tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998844447617430892.post3227790956249969146..comments2024-03-12T09:31:59.061+09:00Comments on Okaasan and Me: Back on duty.Oyome-san1http://www.blogger.com/profile/17613603965553003711noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998844447617430892.post-85103966273221649642014-05-11T09:27:11.799+09:002014-05-11T09:27:11.799+09:00Thanks for your thoughts - yes, the silent meals.....Thanks for your thoughts - yes, the silent meals....maybe for her it IS best, just warm feeling, companionable sounds of "hhmm, delicicious!" are enough. The stress is on ME!<br />About the disposable pants. Yes, we tried - about 2 or even 3 years ago we put some next to, on the area where she was keeping most of her clean pants...and a small, lined trash bin to throw them away into...but she has never ever used them. When we talked to her gently about it - she looked like I would look if someone tried to get me to use a wheelchair! "Me? Those? Why?"....I think the pants are still there....:-(Oyome-san1https://www.blogger.com/profile/17613603965553003711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998844447617430892.post-87543450399170598042014-05-10T00:20:44.073+09:002014-05-10T00:20:44.073+09:00Indeed it is exhausting to say nothing and the sil...Indeed it is exhausting to say nothing and the silence can be deafening. I struggled with communication with my husband, I finally realized that he too struggled with conversations as he wasn't able to process it. SO silence was better for him.<br />I don't remember if I asked you this before or not, have you considered exchanging the soiled underclothes with disposable pull up briefs? A slow introduction to them might help.<br />You're doing the best you can with what you know. Hang in there. :)Kathy Lowreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08866920774643291297noreply@blogger.com