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Overwhelmed
October 28th, 2008
I got some new supplements a couple of weeks ago. A multivitamin and some iron, to be exact. After a week of taking them, I felt remarkably better. I’m pretty sure it was the iron that made the most difference, since I’m anemic, but, I digress. I had a few days of feeling great and then it went downhill. FAST. Apparently, taking the iron at the same time as my z@loft was a mistake. Something went wonky and my z@loft stopped working. I had a very bad couple of days until I figured out what was going on. I moved my iron pill to the evening and things are better now. But, sheesh… that was terrible.
I got to see Maddie play with the other kids at school yesterday and it was so obvious that my girl is hyper. She was running around like a spaz trying to play with all the balls she could get her hands on, and the other kids just sort of played calmly. It may be because she’s older than all the other kids in her class, but I’m guessing it’s just that she’s a total spaz.
In order to try and curb the “drunk on freedom” thing she’s got going, we’re weaning her off the play yard. Now don’t get your knickers in a a twist or anything. Maddie isn’t confined to her play yard every waking minute of the day, but she doesn’t have free run of the house, either. We opted not to childproof the whole house and instead keep a tight rein on Maddie. (We have the extension kit for the yard and it literally takes up more than half of the available space in our living room. She’s not in a veal fattening pen or anything. (GAH! Defensive much??)) Last night and this morning, we gated off the living room and let her run wild. My lord. She’s into EVERYTHING. I feel like all I’m doing is telling her “no.” She’s worn me out and we’ve only been up for three hours.
She also decided that she doesn’t need to hold our hands when we’re out and about. At the pumpkin patch on Friday, she kept ripping her hand away and taking off. I decided right there and then that I was going to buy a kid leash. I used to be one of those judgmental childless people that frowned on the leash. Now? I’m getting two in case one breaks.
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I never saw a problem with the leash thing but I know some people do. They didn’t have them when my kids were little but my Ray surely needed one! ahahah
Glad you figured out the meds thing.
the leash thing rocks…it saved my life with the little one…and i would use it more now, except the man hates it…lol
peace…
I’m glad that you’re working out your supplements and vitamins.
I always said I’d never childproof everything, but once Zachariah was mobile he was into EVERYTHING! And we don’t have a play yard, but I did gate off access to the kitchen for a long time. Then I would close all the other doors, and he only had access to the living room and dining room. And I childproofed those two rooms. That worked best for us. Finally before he was two I let him have free reign of the house. He does great now. He knows where everything goes and doesn’t get into things he shouldn’t.
Also I totally gave in and bought a leash for him when he was a year old. We only used it off and on for a few months (the pumpkin patch was one place it was great). And now that’s not an issue at all. I see people with kids his age still on them, and now I think that’s fine. You do what you have to do, and if it’s keeping your child safe then do it.
a. I would pay cash money for pictures of her in a veal fattening pen. HAHA!!
b. Like you, I used to think those leashes were AWFUL! I couldn’t imagine how someone could be so cruel to their child. Now, I wonder if it would harm the child to keep him on it 24/7. (I kid!)
This age is so tough! I use any tool that helps me to keep them safe while giving them some measure of freedom: the playyard, the harness, etc.
My kid hates to hold my hand now too. Super sucks, esp in parking lots. However, she hates the leash, too, though I guess I haven’t tried in in awhile. I’m anxious to hear how it goes for you.
Dude, I bought the Eddie Bauer monkey “harness/backpack” from Target. It was like $8.99 and she loves it and I love it. Who cares what anyone else thinks? A kid on a leash is better than a kid on the evening news for being run over in a parking lot.
Glad you figured out the timing of the iron pill!
I am 100% FOR the kid leases. Good thinking to get two.
If my husband wouldn’t divorce me for using it, I would have my kid on a leash ALL day. He yanks his hand from mine and if I won’t let go, he throws himself on the ground.
I also said I wouldn’t childproof… until B was into everything. Seems like every week I’m searching One Step Ahead for a solution to our newest problem. This week’s purchase? A crib tent. People can judge me all they want, but my 16 month old is NOT ready to be out of his crib, although his climbing skills suggest otherwise.
Nothing wrong with the leash. It beats the hell out of having an injured, lost, or – gasp – dead child. You’re a good mom for putting her well being first and your own sanity second.
As for the zoloft…. after my surgery my doc increased my dose. It quit working too. Mine, they figured, was due to malabsorbtion. I definitely wasn’t getting what I needed to function in a peaceful manner. Not only did they increase it, they also split the dose having me take half at night and half in the morning.
Oh, and btw, your pics are looking fantabulous!!!
I am all about my play yard, too, and I too am WAY defensive about it because so many moms seem to frown on me for not encouraging freedom! Well, whatever, but grown ups live in this house, too, and I do not plan to remove every picture frame and lamp and plant from the living room until all my kids are in kidnergarten. Nor do I much like the idea of hovering over my kid and saying “no” ten times every half hour. A giant play yard is a fair compromise for everyone in this house, that’s what I say. Plus, I can take a shower or leave the room for a minute and not worry that someone’s climbing the entertainment center or eating dog food.
Maddie is just so cute and so VERY 2.
We have a kid leash and I have used it a few times and LOVE it. My thing is that I don’t trust the OTHER people out there in the world even though I trust my 2 year old to get his ass back to me when I call him. It takes NO TIME for some freak to get his hands on your kid in a crowd.
Our son has had full run of the house ever since he was a baby – we only blocked off the stairs until he was about a year old and could get up and down them no problem. I think the freedom thing helped us because I really can take him anywhere without much of a problem, he doesn’t touch things or get into anything at all.
Granted, the first few weeks of total freedom was stressful! GAH!
Just a word of advice.
Don’t tug on the kid leash – I sent The Dictator into a marble floor head first the first time I used it – and the bump on his head was HORRIBLE!
Yeah, evidently kids do not respond the same way as dogs do to a leash.
The leash would be great if it didn’t terrify her. We have rules about when she must and must not hold my hand. If she won’t when she needs to, she gets carried, or we stop and sit and hold her. So far, very few true issues, just some whining.
We block off stairs, but that is nearly as much about the dog as her. We close some doors, and have a gate on her room, but also, more about the dog. We also make sure she gets plenty of run around and play time, while most is at daycare, we play in the yard too. Makes a huge difference.
I could never get the play yard to work for us. My living area is too small and it just didn’t fit right, plus, when I left her in there she would just stand by the edge and cry (even if I was sitting INSIDE IT).
SO, I used parts of it to block off the TV area and I just close all the doors, except for her room. I make sure to keep an eye/ear on what she’s doing and so far, it’s working all right. It’s funny, though, as she grows, I have to keep moving things ‘up and back.’ lol.