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Many children will enrol in some kind of preschool around this age in their life. When choosing a preschool for your child, ask questions beforehand to ensure a good fit. There are many different kinds of preschool. Some schools meet all day, every day. Others meet two, three, four or even five days a week-half day or full day. Find out what your child will be learning. Will they be playing all day long or are there actual structured preschool lessons provided? Plan to visit the preschool before you enrol your child and see what goes on in the classroom at various times throughout the day. Do the teachers seem to genuinely care about the children in their care? How do the other children respond to the teachers and each other? Is the classroom fun, bright and welcoming? Look at the toys and see if they are in good shape and proper for your child to play with.

Make sure that your child is current on all immunizations. State laws require children to be up to date on vaccinations before entering into any type of child care center, preschool or even kindergarten. If your child does not have the necessary vaccinations, call your child's doctor to schedule them. Vaccinations protect your child and other people from getting serious diseases that once killed many people.

Children need to learn how to solve problems early on. By others teaching us how to do things, we have learned how to solve problems, keep problems from arising and fix things when they are broken. Help your child learn how to solve problems and fix things. The way that they will be able to do these types of things as an adult is influenced by how well they were taught as a small child.

Around this time in your child's life, you might notice that he is resistant to affection. Your once cuddly and loveable toddler does not want to be hugged and kissed anymore. Try not to take it personally and never force your child to accept your affection or hug/kiss you. It is not that your child is rejecting you, or your love, he is rejecting having his physical freedom limited. Continue to offer your child hugs and kisses.

Many children get frustrated when they are doing something difficult. Often times, kids take on much more than they can physically or mentally handle. Allowing your child to have some frustration and work through it, is a way to help her gain self esteem and develop problem solving skills. However, if you notice that your child is in distress, you can help her figure out a solution to her problem. Select her toys properly and keep in mind what she is capable of doing. By providing a can-do environment, you can help your child eliminate frustration. Provide a step stool for your child to wash her hands or brush her teeth. Buy your child Velcro sneakers so that she can close them on her own, rather than tripping on the shoelaces. Do not add to his frustration by criticizing him when he fails or expecting things that are not realistic. If your child wants to try again, let him. However, when he wants to quit, let him.

Developmental Milestones - 30 Months Old

Physical

• Busyli> Jumps well
• Climbs larger structures
• Tries to swing
• Better fine motor skills

Intellectual

• Enjoys doing `school work`
• Can recognize colors and shapes
• May recognize some letters and numbers
• May be potty-trained

Emotional

• May like going to school for a few hours
• Might be afraid of the dark
• Scared of new noises
• Plays with friends

Age Appropriate Toys

• Play doh
• Art supplies
• Outside toys
• Ride on toys
• Pretend play
• Puzzles
• Games
• Letter and number toys
• Shape sorters
• Baby dolls
• Trucks, cars, trains
• Kitchen and food sets
• Toolbenches

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kashsmommy - Wednesday, 1 May
Lol yeah, sure!

kathleen112 - Wednesday, 1 May
Better finally, thanks for asking. Are you ready to move over to 31 months?

kashsmommy - Wednesday, 1 May
Kathleeeeen! How's everybody feeling these days?

kathleen112 - Monday, 29 Apr
Boo. :-)

kashsmommy - Sunday, 28 Apr
Definitely a negative test. Suppose my friend will be here sometime tonight lol!

kashsmommy - Sunday, 28 Apr
Well, after doing a little research, I'm either close to a week late or should start my period tomorrow. It's 11pm here, but I think I'll go to Walgreens real quick.

kathleen112 - Sunday, 28 Apr
Kash--when was/is your period due?! The suspense is killing me, I don't know how you're handling it lol. Ugh, overall it was a shitacular weekend at the Schwarz household. My hubby vomited a couple times in the very early morning hours on Friday. He (of course) slept all day long and by Saturday morning was feeling well enough to go to NYC for a bachelor party. I woke up Saturday morning feeling crappy with a sore throat and vomited once late morning but I honestly wasn't sure if it was sickness or pregnancy related. I felt like ass but did what I had to do to care for Ben and went to bed early. I got a good night's sleep so while I didn't feel 100% healthy this morning I was dying to get out of the house and since Ben seemed healthy (except for the runny nose that's been plaguing him for a month since he started school) I decided to take him to Friendly's for lunch. We no sooner put our order in when he lays his head on my lap and starts vomiting everywhere. Luckily my mom was with us so she was able to help me get him cleaned up and we got the food to go and left. In the car he was happy as a clam and begging me for his lunch so I let him have a few french fries. We got home, again he seemed happy and wanted more food but about five minutes later he puked all over the place again but in far greater quantities. It was awesome. After that he was happy the rest of the day and kept everything else he ate down. So I have no idea what that was. I'm still not feeling 100% and I'm the only one who has a sore throat so who knows if it's related or coincidental. I'm going to keep Ben out of school tomorrow just to be safe. At least it happened this weekend (the one silver lining is that I was supposed to work today but called out when I felt so crappy yesterday)...next weekend we all better be healthy because we have some fun stuff planned including Ben's very first live show...Super Why!!! He's gonna love it.

kashsmommy - Sunday, 28 Apr
What's up with Ben vomiting?

kashsmommy - Sunday, 28 Apr
Yay hopeful!!!! Kathleen, not yet. My nipples are killing me which is quite worrisome for me lol! Guess we'll see in a few days. Todd has asked me several times if I am pregnant and I haven't even said anything about any of this to him just because I don't really think I am...just a possibility and small things like Cole constantly pointing at my stomach asking where his baby sister is and sore nipples. Nothing alarming or anything so I don't want to tell him until there's something to tell!

kathleen112 - Saturday, 27 Apr
Kash have you gotten your period??

kathleen112 - Saturday, 27 Apr
Yay hopeful I thought you had an entire week left!! Awesome, we can't wait to have you back regularly. :-) Apparently on my to do list this weekend was getting sick. I woke up with a sore throat and vomited a few times today. Fun stuff. Ben seems pretty healthy though he did wake up from his nap with a barking cough that concerned me but within an hour he seemed completely normal. He got very spoiled today with the amount of tv watching. Naturally this weekend is a rare weekend when Matt is away (for a bachelor party) so I can't just lay in bed all freaking day like he did yesterday when he was vomiting. I saw one of those ecards once that certainly applies in my household: 'I don't want to sleep like a baby, I just want to sleep like my husband'

hopeful29 - Saturday, 27 Apr
hey hey! 3 days left!!!!! Can't wait to be done this course :) I'm enjoying very much my time with Keira as I only got to talk to her once last week as we slept out in the field and I had no reception on my phone so it was rough, On the home stretch now! Congrats on the job Kash looking forward to hearing all about it! Kathleen thrilled to hear about the healthy bean! Love y'all xox I'll postr longer once the course is done I've miss yas

kashsmommy - Saturday, 27 Apr
I agree that consistency is the key. There are certainly things Cole gets fussed at for every time he does them. What makes it harder is when he apologizes right after. I don't want him growing up believing that 'I'm sorry' fixes everything, instead of just not doing it. I try to be very open with Cole about my feelings, too. I try to explain how I'm feeling and why. I don't know how much good that does now, but hopefully he'll catch on as he grows! Y'all have any big plans for the weekend? Hopeful...what's ya at?!?!

kathleen112 - Friday, 26 Apr
As far as how much is enough I think consistency is key. If you've chosen to discipline Cole over (I assume intentionally) spilling his drink out once then you have to discipline him over it every single time or you're basically giving him the message 'I don't mean what I say' or 'I only sometimes mean what I say.' That's why it drives me insane when I'm out in public and I hear a parent (some of my own friends among them) threatening to leave if the kids don't behave when they damn well know they're not going to leave. The ONE time I threatened to take Ben home I followed through and it sucked because I was having a nice time. But I made the decision to follow through before even making the threat (he and his little girlfriend kept screaming at the top of their lungs in the library). He cried the whole way out to the car but when I got him into his car seat he said 'I sorry I scream in the library' and it hasn't happened since. There are definitely times I don't know how to handle a situation--sometimes Ben seems content regardless of the punishment I've chosen--but consistency and follow through are in my opinion the keys.

kathleen112 - Friday, 26 Apr
I think you definitely have to choose your battles. Ben is in a big time 'testing his boundaries' stage. He will literally quiz me: 'hit? or no hit?' 'bite? or no bite? never ever bite?' He damn well knows the answers to the questions he's asking but I think it gives him a little thrill to ponder doing something naughty lol. I just try to be consistent with the things I'll discipline over and first on that list is intentional harm to me or anyone else (hitting, biting, kicking etc). I do regret choosing to take away the kisses and snuggles rather than taking toys from his crib but in the moment sometimes you're not thinking clearly. And I think whatever punishment you choose (even on the fly) it's important to stick with it in that moment. Lesson learned for next time. I did be sure to say to him before walking out of the room 'Mommy loves you but I get angry when you hit.' Anyway, they are still so little but I'm less apt to think they'll 'grow out' of some of these behaviors but think rather they'll just take it to another level as they grow. Now is definitely the time to set limits and teach them that there are consequences to actions.

kashsmommy - Thursday, 25 Apr
I saw an episode of Two and a Half Men and the kid kept leaving his juice box and Charlie's piano and Charlie got pissed and stopped talking to him and the kids father said 'punish him by taking away his things, but never punish him by taking away your love'. I try to remember that. And sometimes it's VERY hard because sometimes they make you not want to talk to them lol! These little phases are so hard! We obviously don't want these guys to have lasting bouts of absurdity, but how much should we really stress about disciplining them right now? I know they need to be disciplined, but it's hard to figure out what things are really worth it right now. Not saying Ben hitting you isn't worthy of some type of discipline, but Cole does things like pour his drink out. I know he shouldn't be doin that but is it something that he'll do forever if I don't discipline him 'enough' for it and how much is enough?

kathleen112 - Thursday, 25 Apr
I hear you. I bet he just wants to surprise you...I wasn't surprised when Matt proposed and I was a little disappointed about that (it wasn't his fault, he tried to surprise me but I saw it coming from a mile away). I'm sad I put Ben down for bed without kisses or snuggles as punishment for hitting me right beforehand. Now he's laying happily in his crib and I'm doing my best not to run back in there and give him those snuggles anyway. It's clearly worse punishment for me than him lol. This discipline thing is hard!!

kashsmommy - Thursday, 25 Apr
The consequences will be SEVERE if he disappoints! I think the most frustrating things is what the hell is the difference in now (or months ago) and June 4th...like wtf is the hold up?!? I'm trying to stay positive but it grates my nerves to hears him talk about all the crap he wants to buy and I'm still just sitting here waiting for one damn thing from him!!!

kathleen112 - Wednesday, 24 Apr
Well I hope for his sake he doesn't disappoint...I would not want to be on your bad side lol. I remember getting really frustrated with Matt like sh*t or get off the pot dude!

kashsmommy - Wednesday, 24 Apr
That's my birthday. Originally he said I'd have my ring sometime this year, then he said before my birthday!

kathleen112 - Wednesday, 24 Apr
What's the significance of June 4th?

kashsmommy - Wednesday, 24 Apr
I don't really have a hope either way. I'd be ecstatic if I were and just fine I weren't. Ideally, I'd like to get married before having another baby, but we've waited 5 years so 9 months would be enough to plan :-) As far as the bling goes, that bastard has until June 4th and if I know him, it'll be on June 4th that I get my ring! Cole's vote is so very crystal clear lol! Either way, baby number two will be conceived mediately after the wedding or last week lol!

kathleen112 - Tuesday, 23 Apr
Oooooooh what if you are?!? It would be so cool to be pregnant together again. :-) What are you hoping for, yes or no? I'll keep my fingers crossed for whatever you want though I think Cole's vote is clear lol. New job, new car, new baby (?????)....any way a new piece of bling is on the way?!

kashsmommy - Tuesday, 23 Apr
Yaaaaay for healthy, bouncing beans!!!! I can almost hear the relief in you voice in my head lol! That's so sad to hear about your friend...what a horrible thing to have happen!!! Yes, things are officially official with the job and I should get my release date soon! I'm also considering staying prn with registration! Cole and the 'baby sisser' thing is making me quite nervous because last time we were 'active' was probably ovulation time and I've been waiti on my period to start to start my new pack of pills because the pharmacy screwed up last month so I've not been on my pills since my February pack ended...guess we'll seen in a week or so lmao! Oh and I'm going to get a new SUV in a week or two! All sorts of exciting things going on for us!

kathleen112 - Tuesday, 23 Apr
Had the ultrasound tonight and was thrilled to see a healthy, very active little baby!! Due date was moved up to 11/11. I think I'm in trouble once I can feel the baby moving, he/she was using my uterus as a trampoline lol. I'm SO thrilled and relieved!!! For whatever reason I was really dreading bad news tonight...glad to say I was wrong!!!! I did hear absolutely terrible news today which made my anxiety worse. A friend of a friend who was 22 weeks along with twins lost both of them today...her placenta ruptured from her uterine wall. I have no idea what could cause that but I'm sure it's a very minute chance. She had to have emergency surgery and a hysterectomy. :-( My heart just breaks for her. She underwent multiple rounds of IVF before conceiving these angels and now she'll never be able to carry babies again. I'll never understand why women have to go through such hell to become mothers but it certainly makes me count my lucky stars that I have Ben and a healthy, bouncy bean on the way. So things are official with the job?? Awesome!!! I'm so happy for you. You're in trouble now, Cole has put you on notice!! Get to the babymaking stat. ;-)

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