here I am, again

I know I should be in bed, but I'm here anyway. Why is that, again?

Too much stuff going on. More arguments with DD, I don't know what is going through that child's head these days. She was crying during her bath, telling DH that her leg really hurt. There were no scrapes or bruises or anything, no apparent reason for it to hurt. She hasn't fallen recently, or twisted it, nothing like that. For several minutes she really kicked up a fuss about it.

Finally, though, she admitted to DH that she was faking! He caught her laughing and smiling when supposedly her leg was hurting and she had been crying just seconds previously...we talked to her quite sternly about this, as it's not the first time this has happened. She complains about being sick or in pain, and only cops to lying about it when I say she'll have to go to the doctor.

I wonder, is she really in pain, and just doesn't want to go to the doctor? She has a cousin (first) with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, and given all the health problems I have, it's not unreasonable to think she may have some of the same conditions, including RA.

Or does she just want attention? Lately all her bids for attention have been so negative. I try to remember to notice her in a kind way several times throughout the day, but it's never enough. She always has to do something to make me annoyed! Expert button pusher, she is...

Still, this fake illness thing has got to stop. I can envision that one day she'll have a stomach ache and we'll blow it off and then her appendix will burst.

At least DS2 wasn't a bear today. Although he was over using the potty this evening! I told him straight out: "I'm sick of changing diapers and I want it to end. I know you're not ready to give them up. So, here's the deal: I don't mind changing peepee diapers, but I don't see any reason I should ever have to change a poopy diaper again." Then I left him in the bathroom on his own (on the potty) and after a couple of minutes, he went! Now, he's done this many, many times, so he knows he can do it. He was just being stubborn about it earlier. But now that he knows I'm not going to make him pee in the potty (yet), he's cool with it. For now, anyway. !

DS1 was only a slight pest because he's got a naggy little cough. Every 30 seconds, I swear it was "cough, cough, cough". I asked him if maybe he could put a little effort into those coughs and clear things up and give us all a break? He tried. We got a whole 2 minutes without a cough, then! Enough to make me insane. An you know he rarely covers his mouth! I'm living in germ central!

Did some fun work today. That was cool, but have to get down to more nitty-gritty... tomorrow.

DS1 will be SEVEN on Thursday. I can't believe it!