Weekly Flylady Thread 1st December 2008

Flylady_Flower

Hi Julie, good luck with DD - hope the links for supplements help... How did your HHC go?

I HAVE WRITTEN OUT MY FLYCARDS!!!!

They are done, just need to go in a stronger envelope I think... they will be sent today lil_me... Just the family ones to do now...;)

So the rest of my day is like this...

1. Get card from staples to print membership cards on
2. Pick up replacement phone from Lakeside (NOT looking forward to that, going soon I think to beat the rush...)
3. Get stamps and lots of them
4. Post all cards that are done (including flylady ones )
5. Take hose bit back to Homebase
6. Take chair back to Ikea
7. Take cushions back to sainsburys
8. Take door handles back to B&Q
9. Get Christmas Crackers and raffle prizes for OAP party
10. Get 30+ christmas selection boxes for kids party
11. Drop prescription off at doctors
12. Drop cheque off for business address

and if I survive the shops...

1. Enter all mileage
2. Enter all receipts
3. Do an invoice for all work up to date
4. Write family christmas cards

So, in the words of Mr Oates, "I'm going out, I may be some time...":rotfl:

juliejim

Well, I've managed to unload WM and reload.
Load TD
Throw old flowers out
Wash dishes
Pick papers up off LR floor

So I made a start, everyone up now so I'm thinking I might go and finish writing my Christmas cards and sort out my parcel ready for posting - I want to make sure I get them to the PO today so that means B4 12.30.

Pink_Fairy_2

Good morning all

Just a quick post as I've got to dry my hair before the rehearsal run. Most dailies done, and am going to do a tip trip with the cardboard at the same time.

Julie - ((((hugs)))) I think your reward chart might be a good start, but I also used "vouchers" with mine. Different values (5, 10, 20) for different tasks, but in your DD's case, could be for being polite and speaking appropriately, then have rewards of different values, like a craft session, baking session, DVD buy/hire, cinema trip, with the more expensive treats needing more vouchers collected. I did a challenging behaviour course with my Health Visitor because my daughter was being very difficult with my son at the time. Hope that might be of some help, but also is it possible to ask DH to think before he speaks as well (maybe dodgy ground here and if so I apologise) but if he was a little more careful, that might also influence your DD.

OK, off to dry hair. Back later.

*note to self - must do rest of Christmas cards for posting asap*

Justamum

cha97michelle wrote: »

That's why i am saying, i don't want to pressurise him, but encourage him, but i wanted opinions if this was wise. I know my friend who is a teacher talks to her boy (7weeks older than DS1) in a pressurised way to me. E.g. Do you recognise this character in the story? That isn't a word in your repertoire. I just don't want to come across like this.

I could read when I was 3, and by the time I started school at 4 I had gone through all the infant books. BUT when I started school they ignored the fact completely and made me start with all the "baby" books, and would tell me to read a page a night to my parents and I wasn't allowed to go any faster because I suppose for them it was easier to have everybody at the "same" level (I suppose a lot of the children wouldn't have even known the alphabet ). I found it extremely frustrating. I just hope it's different these days for children and they are encouraged to go at their own pace.

I tried teaching my son to read before he started school, but he just wasn't interested. When he started in reception (towards the end of the school year because we had just come back from Swaziland) he couldn't read and told me one evening when we were going through his "homework" - "it's no good, I'll never learn how to read" :rotfl: He still doesn't like reading fiction, but loves Horrible Histories.

kassey

Morning Everyone , Chunky sorry for your news ,SummerMoon good luck today,Hope everyone has a good day.

kassey

Weekend list..

A chance to get the other half and the children involved in your quest for world dominance a spick and span house.

1. Tidy your messiest room to level Three!
2. S&S the kitchen
3. [STRIKE]S&S the bathroom[/STRIKE]
4. Change any bedding that has been missed this week
5. Wash any windows that are in need
6. Clean out pets and cages and bedding etc
7. [STRIKE]Write and post those christmas cards[/STRIKE] All done
8. [STRIKE]Make a start on the christmas wrapping.[/STRIKE] All done
9. HHI
10. Make sure lunch boxes and uniforms are ready for Monday

Justamum

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

When they started school, teachers said they can spot which children are read to and talked to Trust your own instincts, would be my suggestion. Oooh, and libraries are great

Penny. x

There was a Tonight programme the other week about children who start school who are unable to talk coherently - they just seemed to make incomprehensible noises!:eek:

juliejim

Thanks Pink Fairy.

Now I need lil-me but I don't think she's online yet. I'll try sending her a pm and see if I get a response!

I've got about 6 more cards to write and then all the flylady cards are done and I've sorted out my parcels as well so I should be able to go the the PO some time this morning before it closes!

AnW'sMum

Morning everyone

I am doing the split thread reading again! (trying to stay on the current page whilst reading back on the stuff I have missed). So forgive me if some of my comments seem a bit disjointed lol

michelle you know better than any of us that an engaged child will learn so much quicker than a bored/disenchanted child. From what you have said it sounds like Charlie already has a love of books, let him lead you and perhaps give him more challenging books as time goes on. As you know W loves trains and last Christmas Father Christmas brought him a nerdy steam train book which is aimed at adults and has all the technical info in. There is not a hope of him being able to read that for several years but it is full of pics and I am certain that as he gets older his need to find out more about the trains will drive him to want to read the detail and of course I and others will be there to help him.

Julie I can honestly say when we met your DD the other week there was no hint of her being rude to any of the adults there. Some of the others have given good suggestions re reward charts and discussions when she is in a more relaxed state of mind. It is extremely difficult but when she is in an arguementative mood the adults have to try to ignore the langauge/tone and use the language/tone they would like her to use. Did you see House of Tiny Tearaways with Tanya Byron, I found those programmes really interesting as no matter what the issues with the children the cause was usually the found to be in the way the adults in the child's life behaved which were at the root of the problem. If you can get as many adults in DD's life acting in the same way with the same consistent message as possible then she will change and see what is and what is not acceptable. Discuss it with your parents I presume they know how your DH is with her, explain your concerns to them and how you would like to implement changes so that they can support you. Hope none of that sounds condesending and that it helps. (((hugs)))

Gryfon

Morning all, how can you all be up and energetic so early!

Got a list as long as several arms that I need to do but this is my list for today:

DW
WM
Hang up wet washing
Sort out dry washing and send it upstairs
Clear worktops: kettle worktop, oven worktop, tree worktop
Make Christmas puddings
Make lemon drizzle cake
Tidy this blinking desk....arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh!
Clear kitchen table
Make butternut squash soup
Stick bread on to cook now

Just sent the 2 big children upstairs with several bags to sort their bedrooms. They can do 30min slots with about 20/30 minutes break inbetween. Their treat is x-box play time and I know that 30 minutes just zooms by so giving them less will be mean. I've also threatened to throw things out.