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U-DO Burger posted:one of our pet rats just died suddenly and our 4-year-old is getting her intro to grief Our cats are six years old which means they still got plenty of years ahead of em but at rare points I quickly become sad at having to cross that road when we come to it 
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Depressing childhood mourning e/n: We had a bad fire on our street last winter, it killed 4 people including my 7 year olds friend. He came to our house for multiple birthday parties. There was no funeral, not even a chance to mourn with other kids because COVID had closed the schools here. There was a bad wave in February, so we were all very isolated. She talks about him often, and we're just trying to help her through but it's tough. School starting again has brought it back to the surface, because 1 of the 2 routes to and from school takes us by the empty lot where their house used to stand. Check your smoke alarm batteries!!! After the fire I put up 4 new ones in addition to the one per floor setup we had already.
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Sep 28, 2021 01:21
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Jesus. I was going to post about losing our malamute and two cats from old age over the past couple of years and how my kid seems to be getting better at processing grief, but that’s next level.
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Sep 28, 2021 01:52
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poo poo I'm so sorry. Want to add: get carbon monoxide detectors too. That poo poo will wreck you.
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Sep 28, 2021 01:59
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Mustached Demon posted:poo poo I'm so sorry. yeah, I have 3 in my house also, I bought a fire escape ladder since our rooms are on the 2nd floor. if poo poo hits the fan we roll it off the window and get down. it’s rolled up underneath the bed.
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Sep 28, 2021 02:49
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caught our first daycare cold  multiple tests and we're all covid free and she just has the usual cough/runny nose but im keeping her home an extra day, just thinking about the other kids and worrying a whole bunch
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Sep 28, 2021 13:24
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Good soup! posted:caught our first daycare cold At least one of my kids has been sick for 6 out of 8 weeks of preschool this year. One of the weeks they weren't sick was the second week of quarantine. Unfortunately pretty much normal because young kids in daycare/preschool are sick constantly.
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Sep 28, 2021 14:09
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I went for a jog this morning and I found a piece of errant Lego on the ground. When I picked it up it was immediately clear to me that it's a unique piece based on how the studs are spaced on top and I thought "man some parent is gonna be fuckin pissed".
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Sep 29, 2021 00:40
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brugroffil posted:At least one of my kids has been sick for 6 out of 8 weeks of preschool this year. My youngest has been getting me sick with a cold just about every month since she started daycare late last year. Had a covid test every time. Still not as bad as when my oldest gave me hand foot and mouth disease after she started daycare.
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Sep 29, 2021 12:22
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B-Rock452 posted:My youngest has been getting me sick with a cold just about every month since she started daycare late last year. Had a covid test every time. Still not as bad as when my oldest gave me hand foot and mouth disease after she started daycare. my poor spouse didn’t get severely sick before our kid and then after our kid got in daycare and eventually got sick she would just get severely sick and would need to keep a bottle of pedialite ready. like throwing up and such every time she would get sick from our kid.
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Sep 29, 2021 12:36
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Make sure you give your toddlers vitamin d supplements. It's insanely common to be deficient. Ours was also constantly sick and se blood work found her deficient. Smooth sailing since starting vitamin d drops. Also adults should supplement too, particularly in winter but let's face it computer toucher goons aren't getting much sun in summer either.
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Sep 29, 2021 12:48
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IAMKOREA posted:Make sure you give your toddlers vitamin d supplements. It's insanely common to be deficient. Ours was also constantly sick and se blood work found her deficient. Smooth sailing since starting vitamin d drops. Also adults should supplement too, particularly in winter but let's face it computer toucher goons aren't getting much sun in summer either. funny you mention that, when our kid was born the pediatrician had our kid on D because we were half mom half formula due to circumstances and this year I was found to be D deficient . our kid’s milk and diet might not have enough D since we live in a northern climate so at her next well check I’m going to ask for blood work to see if we need to supplement.
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Sep 29, 2021 12:57
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Over here daily doses of D is recommended for all kids under 2, and encouraged afterwards especially in winter. But we are pretty far north I guess. Anyway, my kid had a constant runny nose from even he started in daycare until one week into lockdown. Daycare and the like are full of diseases basically, on account of all the different sources of the parents and the lack of immunity of the kids. Also because, when lockdown was lifted, the first thing one of the kids did after disinfecting and getting dropped off was to lick the entire railing up the stairs inside.
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Sep 29, 2021 14:03
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I'm night crew and definitely supplement vitamin D outside of summer. Mowing the lawn and taking kid to park ought to cover summer.
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Sep 29, 2021 18:41
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Using my kid's school-issued iPad to stream pirated baseball games is the most Dad Move I've pulled yet.
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Oct 1, 2021 02:40
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poo poo POST MALONE posted:Using my kid's school-issued iPad to stream pirated baseball games is the most Dad Move I've pulled yet. i still haven't given back the hotspots issued by the school last year. free internet ftw
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Oct 1, 2021 16:32
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what's a good gift for a 1yr old babby whose birthday i forgot about? I'm thinking a gift card isn't appropriate
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Oct 1, 2021 20:22
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Cardboard box, snacks, things that can make noise when banged against the floor. Gift card for 5 walks in the park with you (minimum one hour for sleep) E: infinite wrapping paper. BonHair has issued a correction as of 21:30 on Oct 1, 2021 |
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Oct 1, 2021 21:23
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those Gerber Yogurt Melts are too good, wtf
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Oct 1, 2021 21:37
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Good soup! posted:those Gerber Yogurt Melts are too good, wtf Those Sesame Street peanut puffs rule. They get stale way too easy though.
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Oct 1, 2021 21:40
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Good soup! posted:those Gerber Yogurt Melts are too good, wtf yeah seriously lol, I always have to sneak a couple during snacktime. It's hard not to just buy a bag for myself and chow down
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Oct 1, 2021 21:41
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Stevie Lee posted:what's a good gift for a 1yr old babby whose birthday i forgot about? I'm thinking a gift card isn't appropriate a set of cheap musical instruments for kids 
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Oct 2, 2021 00:22
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BonHair posted:Cardboard box, snacks, things that can make noise when banged against the floor. all good suggestions U-DO Burger posted:a set of cheap musical instruments for kids did this for my other niece already. maybe they can start a band  e: i bought her a nice wooden xylophone that was immediately commandeered by her 3yr old sister, who later attempted to bonk me in the head with the mallet. this is why i don't have kids. Stevie Lee has issued a correction as of 15:03 on Oct 3, 2021 |
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Oct 2, 2021 00:25
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U-DO Burger posted:a set of cheap musical instruments for kids Please go to an instrument store, not a toy store. You can get actual functional instruments for the same price and much higher quality. My kid got my old harmonica, and it's honestly not terrible sounding when we "jam" with me on guitar, despite him being four. My wife unfortunately has vetoed percussion for now. I'm gonna try again in the spring when we're settled in to the house more. But I have done some research, and the options are not bad.
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Oct 2, 2021 14:17
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Setting everything up like I'm Mick Gordon and after the thrash break the kid comes in with the triangle solo. I still have a 35 year old Casio keyboard and that's basically what they play.
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Oct 3, 2021 16:31
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toddlers love screaming into microphones and slamming keyboards, so I would go with those
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Oct 3, 2021 17:06
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dag, biggest disappointment this weekend - I actually don't have  I also won't get to enjoy it because we are about to move to Providence (in a good way!), but on the flip side my payout from unused vacation/sick will be fuckin sweet and I'm trying to decide what baby stuff to go crazy on she is now crawling like a madman, standing herself up, can crawl up stairs decently, and is clearly starting to try to transfer weight from one foot to the other - and she's not even nine months yet  We'll be in an apartment for a little while as we get our bearings before getting a nice house (in probably Barrington?), but I feel like I should already be scouting things for her to climb/slide on, she is a little thrill-seeker that's for sure
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Oct 8, 2021 18:08
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Fort Taber, in New Bedford, is less than an hour's drive and is huge, cool and historical. I seem to recall that you could climb around on parts of the old forts and seawalls. Also perfect for kite flying.
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Oct 8, 2021 18:39
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Chef Boyardeez Nuts posted:Fort Taber, in New Bedford, is less than an hour's drive and is huge, cool and historical. I seem to recall that you could climb around on parts of the old forts and seawalls. Also perfect for kite flying. looking it up and  that looks beautiful, my wife loves a lot of stuff in RI/MA but admittedly I know very little beyond Providence being a cool city so I'm looking forward to exploring parks and poo pooI've got a week's worth of free time between my current job and the one I just got hired for, so I'll probably use it to track down some smaller parks too
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Oct 8, 2021 18:42
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I'm actually a bit excited at this point to be in a smaller apartment for the next year or so as we save our money, our house isn't particularly large but we have done some creative configurations of our living room/kitchen/front door areas to try to keep the baby confined to where we see her She crawls fast now, you just hear slapping against the ground and her excited pants and I'm thinking "she has seen me, her mom, or one of the cats"
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Oct 10, 2021 18:17
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my 4-year-old: i want to be a superhero so i can destroy florida because it's a bad state i see my kid's been listening to me rant
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Oct 11, 2021 00:16
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U-DO Burger posted:my 4-year-old: i want to be a superhero so i can destroy florida because it's a bad state Do not teach them about global warming, you'll create a supervillain!
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Oct 11, 2021 15:02
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my kid recently learned that "uh oh" is something we say when we drop or spill something, so he has been dropping poo poo and pouring out his water and saying "uh oh!" it's very cute but also even messier than normal, which, considering he is only 18 months , is pretty drat messy
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Oct 11, 2021 16:35
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lobster shirt posted:my kid recently learned that "uh oh" is something we say when we drop or spill something, so he has been dropping poo poo and pouring out his water and saying "uh oh!" lol our child sort of starting to understand stuff is hilarious, they recently learned about the concept of a race, as in they yell “ready, set, go” and then run in a tiny circle.
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Oct 11, 2021 16:50
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My seven year old was really told by his lunch group - via a survivor like tribal counsel that he was no longer allowed to be part of the group. I think it’s partially because we kept him remote last year and no one else did. I want to throat punch this lunch group.
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Oct 13, 2021 13:36
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lobster shirt posted:my kid recently learned that "uh oh" is something we say when we drop or spill something, so he has been dropping poo poo and pouring out his water and saying "uh oh!" Mine thought yelling "poo poo" was what you did after dropping something so she would carefully place her baby on the ground and scream "poo poo" at the top of her lungs. That was a fun week at daycare...
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Oct 13, 2021 13:53
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Going through my first annual benefits selection with a kid and luckily I don't have to do all of the stupid HSA/medical care cost modelers because we're on my wife's insurance that isn't a high deductible plan but the whole dependent care account thing is stupid as hell. There's a whole laundry list of stupid things about it Why do I only even have the ability to make this account because my employer offer it? There's no reason that even having access should be tied to arbitrary decisions by my employer! Why do I have to decide in October 2021 how much I'm going to contribute throughout all of 2022? My circumstances surrounding childcare could easily change over the course of the next 14 months! At least when I was contributing to an HSA the money just rolled over if I didn't use it. Why do I have to do a separate account that I prefund and then reimburse myself from anyway? Why add all of these steps instead of just having it be something I can deal with at tax time? Why the gently caress are there a dozen different "tax advantaged" account options in general instead of just having a dependent be a straight line tax impact that accomplishes the same thing without fifty layers of middlemen and paperwork?
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Thoguh posted:Going through my first annual benefits selection with a kid and luckily I don't have to do all of the stupid HSA/medical care cost modelers because we're on my wife's insurance that isn't a high deductible plan but the whole dependent care account thing is stupid as hell. There's a whole laundry list of stupid things about it A lot of Dependent Care plans roll over too - they just expire on March 31st of the following year. And you have to decide by October 21st, because Open Enrollment is stupidly only offered once a year and makes the benefits team life hell for 3 months a year.
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man i do not know how people manage without a support network, my kid is sick today so we are holding him out of daycare... my wife and i both have unalterable and important work commitments today. thank goodness my mom is local, she is watching him today while we work. what the hell would we have done if we didn't have her around? anyway, blessings upon all parents, grandparents, and broader support networks today. hope everyone can be safe and healthy today!
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lmfao substitute virtual teacher misgendered a kid twice (his name is Ciaran and the teacher called him "Karen"). ended with the kid just shouting I AM A BOY I AM A BOY at her.
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