tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25838289.post114849021771909253..comments2023-09-22T05:49:15.066-07:00Comments on Bright Minds ... Loving Hearts ... Capable Hands: Rhythm vs. RigidSunshine Alternative Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17111855968940650979noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25838289.post-1148495023634241612006-05-24T11:23:00.000-07:002006-05-24T11:23:00.000-07:00I should work more on the gathering song. T-Guy c...I should work more on the gathering song. T-Guy comes willingly when I sing, but J-Baby is so resistant to change (any change - change of clothes, change of activity, change of weather) that he will either ignore me or whine and cry. Hopefully once we have a chance to work on hidden allergies he will feel better and his outlook on life will improve. I'm hoping to start a multiple food elimination diet after our vacation in June.<BR/><BR/>J-Baby rarely wants to do anything when it is first suggested, but like GD he will come around once we actually get going. Transitions are so hard for him, even when I sing, give cues, etc. and it is something he enjoys doing.<BR/><BR/>We need bedtime. Without it the boys get overtired and have a hard time falling asleep. But if I don't wake them in the morning then they get too much sleep, and bedtime gets later, and we are in this vicious cycle.<BR/><BR/>Left to our natural rhythms, we are all night owls except J-Baby, who falls apart when he gets tired and really needs to get to bed early. He also wakes the earliest on his own. T-Guy would gladly sleep until 9 a.m. if I was in bed with him.Sunshine Alternative Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17111855968940650979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25838289.post-1148492283518030982006-05-24T10:38:00.000-07:002006-05-24T10:38:00.000-07:00Hey Kimberly!We have found that the walk works rea...Hey Kimberly!<BR/>We have found that the walk works really well as a way to come back tobether after that bit of time between breakfast and cleaning up. I do the Round and Round song and they grab their shoes. GD is a bit slower to come, but once he gets our the door he is having a good time. <BR/><BR/>It is important to me to be rhythmic rather than rigid too. Our bed time isnt until 9pm, mainly because it is the natural time when things come together. After nine life falls apart, so I am more aware of that time now. I dont wake any of them up, I just let them sleep as long as they possibly can. But they are usually awake by 7:30, GM sometimes will sleep later though. <BR/>I think that we will be eternally revamping our rhythms, the kids change, weather changes, our needs change. I will be amazed if I can get one to really take hold for a full season. It seems that once we force a rhythm, we end up crossing over to rigid. y'know?Blissfulbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14634500907084879208noreply@blogger.com