something good & something not so much

[chilibeansm0m]

Tell me something good your toddler has done and something not so good.

[chilibeansm0m]

Because part of me wants to aw.

OMG R pooped on the potty!!!!!! i went and she was telling me potty, i told her ok, after mommy's done. I sat her down, 5 min later she went and i was shocked! Dh and i both did the cheering and high 5 and hershey kiss reward. I was so proud. Especially considering she told me she had to go and actually did. She hasn't pooped on the potty in at least a year (randomly she did it around 13 months) and hasn't sat on the potty in at least a month (we lost a lot of motivation after we were sick). So so proud.

Something not so good- i was laying on the couch the other night and all of a sudden R was standing up on the end table going HI MAMA!!!! Cue heartattaCk. So after she went to bed i had to shove the end table in dh's closet. I had nowhere else to put it.

Then the next morning dh goes Oh My God! I go what and he goes i have nowhere to set my coffee while i put my shoes on now. Really dh?

[michieu129]

chilibeansm0m Haha-Jack has been all about climbing on the side table and then jumping onto the couch. I pretty much know if I am in another room and randomly hear him laughing that that is what he is up to now. I have no where to hide the tables either so I am just hoping he stops soon. These kids are crazy.

Something good: My kid is reading numbers everywhere now. He can read up to about 11 or 12. If he sees a number anywhere, he points it out to me with so much pride. I love it.

Something bad: He is getting really bad about demanding attention, especially when I am getting his meals ready. Its causing me a ton of stress and now I am looking into ways to end it. Apparently, I have not set enough limits with him according to my gentle parenting books. Great! I am a permissive parent now. Win for me. Now I am going around and telling Jack non-stop: "I cannot let you...." "I will not let you...". Fun times. Really fun times. Lets hope he is a fast learner. Because I am going to have to record these statements soon when I lose my voice.

And now I feel bad that my something bad is so much longer than my something good. Yikes.

[littleheaven]

she woke up on her own pleasant and compliant this morning...and she let me put pants on her and didn't fight us at all this morning!

however, she didn't fall asleep until midnight last night again.....so i'm surprised she woke up on her own all pleasant and stuff...usually she lashes out at me and freaks the eff out

[TheEleventhHour]

Good: DS peed on the potty twice yesterday! We are not actively PT so I get so happy when he asks randomly to use it! chilibeansm0m That is awesome R pooped on the potty! DS is terrified of pooping on the potty. He will tell me he needs to go and I sit him down and he is not having any of it. He will poop the minute I put a diaper back on him.

Not So Good: He has started hiding things. Mostly they are in predictable places but still, when it is something I need it is frustrating to have to track it down! He hid my Polar HR watch yesterday which he had thrown into the big canister we use to store the dog's food. Yuck. He took clothes while I was folding laundry and threw them in the back of a closet. WTF kid?!

[luluandgirl]

The good: DS finally started saying I love you back. He tends to shy away from words beginning with an L. Totally melts my heart every time he says it

The not so good: I gave him a lollipop (maybe 2) last week so that I could have a few moments of peace and quiet. Now he's constantly asking me for "waddipops". I have also discovered if I give him a lollipop when we go shopping it's much more pleasant - MOTY over here :/

[littleheaven]

Feb 5, 2015 10:05:47 GMT -5 luluandgirl said:

The good: DS finally started saying I love you back. He tends to shy away from words beginning with an L. Totally melts my heart every time he says it

The not so good: I gave him a lollipop (maybe 2) last week so that I could have a few moments of peace and quiet. Now he's constantly asking me for "waddipops". I have also discovered if I give him a lollipop when we go shopping it's much more pleasant - MOTY over here :/

it's ok....we have a stash of "ah pops" everywhere in case we need them...she had a lollipop for breakfast once because she was fighting us into the car seat and we had to get to the daycare....and it had to be "bwoo ah pop!"
she likes the blue ones

[chilibeansm0m]

Feb 5, 2015 7:49:12 GMT -5 michieu129 said:

chilibeansm0m Haha-Jack has been all about climbing on the side table and then jumping onto the couch. I pretty much know if I am in another room and randomly hear him laughing that that is what he is up to now. I have no where to hide the tables either so I am just hoping he stops soon. These kids are crazy.

Something good: My kid is reading numbers everywhere now. He can read up to about 11 or 12. If he sees a number anywhere, he points it out to me with so much pride. I love it.

Something bad: He is getting really bad about demanding attention, especially when I am getting his meals ready. Its causing me a ton of stress and now I am looking into ways to end it. Apparently, I have not set enough limits with him according to my gentle parenting books. Great! I am a permissive parent now. Win for me. Now I am going around and telling Jack non-stop: "I cannot let you...." "I will not let you...". Fun times. Really fun times. Lets hope he is a fast learner. Because I am going to have to record these statements soon when I lose my voice.

And now I feel bad that my something bad is so much longer than my something good. Yikes.

That's awesome. We are also dealing with a lot of attention seeking bx right now. I'm not glued to my phone or tv or anything but the second i look at something R will come up to me and hit me. Not hard but hitting. I took privacy advice and now tell R. You are hitting mommy and that is not nice. Mommy is going to go in here for a little while. I give myself a time out. Seems to be helping. I like that much better than us both crying and trying to place her back in timeout over and over again.

[jobiann]

Good-has slept soundly for quite some time now, it's nice to get a full night's rest!

Bad-everything is his, even MY boots...and he isn't afraid to "fight" for them!

[bennikki]

The Good: After DS's 2 year appointment, the Dr. encouraged us to start teaching sight words/reading. I've know for a long time DS was "advanced," but he tested off our Dr's office charts at his appointment. The test they give is for things a typical 2-4 year can do, and the questions get progressively harder. You stop taking the test once you get three wrong. DS breezed through it. He made up a fairly complex story on the spot about a bird from a picture they showed him, and our Dr. and his nurse pretty much had their jaws drop.

The Bad: DH has been taking DS ice fishing. For those not from "these parts": ice fishing is when the lakes freeze over with a couple feet of ice, you move an ice house (basically a small camper with major insulation) onto the lake, drill holes in the ice, and fish from the comfort of the ice house through the holes. DS's favorite thing to do is play with the bait fish. DH is pretty sure DS either ate a live fish or at least drank some nasty bait fish water when they were out fishing last weekend.

So, he may be smart, but he's still a curious kid, and in the words of my husband, "kids are so gross."

[esmerelda]

Something good DD went to toddler time at bounce magic. I was curious how shed handle a "structured" play time. She did amazing they let the kids have open gym for the first hour where the teachers go in the houses with the kids and help them do the big slides. Then its snack and craft time. She was so good with the other kids. We know we're going to keep going.


Oh and for the first time last night she reached for my dad to pick her up. He was very happy to say the least.


Something bad.. She throws tantrums pretty much anytime we have to wait in a line or put our stuff on to go home.

[esmerelda]

bennikki your bad thing is cracking me up. That's so gross but kind of really funny. As long as he didn't get sick

[bennikki]

esmerelda I laughed too, but also told DH that he was on middle of the night duty if he did get sick.

[esmerelda]

Feb 5, 2015 17:49:05 GMT -5 bennikki said:

esmerelda I laughed too, but also told DH that he was on middle of the night duty if he did get sick.

Good for you. By the way I saw your today I learned oh man, this sounds like something I'll have a conversation with my dad about. He always had us kids bring him beers. But when molly sees me with one shell get her cup and cheers me. Its cute so I go with it for now. Learning to cheers isn't horrible right?

[cupcakesandpi]

Something good:DD had been wearing panties since Thanksgiving except at night. She is doing so well with it.

Something not do good:She has been coughing off and on all night for the past 3 nights. This Mama is tired.

[jcar]

The good: DS has become super helpful with various things such as finding my shoes and helping me put them on, cleaning up a mess he makes, etc. Hopefully he'll continue to be helpful once baby arrives.

The bad: hitting and spitting. I have no idea where he learned these or if it's just a phase. It's getting old fast.

[missiep86]

I am jealous of the parents who are getting their kids potty trained. My son will pee in the potty some days, when he feels like it.

Something good-He often notices my belly getting big and he always says "There's a baby inside!" Last night I was getting dressed and he ran over to my belly, patted it and said "Baby Max inside." Then he kissed my belly and as I thanked him for the kiss, he said "hug" and started hugging my belly as well. It melted my heart.
Something bad-I was in the other room and I hear "mommy your seticine is on the floor." I walk into the kitchen and he has dumped my entire purse out onto the floor. My prenatal gummies came open and were scattered everywhere (that was my "seticine" or medicine that he was talking about.)

[missiep86]

I'm an idiot. I was on the wrong board. Love the topic though!