***AUG DYK THREAD***

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***AUG DYK THREAD***
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Sat, 08-01-2009 - 8:42am

DYK Thread for August

**For those uncertain to what a DYK thread is......**

DYK stands for Did You Know or Do You Know

It is simply a chit chat thread where every thought is written in sentences and each sentences starts with the initials DYK---it is fun, entertaining and a great way to meet the board members

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iVillage Member
Registered: 05-28-2009
Sun, 08-09-2009 - 3:47pm

Just because I'm too busy and fulfilled to join the mommy clique 24-7 does not make me a "stalker: -- I've introduced myself several times.

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Registered: 03-25-2003
Sun, 08-09-2009 - 3:49pm

Aly woke up chipper! She was not the same child from the night before!! She was bobbing her head to music, and laughing at the jokes on the radio, and when we got to school, she had the look of awe on her face, saying, "I wish I had my camera, because the moon is so pretty right above the trees!"

She liked seeing her friends, and finished reading a book...lol.

She was okay in my class, but it was difficult for me because I didn't want to look at her.

In every class, I give my spiel about who I am....including, I am married and we have one daughter, and she is at this school. Didn't say she was in 7th grade, didn't say her name. Only one student the entire day asked who she was and it HAD to be in the class she was in. LOL...half the class BLURTED out "Aly" and pointed to her...she even pointed to herself and laughed.









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Registered: 07-04-2004
Sun, 08-09-2009 - 3:52pm
Thanks for the laugh!

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iVillage Member
Registered: 07-04-2004
Sun, 08-09-2009 - 3:55pm
I find it amusing when people have to tell you how fulfilled in their lives they are. It usually means they are not and just that they want to justify something else.

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Community Leader
Registered: 07-26-1999
Sun, 08-09-2009 - 3:58pm

Thanks Laura. I think when you all of a sudden go from having an independant, self-sufficient 12 year old to having an infant, and then fast forward 2 years to a toddler and an infant, you forget just how much they really need all the time.

I finally figured out how to explain it to DH last night while I was staring at the ceiling after getting madison down finally, its like you said, its not like DH has a ton of freedom, its more like a perceived freedom, he gets to go to work every day, which means he gets a screaming free ride to work, he can blare the radio as loud as he wants to, he doesn't even have to come home right when he is done working because he doesn't have a set schedule, heck, he could be done at 3 every day and I would have no clue unless he told me so. And he gets to be the fun dad. He does do a lot with Emma, and he tries with Jordyn, at least sometimes. But after being home with Madison all day long every day, nursing, struggling with her, just once in a while I'd like to have him come home and leave Madison with him and let me take Emma and jordyn out and be the fun mom for a bit. Instead, he comes home, sees that I need a break and wisks away the older ones, but i am still stuck with the infant. I know it will be a bit better once I go back to work and once I can get Madison to take a bottle regularly, that way at least I can leave her with him for a bit and do stuff with the kids or on my own once in a while.

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iVillage Member
Registered: 08-11-2007
Sun, 08-09-2009 - 3:59pm
Glad Aly had a good first day.It sounds like it will be a good year.Since we have two teachers per subject kids never end up in their parents class.There is a boy going into 8th grade and his dad is on of the social studies teachers.There are also two advanced social studies class and they meet at the same time,so Gab says if he is in her class she will get the one teacher she wants slightly more,but if not she will have his dad.Although Gab says bothe social studies teachers are goo so she really does not care.

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iVillage Member
Registered: 03-25-2003
Sun, 08-09-2009 - 4:09pm

I really wish we had enough teachers that I didn't have to teach her--it's going to be so awkward. (Especially if she gets her first middle school B in my class...my tests ARE hard!)

But, the smaller student body IS one of the main reasons I want her at this school....so I can't have my cake & eat it, too.









iVillage Member
Registered: 05-28-2009
Sun, 08-09-2009 - 4:10pm

That's an interesting piece of information, but I think under the traditional notion of "debate," that would mean a reply post that disagrees with what OP says or makes a counter-point.

Community Leader
Registered: 07-26-1999
Sun, 08-09-2009 - 4:17pm

While Jordyn is 14 and still considered a child, there is a significant difference between her age and the other children's ages, as well as demeanor. Jordyn has always been very independant, very self-sufficient, and not what I would call at all a challenge to raise. And while I love Emma's spirit, she is definitely a much different child to raise comparatively speaking.

For me personally, the tone in your response came off as questioning me as a person and as a mother making a decision to have more children. One that i don't feel appropriate for anyone but my husband and I to make or to question. We all make choices in life, good or bad, and just because I am having a bad day, or two, I came to this group for the support of mutual friends, not a post questioning why I would choose to have more children.

I guess its kind of like asking a parent with an autistic or special needs child why they chose to have another child after the first, knowing what they know. Its not something you question, you just accept it as their decision and if they are looking for support, you can either give it to them, or refrain from discussions at all, not purposefully be negative towards them.

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Community Leader
Registered: 07-26-1999
Sun, 08-09-2009 - 4:19pm

Aww Alysha. I wouldn't feel bad, but I suppose at that age, the kids take certain things certain ways.

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