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Today is my little brother, Robert's 16th Birthday!

♥ Happy Birthday Lil Bro♥

Love,
Sissy

I just had to put that for my bro so heres my other thoughts today....

first of all I want to say that my family is praying for the family's who are affected by the amish schoolhouse shooting in Paradise!

There is a new store that opened the other day in the shopping center by the Downingtown Regal Cinema. It is called 5 and Below! It is reared towards teens but it does have alot of things in it that adults use too! I found some professional nail polish there that I LOVE!!! and they have any make up and hair accesories you can think of! but there is not only stuff for girls! one side of the store is all girl stuff and the other side is all boys stuff! I didnt look at the boys side much but I did see alot of cool sports stuff! and in the back of the store there is alot of electronic stuff! and everything is $5 and below! the nail polish i bought was 3 bottles for $5! you can't beat that price! and they have the nail polish that nail places use to make the cute little designs on your nails! so I'm in heaven!!! I love doing my nails! There was also Halloween costumes there. Not that many but a couple...mostly wigs from what I could see.

Well nothing else comes to my mind so ttyl.

Well I am a busy woman so I doubt I will be posting these EVERYDAY! I do have a life! haha! but I will try to post my thoughts as much as I can!

My first thoughts today is that I seen a comerchile for a new movie with Kirstin Dunst coming to theatres in the end of this month called Marie Antionette! I can't wait to see it! It looks good! I will look up more info on it and keep you posted!

My son and I are watching a fairly new episode of sesame street right now that has a new character named Abby Kadaby. If you are a sesame street junkie like us then you probly already heard about how parents are getting mad because of this new fairy character! PLEASE!!! I couldnt believe people are mad because this little pink fairy does magic! I think it's no different than the fairy godmother in cinderella or the blue fairy in pinochio! I haven't seen any more new episodes with Abby in them so I hope that the controversy hasn't erased her completly! I like her! She is cute and is a girl! There arent a whole lot of girl characters on sesame street so i think she is good for the show!

Well I am out of thoughts right now! If I think of anything else interesting I will post my thoughts!

Here are a few parenting tips i have thought up myself for you all who could use it! PLEASE UNDERSTAND! That all of these tips are just my opinion and my thaughts that I have formed from my experieces with children and babies!

1. DON'T USE HUGGIES! They suck! They leak everywhere and leave you poor baby with a diaper rash from hell! I say USE PAMPERS or LUVS! They are the only good diapers! Also change your baby often! my son has NEVER had diaper rash! at the most he has had a slight pinkness from the heat but it went away after one aplication of diaper rash cream!

2. DON'T PICK THEM UP INSTANTLY! I hate it when I see a parent struggling to get their baby to sleep because they want to be held constantly! If you teach your child to fall asleep on their own they will! My son almost always goes to bed with no problems!

3. IT'S OK TO LET THEM CRY! When my son was an infant he was "nocternal" and we would be up ALL night long trying to feed him and get him to sleep! untill we asked the doctor if he needed the nightly feedings anymore and he didn't! We also asked if it would be ok to let him cry and the doctor said yes! so that night Collin's bassinet was moved to the living room where we couldnt hear him and he cried himself to sleep! After that he only woke up in the middle of the night like once a month! until we moved him to his toddler bed which he fell out of only once so far and that was the only nightly waking so far!

4. TRASH THE BOTTLE ON THE FIRST BIRTHDAY! I can't stand it when I go to Wal-Mart and I see a five year old child with a bottle in their mouth! I want to smack their parent! Not only does it cause tooth decay but it causes emotional and psychological problems! It is not only my opinion but most likely ALL doctor's opinion's that children should be off the bottle by their first birthday! If you decide to just take it away all at once, it will only take the child about 2 days to forget about the bottle totally! Don't ever give in!

5. NEVER GIVE IN! Wether it comes to taking the bottle away or taking the crib away.....never gie the things back after taking them away! it confuses the child! And if you are trying to disipline them by either time-outs or restriction of toys, NEVER give in to their demands of the things! If you say they have to sit in time out for 5 minutes then thats how long they sit there! If the toy is soposed to be put up for the rest of the day then it is! If you gie in once, they know they can just throw a fit to make you give in again!

6. THEY WANT YOUR ATTENTION WHEN THEY THROW TEMPERTANTRUMS! The only reason that children throw tempertantrums is to get you to react to them and give in! DON'T! If you are at home, put the child in their room where they are safe to throw a fit and close the door. Don't talk! They won't hear you over themself! When they calm down go in their and calmly explain to them why they threw the fit and why they didn't get what they wanted. If you are in a public place when they throw a tempertantrum, leave the cart where it is, ask a store employee to take care of it and walk with your child out the door to the car and put them in their car seat and explain to them that you are leaving because they couldn't keep themself calm. Then leave and next time it happens remind them of that day and tell them that you will leave the store if they don't calm down. By what I have experienced, this will eventually eleminate all tempertantrums....because like I said, they just want your attention! If you give it to them then they will now that they just have to throw a tempertantrum to get what they want.

7. TELL THEM YOU LOVE THEM! Even when you are mad at them just let them know that you still love them and that it's not them that you don't like but what they did that you don't like! Most kids freak out because they thin when their parent yells that means they don't love them!

This is my first "daily" blog or post thingy so bare with me please!

First off I would like everyone to know how hard I try to be the best wife and mommy ever! I put my husband's and my son's needs before mine which is how ALL wives and moms should be! some women i know chose to be selfish and dont want to take care of their child/children the way they should. I look at at their mistakes and try to learn to be a better mom than that! My husband and I talk ALL the time and there is NEVER a real fight between us! We are often told by EVERYONE that we have the best relationship ever! it's true! We do have disagreements every once in a while but we talk them out and come to an agreement that is good for both of us! instead of yelling at the top of our lungs and never getting anything done! Thats what I see many other couples do. But we hardly ever argue because we are soul mates! We often tell eachther that we should become couples therapy counslers!

oh and please excuse my spelling, I have dyslexia!

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