Author Archives: mamasick

New Jersey Mom’s Blog today, talking about how much of my day is spent trying to find little pieces of toys, remote controls, etc.  I hope you will check it out!

Yep, that’s where I’ve been lately.  I just can’t seem to get out from under it!  After being denied Social Security Disability benefits, there’s been paperwork for obtaining a lawyer, and then I almost REALLY messed up.  Social Security says … Continue reading →

Courtesy tickets were provided to me by the Liberty Science Center. My family along with our friend visited the Liberty Science Center on Saturday.  We headed first to the center’s popular exhibition “A T. Rex Named Sue”, which is a … Continue reading →

…New Jersey Moms Blog today, talking about no gifts for children’s birthday parties in certain circumstances.  Hope you will check it out!

On Saturday Tyler had a birthday party to go to which started at 11:00.  Ugh, mornings are very hard for me.  The three of us were supposed to go but Grant wasn’t feeling well.  I think my depression and anxiety … Continue reading →

It was a rough three days but we all managed to get through it with Tyler having less accidents and Tyler coming up with gems such as, “Pee pee coming out!” and “I’m listening to my body.” I sent him … Continue reading →

As this is a three day weekend, my husband and I decided to just put Tyler in underwear and see what happens.  The score being 10 ACCIDENTS to 5 successful trips to the potty.  This is harder than when he … Continue reading →

My nearly three-and-a-half-year-old son is still not potty trained.  He’s been in Pull-ups since last June, sometimes he gets it and sometimes he doesn’t.  Sometimes he would make great strides only to regress.  We’ve tried the stars leading to prizes, … Continue reading →

The other day for no particular reason Tyler looked at me and said, “Shut up, Mommy.”  I was shocked at my three-year-old’s language.  Where had he learned that from?  We didn’t say “shut up” at home.  Was a teacher at … Continue reading →

On January 22nd my husband and I emailed our family doctor two letters that would help us with getting food stamps and appealing my disabilty turn-down and starting my husband’s disability case.  We literally wrote the letters for him, all … Continue reading →