spine when you talked about this new man in your life. WOW!! see hun, this is exactly how people are supposed to treat one another when you love them. You've found someone very loving and I just know he is gonna help your family have a better life xo I do tarot/mediumship/palmistry which a lot of people don't believe in but I'm going to say this anyway... when I read this story I saw an image of my life, like a mirrored reflection. Which means I know this man is going to be your rock, get you out of there and love you and your son the way you're supposed to be loved. As this is what happened to me. See when I get gut feelings or images etc I get drawn to the different people I know through-out life so I can help others with their situations. Hope this has helped xx You're going to be fine.



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mystikal
June 30th | mystikal
Re: thanks for all the feedback

Awww sweety I just want to go up to you and give you a big hug. Is there women's shelters where you live in South Africa? (I really don't know that much about your country) as you could go to one of those and they will help you out until you find work. Don't listen to the rubbish about taking their grandson away from them, that is just silly on their behalf. You are a grown woman with your own family now, big enough to make your own decisions in life and they should be encouraging you to stand on your own feet (which you are doing) and trying to make a better life for yourself and your son. I can't wait until you can see what the world can really be like away from such emotionally abusive people. For me, I never actually knew how bad it was until I got out of there. When I was on the outside looking in, I no longer blamed myself and I could see that it was totally wrong and that's not how 'normal' loving families treat their children. I do hope you keep us all updated because my heart really does go out to you, you're a very strong woman and I know you will make it one day and you will live the life you deserve xox



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pauline27
June 29th | pauline27
Re: thanks for all the feedback

I do hope you will be helped here on this site, it already sounds as if he is better when you do things with him, like take him to the park and play.It is hard work but rewarding.

Do hope it all works out for him

Love Pauline



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