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” . . . → Read More: in which potty training and learning to spell coincide
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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” . . . → Read More: sticker-palooza 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 . . . → Read More: progress reports: preschool and potty 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 . . . → Read More: preschool drama update: my mind has been blown
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 . . . → Read More: potty TRAINing Quick, before my brain gets in the way or the toddler starts screaming… I am in a dilemma about preschool. I think we may be changing to a new one. This situation is so fraught with thoughts, it’s hard to write about it. It’s hard to not write about it. I can’t remember who has . . . → Read More: non-blogging elucidated |
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