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STM+ Check-In (1/3)

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How far along are you? 

Boy/Girl/ Team Green/Don't Know Yet? 

How old are your other kids? 

Rants/Raves/Questions (related to being a STM, stages your kids are going through, or anything else) - 

GTKY:  Any New Year's resolutions?
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  • lincbeesmomlincbeesmom member
    @maplemom18 we’ve been going sooo stir crazy. We live in a small apartment too so it’s not like there’s a ton of room for him to run around in here. 


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  • glitzandglitterglitzandglitter member
    @ivyvines6 - my oldest is in private school so his schedule is slightly different. My middle goes to school with me where I work and my youngest was in daycare. Technically daycare opened back up today but since I was home with one kid already I figured why send him. 
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  • onesmallcoconutonesmallcoconut member
    @maplemom18 I love barre! I need to get back into it. you're right though, it can get pricey!!
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  • mileswithmylesmileswithmyles member
    @ivyvines6 that’s awesome that he loved helping!  So cute. 

    @onesmallcoconut woohoo!  I hope that’s a new normal for you!
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  • maplemom18maplemom18 member
    @lincbeesmom Oh man! I thought the clinging would get better with age, so I'm bummed to find out it hasn't for you yet. When my DD has to have me by her side, it's super sweet, but also super annoying when I know she's capable of playing happily by herself when I have things I want/need to do. It seems to depend on her mood. I imagine the clinging will have to change once baby #2 gets here, but I hope it's not too terrible of a change for the older ones...

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  • holli0801holli0801 member
    @mileswithmyles ha! Isn’t this age so fun??? Oh man... when My son has melt downs like that, we also put him in his room to calm down, then talk. I try really hard to avoid things that trigger meltdowns, being overly tired, hungry, bored. Sometimes it’s out of nowhere, and I have to blame the age. We try to give him as many options as possible. From what I have read, 2 is so difficult bc they feel out of control, and have a hard time explaining their emotions. So... “I know your upset bc you want to watch TV. But that isn’t an option right now. Here are the options you have: we could play with trains, color, read books, or go outside... what would you like to do?” Sometimes it helps, sometimes I swear it doesn’t matter what I say. If im deserpate to get things done, I may try to compromise... “okay I’m going to set a timer for 10 mins, if you play nicely for that time, you can watch X tv show after that.” 
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  • mileswithmylesmileswithmyles member
    @holli0801 @MissusTexas 3 does suck. I swear a switch flipped in him on his third birthday. Today was one of the days where nothing was working, except the car nap before dinner. He’s been an angel since. 

    @holli0801 glad you had fun at the zoo! Those days are so nice to recently everything. 

    @MissusTexas those beds sound cool! GL
    with the move. 

    @suchaglencoco gold star for YH! That’s awesome. 
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  • bwow615bwow615 member
    @lincbeemom I'm seeing my future in my sister and you guys here with sons older than DS... It's scary. 
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  • loko08loko08 member
    @ivyvines6 those are super cute ideas!!! We’ve been stuck in a Frozen/Trolls/Moana rotation and it’s killing us. We need to be more creative here! 
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  • sandbar517sandbar517 member
    edited January 2018
    I'm only up to 3.5, so I don't have much of an opinion, but I think it's gotten slightly easier as my girls get older and are better able to both express themselves and understand what I'm telling them.  A lot of times a meltdown is proceeded with them telling me, "But I will be sad/cry/get mad" (if they don't get what they want).  I tell them, "You're allowed to be angry/sad/cry, but you can't do xyz because xyz."  If that doesn't work, I usually just make them go into a different room until they calm down, mostly try to ignore them and then talk to them again after they calm down about why I didn't let them do xyz, and distraction usually works wonders, too.  
    ETA Thank you everyone, the night terrors are no fun, but I think knowing-or at least being pretty sure- that that's what it is and that she's not in pain/uncomfortable makes it a lot easier.  
    Also ETA @fraufarbissina I don't think there's anything to do for the night terrors.  She doesn't remember them the next day, so it's pretty much just trying to hold her and comfort her until she wakes up and is able to fully calm down.  It's such a helpless feeling, and hopefully it's only happened 2 or 3 times so far.  Abby had a period where I think she was going through the same thing, and she seemed to grow out of it pretty quickly.  


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  • holli0801holli0801 member
    @fraufarbissina best of luck! Hope baby corporates for you! 
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  • glitzandglitterglitzandglitter member
    @nanifrog - I also used to follow fly lady. I need to go back to her she is really good at helping me to get started in the right direction.
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  • fraufarbissinafraufarbissina member
    @suchaglencoco @holli0801 thanks but I just got a call that they are cancelling all appointments after 1pm and mine is at 1:30 :(. Damn snow
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  • sandbar517sandbar517 member
    @fraufarbissina Boo!!! I would be so disappointed.  Were they able to reschedule you for sometime soon?  I hope you don't have to wait too much longer!


    Me, 35 Hubs, 32
    Married June 2012
    BFP June 2013- blighted ovum, D&C Aug 2013
    BFP Oct 2013- twins!  A&H born May 2014
    BFP Aug 2017- EDD 5/8/17


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