So it's been a few days since I dropped a blog -- tough.
I really don't have alot at the moment. I'm currently struggling to keep my lower back healthy because I've got two blown discs in my lumbar spine and I insist on lifting heavy weights doing things like deadlifts and squats. it's sort of an addiction. I was thinking that I do need to be careful for all my kids. I can't just allow my body to go in the toilet because I need to be able to keep up with the older kids and stay strong for the younger kids.
Now here's an interesting thought. when your body is not feeling right, perhaps you're sore, perhaps you're sick, perhaps you're not sleeping well; all of these things are interconnected with your mental state and if your mental state is off then your parenting is off. If you have a child with challenges then you need to be one your mental game more times than off and I'm betting one of the easier fixes is to keep yourself physically healthy.
Chronic pain and sickness generally facilitate depression, irritability, annoyance, and anger and when you have children these things don't work so well in the nurturing process -- I'm betting they work even worse with a child with down syndrome.
So dads, stay fit, stay healthy, and be strong.
D.