Posted on 11/19/2004 6:32:14 AM PST by grellis
Since we have several new moms and dads at the table (remember--you are a new parent to each of your children!), I thought it might be nice if we helped them sift through the barrage of advice they are now facing. What is the best advice, with regard to becoming a parent, that you have ever heard? The worst? Most ridiculous? Most dangerous?
I think you're doing your best with the available options ... I just think you should have different options!
LOL - the Jersey Shore (Ocean City) was whereall my mom's extended family went in the summer. My great-aunt owned a big house there, and on summer weekends there might be 40 people sleeping on the floors and taking numbers for the bathrooom. Sorta like Dad's in deer season!
I have to agree with Annyokie - I'm not saying that either of you have ever attempted to force me to your way of thinking about schooling, but others have.
I've stayed out of today's thread, although I've been reading it all day, but I only have the one child, and at 44, with a 6 year old, I'm not planning on anymore, as didn't feel I had much to contribute. I have learned much from the good advice and tips on bad advice from all you moms of more than one, and I appreciate the lessons I have been learning.
I have all the respect in the world for those who homeschool, and I applaud and support them how I can - but it is not for my household. I tried "official" homeschooling and learned before she was 4 that it wasn't for me, and therefore not for her.
Finding a good school for our daughter was one of the major reasons we moved from Delaware to Virginia. It is far from easy for us because there is no work here for me.
Wow! I'm excited to find Freeper Family Table cohort right here in the metro area!
Congratulations, btw, on your newest little blessing, he is a very handsome little guy!
Ditto that!! :o) And thanks!!
Lookylookylooky what I did! I did it! I posted a link woooohoooooooooooo!
Buffalo is an ok place to live, although I am not from here. The people are very friendly, and we live in the northtowns (north of Buffalo) so we are not located within the snowbelt where we are constantly white all winter!! The only drawback with the cold winters (besides the obvious) is that I've gained like 20 pounds in the 3 years I've lived here because there's so much eating, drinking and partying that goes on here!! I just joined a gym though, so I don't make the same sedentary mistakes I've made every winter so far!! We'll see how it goes.
My best friend lives in Hamburg, which is in the snowbelt- what a difference from our weather to theirs!! And as a matter of fact, I am lending her my Bundle Me because she has a 7-week old daughter!! Those thigs are great, you just put the baby in the seat and zip him or her right in and they're comfy warm!
Good job! :)
My son is 28 now and lives down in Texas. He lived with us until he finished college at age 22. I didn't stop listening for the sound of his vehicle until the day he moved into his own place. I don't know if you will ever be able to get over the apprehension while they're still under your roof.
Even now, if he doesn't update his blog on a daily basis or if I don't see him posting on his own bbs I worry a little, just not like I used to when he lived at home. He's still single so is out in the evenings more than he probably would be if he was in a relationship. However, I expect he'll be spending more time at home since he's signed up recently to take additional college courses online.
I meant to reply to this earlier but today has been one Mommy Mission after another (well, you know how it goes...)
First, one thing I was totally unprepared for as a new parent--and its still true today--was the tremendous amount of guilt I had (and still have) about EVERYTHING! What is up with that??? Seriously!
Second, and more to the point, the fact that you are aware that you don't have as much alone time with your 15 month old leads me to believe its not a problem at all. I would be far more worried about a mother who was in any way cavalier on the issue. I think that 15 months is a good, healthy age for a young child to be encouraged to play more independently--not unsupervised, obviously, but independently. My oldest two are 20 months apart. When I was chained to the couch with #2 (David) while he was nursing, Josh, my oldest, would be happy just to hang out in the same room and play with his Fisher Price gang. I think he kinda liked the fact that I wasn't constantly interfering with his play. And just think--in one short year (and they are short at that age, aren't they?) your one-year old and your 2.25 year old will be shooing you out of the room so they can do Bad Things!
LOL!!! congrats.
IIRC, the thread I linked is hysterical. I pulled it from my bookmarks...an oldie but a real gem.
We have a few years yet before our boys start driving and I am dreading it.
I can do pictures but I haven't attempted a link yet.
Vacation? What's that?
Last time was 2 weeks in California in 2000.......thankfully we spent most of it with a fellow FReeper and her family - I could only take so much of the leftwing socialists that make up hubby's California family members. YIKES
That was worse than travelling with a 2 year old, especially when most of the left-wing whacko stuff was directed at how I should be raising my child. I had always been a Republican, and fairly conservative, but that trip turned me totally right-wing!!!!!
I reread it briefly just a moment ago...any thread that has the opening comment "You're a looser, pal" is going to be ten kinds of fun. Classic!
My former (now deceased) FIL used to rent a beach cottage that was one of three. The landlady lived in the middle unit. My former SIL used to chastise us all to ponyup a certain sum then challenge everyone to pick a week. It was a nightmare from the get go.
Either you picked a week and then got trumped by one of the older siblings (there were ten kids and ex was the 9th of ten) or you got a week following one of the cheap chumps who stole every crumb out of the fridge. We got lucky once with the sister who left a whole box of wine and cold cuts, too.
They never threw a fit in the store.
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