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Is it possible that the baby is eating healthier at home, but Mom is buying convenience foods to make things easier for you?
Just trying to give you some peace of mind. :D I know when my daughter goes to the babysitter she often eats things like lunchables and vienna sausages that I don't normally feed her at home (Although I must admit.. other than some frozen corn on the cob... canned vegetables is all we eat. :tongue_smilie:). But it is a little troubling if that is all he is eating. Unfortunately.. it never sounds good when the caretaker says something about the parenting. Even working as a nanny, caring for 2 children 60 hours a week, I wasn't able to comfortably bring up concerns about bedtime/eating habits/etc. without feeling like I was overstepping my bounds.
I do like the idea of sending some home with him though. Maybe say something along the lines of "Baby X really enjoyed this, but my kids won't eat it, so I thought I'd send the extra home where someone will finish it up!" That way it seems like she is doing you a favor!!
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I'm not saying it is the governments fault. But the fact is, the government is the one who takes care of the poor. The government is also at fault for keeping people in social programs especially when all a teen has to do is have a baby, out of wedlock, and welfare checks start coming. You cannot reward sin and have a good out come. I, too, think that it is the role of the church. Will the church be capiable of standing up and taking care of the situation? Will the church be ready? I truly am afraid most churched people are on the same boat as the unchurched.
Wow. This is pretty harsh. I think you need more exposure with poor people.
YES, there are some people who take advantage of the system. But the reality is, for most programs you have to be working, looking for work, in a government directed work program, or getting an education. Most of the people I know on government programs would JUMP at the chance to have a better lifestyle.
If all programs were suddenly stopped, it would be devastating to me. I depend on food stamps and medicaid. If I couldn't get those two things, I'd have to go to work. Which would mean dropping out of school, putting my daughter in school, and making not enough money to live off of. Instead, I have access to these two programs which will be temporary for us, and will give me time to finish my education and put my daughter and I in a much better place for the rest of our lives.
I had a child out of wedlock. (Wow... just had a flashback to the 1950s with that term. :lol:) I am now in an honors program at a respected college, raising my daughter to be a loving, God-honoring, intelligent person. Call it whatever you want, but I call it a darn good outcome.
As for the Church providing social services... what about those who are not religious? Do they not deserve help also? I do believe the Church should assist those it can, but it can't do everything.
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I was losing a lot of hair, too, and thyroid test came back normal. So, I started taking vitamin D supplements and cod liver oil and it made a dramatic improvement to both my hair and general health. Also, drinking more water is helping.
My hair has been thinning for some time now, and I've tried many things.
But I've never heard of cod liver oil. Is this something available in a capsile, or would I actually have to drink something? This sounds like it would be very nasty.... :D
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I see you are in Maryland. I am also, and was having the same issue!! We don't have to do a review this year, but looking forward... I wasn't planning on doing an official "health" curriculum. I mean, we learn about "health" just by living!!
ugh. But anyways, my plan is to do a couple of unit studies. Read some books, do some worksheets, maybe do some sort of hands on project a couple times throughout the year. Maybe 6 weeks total over the entire year.
Then I'll just keep the list of books, a couple worksheets, and pictures of the hands on projects to throw in the portfolio.
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My DD has been playing soccer since she was 2.5. Anytime someone asks for recommendations about a sport for young children, this is the one I recommend.
Soccer is a team sport, so children get to interact and have fun with others. All levels can play together and still enjoy it. There is plenty of exercise in a session.
At this age, most programs are non-competitive. Last season, the team DD was on (3 year olds) did a half hour of practicing skills and then a half hour of a "game", and the parents were allowed out on the field to encourage and help the children. It really was a sight, 10-12 children (5-6 kids on each team), plus parents running around after a little tiny soccer ball!! :lol:
She really loves it and looks forward to each new season.
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:grouphug: I will definitely be praying, for all to go well, and for answers.
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A favorite around here was The Going to Bed Book by Sandra Boynton. After getting the wiggles out in the beginning we finish with the beautiful line, "the moon is high, the sea is deep, we rock, and rock, and rock to sleep."
We never "got" Goodnight Moon around here, but both DD and I enjoyed The Going To Bed Book very much!!
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I was looking at your blogs and found out you are the same age as my oldest daughter. She has a little girl that will be 3 in Dec. and a 5 month old little boy.
You sound like such a good Mommy. I saw the photo of your little girl. She looks like a sweetie. :001_smile:
Aw... thank you! :D It's always wonderful to be complimented... especially on the best part of me, my sweet girl!
(I'm SUCH a bad blogger. :tongue_smilie: I actually have new posts waiting to go out, but I've been having computer problems and can't upload my pictures. arg.)
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I have to say Prince Poppycock. He has been a favorite around this house since his very first appearance. I think he is just wonderful, and DD loves him also. Although, she is very interested to know why that boy (giggle giggle) is dressed like a girl (gigglegiggle) and WHAT kind of name is Prince Poppycock? :lol: (The giggles are hers, not mine!)
I do like Michael Grimm though, so I hope he gets a recording contract. I was really sad to see Anna and Patryk go, I was hoping to see them in the final round.
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I notice and I pay attention. I have read responses to a post and then see the signature and they are advising 5th grade writing and their oldest is 4 y/o old :001_huh:
There are several people I no longer bother reading their responses b/c they can't comment about teaching anyone older than 4 IMHO.
But if I see someone with a lot of things I like and use I will go look up the other stuff they have listed and sometimes I really like it :-)
so yes, everyone list your kids ages and curriculum so I can continue to weed out the people whose opinion doesn't matter yet. And I mean this in the nicest way :tongue_smilie: I wouldn't have dreamed on commenting on older students when my oldest was only 4 or 5. It's like a 22 y/o mom with a baby advising a 40 y/o mom with 8 kids how to parent.
I (respectfully) disagree.
Especially since just recently there was a post about a (I think) 10 year old's writing, and I did comment, with my 4.5 long years of experience of a parent.
Just because I only have a 4.5 year old daughter doesn't mean I haven't been around/taught/cared for other children, of varying ages.
In the same vein, I have taken advice from parents of infants (and not-even parents yet!!) and given advice to parents with children much older than mine. You don't necessarily have to have the same exact experience as someone else to give valuable advice.
But... in answer to the original post... I love when people list their curriculum, children, and ages in their signatures. Especially if they have a blog linked also. If I see that they are using similar curriculums to me (or curriculums I have been considering) I am very likely to check out the blog.
(And yet, I have my blogs listed and no curriculum. :lol: In my defense, I did just recently make all the final decisions about what to use!! :D
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I just wanted to inform everyone that I will not need to read this thread, since I've already informed DD that she will not be growing up for a long long time.
My denial and I will be over in this corner. :D
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It depends on if she needs it.
On soccer days, park days, playing outside with friends... we take a bath that night.
On Tuesdays she takes a bath after lunch to get ready for dance.
On Saturdays and Sundays she almost always takes a shower with me in the morning to get ready to go out. (We usually always are doing things on Saturday, and then Church on Sunday.)
I put her in the bath less during the winter. But she LOVES taking a bath, so when she asks, I let her get in to play. So sometimes 4 a week, sometimes 9-10 a week. lol.
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ack. I had to do this when I was pregnant. I forgot about that nightmare until this....:tongue_smilie:
They wanted me to collect it. I did. For 19 hours. And then I spilled it.... !!! So I had to start all over again. (Not to mention cleaning up icky old urine. lol)
Then I had to do it AGAIN a week later. -sigh-
Good luck! Hold on to that bottle tightly. :lol:
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Here the public school cut-off is they have to be 5 by September 1st. My dd's birthday IS September 1st, 12:55 AM. She misses the cut-off by 55 minutes! LOL!
This is why I think the cut-off dates should be gotten rid of. I guess I understand that they need some sort of guideline, but couldn't they just do evaluations? I mean seriously, how is a child born AN HOUR before yours more ready for school? lol.
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It helps me to learn the entire conjugation together. I always put them in the same order. So no matter if it is German or French I always have;
infinitive form of verb written at the top
I We
You (you-all)(you formal) smooshed on top of one another on one line
He He-group
She She-group
It They
Then I just put the translation of the verb on the back. Since I already know what order the conjugations are in, I don't need that. When it is time to recall them, I can easily recall the entire set.
I tried just doing one form per card, but then I had a hard time remembering entire conjugations together.
I also tried not using translated cards, because translation isn't my goal either, but for me it didn't work. I needed the translation to learn it good, and now that I know things through and through I'm not translating, just understand right away.
ETA: I think it is just a matter of finding what works for each person. I've seen others cards in my language classes, and everyone has a different system. I'd play around with the suggestions offered here and see what works and what doesn't.
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What timing... DD and I had HH for dinner TONIGHT! :lol: Beef stroganoff. Yum.
I am (1) a horrible cook, (2) have a horrible memory (lets not list everything I've burnt, including a pot of water, and setting some ramen noodles on fire..) (3) an extremely picky eater. I often feel inadequate on these type of posts... you guys are so intimidating!! :lol:
DD is probably lucky she's still alive. :D I'm donig good though... she eats MUCH better than I do. In fact her lunch for tomorrow is salad, grapes, yogurt, and a mix of pretzels/choc chips/peanut butter chips/and marshmallows that we make a batch of once a week. And all that was her choosing!
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You know what is aggravating? I married dh because he didn't like football (just kidding - sort of) but now he's decided that he likes it after all!:smash:
Hm. Not liking football is a deal-breaker... I don't think I could marry someone who didn't like football. And soccer.
:D Sorry to you and OP... I am THIRLLED football season is back! Even if my team did lose today.. :001_huh: I watch highlights over and over again also.. lol.
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Even if they aren't becoming fluent, children exposed to foreign languages have a much easier time picking them up. I definitely think it is worth it. A child who is exposed to the language (through the written word, through textbooks, through videos and music...) is more likely to have the right accent.
My daughter does French now, and in about 2 years will start German. I am not fluent in either, although I am passable in French and just started studying German. But even if she doesn't get fluent, she will still have had plenty of exposure, and it will make becoming fluent as an adult easier.
(Hope all this made sense... I'm on a time limit... told DD she could have the computer in 5 minutes! :D)
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The most interesting and depressing thing to me is that somewhere between doing first grade work in K and 12th grade, the learning requirements get weaker and weaker. So, really, what in the world is the point of shoving inappropriate academic work down the throats of 4 and 5 year olds?
This gets me too. Public schools are forcing younger children to be more and more academic, but by 11th/12th grade the same kids are barely doing enough to constitute an education. Kids are passed through middle/high school even without meeting the very basic requirements for those grades.
:confused:
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Right now DD is in dance and a homeschool soccer group. She'll do those two pretty much year round.
And I just found a local place that does music lessons fairly cheap, so we may add that on.
This is another one of those things that can be so different depending on the child/family. If you are feeling stressed out over the activities, it is time to pull back. If the children start being very reluctant to go, it's probably time to pull back. If schoolwork/play time is suffering.... it's probably time to pull back.
I could foresee a time when DD was in an activity a day. (Well, since she will most likely be at her dance studio 4 days a week next year, plus 2-3 days of soccer... that day will come sooner rather than later!) As long as she wasn't getting burned out, schoolwork was getting done, and we still had a reasonable amount of family time, I'd be okay with it.
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One thing you might want to think about is... what's next after SSL?
I decided to wait until 2nd grade or so to do SSL because there isn't much after that until 3rd grade. And languages are one of those things you need to use regularly in order to keep it, so doing a year of Latin, followed by a year or two break wasn't ideal for us.
Just my 2 cents, since you asked about waiting. :D
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"Here is my best piece of advice: Don't listen to other's advice!"
This has worked out well for me. I tend to go against the flow. Most of the other parents I know are very mainstream. Vaccinations right on time, public school in kindergarten, having a "life", spending loads of time without their kids, babysitters and daycares without a second thought, medication at the first sign of illness....
Not that there is necessarily anything wrong with all that, but I've chosen to question everything, and make decisions for my daughter based on my research and sometimes my gut feeling. Living a life that doesn't fit the standards of society works for us.
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We are doing Galloping the Globe this year. I am sitting here planning things out, figuring out if we are going to do a year or two years.
I finally decided that with doing 2 weeks for a county (3 for some) plus taking a week to introduce the entire continent we could spread it out for 2 years. But in taking a look through the book... it feels like the Middle East has been completely ignored. Other than Israel, which doesn't really have the Middle Eastern feel to me. There are some fairly important countries in there, and that region is significantly different than the rest of Asia.
I'd like to add in at least a week to study at least one of the Middle Eastern countries. I was thinking I'd be most likely to find stuff about Saudi Arabia. So I guess, the entire point of this too long post is to ask if anyone knows any resources for children about Saudi Arabia? (Or other Middle Eastern countries, I'd even be happy doing a week or two on the whole region as opposed to doing nothing.) Books, suggestions on what to cover, interesting places, good food to make, etc. would all be very welcome suggestions!! :D
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We are on day negative 9, or negative 23, depending on when we decide to start. :D We were planning on starting on Oct 4th, but now I want to start on Sept 20th because DD is chomping at the bit to get into all the new books, AND I've been planning our US history and I want to get through Native Americans, Vikings, early settlers, colonial life, and Pilgrims before Thanksgiving.
So we are doing pretty good. lol. Today we had soccer (PE!) and library (Language Arts!!). :tongue_smilie:
Educational shows for 4-6 year olds
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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:iagree: DD also enjoys WordGirl and WordWorld, which are PBS shows.
(ack! Now the Dinosaur Train theme song is stuck in my head!)