Becca Colao ADHD, Baby, Mommy 3 Comments
My dear husband just returned from the last piece of an endeavor (for a long while I hope) that has taken him out of town – and me single parenting- several times in the last months. I've learned a lot about myself as a parent during these times. What struck me the last few days […]
Becca Colao ADHD, ADHD Coaching, Baby, Mommy, Social "Skills" 0 Comments
Loyal (or otherwise) readers, I haven’t forgotten about you. I’ve simply entered a phase of my two young sons’ lives that I can only call ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! While I get that straightened out (along with a little more childcare so I can write, which is harder to do with a six-month-old than a […]
Becca Colao ADHD, Baby, Executive Function, Inattentive, Mommy, Music 3 Comments
The comedy to me is that I forgot that it was time to put the baby down for a nap. This makes me laugh because it was kind of the answer to all of my problems this morning. See, at the moment i have a different type of schedule each day; some days I have […]
Becca Colao ADHD, Baby, Memory, Mommy 2 Comments
I can get excited and playful along with my children- and get really excited that they are excited- about things that seem little. I can immerse myself in emotion, including enthusiasm (and conversely I can be empathetic). I am experienced. I already knew how to deal with memory issues and cognitive deficits before becoming sleep-deprived […]
Becca Colao ADHD, ADHD Coaching, Executive Function, Inattentive, Mommy, Thinking 0 Comments
From the last post: When my thinking hijacks my experience, I don't buy into it. I notice it, step back from it as best I can, consider myself hijacked if I can't get out of it and down to earth, and wait it out. I like to think I experience the whole thing less nowadays […]
Becca Colao ADHD, Executive Function, Inattentive, Mommy ADHD, Executive Function, inattentive, mommy, work 0 Comments
Today is my son's first day at daycare. Up until now, we've had a babysitter who has come to our house while I am working. I am following a friend's wise advice not to expect myself to be all too productive for the first couple of weeks that he's there, because it is apparently usually […]