Daycare Habits

[Cat Herder]

Ironically, I had purchased a notebook/calendar similar to what you posted at TJMAXX during my Christmas Break. You have motivated me to write in it TODAY! LOL Haven't even opened it till TODAY! But I had good intentions!

Awesome. happyface I started my health journal yesterday. Ugh. I dreaded it, but it is not so bad, yet. My Doc asked me to. Buzzkill, that one.

1. Resting Blood Pressure
2. Resting Heart Rate
3. Resting Oxygen Concentration
4. Weight
5. Meals and Snacks plus sweetened beverages (I hate this one, wants 1200 calories per day, crazy talk)
6. Total Minutes of Moderate Exercise (wants 60 minimum, easy enough)
7. Total Minutes of Vigorous Exercise (wants 30 minutes minimum, I don't think I like him anymore)

I have to get my blood pressure down. :dislike: I am one of those lucky people who have high blood pressure at a healthy weight. Yay.

[Annalee]

Awesome. happyface I started my health journal yesterday. Ugh. I dreaded it, but it is not so bad, yet. My Doc asked me to. Buzzkill, that one.

1. Resting Blood Pressure
2. Resting Heart Rate
3. Resting Oxygen Concentration
4. Weight
5. Meals and Snacks plus sweetened beverages (I hate this one, wants 1200 calories per day, crazy talk)
6. Total Minutes of Moderate Exercise (wants 60 minimum, easy enough)
7. Total Minutes of Vigorous Exercise (wants 30 minutes minimum, I don't think I like him anymore)

I have to get my blood pressure down. :dislike: I am one of those lucky people who have high blood pressure at a healthy weight. Yay.

Only health issue I have is my "stomach issues" which are largely stress related....Have been taking a probiotic and pepcid and claritin each morning. Oddly, my dr says a mixture of claritin and pepcid is the best med for my stomach. However, alleviating stress and binge eating would eliminate all my health issues

[Cat Herder]

I was told early on at the family reunion that if I did not have a chronic health issue by 45 not to worry, one would be assigned shortly thereafter.

[Annalee]

I was told early on at the family reunion that if I did not have a chronic health issue by 45 not to worry, one would be assigned shortly thereafter.

:hug:

[dolores]

Not fallowing though on the lesson plan, and Not doing observations

I NEVER fully understood the separate exercise and purpose of documenting observations as we already do it in so many other ways. We can identify relatively quickly, based on our training and experience, when a child is lagging behind/ontrack developmentally/needs extra support in areas. Why the documented vignettes? Aren't the daily verbal communication, children's work we send home, incident reports, assessments, parent teacher conferences, texts (more than) enough? I stopped doing daily report sheets since last March (a positive casualty of covid) and parents have not asked for it not once. I transitioned to just texting a pic with a blurb a day, and they love it! Looking into the recommended apps on here to transition that to but I'm not ready yet to learn another thing.

[Cat Herder]

I NEVER fully understood the separate exercise and purpose of documenting observations as we already do it in so many other ways. We can identify relatively quickly, based on our training and experience, when a child is lagging behind/ontrack developmentally/needs extra support in areas. Why the documented vignettes?

I always had a suspicion they were about staff turnover. In effect training your replacement. I was taught it was so we could go back and look at long trends and evaluate any regressions, but still....

[dolores]

Awesome. happyface I started my health journal yesterday. Ugh. I dreaded it, but it is not so bad, yet. My Doc asked me to. Buzzkill, that one.

1. Resting Blood Pressure
2. Resting Heart Rate
3. Resting Oxygen Concentration
4. Weight
5. Meals and Snacks plus sweetened beverages (I hate this one, wants 1200 calories per day, crazy talk)
6. Total Minutes of Moderate Exercise (wants 60 minimum, easy enough)
7. Total Minutes of Vigorous Exercise (wants 30 minutes minimum, I don't think I like him anymore)

I have to get my blood pressure down. :dislike: I am one of those lucky people who have high blood pressure at a healthy weight. Yay.

High blood pressure....uggh! Sorry you're in the club. I'm on medication for it. Hoping to wean myself off with lifestyle changes. Talk about breaking habits! Your dedication to your health IS motivating!

[Annalee]

High blood pressure....uggh! Sorry you're in the club. I'm on medication for it. Hoping to wean myself off with lifestyle changes. Talk about breaking habits! Your dedication to your health IS motivating!

High BP runs rampant in my dad's side of the family but I must have got my genes from my mom's side.

My high-strungness, though, keeps me on stroke stage and I got to FIX that!

[dolores]

High BP runs rampant in my dad's side of the family but I must have got my genes from my mom's side.

My high-strungness, though, keeps me on stroke stage and I got to FIX that!

Let's bump up taking care of ourselves to #1 on the list. Easier said than done. I'm making a vision board to remind myself.

[Annalee]

Let's bump up taking care of ourselves to #1 on the list. Easier said than done. I'm making a vision board to remind myself.

Yep; easier said than done, but a treadmill set up downstairs is calling my name.....had my son unhook his xbox and hook the 'dish' back to the TV so I can watch TV while walking....Gotta do this! happyface

[flying_babyb]

Right? Mine (2.8 - 3.6) have started freezing in place then just staring at me whenever they see me watching anything or anyone specific. They won't play freely or creatively unless I am "busy" with "computer work" (that's you guys), cleaning or tending to an infant. If I look over my desk, they all. just. stare....

I am going to have to get a turkey hide in there or something to catch up.

Can i share my secret tip for observations? I tell my kids that I am going to sit and do a puzzle. I put a paper in my puzzle book and have at observations. It works, and if they wander over I show them the puzzle Im "working" on. I usally keep one half complete.

[Cat Herder]

Can i share my secret tip for observations? I tell my kids that I am going to sit and do a puzzle. I put a paper in my puzzle book and have at observations. It works, and if they wander over I show them the puzzle Im "working" on. I usally keep one half complete.

I tell them I am working on bills, on my computer. Worked for many years.

Not with this group. These are screen and stroller babies.

These are also the kids who have not been out unrestrained in public in a year or so.

[Annalee]

I tell them I am working on bills, on my computer. Worked for many years.

Not with this group. These are screen and stroller babies.

These are also the kids who have not been out unrestrained in public in a year or so.

The last dcb2 I took....dcm said he had been in high chair or playpen the last year so she could work from home He is a wobbly walker but getting better.....sad!!!

[Cat Herder]

The last dcb2 I took....dcm said he had been in high chair or playpen the last year so she could work from home He is a wobbly walker but getting better.....sad!!!

I think that has become the norm out of sheer desperation to keep food on the table for many.

We are seeing several cases where kids are locked in sheds, barns and basements so they can be left unsupervised while parents work.

[Annalee]

I think that has become the norm out of sheer desperation to keep food on the table for many.

We are seeing several cases where kids are locked in sheds, barns and basements so they can be left unsupervised while parents work.

Oh my goodness!

I wish I had a dollar for every time I heard over the past year "when a democrat wins and the election is over, all will go back to normal". Just ain't gonna happen!