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Anonymous wrote:"yes - SIL is our nanny."
SIL is our personal housekeeper, valet, chef, driver and butler. No health insurance for her until she puts in 25 years, though. And she better not ask for Christmas off again.
wtf?
Do you have something against family watching your kids?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Just wondering if we'd be making a mistake. We are not having luck with MCPS, and cannot afford private schools near us.
What's your beef with MCPS?
or possibly, what's your beef with your particular school?
overcrowded, class sizes nearly 30. my dc has trouble attending in a class over 12-15 kids.
It won't get any better - this year or next, as they increase class sizes across the board. Having said that, does your child have any attention issues or a sensory disorer that may present obstacles to learning? I say this only because most children do well in classes of over 15. (Fifteeen, in fact, is a dream world and quite manageable for a teacher to handle - speaking from experience.)
Also, keep in mind that public systems are better equipped to handle learning differences - if this is indeed the case.
just something to chew on - Good luck in your decision.
OP, try posting on Beauty, Fashion and Fitness For Women. You're more likely to get responses.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:...and one day, OP, you're going to have kids of your own and I'm totally going to indulge my schadenfreude. Again, quiet toddlers. Ten minutes. In the way? Sure, someone should have moved them. But a massive example of crappy parenting? Uh, no.
The best part? OP says, "I will not pass judgment," and then judge, judge, judge, judge. Ha! Thanks, OP, for giving me a hugh laugh. You are a piece of work!
OP's a piece of work? You're haughty and have offered nothing to the thread other than a "Ha!" and a "hugh laugh."
Anonymous wrote:Not to scare you, but it could be leukemia. Please get checked by a doctor asap.
OMG! "not to scare you" crap . . .
ridiculous
OP, if you've lost that much weight and have changed your diet significantly, it's a deficiency. I don't know how you feel about dark, leafy vegetables, but most are high in iron and good for you!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Company! If she's nursing, maybe some of those cooling gel packs for her nipples (our LC gave me some, so I assume they're ok). Or offering to hold the baby for an hour so she can sleep. But more than anything I wanted company from another mom.
That isn't a gift you want for your neighbor. Geez louise.
I have to agree. Unless you're good friends, I'd be a little creeped out by nipple pads.
Take her out for lunch or an early dinner. Her husband can watch the baby while she's away - enjoying once again what it's like to be "baby-free' for a bit.
Anonymous wrote:Some days are just like that - maybe even in Australia. Today, I was 15 minutes late to an out of office meeting, worked so hard to ensure I wouldn't be for the next one that I was 20 minutes early and ended up wasting that time just waiting. Talked with my friend who was just diagnosed with a really, really bad disease. I left my notebook on the metro, had to leave a conference call early and will probably burn dinner.
I hate to whine alone - please join me. And for the love of god, no flamers please. If you don't have something bad to say about your own day, don't say something bad about mine - just move along.
You have EVERY right to whine. Hearing news like that would ruin my month.
Are you kidding me, OP?
That's college tuition for one year.
Save your money. My daughter went to a montessori, which we thought was expensive at $5K/year for a 15-hour a week program. She LOVED it and learned so much!
Save your money. It's pre-K!!!!! Children at this age have just learned what a toilet is for!
That's college tuition for one year.
Save your money. My daughter went to a montessori, which we thought was expensive at $5K/year for a 15-hour a week program. She LOVED it and learned so much!
Save your money. It's pre-K!!!!! Children at this age have just learned what a toilet is for!
Anonymous wrote:And I think all those folks who like to spout off about education reform should be required to teach a class of 22 second graders in a working class, public school setting for two years -- and make at least a year's worth of progress in math and reading with them -- before the "experts" are allowed to be let loose on society with their opinions.
agree
or teach a class of 10th graders reading at a 5th level who need to pass the high school assessment to graduate
And we wonder why teachers leave the profession w/in the first five years . . .
Anonymous wrote:Currently in education doing both teaching and administration (hold two bachelors and a masters degree). Previously have done:
Plumbing
Residentail and Commercial Power engineer
Residential Maintenance
Commercial Maintenance
Are you my husband?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Gave up my crappy entry level job to be a housewife for 5 loooong years. Went back to school before I became a mass murderer. Am now a Fed lawyer, it's heaven compared to sitting at home 24/7.
Why were you sitting at home?
Isn't it obvious that sitting at home made PP crazy? She did admit to being a mass murderer after all. I'm sure she's learned her lesson and has more than made up for her "stint" as a murderer by becoming a lawyer and righting wrongs.
I'm proud of PP!
Anonymous wrote:my DS, who is 6 months, has still not learned to roll over. He only can do about 2 minutes of tummy time without completely freaking out. He can, however, sit up for short periods on his own (if he's in the right mood), and his ped says he seems like a healthy, normal baby. All of his "playmates" can roll over and either crawl, scoot, or move in some way. My DS is stuck in one spot, and won't make the least effort to move to get a toy - he'll just cry and cry and cry until we bring what he wants to him. Any suggestions on what we can do to encourage him? DH wants to put him on his stomach and just let him cry until he figures out how to roll, or put all of his toys out of reach and let him cry until he figures out how to get them, but I'm not going to agree to that.
smart baby, OP!
I agree with your husband. Make the baby work for his "pay."
Think of it this way: If you could sit in bed all day and watch TV while your husband brings you food and drinks each time you ask, would you bother to get up?
Anonymous wrote:DD#1 has been going on and on for weeks about some animal art project she is working on at school. We've discussed it in the car on the way to school. When she called me at work today to say she brought it home, I half-caught, in my multi-tasking distraction, that she said something about wanting to be sure we read the dedication.
So many times I read posts on here and wonder if I am doing enough. I am trying not to repeat the mistakes my parents made, but sometimes feel like a complete disaster. I work full-time, have a nanny (who, I am told on this website, is actually parenting my daughter), I yell too much and I do not always have the patience and focus I should. On the other hand, I do try to make family memories and plan special events, and I try to remember to focus every moment I have with the kids. I fail at this more often than I care to admit.
I got home late tonight (DH put her to bed) and opened the book. "Dedicated to my Mom." My heart has burst. I taped a thank you note to her bathroom mirror and will gush about it when I see her in the morning. Maybe I do not actually suck at this mom thing. Maybe my crazy-quilt efforts will turn out to have been enough.
So you yell and have little patience at times! At least you're being real.
Congratulations on a job well done!