tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-777680993366017928.post8953770841924519060..comments2023-08-24T06:26:46.444-05:00Comments on Wallydraigle: In which there is a sappy tangent, I'm so sorry.Wallydraiglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06788768038088748437noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-777680993366017928.post-74134536225955758592010-09-03T14:09:01.714-05:002010-09-03T14:09:01.714-05:00I'm so sorry about the insomnia. I had bad in...I'm so sorry about the insomnia. I had bad insomnia the last few weeks of my pregnancy, and while Unisom helped some, I was still getting only a few hours of sleep each night. A few weeks of that and I was not functioning well. But at least I knew there'd be an end once the baby was born! I can't imagine going through that constantly. Have you gone through any sort of sleep testing to see if there's a cause that a doctor can help you with? I can't imagine handling two kids with chronic insomnia.<br /><br />I'm sorry about the shyness. My daughter is also shy with adults, but she's outgoing with kids, so I don't have the same worries over it. But I totally get what you've said about people discussing her shyness in front of her and how it reinforces the "shy" idea in the kid's head, and people just don't get it. From their side, though... maybe they see her, she freaks out and hides, they're embarrassed because they feel like they've come across as scary or not liking kids or something, and so they bring up the "shy" label as sort of a self-defense mechanism? Either way it's hard on you, I know. :( I wonder if her sister being such the opposite will reinforce the shyness (as contrast) or whether it will help her get over it (Emmy did it, she survived, so I can, too). Just a thought.<br /><br />And I love what you said about the kids being so different. It's really fascinating how early it comes out, isn't it? And I know they talk about each kid being their own self, but I think also that kids tend to be more different from each other as part of their way of defining themselves. If they had each been raised separately and then met later, they might have been less different, because they wouldn't have needed to develop such different interests/traits to make themselves stand out. Maybe? Just a thought. Okay, my response to your post is turning into a blog-length post itself, so I'm shutting up now!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com