I know that feeling. My oldest had some disabilities and delays. Along with a serious seizure disorder. Starting school with a new born and 18m old. It was tricky lol
I love this! Im a stay at home mom. Not homeschooling but we have been doing distance learning since March 2020. My son is 9 and daughter is 6 
I have 2 boys, ages 16 and 13,
My ex had a daughter who is now 15, we had an Amazing relationship but that’s been diminished, But she brought out every protective inch of my soul that I have,
Unfortunately because of my decisions, I have been isolated from my children, before detox I had a job lined up down south and I talked with their mom about the custody arrangement which we ironed out,
Well I went to treatment, was keeping in touch with everyone, and when I made it clear that my kids mother has no business trying to control and manipulate my treatment, I was cut off from my kids, it’s been the longest 6 months of my life
But i haven’t forgot then I have written them hand written letters, and still bought them things for their birthdays and Christmas I am holding on to until I get to see them.
If there’s one thing I love more than life itself it’s my children,
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Just keep loving them and sending them stuff. They won’t forget you and they’ll remember you cared enough to do that. <3 to you
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Its so cool how we can mesh with others, have similarities and feel so much like family, whether we are blood or not.
Yes, grown ups absolutely struggle. I feel like I’m still in the depths of caring for my inner child so that I can learn to speak my heart better.
But just showing up is enough sometimes. 
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My 5 year old daughter had her first seizure about a year ago. She had a few last year actually which made me worry about public school. She hasn’t had one since July, which is great but I always have that hint of worry, you know?
Ugh, it’s so scary watching kids go through things like that that they dont fully understand.
I agree! Absolutely.
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Its terrifying. My daughter had 20- 30 a day (different types) for 3 years. I was completely lost…
We only had 5 from January -July last year.
She was having all these weird nightmares during that time as well. Shed wake up hallucinating, it was so hard to watch.
CBD has been the only thing that has helped, especially with nightmares. I’m grateful we found something that works for her.
How is your daughter now?
She is 3 years seizure free. The underlying condition is still there but shes doing great. I think the nightmares come with seizures. The Neuro basically called it a version of ptsd.
We were leaving to go somewhere and my baby just started shaking uncontrollably in her car seat. Freaked the heck out of me so I called her dr. She said sometimes that happens when they are growing and not to worry about it unless she keeps doing it or acting strange. I’m like “wyh you mean don’t worry about it?!?!?”
Yes. My teen daughter is a huge source of stress. Over the last few years, she’s suffered from depression and anxiety and tried to kill herself more than once. She’s been to the psychiatric hospital 3 times and is currently in a residential treatment center, since last May. I also have an older college age son, who’s a dream in comparison. Her big crisis coincided with the beginning of the COVID lockdowns in the US. Talk about stress. Because of COVID we’ve hardly been able to see her in person since she’s been away. She’s only15. On the plus side, she’s had in person school in small classes and gets to be with other kids, not isolated. When she was home, her problems were a big reason for me not to drink. After she left, the gate opened…and here I am on a site called Talking Sober.
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3 years is huge! I was so confused about the nightmares and honestly, her doctors weren’t a lot of help. I did knot know that. A form of PTSD? I had no clue.
It hasn’t happened in a while but, that’s good to know.
When someone tells a mother not to worry. Haha, give me a break! I’ve never heard of babies shaking because they’re growing. That’s wild.
That sounds like a lot for everyone involved!
I can see how having her around may have helped you with sustaining from drinking. Theres all this space now to really work on you? I suppose.
A year is a quite a while. Is there any talk on when she will be coming home?
Well that was the case for my daughter. But she had most of hers in her sleep.
Yes. All of hers were in her sleep or just as she was waking up. Super intense stuff.
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I hope it stays better. I know I thank God daily that my daughter has made it through it amd has veen steadily improving.
Right??? Freaked me out!!!