Day 2 of snot plague over here. I really hate feeling puny. Besides the obvious, not really having DH share the parenting responsibilities just makes me feel more run down.
I'm trying to get B down for a nap (ha!) so that I can get showered. I don't want to bring her in with me and then have to rush through or attempt to keep her entertained. After that, I'm mustering up energy to take her to stride rite. Poor kid outgrew her shoes and I didn't even notice. MOTY
kfran84 B hits. I tell her a mix of "We don't hit" and "that makes mommy sad". She then changes her tune to touching my nose like "oh! I wasn't hitting you! I was pointing out your body parts!" Just me though. She's never lashed out at DH.
kfran84 Cadence has gotten better about hitting me, though sometimes she still does it. She def. thinks it is some sort of game. I usually tell her, "Ouch, that hurt Mommy. We don't hit." If she does it again then I will remove her from my lap or wherever she is to make her play by herself. If she comes back to me I tell her, "you hit Mommy and it hurt. It was not nice. Are you sorry?" Obviously, she doesn't "get" everything I'm saying, but she can tell by my sad tone that she did something she shouldn't have. Then I ask her for a hug and we can go on playing. The removing her from my space is what usually clicks with her.
Same. Tantrums I can ignore but if he is doing something aggressive or destructive he gets a very stern, "No hitting. We never hit."
Ok, I'm going to be honest. Sunny41 yesterday when you said it was national signing day I thought you meant sign language. Saying that you were watching it on tv and it had become competitive didn't help either because I thought there was some sort of sign language channel ad you and YH were looking for mistakes while people signed. Yeah....I'm not into sports...
H and E love to hit. They hit me, they hit each other, they hit themselves, they hit the cat. It is hilarious to them. I just hold their hands down, say "no hitting" or "be gentle" and try to distract them with something else.
Post by wineallthetime on Feb 5, 2015 11:21:45 GMT -5
Cherhorowitz was it you who posted the sweet potato fry recipe? Made them last night, so good! My son is currently inhaling the leftovers for his lunch now
Cherhorowitz was it you who posted the sweet potato fry recipe? Made them last night, so good! My son is currently inhaling the leftovers for his lunch now
Not me. But please share the recipe! Is it W30 approved?
I am home! Granted it took me 3 hours to get home from the airport - I just don't even care right now. I'm tired and so happy to be here.
DH told me that daycare asked if C can start taking visits the twaddler room. They do decently long transitions and I think the only thing holding them back up to this point was his walking. But he's getting better by the day, so they're starting and it's bittersweet. One of the twaddler teachers was assisting in infants when she first started there, so she's super excited to have C joining her. But the long-term infant room teachers have been wonderful, both to C and to me. I can't count the number of times they'd give me a hug or a quick squeeze of the shoulder when C first started and I was so emotional. I'll be more than happy to send another LO to them one day.
one of Doug's teachers was fired on Tuesday so I've been anxious about why. I mean she seemed like a great teacher she loved the kids but naturally I worried. I always chat with his teachers and assistant teachers so I kind of asked without asking this morning and I guess management and she weren't getting along and it had nothing to do with the kids. Having worked at a day care I know the relationship between teachers and management isn't always smooth. I hope that's all it was but management wasn't even willing to discuss whether or not she was fired in relationship to her interactions with the kids and I feel like that is important information.
Now I'm done with most of my errands and I'm thinking of getting sushi.
kellykinns I believe it was something involving the children, they'd be required to tell you. Otherwise, I think it's confidential.
There was a story here yesterday regarding a daycare worker that was fired for kicking a 2 year old (& leaving marks) while he was napping. My firend's child attends there & they sent home a letter to all of the parents, along with an email. WTF? Who does that?
Post by rebeccag428 on Feb 5, 2015 12:24:12 GMT -5
I could never do the whole30 i love my carbs. Give me all the carbs.
I think for reals Autties fever broke! No meds since last night and her temp is 98.6. I told my MIL that Autumn was still crabby and she told me that she's going through withdrawal from Motrin. Side eyeing the shit out her right now... I dont know why but she's really getting under my skin lately. Maybe because she stole all my food? DH is going up there this weekend. I'm really thinking about staying here so I don't have to see them. But that means a lonely weekend just Autumn and I.
Autumns 15 month check up is today. When did she get so old?
kellykinns I believe it was something involving the children, they'd be required to tell you. Otherwise, I think it's confidential.
There was a story here yesterday regarding a daycare worker that was fired for kicking a 2 year old (& leaving marks) while he was napping. My firend's child attends there & they sent home a letter to all of the parents, along with an email. WTF? Who does that?
This makes me sick to my stomach! People are horrible!
kellykinns I believe it was something involving the children, they'd be required to tell you. Otherwise, I think it's confidential.
There was a story here yesterday regarding a daycare worker that was fired for kicking a 2 year old (& leaving marks) while he was napping. My firend's child attends there & they sent home a letter to all of the parents, along with an email. WTF? Who does that?
In what universe, do you get to the point that you want to hurt a child? And then you fucking work with kids. Infuriating.
Re: Hitting. We say a stern no, that hurts and put him down. If it's with the dog, we tell him to be gentle and demonstrate correct behavior. I think it's just part of this age.
DH and I were both up all night coughing, we're both miserable. And now it looks like DH has pink eye. My family needs a bubble. Hoping to meet up with a friend from nursing school today who's in town visiting.
tgrimes1980 That is my nightmare. That I would trust someone with Doug and they would hurt him. I'm not much of a crier but the very idea makes me want to ball my eyes out.
To be clear I never wanted specifics I understand confidentiality but it just bothered me that they wouldn't even reassure me that it wasn't her behavior towards the kids.
Post by Cherhorowitz on Feb 5, 2015 12:40:01 GMT -5
I'm not a violent person at all. But I can't imagine the anger I would feel if someone I trusted touched my kid. I'm getting rage just thinking about it.
Right? Not even close to justifying it but it wasn't even like you lost your cool. You actively sought out an innocent kid and hurt him when he wasn't expecting it.
Post by rebeccag428 on Feb 5, 2015 12:42:02 GMT -5
My sister was abused by her DC teacher. My mom showed me the police report and the pictures of my sister, it was horrible. I have real anxiety about leaving A with anyone.
Post by rebeccag428 on Feb 5, 2015 12:52:37 GMT -5
tgrimes1980 she was 5 at the time and doesn't remember any of it. Once she had her daughter she started having panic attacks whenever she left DD even with the dad.
My mom didn't know how to deal with it, she was abused by her SF and when she told her mother, she said to forget it was happening and that she couldn't do anything about it.
Cherhorowitz was it you who posted the sweet potato fry recipe? Made them last night, so good! My son is currently inhaling the leftovers for his lunch now
Not me. But please share the recipe! Is it W30 approved?
@peachsmama awe! I got teary-eyed reading that! So sweet. So happy for the good news. How far along are you?
This x100. I'm so happy for you and your family!!
My Mom ran a daycare in our home growing up. Towards the end, she was running out of patience with the kids. So she quit. After almost 20 years and it was scary and she didn't know what to do next, but she knew it wasn't the right job for her anymore, BEFORE anything happened. It absolutely horrifies me that people choose to work with kids and then choose to abuse them.
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