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I read that "don't linger at daycare" advice a bunch of places and have followed it from day one. We go in, she gets plopped with the other babies and teachers in the circle while I put up her bottles etc., then she gets a goodbye smooch or omnomnom on her brains and I'm gone. So far this has worked but she also is only just getting separation anxiety so we'll see how it goes. She was sleeping through the night just fine, but the past week or so (basically since she got over covid) it feels like she's spitting up a lot more (which is saying a lot for her), and then our schedules were a bit weird over the weekend so the past couple of nights she's woken up hungry either during the night or at a point that, while technically late enough that I can't say it's "during the night," is still way too loving early. We had a devil of a time putting her to bed tonight, and she didn't get as much solid food today, so I'm not super optimistic that she won't wake up.
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nachos posted:Do long weekends ever get fun as a parent This weekend was just me and the 2 year old while my wife was out of town and I had a blast. It was not the way I used to spend my weekends, but it was still fun.
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May 31, 2022 04:03
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nachos posted:I did it. I won a 2 hour battle of wills with my toddler who refused to sleep in her crib. She’s sleeping in her loving crib. a beacon of hope for us all
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May 31, 2022 04:40
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nachos posted:I did it. I won a 2 hour battle of wills with my toddler who refused to sleep in her crib. She’s sleeping in her loving crib. Just in time to get some sleep before round 2 tomorrow!
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May 31, 2022 05:23
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My 7 year old just had the biggest blast of a holiday weekend ever. First time in a long time she got so much time to play (3hrs in the pool) that she passed out early. Caught her asleep on the couch, she woke up and told me she was just resting her eyes. Has dinner, immediately plops back on the couch to rest her eyes again. Proceeded to go to bed 3 hours early and still sleep till normal wakeup.
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May 31, 2022 05:39
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Long weekends are still tough but at 3 1/2 it's way easier. Biggest thing is that you can travel with him now in a way that feels cooperative - going to the coast to see his in-laws feels like a holiday rather than a series of chores.
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May 31, 2022 05:44
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notwithoutmyanus posted:Proceeded to go to bed 3 hours early and still sleep till normal wakeup.
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May 31, 2022 06:01
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how are y'all dealing with anxiety around mass shootings, both kids' and your own? i don't live in the states right now but plan to move back and I am just beside myself every time I picture sending my kid off to school there.
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May 31, 2022 08:33
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I thank God I don’t live in the US but worry that it will leak into Canada more and more
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May 31, 2022 09:44
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Emily Spinach posted:omnomnom on her brains Haha this is amazing 
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May 31, 2022 12:28
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I don't like how King Friday calls the Neighborhood of Make-Believe "my neighborhood" sometimes. He needs to gently caress off with that poo poo or the denizens might needs remind him from whence springs his mandate
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May 31, 2022 13:28
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Pro: my 3.5 year old has gotten over blippi and coco melon Con: he is ALL IN on Paw Patrol
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May 31, 2022 13:55
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boquiabierta posted:how are y'all dealing with anxiety around mass shootings, both kids' and your own? i don't live in the states right now but plan to move back and I am just beside myself every time I picture sending my kid off to school there. But on a day-to-day basis, shootings themselves are incredibly rare, and there's so many other things to worry about that are statistically much more likely to harm your kids.
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May 31, 2022 14:14
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nwin posted:Pro: my 3.5 year old has gotten over blippi and coco melon Mine is into trains and other vehicles. His other brother had no interest. At least my childhood Brio train set I had as a kid that my parents saved will be put to good use.
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May 31, 2022 14:22
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First day of daycare update: dropoff went well! They looked like they were interested in all of the fun new friends and toys. Their teacher was really great to talk to as well, and she seems like she has a good grasp on what to expect. One kid was having a meltdown and somehow that made me feel better about our kids possibly having a meltdown. I guess it happens! Talked to another set of parents whose kid was starting his first day and they were nervous as well. I feel a lot less nervous today than I did yesterday. Hopefully they wait at least a week before they get sick so my wife is back and can help me! Mind_Taker fucked around with this message at 14:39 on May 31, 2022 |
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May 31, 2022 14:36
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Before you know it, they're gonna be upset to see you come pickup and refuse to go home because they were just about to go outside or something.
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May 31, 2022 14:40
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nwin posted:Pro: my 3.5 year old has gotten over blippi and coco melon  Blippi, coco melon, peppa pig, calliou, etc are not allowed in our house. “Sorry, we can’t get those.”
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May 31, 2022 14:46
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Renegret posted:Before you know it, they're gonna be upset to see you come pickup and refuse to go home because they were just about to go outside or something.
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May 31, 2022 15:15
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My son with no shoes or pants on: yes, let us run down the street! Run and run!!!! My son dressed for a walk: oh... Oh idk... Maybe back to the driveway. Should I stop and stand for a while? Maybe you'd like to carry me now that we're halfway around the block. Are those ROCKS?
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May 31, 2022 15:28
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nwin posted:Pro: my 3.5 year old has gotten over blippi and coco melon Youngest is adding a new kind of video to his lineup, which now consists of lawn care, roofing, and construction. One channel in particular he enjoys is Ken White Construction, especially the ones where Ken straps on a GoPro while he's installing concrete bollards or something like that
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May 31, 2022 15:40
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My daughter loves craft videos and barely cares about any show where someone's not making something.
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D34THROW posted:Youngest is adding a new kind of video to his lineup, which now consists of lawn care, roofing, and construction. One channel in particular he enjoys is Ken White Construction, especially the ones where Ken straps on a GoPro while he's installing concrete bollards or something like that That is entirely my jam. We were doing Hudson’s playground for a while but we stopped because the dad was fake lighting stuff on fire in some episodes and the kids were general tyrants. My son soaked that up too much and we didn’t need the extra terrorizing.
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May 31, 2022 16:38
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Huh, wonder what'd happen if I just make my kid watch like 15 hours of stone age technology videos
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May 31, 2022 16:40
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How it's Made has a ton of their stuff on YouTube and it's one of the finest bedtime sedative videos there is. Short duration Soft Monotone Voice "Interesting" topic (Candy, Toys, Cookies, etc) Technically it's "youtube" Just perfect.
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May 31, 2022 16:45
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External Organs posted:Huh, wonder what'd happen if I just make my kid watch like 15 hours of stone age technology videos You'd get a poo poo ton of sweet potatoes out of it
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May 31, 2022 16:47
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My kids love watching the Stone Age construction videos, and also Evan and Katelyn. We shifted off Blippi and onto that stuff as soon as we discovered it!
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May 31, 2022 17:28
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sheri posted:When your kid is old enough to roam freely with other neighborhood kids it is pretty great. I wish I could raise a kid like I was raised in the 80s, because the age when neighborhood kids could roam around their yards unsupervised was like 5. By 6 or 7 I had a bike and the only rule was not to cross the big street at the end of our dead-end street.
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May 31, 2022 17:36
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davebo posted:I wish I could raise a kid like I was raised in the 80s, because the age when neighborhood kids could roam around their yards unsupervised was like 5. By 6 or 7 I had a bike and the only rule was not to cross the big street at the end of our dead-end street. We have a neighborhood where this is the norm for most of the kids! It's how I remember most of my childhood too. And I loved it.
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my kid was ENRAPTURED with Dhar Mann videos last night. It's the longest she's sat still in 2 months. wtf.
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May 31, 2022 18:04
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We showed our oldest Ultimate Beastmaster on netflix and he loves it, but it did not help his desire to jump off of things.
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May 31, 2022 19:39
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Accidentally introduced my 4yo to Little Big and now it's the only music she plays that's not the Encanto soundtrack. I hope Lin Manuel Miranda has an accident.
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May 31, 2022 20:07
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Almost halfway through the almost 2yo's COVID isolation. The only thing worse than chasing an almost two toddler around the yard in Texas heat or entertaining a cooped up toddler around the house when that heat is too much is doing it in an N95.
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Chernobyl Princess posted:We showed our oldest Ultimate Beastmaster on netflix and he loves it, but it did not help his desire to jump off of things. Then don’t show him Floor Is Lava. We had to lay down a hard rule of not playing it in the living room, just the basement. There’s a reason they’ve only seen one three stooges episode so far, immediately after the episode the twins started trying the same moves on each other. This was over a year ago when they were around four and didn’t fully grasp play fighting. Now? They could probably handle it. devmd01 fucked around with this message at 03:36 on Jun 1, 2022 |
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If you’ve never had a baby with a mouth full of razor sharp teeth sneeze while breastfeeding, you’re not missing out. My poor little guy is sneezing more than he ever has in his life with covid. And if you’ve never had to parent a sick baby and a healthy and energetic three year old while also having covid yourself… well you’re not missing out there either. Ended up hauling us all to the beach (a rocky lake beach and it was 50 degrees out, so not exactly swimming weather), just so my daughter could run around and climb on rocks and get some energy out. She ran around for over two hours. Bed time still took nearly two hours though. She wanted to “read” a book, and she chose her potty training book. There’s a page that says “tinkle tinkle,” and she goes, “tinkle treat!” Like it’s Halloween. “Then the whole village came, and oh look it’s grandma!”
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My 22-month-old did a front flip off the couch this morning and hosed up the landing to the extent that she fractured her elbow. Cast for the next three weeks. At least it's winter so we can get by with skipping baths here and there...
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Jumpsuit posted:My 22-month-old did a front flip off the couch this morning and hosed up the landing to the extent that she fractured her elbow. Cast for the next three weeks. At least it's winter so we can get by with skipping baths here and there... I was wondering how fractures happen the other day, seeing as our toddler seems to be Terminator material as far as I’m concerned (not sure if T-800 or T-1000 for that matter). Except potential skull fractures, I suppose. The noggin seems neither indestructible, nor overly flexible.
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nwin posted:Pro: my 3.5 year old has gotten over blippi and coco melon My little one likes Fireman Sam now and I swear that is the absolute cheapest, shittiest looking childrens show on TV - but the show itself is actually pretty watchable! I'll take it over coco melon any fuckin day
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For anyone stuck in an Encanto loop, I highly recommend Vivo, available on Netflix. I think I’ve mentioned it before but oh well. I swear I’m not a musical Broadway “person,” but the final scenes of Encanto are basically a ripoff of RENT. A candle burning, along with the general melody makes me think Encanto is a bit of an afterthought, or a project Lin-Manuel didn’t really feel like doing. Vivo has much better music and plot, imho.
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I swear we don't talk about Bruno is a complete rip off of https://youtu.be/fo3frpVDwNw
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Try and make our kids watch educational things, the updated version of Magic School Bus on Netflix seems to be well liked. But pretty much anything with animals or robots are big hit.
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