Family Friday: Play Scene Sneakers
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If your toddler is going through their construction phase, these sneakers will be sure to put a smile on their face.
These adorable themed sneakers have practical features to keep little feet comfortable, like a cushioned insole, a stretch lace-up with an adjustable hook-and-loop closure, and a flexible midsole. In addition to this construction vehicle design, there are also dinos, sports, and silly monsters.
Sketchers’ Play Scene sneakers are $35-$39.95, depending on the design. They are available in sizes 5-10 (some versions in lucky sizes only).
Sales of note for 5/8:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Ann Taylor – Mother’s Day Event: 40% off your purchase. Readers love this popover blouse, and their suiting is also in the sale.
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Brooks Brothers – Dress & sport shirts, 2 for $149
- Express – $39+ summer styles + 25% off everything else
- J.Crew Factory – Up to 60% off everything + extra 70% off clearance + 40%-50% off the Weekend Shop
- Lo & Sons – Mother’s Day Sale: Up to 40% off — reader favorites include this laptop tote, this backpack, and this crossbody
- M.M.LaFleur – Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Nordstrom – Up to 25% off
- Talbots – 50% off wear-now styles and all markdowns + 30% off tops, pants, jeans, and shorts
I know it has been said not to be scared of changing childcare situations, but I feel so bad for my son. Due to life events, he’s been bounced around to 3 different childcare situations since March, and this latest one that I was hoping would be really good for us just isn’t working out as I had hoped. Care provider also expressed concerns yesterday, so I guess we’re shopping for daycare #4. Fortunately he’s a pretty easy going kid, so it’s not as hard as it could be, but he’s really going through it along with the rest of us.
I have a 10-year-old 4th grader who has trouble saying her Rs. She did speech therapy through school a couple of years ago but officially passed their threshold for in-school services. We’ve been doing private speech therapy since then but she hasn’t really made any progress. I know she’s getting old for this issue to resolve. I think she says the correct R sound about 60 to 70% of the time officially, but it’s wrong in the same spots over and over again. I’m trying to decide whether to keep paying for private speech therapy or just to let it go.
I really want this issue to resolve so that she doesn’t have a speech impediment as an adult, but I am frustrated that things aren’t improving with private therapy. I will add that she’s not good about practicing outside of therapy and I can’t seem to make her at this point. She’s too old to be forced so it has to be driven by her, which she isn’t particularly dedicated to doing.
Suggestions?
Happy Friday…popping in here, as I saw a note from my kindred spirit, not-so-anxious mom, a few days ago when I was catching up on posts.
My sweet son, who is the caboose (youngest kid) to my train of 5 awesome kids, is thriving away in early elementary school. I had posted about him here several times, as between the ages of 3 and 5, he had speech therapy, was referred to OT for a host of issues, struggled with potty training until VERY late, and struggled with some other early learning tasks. I was told by his 3 year old teacher that we should have him screened for autism, by his 4 year old teacher that he potentially had learning differences, and was referred by his pediatrician for all the physical interventions.
Despite all this stuff, I really had the sense, early on, that he just needed the gift of time. We ended up doing pretty minimal interventions – we pulled him out of OT and put him in gymnastics and swimming (though we kept speech therapy).
We red-shirted him, so he went into K at 6, and started the year qualifying for pull out services for reading, but ended the year in the top reading category.
He just seems to like doing things on his own schedule and time. He is the absolute epitome of “good for you, not for me,” especially in our large, very active family. For instance, we are all pretty hard charging skiers, and I was used to each younger kid being up on skis chasing the next older sibling by about 3. He was wholly uninterested until about 6, and then he popped up on skis and now loves it. He is the kid who I feel the most like I just have to give him space and time, and he’ll pick exactly what he wants to do and go for it. He has zero desire to follow any of the other kids in their activities, but will happily cheer their successes. He still hasn’t found his stride socially yet (but his siblings dote on him endlessly), but I feel like he will find some activity he loves, and will find his people there.
He remains the easiest in some ways and hardest in some ways of my kids, but I’m so glad that we were able to help in some ways to support/give some confidence to our other sweet late blooming friends out there!
How do you deal with a toddler during something you directly told them not to do? I feel like my two and a half year old always wants to do whatever I tell her she can’t.
Sometimes, it’s annoying but not a big deal — like intentionally, stepping in food that’s fallen on the ground. Sometimes, it’s something dangerous — like trying to run in to the street. I try to come up with natural consequences, but sometimes there is nothing oblivious.
As your kid gets older and says things like “you can’t make me” how do you respond? As truthfully no, i cannot make you…
A somewhat silly Friday question. Is anyone else just like, distracted by how much they want to eat their tiny cute baby? Like I sit in meetings thinking about nomming his feet.