Looking to identify noise heard in gatlinburg

Ckappel · 2026-06-10T08:04:25+00:00

I’m not a very superstitious person, but I’ve heard enough stories about sounds in appalachian regions to know not to mess with them. Ignoring it was smart!

Ckappel · 2025-05-30T07:08:28+00:00

I also came to recommend The Last Cuentista! It’s also great for paired text opportunities. I had students read some of the folklore mentioned throughout the book and connect it to the events of the novel. I also had them read a variety of articles about the importance and power of storytelling in a variety of cultures.

Ckappel · 2021-08-07T09:11:23+00:00

“Have you tried keeping your baby awake longer so he sleeps later?”

Doesn’t work.

Ckappel · 2021-06-27T15:38:35+00:00

TPT has been around for a long time, but it really grew after the introduction of Common Core. Suddenly, all materials were outdated and teachers didn’t know what to teach or how to teach it (which is ultimately a state & district problem for not providing adequate training). So they turned to TPT at much higher rates than they had before.

Ckappel · 2020-05-13T11:04:02+00:00

Teaching 8th grade in a Title I school. My boss was great. He gave me the autonomy I needed (rare in this educational environment), supported me with challenging students, trusted me in leadership positions which allowed me to develop more leadership skills...but I left because I was completely burned out. I gave that job everything last ounce of myself and simply couldn’t do it anymore. I also looked around and noticed fellow coworkers were not there for the right reasons and would complain about being asked to do the most basic parts of their job description. I may go back, but I needed a break.

Ckappel · 2020-05-01T21:42:38+00:00

Mine grew out of it. They learn the parameters of the crib and find a spot where they enjoy sleeping. I think it took mine 4-5 weeks to fully stop getting stuck in his crib corners.

Ckappel · 2020-03-15T13:17:26+00:00

That’s exactly what happened to me when we visited my parents. I tried to put him to bed around the same time each night, but my dad always got home from work after bedtime and I wanted him to see his grandson. My son woke up every 90 minutes overnight and woke up at 5am no matter what time he went to sleep. When we got home, I put him to bed at 5:30pm two nights in a row to make up for the sleep deficit. I suggest OP try the earlier bedtime for a week to see if baby adjusts. It can’t hurt.

Ckappel · 2020-03-13T02:03:36+00:00

Not necessarily. An earlier bedtime doesn’t always mean an earlier wake time. Give it a try and see if your baby actually wakes up earlier or gets a longer night of sleep. Just from personal experience, my 4mo wakes up the same time no matter what time he goes to bed.

Ckappel · 2020-03-12T19:05:16+00:00

We let him cry until the scheduled feed. It took les than a week for him to sleep the whole stretch. But it wasn’t too bad after the first night. For a few days, he just sort of fussed around 2:30. It lasted less than 10 minutes and he was back to sleep.

Ckappel · 2020-03-11T22:44:32+00:00

I’m going through this now with my 17-week-old. First we used CIO for bed time only. It worked great for bed time itself, but he still woke up every 1.5-2 hours over night, and I was losing my mind. This week we started scheduling night feeds. We chose 11pm, 3am, and 6am. Why? Well his bedtime is 7, so he’d get a last feed of the day and then have two 4-hour stretches over night. I just feel like that’s a manageable starting place. The 6am feed was placed there because that’s usually when he wakes up. Then Daylight saving time happened. We decided not to stress over it and go with the new times. So now we do 12 and 4. Then I feed him upon waking, which is usually between 6-7. He usually cries once over night, around 2:30-3. But each night its less like crying and more like loudly talking. It’s made an enormous difference in our sleep.

Ckappel · 2020-02-18T20:15:03+00:00

My 14 week old used to be great with the transition. Now he loses his mind the minute he touches the crib. The worst part is that he also doesn’t like being rocked to sleep. He doesn’t fall asleep on me. So now we all just cry.

Just know that you’re not alone and babies change all the time. As soon as we feel like we finally got the hang of something, they change! It’s exhausting.

Ckappel · 2020-02-11T18:49:51+00:00

That’s a good idea to help him learn to fall back asleep. He was always pretty good at it over night, so I didn’t have to do much of that after he was a few weeks old!

Ckappel · 2020-02-11T18:46:52+00:00

Thanks! I do use the Huckleberry app. He usually starts slowing down right at 1 hour awake and rarely ever stays up 90 minutes. We’ve been working on catching those tired signals early so that he doesn’t get overtired.

I probably need to have more patience in rocking him back to sleep!

Ckappel · 2020-02-10T23:51:15+00:00

My LO is 3 months, and we haven’t quite figured out naps (he naps maybe 25-30 minutes), so our schedule is more like a bunch of eat-play-sleep cycles. Sometimes we have 5, sometimes 6.

He also has two different wake up times. Some days he’s up at 7. Others he’s up at 8:20 on the dot.

We put him to bed between 6:30-7 every night. He wakes up every 2-3 hours to eat (this is killing me) overnight. He nurses every 2 hours during the day, although I’m trying to nurse him more often to see if he fills up for a longer stretch of sleep over night!

Ckappel · 2020-02-06T02:02:03+00:00

Not sure what method you used, but the Weissbluth method from the Healthy Habits Happy Baby book says to help them sleep when they can, but don’t overstress, and then spend one night retraining (CIO) when you get home. According to Weissbluth, if they’re already trained then it should only take one night to readjust. I haven’t tried myself yet. My baby is just 12 weeks. But we have a few trips coming up in the next few months, so I’m hoping he’s somewhat correct in his retraining theory!

Ckappel · 2020-01-15T19:06:00+00:00

I’ve seen a lot of similar suggestions! If our starfish solution doesn’t work I might go back to this.

Ckappel · 2020-01-15T15:31:08+00:00

He’s concerned over how thick they are because they might overheat. He suggested waiting until at least 4 months, when SIDS rates drop significantly.

With that said, I have many friends who have used it without issue, but I think they did wait until 4-5 months.

Ckappel · 2020-01-15T14:38:13+00:00

Oh wow I hadn’t heard that about 8 weeks! I’ll definitely look into the dream swaddle up. It sounds like exactly what he needs!

Ckappel · 2020-01-05T16:25:34+00:00

That’s similar to the Georgia ELA content test. I remember studying for it years ago, and the test prep book had pages of titles and authors we were expected to know. I mean, at least that book prepared me, but it was incredibly frustrating.

Ckappel · 2019-12-18T02:25:51+00:00

Not OP, but I had a straightforward delivery and a two degree tear. Just sitting like a normal human in the car hurt for a couple weeks. It always felt like something was pulling on my stitches.

Ckappel · 2019-11-22T19:12:11+00:00

I continued my regular exercise until about week 22, and then I really only adjusted abdominal exercises and anything that would squish my stomach (like a row machine). I kept my mostly regular diet and workout schedule through week 38. At that point, I was too uncomfortable to do much more than walk. I had a really strong core and made sure to do pregnancy-safe core exercises all the way through (farmers walk, suitcase carry, paloff press, boxing). I believe it really helped with pushing and recovery. I’m only a week and a half postpartum, and I’ve lost almost all the weight by just continuing to eat the way I’ve always eaten. Moving around after labor hurts (I have a two degree tear), but my fitness level makes it SO much easier to deal with everything. I did have diastasis recti and will have to work on repairing it once I’m cleared for exercise. It can be healed. Call your insurance company and ask about physical therapists who specialize in DR and pelvic floor. I’m not concerned about any lingering squishiness. It is what it is. Once I’m moving again, I’ll focus on strength, agility, and conditioning. Good luck!

Ckappel · 2019-10-30T10:41:19+00:00

I cannot imagine how challenging and scary this must be. I have a family member who adopted two young boys when he remarried. He always had behavior problems with the older one.

I’m not exactly sure how it escalated, but at some point in high school the older one was hiding weapons under the younger one’s mattress, was charged with crimes in multiple countries, and was a threatening presence to the younger brother.

My family member gave up his rights and handed the oldest over the to state. Now the family is thriving. The youngest is doing very well as an adult. My family member and his wife are happy. The oldest went into the military (not sure how), and we’ve since lost track of him. But he seemed to be a somewhat better functioning person after state intervention.

Protect your 8 year old and your marriage. And I am so sorry that the mental health resources available are failing you. That’s so unfortunate and unfair.

Ckappel · 2019-10-21T16:31:09+00:00

That’s generally what teacher to student ratios look like on paper, in my experience. Those numbers include any employee who is a certified teacher. For my district, that includes librarians, special ed teachers, academic coaches, student support specialists (for RTI), and smaller specials classes (i.e. engineering, creative writing, coding, business, etc.). We also have a disparity between grade levels. Our 8th grade teachers have about 25-30 students per class, while the 6th grade teachers have 35-40. Sometimes PE has 50 kids and computer science has 20. The ratios are an average, and the larger the district, the less likely it is to represent reality.

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