Biglips, I wouldn?t worry too much about your dsd, I have found step-parenting very much a case of three steps forwards, then two back. It sounds like you helped her to understand that you care very much for her and I think that this is maybe what she needed, well done and keep it up.
NAAM, it?s only the past five years that I have had a problem sleeping (dp moved in five years ago). He has a bad snoring problem, he had an operation three years ago to remove a growth (non-cancerous) on his vocal chords and believe it or not it made the snoring a lot better for a while but I think its grown back. The surgeon said it might grow back but he can?t have operation after operation to keep removing them as they grow back. Its happening as he has a gastric reflux problem (acid from his stomach goes up into his throat, damaging his throat), he has to take tablets everyday and his throat has to be checked for cancerous growths regularly.
His snoring is so bad one year when we were on holiday in Lanzarotte (sp?) he terrified the kids sleeping in the apartment next to ours, I heard them running screaming to their Mum ?What?s that noise? It?s a monster!? Poor kids, they sounded really scared and if the Mum is reading, this I am so sorry.
We tend to sleep in separate rooms, but I can still hear him, and when the step kids are here I have to try to sleep on the sofa. We are desperately trying to think of a way to resolve the problem. I can?t wear ear plugs; I can?t stand the thought of putting anything in my ears. I keep telling him to build a brick shed with power and heating so I can chuck him out there, then maybe we would all get some sleep!
Maybe a large whack on the back of his head would help.