Hand-wringing, much flailing

[bugandbibs]

DD2' had group conferences for fall for a general update to Kindergarten and we didn't go. Oops. We got a progress report anyway.

[starlily]

DD2 had a Christmas lunch party today at daycare. Parents were invited, but I decided to skip it. Turns out there was a little Christmas show before lunch. Oops.

[raangoli]

I didn't buy my kid a million gifts. She's lucky I bought her two.

Will she ever forgive me? She's 11 months. She's totally going to spend a lifetime in therapy over this isn't she?

LOL

[skwcm80]

Dec 23, 2016 7:37:05 GMT -5 raangoli said:

I didn't buy my kid a million gifts. She's lucky I bought her two.

Will she ever forgive me? She's 11 months. She's totally going to spend a lifetime in therapy over this isn't she?

LOL

My kids only have a few gifts this year but they are 4 and almost 9. I did have a little bit of guilt over it, but now I'm firmly in the "give the gifts back if they aren't good enough" camp.

Didn't even have to post on a message to get there. 

[kicks]

Lol too funny. Love it.

[kicks]

Omg there is a post on MMM that someone is annoyed that for a group activity in a public place that friends of their invited another family/child to come along.

I don't understand.
They have too much time on their hands to worry about such nonsense.

[DesertMoon]

I bought my kids like 3-4 gifts and they aren't expensive ones....like I just bought Walmart toys, nothing over $15.

I Care not.

Also both my kids have pink eye and I'm not even trippin'

I didn't buy their teachers gifts. Why? Because I had no time. (New job) I didn't buy their class goody bags either. I barely have time to fold my laundry let alone brave the mall RN

[andwhat]

I think everyone else spent more on DD than we did and I still think we got her too much.

I didn't want to do Santa, but H said I was a magic ruiner and all this other nonsense. He will be explaining the truth in the future and I will have no parts of it other than to say "I didn't want to do it anyway."

[andwhat]

Dec 23, 2016 12:21:01 GMT -5 @natariru said:

Am I ever going to like Sebastian again? Bc I hate spending time with him right now.

He called me stupid 3 times today and no type of discipline I have tried has worked.
1st time - I tried to guilt him by saying it really hurt my feelings.
2nd time - I put him in time out. He sat there like he couldn't give a rat's ass.
3rd time - I stopped making cookies with him and said he wouldn't decorate them later either. "I don't care. I don't like cookies."

I'm about to knock this kid's teeth out. SOMEONE SAVE ME.

Oh no. I have no advice. DD thinks it is funny to say she doesn't like me anymore and I say it hurts my feelings. Kids man.

[redwino]

I don't know how many gifts I bought dd because I just purchased random items with little thought. I guess it's not the thought that counts after all. She will only care about the boxes anyway so I really just wasted money that I could have used for makeup and booze.

I got a few looks for telling her she punked out with Santa yesterday. This kid said Santa for 15 minutes straight before getting up there and refusing to sit with him. Plus she didn't even smile with her dad holding her. I should have snatched her candy cane. She didnt deserve it.

[bimbi284]

Dec 23, 2016 12:21:01 GMT -5 @natariru said:

Am I ever going to like Sebastian again? Bc I hate spending time with him right now.

He called me stupid 3 times today and no type of discipline I have tried has worked.
1st time - I tried to guilt him by saying it really hurt my feelings.
2nd time - I put him in time out. He sat there like he couldn't give a rat's ass.
3rd time - I stopped making cookies with him and said he wouldn't decorate them later either. "I don't care. I don't like cookies."

I'm about to knock this kid's teeth out. SOMEONE SAVE ME.

Hugs!
Most kids are jerks, I've found.

[DesertMoon]

My son is 4 and he is he most perfect well behaved boy. He listens well, he's thoughtful and kind and sweet. My daughter is 2 and she's like a Tasmanian devil. The terrible 2s are sucking my soul right now. I keep thinking when she's my son's age she'll be perfect too....this kid is way too much like me.

[redwino]

Dec 23, 2016 23:28:12 GMT -5 @tooshort said:

Dec 23, 2016 22:34:40 GMT -5 DesertMoon said:

My son is 4 and he is he most perfect well behaved boy. He listens well, he's thoughtful and kind and sweet. My daughter is 2 and she's like a Tasmanian devil. The terrible 2s are sucking my soul right now. I keep thinking when she's my son's age she'll be perfect too....this kid is way too much like me.

Doesn't it just hurt your soul when you realize they are your twin?! I can hear so much of myself in DD when she's being sassy and it makes me want to laugh and cry all at once. I hope 4 brings you peace!

DD and I don't even share genes and she is just like me. It's crazy.

[DesertMoon]

Dec 23, 2016 23:28:12 GMT -5 @tooshort said:

Dec 23, 2016 22:34:40 GMT -5 DesertMoon said:

My son is 4 and he is he most perfect well behaved boy. He listens well, he's thoughtful and kind and sweet. My daughter is 2 and she's like a Tasmanian devil. The terrible 2s are sucking my soul right now. I keep thinking when she's my son's age she'll be perfect too....this kid is way too much like me.

Doesn't it just hurt your soul when you realize they are your twin?! I can hear so much of myself in DD when she's being sassy and it makes me want to laugh and cry all at once. I hope 4 brings you peace!

Yes! But it's better than her being my husband's twin haha! She does share the same brooding facial expressions as him though.

[thejackpot]

@natariru, kids can really be the worse. Hope S gets easier for you. My daughter is so hard for me but the boys are easy peasy, I think about dropping her off at a fire station several times a week. I daydream about it even though she is too old for the drop off no questions asked program

[redwino]

Dec 26, 2016 13:00:20 GMT -5 @246baje said:

My kids daycare has been on some bullshit since October.

For Halloween they had a parade at 10 am and a party at 3 pm.

The Thanksgiving feast was at noon on the Friday before thanksgiving.

The following week they had parent-teacher conferences from 9-12 am.

For Xmas the party was at 3pm on Tuesday and the Xmas program was the next afternoon.

I don't attend everything and with great irritation I told the administrator that the reason my kids are in daycare is because I work.

Is the expectation that a parent would do one or the other? I could see spreading things out like that as a way to give people a bit of flexibility. I don't understand daycare conferences at all. Don't most daycares do a regular sheet home?

[orangeblossom]

Dec 25, 2016 23:57:23 GMT -5 thejackpot said:

@natariru, kids can really be the worse. Hope S gets easier for you. My daughter is so hard for me but the boys are easy peasy, I think about dropping her off at a fire station several times a week. I daydream about it even though she is too old for the drop off no questions asked program

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You leave my baby alone! andwhat and I can attest to her sweetness.

[thejackpot]

Dec 26, 2016 14:16:41 GMT -5 orangeblossom said:

Dec 25, 2016 23:57:23 GMT -5 thejackpot said:

@natariru, kids can really be the worse. Hope S gets easier for you. My daughter is so hard for me but the boys are easy peasy, I think about dropping her off at a fire station several times a week. I daydream about it even though she is too old for the drop off no questions asked program

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You leave my baby alone! andwhat and I can attest to her sweetness.

Haha!! Next time you are up here, she's all yours

[andwhat]

Our daycare does most activities the last hours before closing. So the holiday party was 430-6. I think the only thing during the day is the "graduation." They know people work. But my county has always had full-day K, so that is the standard.