Old Movies

The past few months I've been enjoying the "watch instantly" feature on Netflix. The ethernet is hooked to Ian's Xbox so I can watch the movies on the big screen. I've been watching lots of old films and foreign films too. It's a really fun thing to have unlimited access to great movies! Ian goes to bed fairly early and I stay up and dive into Netflix.

Monday night I watched Kramer vs. Kramer with Dustin Hoffman. I cried. It's is a GREAT film! I can't stop thinking about the story. It was 1979 PG-13 ratnig, so there was a female frontal in it. Other than that, it's a safe and heartwarming movie. Any parent would love the story about a mother abandoning her family and the corporate dad taking over. Melted my heart. I only hope if anything happened to me, Liam would be just as cared for and loved beyond measure.

I miss Robin

I really do.

Not too bad

I made this avatar because another blog friend did it. Fun, but I wasn't so impressed with the lack of options to change my facial features. I think the Mii was more accurate.



Make your own here.

I was hungry

Today I am grateful to be a mom because...

I forgot to eat breakfast and didn't realize this until I got to work.

Because I am a mom, I was able to check the church bag and the diaper bag and come up with a breakfast made up of butter crackers and apple jacks.

Awesome!

Keeping my mouth shut

I have had a hard time lately with how people (in general) do things differently than I do. I just can't seem to put a lid on it, especially when the folks are related to me or when they have major contact with my son. I'll give an example of the latter of the two.

I have been reading a parenting book that is just excellent! It's called New Parent Power by John Rosemond. It really focuses on "old school" parenting techniques, which I love! I skipped to the chapter on television influences the other night. I knew the media wasn't good for our kids, but the added information gathered from this book has me torn. We, of course, let Liam watch a partial movie in the morning while eating breakfast and while we prepare for the day. What actually bothers me is what he is exposed to at day care. I have yet to arrive at that place with the TV turned off. It's bugged me from the get go, but the advantages of this place seemed to outweigh it. I've re-learned that TV has some serious effects on pre-school age children. That and video games seem harmful in that vital impressionable stage of their life (and actually harms their development later on in life). Focus/Concentration, boredom, lack of imagination, low impulse control, etc.

I was tempted to make copies of that chapter and hand it over to my day care provider (who always has the TV on). Of course I am very non-confrontational, so the thought wore at me.

Then I realized that Liam doesn't stay focused on the TV much anymore. It may be going in the background (which isn't he best), but at least he has an imagination and pretends and loves to be physical. The low impulse control is an issue, but he is still small and has yet to master those skills. I think he'll be okay... whether or not we throw out the TV or "have a talk" with the day care people. I'll just keep doing my best to keep him busy with other things when he is my care.