Around the Web…

Some stories to send you into the holiday weekend:

• True story: My life as a bipolar mom — Health.com
• Test your pink eye knowledge — lilSugar
• Help! My husband is afraid of babies — AlphaMom
• A woman is fired for pumping milk on company time — Motherhood Uncensored
• September is Infant Mortality Awareness Month — MOMformation

Comments

As as kid I had to find courage to deal with my mother’s bipolar disorder. I often felt I was the mature one (even among the adult family members) who had to take action to keep things bearable at home and I often felt all alone as a result. At age 12 I sought and got help. I learned how to cope and not internalize something that was totally out of my control. My point here is no one really hears how bad it is for the kids.

- nettrice on September 4th, 2009

My father was bipolar. It was terrible. When he was down he was emotionally abusive. I had to keep getting him out of trouble as a kid. nettrice, you are so right: no one talks about what happens to the kids. I’m an adult now with a little one of my own and I don’t know if I’ll ever fully get over what it was like growing up…

- MZ on September 8th, 2009