I'm pumping in the front seat of the car while we drive. I don't care who sees. I'm sure the toll people will get an eyeful of weird elongated pump nipples.
This was a necessary evil with all the road travel I do. Mine was always when I was driving down the highway. #noragrets
littlemissmarla , thanks for feeling like this is a safe place to share your feelings. We're all here if/when you want to talk about it more. I can't imagine a better mom for Z than you! You love her so much, and you are working to get the best of everything for her. The teaching background doesn't hurt, either!
Please don't flame me because this is hard enough to even type. I am pretty sure Z has autism or sensory processing disorder.
I've been reading a lot more and the signs are there. I believe it would be on the high functioning end of the spectrum and I am praying that since we caught this early we can help to rewire her brain the right way.
I'm working on getting her in to see a developmental pediatrician who can give us a better idea of what's going on with her.
I love her so much and I just want to know that she will be ok.
Definitely not flame worthy. If anything, it's great you want to get it checked out! If they tell you there isn't anything there, that's great. If they do, then you have early intervention which makes leaps and bounds of a difference. You're just being a great mom!
I attempted one for V, Cdnfroggy , but it ended up being just a bunch of framed quotes and owls. Chalk it up in my Pinterest Fails column, along with her birthday cake.
And the moss letters I tried to grow for my wedding.
Post by walterjenne on Jan 22, 2016 15:59:49 GMT -5
I was so excited when I discovered it was a HP marathon weekend when I had DS. It made not being able to sleep so much more bearable in the hospital. It was something I've seen enough that I could doze to it but also something g that kept my attention and helped pass the time.
I'm really sad about the Harry Potter dislike...future baby's nursery may or may not be harry potter/hogwarts themed...we will see once I actually need to think about that.
DH said no.... but I solemnly swear (see what I did there) that his big boy room will be HP. DH won the dino battle but I'll win the war!! Heck he and C may both have HP rooms by the time I'm finished!!!
Post by honeybee434 on Jan 22, 2016 16:23:27 GMT -5
I LOVE the Harry Potter movies but I haven't read the books. I almost want to wait until DD is older so we can read them aloud together. I don't know if I want to wait that long. What is an acceptable age to start HP? 6?
I LOVE the Harry Potter movies but I haven't read the books. I almost want to wait until DD is older so we can read them aloud together. I don't know if I want to wait that long. What is an acceptable age to start HP? 6?
That's a really good question. I do not want C reading the later ones until she's 14/15 because the battles are pretty intense and people die. I think that's a lot for a 10yr old.
Because of the new picture books (sqeeee!!!) I think I'll start with those at 7. If the picture books weren't out yet I would think closer to 10/11 just because of the imagination you need. I don't know if at 6 they could build the world in their little heads yet and keep track of all of the characters.
I really enjoyed growing up with HP (yes I was 19/20 when the last book came out) and I can't wait to share that with the kids.
I read on my FB a friend of a friend suggest reading them with your LO with the same time gaps they took to come out. Which was interesting to me. She said that kids that grew up when they were written read them with natural spacing so they got older as the books came out and were able to handle the darker story lines.
Since I haven't read the books, does anyone have thoughts on that?
ETA: Like if you read one a year, and started at 7, they would read the last at 14.
I read the Harry Potter books as thry came out. I was in college when the last one was released. I think it's a great idea to do the spacing like that, except for the waiting part. We HAD to wait, I don't know if I can do that when I already own the next one.
I read on my FB a friend of a friend suggest reading them with your LO with the same time gaps they took to come out. Which was interesting to me. She said that kids that grew up when they were written read them with natural spacing so they got older as the books came out and were able to handle the darker story lines.
Since I haven't read the books, does anyone have thoughts on that?
ETA: Like if you read one a year, and started at 7, they would read the last at 14.
Yea I agree.
From talking with RLF I seem to be more concerned about content than some but I'm just a firm believer on kids are kids. And I just don't think a 10yr old kid should be reading about war, death and self sacrifice. I mean I balled like a baby during the 5th book and again in the 7th.
I attempted one for V, Cdnfroggy , but it ended up being just a bunch of framed quotes and owls. Chalk it up in my Pinterest Fails column, along with her birthday cake.
And the moss letters I tried to grow for my wedding.
You should start a "Pinterest Fail" thread!
lol...yes! I've not done some many attempts lately though.
FFFC: I just sent DH to *gasp* accomplish 2 chores on his own and I'm secretly loving it. #sorrynotsorry
Too bad they aren't even considered chores - he put off paying a parking ticket until literally the last minute (at 4:45p on the 10 day grace period) and needs to stop at the bank {edit - by "stop at the bank" I mean swing through the ATM that is literally 100 yards from our office}, so he came into my office and asked if I could pick up DD. I said no, the ticket would only take a moment to pay. He walked off saying "okay, I'll do all 3" - LMFAOOOOOOO - poor baby!!! Oh, the kicker of the ticket is that it's not even his - it's that co-workers that crashed at our house last week. DH didn't tell him not to park in the street, so he got one and felt bad so we're going to pay it. I wasn't pleased about that oversight, so I swear if he doesn't get it paid in time and the cost doubles I am going to castrate him. Welcome to my life with my procrastinating husband. It's infuriating for us Type A personalities.
rlb I hope for your H's sake he gets that done lololol!! my DH is very bright but dammit he turns me into a nag. I have to ride him, and then remind him again, of so many things that still get done last minute or get done by me. I'm not even type A and it makes me crazy!
rlb I hope for your H's sake he gets that done lololol!! my DH is very bright but dammit he turns me into a nag. I have to ride him, and then remind him again, of so many things that still get done last minute or get done by me. I'm not even type A and it makes me crazy!
I read on my FB a friend of a friend suggest reading them with your LO with the same time gaps they took to come out. Which was interesting to me. She said that kids that grew up when they were written read them with natural spacing so they got older as the books came out and were able to handle the darker story lines.
Since I haven't read the books, does anyone have thoughts on that?
ETA: Like if you read one a year, and started at 7, they would read the last at 14.
Interesting/good idea! I'm not a huge Harry fan but I've already put them on my list of things to read with the kids. Guess DS1 and I will start this summer!
We were really early HP adopters (like we ordered book 2 from amazon.co.uk because it released earlier, and read "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" as the first book), and I liked growing up with them! I started them around 7th or 8th grade (would have to check release dates), and then waited for the books to come out. I would think 11 would be a good age to start, too (since that's when you'd get your Hogwarts letter), but that would make you go faster than one per year before your kiddo outgrows family reading time. Too sad to even think about!
We were really early HP adopters (like we ordered book 2 from amazon.co.uk because it released earlier, and read "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" as the first book), and I liked growing up with them! I started them around 7th or 8th grade (would have to check release dates), and then waited for the books to come out. I would think 11 would be a good age to start, too (since that's when you'd get your Hogwarts letter), but that would make you go faster than one per year before your kiddo outgrows family reading time. Too sad to even think about!
Post by anotherdreamer on Jan 22, 2016 18:54:03 GMT -5
I can't even with the HP confessions either lol. I refused to watch it and thought it was some stupid kid thing, until I sat and watched the first two with my little brother (who was obsessed). I got hooked, and reeled my DH (boyfriend then, we were 18) in with me. We still love it.
I will admit to being only so-so with the LOTR movies. The casting choices just didn't click with me. I loved reading the Hobbit as a kid and thought the movies were pretty good, although the added stuff annoyed me, but I loved the casting.
I'm pumping in the front seat of the car while we drive. I don't care who sees. I'm sure the toll people will get an eyeful of weird elongated pump nipples.
Lol I would always use the hand pump while driving with Hannah by myself.for long trips. I got some strange looks. Who cares.
Post by hurricanerek on Jan 22, 2016 19:37:02 GMT -5
The HP confessions are making my heart hurt. I read the first book in 3rd grade (so age 9). I think it was only the first three books that had been released by then and the last one was released the summer before my senior year of high school. I like the idea of mandatory spacing. The first book definitely reads to a less mature audience than the later ones do.
Post by littlemissmarla on Jan 22, 2016 21:32:41 GMT -5
Thank you all.. I hate that I feel like this is my only topic of conversation lately because it's pretty consuming. But I really appreciate you all bearing with me as I navigate this road.
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