Phoebe, our little maltepoo, was playing with Tayton today. She was getting noisy with her little growls and I said, "Phoebe, you better mind your p's and q's."
Tyler says, "What is that supposed to mean?"
Katia," I know, I know- in kindergarten there was group of students that had to go to p's and q's class. Everyday, Miss Ford(reading teacher) would come in and say- okay it's time for the p's and q's class. These were kids that always mixed up their p's and q's so they had to go to another class and practice their b's and d's and flip them."
Hmm. I didn't realize they had started a special class for that, but okay I'll buy it. Seems teaching has really evolved in the past few years. Weird tactics they try now. Let's confused the kids even more about their p's and q's with throwing in b's and d's to the equation! Strange.
According to google, watching your p's and q's means to make an effort to speak, behave well, properly; refrain from using vulgar language. That's what I thought. But I do wonder if it stands for something- like pronounciation and q....something. Maybe the q was the q in etiquette.
This week, Tayton was sick with RSV. Another acronym I had heard, but didn't know what it really meant. I knew it was a very serious thing for babies- preemies to be exact. They can die from it. But Tayton's four years old so what did this mean? Well, let me tell you what it means. It stands for Respiratory syncytial Virus. It starts out like a runny nose head cold and escalates into nights awake watching your child struggle to breathe and choke and then puke- and you sit wondering if your child should be the 1 in 100 that should be hospitilized for it. Pneumonia doesn't hold a flicker to this virus. At least with pneumonia, they can do something for it. Someone in Tayton's class had it, spread it around the class, and then was hospitilized.
Head start has always been an eye opener when it comes to parenting in this place. It's a sad, sad thing when you see every day, different kids that are so sick and should be kept home, and either the parents have jobs and can't afford to stay home, or they just don't care. I hear the teachers tell the little students, " you really should stay home and get better." My most shocking is the parents that send their kids on the bus that are puking. Oh, I've been the parent that has had to pick up Tyler or Katia who have gotten the stomach bug and maybe have puked at school, but when the kids are sick at home to begin with and they send them anyway- they should be turned in to DSS. It's outright neglect and a risk to everyone else's children/families.
Anyway, off the soap box- Gigi is anxiously awaiting spring. She was able to wear her little tennis shoes outside last week, then we got another cold spell, and now starting tomorrow- spring will hopefully be here to stay. Walgreen's and Family Dollar are within blocks of her building and she's talked of going for walks when the weather gets better. The sidewalks were clear, but are probably icy with our last rain/snow. Here's a picture of her before she bought her red down winter coat(which she hates;-). This one is now her spring/fall coat. She happy to not have to wear these boots.
2 comments:
Thanks for posting the picture. Its good to "see" her.
hmmm...First of all, Katia is right about ps and qs. It was back in the day with manual typesetting in the papers, since you had to lay the letters backward for it to print, you had to make sure the ps and qs were the right way. Very confusing!
Second, how do you know for sure about RSV? We all had influenza this week, but Willa has more of a cold, with a very bad cough, choking and gagging on the phlegm. I wonder if she may have this? I take it there isn't much we can do? Are there other symptoms? I am hoping she is over the worst of it whatever it is. Thanks for the advice! :)
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