Re: Re: any single working moms?

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 2/4/01 2:01:25 AM Eastern Standard Time, nulani@...

writes:

> Hi,

>

> Another single working mom here. Yes, it can be tough, but there are

> married listmates with unsupportive family members, so I guess it all

> evens out in the end. I've given up on coping and just live with,

> and remind myself to laugh at, chaos. And, funny thing, now people

> comment on how calm I am. (Obviously they haven't seen me

> confronting a baking failure!) Feel free to email me.

>

>

I have to chime in here as someone who is married and a stay at home with a

VERY unsupportive husband...sometimes I think it is almost worse than being a

single parent since he tries to thwart my attempts to recover our son at

almost every turn. I've had two different doctors (a dev ped and a dev

psych) both advise to continue to implement the diet and DIR approach to

therapy and yet he still thinks I don't know what I am talking about. These

same doctors gave the same opinion on diagnosis and he still insists they are

wrong and he is right. EVERYONE gets better behavior and engagement out of

than my husband.

I try to remember each day that at least I don't have to financially support

us in addition to everything else. My hat is off to you who are truly doing

it alone. You are miracle workers. But don't forget that for some of us it

is equally hard to have to share a bed with someone who is supposed to

support us and doesn't.

M

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Add me to the list of single full time working moms. I work nights, so 4

hours sleep a day is my norm. I have 3 boys, the oldest is out on his own.

The other 2 are a NT 8 yr old and my 6 yr old is autistic.

He's been GF/CF for almost 18 months. My ex is very cooperative with the diet

tho it took some initial convincing and I still have to spoon feed him any

info on supplements etc.

The diet was the hardest thing I've ever done when we first started. It's

fairly second nature now!

Email me anytime,

in New York

[Guest guest]

I'm also about to embark on this adventure. In June I will relocate to a

new city, thank god my sister will be there. Anyway, I will have to start

working full time and care for my three children alone.

a - WI mom to Alec 6.6, 4.8 (ASD/SID/Resolved apraxia), 2.11

> I would also like to speak to single moms/dads with special needs kids.

I

> am separating from my husband, going to school, and will probably be

working

> full-time within the next year. I'm scared out of my mind. Does anyone

> know of any groups like this?

>

> in PA