AM is in the midst of her first grounding. She has been fast becoming a bully, and we have been very unsuccessful in getting her to stop hitting, pushing, yelling, and other things that go under the bully category. We decided to make her go a week without TV (which she watches very little of [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2005
Movie Motive
November 29, 2005 – 7:00 am
It is interesting that I am writing about a movie experience including AM, since she can’t watch them right now, but evidently she remembered something from a movie she watched a while back. I just caught AM shaking her fist in front of P’s face out of frustration at him. I told her not to [...]
Trials
November 29, 2005 – 7:00 am
I am reading a book called Love is a Decision by Gary SMalley and John Trent. It is a great book! I recommend it to anyone who is in any type of relationship: spouse, parent, sibling, etc. What really caught my attention was Smalley’s discussion of “Treasure hunting.” He says that in any negative situation, [...]
A Neato Toddler
November 28, 2005 – 7:00 am
Today, Ph ate some Skittles and ended up with a colorful painting on the front of his cream shirt. It was probably there for an hour before he looked down and said, “Something on my shirt.” He proceeded to get a piece of toilet paper and attempt to wash it off his shirt. He got [...]
Where's the baby?
November 28, 2005 – 7:00 am
On Thanksgiving Day, we went to visit my sister-in-law and family. She just bought a new baby monitor and had it on top of her TV. When the baby started crying through the monitor, P looked around the room, trying to find the baby. Then his eyes rested on the TV, and his looked changed [...]
Who turned out the lights?
November 22, 2005 – 7:00 am
Just a little something cute! This morning we were all sitting around the living room doing various things (T, AM, P, Ph) when the sun went behind a cloud. P jerked his head up and said, “Hey! Did the window go off?” Of course, I explained to him that the sun had gone behind a [...]
Hide the Snake
November 16, 2005 – 7:00 am
We came up with a fun game. We call it hide the snake. We hid a long stuffed snake of P’s. It is neat to hide the snake because it can be rolled up and put in a small place or stretched out and placed across a curtain rod or on a ceiling fan. The [...]
Unborn baby training
November 15, 2005 – 7:00 am
I wonder if it is possible to train babies to learn when to sleep and when to awaken while still in the mother’s womb? The other day, the baby was very active, but when I got in the shower, she got still. It made me wonder if you made soothing sounds (running water, vacuum cleaner) [...]