It's interesting though, as these are things I never thought about
until after I had kids, and after I had been working for several years.
It wasn't
until after I had my kids that I realized how much my students need me to be their biggest fans, to say that I'm proud of them when they do good work, to push them to reach higher than they thought they could, and to get out of their way so that they can do it themselves.
Updated March 7, 2018: Here's something we've noticed: Lots of people wait
until after they have kids to buy life insurance.
Not exact matches
With the average commute time of nearly an hour each day on top of the eight or more hours spent on location, as well as other necessities outside of work hours of looking
after kids, housework, maintenance of vehicles, etc., people simply don't
have enough time and energy to exercise and sleep regularly, give their best to their personal relationships, or relax and
have fun — that is,
until Saturday mercifully arrives.
As a child, I used to pray things like «Jesus, no offense, but you could you please hold off on coming back
until after Christmas...
until I get married...
until I
have kids...
until I meet my grand - children..»
Well, all last year we
had a non-profit group that took young
kids for a couple hours
after school and did crafts and stuff with them, nothing religious,
until parents got home from work.
Kid A works this night and needs to leave the house by 4:45 p.m.
Kid B
has basketball practice
after school and doesn't get home
until 4:40 p.m.
Kid A
would like to eat something before he leaves, but prefers to
have a heartier dinner when he's home at 8:00 p.m. (translation: he needs two dinners).
After the
kids grabbed their cookies and went back to playing or watching a Christmas movie, the adults
would linger around the table, maybe with another glass of wine, or perhaps a cup of coffee or tea, nibbling on a cookie here or a cookie there, chit chatting
until we were ready to all go our separate ways for the evening, just to meet up the next day and feast again.
Irony is, I don't hate women in general but
after dating online, you can see women who lived with their husbands
until their house was paid off or their schools loans paid and or both and then
had the court take his
kids away and put his ass out on the street as part of a divorce settlement along with a substantial awarding of monies.
I didn't start drinking coffee
until after kid number 2 b / c
kid number 1 liked to keep my hours and
would snuggle in bed
until 9 or 10!
We
have learned that animals are not required in our home, not even fish,
until the
kids are old enough to clean up
after them!
Teens who
have constitutional growth delay grow at a normal rate when they're younger
kids, but they lag behind and don't start their pubertal development and their growth spurt
until after most of their peers.
Generally, we wait
until dinner time or at least some time significantly
after the
kids have gotten home to aks question about their day.
Hated all my other nursing bras or tanks that I bought...
UNTIL i got fitted
after I
had # 3 for a Bravado bliss bra (it's amazing, i
kid you not, best bra i
've ever worn ever!)
I
have read all her books and didn't find her
until way
after my
kids were grown.
At each school, Park District staffers run an
after - school club
until 6 p.m., ensuring that
kids have a secure place to be all day while their parents work.
I
'd be fine with letting him wait
until he's ready, but he's signed up for half - day preschool in September — which I think he'll really enjoy — and this school requires them to use the toilet and just sends the
kids home if they
have accidents — and,
after all, it's pre-k, I can see their point.
So,
until the day dawns that the classroom isn't needed for storage, we will
have «closed» shelves and the truth is that
after the first couple weeks of the school year
have past, even the youngest
kids accept it.
There's lots of different things they do on Papa time - this week
has included a lot of baseball; a lot of dirty clothes; a little more time in the woods; nachos for lunch; trying to solve the Rubix Cube (I think Calvin's going to walk around muttering, «clockwise, clockwise, counterclockwise»
until he solves it), and a healthy dose of You Tube too - this week, introducing the
kids to the wonders of The Electric Company -(Knock Knock Rock, and One Word Comes
After Another are the most requested around here - because Morgan Freeman is groovy).
And when it comes down to it, if given the choice, my
kids would rather
have a (relatively) rested, calm, relaxed and PRESENT mom to come home to
after school and to tuck them in at night than one who is their class mom and girl scout troop leader and baseball team mom and who runs the school store organizes the school fundraiser and is on every board there is to be on in town (I don't do all that stuff, but you get the point) and who is also a complete and total stressed out and spread thin raging lunatic from the moment they get home
until the moment they are in bed.
I
have 9
kids and most of them were potty trained starting at age 2, some weren't finished
until after they turned 3.
And I work full time my biggest guilt is that I like to go
have a few drinks
after work mind u I work
until close which is like 11 p.m when my
kids are well off into dream land and my husband
has already read them their bedtime stories.
After the conversation gets going, just keep the questions going
until you find out how many
kids your new prospective Baby Bunching mom
has and if she's in any playgroups.
When my
kids were little I never put them to sleep with a bottle, and
after 3 or 4 months of age I rarely rocked them to sleep (I
would rock them, just not
until they were asleep).
Until schools are able to toss out
kids who are disrupting the school system, we'll
have little girls who repeatedly get their eyeglasses busted as they ride the school bus and little boys who hang themselves
after being constantly harassed.
Many studies however show a significant delay between the time concerns about a child's behavior are first reported by parents and the eventual ASD diagnosis, with some
kids not
having a diagnosis
until well
after they
have begun school.
After having 4
kids in the past 5 years I was exhausted and never imagined I could get back to workout the way I used to......
Until I discovered BSL!
The Mayo Clinic recommends waiting
until after 12 months of age to give infants honey; consumption is safe for older adults and
kids, since they
have a mature digestive system that can handle the spores.
I try to make healthy treats but don't let my
kids know they're healthy alternatives
until after they
've said they like it.
Lilly and Amos don't start back to school
until after Labor day, but I
have a lot of friends whose
kids have already started back.
Best rule of thumb to avoid cheaters: keep a strict rule of no physical intimacy
until *
after * you
've met his entire family (including
kids, parents, siblings, goldfish, the whole nine yards).
However, some of Russian woman's
after marriage are working
until they
have first
kid.
Let's face it, there
has always been a substantial element of parentally intended adult humour in of these movies, which the
kids, with any luck, are not going to get
until well
after they
've reach puberty.
Though Rickman's voice
would be featured on the animated television series King of the Hill in 2003, he wasn't truly absorbed into mainstream pop - culture among the
kid circuit
until after starring in the movie adaptations of author J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series.
In any event, going with a rate of one book or novella a year
after having a
kid until he or she is school age, and then back to a schedule of 2 a year, in 10 years, I should
have fifteen titles out under my name.
After you do this a couple of times, you'll probably notice that if you just allow it to be there, it'll lose interest pretty quickly, kind of like a
kid having a tantrum, while you're just waiting patiently
until it's over.
I
kid you not, I didn't even know Gears of War 4
had released
until a month
after the fact.
After all, if you are financially stable then your
kids will never
have to face money problems
until they are established.
You
have to figure for how long do you really need the coverage, if you want to
have life insurance for a certain amount of years (say,
until kids get out of college and get on their own), or if you want to leave a legacy or protect your assets from taxation
after death.
So glad you did this post, I just did my buoys for our bedroom and didn't realize
until after my
kids had picked our wedding date numbers.
It's not
until I
had kids (twins) a few months
after into moving into our house, did I begin to recognize what home features a mom truly appreciates in a house.
It wasn't
until after I was married, graduated from college, and
had 3 young
kids before I found an avenue for my artistic passion: this blog!