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lobster shirt posted:babys first day in daycare is not going well, none of the staff have been able to get her to eat from a bottle. i have also been unsuccessful at this, trying over the last two weeks. my wife has had to go over there and nurse her twice already. this is not going to be possible next week when she goes back to work. not good! fwiw I found that once the kid realized that mom just couldn't be there to nurse it took a day or two for the kid to realize that this was going to be it going forward. it was rough, but it wasn't a long transition.
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Webbeh posted:Hand-foot-and-mouth sucks, (please don't) pass it on. and for the love of god do not get two different strains twice in a year from the same kid, my wife did that, it was not good
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silvergoose posted:and for the love of god do not get two different strains twice in a year from the same kid, my wife did that, it was not good this is us and it is absolutely horrible so far i've been spared, but I'm counting down the hours
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A stomach flu from last week took me out. It should be gone by now. But I'm still feeling ughllllhghllllllhl
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Got a kid in grade school, expecting again in June. I want another ride on the merry go round, let's go!
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PerniciousKnid posted:Ms Rachel taught my delayed 2yo how to talk. Heeeeeeey you were right. Little guy is talking and repeating and trying. poo poo is magical. Little guy is saying OPEN to everything. He pronounces it "Obey" which I know with my rational brain is just his jaw muscles not being quite there yet, he's never heard the word obey or ever had that kinda Bioshock association with the concept that word conveys. But the sleep deprived brain is worried that he's trying to MKULTRA me back... Not maliciously ofc, just as a reflection of care.
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Centrist Dad posted:Got a kid in grade school, expecting again in June. I want another ride on the merry go round, let's go! That's a good age gap, you can really pour responsibility into the big child by making them do care or protect the little child.
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My son revealed that he's learning songs from Newsies for a spring concert thing and one of them is "The World Will Know" which definitely includes the line "Well they gave their word, but it ain't worth beans." and I'm honestly tearing up thinking about a hundred 9 year old children shout-singing this at a room full of adults.
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lobster shirt posted:babys first day in daycare is not going well, none of the staff have been able to get her to eat from a bottle. i have also been unsuccessful at this, trying over the last two weeks. my wife has had to go over there and nurse her twice already. this is not going to be possible next week when she goes back to work. not good! She's gonna be home sick for the next month anyway.
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Dreylad posted:fwiw I found that once the kid realized that mom just couldn't be there to nurse it took a day or two for the kid to realize that this was going to be it going forward. it was rough, but it wasn't a long transition. hey man you were right, today she drank all four of the bottles we sent  PerniciousKnid posted:She's gonna be home sick for the next month anyway. shut... da gently caress up (you're probably right)
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7 year old is going in for a surgical procedure tomorrow, that in itself sucks but the other day they phoned to say their arrival time got pushed back from 9am to 11:30am. they can’t eat after midnight, tomorrow is going to be extremely difficult with no breakfast and a kid who obviously doesn’t get why they can’t eat also, in terms of hand foot and mouth, kid got it year before Covid and it was awful, felt so bad for them, had it all over. Then we got it and not nearly as bad but I had it inside my mouth it was really painful and I only had it there Cassette Moodcore has issued a correction as of 07:02 on Mar 3, 2023 |
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Newsies is perhaps the most socialist musical and it's great that an actual school is doing it
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WELP. Wife (pregnant) just tested positive for COVID. I thought it was over??? 2yo and I are both testing negative but I have a PCR scheduled for this afternoon now. No severe symptoms just yet, she lost her sense of taste this morning and has been coughing a lot but that's it so far
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loquacius posted:WELP. Wife (pregnant) just tested positive for COVID. I thought it was over??? 2yo and I are both testing negative but I have a PCR scheduled for this afternoon now. No severe symptoms just yet, she lost her sense of taste this morning and has been coughing a lot but that's it so far my wife had covid while pregnant and although it knocked her on her rear end physically, she felt terrible, she recovered fine and it doesnt seem to have affected our daughter (who she was pregnant with) at all so far. pregnancy illnesses are so scary! i hope your wife gets over covid quickly.
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loquacius posted:WELP. Wife (pregnant) just tested positive for COVID. I thought it was over??? 2yo and I are both testing negative but I have a PCR scheduled for this afternoon now. No severe symptoms just yet, she lost her sense of taste this morning and has been coughing a lot but that's it so far Are you in the US? If so your wife can likely get Paxlovid. There are instructions in the COVID thread OP if you decide to go this route, though ideally your doctor would prescribe it. To be clear statistically your wife will very likely recover without problem. Hope they feel better and you avoid it.
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loquacius posted:Newsies is perhaps the most socialist musical and it's great that an actual school is doing it I laugh when I think about Disney making it today. I remember as a kid someone maligned Newsies to me because it didn't show the TRUE conditions of the abused children and made it into a song and dance but it's like... good luck getting ANY exposure of this without Christian Bale singing and dancing. just isn't gonna happen.
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second baby is here. why would anyone do this. every second that isn’t filled with something that must be done is filled with anxiety. my brain adjusted to the extraordinary stress of a newborn last time, but I still think it’ll be impressive if it adjusts to a 2yo and a newborn
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After about 6-8 years it does get easier.
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Another Bill posted:After about 6-8 years it does get easier. My co-workers tell me that teenagers are not easy either. I kinda feel like dealing with them involves less being awake and doing stuff all the time and more yelling and not seeing them. Also you don't have to go everywhere with them, they can go to and from school themselves. drat that sounds good right now.
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meanolmrcloud posted:second baby is here. why would anyone do this. every second that isn’t filled with something that must be done is filled with anxiety. my brain adjusted to the extraordinary stress of a newborn last time, but I still think it’ll be impressive if it adjusts to a 2yo and a newborn congrats i think it gets normal-feeling a lot quicker with number 2, the anxiety of newbornness isn't as prevalent who am i kidding i spent the first month having constant anxiety because our second kid made different breathing noises in his sleep
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Toddler+newborn tip: toddler needs to know it's their time when you do stuff with them. If baby fusses during that time you can even throw out a "shut up baby, it's toddler demon time." Helps them understand parental focus and appreciate their time as well as baby time. We even started getting toddler to go "it baby time?" when it's feeding time for baby. Toddler still a 3 year old tornado of fury but that's expected.
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only took three days of daycare-related bottle and breast pump washing/sterilizing/drying that i caved and bought one of those machines that sterilizes and dries everything. so much easier lol.
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Mustached Demon posted:Toddler+newborn tip: toddler needs to know it's their time when you do stuff with them.
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KirbyKhan posted:Heeeeeeey you were right. Little guy is talking and repeating and trying. poo poo is magical. little girl just picked up open too and has been smacking boxes with art supplies she wants opened. or the toilet. also "all done" and "more" with the signing. thankfully she hasn't pulled out "would you kindly" lobster shirt posted:hey man you were right, today she drank all four of the bottles we sent that's awesome! congrats
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Oh man, I just got an extra hour and twenty minutes of sleep on the couch while my kids watched TV, ate crackers and raisins and apples and played with each other. Don't think I could've managed that six months ago.
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Another Bill posted:After about 6-8 years it does get easier. Second baby is here now and the 8 year age gap is actually pretty sweet. Very adorable interactions. Older kid is actually helpful and partially self sufficient. I feel for you goons with an infant + toddler chaos. Older kid had also randomly developed an obsessive interest in competitive speed cup stacking
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KirbyKhan posted:That's a good age gap, you can really pour responsibility into the big child by making them do care or protect the little child.
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Thesaurus posted:Second baby is here now and the 8 year age gap is actually pretty sweet. Very adorable interactions. Older kid is actually helpful and partially self sufficient. I feel for you goons with an infant + toddler chaos. Speed cup stacking and baby is an amazing combo
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meanolmrcloud posted:second baby is here. why would anyone do this. every second that isn’t filled with something that must be done is filled with anxiety. my brain adjusted to the extraordinary stress of a newborn last time, but I still think it’ll be impressive if it adjusts to a 2yo and a newborn it got a lot better at about the 3 month mark. or maybe you just get used to it.
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bitmap posted:it got a lot better at about the 3 month mark. or maybe you just get used to it. I literally counted down to the three months mark remembering that was when it started getting smoother for the first kid. Basically it didn't get better until I was talking with my wife one time and said haha , isn't it crazy that we've felt on loving edge for a year and a half since kid 2 was born? And she said "I don't feel like that" and I lost it for a bit and cried and just started thinking of how to take time and chill the gently caress out.
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Communication and figuring out your needs as well as the kids needs is SUPER important, and it can be a hard balancing act.
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Your primary job is to keep them alive and it's really not that hard.
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Fat-Lip-Sum-41.mp3 posted:Your primary job is to keep them alive and it's really not that hard. It's a p reasonable bar. Attainable goals
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Fat-Lip-Sum-41.mp3 posted:Your primary job is to keep them alive and it's really not that hard. Yeah, but I kinda feel like my high score benefits from avoiding trauma and such, plus getting them some good values. Speaking of, my five year old told his mother that cars are bad because they kill the animals, and also USA is bad because they love cars and weapons. We have a slight disagreement about how big of a parenting victory that is...
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Chad Sexington posted:Driving 16 hours over two days with the six month old in tow on a trip to visit two sets of grandparents starting tomorrow. Our first road trip with her. Eight days and 1,500 miles later we are alive! And without COVID, despite some unsanctioned invites to people who came straight from a hospital. The whining during the drive was expected, but there were stretches there where we had like four hours to go in a day and it was just inconsolable NOISE from the little one before she'd pass out. I don't think we'll do it again, but it was unquestionably cheaper than a flight or the autotrain.
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