Item 1: 3-year-olds and Potty Training. People, learn from me. I have made this mistake TWICE, because I am a dumbass. The first time, sure, I'd never had a kid before, never potty trained before, and didn't realize that I was waiting too long. This time I have no excuse. NO. EXCUSE. I waited until the kid was 3, and he went from being a sweet, compliant, eager-to-please toddler to a stubborn, impossible preschooler practically overnight. So now, instead of someone who wants to do what I ask him to do, I have someone whose favorite word is NO. Who has temper tantrums if he doesn't get his way. Who would apparently rather pee in his pantsthan make his mother happy.
Item 2: 5-year-olds and Personal Responsibility. I am planning a trip to my daughter's school this week, so I can root through the lost & found to see if I can find any of the 3...yes THREE jackets that have not come home with her this spring (plus a hat and two sets of mittens, but I'm considering those a lost cause). Please tell me why, if it gets too warm in the afternoon you would not just stuff the thing in your backpack? The kid has a FULL-SIZED backpack, and she's in kindergarten. The only thing in there is her lunchbox and a water bottle, so there is easily enough room for all her other crap. Why does she not put it in there? What is so hard about this? And, conversely, why do some things, when put in there, disappear into a black hole? I just found a birthday invitation in between a bunch of stuff she brought home from school, on her little table at home. The party was last Saturday. Oh, well, I'll bet it was fun. Too bad you missed it. :Shake::Shake: