I swear I have to be doing something wrong with Ethan. I've gotten to the point that there can't be any other solution than the fact that I'm screwing up.
He flushes toys down the toilet, and has done so as recently as Feb/March/April -- possibly more recent. We've had to replace two toilets this week. One had a Penguins of Madagascar penguin toy from McDonalds stuck in, and the other one had Liam's rattle from when he was a baby. It's the rattle that's in this picture from when Ethan was a baby http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k19/Jade1018/Liam%20and%20Ethan/2006/HPIM0610.jpg
Karl made a big deal about showing him how the toys BROKE the toilet. We pointed out that because of the toys in the toilet, we had to buy new toilets. Karl showed him the toys that had to be thrown out (or in the case of the penguin, the feet of the toy sticking out of the bottom of the toilet), and the boys saw how hard it was for the new toilet to be installed. Ethan's reaction was to laugh. He thought it was a huge joke.
He writes all over *everything*. Earlier this week when I was doing homework, he wrote all over the wall (the only one that hadn't already been destroyed) in his bedroom and all over Liam's bed. He, of course, got in trouble and acted like we had just killed his pet dog in-front of him and made him eat the thing. Next morning he was up and trying to write on things again.
Today I felt REALLY sick, like I had been hit by a truck. I have this problem once a month a few days before my period. Anyways, I was laying down whether I wanted to or not (had been sitting up talking to Liam and literally fell asleep) and Liam comes up screaming. He shows me a Zhu Zhu pet baby that Ethan had drawn all over with permanent marker. This is the limited edition stupid one that came with a set. Now we looked all over for the stupid critters and paid more than we should have for these silly things. Now it's covered in marker. I tell Liam to send Ethan upstairs. Ethan doesn't want to come, but when he does, he's giggling his butt off. I ask him what he did and he said "nothing" and then said he drew on the baby. I ask why and he starts laughing and says "Because". I asked for a better answer and he just laughed. I asked if he was going to do it again and he just laughed. So he got put into time out. I put him in his room and closed the door. That was a little before 4pm. He screamed until he fell asleep. We didn't hear from him again until 7pm.
He got up and came downstairs. I asked him if he was ready to talk and he curled up against me like he was sleepy. I said I'd cuddle him if he talked first. He threw himself on the floor and cried for 5-10 mins.
I told him he needed to talk to me first before he could go play. He takes another 10ish mins of crying before he talks. I ask why I put him in time out and he tells me because he drew on the baby. I ask if he was going to do it again, and he says no. I tell him that since he can't stop drawing on things, all markers/pens/crayons/etc will be put up and they will have to be asked for when anyone wants to use them. This causes another 15 minute screaming fit.
He also hurt the cat today and thought it was funny. Some of you know the issues we had last year with Tiger and her broken leg. As of now, you can't tell her leg was ever broken, except she sits with it sticking out a little bit. She runs, jumps, gets under your feet, etc just like any other cat. Ethan was running to the door and chasing Tiger and stepped on her paw. Tiger did a normal "hiss-crank" that a cat does when they get stepped on. Ethan giggles and JUMPS on her leg again. This makes Tiger REALLY pissed and she makes the hiss that means she's going to kill something. I wouldn't have blamed her for scratching him, but she didn't. She limped around for a minute or two as Ethan laughed. I went to check on her before yelling at him, and she seemed OK after a little bit. Ethan got yelled at and wasn't too happy to lose his toy while we drove to pick Liam up from school. Tiger seemed to be moving around and doing good by the time we got home.
Now I'm trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong here. I don't want to hear "he's a boy and they do that" because they DON'T. I have friends who have boys who don't have drawings all over their house and broken toilets. I grew up with almost entirely boys in my neighborhood. Every single one of their houses were spotless and they never drew on or broke toys. These boys were pretty bad at rough housing too. I am tired of hearing "he's a boy" or "yeah, my kid does that" because I just don't see it happening at other people's houses. I haven't heard of ONE of my friends/family/neighbors having to replace 2 toilets at once due to their kids flushing things and breaking them. I haven't been in a house in my life that has drawings all over the walls and drawings all over toys, furniture, tables, etc. therefore I completely refuse to believe this is "normal".
I also refuse to believe that "all boys run into traffic" or do other dangerous things and find it funny. AND I don't believe that "all boys" jump on cats and hurt them and find it funny. If this was the case, we wouldn't have males in society. :P They'd have all killed themselves off by now.
I am tired and stressed about this. We leave for Oregon on Wednesday morning and all I can think about is that we'll be out there and Ethan will flush stuff down relative's toilets and break them or that he'll draw all over their walls, furniture, tables, etc with markers and they'll have to repaint their walls like we are going to have to. Or he'll destroy things on the airplane. Or he'll destroy things at restaurants or places we go to eat or do touristy stuff at.
*sigh* Liam had went through this "phase" way before he was 4. He was in and out of it when he was 3ish. His "phase" didn't last nearly this long and wasn't nearly this destructive. When you talked to Liam, you could tell he was "getting" it. With Ethan, I might as well be talking to Oster-bunny. I think he'd understand better.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
Warning: Abortion Protester Rant To Follow.
First off, I want to clarify something. This rant has NOTHING to do with abortion itself. I don't care if you're for or against it. It doesn't matter if I am for or against it. That makes no bearing on what I am going to rant about. This rant is not directed towards anyone who is against abortion. Only those imbeciles who have 4-foot tall posters of dead babies in public places where I have to see them with my children.
I was driving back from Ethan's speech appointment today and got to the intersection of Washington Boulevard and Allegheny River Boulevard:
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This is a well-traveled road at this time of day. Usually we wait through at least one traffic light if not two. And, as you can see from the map, it's right by the Pittsburgh Zoo. A very well-traveled area.
Many times there are random churches/fire departments/etc collecting money at the light. Today I saw the people dodging traffic with their large buckets for money... and I saw something else.
A 5 foot tall picture of a dead fetus.
This picture was being held by someone who was screaming something about murdering babies, while waving this 5 ft by probably 3 or 4 ft tall sign around into the turning lane of traffic.
My first thought is how to distract my 4 year old in the back seat. I don't want him seeing images of dead babies. It's bad enough that I'm going to have nightmares, I don't want him waking up in the middle of the night screaming about dead babies.
I thought at first maybe it was just one person... (Yes, I know. They are never alone. They always come in droves.) Then I saw the rest of the group... in all I saw 5 of the 5x4 signs, 2 signs of what looked like a premature baby in an incubator that was a bit smaller (probably 3x4), and then 2 more of dead babies in trash cans.
As the guy came by my car to ask for money, I had to wind my window up tight. I was afraid that I'd either spit in his bucket or puke in it.
In hindsight I almost wish I would have done one or the other rather than just sat there trying to find something in the car to keep Ethan's eyes inside the car instead of outside.
As I drove through the intersection, I noticed one of the guys with the 4 ft tall signs. He had this big shit-eating grin on his face. Made me want to get out of the car and shake my finger at him and scold him like my grandmother would do to us when we were little and did something rude to someone else.
What I don't get is HOW these people can think that it's right to show these horrific signs to people driving down the road (or ANYONE for that matter)? What kind of God do they believe in who thinks that showing graphic signs of death to someone's child who is driving by in a car is acceptable?
It's honestly bad enough when they picket Magee Hospital. I was there once when I was in pre-term labor with Liam. I drove around the corner and saw dead babies on signs. Now that's a wonderful sight to see when you're already afraid that your baby will be born too early and die. But this isn't even a medical establishment. This is a STREET. Near the ZOO. Near a BIKE PARK. I mean, WTF!?
Don't they think of the fact that some of the people driving past would have LOST babies due to things other than abortions? Some of those people might have had children die in car accidents or die of illness or "natural causes"? Some of those people might not be able to have children at all, and seeing pictures of dead babies could be traumatizing?
I can only imagine what would have happened had Liam been in the car with me. I would then have to explain to an almost 7 year old on the Autistic Spectrum why these people were yelling at us (he would have taken it personally, so really they would be yelling at HIM). He would want to know why they are calling him a murderer. Why they think he either killed or is going to kill babies.
UGH! It pisses me off so bad. (If you couldn't tell already *lol*)
There are very few times when I will be this pissed off at something, but I'd love to see these protesters burn in whatever hell they think that the person having (or doing) the abortion burns in.
I'd like to see what their reactions would be if their children had to look at pictures of dead people as they left the zoo for the day? Would they like it if their child was coming home after an afternoon in the hospital and saw people carrying large signs of dead infants, children, or adults?
I wonder what percentage of people had their minds changed today as they were standing along the intersection of route 8 and route 130 today? How many babies did they 'save'? Or did they just make themselves look more like idiots who don't actually care about anyone at all, let alone the babies they are supposed to be protecting?
I was driving back from Ethan's speech appointment today and got to the intersection of Washington Boulevard and Allegheny River Boulevard:
View Larger Map
This is a well-traveled road at this time of day. Usually we wait through at least one traffic light if not two. And, as you can see from the map, it's right by the Pittsburgh Zoo. A very well-traveled area.
Many times there are random churches/fire departments/etc collecting money at the light. Today I saw the people dodging traffic with their large buckets for money... and I saw something else.
A 5 foot tall picture of a dead fetus.
This picture was being held by someone who was screaming something about murdering babies, while waving this 5 ft by probably 3 or 4 ft tall sign around into the turning lane of traffic.
My first thought is how to distract my 4 year old in the back seat. I don't want him seeing images of dead babies. It's bad enough that I'm going to have nightmares, I don't want him waking up in the middle of the night screaming about dead babies.
I thought at first maybe it was just one person... (Yes, I know. They are never alone. They always come in droves.) Then I saw the rest of the group... in all I saw 5 of the 5x4 signs, 2 signs of what looked like a premature baby in an incubator that was a bit smaller (probably 3x4), and then 2 more of dead babies in trash cans.
As the guy came by my car to ask for money, I had to wind my window up tight. I was afraid that I'd either spit in his bucket or puke in it.
In hindsight I almost wish I would have done one or the other rather than just sat there trying to find something in the car to keep Ethan's eyes inside the car instead of outside.
As I drove through the intersection, I noticed one of the guys with the 4 ft tall signs. He had this big shit-eating grin on his face. Made me want to get out of the car and shake my finger at him and scold him like my grandmother would do to us when we were little and did something rude to someone else.
What I don't get is HOW these people can think that it's right to show these horrific signs to people driving down the road (or ANYONE for that matter)? What kind of God do they believe in who thinks that showing graphic signs of death to someone's child who is driving by in a car is acceptable?
It's honestly bad enough when they picket Magee Hospital. I was there once when I was in pre-term labor with Liam. I drove around the corner and saw dead babies on signs. Now that's a wonderful sight to see when you're already afraid that your baby will be born too early and die. But this isn't even a medical establishment. This is a STREET. Near the ZOO. Near a BIKE PARK. I mean, WTF!?
Don't they think of the fact that some of the people driving past would have LOST babies due to things other than abortions? Some of those people might have had children die in car accidents or die of illness or "natural causes"? Some of those people might not be able to have children at all, and seeing pictures of dead babies could be traumatizing?
I can only imagine what would have happened had Liam been in the car with me. I would then have to explain to an almost 7 year old on the Autistic Spectrum why these people were yelling at us (he would have taken it personally, so really they would be yelling at HIM). He would want to know why they are calling him a murderer. Why they think he either killed or is going to kill babies.
UGH! It pisses me off so bad. (If you couldn't tell already *lol*)
There are very few times when I will be this pissed off at something, but I'd love to see these protesters burn in whatever hell they think that the person having (or doing) the abortion burns in.
I'd like to see what their reactions would be if their children had to look at pictures of dead people as they left the zoo for the day? Would they like it if their child was coming home after an afternoon in the hospital and saw people carrying large signs of dead infants, children, or adults?
I wonder what percentage of people had their minds changed today as they were standing along the intersection of route 8 and route 130 today? How many babies did they 'save'? Or did they just make themselves look more like idiots who don't actually care about anyone at all, let alone the babies they are supposed to be protecting?
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Week of coolness
Some of you have already seen my posts about some of this on my FaceBook or Twitter, but I never actually wrote about all of it, so here we go ;)
On Sunday I went with a group of Pittsburgh Mom Bloggers to a very cool salon in Aspinwall, PA. Divinity Salon (http://www.divinity-salon.com/ their FaceBook page at http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/pages/Aspinwall-PA/Divinity-Salon/198723679164?ref=ts) is an absolutely beautiful salon. The staff was SO absolutely cool and everyone came out looking beyond excellent! Cooper organized all of this for us and she has wonderful before/after pics up on her site: http://beenthere.typepad.com/been_there/2010/05/hair-day.html
I've been wanting to get my second tattoo done for a while now. For those of you who don't know, when Ethan was about 6 months old or so, I had my first one done:
I love it, but wanted my next one to be more visible (to me! It's hard to see what's on your back). I spoke to my absolute favorite tattoo artist, the wonderful Bunny, and showed her my idea. She loved it and we started work on it yesterday.
Here is the initial outline:
and then we had some time to add in the first of the color:
It will be in full color when we are all done. This was about 2 hours of work. I'm absolutely thrilled with it so far and can't wait to see it done. Granted, I also can't wait to be able to sleep on my right side again at night *LOL*
On Sunday I went with a group of Pittsburgh Mom Bloggers to a very cool salon in Aspinwall, PA. Divinity Salon (http://www.divinity-salon.com/ their FaceBook page at http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/pages/Aspinwall-PA/Divinity-Salon/198723679164?ref=ts) is an absolutely beautiful salon. The staff was SO absolutely cool and everyone came out looking beyond excellent! Cooper organized all of this for us and she has wonderful before/after pics up on her site: http://beenthere.typepad.com/been_there/2010/05/hair-day.html
I've been wanting to get my second tattoo done for a while now. For those of you who don't know, when Ethan was about 6 months old or so, I had my first one done:
I love it, but wanted my next one to be more visible (to me! It's hard to see what's on your back). I spoke to my absolute favorite tattoo artist, the wonderful Bunny, and showed her my idea. She loved it and we started work on it yesterday.
Here is the initial outline:
and then we had some time to add in the first of the color:
It will be in full color when we are all done. This was about 2 hours of work. I'm absolutely thrilled with it so far and can't wait to see it done. Granted, I also can't wait to be able to sleep on my right side again at night *LOL*
ooohhh.. blog from cell phone??
hrm. I seem to have found a program so I can blog from the cell... lets see if I like this.
ooohhh.. blog from cell phone??
hrm. I seem to have found a program so I can blog from the cell... lets see if I like this.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Time for me to rant...
First off, this rant isn't directed to anyone. I'm not looking for answers. I'm not looking for any responses really. I just need to rant, and since this is what I made this blog for, I'm ranting. If you don't like it, don't read it. :P
I am frustrated to hell and back for a ton and a half of reasons.... I'm going to touch on a few of them and then probably add some more later as I need to.
~ Liam and Ethan have some difficult to control behaviors. They have a whole list of things that happen with mostly me (since I'm the one around them most of the time), a bit with Karl, or my Mom. Years ago Kelly and Cathy A saw a lot of Liam's behaviors when we were over at their house a lot of times. Last year in school, Liam's behaviors were seen way more than we wanted them to be... but the only doctor/therapist/etc who ever saw them was Dr Faber. And that was probably a combination of both kids trying to kill each other. All in all, I think that day just pretty much proved that I have no control over the children.
Ethan races into traffic. Hits things. Attacks the cat. Hits his head on the floor. Screams and repeats things exactly as he's heard them. Does all of these things and more, but his school sees nothing. Neither school has seen anything. I get these letters from the special ed teacher that really make me feel like I'm lying to them about his behaviors.
Hell, it makes ME think I'm imagining these behaviors! There's days that he acts so perfect for everyone else but me that I really begin to wonder if maybe I'm the problem. Karl points out all of the time how Ethan tantrums because I give in to him, and he used to point out how Liam's delays were because I wasn't a good enough Mom and didn't spend enough time with him...
~ So I have this wonderful thing called Respite Care we're signed up for. For those of you reading who don't know what it is, it's a service that is pretty much specialized babysitting for kids who have special needs. They're professionals who can be with the children from 2-8 hours. You can be on the premises or off. You can give them money to take public transit for activities with the kids. It's a really cool service.
However, I can't call them to give me a night off. Why? Because my house is an awful mess. I can't have someone come in and see how horribly gross my place is. I can't get my dishes caught up. My bathrooms are never clean. I have junk everywhere that I have no place to put, but can't get rid of since it's important stuff and things that I use. My clothes are never folded and put away since I have no comfortable place to sit or lay the clothes while folding them so I can move them to get to the cabinets/dressers behind the piles of laundry. (My bed is just a mattress on the floor and Karl refuses to get a frame for it since he has this "special" frame in mind... we've been laying on a bed on the floor for probably 2 years now)
Respite is my really only.. well, respite. Karl has D&D, band practice, choir practice, etc. I went out to Panera last night to have a few hours to myself to do homework and he really made me feel like dirt for leaving. Last time I talked to him about it, he just blew it off, so talking does no good.
Tho I do have to add that as I'm ranting about this (I was down a few paragraphs when this happened), Karl came home and we talked for quite some time about misc stuff that's been happening. Now he's running an errand for me and then picking up dinner... while he has the kids with him. So maybe he's made up for it for now! *LOL*
~ I have an absolutely wonderful opportunity to take this lactation consultant course this fall with Gini Baker. I've mentioned it before on here and half a dozen other places. I really want to take this course. This is the best option to be prepared to take the IBCLE test next summer. Gini is wonderful. She has more knowledge than anyone else I know. Training with her would be wonderful. Not to mention they have a deal with the board that reduces the number of hours needed because of all of the stuff she does. I have student loans to cover the tuition (or at least 90%ish of it). The problem is that it's in San Diego and I have to go approximately once a month from September through May/June. It's also 2 days of lectures, so I'd need to arrive one day, stay overnight, do day 1 lecture, overnight, day 2 lecture, and then leave that evening... which means I'd need a hotel or some sort of lodging along with the airfare. I can't afford the monthly airfare or lodging.
~ I found out about the "Summer Services" for Ethan.... This is what the letter says:
"Your child has been receiving early intervention services through the DART Program this year and as summer approaches and preschools are no longer in session, we are providing "Summer Services" to address your child's IEP goals. In addition to working on goals this summer, we want to continue to give your child the opportunity to play and interact with other children. The groups will be facilitated by the DART staff currently working with your child.
Date is Tuesdays from 8:45am-9:45am on the following dates June 15, June 22, July 20, July 27, and August 3.
Our focus will be to continue to address your child's specific needs and individual IEP goals, while at the same time introducing him/her to another small group experience. We hope that you will help us to create a fun and enjoyable summer learning experience for your child. If you have any questions or concerns regarding this opportunity, feel free to contact me."
So the SUMMER PROGRAM is 5 dates for an hour each day. It's not even every week for the summer. It's 15th, 22nd... skip the 29th, 6th, 13th... 20th, 27th, and 3rd.... What good is that going to do?
Well, I guess since he has no issues it probably won't matter :P
~ On the summer issue... We applied for the Mini-Grant for Liam. It's a grant for kids on the spectrum to help out with stuff. I applied for it for some camps for the summer: The Pgh Zoo, The Science Center, and The Carnegie Museum. The problem is we won't know for another week or two if we got the grant. Without the grant, we can't afford these programs. BUT if we wait on the grant to be approved, we might not get spots in the programs. My understanding is that the grant monies come in the form of a check for the place you're asking for... so I'm worried that if we can't get into the place, we're going to have this useless check... pretty much a doily. *sigh*
~ I'm also so tired of listening to and respecting other people's points of views and having them NOT listen to and respect mine. I try to listen to everyone's point of view. I feel that you can always learn something new and even if your points don't mesh, it's useful to know why someone doesn't agree with you. BUT if I spend the time to listen to you, I expect you to listen to me. I don't expect you to agree with me, just respect my opinion.
~ I also am annoyed that I keep forgetting to give the boys the supplements that Dr Faber wants them to have. I have them here. They are sitting right here. I can see them from where I sit. BUT they either hate the taste or I forget to give them to them. *sigh* It's so frustrating.
I could go on for a bit longer i'm sure, but this is probably long enough for now. After all of that I actually feel a lot better. I'm going to finish up my paper on the "Importance of Infant and Toddler Nutrition", and then take a bath with my new soap from one of my vendors, Sheepish Grins. I have a "Green Tea" Goats Milk Soap and an "Oatmeal, Milk and Honey" one.
I am frustrated to hell and back for a ton and a half of reasons.... I'm going to touch on a few of them and then probably add some more later as I need to.
~ Liam and Ethan have some difficult to control behaviors. They have a whole list of things that happen with mostly me (since I'm the one around them most of the time), a bit with Karl, or my Mom. Years ago Kelly and Cathy A saw a lot of Liam's behaviors when we were over at their house a lot of times. Last year in school, Liam's behaviors were seen way more than we wanted them to be... but the only doctor/therapist/etc who ever saw them was Dr Faber. And that was probably a combination of both kids trying to kill each other. All in all, I think that day just pretty much proved that I have no control over the children.
Ethan races into traffic. Hits things. Attacks the cat. Hits his head on the floor. Screams and repeats things exactly as he's heard them. Does all of these things and more, but his school sees nothing. Neither school has seen anything. I get these letters from the special ed teacher that really make me feel like I'm lying to them about his behaviors.
Hell, it makes ME think I'm imagining these behaviors! There's days that he acts so perfect for everyone else but me that I really begin to wonder if maybe I'm the problem. Karl points out all of the time how Ethan tantrums because I give in to him, and he used to point out how Liam's delays were because I wasn't a good enough Mom and didn't spend enough time with him...
~ So I have this wonderful thing called Respite Care we're signed up for. For those of you reading who don't know what it is, it's a service that is pretty much specialized babysitting for kids who have special needs. They're professionals who can be with the children from 2-8 hours. You can be on the premises or off. You can give them money to take public transit for activities with the kids. It's a really cool service.
However, I can't call them to give me a night off. Why? Because my house is an awful mess. I can't have someone come in and see how horribly gross my place is. I can't get my dishes caught up. My bathrooms are never clean. I have junk everywhere that I have no place to put, but can't get rid of since it's important stuff and things that I use. My clothes are never folded and put away since I have no comfortable place to sit or lay the clothes while folding them so I can move them to get to the cabinets/dressers behind the piles of laundry. (My bed is just a mattress on the floor and Karl refuses to get a frame for it since he has this "special" frame in mind... we've been laying on a bed on the floor for probably 2 years now)
Respite is my really only.. well, respite. Karl has D&D, band practice, choir practice, etc. I went out to Panera last night to have a few hours to myself to do homework and he really made me feel like dirt for leaving. Last time I talked to him about it, he just blew it off, so talking does no good.
Tho I do have to add that as I'm ranting about this (I was down a few paragraphs when this happened), Karl came home and we talked for quite some time about misc stuff that's been happening. Now he's running an errand for me and then picking up dinner... while he has the kids with him. So maybe he's made up for it for now! *LOL*
~ I have an absolutely wonderful opportunity to take this lactation consultant course this fall with Gini Baker. I've mentioned it before on here and half a dozen other places. I really want to take this course. This is the best option to be prepared to take the IBCLE test next summer. Gini is wonderful. She has more knowledge than anyone else I know. Training with her would be wonderful. Not to mention they have a deal with the board that reduces the number of hours needed because of all of the stuff she does. I have student loans to cover the tuition (or at least 90%ish of it). The problem is that it's in San Diego and I have to go approximately once a month from September through May/June. It's also 2 days of lectures, so I'd need to arrive one day, stay overnight, do day 1 lecture, overnight, day 2 lecture, and then leave that evening... which means I'd need a hotel or some sort of lodging along with the airfare. I can't afford the monthly airfare or lodging.
~ I found out about the "Summer Services" for Ethan.... This is what the letter says:
"Your child has been receiving early intervention services through the DART Program this year and as summer approaches and preschools are no longer in session, we are providing "Summer Services" to address your child's IEP goals. In addition to working on goals this summer, we want to continue to give your child the opportunity to play and interact with other children. The groups will be facilitated by the DART staff currently working with your child.
Date is Tuesdays from 8:45am-9:45am on the following dates June 15, June 22, July 20, July 27, and August 3.
Our focus will be to continue to address your child's specific needs and individual IEP goals, while at the same time introducing him/her to another small group experience. We hope that you will help us to create a fun and enjoyable summer learning experience for your child. If you have any questions or concerns regarding this opportunity, feel free to contact me."
So the SUMMER PROGRAM is 5 dates for an hour each day. It's not even every week for the summer. It's 15th, 22nd... skip the 29th, 6th, 13th... 20th, 27th, and 3rd.... What good is that going to do?
Well, I guess since he has no issues it probably won't matter :P
~ On the summer issue... We applied for the Mini-Grant for Liam. It's a grant for kids on the spectrum to help out with stuff. I applied for it for some camps for the summer: The Pgh Zoo, The Science Center, and The Carnegie Museum. The problem is we won't know for another week or two if we got the grant. Without the grant, we can't afford these programs. BUT if we wait on the grant to be approved, we might not get spots in the programs. My understanding is that the grant monies come in the form of a check for the place you're asking for... so I'm worried that if we can't get into the place, we're going to have this useless check... pretty much a doily. *sigh*
~ I'm also so tired of listening to and respecting other people's points of views and having them NOT listen to and respect mine. I try to listen to everyone's point of view. I feel that you can always learn something new and even if your points don't mesh, it's useful to know why someone doesn't agree with you. BUT if I spend the time to listen to you, I expect you to listen to me. I don't expect you to agree with me, just respect my opinion.
~ I also am annoyed that I keep forgetting to give the boys the supplements that Dr Faber wants them to have. I have them here. They are sitting right here. I can see them from where I sit. BUT they either hate the taste or I forget to give them to them. *sigh* It's so frustrating.
I could go on for a bit longer i'm sure, but this is probably long enough for now. After all of that I actually feel a lot better. I'm going to finish up my paper on the "Importance of Infant and Toddler Nutrition", and then take a bath with my new soap from one of my vendors, Sheepish Grins. I have a "Green Tea" Goats Milk Soap and an "Oatmeal, Milk and Honey" one.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
To my friends in California....
I'm cross-posting this a bunch of places, so apologies if you get this more than once....
I want to take a Lactation Consultant program at UC San Diego Extension that begins in September and runs through May/June of next year. For those of you that have followed my CLCE program I was doing this fall, this is the next step to that and will make me eligible for taking the IBCLC exam in 2011.
The big difference between this program and the one that I took this fall is that I have to be on campus for 8 two-day times during the program. There are several locations I can choose from:
Stockton (Sept 7-8, Oct 14-15, Nov 16-17, Jan 6-7, Feb 3-4, March 3-4, April 14-15, May 12-13)
San Jose (Sept 15-16, Oct 21-22, Nov 18-19, Jan 11-12, Feb 10-11, Mar 10-11, Apr 21-22, May 19-20)
West Covina (Sept 23-24, Oct 28-29, Dec 2-3, Jan 4-5, Feb 17-18, Mar 10-11, Apr 28-29, May 26-27)
San Diego (Sept 30-Oct 1, Nov 4-5, Dec 9-10, Jan 27-28, Feb 24-25, Mar 24-25, May 5-6, June 2-3)
I am wondering if any of you know of places that are cheap to stay overnight in any of these locations? I'm going to call the school too and see if they have anything set up for out of town/state people, but figured I'd also poke my friends who may be local or who are familiar with things there. I'm also thinking of trying priceline and similar.
I want to take a Lactation Consultant program at UC San Diego Extension that begins in September and runs through May/June of next year. For those of you that have followed my CLCE program I was doing this fall, this is the next step to that and will make me eligible for taking the IBCLC exam in 2011.
The big difference between this program and the one that I took this fall is that I have to be on campus for 8 two-day times during the program. There are several locations I can choose from:
Stockton (Sept 7-8, Oct 14-15, Nov 16-17, Jan 6-7, Feb 3-4, March 3-4, April 14-15, May 12-13)
San Jose (Sept 15-16, Oct 21-22, Nov 18-19, Jan 11-12, Feb 10-11, Mar 10-11, Apr 21-22, May 19-20)
West Covina (Sept 23-24, Oct 28-29, Dec 2-3, Jan 4-5, Feb 17-18, Mar 10-11, Apr 28-29, May 26-27)
San Diego (Sept 30-Oct 1, Nov 4-5, Dec 9-10, Jan 27-28, Feb 24-25, Mar 24-25, May 5-6, June 2-3)
I am wondering if any of you know of places that are cheap to stay overnight in any of these locations? I'm going to call the school too and see if they have anything set up for out of town/state people, but figured I'd also poke my friends who may be local or who are familiar with things there. I'm also thinking of trying priceline and similar.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
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