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less attention from me do you know how badly i want to give her attention i want to soak up her happiness play with her without repercussions shower her with the love she deserves because she s so damn sweet and helpful and kind she does whatever her brother demands of her changing her mind to make him happy and when he s upset asking him every two minutes if he s happy now she always goes second in everything if i allow her to go first and force b to go second she won t do it she fights me on it because she seems to agree that b always gets to go first and my dogs my dogs are a trigger for my anger because they so easily anger my son and if my son is angry everything stops they want the food in his chair they want to look out the window sitting on the back of the couch on b s cushion they get in his space they are normal they are dogs and yet i m yelling at them making them get out of b s space because they re going to set him off be careful what you do what you say it might set off my son i feel like i m afraid of my son i m handling every meltdown and every backtalk and every argument he gets into but i m afraid to set him off i don t know which battles to pick which ones are worth my sanity because if i picked every one it would be screaming all day every day he s still a toddler i can certainly put him in a different room until he s ready to be nice and come out and play i mean he s not going to actually stay in that room that s some wishful thinking i can t take his toys away i can t ground him for being rude i try and fail to explain why he can t talk to me the way he does or to daddy or the nanny or anyone it s not just to me he s so rude so argumentative because everything that happens in his life needs to be under his rule his decision his control how do i teach him to handle these constant situations that make him so upset my new blog is up and running and i will only be posting here for a little while longer please come to my new blog and sign up to receive new posts by email thank you how we got the best nanny ever february 24 2016 1 comment i m long overdue for a nanny brag my friends have heard me talk about our nanny j many times i frequently am showing them videos toddler yoga anyone and pictures that j takes and i tell stories all the time of what the twins are doing with her j is awesome i want to share with you the process i went through in hiring her as many people have asked wanting a similar experience this post contains affiliate links which means if you make a purchase using these links i will receive a percentage of the profits but first here are a few examples that show just how great our nanny is 1 she teaches the twins age 2 5 weekly themed units and provides me with month long lesson plans including the daily song art project book movement activity etc that go with the theme no i did not ask for any of this take this week for example i asked the twins today tuesday what they are learning about this week our five senses they exclaimed i then asked what sense they learned about today and c said hearing we hear with our ears b said our vocabulary word is sniff i can check out our art wall to see just what craft the twins did to match their learning time crazy right the first year we had j when the twins were one year old she didn t do this though she taught them their letters shapes numbers etc but this year she has they ve learned about dinosaurs outer space transportation vehicles our community etc 2 she takes everything in stride and i mean everything every bump or bruise every meltdown yes b has them with her too every odd thing that comes her way is no big deal i m all oh the dog won t eat this morning oh i m expecting a package and i don t know what time it ll come oh ___ leaked overnight and the sheets need to be changed and she s always okay no problem 3 she goes above and beyond i m sorry but i m sure breaking up giant chunks of poop with her bare hands through gloves is not what she signed up for b is still constipated somewhat b poops like a gorilla b s poop clogs our toilet so often aka every single time that our toilet is on its last legs and overflows if you try and flush plunge it so the best way to tackle it is to slap on the rubber gloves we use for cloth diapers and break it up with our hands the toilet overflowed on j once i mentioned how we are using the gloves and now she s joined our ranks 4 she modifies her style to meet our style i don t know for sure what her parenting style was before she started with us she doesn t have any children but she s aware of how we parent the strategies we use and don t use and she s with us 100 i know that when one of them misbehaves she will handle it just as we do 5 she s a miracle worker the kids try new foods with her that they won t with us they sit on the potty with her just a sit but that s another story and they won t even go near it with us i could go on and on her only requests when we hired her 1 5 years ago was that the kids call her miss j and that my husband and i are okay with her showing them affection such as hugs and i love yous which of course we are people so often ask me where did you find her they want to know how they can get their hands on a good nanny as well i found her on care com this is not a sponsored post i m writing my opinions of care com on my own and was not paid to do so but yet i really can t say enough about this website yes i had my doubts at first hiring a total stranger to watch my children i can see how you might feel the same way but the hiring process is so thorough by the time you actually hire someone you feel as if you know them personally when you sign up on care com for a premium membership to actually go through the hiring process you fill out an application and it gets sent out to many people i specified in my application that i wanted a non smoker and someone who didn t mind taking care of pets i also wanted a certain age group previous nanny experience etc after i sent out this application i got over 30 yes 30 applicants i was able to quickly rule out a few i also used care com s background check system which was very helpful then i contacted the remaining applicants through care com s messaging system i imagine it s kind of a like a dating website i never gave away my address or last name but the applicants and i went back and forth through this messaging service as i asked more specific questions like tell me about the children you last cared for and have you ever worked with twins after talking with many applicants i ruled more of them out based on a number of factors when it was all said and done i was left with three women i really liked they provided me with references and i called them the next step was to branch out of care com s messaging system and out into the real world i gave my email address we furthered our conversation finally my husband and i decided to interview all three of them at this point i was okay giving out my address because they d have to know it eventually anyway i had already called their references used their background checks asked them a million questions it was time we interviewed all three and they were great one was too far away but i liked her a second was also far away and not quite the match i was looking for and j j showed up with a binder full of pictures and activities she had done with her previous family her casual professionalism shined when she met my babies it was a no brainer and the rest is history truthfully this match was so good that we hope to keep j in our family for as many years as possible i ve already recommended care com to countless people i ve talked to but never in the blogging world it s a safe trustworthy website and to be honest good childcare workers know this site so they re applying on it and it s not just nannies care com has babysitters petsitters housekeepers adult and senior care tutors you name it if you re looking to hire someone and you re not sure where to start take a look at care com i ve linked it here for your convenience when you sign up for a premium membership through this blog post you will save 20 using the special code 30savesm and i will get a small percentage through the company a win win the fact of the matter is that j has been in our lives for a year and a half we hope to keep her for many years to come because she s the perfect fit and none of this would have happened without care com if you re considering checking it out i so appreciate you doing it through this post thank you roll play a game review february 15 2016 1 comment toddlers go through toy phases b is currently into thomas the train and all 70 of his friends c loves daniel tiger b loves cats c likes dogs both of them like the teeny tiny baby in my belly up until recently i didn t think toddlers were quite ready for games simple activities yes but games i was a little hesitant when we received our kids first actual game roll and play or as c calls it the cube game in fact i didn t open it right away i wasn t sure my two year olds would be able to follow directions though if they enjoyed just looking at the cards and throwing the cube i d be fine with that let me tell you not only were my toddlers ready for their very first game it s a huge hit around here c especially is obsessed with it and plays with it at least three times a day this game is an absolute winner and it inspired me to write a review post this post contains affiliate links which means if you make a purchase using these links i will receive a percentage of the profits as you can see our box is getting a little beaten up due to overuse c asks to play the cube game multiple times a day and she takes care to dump out the box and sort the cards into their six colors which could be an activity in itself she sometimes plays with b sometimes with us and sometimes alone it can be used with many players or solo c loves it so much she doesn t care if she plays completely alone the idea of the game is quite simple the child rolls or throws the cube whatever color is shown at the top of the cube is the color card the toddler grabs each card has a descriptive picture on it as well as written directions here are just a few examples each set of colors has eight cards i believe as you can see the directions are very simple and clear there s a theme to them as well all the yellow cards ask the children to make faces all the blue cards involve locating something around the room that s a certain color c dislikes the green cards the most when she doesn t feel like making animal noises she must ve found a good one obviously my 2 5 year old can t read a sentence that said the pictures are very clear and easy to understand she also plays so often that she knows the cards by heart she can see a picture of a girl stomping and locates the number six and because she knows her numbers she knows just what to do it s very cute to watch her pick up a card read it aloud then perform the action completely on her own this is her make a sleepy face interpretation b plays as well though i d say only about once a day i can t recommend this game enough it s not only perfect for toddlers but also preschoolers it would make a fabulous gift for a birthday party or the perfect addition to a toy room if i had to clear out all of the twins toys but could only pick one thing for each of them b would get to keep his trains and c would keep the cube game you can find roll play here and with the amount of times it gets played in this house i m so glad i finally opened it up here s c s play peekaboo interpretation peekaboo disclosure this is not a sponsored post i have not been paid to review this product all opinions and thoughts about this product are my own dreaming of tomorrow february 7 2016 5 comments his body goes limp in my arms still young but not so little he screams thrashes brings himself to the floor he didn t want to brush his teeth but he didn t want his twin sister to have teeth time with me either he wanted to be first and to also not brush his teeth i stay calm for now looking at the clock bedtime is here and every minute we wait is one more minute this child is tired very tired the meltdown continues for a long long time through the brushing of his sister s teeth through the reading of a story to her that he couldn t bear to listen to or be a part of following us into the next room eyes full of tears screaming getting close to my face and saying mommy i want to hit you waiting for my reaction as he says it again and again he never does hit me knowing my patience will save me and possibly him i keep repeating i know i know you do sister s book is over she s ready to head up to bed he wants to brush his teeth with me now and i give him one more chance are you ready to brush your teeth right now yes he screams i head over to the table and he collapses onto the wood floor he s not ready with no time to spare at a time where this boy desperately needs to sleep i m forced to carry his 35 pound self up the stairs giving him the choice along the way to walk he can t do it he can t stop screaming thrashing doing anything he can to get out of my arms pregnant guiding sister up the stairs ahead of us and praying she doesn t slip i hold on as tightly to his wriggling body as i can knowing in my heart that i won t drop this child and i don t we make it up and i know it won t get any better the sadness starts to creep in he s so angry he s simply screaming a sound with no words how sad to end our day together this way the night before i have to go back to work where we could be doing hugs and i love you s and we re not i can t even communicate with him sister starts to get upset as her routine was disrupted too the hug they give each other before cribs he can t accept it she wants to give it open arms ready and i just won t do at that moment i feel sad for her too she wants a routine she s ready to comply she loves her brother and he can t see that right now he can t see through his own tears into her crib she goes into his crib he goes kicking and screaming jumping up and down and grabbing the sides of the crib i wonder if this will be the first time he is determined enough to climb out i sing her the song i sing him the song as he screams don t sing don t sing and when it s over i turn to tell her goodnight and i hear in a sad voice mommy a kiss kiss me i can t believe it he never asks for a kiss how could he have known that asking for this little tiny thing brings me full circle from angry to frustrated to sad to the deepest level of love this boy puts me through the ringer he gets his kiss or 5 and i promise him that i love him that everyone loves him that it s okay to be sad and then that his lovey is sad too and could he make lovey feel better he lays down finally snuggles lovey i say goodnight and i love you s to both babies there s a little protest but he s still lying down by the time i get down t...