Archive for June, 2010
in which potty training and learning to spell coincide
We have alphabet magnets on our fridge. Upper and lower case as it happens. The former a gift from my sister, the latter a gift from the nanny – part of a toy from Leap Frog that involves a big magnetic airplane that says things when the letters are plugged into it. For example, “s” [...]
Posted by calm mama on Friday, June 25th, 2010 at 9:04 pm in baby baby baby | 1 Comment »
sticker-palooza
So, the benefit of having a child who is “adaptable” and “distractible” (according to at least one expert, and to a book I’d read with a questionnaire) is that one can pretty much just stop talking about charts and prizes and poof. All gone. He’s still into stickers. There aren’t any more “tries” without “dos” [...]
Posted by calm mama on Thursday, June 24th, 2010 at 2:16 pm in ec, milestones, toddlerhood, trains | comments »
progress reports: preschool and potty
So, there are Thomas and Friends stickers all over our house. Mercifully, they seem to have been manufactured with some kind of temporary-ish glue (theoretically rendering them “reusable”) so that they aren’t leaving permanent marks anywhere (unlike the stickers from the pediatrician which left thick white sludgy squares of adhesive on our living room hardwood [...]
Posted by calm mama on Saturday, June 19th, 2010 at 9:24 pm in baby baby baby | 6 Comments »
preschool drama update: my mind has been blown
Wow. So, I did it. Got the courage up to break ties with our current preschool. Thank you everyone for your support on this. I sent them an email on Saturday – I know, not the most direct approach. But for those who read the long explanation of why the situation wasn’t working, I think [...]
Posted by calm mama on Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 at 8:50 am in Montessori, preschool | 3 Comments »
potty TRAINing
It’s like a butterfly landed on your nose, only better because it’s the Emily sticker you got for your third potty success of the day. (Alternate title of this post: In Which Thomas the Tank Engine And His Friends Assist Us with a Major Milestone.) Yesterday, he went the whole day without a diaper. And [...]