happy monday yall! no big plans this week, just lots of studying. i need sleep. we went out with friends to watch football saturday night, and i'm still tired.
so DD has really been struggling with swim lessons. she loves water/the pool, but hates lessons, mainly bc she doesn't like being taken away from me. the teacher has changed 3 times now and she really doesn't like the new one. usually she starts crying/freaking out when he takes her for the first exercise, and just clings to me the rest of the lesson and is too upset to participate. so yesterday i just politely refused to let the teacher take her and told DD she'd be staying with mommy for the whole lesson (which they typically discourage but i don't care anymore). she relaxed after a few minutes and had a great time! i just mimicked what the teacher was doing as best i could, and DD was totally on board. she was asking to practice kicks and in a great mood. now i feel dumb for not putting my foot down sooner. they kept saying she's warm up, but we were like 2 months in and she was still upset every lesson.
agm04, wow I haven't heard of that. Why would she warm up if the teacher is always changing and she is forced away? I am glad ylu put your foot down and she seems more comfortable.
I am ready for a do over. I caught S's cold, I can't take meds it's a bummer. We were also up early because we had to drop of H's car and take him to work so they can fix his back window (it shattered while rolled down into the door) then we went to the store where I couldn't find my wallet on check out. I go check in the car and S ended up falling out of the car head first. I felt awesome. She is totally fine just has a bruise but I still feel bad. Finally found my wallet I was absolutely certain it was with me but man I was frantic.
It is finally nap time for both of us thank goodness.
aggiebug oh no - what a morning. :/ i hope you're feeling better after a nap!
i agree that it doesn't make sense, but i haven't wanted to be the crazy parent who makes a stink when all the other kids are participating happily. lesson learned!
Post by lilyelayne on Sept 26, 2016 13:46:03 GMT -5
Regular week here. Went to the grocery this morning. I'm waiting for G to fall asleep (he's currently talking to himself in his crib) so I can try on the dresses I ordered for my sister's wedding. Really hope one fits!
agm04 I'm glad you figured out a way to enjoy swim lessons. I agree that a strange teacher and being taken away from you despite her protests would only make her less comfortable, not more.
I woke up today so very happy that I didn't have to go in to work. V was still snoozing and I could lounge in bed. Then after a bit I realized it was Monday. Cue me racing around and texting the sitter that we were running late. Oops!
agm04 that's so strange that the teacher would take them away at this age. I'd assume all classes were parent and baby classes until they are a little older.
aggiebug what a day so far. I hope after your nap everything improves!
Post by dmorgendorffer on Sept 26, 2016 15:50:26 GMT -5
DD has not slept the past two nights. She was up for about 3 hours Saturday night, and then last night she woke up at 2:30 and just would not go back down. DH basically ended up getting up at 4:30 and taking her downstairs so I could get some sleep. When I came down in the morning DH was asleep on the couch and DD was asleep in the dog bed.
I think she is uncomfortable from a cold she is starting, and maybe some teething too? I don't know I just hope we can all sleep tonight.
agm04 our music class teacher likes to dance with the kids but only if they are receptive. Even now DD is generally happy to go to her but sometimes just isn't in the mood. Forcing it isn't going to make anyone happy.
agm04 swim class can be hard when the teacher keeps changing. Hopefully she'll feel more comfortable with you now! ((aggiebug)) kartish woops! dmorgendorffer ugh, that's rough. Sending sleeping vibes your way!
Basic Monday here. Grocery shopping, long walk (it has finally cooled off a bit), etc. DH is gone again tonight for a work dinner. He's gone a lot for dinner lately. Hopefully it'll calm down after him being manager for longer than a few weeks.
Word to the wise when your LOs start potty training. Double up on your matress protectors. Our vinyl one split unbeknownst to us and dd1 had a peepee accident... To me the mattress is now:
Naps and daddys help everything. She napped and I napped and life improved then daddy came home and S is happy and I am on the couch. He also ran to the store and picked up a variety of rootbeers for me to try because I wanted some.
There is no way I stay awake for any part of this debate tonight. I think I'll be in bed about 5 minutes after DD. Which means about 10 minutes from right now.
Word to the wise when your LOs start potty training. Double up on your matress protectors. Our vinyl one split unbeknownst to us and dd1 had a peepee accident... To me the mattress is now:
Oh no! We had one this week as well bc she took off her pull up before she fell asleep and we didn't know.
Speaking of potty training, I think DD might be ready to start trying but I don't want to force it to soon and I have no idea where to even start. What have you guys done that's worked for your LOs?
mmarie i've wondered too. i'm in no rush, but DD has been telling us when she poops forever, and will sit on her potty fully clothed if she goes in the bathroom with me. (i got it out several months ago and told her what it is, but that's all we've really done.) i have some board books about potty training but haven't read them to her. it just seems like such a huge ordeal to get her undressed constantly.
Honestly we waited a long time with strong willed N. She was smart enough and old enough to understand the whole process but refused to just do it. So since she PTed so late I'm probably not the best to be answering this but here's what we did*: -spend a weekend with Norah in undies (or nothing) and had the potty out in the tarp covered family. She had snacks and drinks and we watched movies and drove ourselves nuts! -stickers on a chart for a long term reward. A treat like candy or chips for short term reward. -books about potty -shows about potty *we basically did it all
Speaking of potty training, I think DD might be ready to start trying but I don't want to force it to soon and I have no idea where to even start. What have you guys done that's worked for your LOs?
C has been going on the potty, but not exclusively. Like she'll go when she sits on it but she also goes in a diaper/pull up. Like dreemkin said, being naked actually seems to help. If she's naked and starts to pee, she'll stop herself and tell us she has to go potty. For poop she'll either tell us she has to go or we'll notice her starting to try so we'll just ask her if she wants to go on the potty. She gets to pick either a gummy bear or sticker every time she goes. When she was really interested I was just putting her on the potty every half hour/45 minutes.
No clue about night time though. C is such a heavy wetter at night and during naps so I think it will be tough. I'm not rushing that though.
mmarie i've wondered too. i'm in no rush, but DD has been telling us when she poops forever, and will sit on her potty fully clothed if she goes in the bathroom with me. (i got it out several months ago and told her what it is, but that's all we've really done.) i have some board books about potty training but haven't read them to her. it just seems like such a huge ordeal to get her undressed constantly.
Pull ups and just a shirt made it much easier when I was putting her on the potty every half hour/45 minutes.
agm04 yeah it's super tough when you're on the go! I was just telling DH that if I had just a few days in a row where we could stay home I think she would do awesome.
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