Elsy’s Stay at Home Mom Blog

I have a dilemma about my kids being in the MDO.  They are learning a lot and my husband and I are very happy but at the same time they are learning not so good things.  I hate saying this but my little girl is hitting and giving family members an attitude.

They have learned a lot, good and bad.  My dilemma is: IS THIS WORTH IT?  I like the fact they interact with other kids their age but at the same time I don’t want them learning those bad habits.

At the end when everything is said and done I guess if they go to school now or later they will be faced with those things.  I think I rather work through it now that I have more time to teach them what is acceptable then when they are mostly all day in school instead of 5 hours 2 days a week like they are now. This gives me more time with them then when they go to Kinder.

I just pray and hope that they will understand and be able to make a wise choice to act the way I expect them to act at school and at home, now and when they are older.

Early in life I learned about what I like to call “The Middle Child Syndrome”

What is the middle child syndrome you ask? It is the inability to be apathetic about other peoples’ problems. Specifically my older and younger siblings. Unable to walk away and let them learn life lessons. This syndrome is so strong that it over powers me sometimes and I cannot help it but care.

When I was in elementary, I would get on my brothers case about their homework because I didn’t like to see them get in trouble. In High School I would worn my older brother about his girlfriend but you should see who he is married to now and sucking him dry.

I have helped them both with, getting cars, jobs, place to live and at the end I somehow end up as the bad guy.

Even now I struggle. I want to tell my recently unemployed younger brother that he should not postpone an interview for a week since the hiring manager may take that as he not being interested but he will do that because that is what he does. After living with me for a year and taking advantage of a helping hand, not going for a full time job, barely paying for his own food, not paying for rent, playing video games and going out instead of taking care of business I don’t want to push him to go out there and get a real job because I don’t want to stress him out. Being unemployed is not an easy thing…, well may be for him it is.

ENOUGH ALL READY! How can I get rid of this thing? I want to be concern about me and my immediate family that depend on me instead of my almost 28- year-old brother who acts like an idiot.

As a parent it is very difficult to have your little ones with the flu. My kids are so small that I feel so helpless when they are sick. Dan II has been very ill for the last 3-4 days. He was very congested and could not sleep very well because he could not through his nose. Sometimes the flu comes on so strong that sometimes ear infections follow and that is exactly what happened to my little baby.

He had a sore throat, low grade fever, nasal and chest congestion, ear pain, hungry and tired but could not do either because of his congestion and sore throat.  As a parent this is what drains us, not being able to comfort them and not being able to take their aches and pains away.

Taking him into the bathroom while the hot water was running seemed to help with his congestion a lot. The new “Tylenol Plus Cold” helps a lot.

His Doctor prescribed antibiotics and ear drops and that is helping also.

I am happy he is playing and smiling now. God knows I’ve missed that smile!

Exactly one week from today is Fathers’ Day and I am not sure what to get my husband. XBox or Bike. He loves to ride bikes but he has been wanting an Xbox for some time now and I just don’t know. One is more expensive then the other and I just don’t know what to get him.

Maybe for his birthday I can get him which ever thing I don’t get him for Fathers’ Day.

I need a better way to do this, like not doing it at all if you know what I mean. I never realy enjoyed doing laundry. My husbands helps me sometimes and he does it so quick. I just don’t like doing it.

I have tried many ways to make it easy on me like putting the hangers in the laundry room to hang the clothes are I take them out of the dryer but I always drop something behind the machines. I tried folding in the kids rooms so I can put things away at the same time and the kids think it’s play time and make a mess of my piles and stuff.

There is just no easy way to do this.

Today is Wednesday and I still have not finished my shopping list for the party. I am begining to get nervous. I have about 3 hours this afternoon to do it or at least most of it. I need so much stuff.

As much as I like hosting parties and entertaining, I get a little crazy in the head just thinking of everything that still needs to get done. That includes cleaning the house and making everything look presentable. Having 3 little ones can be very disorganized and crazy.

This is my mid week madness, Wednesday 2 1/2 days before the Birthday Party.

My doctor put me on a diet exactly 6 weeks ago. I am loosing weight and I’m very exited. Last time I weight myself was over a week ago and I had lost 11 lbs.

I am not exercising like I would like but my appetite is now under control. After Dan II was born I gained so much weight it was not funny.

But, I am happy that I am now loosing weight.

This is Genesis 2 year check up today.  She sees her Doctor every year after today.  Poor baby, she will be getting her 2 year shots.

She usually does not cry but she gets angry at the nurse and gives her a look.  Genesis is very expressive that way.  She does not say much but she lets you know just by looking at you when she is not happy.  No mistaking when she is upset.

Maybe I’ll take her for ice-cream when she is done. 

I hope everything goes well!

There is one week left till the party.  I still have a long list of things I need to do.  I hope everything is done quick.  I have my husband fixing a couple of things that needed to be done.  My Dad is keeping up the yard so that it looks nice the day of the party.

My Mom and I are still debating what should be on the menu.  We need to make up our minds quick since we have less then a week.

This week, I will be ordering the cake as well.  There are also some things that I can not buy till a couple of days to the party to make sure they don’t go bad.

 I am exited.  I want my little Princess to have a great Party!

Okay, so it has been about a week and a half since I started potty training Mikey. I have to say that this time around it has been much easier, me not being pregnant and all. Mikey also seems more receptive to the idea. Whenever I am home I make sure he is wearing underwear and I have him sit in the potty about every 30-45 minutes.

He does not know the difference between going number 1 or 2 but has done both. That makes me a very happy Mom. Especially, since he gets really exited when he goes potty. I am doing so much better this time around that I am thinking of potty training my 23 month old at the end of the summer.

I definitely think that Mikey will be ready for school in September. To be honest, that is the reason why I wanted to start with him since it’s a requirement that he be potty trained by then. Otherwise he could not start school. No doubt, he will be ready.

I got him spider man underwear and he is very careful not to get them dirty, needless to say that is a big help. He is really doing great!

The one thing I need to work on next is getting him to sit in the regular toilet. He seems to be afriad of it. I think that when that happens he will be ready to go out in public with no problems. “Till then, potty training is strictly at home at this time. I can’t wait ’till he’s ready for the “world”!