time out

We started implementing time out yesterday. When I said we, I meant I did. P was supposed to help me, and he did okay. I seriously think that our little 18 months old was a devil lately. He threw a tantrum only our parents have seen before. They'd like to say how we were just as bad when we were little, but there's no way anyone could be that bad. Having never to raise a devil, sorry I mean child before, we were ready to pull our hair out. Yesterday morning was the worst morning. He was very whinny and inconsolable. I said to myself, this has to stop. So I took him to the corner and sat him down. He was crying hysterically. At first he tried to get up, and I put him right back. I sat in the chair with my back to him. I made sure not to make eye contact. Couple times he tried to scooch away, I took one look at him, and he would scooch back to the corner with fear. Fear is a good thing in parenting. After 5 minutes of screaming and crying, we finally calmed down. I took him out of time out and he was good as new.

We had to do time out one more time yesterday afternoon. This time was longer and louder, because dad was home. Eli is very attached to his dad, so it was harder with dad sitting nearby. All in all, I think we did fine.

spank or not to spank

• Prov 13:24: "He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes (diligently)."
• Prov 19:18: "Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying."
• Prov 22:15: "Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him."
• Prov 23:13: "Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die."
• Prov 23:14: "Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell (Shoel)."
• Prov 29:15: "The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame."
• Hebrews 12:6-7: "...the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son. Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?"

The bible speaks for itself.

zoo but mostly just goats

We went to the zoo today. It's his second time, but it's his real first time. Last time he was here, he was only few months old. He didn't know the difference between a monkey and his dad. He was really excited, too excited. He didn't want to be sitting in the stroller or carried by his dad. He just wanted to explore everything himself. We paid $20 to get, but we couldn't get past the petting zoo. Eli went crazy over the goats. We were pretty much done after that.

justice

So we were on our way to a dinner thing with friends, there was this woman tailgating us. We were already driving five over the speed limit, but fine, whatever. When she finally had a chance to pass us, she flipped us off as she was passing by us. She got in front of us, and Peter waved to her. The best part was she got pulled over right after she passed us haha... I love it when justice is served. 

Nurse Jackie, don't think so

So finally there's a show about nurses. Showtime has a new series called "Nurse Jackie". I was excited to hear about the main character being an ER nurse. But wait, to make her more exciting, as if being a nurse isn't exciting enough, they have to make her a drug addict. You must be kidding me right? I don't want to go into details about the show because I'm not going to watch it. It's bad enough that the media always protray nurses are insignificant part of health care. When they finally think that maybe they can make a show out of a nurse's life, they have to make her a troubled one.

I don't watch any of the medical dramas anyway, because they are overdramatic and not entertaining. I like watching Scrubs because it's light hearted humor without being so full of it. You know most of the jokes on those medical shows are probably from nurses. They are the ones that spend majority of the time with the patients. Doctors usually come in and out, you think they will have time to crack jokes with you? If you want to hear funny stories, ask a  nurse. And I hate how they make hospital look like a sex pool of single gorgeous people. In real life, if anyone get caught doing half of the things they do on those shows, they will get their ass fired. That's all I have to say, from a nurse's prespective.  

baby bird

In our backyard