now we got to see it, too This is really cool to think I only got to “pretend iron, pretend-washed clothes” in Kindergarten… (I am not sure exactly what our performance was it’s been a few decades)
That is so sad
I talked to a friend the other day and he said that he is glad the daycare is reopening here soon (here there has been only “emergency daycare” since November). My friend says he knows it isn’t smart to send his son but he’s been playing with only imaginary friends lately… and that can’t be good.
I’m sure that once she gets started, she’ll love school. My little one didn’t mind nursery, but she was very ready for school which showed with increasing ambivalence as she got older. School has boosted her self-confidence and independence massively, which nursery never seemed to be able to draw out of her.
Yeah my kids are saying they really miss school. My eldest (6) said she she felt ‘incomplete’ as she couldn’t see her friends. We’ve set up a weekly Zoom call with one of her friends and they just sit and colour, occasionally chatting or showing each other something that they’ve done or a toy they’re playing with. Its so sweet.
Its also sad to notice how much of the real world is sinking into them tho - we overhead her friend ask Megan “Do your parents think Boris and the government are doing a good job about the virus? Mine don’t”.
Megan replied, “I don’t think so. I’ve heard them say words we’re not supposed to say when he’s on tv.”
Kids can hurt their parents like no one else can, even unintentionally.
It may be another kid said something to her which has upset her, either accidentally or on purpose.
One of the best things about being 6 is that, at that age you tend not to dwell on things, every day (even every hour) is something new and a chance to have the best time of your life. My eldest has always got ‘hangry’ - if he’s grumpy or down feeding him seems to be the solution a lot of the time.
Kids will pick up on things we say and do as adults, particularly when the world has been turned upside down and school and nursery must be so different now to what they are usually like.
It’s horrible when your kids upset you, but try to remember that they love you.
My daughter hurt herself and wanted her mummy. When I reminded her that she wasn’t here, and would a daddy cuddle be as good, I was told: “No, cos mummy loves us more as you leave us to hide in your office”. Absolute kick to the stomach that was! (Luckily she’s got a bit older and appreciates why I am in my office - not just hiding from them!)
S’s first tooth, months ago, I thought it would be cute to swap it for a coin in the night. She has heard of the tooth fairy from Ben and Holly and other cartoons, but had the tooth in a box in the kitchen rather than under her pillow. Anyway, months later and her second tooth fell out, only this time she wants to keep it.
I suggested writing a letter and leaving it with the tooth, so she tries, but wants to write it in English and ends up asking H to write it:
To tooth fairy
Don’t take my tooth!
She spends a while finding the right box, wondering where best to leave it and the note, getting worried about whether the fairy will read it, how the fairy can get to it under a pillow, and whether the fairy is watching her, and when exactly the fairy will come, and whether the fairy will be upset.
Later she wonders if the letter sounds angry, and asks for it to be amended:
To tooth fairy
Please
Don’t take my tooth!
…with a heart.
She declares she won’t sleep all night, and asks whether the letter means the tooth fairy won’t take all future teeth too.
More furor over this than Father Christmas! It certainly livened up her Saturday though, and ours.
I must admit, going under our children pillows while they sleep to swap a tiny tooth (even though wrapped up and inside a tiny envelope) for a golden coin is one of the most nerve-wrecking experiences in my life. Every single time I have been on the verge of a heart attack in case they woke up. And we still have the little one to go through. Not looking forward to that…
We kinda entirely missed the truth fairy for our kids.
Like my oldest could probably do it now but lacks baby teeth.
Though When my oldest had his first loose front tooth it was so loose it was doing 90° spins, but holding on. He was completely non verbal. We could tell it was hurting him
I sat him down with him, and I asked him (few baby signs and verbally) if he wanted me to remove it.
He slapped me in the face. I told him okay and signed “all done” which he understand the sign for.
(While not the best, in the context slap was a clear ccommunication, of “no”)
Later he was crying because it hurt, he had spun it completely backwards.
I asked him if he wanted me to pull it out and he nodded. Then he let me, it fell out the the second I touched it. Def helped my mom street credit.
My second kiddo (also non verbal) took my hand and put it on his loose tooth. I probed it and it was pretty firmly there.
He looked at me with what I can only call contempt.
And yanked it out, and handed it to me. Walked away mouth bleeding.
This look v
I’m okay sharing this pic because he doesn’t look like this anymore and he was only a baby in the picture but it’s the same look. Every now and then he gives me this look often when I’m taking a picture of him chilling out with Dad and I take a picture and he just looks up like how dare I interrupt his bro time
Eldest recently started school, and has been gently introduced to the idea of homework.
She really struggles with handwriting. An hour of whining and moaning to write a single letter 15 times - the entirety of her homework for the day.
It’s been ramping up slowly, and there’s a bit of math too now, which she is more comfortable with.
So today she had to, for example, look at a 5 and a 2, and work out what other number was needed to make 5. She counts on her fingers and gets it right. And the next, and the next. I’m giving her the “ping pong” sound for correct answers, and exclaim “hey, maybe this is your superpower!”
She laughs “yes, it’s my superpower! I know all the numbers!” and goes on to do a pile of extra homework, all smiles.
Our eldest just taught my wife how to play Magical Athlete from scratch, using our two-player variant. She can’t read English, but has pretty much memorised the rules and all 25 athlete powers.
They set up the game and drafted last night before dinner, but couldn’t continue after. The races were her first priority before breakfast this morning.
Oldest kiddo has been very vocal about wanting to watch SpongeBob
There are many, very different reasons why I do not want my child to watch SpongeBob
Few reasons I don’t, largely around me having to watch it with him, and him possibly repeating phrases inappropriately (he is autistic, but has a typical year olds humor of “fart”
Reasons to allow- letting him chose for himself, I will likely have luck finding Spongbob shirts that fit him. It can be REALLY hard to find Angry Birds shirts.
So picture this-
Right about the time that the 2nd The Angry Birds movie was leaving theaters.
I happen to go to a free yard sale. Basically after a yard sale, people post and are like “come take my stuff so I don’t have to lug it to thrift store”
Fate hit. There were 2-3 Angry Birds shirts in my kids size. Why not? Free shirts.
Which turned out to be pretty much the only shirts he would wear for the next year. Not that we didn’t try, it’s a ASD thing, favorite something and it’s all that matters. More with textures.
Idea~
Black Angry Bird shirt today!
Black Angry Birds shirt feels happy! Black Angry Birds shirt is clean-with a visible face of food on it.
Had to hide it because he would pull it from the hamper. I’d get some used online used, and half the time adult sizes, half kids sizes.
This is really cool to think I only got to “pretend iron, pretend-washed clothes” in Kindergarten… (I am not sure exactly what our performance was it’s been a few decades)
