For the past couple of weeks I've been yelling at Archer constantly. Everything is a yell. Because the kid has gone deaf and hears nothing I say. "What?" he says a hundred times a day. "PUT YOUR SHOES ON! WHERE'S YOUR HAT!! GO FIND YOUR BACKPACK!!!" He had a bad cold, still has it kind of. Because he doesn't blow his nose he's still stuffed up and his ears no longer work. When I get frustrated with him he says, "What? I have a bad ear!" That excuse will only last so long, and we're nearing the end of it.
Today when he got home from school I had forgotten to unlock the front door for him and as I ran to open it up he stood there pounding on the door and crying. When I opened it he fell inside crying, "My ears are so cold!" He forgot his hat at school and had to walk from the bus stop in 20 degree icy cold air. They were bright red. So now I'm wondering, will this cause him to remember his hat tomorrow, or do I let it happen again? Or do I now have to meet him at the bus stop every day with the car, so he doesn't have to walk home without a hat? I'd like to think he'll remember next time. But he's only six. Ugh, what's a mother to do?
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