Weekly Flylady Thread 24th November 2008

OrkneyStar

hollyh wrote: »

Afternoon all,

I've been to Toddlers and Ds2 was so naughty:mad: he kept pushing all the other kids out of the way so he could play with stuff:o . I bought him sweets this morning when i got the bread and milk for toddlers. I said he could have them after toddlers if he was good, he wasn't so he didn't have them. He then had the most almighty tantrum:rolleyes:

What age is ds2 holly ?
Is he still at the stage where he does not realise he is doing something wrong, just getting excited with all the toys ?
My DS is 17 months and always seems to want to the toy that another child has picked up! Thankfully he is napping now , so I can sort some other bits and hopefully knit too.
x

SarahShattered

Christmasshopper wrote: »

Serena thank you so much for your advise. DD does have a homework drawer but I just checked and there is make-up in there. When she gets home from school I will help her to sort it out.
DD moved up to middle school a year ago. She was seen by the educational psychologist at her previous school who said she had suspected dyslexia. They found that she is a tactile learner and learns by touching and feeling things. She learned her alphabet with furry and sandpaper letters. Now she is a fabulous reader and reads at least a book a week.
I asked the special needs teacher if she needs a test to say one way or the other if she does have dyslexia. I was told it wouldn't make any difference to put a name to her dificulties. I'm wondering if I ought to pursue this.

Sorry to stick my oar in.... well, not sorry really, but you know what I mean!! ...... just caught up on the thread, and read your conversation and Serena's wonderful reply.

The 'special needs teacher' needs a rocket sticking somewhere painful!!! Of course it makes a difference to know if there's a 'name' for her difficulties!! Sorry, CS please don't think I'm having a pop at you, it's these blasted teachers/sencos who don't know their *rse from their elbows!!!!!

Your poor girl, she's tussling with trying to remember what she's supposed to be doing, you're doing all you can to support her with that.... they ought to be holding their end up by getting her assessed to see it there is an additional issue. Very often Dyspraxia and Dyslexia can be found together. Too often the powers that be want to lump all a child's difficulties on one diagnosis, rather than get a whole picture.

I'm all too familiar with that, as seemingly everyone wanted to tell me my daughter's behaviour was because she has Downs. (plus that I was a rubbish mother at managing her, because I was in denial about her disability :rolleyes: :mad: ) It wasn't until I let my girl loose at the paed's office, instead of doing my utmost to manage her, that suddenly the paed thought she'd better refer her for some assessments.... Lo and Behold..... the result of the assessments - my daughter has severe ADHD.

(Incidentally, my gorgeous little girl trashed the paed's office!!! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: )

Now, she has some medication, we have some strategies for managing her, and everything's reasonably ok now.

Do push for some more assessments, I had an Ed Psych tell me that it wasn't relevant to mention on my DD3's Statement that she has ADHD?! Because "we can get too hung up on labels" :mad: Well, without my DD3's 'labels' I'd be suicidal by now, and she wouldn't be progressing at school to the degree that she is..... she couldn't sit down and listen to be taught before she had her medication.

Sorry to rant there CS but it's an issue that drives me crazy; and it's not to say that your lovely girl has an additional issue, but if she has then you all need to know don't you, so that you can get some strategies in place to help her.

(((((hugs)))))) and forgive my rant.

Gryfon

:wave:

I've just tried to light a fire and I'm about to wash the soup out of DD2's hair. Shall be back for some 15s in a bit when she's napping

kassey

Wednesday - Master bedroom & landing
Level One
[STRIKE]Strip and wash bedding[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]vacuum mattress and replace clean sheets[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Wash windows[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]HHC on the landing[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]floordrobe clearance in the bedroom[/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE]Sort out your present stash.. less than a month to go now!!.. Do you have enough paper?[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Dust and wipe any paintwork[/STRIKE]
Extras

1. [STRIKE]Write those christmas cards and sort stamps for those to be posted[/STRIKE]
2. HHI
3. [STRIKE]Binbag dance[/STRIKE]
4. [STRIKE]Plan your shopping list for your christmas goodies.. don't forget the turkey! If you are ordering stuff from local shops.. pork pies/meat etc get it done this week![/STRIKE]

I have finished the christmas cards .

Tigerlee_2

Finished writing the main bulk of my christmas cards.:T Unfortunatly, i shall have to sellotape the back of them all as the seals wont stay stuck. Got them last jan in the sales so maybe the seals don't last. Just card for people at work left to write.:D

Anyways on with the list.

To-do-list
update spreadsheets.. meal plans, [strike]finances etc
[/strike] must set up a spreadsheet for recipie ingredients ect:rolleyes2
Wednesday - Master bedroom & landing
Level One
[strike]Strip and wash bedding[/strike]
[strike]vacuum mattress and replace clean sheets[/strike]

[strike]Sort out your present stash.. less than a month to go now!!.. Do you have enough paper?[/strike] Only a couple of bits to get, at least i know what i'm getting which is half the battle! using wrap from last year just need tags to match

[strike]Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
[/strike][strike]Dust and wipe any paintwork[/strike]

Extras

1. [strike]Write those christmas cards and [/strike]sort stamps for those to be posted

Extra Tasks

• [strike]Write out a Christmas card list. [/strike]
• Sort recipes (Made a new folder so this will take a while)
• Finish uni work!:eek: (I can't get motivated, it's only two sections to do and thats uni finished forever!! well, as long as this passes!

Gryfon

Ho hum the third thing happened. Undressed DD2, about to put her in the bath and she weed on the floor :rolleyes: I've dried it up but it's untreated wood floor at the moment so it's all soaked in.

Just hoping now that my fire lights, something has to go right today! Going to do a 15 in the lounge now. Have to clear up all the stuff that fell off the radiator cupboard.

Gryfon

I'm giving up and going back to bed!

Fire didn't light so I went out to get some dry wood and trapped my other index finger in the door and gouged a load of skin I'm feeling doomed!

likklegibbon

[STRIKE]S+S Study[/STRIKE] - took ages cause cleared out some obsolete files
Washing up
Make banana loaf
Make SW cake
Meatballs/spaghetti tea - defrost tomato sauce
Bath coz hair feels greasy
Write to OU
Write to Tax office
Take wedding album/photos to inlaws
WM 1st load on

:coffee: anyone, then another HHC here from 2.15-2.45 - anyone fancy it?

poffigirl

Ok, Just posting an update :-

Tuesday - children/spare room
Level one
[STRIKE]Floor clearance![/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Strip beds and put on clean bedding.. if you just did them do the duvet & curtains![/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Put all the disc in their boxes and the books on the shelves and the toys in the chests[/STRIKE]
Sort through a chestof drawers/wardrobe and fling anything that no longer fits
[STRIKE]Binbag dance[/STRIKE]
Level Three

Dust and vacuum and [STRIKE]wipe of sticky grotty bits[/STRIKE]
Wednesday - Master bedroom & landing


Level Two

[STRIKE]floordrobe clearance in the bedroom[/STRIKE]
Level Three

Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Dust and wipe any paintwork
Extras

1. Write those christmas cards and sort stamps for those to be posted

Havn't been very successful today, DD2 who's 5 months and breastfed is weaning at the moment and keeps getting constipated poor thing and so she's been really niggly all morning, haven't been able to put her down much. She wouldn't eat her dinner so i think a big poo is on the way! She's in bed now though and so is DD2. This list has been so handy, I get really confused with cleaning and forget where I'm up to so its been handy to come back and look at what i have to do. Sounds silly but I just find it really hard to concentrte on cleaning!

ChaMichelle - thanks for the encouraging words - i totally agree, kids come first cleaning second but it would be nice to get something done. My house is the same, one day I'm going to break my neck tripping over toys, already stepped on a Megablock today (ouch!) BTW OH came with me shopping, if I'm by myself then its tescos or nothing!

Gryfon - i know how you feel - DD1 peed all over the living room carpet this morning but she came up and gave me a big sponanous hug afterwards so that was nice.

Better go and do my vacuuming and then its making Lopscouse for tea time!

xxxx

hollyh

Hi

In my HHC i

Washed up
S & S worktops & sink
Emptied bins
Collected laundry
Refilled squash
Wiped table over
wm, td & fold x 1

Monday - kitchen and dining room
Run appliances through a 'clean' wash
Tuesday - children/spare room
Level one
[STRIKE]Strip beds [/STRIKE]and put on clean bedding
Level Two
Sort through a chestof drawers/wardrobe and fling anything that no longer fits
Level Three
Fill a binbag for charity shop.. snata will be here in 30 days make some space!
Dust and wipe of sticky grotty bits
Extras
HHI
Catch up on yesterdays list! We keep getting behind!
update spreadsheets..
scrub your grill pan.. mines rank so you lot have to do yours too!
Wednesday - Master bedroom & landing
Level One
[STRIKE]Strip and wash bedding
[/STRIKE]vacuum mattress and replace clean sheets
Level Two
Wash windows
Level Three
Sort out your present stash.. less than a month to go now!!.. Do you have enough paper?
Dust and wipe any paintwork
Extras
Write those christmas cards and sort stamps for those to be posted
HHI
Binbag dance
Plan your shopping list for your christmas goodies.. don't forget the turkey! If you are ordering stuff from local shops.. pork pies/meat etc get it done this week!

Extras
Insurance form
Sort, list & wrap rest of presents
5 items ebay
Update spending spreadsheet
Sweep path
Refil coal , wood & kindling bins
Tods xmas trip & party ( start planning )
Deep clean highchair & ebay)
Sort toys & return to bedroom

I almost got away with washing Ds2's blankie without him noticing but he caught me:rolleyes: . I'd bundled it up with his dirty bedding when i stripped his bed, but he still spotted it. I did manage to get it off him and into the wash by telling him it would make him poorly if it wasn't cleaned. He's done well though the last time i washed it he sat by the machine crying watching it go round and round.:o

I'm going to go out in the garden and do the wood and coal now otherwise i'll just be dreading it until i do it;) . Then we're going to have hot chocolate and coco pans (no matter how many times i tell Ds2 they're marshmallows he still calls them coco pans , he can say it as well). Then i'll be back for some more HHC's.

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