Thursday, June 24, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Nanny Time
Since I started working again, my dad has been a huge help with watching Emma for us. We are so grateful for all of his help. He recently went back to work himself & it was time to get Emma into some sort of daycare.
We decided to leave Emma with a nanny a few days each week. A high school friend of mine has a sister, Lisa, with two small children that is also a nanny. Her kids are 2 &4. Emma's first day with them was today, and she did very well.
When I dropped her off, she said, "BYYEEE" and ran off to go play. When I picked her up, she said "Home," & waved goodbye to her new playmates. Lisa said she did very well. They had fun at the park, she ate her lunch, and she even took a two hour nap, which was surprising because she doesn't normally sleep well for other people.
I think this is going to work best for us. She gets some socialization in & learns to get along with other kids and share the attention.
AND we started potty training again. She's doing better than the first time we tried, but a work in progress.
We decided to leave Emma with a nanny a few days each week. A high school friend of mine has a sister, Lisa, with two small children that is also a nanny. Her kids are 2 &4. Emma's first day with them was today, and she did very well.
When I dropped her off, she said, "BYYEEE" and ran off to go play. When I picked her up, she said "Home," & waved goodbye to her new playmates. Lisa said she did very well. They had fun at the park, she ate her lunch, and she even took a two hour nap, which was surprising because she doesn't normally sleep well for other people.
I think this is going to work best for us. She gets some socialization in & learns to get along with other kids and share the attention.
AND we started potty training again. She's doing better than the first time we tried, but a work in progress.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Friday, June 4, 2010
Emma's Birthday
Emma's birthday isn't until Sunday, but we had her party last weekend. It went very well. Just a handful of family because our place is too small to hold everyone. Hope no one was offended!
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Emma's first punishment
Emma just had her very first punishment. She's been scolded, but never actually punished for repeat bad behavior. Until today...
For the second time this week, she colored on our chair. This is the reason I bought washable crayons, but after the first time she should have known better.
I very calmly explained to her that coloring was for paper, not furniture. I told her that we had already discussed this the first time it happened, and now she had to be punished. I took her crayons away for a week & put her in the corner to "think about what she's done." She stood in the corner for 5 minutes just crying her eyes out. But she stood there until I told her it was okay to move. She knew what was up!
She ran up to me, gave me a very apologetic hug, and I asked if she knew why I had to take her crayons away and she said in the saddest voice, "yeeeaaaaahhhhh"
She took her punishment like a big girl and I'm very proud of her.
Saturday, May 1, 2010
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