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[rebbyribs]

Life is going well, but I'm feeling tired and burnt out. I think the latter boils down to not getting nearly enough sleep (this having a baby AND a toddler thing is hard), and selfishly wanting a break from caring for my family. That said, I know that if I start writing about the negative stuff, I'm just going to feel sad. So here's a bit about all

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[anemone]

selfishly wanting a break from caring for my family.

I do not think it is selfish to want a break. I don't think it is selfish to take a break, either, though that can be a logistically difficult feat. (Relatedly, I think our culture promotes an ideal of motherhood that involves a more sacrifice from mom than is actually ideal for the kids.)

I'm glad for the update.

[crayonbeam]

I had no idea baby teeth could last so long.

Max is 7.5 and has had 2 baby teeth pulled because his adult teeth were coming in behind them, instead of under. He hasn't lost any other baby teeth, so next week we're getting x-rays to see where the adult teeth might be hiding.

Genetically, this comes from me. I had many baby teeth pulled and got my 12 year old molars when I was 16.

Glad you and the kids are doing well.

[fanlain]

"Evidently, many kids learn the high-frequency words and somehow intuit the phonics rules to figure out unfamiliar words. But about 30% of kids don't, and Iris seems to fall into this category."

Seems interesting to keep teaching a method with such a high failure rate or at least not provide alternatives for the 30% for which that doesn't work.

[anemone]

Seems interesting to keep teaching a method with such a high failure rate or at least not provide alternatives for the 30% for which that doesn't work.

Yeah, but for kids like Helen, sight words are everything--I don't think she'd sound out a word and ask me "what does mean?" She does use phonics in reading, but I suspect in a different way than Iris. It's gotta be tricky designing a curriculum that works well for both kids like Iris and kids like Helen.

[eeyore_grrl]

How are the braces going?

[thesaturdaygirl]

Hi! We have some friends and interests in common and I'm going to add you if that's okay.

Iris sounds like maybe the same age as my oldest, Wren who would also be in 1st grade if she was in school but who we registered as K with the homeschool office because she was born only 3 weeks before the cutoff between first and K and I couldn't think of any reasons it'd be bad for her to be the oldest in her class should she ever go to school, but several should she be the youngest. She's a November 2007 baby.