Post by sillygoosegirl on Jan 21, 2020 14:34:42 GMT -5
... not get yelled at every goddamn day. (Is there an age at which they start actually getting better at regulating emotions? I realize all kids are bad at this, but I thought it was one of the things that would gradually get better with age, at least prior to them becoming teens. My kid is 5 and I swear every year is worse than the one before in this regard.)
- reminding my 6 year old to look up in parking lots - telling him to be careful when swinging his door open in a parking lot
I am so happy that we're out of the phase where I have to buckle him in. But man, he's either staring at his feet when walking, or has his nose in a book. If I didn't get his attention and remind him to look up he would be walking in front of moving cars. And he's still having to push really hard to swing his door open that it takes a reminder to be careful not to hit the car next to us.
My coworker and her nine-year-old daughter invited me and my kids (4 and a month shy of 2 at that time) to their house, and after seeing me frequently checking on the 2YO and explaining 17 times why he couldn’t touch something, she looked at me wide-eyed and said, “Oh my god, I forgot how fucking exhausting it is. I don’t know how you do it.”
It was nice to hear because everyone else always just smiles and says something like, “You’ll miss these days someday soon” and it was very validating for someone else to recognize that it is so tiring and it takes a lot of work! And he’s an easy kid! Toddlers are just a lot of work, period.
Me too. I'm sitting here nursing DD2 (our last) aand I can't take it. DD1 is 4.5 and SOOOOO WHINY, but she's getting so big. I didn't realize how big she was until the first time I held her after DD2 was born. Yesterday I was filling out paperwork for kindergarten registration - WHERE DID THE TIME GO?!
I'm here too. DD1 is SO big. I was looking at pics of her from when DD2 was born and she still looked like a baby, chubby cheeks and in toddler clothes. Suddenly, a year later she looks like a real little *girl*. And she starts K in the fall too!
DD is 2 and I'm very much looking forward to diapers/potty training to be done with. Also being 700€ a month richer when she starts school in September
In the long run, being able to eat dinner together and especially having dinner out with her. With a bedtime of 7.30 it's just not possible now.
Having the privilege of making someone else food/drink without them crying / whining at you the entire time that you’re not helping them achieve whatever other goal is super important at that exact moment.
Okay, so after bringing the thread down with my emoting...
--what I am so happy about and really appreciate is that now I can go to a party, and the kids can go play. I don't have to spend the whole time chasing someone up and down stairs or nursing in a back room. --also as nice as nursing was sometimes, it was sooo freeing to be done with that stage. --related to the first one, when I go to one kid's soccer or whatever, I can actually sit and watch, b/c the little kids can play on the playground on their own without me hovering around and pushing baby swings.
THIS Is the best. When we camped, DS took DD to the playground and we were able to get some things done for about 10 minutes. Everything is much more relaxing and lower stress as they get older IMO