I Just Called...

Seth calls me a ridiculous amount of times everyday. During the week when he is with Adam and I, he calls me at least twice a day, remember I am home with Lulu so I don't know why he feels the need to call so much. He calls to tell me that he has gotten to school and then calls to tell me he is coming home (he walks to school, his school is around the corner from our house)

When Seth is with Lilith he calls me on average 6 times a day and I talk to him on average 4 times a day. He calls to say goodnight to Lulu and although we have said goodnight to him during that phone call he still calls again when he is going to bed. No joke, he called me yesterday while he was using the bathroom. He calls to tell me when he does chores and earned money. He calls to tell me when Lilith is acting weird, or when she is acting normal. He calls to tell me his plans for the weekend, the day, the afternoon. He calls to confirm when Adam and I will be picking him up, who will be picking him up and what time, those phone calls start about 2 hours after we drop him off on Friday night.

We buy him minutes on a prepaid cell phone, usually we buy them in 200 minute bundles and we buy them every 2 or 3 months. With the way he calls me alone he is using around 100 minutes a month, now throw in his calls to Adam (who he only calls about once or twice a day when he is with Lilith and hardly ever when he is home) there is where his minutes are going. What I don't understand is when you figure in his calls and text messages to friends and the rest, when is he talking to Lilith?

Lilith calls him usually twice a week on his phone, she hardly ever calls Adam and I anymore, she would prefer to pass messages through Seth although she does call Adam when she needs to lie about something. Occasionally Seth will use Skype to call Lilith but that is rare because Brandy is now with Sam every other week. On the weeks that Brandy isn't around it isn't uncommon for Lilith not to talk to Seth for 4 or 5 days.

I find this all very bizarre. I always encourage and support Seth in communicating with his mom but I don't know why he is so resistant. I also don't know why Lilith isn't more proactive in trying to communicate with Seth. I couldn't imagine not talking to him everyday, even when his multiple phone calls drive me batty.

Just another part of their relationship I don't understand. This is a screen shot of my actual call log from the last few days.