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[tgrimes]

kim22 Goodness, that's a lot of replacing.

[wedding]

I feel like C cries more than he should at this age. Lately it’s been anything that makes him mad he immediately bursts into tears. This is horrible, but I’m annoyed by it for some reason because I think he should be able to tolerate things better. I also worry about him having these reactions at school and being picked on.

Yesterday he cried twice because a neighbor threw a snowball too hard. Of course they were both going back and forth being jerks so I was irritated by that itself. He also cried because I wouldn’t buy him a video game on the iPad. Before bed he cried about something else. That was a lot but I feel like he has been crying about something at least once a day in the past month.

Is he crying more than others? Any thoughts? Most seem to do with not being able to do or get something or being hurt. I don’t want to be mean and tell him to stop or not console him but I also don’t want to react with good attention since I think attention is the motivation sometimes.

[lfig]

yummeecookee yes to postal service issues. MH ordered something time sensitive, it laid in KC distribution center for 4 days. It was supposed to be 3 day priority mail...it ended up taking 13 days!

Also, currently waiting on one of S’s meds from the mail order pharmacy. According to informed delivery it was going to be here Tuesday. It still hasn’t arrived. I spoke to someone finally and it is allegedly going to be here today.

[inthekitty]

Sorry he's been having a tough time wedding . It does sound like a lot, but I think it's hard to gauge at this point though due to Covid. Between restrictions, fewer extended family visits, less friend contact, anxiety about the virus, and picking up on parental anxiety about all the above I think in some kids it manifests different ways. Cass has been really emotional lately and quickly going from fine to meltdown. I go back and forth between being sympathetic and annoyed. I'd try talking to him about other ways to express his emotions. I try to talk Cass off the ledge and encourage her to open up to me about how she's feeling rather than shut down or just lose it. Sometimes it's helpful and other times she just needs her moment.

[tallb]

lahdeedah🎉🎉🎉 hooray! So glad you already got it!

I am trying very hard to have all the patience this year. My minted order finally shipped last night...the day after it was supposed to arrive. All these essential businesses are working with additional precautions and probably short staffed. Plus the removal of sorting machines and policy changes over the summer from the awful post master general that tried to f up the election. I am hoping my target gift cards eventually arrive, a bit ironic that one of them is for my mail carrier..

Oh and our prek just emailed that they aren't opening for spring semester, so that's disappointing. I was hoping by April or so they'd have teachers vaccinated and could reopen, maybe in the summer. I will look at some other schools though closer to us.

Last day of work here for two weeks🙌🙌

[trtlcrzy]

Dec 18, 2020 12:30:22 GMT -6 kim22 said:

snoopmommymom Happy Birthday!

lahdeedah yay for vaccination! I feel like I want to have it for several months before giving it to my kids so I’m going to get it ASAP. I’m probably in the last group though unless they bump teachers up.

This morning we ran out of milk so DH ran to get some. He didn’t bring his phone so of course the fire alarms went off and wouldn’t stop. C was at the sitter already and DD was sleeping still. The other boys were up. My alarms are sensitive and go off often so I was screaming for the kids to get out for real. Poor DD had shorts and no shoes and there is a foot of snow outside. Luckily their costs and boots were right by the door drying from sledding last night so I was throwing coats and boots out the door at them. Two big fire trucks showed up. They went in with all their meters and stuff and found one alarm was malfunctioning (again). DH got home and ran out and bought all new ones (again). They are supposed to last 10 years. We did the house 6 years ago and this is the 3rd time we replaced them.

Teachers are phase 2!

[trtlcrzy]

Dec 18, 2020 12:45:58 GMT -6 wedding said:

I feel like C cries more than he should at this age. Lately it’s been anything that makes him mad he immediately bursts into tears. This is horrible, but I’m annoyed by it for some reason because I think he should be able to tolerate things better. I also worry about him having these reactions at school and being picked on.

Yesterday he cried twice because a neighbor threw a snowball too hard. Of course they were both going back and forth being jerks so I was irritated by that itself. He also cried because I wouldn’t buy him a video game on the iPad. Before bed he cried about something else. That was a lot but I feel like he has been crying about something at least once a day in the past month.

Is he crying more than others? Any thoughts? Most seem to do with not being able to do or get something or being hurt. I don’t want to be mean and tell him to stop or not console him but I also don’t want to react with good attention since I think attention is the motivation sometimes.

H has been very moody and easy to cry lately too. Read this article, it may help shed some light. www.parents.com/kids/development/adrenarche-and-puberty-everything-you-need-to-know/

[jewels]

lahdeedah that's awesome! I'm so jealous, we are definitely the last in line.

wedding - I was on GD earlier and there was a post about overly emotional kids. It was by someone with a younger kid but I was reading through it and there seemed to be a lot of interesting info in there. A lot of posters (with older kids) seemed to commiserate with the OP about emotional kids

[trtlcrzy]

Hey! S, V and I have been running the last few errands before Christmas, including dropping a package at the post office ironically. H was a real pain to get out the door this morning. She doesn’t want me to see her naked and I’m not sure why. I know they recently had a talk at school about appropriate touch but she said that’s not why. I think tonight after supper we will drive around to look at Christmas lights. I’m sure it’s going to be busy down at falls park where there’s a big light display every year but that’s fine.

Woop woop lahdeedah! My fIL only had a sore arm as a reaction after his shot.

Happy birthday snoopmommymom

[klong11]

wedding Cadence is an emotional rollercoaster. So much crying over everything. And yelling. Lots of yelling.

[peachsmama]

Dec 18, 2020 12:45:58 GMT -6 wedding said:

I feel like C cries more than he should at this age. Lately it’s been anything that makes him mad he immediately bursts into tears. This is horrible, but I’m annoyed by it for some reason because I think he should be able to tolerate things better. I also worry about him having these reactions at school and being picked on.

Yesterday he cried twice because a neighbor threw a snowball too hard. Of course they were both going back and forth being jerks so I was irritated by that itself. He also cried because I wouldn’t buy him a video game on the iPad. Before bed he cried about something else. That was a lot but I feel like he has been crying about something at least once a day in the past month.

Is he crying more than others? Any thoughts? Most seem to do with not being able to do or get something or being hurt. I don’t want to be mean and tell him to stop or not console him but I also don’t want to react with good attention since I think attention is the motivation sometimes.

I'm in your boat with both boys. I'm #meanmom and tell them to dry it up most times... if its legitimate, then yes I'll listen and console. You lost in Mario racing against yourself? Nope nope nope. I dont have the patience for it.

[flamingo]

Dec 18, 2020 10:19:57 GMT -6 yummeecookee said:

Have I bitched here about the mail (or lack thereof)? It seems USPS has given up. For the entire month, I’ve only gotten 1-2 pieces of mail a day. And yesterday we got nothing! This is highly unusual during normal times but unheard of at Xmas. All my neighbors are complaining as well.

I know what’s going to happen, bc it happened during the height of the pandemic too. One random day, a month from now, I will get a giant pile, with postmarks back to November. Sucks more now bc I’ve got time sensitive items. 😠

I have been so frustrated with USPS. Like, thanks for getting my Christmas cards out, but meanwhile I mailed something certified mail, and it's been over a week and it JUST left my city. It's going to ATL so not like it has to cross the Pacific or something. I could have walked it there faster. 

[peachsmama]

I'm waiting the the bottom of the driveway for M. By myself! They don't have enough subs for next week so he is virtual Monday and Tuesday. And the week after break. They made the change last night and the last minute of everything plus needing to Christmas shop has my anxiety working over time.

[flamingo]

Also, +1 to an emotional kiddo. I noticed it more during the spring during the lockdown, things settled down over the summer once he was socializing and settled in down here, but it's picked back up lately. But with H being gone, I attribute some of it to that. I do think it's probably age and Covid/circumstance appropriate.

[wedding]

Happy birthday snoopmommymom!

[flamingo]

I will get the vaccine but am probably in the last group. My BIL gets it next week. My parents plan to when it opens up for their age group. They've started doing seniors in nursing facilities here in FL.

Honestly, to me the vaccine is proof of what can be accomplished when the government gets out of its own way. Makes me wonder what we could do against cancer or other devastating illnesses if we did the same thing. Give the private sector the funds and support they need and let them get to work.

[nam2013]

wedding ds is the sweetest mild tempered kid ever and even with him I’ve noticed that he cries sooner or get angry over nothing. I agree with inthekitty, the COVID circumstances are taking it toll on the kids too. I try and talk to him afterwards, let him express how he’s feeling, label his emotions with words and talks on how he can manage his feelings & the situation better. I try to avoid undermining his feelings, because in his little world they are big, but men 🙄...

[kim22]

Dec 18, 2020 12:38:59 GMT -6 tgrimes said:

kim22 Goodness, that's a lot of replacing.

He bought the top of the line ones this time so they better last. He was just installing and someone had returned an old one in a new box we guess because we got an expired, used one. It’s super fun that he has to activate each one when it gets installed, we have 14 of them.

[kim22]

flamingo is YH in a priority group because of his job? I feel like he should be but I also feel like I haven’t heard anything about such jobs.

[flamingo]

Dec 18, 2020 15:18:15 GMT -6 kim22 said:

flamingo is YH in a priority group because of his job? I feel like he should be but I also feel like I haven’t heard anything about such jobs.

Ha hasn’t mentioned it so not sure. He’s required to get just about every other vaccine known to man so I assume this one will be, too, just not sure if he’ll get it early.

ETA: he said military is after HCW and 1st responders. But because he’s an aviator it has to be approved by FAA before they can get it

[lahdeedah]

I feel like I ditched the thread after posting this morning, but whew, work got busy. Of course the day didn’t flow well since I actually scheduled the plumber. I did call to tel then I wasn’t going to be home in time, but they didn’t answer. The tech called me 30 minutes after my time and said he was in the way. I told him I was just about to leave work and he was okay with waiting. I rushed home and everything was fixed within 20 minutes. 🙌🏽 Then I had to run to pick me and M up lunch- at 330!- and now I’m waiting on M2 at daycare. I am going to plop on the couch when I get home.

[klong11]

Took the youngest in to have his toe beans and weirdo claws looked at. They trimmed them back and filed them down. We're going to start him on fish oil supplements and another one for his bones. He moves like an old man and acts like his back hurts, so we're watching for arthritis. He's only one, but his deformed paw gives him a chronic limp that seem to be effecting his back. If he isn't lying down he is sitting propped up on his haunches. Almost like a rabbit or a begging dog. It's weird.
They brought him back to the car and he was pissed at me. He turned around in his carrier and refused to even look at me.

[lahdeedah]

My gosh yes to the emotional rollercoaster of the 7yo. Add in sibling rivalry and woof... we have lots of whining- not a whole lot of real tears, but very much on the brink. I have no patience for the dramatics. I have actually told MIL and a friend that I think I need to get him a therapist so he can talk to someone about his feelings because I am not equipped.

[mwhip]

lahdeedah glad your plumbing issue got fixed, hopefully it was a cheap fix too!

YES to an emotional 7 year old here too. I have no idea how you all with more than 1 handle it. I barely keep my shit together with 1!

So the other day at PT, the therapist asked Evie what was on her Christmas list. First thing she says is a play kitchen and food. I rolled my eyes. She had a play kitchen, although a small one, that I gave away this summer. So I had refused to buy another. But she keeps bringing this damn thing up everytime someone asks her what santa is bringing. I started checking marketplace to see if I could find anything and I think I found one, for $80, so even though I've already spent too much, I'm waiting on this lady to confirm if I can pay her and pick up this weekend, then clean it up so it's like new. I just don't want her to be crushed on Christmas morning because the ONE thing she has her heart set on, isn't there.

This also means I need to buy fake food again, because we gave that away as well.

[lahdeedah]

Happy Birthday! snoopmommymom Hope you had a great day!

[snoopmommymom]

Thanks everyone. Life is super busy and I’m stressed out. I’ve got a muscle spasm in my neck/shoulders too, probably stress related. But I’m trying to enjoy my birthday and worry about my grad assignments tomorrow.

[jewels]

Happy birthday snoopmommymom!

[jewels]

How much of a GC do I give to the people at S remote learning place? There's 3 of them

J - Lead & also the asst director of the program
A - S adores
L - S never remembers her name.

I'm going in on it w S BFF mom and we have no idea.

[joelies]

Happy birthday snoopmommymom!!

[lahdeedah]

Dec 18, 2020 18:09:55 GMT -6 jewels said:

How much pppppplpoof pppappppppp GC do I give to the people at S remote learning place? There's 3 of thePppmp
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J - Lead & also the asst director of the program
A - S adores
L - S never remembers her name.

I'm going in on it w S BFF mom and we have no idea.

20 each? Maybe a little something extra for A? So double that with both of you.