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Aug. 28th, 2003
Feeling better on the Mama front
Aug. 28th, 2003 10:31 amSo I'd been feeling pretty bad on the Mama front recently - Maggie's been having some weird behavioral symptoms that are apparently, according to my doctor consulting with a pediatric specialist, stress manifestations. I think some of it was her brother was gone for a week, and some's probably the upcoming-move-stress. But I was feeling pretty bad at not doing better for her.
So I managed to talk one of the local Gymboree places into giving us a 4-week rate for multiple-times-a-week classes, instead of their usual 12 weeks. After all, with us expecting a likely move, 12 weeks looks a bad bet. And she's outgrowing our childproofing, and BORED here, and Mama is NOT up to the park. (Plus a few weeks ago she got tons of bugbites that way) So I'm taking her to the GymRunners class. We went to our first one last night.
I think it's exactly what she needs. Free play in a big safe room with tons of interesting stuff, interspersed with group activities, climbing stuff, baby songs, bubbles, etc. She's on the young age for this class - but then she's been walking since 9 months and is quite confident, the cruisers-to-walkers class wouldn't challenge her. I think she's the littlest one there - I usually get all these comments of "She's so CUTE!" and yesterday I kept getting "She's so LITTLE!"
I'm going to TRY to take her every day, and going to try to find ways to get her there for the "open play" times whenever I can. I have to juggle Brendan care around this, too. Last night I managed to get respite care for him, and they're coming again Friday. Tonight's is late enough Karl said he could come home in time.
Hopefully this will keep her more entertained, let her interact some with other kids, give her language stimulation, etc.
So I managed to talk one of the local Gymboree places into giving us a 4-week rate for multiple-times-a-week classes, instead of their usual 12 weeks. After all, with us expecting a likely move, 12 weeks looks a bad bet. And she's outgrowing our childproofing, and BORED here, and Mama is NOT up to the park. (Plus a few weeks ago she got tons of bugbites that way) So I'm taking her to the GymRunners class. We went to our first one last night.
I think it's exactly what she needs. Free play in a big safe room with tons of interesting stuff, interspersed with group activities, climbing stuff, baby songs, bubbles, etc. She's on the young age for this class - but then she's been walking since 9 months and is quite confident, the cruisers-to-walkers class wouldn't challenge her. I think she's the littlest one there - I usually get all these comments of "She's so CUTE!" and yesterday I kept getting "She's so LITTLE!"
I'm going to TRY to take her every day, and going to try to find ways to get her there for the "open play" times whenever I can. I have to juggle Brendan care around this, too. Last night I managed to get respite care for him, and they're coming again Friday. Tonight's is late enough Karl said he could come home in time.
Hopefully this will keep her more entertained, let her interact some with other kids, give her language stimulation, etc.
