tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669762298855511295.post4277069400566255923..comments2023-08-10T08:24:08.460-06:00Comments on Mama Needs Coffee: Temperamental ParentingJennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07923751596148085363noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669762298855511295.post-54639835931862605942015-04-02T21:21:51.277-06:002015-04-02T21:21:51.277-06:00I just had my first and I am curious to see how hi...I just had my first and I am curious to see how his personality turns out. He is a very content baby and loves, loves, loves to cuddle and be swaddled up to you. His favorite has to be tummy time on my chest or shoulder! John looks so beautiful and happy! I could just pinch his baby cheeks. :) That's my favorite part about my boy. I love having him on my chest and feeling his soft hair and baby skin on my chin or putting my cheek on his head. I'm curious to see how my next baby would be compared to his alert and calm attitude. If it is anything like my sister and I was we were night and day! I was independent and so happy as a baby. My sister wanted no one but my mother and cried all the time according to my mother. I've never heard of this book. I'll definitely have to check it out now! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669762298855511295.post-86834333084414952702015-04-01T16:23:00.884-06:002015-04-01T16:23:00.884-06:00Another great one is Personality Plus for Parents....Another great one is Personality Plus for Parents. My husband is an introverted melancholic choleric and I am an ambivert (it's a thing!) choleric melancholic and we have TWO sanguine cholerics. TWO. I actually feel sorry for them sometimes because my others all have some version of melancholic in them. One of the most important things as a parent is to try and really appreciate the gifts that these children bring with their "opposite" personalities. Krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999838147173390906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669762298855511295.post-55969526252446232012015-03-31T23:26:19.305-06:002015-03-31T23:26:19.305-06:00Just finished this book recently myself. It is one...Just finished this book recently myself. It is one thing to 'crack the code' of their temperaments, but it is an entirely different (and difficult) endeavor to LIVE with those temperaments. It'll be fun. ;)Laurelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12752544536247854441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669762298855511295.post-24542965209841629032015-03-31T21:46:01.253-06:002015-03-31T21:46:01.253-06:00This makes me miss your kids so incredibly much. J...This makes me miss your kids so incredibly much. John Paul does have the sweetest cheeks. Love him.Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00126027908812186013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669762298855511295.post-54840790990621685722015-03-31T21:33:19.549-06:002015-03-31T21:33:19.549-06:00Very cool post! If you like this awesome experienc...Very cool post! If you like this awesome experience of figuring out your loved ones personality types I highly recommend The Enneagram. It sounds much like this but has a distinct set of personalities with a christian perspective. I have used it with much success in helping my relate to, and understand my loved ones. I love your blog - thanks for writing! -JenniferAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02632266843448956223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669762298855511295.post-32439073720264102882015-03-31T19:35:00.661-06:002015-03-31T19:35:00.661-06:00Extroverted boys for introverted mommas-God laughs...Extroverted boys for introverted mommas-God laughs hard when he pairs those up. After a day packed fulllllll of playing and visiting people back to back, my son would ask on the way home, "can we do a project when we get home?" No, I am going to lay on the floor and stare at the ceiling for at least an hour. At least that's what I fantasized about doing. Thankfully at 8, he is more understanding. Seriously, get your boy some books on tape!maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16627680593366631585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669762298855511295.post-34555141769179718612015-03-31T16:09:03.427-06:002015-03-31T16:09:03.427-06:00Aww Jenny thank you for this post. Aww Jenny thank you for this post. Carolyn_Svellingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03508416600061194482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669762298855511295.post-27999091755304847102015-03-31T14:11:42.466-06:002015-03-31T14:11:42.466-06:00I'm phlegmatic melancholic and my husband is c...I'm phlegmatic melancholic and my husband is choleric melancholic. We've been joking since before we got married that our kids will probably be sanguine and drive us both crazy :-b. We'll see. So far both our kids are saints. Literally. Which makes them remarkably easy to parent. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03062177291980378801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669762298855511295.post-4248864824029462062015-03-31T13:31:18.694-06:002015-03-31T13:31:18.694-06:00Nailed. It. If I had a blog and had written a pos...Nailed. It. If I had a blog and had written a post on this book, this is *exactly* what I would have said. I, too, was shocked that my children weren't just exactly the way I was. And I was certain my 5 year old was intentionally trying to make me lose my mind. And then I read this book, on the recommendation of her kindergarten teacher, and my mind. was. blown. I, too, am an introvert (phlegmatic melancholic) raising a 97% sanguine, 3% choleric daughter. She just has too much enthusiasm for life and can't possibly contain it all. I am clearly the most boring parent on the earth in her eyes. And somehow, just recognizing the differences in our temperaments, has made it SO much more tolerable. I regularly mutter "sanguine, sanguine" to myself when my head is about to implode from all the exuberance. <br /><br />And it is fun to look at my littles and try to figure them out. The book said a person skilled in the study of the temperaments can tell by 4 months old! Pretty sure my son (17 months) is phlegmatic. Such a dream child. And our youngest (8 months) is almost certainly choleric. She's not going to take any crap from either of her older siblings. Or her parents, for that matter!<br /><br />Thanks for recommending this book to your readers. I can't recommend it highly enough. I'm with you - pretty much the only "parenting" book I put any stock in.<br /><br />Ok - off to enjoy my phlegmatic/melancholic dream - nap time!!!<br /><br />AshleyAshley Castohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12989775950453559631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669762298855511295.post-28831477494698791082015-03-31T12:04:36.225-06:002015-03-31T12:04:36.225-06:00Oh my, I can so relate to this post! My eldest (3...Oh my, I can so relate to this post! My eldest (3-year old boy) is 100% extroverted, too, and wants/needs social interaction all day, while I'm an introvert. In fact, he just asked me, "Mom are we going somewhere today? Or is someone coming here? No?! This is not an exciting day!" He's just starting to play on his own or with his sister (yahoo!) and bedtime has always been difficult b/c he's on his own and that is obviously a tragedy. He's certainly far more challenging to parent than my little introverted daughter who loves having her own space. Thanks for the book recommendation!Arendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241953432860849328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669762298855511295.post-27358235488060542632015-03-31T08:16:48.002-06:002015-03-31T08:16:48.002-06:00Isn't it fun how different personalities grow ...Isn't it fun how different personalities grow and manifest? <br /><br />My oldest daughter is my sweet, nurturing snuggler. Even at 2-1/2 she was so helpful when her baby sister was born, and 8 years later all she wanted to do was hold her baby brother. I had to tell her at one point that as his mother, <i>I</i> get to hold him sometimes, too. Her personality is just so soft and sensitive.<br /><br />My younger daughter has always wanted to tackle the world. I have a picture of her at 6 days old scowling at her dad - and she <i>still</i> does that scowl in only the way she can. She is also my morbid child, and I would worry if I hadn't seen similar phases come and go over the years, although I have to admit I do enjoy my coworkers' reactions when they see her latest piece of artwork in my office: a glass of red wine and skulls with the text: "Death is coming."<br /><br />My 2-year-old is my mama's boy, which has been hard because I'm the breadwinner and he stays home with my husband. But every night, he lays down in bed with me and a bottle of warm milk, and right before he goes to sleep he hands me the bottle and positions himself so he is laying right alongside me. So sweet!Athena Carsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16954735773608707847noreply@blogger.com