Overheard at our house

a friend in Richmond does "Overheard" posts on her blog.  She has 3 kids 3 and under....

so in light of that, overheard at our house today:

me:  "Peter, your breathing realllly frustrates me!" 

How ridiculous that I would say that to him.  His breathing!  But I just did and realized it as soon as it came out. And, I hate to say, its not the first time I've said it, or second.  My child has to live under my frustrations with the way he breathes... great.  He struggles to breathe the right way, in my opinion... mouth closed, quiet breaths thru the nose; instead, its noisy "puffs" that he has to force thru his mouth that is obstructed by his tongue protruding past his teeth.  It is part of the reason we got his tonsils and adenoids out.  He had difficulty breathing thru his nose so has had open mouth posture and drooling his whole life, plus sleep apnea.  Low muscle tone also contributes.  It has been better since we had his T&As out, but in the last week or so, I feel like we are back to square one.   He can correct it if you ask him to by pulling his tongue back and breathing thru his nose.  Yes, his nose is a little stuffy now but he can breath thru it.  That stuffiness could be a contributing factor or it could just be a bad life long habit that has to be broken... but how?  Time?  24 hr speech therapy?  Yet another issue that is so characteristic of him AND of my ugly impatience.  I've been testy lately with them and that is frustrating too.

onto less heavy things...

Less than a minute later, Peter is talking to Holly the baby doll.  She had one eye closed and one eye open.

Peter:  "Arrrrr, 'can you close one eye' said the pirate!" 

What a random assortment of conversation that goes on at our house!