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**hepcat** · 03-16-2004, 03:18 PM

Astrogirl! I see your point.

Well, I dropped off my 3.75-year old at her first big kid, totally 100% potty-trained preschool today. (She went to school for a little while when she was 2 and in diapers.) I say "dropped off" because she ran right in to join the fun and said "goodBYE, Mom" very pointedly. I thought I would be hanging around a bit...I know it's good she's not clingy but *sniff* she's growing up too fast!

I'm worried about the potties because although she hasn't had an accident in a long time, she's terrified of "magic" potties. Guess what? I forgot to check the potties and sure enough, they're the magic variety. But the teacher said all the kids are scared of them, so they have a little potty friend (made out of a cardboard TP roll) they slip over the sensor so it can't go off. That plus peer pressure will probably end up conquering her fear of the magic potties.

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Igotalife · 03-16-2004, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Duxxy

(grandpa = donughts :rolleyes )

Duxxy! That cracked me up! My mom always said it was her right as a grandparent to initiate paybacks and spoil her grandchildren. Your statement is so true!

Igotalife · 03-16-2004, 03:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hepcat

Well, I dropped off my 3.75-year old at her first big kid, totally 100% potty-trained preschool today. (She went to school for a little while when she was 2 and in diapers.) I say "dropped off" because she ran right in to join the fun and said "goodBYE, Mom" very pointedly. I thought I would be hanging around a bit...I know it's good she's not clingy but *sniff* she's growing up too fast!

Congrats Hep!!

Sorry to tell ya, it only gets worse from here (the growing up fast and our reactions to it that is). I've cried every first day my son starts a new school year and now with my daughter too. And, I'm camera happy to boot (poor kids

). I snapped a picture of my son walking down the hall for 2nd grade and he "wouldn't" look at me and the moment is forever frozen in time-the look he had was a classic "I don't know this freaky lady standing next to me".

**hepcat** · 03-16-2004, 03:31 PM

Thanks needalife. I didn't expect that look until she was a few years older, but there it was. Wait 'till she finds the note I put in her lunch.

I agree with Duxxy that it's important to get a sitter now and then. We only manage once every few months or so but even that makes it a special treat. I try to sign up for an art class in the evenings so that I have a regularly scheduled time to paint without interruptions. For me that was the only thing that made me feel human that first year was to have some deathly quiet painting time, not even a radio.

Stargazer · 03-16-2004, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by astrogirl_2100

I'm not a parrent, but that one is just too obvious: the bears can talk because they speak "bear", and the other animals can't talk because they don't speak "bear". Logically, even if we understand "bear", we wouldn't nessecarily understand "dog" or "cow".

astrogirl, that's hilarious!

Great analysis!

Muduh · 03-16-2004, 05:14 PM

I hope I haven't told you this story before, but refuse to go through the whole thread to find out. My youngest grandkid is 2 1/2. He never stayed with anyone but his parents or me. At my urging they enrolled him in Mother's Day Out in January. His mom was okay with it, but my son, his dad, did not handle it well at all. I told him I have seen people send their kids off to war with less fanfare. The first day, dad called to tell me that the kid had sneezed and if he did it again, he wasn't going to take him. After I shot holes in that idea, he told me that if the kid didn't want to stay, he wasn't going to leave him. I told him the kid would cry for 2-3 minutes after he left. Then he said if the teachers tried to hurry him out he would be suspicious and would not leave the kid. About an hour later I got "the" call. He was so upset. When he put the kid on the floor he ran to the toys and didn't tell dad bye.I have no intention of ever letting him live that episode down.

**hepcat** · 03-16-2004, 05:22 PM

Muduh, that's so funny. You can just tell the dad, "we all have to grow up sometime" (meaning him, of course).

Well, I had no problem rationally with leaving Little Bit this morning, but found myself taking that cell phone in the bathroom with me. Just in case.

cantgetenough · 03-16-2004, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by ineedalife

Congrats Hep!!

Sorry to tell ya, it only gets worse from here (the growing up fast and our reactions to it that is). I've cried every first day my son starts a new school year and now with my daughter too. And, I'm camera happy to boot (poor kids

). I snapped a picture of my son walking down the hall for 2nd grade and he "wouldn't" look at me and the moment is forever frozen in time-the look he had was a classic "I don't know this freaky lady standing next to me".

KILLING ME, ineedalife...cause you and I could be cousins or at least related. I'm the mom following my kids around most days with a digital camera. I've got the still on one hip, and the requisite video bag with the hand held sony vid camera on the other hip! I'm the mom sneaking down the asile in the assemblies, taking stills. I never thought I'd have use for those little travel size kleenex thingys....but I stock them in the camera bag cause I

at the drop of a hat!

I snap photos of the first day of school, complete with a little sign which says: My name is ___, todays date, I'm in BLANK grade and email the photos out to all the fam.

Losing teeth is big around here, and the above mentioned was done cause the 7 year old just lost another tooth this morning! Clever guy, asked me if he could have all his baby teeth to keep putting under his pillow every night...just to "test the Tooth Fairy"

Time moves so fast and they change OVERNIGHT. I just bought my oldest 6 pairs of size 14 pants! He is 9 years old and has grown 2 inches from the last time we measured in January! They will maybe last a couple months, if I'm lucky.

There is nothing like photo albums. We spend at least once a month going thru their baby photos...I don't scrapbook, so these are just the regular old photo albums. I'll catch them going and getting one in which some event was featured, a particular year, birthday or whatnot. They still love to hear stories from babyhood....and I have the photos to prove it!

EvaLaruefan · 03-16-2004, 07:46 PM

I am also a big camera person. My daughter turned 2 in December and we have about 1500 pics of her and about 450 pics of my 8 month old. We're nuts when it comes to pictures.

I'm not looking fowars to sending them to school, I will definitely cry too. I enjoy this stage minus the teething. I love the 2 year old stage!

dagwood · 03-16-2004, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by hepcat

Well, I dropped off my 3.75-year old at her first big kid, totally 100% potty-trained preschool today. (She went to school for a little while when she was 2 and in diapers.) I say "dropped off" because she ran right in to join the fun and said "goodBYE, Mom" very pointedly. I thought I would be hanging around a bit...I know it's good she's not clingy but *sniff* she's growing up too fast!

My daughter was easy to drop off at Kindergarten. She stayed with me in line in the hall till the teacher let them in and she was off making friends. I didn't break down and cry til I got home. She never went to pre-school so this was my first experience with school. Until this last September the only place I had left her was my babysitter. She has gone there since she was 3 months old.

03-16-2004, 03:18 PM	#471
hepcat chillax Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: not sleeping Posts: 25,019 Blog Entries: 3	Astrogirl! I see your point. Well, I dropped off my 3.75-year old at her first big kid, totally 100% potty-trained preschool today. (She went to school for a little while when she was 2 and in diapers.) I say "dropped off" because she ran right in to join the fun and said "goodBYE, Mom" very pointedly. I thought I would be hanging around a bit...I know it's good she's not clingy but sniff she's growing up too fast! I'm worried about the potties because although she hasn't had an accident in a long time, she's terrified of "magic" potties. Guess what? I forgot to check the potties and sure enough, they're the magic variety. But the teacher said all the kids are scared of them, so they have a little potty friend (made out of a cardboard TP roll) they slip over the sensor so it can't go off. That plus peer pressure will probably end up conquering her fear of the magic potties.

03-16-2004, 03:31 PM	#474
hepcat chillax Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: not sleeping Posts: 25,019 Blog Entries: 3	Thanks needalife. I didn't expect that look until she was a few years older, but there it was. Wait 'till she finds the note I put in her lunch. I agree with Duxxy that it's important to get a sitter now and then. We only manage once every few months or so but even that makes it a special treat. I try to sign up for an art class in the evenings so that I have a regularly scheduled time to paint without interruptions. For me that was the only thing that made me feel human that first year was to have some deathly quiet painting time, not even a radio.

03-16-2004, 05:14 PM	#476
Muduh FORT Fogey Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Tennessee Posts: 6,651	I hope I haven't told you this story before, but refuse to go through the whole thread to find out. My youngest grandkid is 2 1/2. He never stayed with anyone but his parents or me. At my urging they enrolled him in Mother's Day Out in January. His mom was okay with it, but my son, his dad, did not handle it well at all. I told him I have seen people send their kids off to war with less fanfare. The first day, dad called to tell me that the kid had sneezed and if he did it again, he wasn't going to take him. After I shot holes in that idea, he told me that if the kid didn't want to stay, he wasn't going to leave him. I told him the kid would cry for 2-3 minutes after he left. Then he said if the teachers tried to hurry him out he would be suspicious and would not leave the kid. About an hour later I got "the" call. He was so upset. When he put the kid on the floor he ran to the toys and didn't tell dad bye.I have no intention of ever letting him live that episode down.

03-16-2004, 05:22 PM	#477
hepcat chillax Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: not sleeping Posts: 25,019 Blog Entries: 3	Muduh, that's so funny. You can just tell the dad, "we all have to grow up sometime" (meaning him, of course). Well, I had no problem rationally with leaving Little Bit this morning, but found myself taking that cell phone in the bathroom with me. Just in case.

03-16-2004, 07:46 PM	#479
EvaLaruefan Hockey is life! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Montreal,Canada Age: 34 Posts: 3,172	I am also a big camera person. My daughter turned 2 in December and we have about 1500 pics of her and about 450 pics of my 8 month old. We're nuts when it comes to pictures. I'm not looking fowars to sending them to school, I will definitely cry too. I enjoy this stage minus the teething. I love the 2 year old stage!