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bennett makes me laugh. he's such a big kid now.

if you ask him to he will go find his binky, or his blanket and he comes running back holding it up all proud.

he also tries and is pretty successful with a fork and he sits in a booster seat at the table now.

i can't believe it!

yesterday i swear after we dropped mikey off at school bennett asked where he was.

he is too smart.

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Adorable! What a smart boy.

 

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sappy wrote:

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good morning libby

has e started school yet?

 

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She started the afternoon preschool through the public school system.  Right now she seems to be liking it and is happy when I pick her up.  She is tired though.  The first day I didn't watch close enough and she fell asleep at 5.  I watch her like a hawk now.  I need to figure out what to do with her that is not too active but will keep her awake.

Are your two little one going now?  How is Jake liking hs?

 

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Can you let her help you fix dinner? Sometimes I can distract Mark with that when he's tired.

But other times, he's such a beast that I wish he would just go to sleep at 5.

 

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CoffeeQueen wrote:

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I have to say it is a toss up. I love to vacuum and also clean kitchen counters.

Anyone here have any idea why my 9 month old little girl has not napped for I think we are going on day 5? She will still sleep through the night. She is so tired though and I do not know why she will not nap.

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Good morning and I am amazed she goes that long without napping.  Does she take little five minute cat naps or something in the car or at home?

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She was napping a solid 3 hours in the day and then just started this for the last week. She is so tired and you can see her fighting it. She sometimes falls asleep in the car on the way home, but not always. It is insane and I cannot imagine she is going to stop napping.

She has been teething FOREVER, but she did not stop sleeping when she cut the bottom two teeth.

 

 

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Oh boy!  For some awful reason it seems the more tired little ones get the harder it is to get them to sleep too.  Elizabeth sometimes was that way too but usually if I rocked her long enough or put her in her swing, or put her in her swing in the kitchen with the exhaust fan on, she would eventually fall asleep.  It's amazing the antics we go through to make a baby sleep.  No wonder moms are so tired!

sappy wrote:

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happylib wrote:

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sappy wrote:

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good morning libby

has e started school yet?

 

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She started the afternoon preschool through the public school system.  Right now she seems to be liking it and is happy when I pick her up.  She is tired though.  The first day I didn't watch close enough and she fell asleep at 5.  I watch her like a hawk now.  I need to figure out what to do with her that is not too active but will keep her awake.

Are your two little one going now?  How is Jake liking hs?

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i'm glad she likes it. i know you said you weren't sure how it would work out.
did you decide to send her to both?  they do get tired though.

my little ones started yesterday. they both came home really happy.mikey told me he played basketball in the gym and caroline was very proud of her paper star hat.

jake is really liking hs so far. i can tell he feels like a really big deal. it's so cute. i made him show me his assignment notebook (planner) yesterday and he filled it out. he also did his homework very neatly so that was a change.

how's rick doing living on his own?

 

 

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That is so great that Mikey and Caroline are loving school!  I will cross my fingers that Jake keeps up his good school habits.  I am glad that the start of school is going pretty well for all of you.

I don't know for sure what we will end up doing with E.  Right now she will go to both schools.  We will have the meeting to discuss the extensive test results in a week.  After that, we can decide if we want to change anything.  I don't know if I said it or not, but the one thing we do know is that she does have a delay in her gross and fine motor skills.   She will be getting evaluated by an OT and PT in Sept.  Ugh!  I am glad we are able to get her the help she needs, but will be glad when all this testing and meetins are over.

As far as Rick goes, he is loving his new pad.   It's cute because despite moving out, he made it very clear he wants his little sister to come over and visit him.

 

CoffeeQueen wrote:

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happylib wrote:

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sappy wrote:

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good morning libby

has e started school yet?

 

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She started the afternoon preschool through the public school system.  Right now she seems to be liking it and is happy when I pick her up.  She is tired though.  The first day I didn't watch close enough and she fell asleep at 5.  I watch her like a hawk now.  I need to figure out what to do with her that is not too active but will keep her awake.

Are your two little one going now?  How is Jake liking hs?

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When Allie started last year it was brutal the time between dinner and bed. They start to adjust and get use to it though.

 

 

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That is good to know.  That is also one of the hardest times of day for me too.  The good thing is that she is finally going to bed and falling asleep in a reasonable amount of time now.  I hope that doesn't change.

 

happylib wrote:

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sappy wrote:

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happylib wrote:

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sappy wrote:

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good morning libby

has e started school yet?

 

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She started the afternoon preschool through the public school system.  Right now she seems to be liking it and is happy when I pick her up.  She is tired though.  The first day I didn't watch close enough and she fell asleep at 5.  I watch her like a hawk now.  I need to figure out what to do with her that is not too active but will keep her awake.

Are your two little one going now?  How is Jake liking hs?

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i'm glad she likes it. i know you said you weren't sure how it would work out.
did you decide to send her to both?  they do get tired though.

my little ones started yesterday. they both came home really happy.mikey told me he played basketball in the gym and caroline was very proud of her paper star hat.

jake is really liking hs so far. i can tell he feels like a really big deal. it's so cute. i made him show me his assignment notebook (planner) yesterday and he filled it out. he also did his homework very neatly so that was a change.

how's rick doing living on his own?

 

 

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That is so great that Mikey and Caroline are loving school!  I will cross my fingers that Jake keeps up his good school habits.  I am glad that the start of school is going pretty well for all of you.

I don't know for sure what we will end up doing with E.  Right now she will go to both schools.  We will have the meeting to discuss the extensive test results in a week.  After that, we can decide if we want to change anything.  I don't know if I said it or not, but the one thing we do know is that she does have a delay in her gross and fine motor skills.   She will be getting evaluated by an OT and PT in Sept.  Ugh!  I am glad we are able to get her the help she needs, but will be glad when all this testing and meetins are over.

As far as Rick goes, he is loving his new pad.   It's cute because despite moving out, he made it very clear he wants his little sister to come over and visit him.

 

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i bet you see e making HUGE strides. i know school & the therapies have helped mikey so much and he is/was waay farther behind than e.

that is adorable about rick. good job mama.

 

i probably should start baking that pie since dan's on the early shift today.

it's only 8:30 though. i'm just not ready to really start doing anything.

i do wish my kids could have gotten morning school. i feel like i would have been so much more productive. now we basically hang around and wait for school since bennett is still napping in the morning.

i'm thinking i should encourage him to give up that morning nap soon so we can get out and run errands and have fun in the mornings. my only issue is his morning nap is his good one - afternoon is hit & miss. i think i'll just start having him wait a little longer in the morning to go down. right now it's about 2.5 hours after he gets up. maybe tomorrow i'll do 3 hours...

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i probably should start baking that pie since dan's on the early shift today.

it's only 8:30 though. i'm just not ready to really start doing anything.

i do wish my kids could have gotten morning school. i feel like i would have been so much more productive. now we basically hang around and wait for school since bennett is still napping in the morning.

i'm thinking i should encourage him to give up that morning nap soon so we can get out and run errands and have fun in the mornings. my only issue is his morning nap is his good one - afternoon is hit & miss. i think i'll just start having him wait a little longer in the morning to go down. right now it's about 2.5 hours after he gets up. maybe tomorrow i'll do 3 hours...

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maybe once the morning nap is gone the afternoon nap will be better?

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i think that's exactly right

 

Mark got in my bed about 2:30 or 3 this morning.

I carried him back to bed as usual.

Then I could NOT get back to sleep.

It was so frustrating.

I'm very sleepy now.