A lot of you know that I've been having a particularly difficult time with DS's behavior lately. I went out of town this weekend on a girl's trip for a much-needed break. This morning DS walked up to me, hugged me, and said "Mommy, it's good to have you back." (heart)
Post by Melissa W. on Jan 27, 2015 11:41:33 GMT -5
I am kind of aggravated that my SIL told my mil to talk to my kids about not touching the baby this weekend. I think she should have talked to their parents. Ie. Me.
Day 2 of being home with 2 sick kids. It's just a cold, but by 6:30pm I can hardly keep my eyes open or speak coherently. Good thing DH is here today too.
Post by eponinepontmercy on Jan 27, 2015 11:50:14 GMT -5
DD's new stall tactic in the morning is to say her socks don't fit. DH got her dressed today, and she went through 4 pairs of socks. I think it's more that the seam bothers her toes, so I've been turning them inside out. (DH didn't know this trick.)
We had dinner with a bunch of family on Saturday to celebrate my grandparents' 62nd anniversary, and she was an angel. She sat with my cousins (17 and 12 year old girls) and aunt and uncle at the other end of the table from DH and me. They all had a blast. I love how social and independent she is. It warms my introverted, socially anxious heart.
Post by downtoearth on Jan 27, 2015 11:53:57 GMT -5
I told my oldest, 8 yrs old, that we had a used book store where you can take in books you've read and trade them in for books you haven't read and he yelled, "WHY HAVE YOU NEVER TOLD ME THIS BEFORE?!?! MY LIFE IS BOOKS AND THIS STORE WAS MADE FOR ME!" Guess, we'll be stopping by there tonight after work - and putting him in dramatic acting classes, too.
DS is 2.5 and is really hitting the terrible twos.
I'm thinking about quitting real estate to become a SAHM. I have so many thoughts, good and bad about it. If I can make them coherent I will post more about it. I like working, but I feel like I can't be a good realtor AND a good mom right now. I don't know. Any other SAHMs out there want to chime in?
DS is 2.5 and is really hitting the terrible twos.
I'm thinking about quitting real estate to become a SAHM. I have so many thoughts, good and bad about it. If I can make them coherent I will post more about it. I like working, but I feel like I can't be a good realtor AND a good mom right now. I don't know. Any other SAHMs out there want to chime in?
I SAH and love it. It's exhausting and at times frustrating but the good times out weigh the bad for me.
PTS was supposed to have an MRI this morning to evaluate her for her likely surgery this summer. She requires general anesthesia because it's two hours and they can't trust her to stay still. Well, she got a fever and cough yesterday so MRI was rescheduled. For the last week of March. I won't bore you with the details but this completely fucks our scheduled and probably means that she will miss several weeks of first grade in the fall and I will have to delay an entire semester of school. I kind of want to cry. Can NOTHING just be straight forward and easy? Are you REALLY telling me that the MRI service does not keep one or two appointments open per week for JUST this kind of situation?
I turn around for one moment this morning and when I turn back, DS has taken off his shoe and filled it to the brim with his scrambled eggs. Because why not.
He was in the process of removing his other shoe when I intervened.
DS is 2.5 and is really hitting the terrible twos.
I'm thinking about quitting real estate to become a SAHM. I have so many thoughts, good and bad about it. If I can make them coherent I will post more about it. I like working, but I feel like I can't be a good realtor AND a good mom right now. I don't know. Any other SAHMs out there want to chime in?
I was a SAHM for 16 months after the birth of my second child. I didn't love it like I thought I would, but it was almost more cost-effective than having 2 children in daycare full time.
Post by meshaliuknits on Jan 27, 2015 12:56:20 GMT -5
I haz a question about ABC Mouse. Has anyone on here used it with their kids?
Background chatter I need to get off my chest: Remember how I said that daycare doesn't think BabyLiu will be ready for kindy? H wants to send her anyway. He foresees no situation in which we unenroll her. I think he's being a little unreasonable, especially since the little girl I know in kindy at her future school is doing spelling words on flashcards. (IDK if she's advanced or if it's typical. I keep forgetting to ask/check.) ANYAWY. I want to help her prepare so she doesn't hate the schooling aspect of school in the event H remains unreasonable.
I've been working on a couple of letters a day with her in her princess book, but she looses patience with me pretty quickly and I start getting a lot of "but I CAN'T do that one." without even trying. (This is why I cannot homeschool. Argh.) Since she floves getting to use the computer/tablet I thought maybe something like this would work in conjunction with practicing writing by hand.
Any other suggestions would be so greatly appreciated.
I haz a question about ABC Mouse. Has anyone on here used it with their kids?
Background chatter I need to get off my chest: Remember how I said that daycare doesn't think BabyLiu will be ready for kindy? H wants to send her anyway. He foresees no situation in which we unenroll her. I think he's being a little unreasonable, especially since the little girl I know in kindy at her future school is doing spelling words on flashcards. (IDK if she's advanced or if it's typical. I keep forgetting to ask/check.) ANYAWY. I want to help her prepare so she doesn't hate the schooling aspect of school in the event H remains unreasonable.
I've been working on a couple of letters a day with her in her princess book, but she looses patience with me pretty quickly and I start getting a lot of "but I CAN'T do that one." without even trying. (This is why I cannot homeschool. Argh.) Since she floves getting to use the computer/tablet I thought maybe something like this would work in conjunction with practicing writing by hand.
Any other suggestions would be so greatly appreciated.
We haven't done abc mouse but she likes Endless Alphabet on the iPad. You match letters while they sound them out. Good pre reading skills.
I haz a question about ABC Mouse. Has anyone on here used it with their kids?
Background chatter I need to get off my chest: Remember how I said that daycare doesn't think BabyLiu will be ready for kindy? H wants to send her anyway. He foresees no situation in which we unenroll her. I think he's being a little unreasonable, especially since the little girl I know in kindy at her future school is doing spelling words on flashcards. (IDK if she's advanced or if it's typical. I keep forgetting to ask/check.) ANYAWY. I want to help her prepare so she doesn't hate the schooling aspect of school in the event H remains unreasonable.
I've been working on a couple of letters a day with her in her princess book, but she looses patience with me pretty quickly and I start getting a lot of "but I CAN'T do that one." without even trying. (This is why I cannot homeschool. Argh.) Since she floves getting to use the computer/tablet I thought maybe something like this would work in conjunction with practicing writing by hand.
Any other suggestions would be so greatly appreciated.
So I sent one kid early and one late and you really just aren't ever sure on either. It seems so simple to just follow the red-shirt rules that all the articles lay out and think logically, but it's just not that easy in your heart when you worry about your kid starting off hating school or struggling.
So that being said, my oldest was only 4 when he started and we started him early. He knew all his letters, but was not close to reading. By the end of K he was reading easy readers and by the end of first was reading at a 3rd grade level - I would have never predicted that. My second started late and could already spell some things out and read some sight words - he seems to be about the same place as my first kid half-way through the year - reading some easy readers. What I am saying is that kindergarten teachers are usually really good at having different level kids challenged at different things and making sure they succeed. I am continually amazed at how much K teachers help the kids grow - oh and my kids do WAY better with teachers than with me helping them out.
Does she like the ipad/tablet? Our middle kid would much prefer to play the WordWorld game or other apps like that than actually sit and do a lesson. It might be worth a try. Plus we did a lot of SLP work with DS#2 where we would play one of his favorite games and before each turn he would have to do three flashcards, then he would get to go, then I would do flashcards and then I would get to go. We bought all sorts of games like Don't break the Ice, Pop-Up-Pirate, Shoots-and-Ladders, Lego-Creator, dominos (with the animals for matching), matching games, The Very Busy Spider, Cootie bugs, etc. You can actually find a lot at thrift stores and garage sales. The games made things easier for everyone b/c DS would get to do something fun immediately after trying the flashcards and I wouldn't have to just try to cajole him into practicing. Plus, I knew he was getting it when I'd intentionally get a flashcard wrong and he'd laugh and correct me.
I haz a question about ABC Mouse. Has anyone on here used it with their kids?
Background chatter I need to get off my chest: Remember how I said that daycare doesn't think BabyLiu will be ready for kindy? H wants to send her anyway. He foresees no situation in which we unenroll her. I think he's being a little unreasonable, especially since the little girl I know in kindy at her future school is doing spelling words on flashcards. (IDK if she's advanced or if it's typical. I keep forgetting to ask/check.) ANYAWY. I want to help her prepare so she doesn't hate the schooling aspect of school in the event H remains unreasonable.
I've been working on a couple of letters a day with her in her princess book, but she looses patience with me pretty quickly and I start getting a lot of "but I CAN'T do that one." without even trying. (This is why I cannot homeschool. Argh.) Since she floves getting to use the computer/tablet I thought maybe something like this would work in conjunction with practicing writing by hand.
Any other suggestions would be so greatly appreciated.
not ABC Mouse, since you have to pay, but we did free versions of all the learning things. i am sure you can google best free pre-k apps.
LB is "advanced" (i sound like a total dick for even saying that, but everyone at the school says she is above average in what she knows now, and she isn't doing flashcard stuff yet (that i know of) but she can write a full sentence like: "I like penguins and the daddy penguins baln [balances] the baby penguins on their feet." she is still a hot fucking mess at school, besides the learning shit lol) but honestly the way the school is set up, they are prepared to teach kids that don't know anything. they are better suited to teach them too, since they are professionals.
i would brush up some stuff with her, but really, she should be ok not knowing a whole lot before going into kindy b.c they will teach her. and she might just be a defiant asshole with you and not the teachers. lol
I know this to be true already. lol
And you don't sound like a dick. Your kid is smart, if occasionally a hot mess.
I am kind of aggravated that my SIL told my mil to talk to my kids about not touching the baby this weekend. I think she should have talked to their parents. Ie. Me.
Her first baby, I presume? Did you say anything to her or are you going to?
Ah, remember when you only had one and it was a newborn. I had more confidence then about parenting than I do now.
I'm not designed to be team green. I need to know things NOW.
samesies. My boss's wife is due in March with their first and it's driving me nuts that they are team green and that baby is really nothing to me.
I JUST LIKE TO KNOW THINGS.
Also I've been wondering the same thing with the old wives tales about boys vs. girls. My cravings are identical to the last one, but I'm having skin issues I didn't have last time. The internet is giving me conflicting answers on WHAT THIS ALL MEANS.
And you don't sound like a dick. Your kid is smart, if occasionally a hot mess.
LB is defiant too, so i understand. she is very much "i have to touch the hot stove b/c i believe my mom is full of shit for telling me its hot." and i let her touch it b/c fuck it if she wont listen to me - mom of the year.
LB would make a ruthless CEO right now. but her attitude is a little *extra* for kindy and she is struggling to work on it.
I hope she maintains some of that ruthlessness when she's taking the business world by storm.
I'm not designed to be team green. I need to know things NOW.
samesies. My boss's wife is due in March with their first and it's driving me nuts that they are team green and that baby is really nothing to me.
I JUST LIKE TO KNOW THINGS.
Also I've been wondering the same thing with the old wives tales about boys vs. girls. My cravings are identical to the last one, but I'm having skin issues I didn't have last time. The internet is giving me conflicting answers on WHAT THIS ALL MEANS.
I am kind of aggravated that my SIL told my mil to talk to my kids about not touching the baby this weekend. I think she should have talked to their parents. Ie. Me.
Her first baby, I presume? Did you say anything to her or are you going to?
Ah, remember when you only had one and it was a newborn. I had more confidence then about parenting than I do now.
It is their first. I an more aggravated that she felt it needed to be said but didn't say it to me. The germy school age kids mom. I have been very supportive in all of the newborn stuff such as double checking vaccinations, making sure mine were updated and communicating about it. I had been prepping them about no touching the baby.
samesies. My boss's wife is due in March with their first and it's driving me nuts that they are team green and that baby is really nothing to me.
I JUST LIKE TO KNOW THINGS.
Also I've been wondering the same thing with the old wives tales about boys vs. girls. My cravings are identical to the last one, but I'm having skin issues I didn't have last time. The internet is giving me conflicting answers on WHAT THIS ALL MEANS.
Post by Velar Fricative on Jan 27, 2015 13:41:21 GMT -5
We are Team Green again this time. Can't wait to annoy our families again!! j/k I just never cared to know before delivery.
So far I feel identical to last time which is that I feel nothing. I am giving up on sex guesses this time around because every OWT pointed to boy last time and A is very much a girl.