@ Monday

[ringstrue]

It's 9:30am and I need a drink.

We couldn't find DDs shoes. She's wearing one from each pair of sneakers she has. They are both left shoes. I feel like a failure.

But seriously: WHERE THE FUCK ARE THESE SHOES?!

[demandypants]

check under the dust ruffle in her bedroom (if she has one) we lost a single shoe for MONTHS and that was where it was. We had to cave and get her new shoes before the missing one had been found. Also, I swear we had looked there before giving up. I just guess not well.

[laurenpetro]

check your refrigerator.

[ringstrue]

OMG I just found both under our bed.

[josieposy]

Oct 20, 2014 8:49:08 GMT -5 laurenpetro said:

check your refrigerator.

This has happened? LOL. What did you find in here?

In our case, everything that gets lost ends up either in the laundry chute or under the couch.

[pescalita]

Oct 20, 2014 8:52:58 GMT -5 josieposy said:

Oct 20, 2014 8:49:08 GMT -5 laurenpetro said:

check your refrigerator.

This has happened? LOL. What did you find in here?

In our case, everything that gets lost ends up either in the laundry chute or under the couch.

I've found A's sunglasses in the fridge.

J has diaper rash from hell. Hooray molars!!

Last night A made me help him repeat everything he's supposed to say on Halloween - "Trick or treat, happy Halloween, thank you! Again!"

[Deleted]

We went to a party on Saturday and in the course of the 3.5 hours we were there, lost Andy's shoes to the point where we left without them. So I feel you.

[Deleted]

I'm irritated with C's daycare/UPK (formal pre-kindergarden, 2hr 45min each day, same building, different floor/room); the daycare has run UPK classes for over 20yrs. There have been several communication issues since Sept. For example, C had to tell me last Tues night he now needs towels for Weds swimming even though the daycare parents have been told daycare will provide these; he didn't have a towel at all the week before. He also had an accident on Friday while in the UPK section, turns out he needs a spare set of clothes down there as well as the daycare room. I'm fine with doing this, just tell me so my kid has the stuff he needs. They're also doing a weekly library book program; the memo just said we have to bring the books back 'next week' Does this mean Monday, or does this mean by next Friday?

With the accident on Friday, he pooped in his pants while in UPK. First, the bag completely stunk whne I picked it up; when we got the clothes home, they actually sent them home with the whole load of poop still in his underwear. I don't expect the teacher to scrub his clothes clean, but it seemed odd they would actually have the load of poop in a bag in his cubby for about 5hrs instead of dumping it in the toilet. Then this morning, his daycare teacher told me that when the accident happened C had started to leave the room to the bathroom across the hall. His UPK teacher stopped him and said, no you can't leave you have to ask for permission first; that delay is why he didn't make it on time. I know he needs to plan ahead, follow rules; but at the same time he's just turned 4. If the kid needs to run and go, let him go and then follow up with the rules after the fact. Just irritated, and not sure how to handle it, or if I just need to let it go

[Velar Fricative]

Holy shit I just saw @missusbee's ticker! Congratulations!!!!

[2curlydogs]

I should be pumping right now.

I think B infected me with his mood because I give exactly zero fucks about anything.

[wawa]

My toddler causes other people to lose their shoes in my house. Take your shoes off at your own risk, she'll put them on, wander off and god knows where they'll end up.

A friend came to pick me up for something once and took her shoes off when she came in (no idea why...we're not a shoe free house) and we lost a good 20 minutes trying to find the left one again. (it was in the toy bin. of course)

Also sad little shorti had a fever on Friday and got to spend the afternoon on the couch with me while I worked on my laptop and she watched the aristocats and random old school mickey mouse between periods of dozing off. She was attached to my armpit for 3+ hours. I was afraid it was going to be HFM (my friend's kids had it and they were at our house when they started showing symptoms) but turns out it was just that she decided to cut all 4 canines at once. In celebration of her mouth not hurting anymore last night she decided to wake up at midnight because she was hungry, but not tell me she was hungry until the 4th time I got out of bed at 2 AM. She downed a fruit pouch and was out like a light.

Also she scared the bejesus out of me the first time I went in her room - she was laying face down with her head in the corner of her crib under a bear, but I forgot that I put her footie pajamas on backwards (she's been removing her diaper in the middle of the night lately) so it looked like she was laying face up because I could make out the design on the front of the pj's. And then suddenly she curled into a little ball and flipped over and I thought she was possessed or something because she was bending backwards. NOT COOL.

[laurenpetro]

Oct 20, 2014 8:52:58 GMT -5 josieposy said:

Oct 20, 2014 8:49:08 GMT -5 laurenpetro said:

check your refrigerator.

This has happened? LOL. What did you find in here?

In our case, everything that gets lost ends up either in the laundry chute or under the couch.

i find toys in there pretty regularly.  G used to put her shoes in the toy kitchen microwave.

my house is a nightmare.    

[Velar Fricative]

Oct 20, 2014 9:35:53 GMT -5 @historychick79 said:

With the accident on Friday, he pooped in his pants while in UPK. First, the bag completely stunk whne I picked it up; when we got the clothes home, they actually sent them home with the whole load of poop still in his underwear. I don't expect the teacher to scrub his clothes clean, but it seemed odd they would actually have the load of poop in a bag in his cubby for about 5hrs instead of dumping it in the toilet. Then this morning, his daycare teacher told me that when the accident happened C had started to leave the room to the bathroom across the hall. His UPK teacher stopped him and said, no you can't leave you have to ask for permission first; that delay is why he didn't make it on time. I know he needs to plan ahead, follow rules; but at the same time he's just turned 4. If the kid needs to run and go, let him go and then follow up with the rules after the fact. Just irritated, and not sure how to handle it, or if I just need to let it go

I am a ridiculous rule follower but I'd much rather they let a kid who's about to poop in his pants just go and follow up about rules later than what happened here.

It reminds me about how, on my 8th birthday (that is one of the reasons I remember this so vividly), we were sitting in a circle in class and I was right next to the teacher. Out of nowhere, I felt the need to throw up. I was about to stand up and run to the bathroom but the teacher yelled that I didn't ask permission first. So I sit back down, raise my hand, and she ignores me. And then I puked on her. No, I didn't aim for her on purpose and I should have just run for the bathroom, but I was afraid of getting in more trouble and so the consequence was that the teacher got puked on.

ANYWAY, long story short - that experience is why I would rather be flexible in such a situation. But I'm not going to pretend to know I know anything about running a classroom either, so...

[josieposy]

Last night the girls had me going through my bird field guide and name a ton of species. It was a bit exhausting but also kind of warmed my heart to see them getting into learning about wildlife like I do.

[pescalita]

Also, sometime between 4am and 7, my one year old took off his pants and plopped them directly in the hamper. My almost 3 year old sometimes has trouble with this.

[Velar Fricative]

Yesterday we went to a friend's house to watch the Giants game. Some other friends of us warned us about another family that would be there, as their 5-year-old can be pretty, um, aggressive. They didn't say anything about the 2.5-year-old. I figured they were exaggerating and that they're kids just being kids, but the 2.5-year-old was a monster and the 5-year-old was fucking scary as well. It was the first time we had a situation where kids were being rough to DD, and I just didn't know what to say to the parents (we just removed her from wherever they were). And then the 5-year-old said to me as I was getting a diaper out of the diaper bag, "You know, I *really* don't like your baby." And she said it in the most fucking creepy way as possible, not like the way a toddler says they hate something. She just started K so I have no idea how she is in school or anything, but man, as soon as we got in the car DH was like, "Yeah, we have to try and avoid parties with those kids next time."

So yeah, I've entered the world of figuring out how to tell a kid's parents to rein their kids in.

[Deleted]

Oct 20, 2014 9:37:32 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

Holy shit I just saw @missusbee's ticker! Congratulations!!!!

Thank you!

[Knight]

Oct 20, 2014 9:41:19 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

Oct 20, 2014 9:35:53 GMT -5 @historychick79 said:

With the accident on Friday, he pooped in his pants while in UPK. First, the bag completely stunk whne I picked it up; when we got the clothes home, they actually sent them home with the whole load of poop still in his underwear. I don't expect the teacher to scrub his clothes clean, but it seemed odd they would actually have the load of poop in a bag in his cubby for about 5hrs instead of dumping it in the toilet. Then this morning, his daycare teacher told me that when the accident happened C had started to leave the room to the bathroom across the hall. His UPK teacher stopped him and said, no you can't leave you have to ask for permission first; that delay is why he didn't make it on time. I know he needs to plan ahead, follow rules; but at the same time he's just turned 4. If the kid needs to run and go, let him go and then follow up with the rules after the fact. Just irritated, and not sure how to handle it, or if I just need to let it go

I am a ridiculous rule follower but I'd much rather they let a kid who's about to poop in his pants just go and follow up about rules later than what happened here.

It reminds me about how, on my 8th birthday (that is one of the reasons I remember this so vividly), we were sitting in a circle in class and I was right next to the teacher. Out of nowhere, I felt the need to throw up. I was about to stand up and run to the bathroom but the teacher yelled that I didn't ask permission first. So I sit back down, raise my hand, and she ignores me. And then I puked on her. No, I didn't aim for her on purpose and I should have just run for the bathroom, but I was afraid of getting in more trouble and so the consequence was that the teacher got puked on.

ANYWAY, long story short - that experience is why I would rather be flexible in such a situation. But I'm not going to pretend to know I know anything about running a classroom either, so...

My mom did this once to her middle school science teacher because she was afraid to ask him. 25 years later I get him for 6th grade science and he still remembered. I don't know what she was afraid of because he was one of my favorite teachers.

[StrawberryBlondie]

I think DD is considering another nursing strike. The only time I can get this child to nurse is right before bed when she's tired. But not too tired so shes at the mad at world stage. I was so happy this morning when she latched on for 5 minutes. But then she kept arching her back and screaming again.

I don't think I have another one of these in me. She did this at about 10 weeks for over 2 weeks. It just about killed me.

[redheadbaker]

We went to a pumpkin patch on Saturday. Who is this little boy, and where is my toddler??

[meshaliuknits]

We took the Liu children to Fairyland to watch a friend's kid act in the play. They were pretty good considering all the actors were 8-10. I want to donate money to upgrade their sound system, though. Yikes. BoyLiu actually sat and watched the play and laughed. He was pretty cute. He also adores my friend's older daughter. He was making faces at her the whole day and cried big fat tears while reaching for her when we left.