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"I hated all forms of exercise until I took up yoga and belly dancing. Somehow these things managed to gently get me to the point where I was somewhat in shape and I could do things like run without it being torture."

"The computer saved my ass during my very difficult second pregnancy. Little B was only 2 1/2  when I got pregnant, and shortly thereafter I was put on a PICC line to deliver my antiemetics. Unfortunately they made me very sleepy, which…"

"Well, I'm glad that I'm not the only one that has this issue. He just makes me feel so mean for not wanting to talk to him every damn minute of the day (and talking to him takes extra effort because he has a speech impediment). I've…"

"A is really extroverted like that, unlike all the rest of us.  Mr. S, N, and I are all very introverted and sometimes A can be too much for us.  He *cannot* take being alone most of the time.  And I mean that he almost always needs to…"

"Yes, yes, yes.  Our E is about to turn 4, and is NOT good with solo play.  He is a social creature and has a hard time playing independently.  The second we get home he wants to knock on the neighbors door and see if their two kids…"

"Mr. Questions has started asking me people's names right in front of them and I am terrible with names so sometimes, when I am put on the spot, I will forget even when I should know. I have started to simply tell him that he should introduce…"

"He went through a phase of wanting to be helpful with "the baby" and sometimes he actually was. The thing is, Cozy Trouble at 1 1/2 is nothing like a baby (though she does sometimes refer to herself as a baby). She doesn't want anyone…"

"It sounds like he might still be at the age where if you frame the situation as one where he would be helping you by keeping himself occupied, he might try harder to do so. We were very lucky that in our old house (when my kids were the same age as…"

"Hmm...the "What do I do now?" jar sounds good, but with us a "Craft projects I could do" might work better. In my experience, Mr. Questions will actually work on crafts by himself, but he just can't play by himself. Case in…"

"My kid is almost 4.  He's actually pretty good at entertaining himself, which is nice since there's a new baby in the house.  We have a half-hour screen time rule (although since the baby has come along, if he picks a show on…"

"Yes! We're having a hard time getting Mr. Questions to care about reading to himself also. Perhaps this is an extrovert thing? He really wants any possible excuse to engage with us, I believe. (And the irony is that someday I'm sure that I…"

"Yeah, Mr. Questions is still cool with doing things with me, but I think that's just because his two best friends are the sons of my friends. He never really wants to go out with The Curmudge because he knows that he won't be hanging with…"

"Seriously, this kid can fit more questions into a minute than you'd think possible. Some really great questions and a whole lot of pretty ridiculous ones too. I've always thought that it was great when kids were inquisitive, but I have to…"

"New handles are awesome. And I hear you. Spouse and I (he was actually on OS at one point and his name was Technophile) are both also very introverted. Our son on the other hand... he's like the mayor of his school. He knows everybody and…"

"Sigh! You're probably right mcglory. The Curmudge and I are total introverts, so we don't understand how our son can be such a bloody extrovert. Mr. Questions will be in school full-time as of fall and there is some programming I can get…"

"My kid is a total extrovert. He can play by himself, but it makes him happiest to be with a group of kiddos running around getting into bizarre and stupid kinds of trouble. Is there an afternoon program you can get him into? Getting him out with…"