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By: Let’s Start At The End | Dutch Blitz

Let’s Start At The End | Dutch Blitz — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:07:47 +0000

[...] year, as in years past, I had both Leah and Linda to wander Central Park with (photos to come some day), attend parties with and run to when I found [...]

By: Amber

Amber — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:58:06 +0000

I know this is a late comment, and I hope like hell you still receive it because you MUST read this book: The Way of Boys, by Anthony Rao. I have a 21 month old boy and this book has helped alleviate some serious anxiety about what I should expect in my son’s behavior and development.

By: Madeleine

Madeleine — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:31:41 +0000

Sorry I’m commenting so late – I’ve been behind on reading. I have two boys same ages as yours – oldest was 4 in September and youngest was 2 in December. It’s exactly the same in my house. I always thought I’d sit down and do art projects with my children because that’s what I did and enjoyed, but no way. That vignette about getting them to brush their teeth sounds like a script from my house. Last summer I went to the pool many times with other moms (of GIRLS) and while they were able to sit down and chat, I was chasing my boys around the entire time. And BTW, my oldest hasn’t started reading at all – he isn’t interested and his teachers tell me to leave it alone until he’s ready.

By: JandPmum

JandPmum — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:12:42 +0000

I so had the same concerns about my 4 year old as he didn’t seem to focus on anything. At his ‘before school checkup’ they pointed out that his focus is fine as long as it’s on something he’s interested in – construction and vehicles!!! Whereas little girls are more likely to focus on things relating to what their mum does like household chores and stuff. Gotta wonder why we don’t always focus like little boys – more about what we’re interested in and less about household stuff, lol

By: .303 Bookworm

.303 Bookworm — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:19:48 +0000

@ Christina

I have a stepson who never wanted to read anything other than a comic. But liked to be read to. So I picked up a book that he’d enjoyed on dvd (Harry Potter) and we started reading together. I read a paragraph, he read a paragraph. 14 months later, he’s re-reading the entire series for the fifth time. Mind you, he was seven when we started this, might be different with a younger child. Good luck!

By: Shin Ae

Shin Ae — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:32:33 +0000

Hee hee. My boys were totally like that, and still are to a certain degree. They are six and eight and it has gotten a little better. Sometimes I think it is more exaggerated because they feed each other’s behavior. When I have one at home by himself, it is a completely different world.

And as far as how I have felt through the whole experience, well yes, deranged border collie sounds about right.

By: HollyB

HollyB — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:45:17 +0000

You have a husband right? Does he listen and do what you ask? Riiiight…so the answer is never, or at best, it comes and goes. I have an 8 year old boy and we are CONSTANTLY trying to come up with new and creative ways for him to own some responsibility over his own habits. We have tried charts, reward chips, bribes, punishments and whatnot. Right now, the reward chips work best – if he earns 20 in a week he picks a toy from a prize box. Try incentivizing them to listen with big rewards given for initial follow through and some kind of prize or something to work toward. My best friend is a social worker and they use the same system all the time with mental patients, so it has to work with kids, right?

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:42:07 +0000

Dude, I have been wondering about my kids and the flipping tv. Their ears do. not. work. I have girls, three of them, 2-5years in age. I have the same question because I am trying my damndest to be understanding and patient.

By: Samantha

Samantha — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:09:44 +0000

Oh my God, I totally just added this to my Blockbuster queue.

By: Terry

Terry — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:22:03 +0000

my daughter is a toddler and has just started terrible twos! I noticed that she does have trouble focusing — just says words in a stream of consciousness — but not really paying attention to what she’s saying, I sure hope it gets easier!!