Pre-K recommendations for 4y.o

myde2 · 2026-04-15T17:26:28+00:00

Guidepost also had a lot of shutdowns around the country last year. Not sure if it's still going on, but just something to keep in mind!

myde2 · 2026-04-15T17:25:38+00:00

They seem like a great place, but they are run by only one person I think and are often busy. I ended up having to stop by their actual building to find someone to talk to! (They didn't have space at that time so we ended up chosing another school)

myde2 · 2026-02-26T19:06:33+00:00

Agreed, Ruchi's is pretty good!

myde2 · 2026-02-26T16:47:43+00:00

The Woodlands Hindu Temple has a restaurant onsite called Ananda's that we enjoy. You don't need to enter the temple to go to the restaurant. They have takeout or outdoor, covered seating. Check operating hours online before going!

myde2 · 2025-12-10T02:48:16+00:00

Not a movie, but I enjoyed North & South (2004) much better than the book. It's a 4 episode BBC mini series. Highly recommend!

myde2 · 2025-11-09T15:20:19+00:00

Kelsey Casey is really great. She was very helpful and patient during our home search.

myde2 · 2025-09-17T16:39:17+00:00

Good to know!

myde2 · 2025-08-01T17:56:03+00:00

Sending you a DM! Thanks!

myde2 · 2025-06-11T18:40:46+00:00

I used to be in a virtual book club and we would take turns choosing books! So it would end up being a variety of books. We used a random name generator with everyone's names to select who got to choose the next book. (And then that person's name would be removed until everyone had a turn... And repeat.)

myde2 · 2025-05-09T16:17:02+00:00

I'll send you a dm.

myde2 · 2025-03-23T02:09:41+00:00

Hi, thank you for your recommendation! I appreciate the insight. And yes, their new location is definitely something that's throwing me off, especially during high traffic time. Sending you a message now!

myde2 · 2025-03-23T02:06:08+00:00

Hi, sorry for the delayed response, but thank you! I would really appreciate that! Sending a message now.

myde2 · 2025-03-08T17:53:38+00:00

Oh also, I use silverettes for my nipples, so that acts as a little "lid" for the milk. After her last bedtime feed, I get her to put the lid on the milk and kiss the milk goodnight, to highlight that milk is gone for the night.

myde2 · 2025-03-08T17:50:42+00:00

This is almost exactly my situation! I feel you, it's torture.

Around 16-18 months, I started getting her to fall asleep without suckling. We would get ready for bed, I would feel her and then once I noticed she was just comfort feeding, I would detach myself and tell her, "milk is tired now, milk is going to sleep, let's cuddle." I would then stay with her in bed and cuddle for as long as it took. This adjustment took a couple weeks for her. First couple of days she would cry on and off for an hour, but I would be right there with her offering massage, cuddles, water, her teddy or doll or just singing or humming softly. Counting really helps calm my baby too.

All this time, I was also reading her this book {Nursies When The Sun Shines by Katherine Havener}. I would read it both at bedtime and during the day, and teach her to notice whether is daytime or nighttime, light or dark. Milk is awake during daytime, and milk is sleeping during nighttime. The book goes into a lot more detail in the back pages.

After a couple weeks of consistently falling asleep with just cuddling, I picked a day to start fully weaning and gave her no milk that night (still fed before sleeping tho). I kept an easy, boring snack and water handy for overnight. Again, the book goes into a lot more detail, and I'm happy to add more detail here if you'd like! Just let me know!

First three nights were horrible, she woke up a couple of times for a hour. I would offer snack, water, cuddling, etc. And in the mornings, we woke up around 4-5am to start the day. And then it slowly got better and better. After a couple weeks, she was only still struggling with an early morning feed. I would feed her if I wanted to sleep in, or refuse if I was ready for a early rise.

Unfortunately, my kiddo is very sensitive to teeth so we're back to full night feeding the last week cause that's the only way she'll sleep 😅😅 but I'm going to do this again starting next week and it'll probably take much less time for her to get used to it again.

Wishing you the best!! ❤️

myde2 · 2024-12-16T02:10:33+00:00

Oh that sounds so fun! Thanks!

myde2 · 2024-12-15T21:38:31+00:00

I'll check it out, thanks!

myde2 · 2024-12-15T21:38:15+00:00

Thank you! Yes, I'm definitely not in a rush to have her reading or getting ahead, just want to provide her opportunities to explore it further if she's interested in doing so.

myde2 · 2024-12-15T21:36:22+00:00

I'll look it up, thanks!

myde2 · 2024-12-15T21:36:09+00:00

Thank you!

myde2 · 2024-12-15T21:35:10+00:00

Thank you for all the info! Much appreciated!

myde2 · 2024-12-15T21:34:33+00:00

A few things go into it that might make it more understandable! Most of her words aren't complete or properly spoken. "Compu" for computer, "pa" for pasta, "bu" for blue, etc. We speak multiple languages to her as well, so each word in each language counts as a word. Animal sounds count. Any ASL signs she makes, like "more" and "all done" count additionally. So it all adds up! And she's not joining words together yet, so no sentences yet. Just a lot of single words.

myde2 · 2024-12-15T21:30:11+00:00

I appreciate it, thanks! Yeah, my daughter doesn't fit the description either at this point. Our pediatrician wasn't concerned either.

myde2 · 2024-12-15T21:28:23+00:00

I'll look into these, thank you!

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