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Post by Connie on Feb 13, 2006 14:14:10 GMT -5
Laura, Collin has been wearing glasses for about a year now and he just turned 6. While the doctor has dilated his eyes before this was not how he determined his rx. He has a picture chart (same idea as the letter chart) he uses for kids who are non-verbal or don't know their alphbet. It was amazing to me how well Collin did with this kind of test!!! Connie
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Post by Connie on Feb 10, 2006 12:25:41 GMT -5
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What the heck is WASHERS. I'm and born and raise midwestern and have never ever heard of this!!!! Now we play EUCKER or Dominos. Connie
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Post by Connie on Feb 8, 2006 10:54:57 GMT -5
DADS was started here in Indiana and they have a huge huge following!!! There are a lot of great fathers there.!!! Oppps...not that your not great or anything like that BOB. LOL I love Quiche...and you can make it for me anytime!!!
Connie
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Post by Connie on Feb 8, 2006 10:19:29 GMT -5
Welcome, I'm Connie, mom to Griffin, Gray, Collin (chromosomally enhanced) and Lauren and wife to Michael. There are a few DADS that post on here. Some more regular than others. One of our resident fathers is BOB. He is a great wealth of information and quite WITTY. Hope to hear more about you and your family!!! Connie
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Post by Connie on Feb 8, 2006 10:25:06 GMT -5
Annie, Congrats!!!! I have 3 boys now and.....the little Princess!!! Lets just say she was a suprize in more ways than one!!! Seems to be on this board that 4 is the magic number going both ways....either waiting on that boy or girl!!! Except for Mary L who had to have #5 before she got her little Princess!! I can agree with Michelle.....There is a HUGE HUGE difference between boys and girls and it's not just whats between the legs!!! Keep trying your DH is bound to get it right one of these times!!! Hugs, Connie
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Post by Connie on Feb 8, 2006 10:49:34 GMT -5
LOL.... I really really misread this!!!! When I first read this, I saw that Jackie was posting and it was about Jello Shot....I could not in my life figure out what "Jackie" was doing and why in the world she would even begin to think it was ok to give her daugher Jello Shot and post about it when she is still so young!!!! I really should not read posts that late at night....I have enough problems even when I'm not tired!!! But NOW I understand and am pleased to see it was OUR Emily who is 21 and not one of Jello Jackies daughters who are not!!! I think your stories of Emily drinking are some of my favorites because it really shows how much like a "Normal" young adult she is.....She likes to drink and gamble... Hummm....not that thats a good thing but....I THINK ITS GREAT!!! Connie
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Post by Connie on Feb 8, 2006 10:34:13 GMT -5
A. I will keep YOU and your little man in my prayers. Collin had his removed 2 years ago....so the best advice I can give you is make sure you keep up with the pain meds atleast every 3.5 to 4 hours even if he's not showing any signs of pain for atleast 10 days. It is so much easier to keep them comfortable if you keep the pain away!! And you will be amazed at how diffenent he acts at that 10 day mark....it is like a light is turned on!! Hugs girl, Connie
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Post by Connie on Feb 7, 2006 11:48:01 GMT -5
Pauline, LOL I was wondering the samething but wasn't quite brave enough to ask!!! Connie
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Post by Connie on Feb 7, 2006 11:02:16 GMT -5
A and Jesse, Thats just not RIGHT!!! Having a get-together and not inviting anyone else. Hope you enjoyed yourselves!!! LOL.... Connie
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Post by Connie on Feb 6, 2006 18:05:46 GMT -5
Jesse, I know with my to non-enhanced boys who are now 10 and 8, I really struggled with this. After the age of about 6 it gets to be a little touchy but I still was not comfortable sending them to the bathroom by themselves. So, I started out with them at the age of about 5-6 when we were out as a family and Dad was around I would make dad take them and wait outside and if it took to long I would have him poke his head in and ask if anyone needed help or if another man would go in I would make him go in too. But, if dad was not around. I would yell in the boys bathroom to see if anyone was in there. If there was no answer and I felt there was noone in there I would let them go in and wait by the door. If another man would start to go in I would make eye contact tell, him I had just sent my son in to there and would he please check to see if they were behaving and was ok... this way he knows I am still by the door and knows that I know he's in there and I know what he looks like. After about a minute or so...I stick my head in and ask if everything is ok or flag manager down to go inside if need be. With me having 2 boys close in age that really helped because if both are with me we use the buddy system...even today and they are old enough to know what to do. Now with Collin that is a different story. Like at church. I will let him go to the womens bathroom by himself. This lets him get the idea of what needs to be done and I feel rather safe with this...but it is only at church. I also let him leave by himself...but watch him go in....then after he's in I sneak down and stand by the door until I hear him finish. Then I go back and sit down until he comes out and returns to me....but where we go to church I can see the bathroom from where we sit in the balcony. Hummm....Man did that sound a bit anal or what?!?!? Hugs to you girl!!! Connie
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Post by Connie on Feb 6, 2006 15:35:16 GMT -5
Trisha, NO!! In my personal oppinion 2 years old is not to young. I started training Collin at about 18 months. The key word was started and it has taken awhile to become completed...to this day we still have accidents every once in a while and he just turned 6. I am not like most parents here. I don't beleive in letting the kids show me that they are ready to start toilet training. I believe this is like anything else we train our (any) kids. I believe that we have to train them to recognized the signs their body is showing them and yes this does take time and there are a lot of messes and misses. We started out small with Collin at that age. We would set him on the potty before he got in the tub at first. Then after a while we went to when he first would wake up in the morning and right before bed time. Then we tried to add a couple of times during the day. Once he new how to potty in the potty and could some what let us know he had to go....we got rid of the pull ups and that's when we really started to make our biggest strides.
We also used M&M for a reward and also something we called the "Potty Dance"...quite interesting especially when your out in public. I can Collin has been potty trained since he was probably 3.5 to 4 years old. I can't way we have not had any accidents. For the last 2 years for some reason in the month of January (don't know if it is sigificant or not) he started having accidents at home....like 4-5 a day for a 3-4 week period. Now this only happened at home or my moms house (child care) and never at school...don't know why but just as soon as it has started it also has stopped. We have had medical test run on him...to make sure he's not diabetic...etc. But this is still a mystery and a thorn in our side. Oh....Collin has taken a while to learn complete control and still has problems...which could go along with low muscle tone but if he really has to go he will sometimes dampen himself...not an accident just a little damp from where he could not get his pants down in time but that is also starting to go away. And as far as night time training.... it will be 1 year in May that I threw the pull ups away and got brave and since I have done that he has NEVER (knock on wood) had an accident and I can't even say that about my 8 year old (who I just changed his sheets because of this)...but that happens...no biggy!! Good luck!!! Connie
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Post by Connie on Feb 6, 2006 15:45:56 GMT -5
Sue, Stick with it...she'll get it!!! It is a training processes...and you are teaching her how to recognize her body signs. I do beleive because of the low muscle tone our kids don't always notice this feeling....like anything they do (except for running) it takes them longer to learn. Tracy --- Gross!!! Hugs, Connie
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Post by Connie on Feb 8, 2006 10:20:51 GMT -5
Annie M, Welcome back, Funny to see you posting because I was just thinking about you and Mikey while I was going through the pictures from one of our get-togethers!!! Glad you back!!! Connie
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Post by Connie on Feb 6, 2006 15:48:02 GMT -5
Not fair.....I want to go to FLORIDA!!! Have fun, Connie
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Post by Connie on Feb 3, 2006 14:45:46 GMT -5
Hummm.... I think that is up to you. My daughter who will be 4 in March is ready for kidergarden next year. She can write her name, knows her address, phone number ect...but she is not eligible for kindergarden (unless I pay for testing) because of her age. I do know that it would make my life a lot easier if they both went at the same time because our school system does not offer full day kindergarden and hasn't figured out how to ship both ways so I would have 2 years of figuring this stuff out instead of just one. If they go together you know you will always have an extra pair of eyes to report things you may not hear about....both the good and bad. Oh, I think girls also mature faster than boys so if it were me and my choice I would send her at 5. Connie
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