After watching the Fab 5 win the gold medal in the 2012 summer Olympic games for women gymnastic, makes me think as a mother I need to put my love bug in gymnastic classes now. Just the thought of how these young ladies were babies themselves with the exception of one of them because she wasn't born yet, the last time the USA won a gold medal as a team in women gymnastic. My love bug already at almost 20 months, jumps, flips, tumbles, climbs and does splits. I think it's time to began his Olympic training, I am pretty sure his competition for the 2028 summer Olympic games has already begun training. Now I must admit that I cried like a baby during the one commercial that showed the mothers of these athletes . This commercial showed young kids doing the sporting events and the mothers cheering them on. Then at the end it read, To the moms they will always be little kids. That was the best commercial so far that I have seen.
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Team Superman Sam
Team Superman Sam
I love photography. It has always been a hobby of mines since I was younger. A member of one of my photography groups has a small son name Sam who is battling cancer, Sam is a huge superman fan, so we have set up a Facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/groups/465884563424836/
Please take some time out to join this group and send some heartfelt wishes to help cheer his little spirit on, and if you have any photos of yourself in superman gear, whether its the costume or shirt, etc or if you can do some cool superman design or a nice superman photo, please posts it on the page. These are just really small favors that we are asking that will mean a lot to this little boy as we cheer him on doing his treatments and hospital stays. So please join me by becoming a member of Team superman Sam, and let's cheer this little boy on with well wishes .
Sunday, July 22, 2012
9 year old abuses babies / toddlers at a MS daycare
This particular news article outrages me. This comes from a news story from Vicksburg, Ms and I must warn you, if you click on the link and read the news story then look at the video which is very graphic , you too will be just as out rage as I am, let me also add that you cannot see the video on mobile devices, so get to your laptop or computer to see this. I will post the link at the bottom of this blog.
Ok so apparently this daycare center was first brought to the media attention when a father walked In and slap a 6 year old child for hitting his kid, I know right? I was angry at this grown man for hitting another kid. But according to the first news story, he walked in and wanted to know why his daughter came home with bruises and two busted lips. And the teacher couldn't give a reason or an explanation as to why. So another kid (9 years old) pointed to the six year old as the one who did it and the dad slap that child across the head and was then arrested for assault , so here we think the story ends with an outraged father beating up another poor innocent child. Well that is not what happened. The very next day the news reported (this is the story to the article that is posted) that a daycare worker is now arrested and a shocking video has been release. Here we see the surveillance video of the daycare to where there are toddlers and babies presence and a 9yr who is brutally attacking these poor babies when the teacher isn't looking. He can be seen, dragging one child and pulling her. Then the same child is shown standing and he jump kicks her in the back and she falls forcefully hard on the ground. Another smaller child is shown in a walker to which this same 9yr is shown slamming her head into the tray, choking her, and punching her in the face. He keeps his eye on the teacher and when she isn't looking he attacks these poor babies. Then his aunt gets on tv to speak for the family. She says that this seed of Satan is on medication and he fight , he bad, but he don't fight babies. She kept making up excuses as to why he was doing what he did and how it wasn't a big deal. The entire time she is talking I am thinking , too bad the dad hit the wrong kid. And this little terror knew exactly what he was doing because he pointed to another kid blaming them and he only attacked these babies when the teacher wasn't looking,
Okay, this is where I become angry and I am talking about the kind if anger that involves adrenaline flowing, If my child was attending this daycare and came home with bruises and busted lips and you better tell me the who what when where and how this happen. I have a couple of questions / concerns that need to be answered. And they are as follows:
1) why is that 9yr seed of Satan in the room with toddlers and babies in the first place?
2) this is a daycare right? So why is a 9yr there?
3) did the teacher not hear these babies cry? Why didn't she come running when they started crying. What was she doing?
4) apparently you have surveillance in the daycare so we as parents can be assured that our children are safe while in your care. Well you in the HELL was suppose to be watching the tapes and how long has Satan in the form of that 9yr been allowed to attack and abuse these babies?
Personally I think that this daycare center should be closed and this 9yr terror needs to have a sit down in a jail cell. He could have killed those babies. These parents need to sue and seek criminal actions of not only the daycare workers but the 9yr seed of Satan. Also this type of behavior is a learned behavior, apparently this sort of thing must goes on in his home life , so social services need to be called in to do an investigation. This is why I am so glad that I stay home with children.
http://www.wlbt.com/story/19074886/daycare-worker-arrested-in-slapping-incident
Ok so apparently this daycare center was first brought to the media attention when a father walked In and slap a 6 year old child for hitting his kid, I know right? I was angry at this grown man for hitting another kid. But according to the first news story, he walked in and wanted to know why his daughter came home with bruises and two busted lips. And the teacher couldn't give a reason or an explanation as to why. So another kid (9 years old) pointed to the six year old as the one who did it and the dad slap that child across the head and was then arrested for assault , so here we think the story ends with an outraged father beating up another poor innocent child. Well that is not what happened. The very next day the news reported (this is the story to the article that is posted) that a daycare worker is now arrested and a shocking video has been release. Here we see the surveillance video of the daycare to where there are toddlers and babies presence and a 9yr who is brutally attacking these poor babies when the teacher isn't looking. He can be seen, dragging one child and pulling her. Then the same child is shown standing and he jump kicks her in the back and she falls forcefully hard on the ground. Another smaller child is shown in a walker to which this same 9yr is shown slamming her head into the tray, choking her, and punching her in the face. He keeps his eye on the teacher and when she isn't looking he attacks these poor babies. Then his aunt gets on tv to speak for the family. She says that this seed of Satan is on medication and he fight , he bad, but he don't fight babies. She kept making up excuses as to why he was doing what he did and how it wasn't a big deal. The entire time she is talking I am thinking , too bad the dad hit the wrong kid. And this little terror knew exactly what he was doing because he pointed to another kid blaming them and he only attacked these babies when the teacher wasn't looking,
Okay, this is where I become angry and I am talking about the kind if anger that involves adrenaline flowing, If my child was attending this daycare and came home with bruises and busted lips and you better tell me the who what when where and how this happen. I have a couple of questions / concerns that need to be answered. And they are as follows:
1) why is that 9yr seed of Satan in the room with toddlers and babies in the first place?
2) this is a daycare right? So why is a 9yr there?
3) did the teacher not hear these babies cry? Why didn't she come running when they started crying. What was she doing?
4) apparently you have surveillance in the daycare so we as parents can be assured that our children are safe while in your care. Well you in the HELL was suppose to be watching the tapes and how long has Satan in the form of that 9yr been allowed to attack and abuse these babies?
Personally I think that this daycare center should be closed and this 9yr terror needs to have a sit down in a jail cell. He could have killed those babies. These parents need to sue and seek criminal actions of not only the daycare workers but the 9yr seed of Satan. Also this type of behavior is a learned behavior, apparently this sort of thing must goes on in his home life , so social services need to be called in to do an investigation. This is why I am so glad that I stay home with children.
http://www.wlbt.com/story/19074886/daycare-worker-arrested-in-slapping-incident
Thursday, May 24, 2012
"I see you've been cleaning."
All you prospective parents out there, consider yourself warned. It's not that mothers of busy little children don't clean, and hence, have dirty, cluttered houses. Quite to the contrary, we clean constantly. Toys on the floor, crumbs on the table, dishes in the sink, food across faces, stains on the clothes... don't even get me started on the diapers! And that's just the day-to-day (or more realistically, minute-to-minute) stuff.
But should one dare to attempt a more thorough cleaning project like, say, straightening a cupboard or scrubbing the bathtub, be prepared for your house to look ten times dirtier and more cluttered when you're done. Because according to Newton's Third Law of Childhood Behavior, for every organizational attempt on the parent's behalf, there will be an equal and opposite dis-organizational reaction on the child's behalf. (And be sure to multiply the disorganizational quotient by both the number of children in the home and the minutes they were left to their own devices for a true representation of the expected mess.) Because while you're tidying up, they are "entertaining" themselves. While you sanitize the bathroom, they dump the pieces of every puzzle in the middle of their bedroom floor for a puzzle piece stew. While you rub the jello stains out of your dining room rug, they play dress-up with the (used-to-be) folded basket of clothes at the end of your bed. Should you brave the living room dust bunnies, they will inevitably discover your secret stash of glitter, the permanent markers, and/or all of the toys you cleared out of their closet and slated for donation to the Salvation Army the last time they were gleefully distracted.
So, dear friends, the next time you arrive at a mother's home and her living room looks like mine, please, please withhold judgment. Simply take a large step over the blocks and side-step around the tupperware tower in the middle of the entryway, smile a kindly, knowing smile, and say, "I see you've been cleaning."
But should one dare to attempt a more thorough cleaning project like, say, straightening a cupboard or scrubbing the bathtub, be prepared for your house to look ten times dirtier and more cluttered when you're done. Because according to Newton's Third Law of Childhood Behavior, for every organizational attempt on the parent's behalf, there will be an equal and opposite dis-organizational reaction on the child's behalf. (And be sure to multiply the disorganizational quotient by both the number of children in the home and the minutes they were left to their own devices for a true representation of the expected mess.) Because while you're tidying up, they are "entertaining" themselves. While you sanitize the bathroom, they dump the pieces of every puzzle in the middle of their bedroom floor for a puzzle piece stew. While you rub the jello stains out of your dining room rug, they play dress-up with the (used-to-be) folded basket of clothes at the end of your bed. Should you brave the living room dust bunnies, they will inevitably discover your secret stash of glitter, the permanent markers, and/or all of the toys you cleared out of their closet and slated for donation to the Salvation Army the last time they were gleefully distracted.
So, dear friends, the next time you arrive at a mother's home and her living room looks like mine, please, please withhold judgment. Simply take a large step over the blocks and side-step around the tupperware tower in the middle of the entryway, smile a kindly, knowing smile, and say, "I see you've been cleaning."
***photo submitted by Brittany
Toys Toys Toys and More Toys
I have come to the conclusion that children’s toys are a blessing and a curse. On one hand, they keep my Lovebug entertained. On the other, they replicate like rabbits all over the floor, and cause me to curse under my breath when I step on them. Toys are not easy on the feet. I pick up toys one time a day, at night after the kids go to bed. Before, I found myself constantly picking up toys! So if you come to our house, expect toys on the floor. It maintains my sanity and allows for more play time with the kids!
Thursday, May 10, 2012
What?!?! You are a stay at home mom????
No one would have ever thought I would become a stay at home mom. Heck I didn't even think I would be a stay at home mom myself. Just the thought of sitting at home all day doing nothing was not my idea as productive. Now that I am a mom I can't imagine leaving my child for hours at a daycare or with a sitter. Now once he gets to be school age , if I decide not to home school then will I return to the work force. That should make everyone who knows me personality pretty excited to know that my college degrees and certification titles aren't going to waste. And I have learned quickly that stay at home moms do not just sit at home all day. Taking care of my baby is a full time job and I am thrilled to be the one doing it. I have witness so many firsts that I probably wouldn't have seen if I was in the workplace.
One of my pet peeves as a Stay at home mom is that everyone thinks of me as a free babysitting services, and I am sure that a lot of other moms who choose to stay at home with their kids get the same treatment. Many folks feel that just because , we don't work outside the house, we sit around and do nothing , therefore we have all the time I the world an can handle watching your kids as well as our own. I am so sorry and I hate to sound rude but I didn't leave my high paying job to become a stay at home mother just for the heck of it, or because I didn't have anything else better to do. I did it because I wanted to raise my child without any outside influences. I am so sorry but I can not become your babysitter because as you see it , I don't work and therefore have the time to watch your kid. My day starts off like a normal work day, we get up, eat breakfast, play. Do some chores . And if I have to run any errands I would only prefer having my kid with me not anyone else's if I can help it.
Now in the other hand I get rude comments from folks who think that me staying at home is pretty much a waste of my college degrees and certification titles. I hear it constantly that I need to put my son in daycare and return to the workforce. They somehow feel that he is not being socialize enough. And that is so completely untrue, He attends Play dates, he goes to the church nursery during service. And when he sees other children , he never backs away as though he is shy but he runs towards them eagerly ready to play, I enjoy every moment that I spend with my little boy, watching him explore and learn about the world around him. I don't think that I wasted time going to college just to become a stay at home mom,
So You Attachment Parent????
Why do society look at those of us who attachment parent as though we have fallen off the back of a turnip truck? Why do they assume that our children's are running wild and out of control. I have serious issues when people question my reasonings for becoming an attachment parent and I am very outspoken and don't have any problems defending why I chose to attachment parent. A dear friend of mines made a valid point on why most folks don't quite understand attachment parents, this is what my friend "A" had to say:Older women simply don't understand attachment, because the research was just beginning to come out in their day and only psychologists knew about it; it wasn't in their baby books yet, so they followed the more early research on behaviorism which has, since, been found to be detrimental to the health of babies and their grown-up selves. If you'll notice, most people won't even use those tactics on dogs anymore. Our generation is different--we want peace, both in the world and in our famies, and we believe that both healthy relationships and world peace begin at the very beginning in the first "dyad" (smallest social group) or relationship pair--the mother/child.
For me as an attachment parent , everything comes so natural or I could say my motherly instincts come in to play. When my baby cries, I comfort him. I have learned all his cries so I will never let him simply just cry it out. I know when my baby is hungry, tired, agitated, or wet. I also feed on demand. I don't believe that it's okay for an infant to be out on a feeding schedule, they are babies and they have growth spurts so when I hear a hungry cry I don't say, hey I just Breastfed you one hour ago, I simply nurse him again, I believe my duty as his mother is to respond to his needs whether they are emotionally are physically, we also cosleep in my house . and it is so funny to me that my Lovebug when ready for a nap will come and get me and make me lay down with him, and I oblige him and do so until he falls asleep. I love comforting my baby to sleep whether it's through rocking , rubbing or just plain on cuddling. I noticed that our bond is so strong and I have faith that it will continue to stay strong , from talking with AP parents of older kids in their teens years, how the bond is still there and the kids feel so comfortable that they are able to talk with their parents about anything,
For me as an attachment parent , everything comes so natural or I could say my motherly instincts come in to play. When my baby cries, I comfort him. I have learned all his cries so I will never let him simply just cry it out. I know when my baby is hungry, tired, agitated, or wet. I also feed on demand. I don't believe that it's okay for an infant to be out on a feeding schedule, they are babies and they have growth spurts so when I hear a hungry cry I don't say, hey I just Breastfed you one hour ago, I simply nurse him again, I believe my duty as his mother is to respond to his needs whether they are emotionally are physically, we also cosleep in my house . and it is so funny to me that my Lovebug when ready for a nap will come and get me and make me lay down with him, and I oblige him and do so until he falls asleep. I love comforting my baby to sleep whether it's through rocking , rubbing or just plain on cuddling. I noticed that our bond is so strong and I have faith that it will continue to stay strong , from talking with AP parents of older kids in their teens years, how the bond is still there and the kids feel so comfortable that they are able to talk with their parents about anything,
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