momsuz123 Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 My oldest is 9, and is a bright little girl. But OMG, the biggest slob, and it is getting worse. Literally, I know when she was doing her hair in the bathroom because she will leave every drawer open that she needed. Clothes? All over the place. Anyone else? There is some other things going on too, but this is the biggest.Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Have you seen my DD's desk lately? No? Well, neither has anyone else! So yes, I feel your pain. I swear she was neater while eating as a toddler than she is now, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trying my best Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 my son! i learned that in order to manage his life and teach him how to manage his own life I do need to provide inviroment. For example, "this hook is for your jacket and this is for your backpack. Please keep your jacket and backpack on it so next time you can find it" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocelotmom Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 I know many adult gifted people like that, myself included :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Miss E, 6, is very disorganized. Thankfully her sister is her opposite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnIslandGirl Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 We are completely on the opposite spectrum here! If one single pencil is not exactly parallel to the others, it is a complete and utter meltdown. I kid you not. Oh, to have a disorganized perfectionist would be a daydream compared to this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knittingmama Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Yep. My oldest is so incredibly messy. Oh my gracious. She wears me out. She has hooks and places for everything, but her things still never make it there. She will even take something and leave it near where it is supposed to be, but it just doesn't make it to the right place! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 I know many adult gifted people like that, myself included :p Same here. If I had a choice, I would happily drown in my own clutter. Dd's the same, but she's only four so I have hope that she'll change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koerarmoca Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Yeah....big time ..when dd was in pvt school in the yearbook she was voted "most disorganized" lol Like mother like daughter, though I did a 180 and am a bit of a near freak now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Element Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 There is hope for her yet! I was the same way when I was a kid and I married a neat-freak and worked in jobs requiring me to be extremely well-organized. I eventually pulled it together! :D I have noticed that my gifted 9 year old has started to go through days when he just seems to have totally lost his brain. I don't know, he seems to forget everything I've ever taught him. I think maybe it's just the age? They sometimes get fixated on one thing and forget that the world exists outside of that thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Element Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 my son! i learned that in order to manage his life and teach him how to manage his own life I do need to provide inviroment. For example, "this hook is for your jacket and this is for your backpack. Please keep your jacket and backpack on it so next time you can find it" OH, absolutely this. If something doesn't have an intended place, I just stare at it thinking, "I'm overwhelmed!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black-eyed Suzan Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 My 6 year old DS can not eat without getting food all over his face/shirt/the floor/the table. I have to remind him to clean his face and hands after he eats, and he has to clean up under his chair, too. He also inherited my lack of organization, poor child. My 3 year old is much neater in his person and in his surroundings. His face and hands stay clean while he eats. I've already seem him picking up after his older brother. He also pushes in my dresser drawers if I leave them slightly open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 It's a bad sign when the 2 year old is the tidiest person in the house.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Targhee Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 My oldest is 9, and is a bright little girl. But OMG, the biggest slob, and it is getting worse. Literally, I know when she was doing her hair in the bathroom because she will leave every drawer open that she needed. Clothes? All over the place. Anyone else? There is some other things going on too, but this is the biggest.Thanks. You mean yours does her hair!? Yes, my bright girl is also a bit scattered. I say a bit, because when she wants to be she canbe organized and precise, but mostly she just doesn't pay attention or care. Mine is also forgetful. I hear her say "oh ya" multiple times through the day when she is reminded or asked about things she was supposed to be doing or getting or working on. She often comes out of the bathroom with her pockets poking out, or the back of her shirt tucked and the front untucked. Oh, and she slouches (which bugs me soooo much). I would love to hear anyone's suggestions for helping these kids, because I don't have anything that has worked yet for us. Except for picture lists. I guess my post is just for empathy - and I can empathize! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3Blessings Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Ds is sloppy all over the place. It isn't that he leaves things out ... he "makes" his bed, but it is a tangle of sheets; he cleans the bathroom, but there are toothbrushes and toothpaste put in random places; his handwriting has been a struggle forever. The thing is, he actually loves order, but he just moves on to other things or thoughts before he is done with the current one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momsuz123 Posted March 26, 2013 Author Share Posted March 26, 2013 Thanks all!! You are making me crack up! The funny thing I realized, is she is soooo disordered with so much in her life (clean clothes laying all around her floor, because why put them away?), but her dolls that she reads to - they are all in a certain order. Just last night I needed to vacuum the dining room and move some of her dolls around (like 20 of them), and she was like, "no, they are all in a certain order". OMG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 I'm like that. Make the bed? Who cares? But I didn't speak to my best friend for weeks as a teen because she bent the spine on a paperback book I loaned her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningmom80 Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Yes. It's horrendous. His room....I can't even begin to talk about it. Typical absent minded professor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwik Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Maybe I am gifted after all. Actually I probably am but not as much as ds5. We are all messy in this house. Ds3 complains sometimes and is impressed when I clean but still spreads stuff round the house constantly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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