So... I posted awhile back that my hubby's Mother had gone into hospital. She was released, but is now back in. That makes three times she's been hospitalized in four months. Once in a coma, the other two with first a minor heart attack, and this time with a massive heart attack. She is recovering well thankfully. The hospital has now asked her to accept being placed in a respite program until they can find a long term care home for her. She is trying to refuse the respite care. It seems the only way that we can remotely convince her to do it is to take her cat. The last time we had to take her cat on because of an extended hospital stay, it used my laundry room as a bathroom and refused to use the litter box

Now on to the daycare part of this. I can't take the time off of work, we need the money, and quite frankly if I took time off of work every time my MIL was hospitalized or had a health concern, I would never work. This has been going on for three years. She refuses help, goes home, calls on us to do everything for her, and then the process starts all over again

Now most days are pretty good. I'm pretty good at dealing with stress. All I really need to keep myself on the ground is my afternoon break, a little tv time at night when the kids go to bed, and the occasional night out with my hubby. But on top of the mess that is my life, I currently have a 14 month old dcb who's super, super busy and into everything. If we go to the park, he constantly puts the wood chips from the playground in his mouth. I move him, he screams. I stroller him, he screams. He wants to play, but he can't keep anything out of his mouth. Energy and activity wise, he's over and above all the other children I have. He's into 15 things before any of the other kids have even been through 1. No, I'm not kidding. Even my husband has commented on it, and he's not one to comment on the littles. I have to highchair him if I'm cooking, going to the bathroom, even if I'm changing someone else's diaper. He wont pick toys for himself either... he ONLY takes from the other kids. I can tell him no over and over again, but he does whatever it is anyway. The thing is, he's got a lovely personality, but he's wearing me out It's not just me, either, the other kids are constantly frustrated with him, and I feel like I'm refereeing more than I'm conducting daycare lately!

*Phew* Thanks for letting me get that out!