Every morning we have bath time, yes I said morning, its a compromise with my OCD husband who likes to shower twice a day. I bargained for the kids to be showered only once a day, and we decided on the morning, because he likes them to be clean after they poop.
So every morning, its a whole thing, now they are getting better when we are ready for the baths and getting dressed, but its always a conversation. Every evening, I always hear:
"I don't want to go to bed"
Even thought they have been go, go, go all day, Eli Tzvi does not nap. My kids get up 6am no matter what time they go to sleep. Ziona Sofia takes a nap around noon at school, and I try to give Matisyahu his 2 naps early enough so he is tired for the night. Even he does not want to go to sleep, now that he is crawling, when we lay him down, he sits right up :)
So its always a debate, always asking them, "Do you wan to go to school tomorrow?" Then eventually they lay down, and lately my daughter comes out of the room multiple times asking for food, a drink, and now the bathroom - YAY! She just decided to wear underwear, and overall it has been amazing, she just went #2 all by herself, and totally gets it. I think the only time she has a little accident, and then goes to the bathroom for the rest, is when she is busy playing or watching something. One of the girls in her class has princess underwear, so I told her once she stopped going pee pee in her underwear, then I will get her the princesses.
Incentive, bargaining, and even taking something away are all daily methods for me to get them to listen. So it makes me think, how good of a listener am I? I am trying to really listen to what they are trying to tell me. Just a minute ago they were both talking at once, and it was not easy.
They were having the cutest conversation today about my hairdresser who has little dogs. My son for some reason is a bit scared of all types of dogs, my daughter has learned to give her hand and pet them. We are going to my hairdresser this weekend, I am getting some color, and my son is getting a cut, and my daughter is just coming along for the adventure, I am not touching her shirley temple curls.
So they were talking about the doggies, one of them is named diesel, just like the Thomas train, so Eli Tzvi was explaining to her that he likes Diesel the black dog, and she was confused because I don't think she ever met him. Then she asked him if he likes big dogs or small dogs, for some reason he used to like big dogs, but not really, he likes to look at them but runs when they get close. We have a cute dog in our building, his name is Diamond, I think he is a Pekingese, and they know him and play with him, but run when he comes close. It was a fun conversation to listen to, they are both very articulate, have a great vocabulary, and use full sentences - I am blessed.
This year I am going to focus on listening more intently to my family, friends, and clients. It is their experiences I want to know about. Most of my life I have loved to talk about me, now that I can do that in a fun way through this blog, in my face to face interactions, I am going to enjoy listening.
Happy Weekend,
Shabbat Shalom,
Coach Yulia
So every morning, its a whole thing, now they are getting better when we are ready for the baths and getting dressed, but its always a conversation. Every evening, I always hear:
"I don't want to go to bed"
Even thought they have been go, go, go all day, Eli Tzvi does not nap. My kids get up 6am no matter what time they go to sleep. Ziona Sofia takes a nap around noon at school, and I try to give Matisyahu his 2 naps early enough so he is tired for the night. Even he does not want to go to sleep, now that he is crawling, when we lay him down, he sits right up :)
So its always a debate, always asking them, "Do you wan to go to school tomorrow?" Then eventually they lay down, and lately my daughter comes out of the room multiple times asking for food, a drink, and now the bathroom - YAY! She just decided to wear underwear, and overall it has been amazing, she just went #2 all by herself, and totally gets it. I think the only time she has a little accident, and then goes to the bathroom for the rest, is when she is busy playing or watching something. One of the girls in her class has princess underwear, so I told her once she stopped going pee pee in her underwear, then I will get her the princesses.
Incentive, bargaining, and even taking something away are all daily methods for me to get them to listen. So it makes me think, how good of a listener am I? I am trying to really listen to what they are trying to tell me. Just a minute ago they were both talking at once, and it was not easy.
They were having the cutest conversation today about my hairdresser who has little dogs. My son for some reason is a bit scared of all types of dogs, my daughter has learned to give her hand and pet them. We are going to my hairdresser this weekend, I am getting some color, and my son is getting a cut, and my daughter is just coming along for the adventure, I am not touching her shirley temple curls.
So they were talking about the doggies, one of them is named diesel, just like the Thomas train, so Eli Tzvi was explaining to her that he likes Diesel the black dog, and she was confused because I don't think she ever met him. Then she asked him if he likes big dogs or small dogs, for some reason he used to like big dogs, but not really, he likes to look at them but runs when they get close. We have a cute dog in our building, his name is Diamond, I think he is a Pekingese, and they know him and play with him, but run when he comes close. It was a fun conversation to listen to, they are both very articulate, have a great vocabulary, and use full sentences - I am blessed.
This year I am going to focus on listening more intently to my family, friends, and clients. It is their experiences I want to know about. Most of my life I have loved to talk about me, now that I can do that in a fun way through this blog, in my face to face interactions, I am going to enjoy listening.
Happy Weekend,
Shabbat Shalom,
Coach Yulia
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| I just took this picture, and believe it or not, the room was spotless, my husband just cleaned the whole house for Shabbat, and my son asked me if he could spill all the toys and whn I ask him to clean it up he will. The balloons are from a Brit (circumsicion ceremony) we went to last night. It is so awesome now to just plop the baby in the middle of it all and let him roam, now that he is crawling. Eli Tzvi is always running over to me asking me if a certain toy is safe for the baby to play with :) Thank god for these high energy, intense, unique, fun, creative, and adorable souls! |
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