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		<title>By: Maria</title>
		<link>http://www.mafemaria.com/2008/12/out-of-mothers-morning-out/#comment-44547</link>
		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:34:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you for your  comment, Devra.
You are definitely blessed to live close to family. The permanence of caregivers is something that I&#039;m now concerned about when thinking about getting a babysitter or a nanny. I have to plan for this person not to change too often. It&#039;s going to take a while for my baby to get adjusted to somebody out of his preferred &quot;circle of two&quot;, so I can&#039;t be bringing new people all the time. I wish I had the option of grandparents or aunts...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for your  comment, Devra.<br />
You are definitely blessed to live close to family. The permanence of caregivers is something that I&#8217;m now concerned about when thinking about getting a babysitter or a nanny. I have to plan for this person not to change too often. It&#8217;s going to take a while for my baby to get adjusted to somebody out of his preferred &#8220;circle of two&#8221;, so I can&#8217;t be bringing new people all the time. I wish I had the option of grandparents or aunts&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Devra</title>
		<link>http://www.mafemaria.com/2008/12/out-of-mothers-morning-out/#comment-44546</link>
		<dc:creator>Devra</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>New reader, and part-time SAHM. My daughter is only 17 months and it took her awhile to get used to the idea that we were leaving her somewhere (we&#039;re blessed with tons of family around us so that&#039;s who she stays with one day a week/some nights due to work) but establishing a routine certainly helped. Yes, kids are resilient but they also thrive on a &quot;normal&quot; and to him, staying at home with mom is the norm. 

But from another perspective: YOU&#039;RE his mom. YOU know him best. Stick to your instincts and you won&#039;t go far wrong.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>New reader, and part-time SAHM. My daughter is only 17 months and it took her awhile to get used to the idea that we were leaving her somewhere (we&#8217;re blessed with tons of family around us so that&#8217;s who she stays with one day a week/some nights due to work) but establishing a routine certainly helped. Yes, kids are resilient but they also thrive on a &#8220;normal&#8221; and to him, staying at home with mom is the norm. </p>
<p>But from another perspective: YOU&#8217;RE his mom. YOU know him best. Stick to your instincts and you won&#8217;t go far wrong.</p>
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		<title>By: Maria</title>
		<link>http://www.mafemaria.com/2008/12/out-of-mothers-morning-out/#comment-42367</link>
		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Vivienne! Hi!... Thank your for stopping by.
I so appreciate your input. It makes perfect sense... Joaquin had two great days in November, and then he skipped it a couple of times, so of course going back was traumatic for him. Every time he skipped it, it was like going back to zero. Routine definitely is the key with babies.

I guess for now, we&#039;ve decided not to take him to MMO any more. But your experience helps me, because that&#039;s exactly what I&#039;ll think about if next time we attempt this, he still has trouble. Although I offered to leave him for shorter periods, the teachers didn&#039;t let me do it when we first started, but the next time, I&#039;ll be more convincing.

I can&#039;t believe L is already 9 months old. I want to see photos! : )</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Vivienne! Hi!&#8230; Thank your for stopping by.<br />
I so appreciate your input. It makes perfect sense&#8230; Joaquin had two great days in November, and then he skipped it a couple of times, so of course going back was traumatic for him. Every time he skipped it, it was like going back to zero. Routine definitely is the key with babies.</p>
<p>I guess for now, we&#8217;ve decided not to take him to MMO any more. But your experience helps me, because that&#8217;s exactly what I&#8217;ll think about if next time we attempt this, he still has trouble. Although I offered to leave him for shorter periods, the teachers didn&#8217;t let me do it when we first started, but the next time, I&#8217;ll be more convincing.</p>
<p>I can&#8217;t believe L is already 9 months old. I want to see photos! : )</p>
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		<title>By: Vivienne</title>
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		<dc:creator>Vivienne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hola Mafe!  I am quite behind on correspondence, etc., but I am glad I decided to catch up on your blog today! First up - *loved* your holiday slideshow, it is so much richer and entertaining than a mere card (and having said that, we are still working on sending our paper one out, ha!). 

And second - though your post on MMO is from a little while ago, I had to comment because we went through that with A. (I imagine by now you have figured out what works!)  I took her to a daycare twice a week - and then later, just once a week - when she was a baby, and we struggled for a long time because she took a long time to settle in.  In retrospect I think she would have done better (and it would have been more expensive) had I left her more frequently but for shorter periods - so, a couple of hours three times a week, instead of all day just twice a week.  I think for her the gaps between when she was at the center were just too long (too far apart) for her to build up any kind of routine.  

Over time of course she got used to it and I didn&#039;t have to come in 2-3 times a day to feed her or calm her down.  (She was at the center till she was three).    As far as I can tell she is happy, well-adjusted, and more social than many of her peers.  

That said, we of course did not end up doing the same thing with L,  who at nine months does not go to any kind of childcare, rarely has sitters who are not his grandma, and only goes to one class a week! If I end up going to work outside the house this poor child will be extremely traumatized for a while. :D  All this to say - I think kids are resilient, and given the attentive, smart, loving mama that Joaquin has, he will be fantastic at whatever he chooses to do in life.   

abrazos,

V.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hola Mafe!  I am quite behind on correspondence, etc., but I am glad I decided to catch up on your blog today! First up &#8211; *loved* your holiday slideshow, it is so much richer and entertaining than a mere card (and having said that, we are still working on sending our paper one out, ha!). </p>
<p>And second &#8211; though your post on MMO is from a little while ago, I had to comment because we went through that with A. (I imagine by now you have figured out what works!)  I took her to a daycare twice a week &#8211; and then later, just once a week &#8211; when she was a baby, and we struggled for a long time because she took a long time to settle in.  In retrospect I think she would have done better (and it would have been more expensive) had I left her more frequently but for shorter periods &#8211; so, a couple of hours three times a week, instead of all day just twice a week.  I think for her the gaps between when she was at the center were just too long (too far apart) for her to build up any kind of routine.  </p>
<p>Over time of course she got used to it and I didn&#8217;t have to come in 2-3 times a day to feed her or calm her down.  (She was at the center till she was three).    As far as I can tell she is happy, well-adjusted, and more social than many of her peers.  </p>
<p>That said, we of course did not end up doing the same thing with L,  who at nine months does not go to any kind of childcare, rarely has sitters who are not his grandma, and only goes to one class a week! If I end up going to work outside the house this poor child will be extremely traumatized for a while. :D  All this to say &#8211; I think kids are resilient, and given the attentive, smart, loving mama that Joaquin has, he will be fantastic at whatever he chooses to do in life.   </p>
<p>abrazos,</p>
<p>V.</p>
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		<title>By: Maria</title>
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		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Para nada estas fuera de lugar, Lulu. De hecho, te doy mil gracias por tus comentarios. Le dan validez a algunas de las cosas que he pensado...

Despues de escribir esto me puse a leer online acerca del tema y me senti mejor al ver que aparentemente esto no es cuestion de entrenamiento, lo cual era mi mayor preocupacion. En teoria, en unos meses Joaquin va a estar mas abierto a las personas desconocidas, ya sea que ahora tenga esas experiencias o no. No hay necesidad de empujarlo ahora.

Mi pequena investigacion me hizo llegar a la decision de no latigar mas al pobre Joaquin. No lo voy a volver a llevar a MMO por ahora. Lo que mi lectura sugirio es que si en tres meses mi bebe no se ha acostumbrado a este programa, es porque tal vez no es el adecuado para el. Hoy, el pediatra comento que tal vez Joaquin estaria mas conforme con una babysitter que le de mas atencion dedicada. En este otro sitio, las profesoras tienen que cuidar a varios ninos, y es posible que sea eso lo que Joaquin rechaza. El es asi en la casa... Esta jugando bien, y de repente pega un chillido, y si no es hambre, yo se perfectamente que lo que quiere es que yo juegue con el.

El pediatra tambien esta de acuerdo con nosotras: Es muy poco probable que el asunto del lenguaje sea la razon por la cual Joaquin odia MMO. Pero ahora por fin me puedo sentir totalmente segura cuando digo que esa teoria CULA de aquellas personas, no tiene ninguna validez. :)

Que rico que paraste por aca, y me dejaste unas palabritas. Gracias, amiga... Feliz Navidad a ti tambien...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Para nada estas fuera de lugar, Lulu. De hecho, te doy mil gracias por tus comentarios. Le dan validez a algunas de las cosas que he pensado&#8230;</p>
<p>Despues de escribir esto me puse a leer online acerca del tema y me senti mejor al ver que aparentemente esto no es cuestion de entrenamiento, lo cual era mi mayor preocupacion. En teoria, en unos meses Joaquin va a estar mas abierto a las personas desconocidas, ya sea que ahora tenga esas experiencias o no. No hay necesidad de empujarlo ahora.</p>
<p>Mi pequena investigacion me hizo llegar a la decision de no latigar mas al pobre Joaquin. No lo voy a volver a llevar a MMO por ahora. Lo que mi lectura sugirio es que si en tres meses mi bebe no se ha acostumbrado a este programa, es porque tal vez no es el adecuado para el. Hoy, el pediatra comento que tal vez Joaquin estaria mas conforme con una babysitter que le de mas atencion dedicada. En este otro sitio, las profesoras tienen que cuidar a varios ninos, y es posible que sea eso lo que Joaquin rechaza. El es asi en la casa&#8230; Esta jugando bien, y de repente pega un chillido, y si no es hambre, yo se perfectamente que lo que quiere es que yo juegue con el.</p>
<p>El pediatra tambien esta de acuerdo con nosotras: Es muy poco probable que el asunto del lenguaje sea la razon por la cual Joaquin odia MMO. Pero ahora por fin me puedo sentir totalmente segura cuando digo que esa teoria CULA de aquellas personas, no tiene ninguna validez. :)</p>
<p>Que rico que paraste por aca, y me dejaste unas palabritas. Gracias, amiga&#8230; Feliz Navidad a ti tambien&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Lulu</title>
		<link>http://www.mafemaria.com/2008/12/out-of-mothers-morning-out/#comment-41387</link>
		<dc:creator>Lulu</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mafe: 

 estoy segura de que lo del español es una buena excusa pero no suena nada lógico desde ningún punto de vista. Acá en Miami muchas mamás les hablan a sus niños en español (no tienen otra opción) y los niños crecen bilingues  sin trastorno de ansiedad de separación o traumatismo alguno.  Así que por ese lado yo creo que estás haciendo lo correcto, síguele hablando a Joaquin en español. 

También te recomiendo que no te des tanto látigo. Nada es culpa tuya. Tu eres la mejor mamá para Joaquín y tu sabes decidir lo mejor para él, mejor que las profesoras que lo ven tres horas a la semana.  Yo estoy segura de que lo estás haciendo bien, muy bien.    

Yo entiendo lo que tu piensas que si lo sacas  del programa como que en lugar de ayudar  con la supuesta ansiedad de separación solo lo hace peor o lo post pone. Acuerdate de que los niños van madurando en la motricidad, en el lenguaje, mentalmente, en su comportamiento, en todo.  De pronto si es cuestión de tiempo... Me parece que haces bien en hacer el intento de mantenerlo en el programa pero si no funciona, fresca ya habrá otras oportunidades en la vida.

Si los comentarios que he dicho suenan fuera de lugar  fresca Mafe, puedes ignorarlos completamente, pues acuérdate de que yo no tengo hijos y por lo tanto no tengo autoridad alguna sobre la crianza de los niños. 

Feliz Navidad, 

Lulu</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mafe: </p>
<p> estoy segura de que lo del español es una buena excusa pero no suena nada lógico desde ningún punto de vista. Acá en Miami muchas mamás les hablan a sus niños en español (no tienen otra opción) y los niños crecen bilingues  sin trastorno de ansiedad de separación o traumatismo alguno.  Así que por ese lado yo creo que estás haciendo lo correcto, síguele hablando a Joaquin en español. </p>
<p>También te recomiendo que no te des tanto látigo. Nada es culpa tuya. Tu eres la mejor mamá para Joaquín y tu sabes decidir lo mejor para él, mejor que las profesoras que lo ven tres horas a la semana.  Yo estoy segura de que lo estás haciendo bien, muy bien.    </p>
<p>Yo entiendo lo que tu piensas que si lo sacas  del programa como que en lugar de ayudar  con la supuesta ansiedad de separación solo lo hace peor o lo post pone. Acuerdate de que los niños van madurando en la motricidad, en el lenguaje, mentalmente, en su comportamiento, en todo.  De pronto si es cuestión de tiempo&#8230; Me parece que haces bien en hacer el intento de mantenerlo en el programa pero si no funciona, fresca ya habrá otras oportunidades en la vida.</p>
<p>Si los comentarios que he dicho suenan fuera de lugar  fresca Mafe, puedes ignorarlos completamente, pues acuérdate de que yo no tengo hijos y por lo tanto no tengo autoridad alguna sobre la crianza de los niños. </p>
<p>Feliz Navidad, </p>
<p>Lulu</p>
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		<title>By: Maria</title>
		<link>http://www.mafemaria.com/2008/12/out-of-mothers-morning-out/#comment-40246</link>
		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you Pete. That means a lot coming from such a great dad like you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you Pete. That means a lot coming from such a great dad like you.</p>
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		<title>By: Pete Stultz</title>
		<link>http://www.mafemaria.com/2008/12/out-of-mothers-morning-out/#comment-40081</link>
		<dc:creator>Pete Stultz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Maria, just want you to know how impressed i was of you as a Mom.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maria, just want you to know how impressed i was of you as a Mom.</p>
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