tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779260.post3516805416509065748..comments2024-03-18T19:36:44.170-04:00Comments on the underwear drawer: the rule of threesMichelle Auhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04938937923678734252noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779260.post-79661141537169644142023-02-13T00:31:21.977-05:002023-02-13T00:31:21.977-05:00kd 15
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So glad you are back. Congrat...I was losing hope! So glad you are back. Congratulations on number three, happy birthday to Mack (much belated) and good luck with the school decision. We are currently doing the public/private debate for our soon-to-be-kindergartener. There's so much to think about that it makes my head hurt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779260.post-53202987391690007992012-02-02T09:30:28.383-05:002012-02-02T09:30:28.383-05:00I hadn't checked the blog in months and as I c...I hadn't checked the blog in months and as I clicked to go into it, I thought "maybe she's pregnant again" and there you are. Congrats!!<br /><br />I was a bright student and SHOULD have been skipped and wasn't. I think it affected me negatively because I became lazy for life.Hildahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06983832246471151350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779260.post-51467526067670442932012-02-01T15:17:38.227-05:002012-02-01T15:17:38.227-05:00Congratulations!Cal and Mack are adorable! By the ...Congratulations!Cal and Mack are adorable! By the way, I really enjoy the background musics in your videos;)Fannihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03399513634245454678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779260.post-10159634405188484732012-02-01T15:15:50.921-05:002012-02-01T15:15:50.921-05:00Congratulations!Cal and Mack are adorable! By the ...Congratulations!Cal and Mack are adorable! By the way, I really enjoy the background musics in your videos;)Fannihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03399513634245454678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779260.post-90252771466846314802012-01-31T23:18:31.832-05:002012-01-31T23:18:31.832-05:00Agree with Sadie that social adjustment might be a...Agree with Sadie that social adjustment might be an issue in middle and high school. For key celebrations like sweet sixteen etc, he will be out of sync with the rest of his peers. Besides, being physically the smallest of his class might not fare well when he is a teenager. Most feedback from parents who had a kid that skipped a grade do wish they didn't do it. Go gifted curriculum but keep him in the same grade.<br />,doctor Momnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779260.post-47307505010528355952012-01-22T17:49:26.965-05:002012-01-22T17:49:26.965-05:00Congratulations! We look forward to meeting baby #...Congratulations! We look forward to meeting baby #3. I vote putting Cal into a gifted program as well ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779260.post-88694572747597651352012-01-21T22:11:27.450-05:002012-01-21T22:11:27.450-05:00If your son is really bored, then the situation is...If your son is really bored, then the situation is not a good fit. Have you looked at the local private school's first grade to see if it would be any more challenging?<br /><br />Congratz on your pregnancy. My best wishes to both of you on this good news!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779260.post-60333883142637743802012-01-21T15:23:37.593-05:002012-01-21T15:23:37.593-05:00my parents were given the opportunity to have me s...my parents were given the opportunity to have me skip - and chose not to for social reasons - and i'm an older girl at that! i agree w/ many posters above - i would have had serious social issues had i been a year ahead. heck, i feel like i didn't really catch up til college as is! was always far ahead academically, in music, and kicked butt in my sport, but socially i was a bit off til quite a bit later on.la gringahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17245512727167466925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779260.post-28904931475724899172012-01-17T21:47:35.286-05:002012-01-17T21:47:35.286-05:00Name ideas. . . Biff, Ric, Lon, Zip, Pan. . . and ...Name ideas. . . Biff, Ric, Lon, Zip, Pan. . . and what, I wonder, are the girl equivalents in your style of naming? <br /><br />Cal, Mack, and Isabella (maybe not ;) !)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779260.post-25619708410944255232012-01-17T20:05:51.124-05:002012-01-17T20:05:51.124-05:00Congrats! My younger brother and I both skipped a ...Congrats! My younger brother and I both skipped a grade and attended a high school similar to the one you attended! (We live in Toronto, Canada) We had no problems adjusting - in fact, there were a few classmates that skipped a grade as well. You'll make the right decision!Kelvin Nghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07488912501393731160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779260.post-48857159479475377882012-01-17T19:40:35.087-05:002012-01-17T19:40:35.087-05:00I went to public school in suburban Chicago and wa...I went to public school in suburban Chicago and was a smart kid (and also born the end of June). The schools were progressive and college prep and my teachers were always pushing me into gifted programs. At one point, when I was in fifth grade, the schools wanted me to transfer to a different school for a gifted program. I always had a lot of friends and was very socially adjusted and mature for my age, so my parents sat me down and asked me what I thought I wanted to do. And I said I didn't want to be labeled more of "a brain" than I already got teased about and wanted to be a normal kid and stay with my friends and my class. And I did, and I was happy I had. By the time I got to high school I was editor of the paper and very active in the school community. Did I get bored in class? Sometimes I did, but I was very lucky to have some extraordinary teachers who really challenged me. I got into an elite university and later also pursued a graduate degree there. And I have worked in my field (journalism, a field that is very challenged right now) for 32 years and taught journalism on the side. I'm so happy I didn't switch schools or skip grades when I was a kid. I strongly believe that so much of education is the social aspect of life ... you can be as book smart as you want, but if you're sad, lonely, maladjusted or lack common sense, all of the book smarts in the world won't help you. I'm thrilled that you looked at your son a whole person and how he'll fit in the world ... and not just how smart he is. He'll be a happy, well-adjusted child and probably smarter for that, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779260.post-10691815664843085702012-01-17T19:32:16.219-05:002012-01-17T19:32:16.219-05:00Holy crap congratulions!Holy crap congratulions!Jessenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779260.post-36672081403859843932012-01-17T16:27:46.082-05:002012-01-17T16:27:46.082-05:00I am so glad you are back. I missed you. Congrat...I am so glad you are back. I missed you. Congratulations on baby number three!Margaretnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779260.post-34971729034617618072012-01-17T16:04:47.171-05:002012-01-17T16:04:47.171-05:00Congratulations on the pregnancy! As far as the s...Congratulations on the pregnancy! As far as the skipping goes, I'll offer my 2 cents as well. My husband and I both skipped grades. It did not affect him in the slightest - 3 sport star in high school, plenty of friends. Of course, physically he didn't look smaller than anyone else, and he was born close to the cutoff for the school year so he wasn't that much younger than his peers. Academically, he was of the "I'll just skid by and it will all work out" variety (and it did work out, lucky him) so skipping a grade made no difference to him academically, he still barely did his homework and focused on sports and having fun. I was born towards the end of the academic year and was a nerd through and through so academically I benefited from being skipped. However, socially it was rough. I was a lot younger and a lot more clueless than my peers. Part of that I attribute to having older parents who had no idea what was up and being an only child and having nobody to turn to at home for social advice. <br /><br />Since my husband and I both skipped, the question has been raised as to what we'll do with our daughter if she is offered the opportunity to skip. I don't know what I would do. I don't want her to be the socially clueless teen that I was though I think the fact that I am (painfully) aware of this pitfall means that I would be able to help her more than my own mother (who, by the way, skipped TWO grades and managed to survive just fine but she's tough as nails, me not so much). I also wouldn't want to hold her back academically and it goes against my nerdiness to choose social life over academics. I wish you the best of luck as you make the decision and I'm sure whatever you decide will work out well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779260.post-37727440786038525032012-01-17T15:39:41.897-05:002012-01-17T15:39:41.897-05:00congratulations! so happy for you and your whole f...congratulations! so happy for you and your whole family. And - HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MACK!! I started reading your blog around the time he was born. Thanks for sharing some of your life with us. And Mazel Tov!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779260.post-38321470252895387252012-01-17T14:56:14.479-05:002012-01-17T14:56:14.479-05:00Congratulations and welcome back! Best wishes for ...Congratulations and welcome back! Best wishes for a healthy, happy pregnancy and new baby!zinemamahttp://www.katehaas.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779260.post-4932778429727417782012-01-17T14:27:29.428-05:002012-01-17T14:27:29.428-05:00Congrats! Congrats! Congrats! I got a big, silly g...Congrats! Congrats! Congrats! I got a big, silly grin when I saw the ultrasound pic. May you have a healthy and happy pregnancy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779260.post-39145753549007502082012-01-17T14:22:09.898-05:002012-01-17T14:22:09.898-05:00I knew it! Congratulations and all the best to you...I knew it! Congratulations and all the best to you! Re: Cal, I have to echo the comments above and say that my parents would not allow me to skip a grade, but were very enthusiastic about my enrollment in a gifted program. Now this was in Canada where more government resources go towards public education and more options are available (at least in those days) but each school district had one school designated to house a gifted program, and every student in the province was tested in the third grade. In the end, it was the most rewarding experience of my elementary academic life, being put together with other similar kids for the first time, and growing up with them as we moved through school as a unit. Just wanted to put in my vote for that option, if one exists in your area ... but if not, I totally agree with the commenter above that it's hard to scar your kid for life when you want what's best for him. Congrats again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779260.post-52425113888715696292012-01-17T14:09:51.002-05:002012-01-17T14:09:51.002-05:00Congrats! Also thought the same as soon as I saw &...Congrats! Also thought the same as soon as I saw "threes." I'd even checked back recently because I thought my RSS feed was messed up. Missed your ramblings!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779260.post-13246247832376680732012-01-17T13:37:59.260-05:002012-01-17T13:37:59.260-05:00Wondering where you had been! Congrats on the new ...Wondering where you had been! Congrats on the new baby.....Karlahttp://fortycakes.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779260.post-40944712134258084622012-01-17T11:33:48.702-05:002012-01-17T11:33:48.702-05:00Congratulations! And so glad you're back to bl...Congratulations! And so glad you're back to blogging.<br /><br />You guys will make the right decision for Cal, but I just offer my experience. I was a smart kid and skipped first grade. Result: I was still the smartest kid in my grade, but I was also the youngest kid in my grade -- and I was so out of my league, socially. By the time I hit fifth grade, it was a real issue. I was still bored in school AND socially miserable. So when we moved to a new state, my parents had me repeat the grade and basically get back on track with my peers. It was a very dull year academically, but I don't think I was hurt by it, and it gave me an opportunity to really figure out the social stuff. Ultimately, I think it really helped me survive the painful middle school years and do very well socially in high school. Bottom line for me is that skipping a grade in early elementary does not necessarily solve the problem of being bored in school, and may create other problems down the road.sadienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779260.post-90572462625408188842012-01-17T10:03:04.942-05:002012-01-17T10:03:04.942-05:00Cngratulations! And good luck deciding about Cal. ...Cngratulations! And good luck deciding about Cal. I grew up being a full year younger than the average age in my grade (but I'm a girl). When I went to boarding school though, I repeated ninth grade and just took harder classes since there was a lot of flexibility in the coursework. If I'd "skipped" to tenth, I think it would have been a little awkward socially.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779260.post-51384698088774291962012-01-17T09:46:20.146-05:002012-01-17T09:46:20.146-05:00Congratulations! Wow, THREE kids. Three seems like...Congratulations! Wow, THREE kids. Three seems like such a daunting number to me.<br /><br />Such a tough decision about Cal. Is there a third option, as others have suggested above, that would allow him to stay in second grade but be challenged -- a gifted and talented program, supplemental/different schoolwork, independent projects he could do?CMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01559451322234777335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779260.post-71448869713162886642012-01-17T01:01:27.573-05:002012-01-17T01:01:27.573-05:00Congratulations!
My daughter is about 10 months o...Congratulations!<br /><br />My daughter is about 10 months older than Cal (though if she would have waited to be born near her due date she would only be 7 months older). Last year we struggled with the decision to hold her back. Partly because of a move mid-year and the Kindergartners here can read 100 sight words and count to 100 by 1/5/10. Where we came from they were happy if the kids could walk in a line and spell their names by the end of Kindergarten. With a lot of work, she was academically ready but emotionally she was a wreck. Ultimately, we decided that the social and emotional aspects were equally important and she is in Kindergarten version 2.0. It has been wonderful for her. To come to this decision we had bi-weekly conferences with the Kindergarten teacher, a first grade teacher, the principal and the school counselor for 3 months. The final decision was not made until 3 days before school was out for the summer. I'm sure you and Joe will do what you believe is best for Cal; but maybe multiple meetings (or phone calls) with the staff will help guide you. Good luck!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13923707188013603019noreply@blogger.com