日本語は後半にあります。
【English】
It's been a while since I last posted on Actifit.
November was a month when things didn’t go as planned, partly because my kids kept getting sick. Before I knew it, I’d only posted on Hive twice last month… Once I break the habit of posting, I really struggle to get back into it — that’s just how I am😭
Now, about my eldest son’s impetigo — we’ve been dealing with for so long — yesterday we went to the dermatologist and finally heard the words, “The fungus is gone, so he’s all clear!” It started at the tips of his toes, then spread to his shins, forehead, and finally his thighs. He even had a drug rash from the antibiotics, and we were at our wits’ end.
It seems the topical medication they switched him to last time finally worked, and he’s starting to heal. What a relief.
The weather was nice yesterday, so I walked with my second son to the shopping mall near the station.
He’s in first grade now, but lately one of his close friends has been doing a lot of extracurricular activities and studying, and maybe because of that influence, my son has been wanting to try all sorts of things these past few months. That friend is even studying English, apparently…
My son has been swimming since kindergarten, and since July this year he’s been going to Kumon for penmanship classes. Personally, I think he’s doing more than enough activities already.
But maybe he doesn’t want to lose to his friend — he suddenly said, “I want to study English.” So I thought I’d at least buy him a simple workbook for elementary students, and that’s why we headed to the bookstore in the mall.
But he completely ignored the colorful workbooks for toddlers and elementary kids, went straight to the middle school section, picked up a practice book, and started flipping through it. In the end, the one he chose was a workbook aligned with the first-year middle school curriculum… Is he actually going to do it? 😅 I wasn’t even sure he could read the kanji in the questions…
But I know that if I forced him to get something for younger kids, he absolutely wouldn’t touch it. So, we ended up buying the middle school-level workbook and heading home.
The sun was out, but the wind felt cool and refreshing — perfect for walking. My second son has a bit of a cough again today, which worries me, but I really hope the whole family stays healthy through December.
I walked a lot — almost reached 9,000 steps!
【Japanese】
久しぶりのActifitです。
11月は子どもたちの体調不良もあって、何かと物事が思うように進まない月でした。気づけばHiveへの投稿も、先月は2回だけ…。一度投稿が途切れると、なかなか復活できないという私の癖です😭
さて長引いている長男のトビヒですが、昨日皮膚科を受診したところ、ようやく「もう菌はいないから大丈夫」と言ってもらえました！足の指先から始まり、脛、額、そして腿の順にどんどん広がり、抗生剤でも薬疹が出てしまい困り果てていました。
前回の受診時に切り替えた外用薬が効いたのか、回復に向かい始めたようでホッとしています。
昨日は天気が良かったので、次男と駅付近のショッピングモールまで歩きました。
次男は現在小学一年生ですが、最近仲の良いお友達の一人が習い事や勉強をたくさんしているらしく、彼の影響を受けてかここ数ヶ月色々なことをやりたがります。そのお友達は、英語も勉強しているとか… 次男は年長からスイミング、今年7月から公文の「書き方教室」に通っており、私としては習い事は充分だろうと思っています。
ただ、友達に負けたくないという気持ちがあるのか、「英語をやりたい」という次男…。そこで、小学生向けの簡単なワークでも買ってあげようとショッピングモール内の書店へ向かった次第です。
ところが幼児向け、小学生向けのカラフルなワークには見向きもせず、中学生向けのコーナーで問題集を手に取りパラパラと中身をチェックする次男。最終的に選んだのは、中1の教科書に対応した問題集でした…
本当にやるの？😅問題文の漢字すら読めるか怪しいのに… とは思いましたが、ここで無理に小さい子向けのワークを進めても、次男が絶対にやらないことは分かっています。ということで、中1向けの問題集を買って帰ることとなりました。
日は射していましたが風はひんやりと気持ちよく、ウォーキングには良い日でした。次男は今日また少し咳をしているので心配ですが、12月は家族全員元気で乗り切って欲しいです。
よく歩き、歩数は9,000に届きました！
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You have to be patient with kids. I hope that someday he decides to pick up the book and learn the language.
I remembered your post saying that your son's eyes were swollen and it was really tough.
Yes, I really hope he’ll start studying ☺️
Those were very difficult days, but fortunately he got through it without any lasting effects.