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i am harry posted:yes: children like things, but they are not entitled to them nor do they deserve them simply for existing. if your child has to take medicine then your child has to take medicine before they get to do or have the things they like. that's it, and that's the way it's been for all life on this planet since the beginning.  Y'all, spouse's approaching the normal range of 32-37 weeks for twins. It's getting real. Imagine we'll see the high end of that range since they're fraternal twins with separate sacks/placentas but it's coming.
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i am harry posted:yes: children like things, but they are not entitled to them nor do they deserve them simply for existing. if your child has to take medicine then your child has to take medicine before they get to do or have the things they like. that's it, and that's the way it's been for all life on this planet since the beginning. this doesn’t work on all children.
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Nov 20, 2022 07:48
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yeah my youngest will absolutely play the battle of wills and he will win. he's the most stubborn fucker on the planet.
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Nov 20, 2022 08:08
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every kid in my family’s orbit is sick my own kid has been dripping mucus and smoker’s coughing for the past month it’s not even December yet lol
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Nov 20, 2022 16:41
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Same My kid started preschool this year so it's to be expected at least a little but apparently it's the same even for kids who have been to school before
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Nov 20, 2022 17:24
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i am harry posted:yes: children like things, but they are not entitled to them nor do they deserve them simply for existing. if your child has to take medicine then your child has to take medicine before they get to do or have the things they like. that's it, and that's the way it's been for all life on this planet since the beginning. yes the issue is that if he doesn't agree to take the medicine (liquid, in this case) he just spits it out or lets it dribble down his front. basically wasting it, can't really recover it. but it turns out he likes the way this medicine tastes so no problem this time around lol.
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Nov 20, 2022 17:30
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sonatinas posted:can’t quote this enough My 6 and 4yo insist on sleeping with the lights on, I compromised and put a pink bulb in their lamp. If they could they'd just keep all the lights on all night, they're crazy.
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Nov 20, 2022 17:34
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Medicine for kids is like 95% sugar by volume for a reason. Well two reasons, the sugar industry and making kids eat it. 4,5% is artificial strawberry too.
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Nov 20, 2022 17:34
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DR FRASIER KRANG posted:yeah my youngest will absolutely play the battle of wills and he will win. he's the most stubborn fucker on the planet. with the dosing syringe you can put it in the cheek pocket all the way to the back and squirt it behind the back teeth into the mouth. this is extremely unpleasant for all involved.
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Nov 20, 2022 17:45
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for a while we thought we were just pussies and being pushovers but we've had multiple teachers at this point tell us that he is without a doubt the most stubborn child they've ever worked with.
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Nov 20, 2022 18:03
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DR FRASIER KRANG posted:yeah my youngest will absolutely play the battle of wills and he will win. he's the most stubborn fucker on the planet. My 3 year old would like to challenge for this title e: when he decided he didn't want to take some amoxicillin one time, the only solution that worked was to have my dad drive over to our house (only 10 minutes but still) and give it to him. Otherwise it was a screaming meltdown and spitting out anything we tried.
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Nov 20, 2022 18:13
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Insanite posted:every kid in my family’s orbit is sick Huh this describes my kid exactly (I'm in London UK) Kinda reassuring that it's not just him
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Nov 20, 2022 18:42
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Microplastics posted:Huh this describes my kid exactly (I'm in London UK) my assumption is that it's a mix of luck and covid-related immune dysregulation but I Am Not An Immunologist.
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Nov 20, 2022 19:04
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I sometimes forget what a liberal hippie bubble I live in and now I'm on vacation in South Chudistan watching two five year olds shooting at each other with capguns. It looks so weird to me, like a different species.
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Nov 23, 2022 01:43
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Chef Boyardeez Nuts posted:I sometimes forget what a liberal hippie bubble I live in and now I'm on vacation in South Chudistan watching two five year olds shooting at each other with capguns. Was Apple public in 1967? Buy their stock.
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Nov 23, 2022 01:57
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Chef Boyardeez Nuts posted:I sometimes forget what a liberal hippie bubble I live in and now I'm on vacation in South Chudistan watching two five year olds shooting at each other with capguns. I hemmed and hawed but ultimately I let my older son use a light gun for a videogame and, fortunately, he was more than happy to play target shooting games like the clay shooter in Time Crisis. Maybe when he's older he'll be ready for legit Time Crisis.
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Nov 23, 2022 05:17
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Trip report: medieval times is a mind-blower for a four year old holy poo poo.
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Nov 23, 2022 05:28
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we had an induction scheduled for monday but my wife went to the doctor today and they said she was already 4.5 cm dilated and 75% effaced so uhh maybe the baby will be born on thanksgiving instead. wish me luck folks!!!
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Nov 23, 2022 16:55
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we lost power in the middle of the night and my son woke up screaming because he couldn't see. I went down to the basement where his room is and boy howdy was he right. absolute pitch black. like you'd think you were blind. I guess they probably make nightlights with a battery backup?
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Nov 23, 2022 17:58
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there are a bunch of batteries powered night lights they can but in the bed that turn on with a push and off after 15 minutes. that worked for us.
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Nov 23, 2022 18:09
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My kiddo woke up around 1 am, sprinted to our bedroom to say she was done in her bed for the night then passed out in our bed.
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lobster shirt posted:we had an induction scheduled for monday but my wife went to the doctor today and they said she was already 4.5 cm dilated and 75% effaced so uhh maybe the baby will be born on thanksgiving instead. wish me luck folks!!! This happened to us. My wife was 10 days overdue and had an induction scheduled by the doctor that we didn't know about yet. We showed up to the hospital and there was some confusion about why we were there for our induction 6 hours early, meanwhile my wife was screaming in pain and ripping her clothes off in the hallway. We laugh about it now. Good luck!
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Nov 23, 2022 19:10
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lobster shirt posted:we had an induction scheduled for monday but my wife went to the doctor today and they said she was already 4.5 cm dilated and 75% effaced so uhh maybe the baby will be born on thanksgiving instead. wish me luck folks!!! I need closure on this anecdote.
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Nov 27, 2022 16:35
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SirPablo posted:I need closure on this anecdote. labor has not progressed, we are still at home, probably the baby is gonna be born on monday. been a very tense few days though lol.
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Nov 27, 2022 16:43
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Omg good luck!
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Nov 27, 2022 18:46
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a cspam monday miracle
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lobster shirt posted:labor has not progressed, we are still at home, probably the baby is gonna be born on monday. been a very tense few days though lol. Good luck to all 
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Nov 28, 2022 01:10
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lobster shirt posted:labor has not progressed, we are still at home, probably the baby is gonna be born on monday. been a very tense few days though lol. So I finally got that CD player boombox, a cheap CD burner, and a packet of CD-Rs for <$100, and it's been working out really well! I showed her how to handle and change the CDs, and she's pretty much got it all down except for putting the CDs back in the holder sleeves, and there's prints and scratches, but that's why we're using CD-Rs lol. She also took a day or so to figure out the operation of the boombox but took to the basics pretty easily. So far she's got a handful of CDs with Estelle, Michael Jackson, Lupe Fiasco, The Wiggles, and Raffi. I've got a bunch more to burn in the coming days and weeks, but any suggestions for other music? I'm also trying to find audiobooks that I can burn to CD for her, but not sure where to start. Some regular storybooks would be fine but I'm wondering if there's anything specific to toddlers, preschool to kindergarten. Speaking of, she starts preschool tomorrow  
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Son of Thunderbeast posted:Best of luck! https://librivox.org/ There are a ton here
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What do people do re: Santa these days? Our girl is just four months so it's all academic for me, but is it possible to be honest with your kid without them torching other families' holiday magic?
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Chad Sexington posted:What do people do re: Santa these days? I just let my kid figure it out and take their lead. if they want Santa magic in their lives I’m not going to ruin it.
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Nov 28, 2022 14:50
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Chad Sexington posted:What do people do re: Santa these days? We tend to use the "Some people believe..." approach for things like this (Santa, Jesus, etc) without explicitly saying whether they exist or not and let the kids make up their own minds about it, while encouraging them to respect other kids' beliefs abut it. Our 6yo is well aware that Santa is not real, but enjoys the trimmings of the holiday anyway. We get to explain that the stories around the holiday can add some fun to it and then explore different traditions around the world.
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Nov 28, 2022 14:51
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Chad Sexington posted:What do people do re: Santa these days? We're a mixed culture household and teaching him about Santa in the first place just seemed weird so we don't do it.
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Nov 28, 2022 14:57
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One of the perks of being a COVID shut-in is that we haven't had much opportunity to ruin holidays for others or have them ruined for us. My head-canon is that Santa is real and I'm him.
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AxGrap posted:https://librivox.org/ Nice, thanks! e: as far as Santa goes, we're nowhere close to that conversation yet, and I'll try to maintain some of the magic but I'm not going to lie to her. Son of Thunderbeast has issued a correction as of 17:34 on Nov 28, 2022 |
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Nov 28, 2022 17:28
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yeah we don't talk about Santa beyond the yearly "hey write a list of stuff you'd like Santa to bring you" which serves as a fun writing exercise and helps us figure out what they want that they aren't asking me for explicitly. my kids are starting to figure out the idea of the "fake Santa" so they're constantly judging any Santa's we see in public or on tv to determine their authenticity.
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Nov 28, 2022 17:30
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I said Santa is just "a nice story people like and it's rude to say he doesn't exist" and got in trouble with my wife who loves Christmas 🎄🎄🎄⛄🎄⛄🎄🎄🎄⛄
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hospital says we may need to wait 24-48 hours before we can come in for the induction -_____________-;;;
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lobster shirt posted:hospital says we may need to wait 24-48 hours before we can come in for the induction -_____________-;;; that sucks, early labour and waiting around to get to the hospital is rough.
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my kid came home and asked about the elf on the shelf a friend had a couple years ago, December before the pandemic. I told him we don’t have an elf problem at our house because we put out bait and traps.
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