Brittany is quitting home school. She isn't quitting per say, she is going to take her test for the GED and move on with her life. When she first told me, I was disappointed and pissed, I felt like she was selling herself short. Colleges and employers don't look at GEDs the same way they used to since home schooling has become more prevalent. Is she really selling herself short? So what if she wants to be a housewife for the rest of her life and raise her babies at home? What the hell is wrong with that? Who says that she won't be able to create some fabulous job for herself. The girl is nothing if not creative. I can't function as a WOHM, I have to be home with my kids or I get a little batty. I think *I* suffer from separation anxiety.
When I started home schooling her I wanted her to grow up to be an independent thinker and do whatever she wanted to do. lol I got that in SPADES! When she told me she wanted to get her GED I thought I failed her, that I failed at home schooling her. In reality, she is a true home schooling success. It took a conversation with my mom (who originally was very worried about us home schooling) to see that.
As a little update, Brittany found an online high school where she could take a test and if she passed they would give her a high school diploma. We checked them out, they are accredited. She has already passed their test and did quite well on it.
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Elimination Communication (EC)
Elimination Communication sounds like something that would require years of training right? lol Basically, it means learning your baby's cues that tell you when he or she is going to go potty or teaching your baby cues when to go potty. Yes, I know, it sounds crazy right? How could my infant possible know when they are going to go potty? Talk to someone who has done this and they will enthusiastically tell you about the moment when they made this connection with their child.
There are some people who sit their baby on their choice of potty many, many times a day. I applaud them, however, having 5 kids and being in school, I don't have that kind of time. I take a more relaxed approach to ECing. Whenever I change my baby's diaper I put him on the potty for a few minutes. I started this with Thalea, my 4th daughter, when she was about 2 months old and she was out of diapers during the day by the time she was 18 months old. In the last few months that she was in diapers, she wasn't using nearly as many as a toddler who hadn't been EC'd.
We started with my son, Thales, much earlier since we already had the potty and the theory. He's done fairly well so far, we've caught quite a few pees and poops. He started rejecting the potty a few weeks ago, so we have taken a little break, but will be starting again.
The way that I look at it is - every pee or poop that we catch in his little potty is another diaper that I don't have to wash. ;-)
There are some people who sit their baby on their choice of potty many, many times a day. I applaud them, however, having 5 kids and being in school, I don't have that kind of time. I take a more relaxed approach to ECing. Whenever I change my baby's diaper I put him on the potty for a few minutes. I started this with Thalea, my 4th daughter, when she was about 2 months old and she was out of diapers during the day by the time she was 18 months old. In the last few months that she was in diapers, she wasn't using nearly as many as a toddler who hadn't been EC'd.
We started with my son, Thales, much earlier since we already had the potty and the theory. He's done fairly well so far, we've caught quite a few pees and poops. He started rejecting the potty a few weeks ago, so we have taken a little break, but will be starting again.
The way that I look at it is - every pee or poop that we catch in his little potty is another diaper that I don't have to wash. ;-)
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