Parental reaction is key with toddlers
I once cheered up a stranger's baby who tumbled onto his face on the sidewalk right in front of me. His poor little face was all scrunched up ready to cry, but I kneeled down and said, "Oh no! But... you're OK, right?" I added a big confident smile that said I thought he was fine. And the most beautiful sunny smile broke out on his face and yeah, he was just fine, and he thought his outing with Mom was still a wonderful adventure.
So I'm a big fan of acting as though all is well with the wee ones. If they're not, they will definitely let you know. Overreacting seems to just feed their paranoia and sadness.
(Crosses fingers for JZ to get the Good Job that will send Matilda to any college she chooses to grace with her presence)
Howdy! Miss me?
always and forever.
So I'm a big fan of acting as though all is well with the wee ones.
yeah, when my niece falls, we all cheer, so she's associating falling/getting up with positive reinforcement.
Blarg.
I had three different people offer encouragement regarding an internal job opening. I finally figured out who was the person who was doing the hiring and they have already offered the job to an outside candidate.
I didn't see the internal posting cause they gave it a stupid name that didn't relate to the actual work. The guy who I talked with came close to headdesking when he realized I was interested.
Already offered? Oh, Suzi, blarg indeed.
Suzi, that's headdesk worthy, on so many levels. {{}}
In good job news, the U President has just issued the proclamation that gives us Friday afternoons off during the summer. Of course, since the library stays open, we'll have to tweak the scheduling so someone is here, but free time off!
In good job news, the U President has just issued the proclamation that gives us Friday afternoons off during the summer.
Now that's my kind of Proclamation! Sadly, that will never happen at my job. stupid corporate world.
Very cool Sparky.
Mention was made of there being the possibility of enough work for another position. And the candidate could always turn down the offer. So, who knows. It is nice that all involved were practically salivating at the idea of me taking the job.
that will never happen at my job
It would never have happened at my old job, either. This place is a little scary because it hasn't revealed it's deep, dark, dysfunctional underbelly, yet. I keep waiting, then I get an email like this and I wonder what the catch is (in my old place it would have been that you wouldn't get paid for those afternoons off, I'm sure) and so I run to the admin person who takes care of us all and ask her to tell me the story again about the nice fellow up in the President's office who isn't out to get us.
Wow, Sparky, cool.
{{Ailleann}} It sounds like he made a real impact, which makes this both easier and harder, I imagine.
