Be Strong- for the mothers and children of Japan

In March 2011, Japan was affected by terrible  earthquake and tsunami. Millions of people  are still trying to put their lives together , many include mothers and children.  Horipro Entertainment Group has launched  the Be strong campaign.  The main focus, is to spread the word about their efforts to help. 100 percent of the proceeds will go to does efforts.

If I can do anything at all with this blog, its to  spread the word about  important issues like this one, millions of mothers and children still need our help getting their lives  back together.  Please check out their video and get involved,  whether its by spreading the word yourself or making a donation  any little bit helps.

For more information about Horipro Entertainment please visit their site.  If you would like to make a donation please visit their donation site here.

Writer's block?

As some of you may or may not have noticed, I haven't been posting as much as usual.  I can't blame it on the internet service anymore because that problem has been fixed, thank God and its not that  don't know what to write about either. Actually, I think I have too much to talk about.  I know what you are probably thinking, that it doesn't make any sense, but its true, I have a list of topics on my note pad on my phone and I just don't even know where to start, is that crazy?

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I don't know if  its laziness, lack of motivation or just plain fatigue.  Could it be writer's block? Isn't that when you don't have something to write about? What I do know is  that I still enjoy blogging and that I just don't want to write just to write, you know what I mean?  I want my posts to  have meaning and substance.

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The million dollar question, how do I fix it? How do I get myself  out of this rut?  Has that ever happen to you? How do you get yourself out of it?

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Mommy is not happy

This is what I told Ralphy  once  I heard what happened at school.  Ralphy hit another child in his class and this is not the first time.    A few  months back, I had to have my first  " mommy and teacher talk."   I was so upset back then that I cried.  I think it was a mixture of shock and disappointment, not a good combination.

It took us a  few days of no toys and no movies, but soon enough the hitting other kids stopped and the teacher was happy and I was happy.  Recently, all of Ralphy's friends have moved on  to the "3 year old class" and Ralphy is now the oldest in his class, thank goodness its only until the end of next month when he turns 3 himself  (YIKES!)  Anyways, the teacher has been telling me that he  seems a little bored since the older kids have moved on to the new class and this can be his way of handling the situation.

Both daddy and I had a talk with him  and he seemed sad because I told him that mommy was not happy. He even said " mommy I'll  be good, just be happy". Of course you know that it broke my heart and every time he says things like this I realize how grown up his getting, but that's a whole new topic and post for another time.

I thought I had at least 1 more year before I had  to start dealing with these kinds of issues. I guess not.

I need help, tips and suggestions on how do I get my munchkin to learn that hitting is just not okay once and for all.   HELP!

His not so sweet side

I think this might be one of the hardest parts of being a parent of a toddler.  My baby is a sweet boy and his well behaved, but he does have moments that when  he doesn't get what he wants, he has a total meltdown.   It doesn't really happen often, but when it happens, its pretty bad.   Well last night , at bed time we had an "episode."

We have a set routine  that starts around 7:30pm and  It goes something like this:  He drinks his milk while watching his favorite bed time show, after that its clean up time and then finally daddy helps with  brushing  his teeth.  He is usually in bed between 8:30- 9:oo PM. This is a process that takes about an hour.

Well,  last night , we were okay until daddy said that it was time to brush his teeth. He started screaming yelling and throwing  stuff on the floor, you name it , he did it.   He calmed down long enough to get his teeth cleaned, but when I said it was bed time, it started all over again.

I tried staying calm and collected,  I tried telling him that it was bed time in a nice way.   I tend to ignore   him when he gets like this and that works most of the time because  he will stop crying and he will calm down all by himself.  For some reason, last night, he was just not having it.   I  know that he seemed a little more tired than usual, but I mean, its not like we don't do this everyday.   I lost my patience, what can I say, mommy has her moments too.

When I finally got him to calm down, I explained to him that he was a good boy and good boys don't behave that way.  I told him I loved him kissed him good night and that was the end of that.

Please tell me, how do you guys handle tantrums? Do you ignore? put them in timeout? what is your technique.   If you have  advise, please share, please.

Getting with it

I don't know if I'm the only one that feels this way, but I feel so out of it and I'm having a hard time getting back to the swing of things. Why is it that when the Holidays come everyone or mostly everyone gets out of the routine? and then it s so hard to get back to normal.   You would think I went on vacation or had some extra days of, but nope, I had neither and even so I'm finding it hard to get back to "normal".

I worked all through the holidays, I worked half a day on Christmas eve and half a day on new year's eve. That's it. No extra days off, no vacation, no nothing. I just don't understand why I'm all out of  whack, especially when it comes to my blogging schedule. So, I'm sorry if I seem a little off, its because I am. I'm having an off day, well lets just say week ( Hey, just in case ).   I promise to snap out if soon.  In my defense, today is only Monday right?

Do you  guys have any tips on how to get with it when you have been out of it for awhile? Is there a process? Please share, I'm open to any suggestions. Any at all.

Hope your day was productive and here's to me getting with it soon.

Xoxo,

Alex

P. S. I think this was my shortest post EVER!