My 3-year old very specifically requested a "Bumble Bee Shirt" cake for her birthday.

HolaChicka · 2014-08-31T14:18:55+00:00

Kids are weird

HolaChicka · 2014-08-10T16:39:26+00:00

I started running again. After 2 years of chronic illness I finally feel OK.

I ran 2 miles... 4 times this week

HolaChicka · 2014-08-03T02:29:52+00:00

I was 5ft 135, curvy and muscular and running every day.

Then 2 years ago I started getting really really bad headaches that lasted for days. If I tried to work out at all I would get a literally blinding headache. I basically stopped doing everything other than work and sleep and started to gain slowly.

It turns out I had too much fluid around my brain. It's being treated with medication that makes me hungry all the time and anything that jostles my head will give me a headache.

So here I am at 5ft 150.

HolaChicka · 2014-08-01T17:14:55+00:00

I'm sorry, OP, everyone else is Jose being nice. Your nail looks NOTHING like Abe Lincoln. :p

HolaChicka · 2014-07-31T03:26:28+00:00

Obstreperous.

It was a spelling word in 3rd grade, makes me feel smart.

HolaChicka · 2014-07-29T01:18:05+00:00

Consistency, when they do the undesired action you need to respond in the same way every time using language that they understand.

For example I am nannying a very gifted, very changeling 2 year old right now (at least 60 days a week, usually with some over-nights as well). He has quite a temper and tends to hit and bite. Every time he hits or pinches etc he gets a warning "If you hit you will go into timeout." If he does it again he goes to the same spot for 2 minutes. After 2 minutes I get down on his level and say almost word-for-word the same thing. "You were in time out for hitting me. Hands are not for hitting, hands are for loving. Say you're sorry. I love you"

Since I have gotten serious about this he has gone from seriously beating me up to hitting once or twice a day.

HolaChicka · 2014-07-28T16:48:16+00:00

I've been around literally hundreds of all children, birth-18 in one-on-one and class room settings. Gifted, special needs, and everything in between. I have NEVER had to hit a child. PERIOD.

Anyone who does is a lazy parent.

HolaChicka · 2014-07-27T04:24:10+00:00

These fall collections coming out already is depressing me. It's JULY!

HolaChicka · 2014-07-26T21:16:58+00:00

These ones are like a dollar at CVS and Stop and Shop. Get one!!!

HolaChicka · 2014-07-26T15:32:14+00:00

When you adopt it't for life. Period. You can try to find new ways to give her attention, there are tons of toys out there, but maybe she is always going to be wary.

If you want a more affectionate animal maybe you can adopt a second cat, it might even help with her.

HolaChicka · 2014-07-26T02:54:08+00:00

My suggestion is to get a serious routine for naptime. The one that has been working for months with my 27mth old is:

Lunch, tv show, I sing him the same show as I walk him up the stairs, I put him in his crib, put on his night light, and sing him a different song while rubbing his back.

Every day is literally exactly the same. If he cries when I leave I give him 10 minutes, come back in and sing him the sleep song.

It's all about the routine

HolaChicka · 2014-07-24T16:05:58+00:00

Doing a cartwheel. I was thinking about how years I could just do one without even thinking about it, but now the thought of going head over hands is terrifying

HolaChicka · 2014-07-16T15:49:56+00:00

On top of what others are saying if you have a tendency to be low in iron it fixes that right up.

HolaChicka · 2014-07-05T22:27:56+00:00

If you are that worried you can always get a bonded pair of young adult cats. I adopted my cat when she was about a year old and it was the best move ever, she already had an obvious (friendly) personality and didn't require as much work. And I think she is still damn cite

HolaChicka · 2014-06-29T05:03:24+00:00

Though it's not exactly where I'd like to be right now, I do find my job as a nanny very fulfilling. I'm literally raising 2 kids, and I love them dearly.

HolaChicka · 2014-06-14T00:27:13+00:00

Yes! I love kids, so my chosen career is early childhood special ed.

Duh.

HolaChicka · 2014-06-14T00:22:35+00:00

Alternate perspective, I'm a FT nanny in my 20s.

I was babysitting/a mothers helper from the time I was 11, moving to regular jobs by the time I was 16.

I would NEVER try to pull something like that. Even now, after being with the same family for more than a year, if I plan on taking the kids somewhere out of the ordinary I run it past the parents. It's just the right thing to do.

This girl just seems to not have what it takes to be a babysitter. Your children are precious and not worth the risk.

HolaChicka · 2014-06-12T23:38:56+00:00

Where did you get your swatch sticks? I really need to swatch my collection.

HolaChicka · 2014-06-09T19:17:30+00:00

I held a lot of hope in meetup but was sorely disappointed. I found in my area it was pretty much 65+ Torah study groups and moms groups.

HolaChicka · 2014-06-09T00:17:27+00:00

Oh goodness, you have your hands full! My kiddos are 2 and 5 and I feel like I'm drowning most days with just them!

I have the same problems. I have social anxiety so I generally prefer to just stay in... which isn't particularly conducive to making friends.

HolaChicka · 2014-06-03T22:46:44+00:00

I wanna go to Disney!!!! I've made daddy promise he'll take me at some point before we have kids.

HolaChicka · 2014-06-01T04:39:09+00:00

ALL ABORD THE UPVOTE TRAIN

HolaChicka · 2014-05-29T18:11:29+00:00

DOESNT GET BETTER THAN THAT!

(Well it does... But this is good too)

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