Today was an Epic Day in our household! M started 3rd grade!!!!! (Well, yesterday, since it's already Tuesday where I'm at.) We were a bit worried, since she got the teacher she didn't want. And there were some incidents that happened this past Friday at the supply drop-off that turned my sister J off of her teacher. (Yes, J took M to the supply drop-off since A had to take me to the OB at the same time). Since I wasn't there - first and ONLY time I will miss one of these - I don't really know what happened. Or so I thought...
We took M to our traditional First Day of School Ice Cream Treat at Baskin Robins after school. We ran into a couple of my friends, who are the moms of 2 of her classmates. Turns out that there were LOTS of those above mentioned incidents on Friday. And something that had happened to my daughter last school year when this specific teacher was just a sub had been repeated to one of the moms, so I got that day validated. I knew it had to be true, though. I mean, when your child comes home crying their eyes out for no reason...? Yeah, the sub was bad. And I was NOT a happy camper that she got hired on permanently, either. Her subbing methods left a WHOLE LOT to be desired by both parents and students. NONE of the 2nd grade class wanted to be in her class this year. I tried, but our wish didn't come true. Yeah, we cried over that. But M decided to be a big girl and reserve judgment until the end of the 1st day.
So, her judgment? She had a GREAT day!!!!! WOOHOO!!!!! I'd been worried all day. And she tricked us by saying she had SO much homework. That she had to study 3 chapters from each of her 4 books for tomorrow (today). I was freaking out and panicking, and she says, "Just kidding!" Ugh...I taught my child well. We parents had to look over her books and fill out the book lending paper. That's all. She said that her teacher is funny, and that she changed a lot from when she was a sub. I have my own issues with the woman still (what type of teacher or sub goes around yelling in kids faces and ears?). I think she may have heard of my history there at the school (yes, I'm one of those moms that lives at the school), my classroom involvement and volunteering, and my friendship with M's past teachers. That's just my take on her turnaround towards M. I'm not shy when it comes to my child, or any other child in her class. If I see or hear of something that shouldn't be happening, I'll talk to the teachers and the parents. I'll go straight up to the principal if I have to (and I have). I don't believe that these kids deserve to be treated like crap in a learning environment, or any environment for that matter. I'll defend them until something's done. And things have been done in the past because of something I started or something I finished.
Yeah, that last paragraph started making little sense to me in my medicated state...But I hope y'all can understand SOME of it.
Poor A had a hard night with K. He wouldn't let me help out at all, kept sending me back to bed. I know I was in pain, but I gotta work through it, right? Anyway, K started giving him problems around 3am. We had to wake M and get her ready for school, then take her. A's mom had stayed the night, so she stayed at home with K while we took M to school. When we got back, A looked bad, and K was giving his mom some trouble with her burping - as in she didn't want to burp. So I got hold of K and was working with her when I sent A to bed for a much needed nap. He didn't want to at first - always concerned about me and my capabilities - but I managed to talk him into it. I got K settled down, but it took some effort there. Finally just covered her face with a blanket, not just her body, and patted her to sleep while she sucked on a paci. Knocked her right out...Zzz...So I took her to her playpen and set her down, and then got in bed myself (I hadn't been feeling well, either). I don't know what time A woke up, but he said he slept for a couple of hours and was refreshed and feeling MUCH better. I think I slept for almost 3 hrs. K slept for about 3 1/2 hrs. That's the longest she's slept! Andy was shocked, but didn't question it. He wanted to wake her, actually, because he had to take me to the doctor, so he wanted to get the diaper change and bottle feeding out of the way before we left. I had him wait as long as possible, till she was waking on her own. She then proceeded to sleep for about another 4 hrs!!!!! She'd been to 3 places and didn't even know it! Ha! M was happy because she got to show off her baby sister to her friends at Baskin Robins.
I've managed to keep K sleeping for 3-4 hrs. between bottles and diaper changes. It's nice, giving us a break. The 90 min. schedule she had herself on was killer, and I'd decided I was't having it. I didn't care what anyone said, an extra 90 min. wait wasn't going to kill her. If she was really hungry, she could have some water. Some people didn't like that, but went with it. I just wasn't about to fall to her whims, or we'd all be zombies. So I think I managed to get her to cooperate with me and the schedule that I want, one that incorporates her big sister's schedule. Unfortunately, I still have to work in some cooking and Mama's Turn to Shower time in there. Right now, it's all planned out in my head. I haven't had a chance to write it down yet. Once I do, I'll figure something out.
Ok, I think it's time for me to sign off and get to bed. My arms are starting to relax, and the pain at the incision site has subsided. And I keep falling asleep at the keyboard. So...Goodnight, and have a great week!
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-me
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