Comments on: How to have a good week http://www.sundrymourning.com/2006/08/08/how-to-have-a-good-week/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:04:31 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kristen http://www.sundrymourning.com/2006/08/08/how-to-have-a-good-week/comment-page-1/#comment-3064 Kristen Wed, 09 Aug 2006 21:00:39 +0000 http://www.sundrymourning.com/2006/08/08/how-to-have-a-good-week/#comment-3064 Maybe what we should do is form local chapters of the FOSWYKWLIOASP. Maybe what we should do is form local chapters of the FOSWYKWLIOASP.

]]> By: katie d http://www.sundrymourning.com/2006/08/08/how-to-have-a-good-week/comment-page-1/#comment-3062 katie d Wed, 09 Aug 2006 18:20:34 +0000 http://www.sundrymourning.com/2006/08/08/how-to-have-a-good-week/#comment-3062 no offense to robin j up there, but frankly, i think people who think they're doing an excellent job as parents are probably the worst parents in the entire world. except robin j, because she's all zen and zen people just except it is what it is, so that probably doesn't count. my father was not bothered in the slightest by self-awareness, and i can say for certain he did a piss-poor parenting job. the fact that you worry about it probably means you're doing an excellent job. as for the key situation, i keep a hide-a-key on my car, which is awesome and has bailed me out many times, because unlike others here, i excel at locking my keys in a running automobile. because i'm stellar like that, apparently. our house locks up like fort knox, and i have locked myself out (in the pre-hide-a-key days, and my phone was in the car), and that basically necessitated sitting in the nice, hot heat all day until about 9pm that night, when the sig other got home. that was fun. thank goodness there was no waffle in the oven, because all our windows are sliding glass doors, and i can just imagine that bill... katiedoyle no offense to robin j up there, but frankly, i think people who think they’re doing an excellent job as parents are probably the worst parents in the entire world. except robin j, because she’s all zen and zen people just except it is what it is, so that probably doesn’t count. my father was not bothered in the slightest by self-awareness, and i can say for certain he did a piss-poor parenting job. the fact that you worry about it probably means you’re doing an excellent job. as for the key situation, i keep a hide-a-key on my car, which is awesome and has bailed me out many times, because unlike others here, i excel at locking my keys in a running automobile. because i’m stellar like that, apparently. our house locks up like fort knox, and i have locked myself out (in the pre-hide-a-key days, and my phone was in the car), and that basically necessitated sitting in the nice, hot heat all day until about 9pm that night, when the sig other got home. that was fun. thank goodness there was no waffle in the oven, because all our windows are sliding glass doors, and i can just imagine that bill… katiedoyle

]]> By: fellowmom http://www.sundrymourning.com/2006/08/08/how-to-have-a-good-week/comment-page-1/#comment-3060 fellowmom Wed, 09 Aug 2006 17:53:11 +0000 http://www.sundrymourning.com/2006/08/08/how-to-have-a-good-week/#comment-3060 I work full time, but on Columbus Day, in-service days at daycare, etc., spending all day in the house with my twins can get old. I have tried the baby and me swim classes. They are good, but if my husband wasn't there (because I can't wrangle 2 squrimapusses in a pool by myself), I would probably feel more dorkish. I recommend a park with toddler swings. My boys are just a bit older than Riley, and they have loved the toddler swings this summer. Also, any good place to roam (for him to crawl on the grass) might be fun. There is a school field down the street, which my boys love to stumble and crawl around. Of course it makes me sad when they disappear into the weeds down by the creek. . . Kidding! Also: love the SFU ringtone. I work full time, but on Columbus Day, in-service days at daycare, etc., spending all day in the house with my twins can get old. I have tried the baby and me swim classes. They are good, but if my husband wasn’t there (because I can’t wrangle 2 squrimapusses in a pool by myself), I would probably feel more dorkish. I recommend a park with toddler swings. My boys are just a bit older than Riley, and they have loved the toddler swings this summer. Also, any good place to roam (for him to crawl on the grass) might be fun. There is a school field down the street, which my boys love to stumble and crawl around. Of course it makes me sad when they disappear into the weeds down by the creek. . . Kidding! Also: love the SFU ringtone.

]]> By: Mossymama http://www.sundrymourning.com/2006/08/08/how-to-have-a-good-week/comment-page-1/#comment-3059 Mossymama Wed, 09 Aug 2006 16:57:37 +0000 http://www.sundrymourning.com/2006/08/08/how-to-have-a-good-week/#comment-3059 I would so attend a FOSWYKWLIOASP, but I would always be late because I would have to stop for a bathroom several times before arriving to deal with my social anxiety induced intestinal twisting (oh my GOD what if they hate me, I'm not a good mom, my kid's going to be the biggest brat etc.) Seriously, I'm pretty antisocial my self but I've found that http://www.parentmap.com/index.htm is a good resource for things to do locally in the Seattle/East Side area. I would so attend a FOSWYKWLIOASP, but I would always be late because I would have to stop for a bathroom several times before arriving to deal with my social anxiety induced intestinal twisting (oh my GOD what if they hate me, I’m not a good mom, my kid’s going to be the biggest brat etc.) Seriously, I’m pretty antisocial my self but I’ve found that http://www.parentmap.com/index.htm is a good resource for things to do locally in the Seattle/East Side area.

]]> By: Mary http://www.sundrymourning.com/2006/08/08/how-to-have-a-good-week/comment-page-1/#comment-3058 Mary Wed, 09 Aug 2006 16:21:05 +0000 http://www.sundrymourning.com/2006/08/08/how-to-have-a-good-week/#comment-3058 Call BCC and ask them to send you info about their family life program. It meets once a week and you get to sit quietly and listen to the teacher talk while Riley plays with the coolest toys in the world. I did it with all three kids, and actually managed to make some friends there, because everybody's in the same boat. Oh, and I once locked myself out of the car with the engine running and MY DAUGHTER STRAPPED INSIDE!!!! Did you know that if you call 911 they consider that an actual emergency and send somebody in about five minutes? And they won't charge you, because if you're that dumb they feel sorry for the kid? Call BCC and ask them to send you info about their family life program. It meets once a week and you get to sit quietly and listen to the teacher talk while Riley plays with the coolest toys in the world. I did it with all three kids, and actually managed to make some friends there, because everybody’s in the same boat.

Oh, and I once locked myself out of the car with the engine running and MY DAUGHTER STRAPPED INSIDE!!!! Did you know that if you call 911 they consider that an actual emergency and send somebody in about five minutes? And they won’t charge you, because if you’re that dumb they feel sorry for the kid?

]]> By: Mel http://www.sundrymourning.com/2006/08/08/how-to-have-a-good-week/comment-page-1/#comment-3057 Mel Wed, 09 Aug 2006 14:48:41 +0000 http://www.sundrymourning.com/2006/08/08/how-to-have-a-good-week/#comment-3057 Walks around the neighborhood are a good thing, even though I still get lost from time to time, not as much though. I always try to get out o fthe house with Ian or he goes batty, chewing up daddy's sandals, waving cords around in the air and slapping walls and sticking things in childproof outlets. I think we get out more for my sanity than his, now. As for locking yourself out of the house, I've done it with Ian safely in his crib inside. I went to pick some lilacs last Spring and the door locked behind me. So, after I called my husband crying and my neighbor came to sit with me, my hhusband came home and we went to buy a garage door opener that you push in a freakishly long combination to open and we have a hidden key. So hiddden that I have to ask my husband every few months where it is again? Walks around the neighborhood are a good thing, even though I still get lost from time to time, not as much though. I always try to get out o fthe house with Ian or he goes batty, chewing up daddy’s sandals, waving cords around in the air and slapping walls and sticking things in childproof outlets. I think we get out more for my sanity than his, now. As for locking yourself out of the house, I’ve done it with Ian safely in his crib inside. I went to pick some lilacs last Spring and the door locked behind me. So, after I called my husband crying and my neighbor came to sit with me, my hhusband came home and we went to buy a garage door opener that you push in a freakishly long combination to open and we have a hidden key. So hiddden that I have to ask my husband every few months where it is again?

]]> By: Roberta http://www.sundrymourning.com/2006/08/08/how-to-have-a-good-week/comment-page-1/#comment-3056 Roberta Wed, 09 Aug 2006 14:27:45 +0000 http://www.sundrymourning.com/2006/08/08/how-to-have-a-good-week/#comment-3056 It is fun! In small chunks. The time from when I get home at 6 to when I put the kid down for bed at 7:15 is about right. The entire stretches of hours when I'm left by myself with a child determined to get behind the TV stand and pull the whole thing down on himself, not so much. The park is your friend, somewhat now, and enormously in the next few months (mine is 15 months, so I can't say beyond that.) In Chicago, lots of the toddler parks have a kind of squishy sidewalk where the perpetual falling doesn't hurt quite so much. Or - it just occurred to me that you have a yard! Mine plays quite happily anywhere outside (something about outdoor air) with a ball or any sort of yard toys. There are fewer hazards, and I assume you have some sort of yard furniture for you to sit on, and him to pull up on? As he starts to walk in the next few months, you'll go completely batty if you don't get him out of the house! It is fun! In small chunks. The time from when I get home at 6 to when I put the kid down for bed at 7:15 is about right. The entire stretches of hours when I’m left by myself with a child determined to get behind the TV stand and pull the whole thing down on himself, not so much.

The park is your friend, somewhat now, and enormously in the next few months (mine is 15 months, so I can’t say beyond that.) In Chicago, lots of the toddler parks have a kind of squishy sidewalk where the perpetual falling doesn’t hurt quite so much.

Or – it just occurred to me that you have a yard! Mine plays quite happily anywhere outside (something about outdoor air) with a ball or any sort of yard toys. There are fewer hazards, and I assume you have some sort of yard furniture for you to sit on, and him to pull up on?

As he starts to walk in the next few months, you’ll go completely batty if you don’t get him out of the house!

]]> By: omuchacha http://www.sundrymourning.com/2006/08/08/how-to-have-a-good-week/comment-page-1/#comment-3055 omuchacha Wed, 09 Aug 2006 14:09:22 +0000 http://www.sundrymourning.com/2006/08/08/how-to-have-a-good-week/#comment-3055 My babe is almost ten months old. He's crawling, and he's trying to learn how to walk. He's getting into everything! My husband can't tell me enough how he enjoys this, because this is "the fun stage." Oh, no. Give me the newborn puddle of baby that quietly sleeps in his car carrier any day!! My babe is almost ten months old. He’s crawling, and he’s trying to learn how to walk. He’s getting into everything! My husband can’t tell me enough how he enjoys this, because this is “the fun stage.” Oh, no. Give me the newborn puddle of baby that quietly sleeps in his car carrier any day!!

]]> By: Ang http://www.sundrymourning.com/2006/08/08/how-to-have-a-good-week/comment-page-1/#comment-3054 Ang Wed, 09 Aug 2006 14:01:20 +0000 http://www.sundrymourning.com/2006/08/08/how-to-have-a-good-week/#comment-3054 When I stayed home, I would take my kids to a play group in the community. It got the kids and myself out of the house and socializing. I found my play group through a program called Parents As Teachers. When I stayed home, I would take my kids to a play group in the community. It got the kids and myself out of the house and socializing. I found my play group through a program called Parents As Teachers.

]]> By: robin http://www.sundrymourning.com/2006/08/08/how-to-have-a-good-week/comment-page-1/#comment-3053 robin Wed, 09 Aug 2006 13:22:38 +0000 http://www.sundrymourning.com/2006/08/08/how-to-have-a-good-week/#comment-3053 I know where you are coming from. Once my child was mobile, staying at home actually seemed to piss him off. I'm a huge homebody and seclusion loving person myself, so I know the guilt you are speaking of. Sometimes...when I would be taking Ryder somewhere to do something..whatever..he would inevitably fall asleep-therefore completely throwing off the coveted nap schedule where I MIGHT get a couple of hours. When he would wake up and if we were back home, he would literally be pissed off. I can understand, but damn. And once you hit that stage where you are constantly chasing them and telling the 'NO, don't do this, don't touch this, don't eat this, don't jab this in your ear'...I'd probably get pissed off too. I'm anxious to hear some suggestions too. I don't think playdates are my thing and the mall? Shudder. But ya know..I guess they're never going to go back to being content just hanging out on a blanket on the floor with a toy. So I guess it is up to us to figure it out, eh? For some reason, I always believed that the hardest part of having a baby was the first few months. Ha! I know where you are coming from. Once my child was mobile, staying at home actually seemed to piss him off. I’m a huge homebody and seclusion loving person myself, so I know the guilt you are speaking of. Sometimes…when I would be taking Ryder somewhere to do something..whatever..he would inevitably fall asleep-therefore completely throwing off the coveted nap schedule where I MIGHT get a couple of hours. When he would wake up and if we were back home, he would literally be pissed off. I can understand, but damn. And once you hit that stage where you are constantly chasing them and telling the ‘NO, don’t do this, don’t touch this, don’t eat this, don’t jab this in your ear’…I’d probably get pissed off too.

I’m anxious to hear some suggestions too. I don’t think playdates are my thing and the mall? Shudder. But ya know..I guess they’re never going to go back to being content just hanging out on a blanket on the floor with a toy. So I guess it is up to us to figure it out, eh?

For some reason, I always believed that the hardest part of having a baby was the first few months. Ha!

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