It's Hell Being LIttle
Poor Annika, my littlest, is really having a hard time. Lately, we’ve all focused our attention on everyone but her: Michelle with her Biopolar Disorder problems, Lukas and Erik with their homeschooling. There’s little time left over for the kid who’s the easiest one of all. So her world and her place in it seems pretty uncertain now. All the tumult and crises like our miniature pinscher's near death experience, my telling her I have to catch up on my work in the evening when homeschooling takes a huge chunk out of my time, and her being picked on by her older sibs since she's the youngest....it’s too much. She starting to manifest physical symptoms, real and imagined, to express herself. I told her that family is always there to help the ones in need and that she needs to communicate her feelings rather than keep them inside. To heck with work for awhile. I'm taking her on a buddy day and will try to do so once a week. Everyone send maternal/paternal love vibes her way!!