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Ronaan

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So we transitioned from daycare to kindergarten. Everything went well in the first two weeks, where you only have the kid there for a few hours per day so they get used to the new situation.

Marie never gave a fuck about being left in daycare, she liked it there. Some mornings I didn't even get a hug to say goodbye when I dropped her off.

Fast forward to now, where I drop her off at 7AM (right when they open) and it's a fucking dad's nightmare. Crying sobbing kid saying "take me back home" and "I want to come with you", she even didn't want to get out of the car today.

In the end I still talked her into staying but it's harsh to have your kid crying like that. She probably laughed and had fun five minutes later, but my last image of her is that with tears in her eyes begging me to take her with me. Shit's heartbreaking.

I wonder how this will develop.
 
Woefully Inept

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Halle-fucking-lujah he slept until 1am then until like 4:30a when my wife got up then back to bed until 6:30a. I can handle that. Very glad to have gotten some rest. Gotta drive back into shithole Boston today for Dana Farber. Hopefully today is the day I get off my blood thinners after 13 years.

And thanks Kovaks.
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I was surprised at how quickly he was able to get the spoon into his mouth. I figured it'd take him so figuring out how to maneuver it but first try bam in it went. That was after he was fed a few times by my wife. Next up steak and potatoes!
 
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Tred_sl said:
Halle-fucking-lujah he slept until 1am then until like 4:30a when my wife got up then back to bed until 6:30a. I can handle that. Very glad to have gotten some rest. Gotta drive back into shithole Boston today for Dana Farber. Hopefully today is the day I get off my blood thinners after 13 years.

And thanks Kovaks.
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I was surprised at how quickly he was able to get the spoon into his mouth. I figured it'd take him so figuring out how to maneuver it but first try bam in it went. That was after he was fed a few times by my wife. Next up steak and potatoes!
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We tried out baby-led weaning with our Son and he was eating steak and potatoes in no time at all. It seems like hippie mojo but he will eat anything we give him from fruit to fish. Once your kid starts eating solid food they will be sleeping 8-12 hours a night. It was a magical moment when our son went from sleeping 4 hours a night to 12. We found that a ritual every night helps out with bedtime too...dinner > bath > stories > sleepsack > turn out the light > turn on his white noise machine and bed. It has gotten to the point where he will grab his sleepsack to tell he wants to be put in his crib.

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Ronaan

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Ronaan_sl said:
I wonder how this will develop.
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Today was a good day so far. Dropped her off in the morning and hallelujah, I got my goodbye kiss and she just turned around and walked into her group's room.

The last three days one of the kindergarten ladies was sick so my girl was missing the person she'd gotten used to over the past two weeks. The other lady who's there early in the morning is fine as well, she just doesn't know her enough yet.

Looks like this problem is not a problem, unless ms. kindergartener gets sick again.
 
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Woke up this morning to my kid talking and screaming at something in the corner of the room, totally not creepy.
 
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Nope that's not creepy. Nope. Just like my kid staring at the corner of the room for a solid minute just like in the movies. Nope, don't need to go get a tape recording and an IR camera. Nope.
 
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For the last six months my son will come up to us saying that he saw a ghost or monster in our new house. Thankfully he saw an episode of Gumby where a monster was chasing them but just wanted their ice cream so he knows you can get rid of a monster by giving it ice cream. It keeps him from staying scared and keeps our ghosts happy getting fictitious ice cream that he scoops off the floor.
 
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Even worse was last night my dog kept shaking her collar in the kids room while he was sleeping so I told her to cut it out. On the baby monitor I heard "no" . I'm pretty sure it was him in his sleep but made me pause for a second
 
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We'll be at my grandmothers house and my 4 year old nephew will just start laughing his ass off. What's up Nate? Gramma has a ghost and he's really funny! He's right over there and he'll point. Then driving by cemeteries he'll ask if you can see the ghosts too. What do they look like Nate? He'll say something like white fabric (paraphrased) flapping in the wind. There's LOTS of them! And then at his own house there's a ghost and he knows the name of it and everything. The REALLY freaky part? His mother was in the basement and saw my brother out of the corner of her eye and started talking to my brother. Then my brother walks downstairs and asks who she was talking to. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck that noise. I refuse to spend the night in that house. Yes I'm a gigantic pussy. lol
 
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I told one of my nieces I don't like her last night. I sorta feel bad, but I also don't really feel bad. She's always as nasty and rude to me as a 3 year old possibly can be, when I went out to say bye as they were leaving last night I said bye and she blows a raspberry and says something like 'i dont want to say bye to you' and without even thinking about it i instantly replied 'thats ok i dont like you either', then pulled a 360 and went back into the house.

She probably forgot about it within 5 minutes, or at least I sure hope she did.
 
Cad

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Gavinmad_sl said:
I told one of my nieces I don't like her last night. I sorta feel bad, but I also don't really feel bad. She's always as nasty and rude to me as a 3 year old possibly can be, when I went out to say bye as they were leaving last night I said bye and she blows a raspberry and says something like 'i dont want to say bye to you' and without even thinking about it i instantly replied 'thats ok i dont like you either', then pulled a 360 and went back into the house.

She probably forgot about it within 5 minutes, or at least I sure hope she did.
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So, on the one hand, acting like this to her might cement it in her head that its not ok to say shitty things to people. She probably got a reaction she didn't like, and it might make an impression.

On the other hand, as an putative adult she's learning by your example and acting like that could make her think thats how she's supposed to act.

Honestly I think it could cut both ways. I do think it's not good to just breeze over whatever shithead behavior kids do, sometimes they need to realize they are being little shit heads.
 
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Cad_sl said:
So, on the one hand, acting like this to her might cement it in her head that its not ok to say shitty things to people. She probably got a reaction she didn't like, and it might make an impression.

On the other hand, as an putative adult she's learning by your example and acting like that could make her think thats how she's supposed to act.

Honestly I think it could cut both ways. I do think it's not good to just breeze over whatever shithead behavior kids do, sometimes they need to realize they are being little shit heads.
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That's why I just turned and left. It just slipped out like a swear, so I did the same thing I would do if I accidentally swore, just sorta moved right along like it wasn't a big deal.
 
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So my daughter's last test with the psychologist was on Friday. The psychologist couldn't say anything but insinuated that she already has a good idea of where this is going. So we get the results on Oct 7th.

In the meantime, my daughter, 5 years old, has earned her first suspension from school. Not even going to list off everything she did on Friday... it was bad. So the school is trying to get her to see their psychologist as well, they really don't want to remove her from school. And of course i don't want them to either, but I try and look at things from the standpoint of the other parents, I would not be happy that there was this kid in one of my kids class just causing constant havoc. So I don't fault the school at all, they are working with her as much as they can. They also have an occupational therapist that will work with her on her sensory stuff, but the focus is the psychologist because she needs to get an IEP and some 504 form to protect her from being kicked out completely and to allow the school to move her to a smaller class where they have more time to work with her.

So yeah, this is going to be a long 3 weeks. I don't even know if she'll make it.
 
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chaos_sl said:
So my daughter's last test with the psychologist was on Friday. The psychologist couldn't say anything but insinuated that she already has a good idea of where this is going. So we get the results on Oct 7th.

In the meantime, my daughter, 5 years old, has earned her first suspension from school. Not even going to list off everything she did on Friday... it was bad. So the school is trying to get her to see their psychologist as well, they really don't want to remove her from school. And of course i don't want them to either, but I try and look at things from the standpoint of the other parents, I would not be happy that there was this kid in one of my kids class just causing constant havoc. So I don't fault the school at all, they are working with her as much as they can. They also have an occupational therapist that will work with her on her sensory stuff, but the focus is the psychologist because she needs to get an IEP and some 504 form to protect her from being kicked out completely and to allow the school to move her to a smaller class where they have more time to work with her.

So yeah, this is going to be a long 3 weeks. I don't even know if she'll make it.
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Let the school psychologist have a look. Let the school do what they want and be pro-active. You'll earn bonus points with the principal and her teacher if you do this. If they know you're trying and are open to hearing what they have to say, they will bend over backwards to accommodate whatever needs she has. Support the teacher. This is hard for your kid, it's hard for you, it's hard for the teacher.

And, when you're several months in and your daughter likes school and things are not perfect but totally okay, give the teacher a gift card to Starbucks or something and pour yourself a great big fucking drink. You just successfully parented.

Seriously. Parenting is hard. You're doing a good job.
 
iannis

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Now I need to get a loaner 3 year old so that I can talk to ghosts.

So many things I wanna ask a ghost.
 
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