We just got our baby boy a puppy and need a fantastic name for that little canine ! The male puppy is five weeks old, chestnut colored with dark markings and slightly fuzzy ... The puppy is a mix between a blue healer and a chow chow .... He has short legs like a healer and a curly tail like a chow ...

Some names we have considered : Amos, Baxter, BoBo, Bruno, Brutus, Buster, Einstein, Gunner, Hedger, Jasper, Jethro, Joker, Levi,  ...

Any suggestions are welcome ... or vote for the above suggestions .....

We intend for this baby dog to grow up with our baby boy !

Thanks so much for your input !

  

 

Oh, gosh, what the new year will bring ... or so I hope ! I pray I will get through the holidays with all of my hair intact .... unless I pull it all out ! hahaha ! The new year brings promise of such things as starting my own business,  being a great parent, loving those who don't love themselves, just overall positively contributing to others ...... Or I may end up having another year where I just sit on my depressed butt and not do a darn thing ..... oooh, I can not take another year of that boredom ! I have intentions to be motivated and productive .... I really do, but intentions do not amount to a hill of beans ... only actions speak louder than words ... so, I give myself the deadline of the first of the year .... when I intend to quit smoking , to begin dieting, to be active, and to outline and complete productive projects .... all with my little baby boy helping along the way ! Wow, that all sounds great, does it not ? ....... I need a radical change in my life and I feel only I can shake things up for me .... so setting goals and see what happens .... best to us all in the new year !

I just went back and read my yesterday's post in my blog ... and it is a bit harsh ... I was just venting ... But I remain a firm believer in cultivating our childrens' spirits .... directing their creative energy into positive venues ... not stifling there spirits with meds ... passion is not a problem !

I am putting this in my personal blog because it is only opinion, my musings and I do not intend for it to be advice, I have no questions about it and I know that some will not like what I am about to say .... Just read it as a blurb and do not be scornful .... No offense meant to anyone who has children with true and serious medical problems ... So here I boldly go ... Just my ramblings in my personal blog ...

Whatever happened to the notion that a child is naturally adventurous, curious and hyper ... Are not most children that way ? It would be very sad if they were not ... Children will get into things they are not supposed to when no one is around to make them stop .... I did it, my brother and cousins too ... None of us was "diagnosed" with adhd and none of us was medicated to curb our behavior ... We got our bottoms wooped and we were disciplined, not put on drugs ! Did we all know that what we were doing at the time was wrong ? Of course we did ... we were just pushing our bounderies to see how far we could go without being caught ... It was all just a part of growing up .... I know I was a bit bored with my public schooling because it lacked challenge and diversity ... therefore I was more talkative and impatient than some ... was I adhd ? NO ! I was just bored and lacked creative stimulation ! I was not and did not need to be put on drugs ....

I have read of public educators insisting that a child be put on adhd meds because the child was "disruptive" to the classroom or the child would be banned from the classroom .... What !? Drug my kid or they can not attend school !? You've got to be kidding ! Also have heard of bus drivers saying the same thing .... I am not going to drug my over intellegent under stimulated boy to make someone's job easier ! Be more creative and interactive in your job and my boy will find more interest and not have pent up energy because of lack of mental stimulation ! (my boy is just one year old so we have yet to see how this scenario would play out)

Growing up, I was made aware of and given bounderies ... there were rare moments I found opportunities to step out of those bounderies ... it was naughty but exciting... If when caught out of those bounderies, I was punished ... After punishment, I did not do that again ... I was never drugged to control my behaviour ... I was stimulated by productive activities and I was punished for ill behaviour ... I was never drugged ...

I do not believe in adhd ... or if it exists, I believe it is over prescribed .... Children naturally have energy and curiousity .... why drug them to make that stop ? I don't like it ! I do not like it !

There, I think I am done .... but I do feel strongly about medicating a child to make them "behave" and "settle down" and to "conform" .... Read the book and then see the movie entitled "1984" ,,, it will open your eyes about the perils of conformity ....

I will fight to have my baby boy drug free ! Consequences for actions, good manners, good ethics, good behaviour will be taught, monitored and implemented instead ..... I hate it for the teacher that ever tells me my boy will not be taught if not medicated ...

OH, my !

My blog, my post .... my opinion

Thanks for reading and thanks for your tolerance ...

 

For some reason, my boy Jacob seemed much smarter today than yesterday. Nothing major happened ... Just small adjustments in his behavior that only I probably notice because I am with him 24/7 .... Like before when he would grab a Christmas ball off the tree, run down the hallway and tried to hide with it, then the struggle and him fussing for my taking it away ... Instead today when I went after him he would stop running, turn around and hand the ball to me with no fussing ... How sweet and smart is that ? How about not kicking up a fuss when I was changing him like he usually does, but instead laying patiently still while I got the business done ... Also, when I saw him going for the lights on the tree and I would call "Jacob!" today he would turn to me and smile instead of going head long into the tree to get the lights and tinsel anyway like before ... Today the question of "Are you hungry?" turned into Jacob coming up to me, turning his back and lifting his arms so I could pick him up to put him in his highchair instead of him running away with mommy in pursuite ... Oh, gosh ...  WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES

I tried to smile today ... I am not particularly "blue" or anything ... I just thought I would try something different and it could be my positive and hopeful imagination, but I think it worked ... For instance, my one year old boy usually so fusses, kicks and hates being dressed and changed . I forced a smile and made pleasant interactions with him (eventhough it so frustrates me) ... He reacted a little bit better ... Every single time we looked at each other throughout the day I posted a sometimes fake smile, and he smiled back each and every time ... Hmmmm .... My less frowning made him less fussy ! Or so it seemed ... This should be common sense ... but my day today seemed just a tiny bit better than usual due to my extra efforts when I tried to smile !

Here are my photos for Friday ... Pete the cat got in the bath with little Jacob after I drained the water .... Pete loves the baby !

Jacob is a messy boy !

Pete and Jacob under the kitchen sink ....