Parental Frustration

So last week, Harlee casually tells me that she needs me to sign her progress reports.  She had 3 in a row that she had not given us and I was under the assumption that maybe they just got interims every quarter like she did last year.  That is not the case.  The progress reports revealed to us that Harlee had not been paying attention in class and was rushing through her tests.  I know that she knew the material, because she always got them right with her homework and if it wasn't right, I showed her the right way to do it.  There were a few 100's and 90 somethings, but there were also some 20s!! 50s!! and 60s!! Not Harlee!! Yes, Harlee.  I couldn't believe my eyes.  The worst part was, that she even forged my initials (CK) on one of the reports and gave it to her teacher. It was in pencil and looked like something I would have written blindfolded and with my left hand.  Chris wrote a note on the progress report that he signed and the teacher called him back.  He wanted to know why she got "Terrific Kid" just a few weeks ago if this was happening.  Apparently, they do those a few weeks in advance.  Also, she said that Harlee was lacking focus, not paying attention, and even putting her head on the desk a lot. 

Our solution - We immediately told Harlee she was on restriction for 1 week. No TV, no electronics, nothing.  I think the worst thing for her is that we changed her bedtime.  She used to get to go to bed at 9. Only because we never had any issues waking her up in the morning and she always did well in school.  Now, her new bedtime is 8. That means at 7:30 she takes her shower, brushes her teeth and goes straight to bed.  We also told her that TV on school nights (after restriction) would be limited to 30 minutes, max.  The rest of her time after school would be spent doing homework, her chores, studying and reading (and playing in her room with her dolls or whatever else after all the rest of the things were done).  So we got her progress report yesterday, all As and Bs and 1 C. We told her that the C was not acceptable, even though it was an improvement, but that we expected all As and Bs in the future.  

Now on to Jaxon... He has been sleeping in his own bed for a while now, but he comes in to our room every night around 3am. I don't want to keep him locked in his room so that he cries when he wakes up in the middle of the night and might be too scared to sleep in his room the next night, but it really affects our sleep even if it is only 3 hours of it.  This is an issue that needs to be fixed quickly before baby #3 arrives in June! :)