I've started putting in pre-school applications for Samson for next year and this is literally going to kill me. The first place I sent one in wants me to send in a TWENTY MINUTE video of Samson doing a "suggested activity" that will absolutely not hold his attention for more than 30 seconds. Who has time for this??? I am sending him to preschool precisely because I do not have time for this shit
@kaf1788 You have to send a video of an activity? Are they actually going to watch it? That is ridiculous. Other than the regular school readiness screening, we would’ve just had to send in our registration form with money to sign DS1 up for preschool this year.
@makingbacon Yea we don't have widely available public preschool or pre-K here and daycare spots with preschool aged spots can be really hard to find so a lot of the options are through private schools that take themselves WAY too seriously. Might as well be applying for college. This one served poptarts and twinkies at their Open House so I thought we were operating on the same wavelength but apparently not . I would love to see what their grading rubric is for two year olds though lol. Pretty sure we've already failed.
@kaf1788 what kind of activity? I think I’d send a video of my child acting a fool and see what they say lol. I’ve never even seen all of the small preschool my daughter goes to, because of Covid no parents are allowed to tour or go past the front area, you can see a good amount of the rooms since it’s only a 3 class preschool but still weird I send my daughter there everyday and never toured it
@livingoffpbjs they sent two options. We can either read the Three Little Pigs, have him build a pig house, and then test out whether it stays up with a hairdryer. Or we can have him test out whether various things sink or float, sort them into piles of what sank and what floated, and build a raft to make the quarter float. Maybe there are some not-yet-3-y/o’s in the world that would do this for 20 minutes, but my kid isn’t one of them 😂. The second he noticed me filming he would just steal the phone and beg to watch YouTube
A local friend recently had her baby and I signed up for her meal train for yesterday and she let me hold him and omg I have never held someone so small before he was the sweetest 😍 I'm used to 6 months+ for childcare. She has also offered for MH and me to come by and get "newborn practice"
sorry I’ve been MIA. Remember how I said my hubs and I were going through a rough time in our marriage, but I wasn’t worried worried about it?
well that changed this week. A lot happened and I really don’t want to get into it, but he was ready to move out 😶
He ended up agreeing to not do anything until we saw a marriage counselor. We did, it went well. We’re kind of starting over-ish and working on our friendship and recommitting to each other. It’s just been…. Like the longest and hardest 2 weeks ever. 😔
@angelz429 I’m sorry you guys have been going through such a rough patch but I’m glad you’re both on board with working on it! Marriage is so hard and pregnancy sure doesn’t make it any easier 😫
@angelz429 Oh I had been thinking and wondering about you! I’m glad he’s willing to work on things and that you are too. Sending you love and strength—I can’t imagine how emotionally exhausting that must be right now.
@angelz429 I'm sorry things have been so rough to say the least but glad to hear that it sounds like everything is taking a turn for the better. Marriage is definitely not easy ❤️
We have been married for 14 years, together for 19 (since we were 16 & 17). I never thought anything would have been able to shake our foundation like this has. It’s crazy. Being pregnant doesn’t help. Neither does being in a high risk pregnancy 🤦🏻♀️
I got 3-4h of sleep per night the whole week and pretty much slept this weekend away catching up.
@angelz429 I am so very sorry. Dealing with this is hard enough on its own, I can’t imagine dealing with this while pregnant. Know that you are not alone, and you have a lot of mamas here for you! Sending hugs and love!!
Re: Weekly Randoms 11.1
well that changed this week. A lot happened and I really don’t want to get into it, but he was ready to move out 😶
He ended up agreeing to not do anything until we saw a marriage counselor. We did, it went well. We’re kind of starting over-ish and working on our friendship and recommitting to each other. It’s just been…. Like the longest and hardest 2 weeks ever. 😔
exhausting that must be right now.