Parenting Check-in (Sept. 28th)

[kh826]

Good Morning Parents!

Here is our roster for this check-in:

Parenting
healz413
Manada
kevinandjesse
foodislove
megd893
calsurb
andstilltrying
jazibel
kh826
karlamo
jgy
sherminator
mahler5
wittyandwaiting
kona
strings
mrsnorris
2mrsks (mrs&mrsk)
jennicole
amberreva

*If you would like to be added to the list, just let us know!

Also, if the group thinks it would be helpful to add a name/initial and/or birthdate for children to the roster, just let me know. I would be happy to add that.

So, tell us about your parenting experiences this past week? Any new milestones? Anything exciting in your house?

QOTW: Tell us about a recent 'Parenting Fail' and a recent 'Parenting Win.'

[shemarie82]

My boys are 16 months and growing so darn fast! We have now known them for 3 months exactly. It is probably strange that I know that, but it is what it is. #1 had a touch on pneumonia this last week, and #2 is cutting teeth. It has been a bit of a rough one. My mom watched them for a couple hours yesterday so that B and I could do dinner and a movie. We have really been getting at each other lately, because it seems that our only real conversation is about the kids, and it is tough. I knew kids took a lot of energy but I didn't realize how difficult it would be to make sure that my relationship still gets some as well. The kids really are doing great and are a blessing.

QOTW: My parenting fail is horrible! I read all literature when I get prescriptions, but failed to for my kid apparently. I didn't refrigerate the antibiotic #1 got. It only took me one time of him spitting it out to know something was wrong, so I guess it could have been worse. But I feel HORRIBLE! The pharmacy says it happens regularly, but it is still bad. I would say that my recent win is that I got #1 to start using some signs, nothing major, but eat, more, please, and thank you.

[2brides]

I don't really see stuff as Parenting Failures...unless it was something like abuse/neglect/etc. The other stuff is mistakes and being human.

I can't think of anything recently I have done exceptionally poorly or well. My biggest parenting mistakes tend to be my short fuse and impatience. But everything has been rolling along pretty well recently. I feel like we turned a huge maturity milestone in 4th grade and it has made for a much happier and relaxed household. I have every appendage crossed that it stays this way.

[kh826]

NOTE: I was scraping the bottom of the barrel today for a QOTW, sorry! I would love some ideas from other folks here!

[2mrsks (mrs&mrsk)]

WE ARE ALL SICK!!!

UGH. R had a cold (probably got from his cousins) then i got it now M has it... and my mom got it yesterday too! this stinks!!

Tomorrow I will go to the bank and open R's 529 finally... have been on & off about it since March. we need to move so putting what we planned in, hurts a bit... but moving is so far off due to our town's housing market that we just have to bite the bullet here. Then, off to the ortho to finally get my carpal tunnel (that started in pregnancy and hasnt gone away...) looked at.

We can't wait to pumpkin pick w/ R for the first time!!! We have some festivals coming up in the future

My mom is watching R overnight for the first time this weekend.... she's so flighty... she even forgot it was for overnight... I'm nervous. We are going to a wedding and staying at the hotel. EEK.

Parenting Fail- umm nose frida while sick and not just stuffy... = this is why i got the cold? i think. LOL dumbbbbb
Parenting Win- (M) teaching R to eat by himself... omg the time we have now! love it LOL

[mahler5]

C is 18 months.

She is doing great! I took her to the library today. They had a special interactive play area today. She loved it but kept trying to escape. I swear I had to chase her all over the place. A friend of mine wants me to watch her 1 year old for her this Thursday. She suggested I could bring them both to the library and I was like, no way! I need an enclosed area so I don't have to run off after C while trying to watch her kid too.

C's daycare teachers made her a special poster with pictures of her and her classmates and all wrote really nice things about her. It was very sweet. She can say a lot of her classmate's names too which really impresses me by just looking at their pictures. I think the socialization has been good for her but I don't think I will do daycare again until she is 2.
I am leaning towards enrolling her in a part-time Waldorf pre-school at 3 1/2. I may get her in a different part-time waldorf program before then. She can't enroll there until 3, and because of where her Birthday falls it would be 3 1/2. I'm just not sure if I can wait until 3 1/2 for part-time care. I mean I could but it would be good for her to have something part-time before then. But then I will feel bad switching her to a new school in a year and a half. I may also consider enrolling her in this French/Spanish immersion school. You pick one language. She could start that at 2. But I am really liking the Waldorf philosophy. I have sometime to figure it out I guess.

I'm trying to make a point to make more playdates and bring her to our church daycare so she still gets some interaction with other little kiddos. That should be plenty at this age.

Parenting Win: I can't give you a specific example but on a few occasions C has actually listened to me when I have said "no." Its been with things I have repeatedly told her "no" about. And she still doesn't do it when she really wants something, but it gives me hope she will eventually heed my warnings.

Parenting Fail: She fell face first off the chair onto the kitchen floor the other night. She wasn't standing on the chair at the time. That's what I really worry about because I'm afraid she will knock the chair over. I am constantly running over to her and telling her to sit on the chair or I will take her off of it. I don't know exactly how she did it. She only cried for maybe 30 seconds but I felt bad. She usually falls on the carpet so its not a big deal. But what are you going to do.

[healz413]

Ellis is 5w5d old!

Things are going pretty well. Today felt like a hard day for no particular reason. Ugh. I think we are at the point now where I feel like I should be doing stuff every day but some days just keep El fed and alive and reasonably happy is all I can do and then I feel not great about that.

But over all she's a joy. There's a whole bunch of growth and development stuff happening right about now so we've noticed increased fussiness and displeasure from here. But she pretty reliably enjoys being in the carrier and will go to sleep if we walk her in one outside most of the time so having that option helps. She also is pretty good with feed to sleep. I'm not good at getting her to sleep in other ways though if she isn't asleep after eating or wakes up from a short sleep.

[2mrsks (mrs&mrsk)]

Sept 28, 2015 19:49:18 GMT -5 healz413 said:

Ellis is 5w5d old!

Things are going pretty well. Today felt like a hard day for no particular reason. Ugh. I think we are at the point now where I feel like I should be doing stuff every day but some days just keep El fed and alive and reasonably happy is all I can do and then I feel not great about that.

But over all she's a joy. There's a whole bunch of growth and development stuff happening right about now so we've noticed increased fussiness and displeasure from here. But she pretty reliably enjoys being in the carrier and will go to sleep if we walk her in one outside most of the time so having that option helps. She also is pretty good with feed to sleep. I'm not good at getting her to sleep in other ways though if she isn't asleep after eating or wakes up from a short sleep.

I remember feeling like i should do something every day while i was home with R, but the days got away so quickly with "EASY" (eat activity sleep you-time) the Activity part was short & Sweet most times.  But everything I read at the time said that little things-  tummy time, playing with a toy (holding it far then near) , etc for 10 mins was pretty much all they need at the time.  

Every once in a while now, i check all the paperwork my mom gives me-- she does EI, so way too much crap!-- to see if i am missing doing anything.  it's pretty basic and the stuff you are wanting to do anyway-- like now, encouraging crawling and lifting himself up, giving him soft foods that he can pick up.