Another Viewpoint
A good friend heard about my lost keys, and her interpretation was "cognitive overload," a common mother's ailment.One can also view it as "cognitive underload":
Yesterday, David and Kola visited the ophthamologist to get their eyes tested. (A previous optometrist appointment had yielded inconclusive results, so we were moving to the next stage of evaluation.) After the boys' received medicine to dilate their eyes, we waited a long time for the doctor to arrive.
Kola exhibited several symptoms of anxiety in this new situation--rocking, thumb-sucking, hyperactivity, and a need to touch everything in sight. Luckily, David was calm! I've noticed in the past that singing and steady rhythms calm Kola, so I tried "Hundred Bottles of Beer on the Wall."
It worked for Kola, but what about me? The doctor finally entered the room--on the 44th bottle!
posted by Stahlkes @ 11:46 AM
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