Confessions of a Doman mom

[trinity papa]

is it only for mum's?? can Doman dad's post too??   

flash cards flash cards flash cards ... everyday flash cards ..... everywhere flashcards ..... i am seeing red everywhere .....

I think i need another cabinet to store the flash cards........ there ain't no more space, the diapers and wet towels, the milk powder, the tricycle, the stroller, the high chair, the rocking chair, the potty, her play room ..... wow ..... and i am up at 3am collecting data for her and getting hook here waiting for doremisoft ..... what to teach, when to teach, how to teach ... everyday ... its in our mind .... now she seems to be having tantrums too (terrible 2 coming early)  .... making teaching harder ....

I mean the more we teach the more she learns, the faster she is able to learn and the longer her concentration .... materials are like flying off the shelves burn rate is high ..... and i hope i can get the LR content reorganise suitably for her to start it asap .....  well have to proof read everything before letting her view ..... and i guess its going to be many many more lates nights .....

[purplefungi]

Sorry Trinity Papa! I never meant to exclude the dads. I like reading the father's posts, and I think that it is very wonderful that you guys take interest in the education of your little ones.

I see red everywhere too. I even ran out of red toner first!!!!!! Talk about expensive!

Dirk likes to carry his words around now. It was funny yesterday that he had the word, "bed" on his bed. Was he trying to tell me something? Who knows?

The terrible two's definitely make it harder to teach because you really can't teach anything when they are upset or angry.
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Another confession...Dirk doesn't talk as much as other kids his age. He babbles a lot and does say two-three word sentences, but they mostly consist of things like, "How are you?" Other children seem to talk way more than him.

[hypatia]

Another confession:
What I'd love for Mother's day is for my partner to take my daughter out with him for a few hours so I can read the newspapers with a cup of tea.. and have the house to myself...

[Nikolett]

I am a chocoholic... Though I try to hide from my kids

[purplefungi]

I totally agree. I'm really into Dove chocolates right now. I never used to like chocolate so much!

Mother's day is great!

[PY]

I am a chocoholic... Though I try to hide from my kids

After giving birth...I became and chocoholic also...so funny!! But I not any more...

[LongTallDrink]

Happy Mother's Day to all moms and thanks everyone for the great posts. Strangely comforting.

Lots to confess here, including still not getting LR and LM organized and properly implemented, but the  is the almost overwhelming sense that things are about to spin completely out of control...

I recently stumbled over a site that's helping me organize my head and home:

http://flylady.net/index.asp

I was skeptical at first, but it seems to be working  - things are slowly coming together and my stress levels have dropped significantly. Now, if I could just get Herself to sleep through the night...

[hypatia]

My daughter has already sampled a lot of things. I've never used any guidelines and so far she is fine. At 9 months she's virtually tried all vegetables & fruits, and 'adult' food like chili, garlic, oignon, tofu, mocha with soy milk and had a bite of strong dark chocolate once...

[Joha]

I think that I'm learning way more than my children in this process. I'm picking up foreign words left and right and reading about early education way more than I ever had before. There is just so much information out there.

Another confession...Dirk doesn't talk as much as other kids his age. He babbles a lot and does say two-three word sentences, but they mostly consist of things like, "How are you?" Other children seem to talk way more than him.

purplefungui,

I think this two post go together becuase one has the concern and the other one is giving you the answer ... this is just my humble opinion... I think that it is taking longer to Dirk to talk as much as kids of his age because he is learning more that one language.    This is very common on kids learning more than one language. Their brain is trying to figure out which words belong to which language. Same thing with the phonics. So don't stress about it.   I'm preparing myself in case this happens because I sure prefer it takes my daughter a few more months to speak, but whe she does she is fluent in at least two languages 

Regarding the lock of friendships... I encourage everybody to be part of play groups or whatever helps you to get closer to other people, even if they don't become your "friends" you get to talk to them. I think this is neccesary to stay sane. I have to make myself to go to playgroups and story tellings at the library so my daughter gets to see other kids and I get to see other people too. It is much easier to stay home with her doing our activities, but the social part is important too. I say I make myself go because everytime I go to a playgroup or something my schedule gets very off and sometimes I do not get to do all the activities I normally do with my daughter and then  I feel bad  but I remind myself that the social part of our lifes is important too and she is learning to share with other kids.

[Nikita]

Staceycanada,
My kids and I, including bub, are banned from the library. It's so hard keping a track of all that material all those books, dvds, cds...I've had hundreds of dollars in fines, but every couple of years luckily they have an amnesty where you can donate canned foods and get fines waived (except for lost items). Only one problem, as I'm banned I'm not in the library much so it's hard to know when amnesty is on. And the libray doesnt let me know. I was so glad when bub got a library card, so I could borrow again. Now we wait for the next bub to be born to get a useable card, although I best just keep out of the place and never borrow again.

[tatianna]

wow you just made me feel tons better about all my library fines
now i don't check out any books for the kids only myself
because there books always get lost
also as soon as i get home from the library i go online and renew all the books three times
it gives me 9 more weeks so if i lose one i have more time to find it

oh for all the parents in the USA check out paperbookswap.com
it's a free site that lets you trade books you don't want any more for cool new books from other people on the site
you can use my name as a reference if you want anna haskell
when you sign up you right away get two free books
it's another site i spend way to much time on but it's so fun

[purplefungi]

Our biggest fine was 200 USD, but that was when I was working 80+ hours a week.

[purplefungi]

I think that I'm learning way more than my children in this process. I'm picking up foreign words left and right and reading about early education way more than I ever had before. There is just so much information out there.

Another confession...Dirk doesn't talk as much as other kids his age. He babbles a lot and does say two-three word sentences, but they mostly consist of things like, "How are you?" Other children seem to talk way more than him.

purplefungui,

I think this two post go together becuase one has the concern and the other one is giving you the answer ... this is just my humble opinion... I think that it is taking longer to Dirk to talk as much as kids of his age because he is learning more that one language.    This is very common on kids learning more than one language. Their brain is trying to figure out which words belong to which language. Same thing with the phonics. So don't stress about it.   I'm preparing myself in case this happens because I sure prefer it takes my daughter a few more months to speak, but whe she does she is fluent in at least two languages 

Regarding the lock of friendships... I encourage everybody to be part of play groups or whatever helps you to get closer to other people, even if they don't become your "friends" you get to talk to them. I think this is neccesary to stay sane. I have to make myself to go to playgroups and story tellings at the library so my daughter gets to see other kids and I get to see other people too. It is much easier to stay home with her doing our activities, but the social part is important too. I say I make myself go because everytime I go to a playgroup or something my schedule gets very off and sometimes I do not get to do all the activities I normally do with my daughter and then  I feel bad  but I remind myself that the social part of our lifes is important too and she is learning to share with other kids.

Yeah, I might be messing up my child. I switch from English to German to Spanish to Chinese to Japanese. Most of it is in English, and I just say nouns in the FL. In a one hour period he might hear dog, perro, inu, or Hund. My poor little one.

The good news is my sister didn't talk much until she was three, and she is perfectly fine and bright. I'm not going to worry too much about it. It just gets frustrating sometimes to see other kids his age who speak in full sentences.

I think that play groups are important too. Too bad none of you guys live near me because we could arrange for a play date. Dirk LOOOOVVVESS other children.

Tatianna, I'm going to have to check out the book swap, but I don't know if I could part with any of my books!

[Joha]

purplefungi,

I never thought it will be so hard to teach my daugther Spanish because I'm a native speaker, but I caught myself several times mixing English and Spanish. I have had to make a conscientious decision of what language I'm going to be talking to her because base on what Dr. Tilzer says "you can't mix the languages" and it can be hard.   Just like kids do, I was using whatever word was easier to say (either the word was in English or Spanish)  So now, I talk to her all the times in Spanish and I only use English when we are aroung people that only speak English and when teaching her materials in English. I'm still working on it. 

[L and J]

I am happy to know that I am not the only person who spends hours online in search of something more,  I Started reading the books of Doman before my daughter born, But I was very disorganized and I didn't have any progressive in the first year. Sorry, my english is not so good, I still learning.

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