Mother &$(),/"! Monday

[cagoldi]

Oh man guster, you need a miraculous healing over there.

[JoeLies]

Colin also loses his mind over the dumbest things. So tonight, instead of packing lunches after dinner, we went into the family room and watched some Daniel Tiger on my phone, just the 2 of us cuddled up on the couch. It was so nice - until he threw a fit when we were done. Later he hung out with DH so I could read to Chase and cuddle with him for a couple minutes before putting him down. I still have no clue what Chase's problem was yesterday, he was in a great mood tonight.

Anyhow I have such a tough time with balance and quality time during the week. I have so little time with the boys and it seems like no one is happy 75% of the time when I try to play with them both at once. I'm trying to find some one-on-one time with each of them every day, but it doesn't always work out. I got a bit with them both tonight, so I'll consider it a win.

[kim22]

Hi girls. I have some extra crazy on top of my usual crazy going on but all good things.

lfigge glad you are safe. What terrible flooding.

snoopmommymom I hope you get an offer even if you decide not to take it and I'm totally with you on the pee when nervous thing. When I competed in gymnastics, a teammate and I went between every single event. Drove our coach crazy.

xolastunicornxo sorry the house didn't work out for you.

tgrimes1980, happy you went to dinner. Hope you are having fun.

wedding good luck tomorrow!

@peachsmama DD gets those fevers that spike late afternoon for a week at a time. It sucks. Hope this is the end for you.

Today T's shirt was soaked. I asked him what happened and he very nonchalantly replied "oh, just got off Splash Mountain." DD has been You Tubing Disney Rides for him. I still don't know what really happened.

[lahdeedah88]

Sorry about the house. xolastunicornxo I hope you find better soon.

Glad the interview went well. snoopmommymom

[lahdeedah88]

M had a small tantrum tonight because I was going to shower first before MH.🙄 I just don't get it.

I now have a new source of stress and anxiety. We have an orientation tomorrow for the school M starts in the fall. They sent out a new student newsletter for his age group and after reading through it, I'm not sure about the decision to start him this year. One thing is our schedules, but another is they expect 3-4 year olds to be completely potty-trained. I knew this before we registered him, but apparently that means that he has to know how to wipe himself and if he has an accident, they will call the parent to come deal with it. WTF? They expect this age group to not have accidents? M is still not nap/night trained. We could work on it all summer, but I don't think I can guarantee that he will not have an accident and I really don't want to have to leave work to go clean up my child. Is it just me, or is this an unrealistic expectation? M has been great with using the potty, but even I don't expect him to never have an accident.

[trtlcrzy]

May 1, 2017 21:41:13 GMT -5 lahdeedah88 said:

M had a small tantrum tonight because I was going to shower first before MH.🙄 I just don't get it.

I now have a new source of stress and anxiety. We have an orientation tomorrow for the school M starts in the fall. They sent out a new student newsletter for his age group and after reading through it, I'm not sure about the decision to start him this year. One thing is our schedules, but another is they expect 3-4 year olds to be completely potty-trained. I knew this before we registered him, but apparently that means that he has to know how to wipe himself and if he has an accident, they will call the parent to come deal with it. WTF? They expect this age group to not have accidents? M is still not nap/night trained. We could work on it all summer, but I don't think I can guarantee that he will not have an accident and I really don't want to have to leave work to go clean up my child. Is it just me, or is this an unrealistic expectation? M has been great with using the potty, but even I don't expect him to never have an accident.

A lot can change in the next 4 months. H very, very rarely has accidents. She actually had never had one at school (although she only goes 2x a week for 3.5 hours).

[trtlcrzy]

The snow is completely gone. It all melted. Today has been a very strange weather day. My nephew is spending the night tonight because my sister is going on a field trip tomorrow with her other kids. So far he's asleep H is awake and being naughty.

[lahdeedah88]

It helps that a few don't think it's a big deal. I was just going to let night time training happen on its own, but we may have to start working on it for nap time. Hopefully, I can do this before the baby is born. I also need to talk to his current teachers. I think most of his accidents at school revolve around nap time. Either they forget to put a pull up on him, or he pees out of it because he doesn't go before nap. Other than that, I think he's good. He waits until the last minute a lot of the time, but he makes it.

[cagoldi]

Latest edition of FIL is the worst communicator ever (TMI Alert):

He says he hasn't pooped in three months. Not even once. After we ask him to explain more, he is going to the bathroom, but not as much as he thinks he should. Like still having a BM daily. So clearly very different than "I haven't pooped in three months!" He's going on and on about how "something is wrong inside my guts."

We continue to ask him why he thinks there is a problem and he starts saying he's peeing a lot. Okay. So go get your prostate checked? Then he goes into this bizarre tangent about this show he watches on THE ID Channel and "whenever a man dies, they open him up and his colon is a mess!"

Pete asked what this show has to do with him peeing a lot? FIL says, "I don't know, Pete! That's what I'm trying to find out!"

Unreal.

[lahdeedah88]

Sunny41 In the newsletter it states " Accidents occurring at school will result in a call to the parents to come and take care of the clean up process. Adult help is limited ONLY to assistance with snaps, buttons, and zippers."

I expect to get clarification on this tomorrow.

[calishove]

Anyone up for my boring live blog?

We submitted the offer over four hours ago. Nothing has happened yet.

[heymama]

Good luck today wedding! You will do great!

[yummeecookee]

May 1, 2017 23:28:45 GMT -5 lahdeedah88 said:

Sunny41 In the newsletter it states " Accidents occurring at school will result in a call to the parents to come and take care of the clean up process. Adult help is limited ONLY to assistance with snaps, buttons, and zippers."

I expect to get clarification on this tomorrow.

My DC is pretty similar, except they don't call us. They teach the kids to remove their dirty clothing and the kids also should know how to redress themselves. Since accidents usually involve below the waist clothing, the kids can handle it.
B moves slow as molasses but she can in fact undress and redress her self from the waist down and I know it's bc she had to do it at school.

[cagoldi]

May 2, 2017 3:59:24 GMT -5 wedding said:

lahdeedah88 Cs new preschool required full potty training. When he started he was still using a diaper for naps. We just took it off and hoped for the best. They have a more regimented potty schedule and shorter nap time than the other place. He's only had one accident during nap in five months. They will change him though. That part really bothers me in your newsletter.

I'm surprised it's even legal to let a child sit there in soiled clothing until the parents arrive.