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Bedtime after spring forward? You get a melatonin! And you get a melatonin! Everybody gets some melatonin!!!!
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We made it through the first year! Everyone has the same number of limbs!
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Mar 13, 2023 00:32
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Shalhavet posted:We made it through the first year! Everyone has the same number of limbs! Oh no, the kid is supposed to grow an extra foot in the first year though. (Congratulations!)
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Mar 13, 2023 00:50
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Shalhavet posted:We made it through the first year! Everyone has the same number of limbs! Congrats, it's such an amazing feeling (and accomplishment)! Toddler is currently celebrating the first bedtime after daylight savings by sobbing about needing water as if she were dying of thirst in a desert, despite the fact that we gave her water right as she was going to bed. We're about to neglect our child by enjoying some frozen pizza and an episode of Poker Face.
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Mar 13, 2023 01:43
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daylight savings didn't interfere with wakeup this morning (i split the difference with the time change and woke him up at 7:30 instead of 7), let's hope bedtime goes okay. i chased him all over the back yard for a few hours earlier, maybe he will just go to sleep. toddlers!
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Mar 13, 2023 01:47
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Bedtime was only delayed by about 20 min, which we are ok with, but she’s getting over a cold and is coughing herself to sleep. What a helpless feeling, just hearing tiny coughs for the past hour.
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Mar 13, 2023 01:57
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meanolmrcloud posted:Bedtime was only delayed by about 20 min, which we are ok with, but she’s getting over a cold and is coughing herself to sleep. What a helpless feeling, just hearing tiny coughs for the past hour. My 2 year old kid has been coughing all week too. It escalated significantly tonight as soon as we got on a 2 hour glass bottom boat ride into the Gulf of Mexico. My wife turned to me “oh no we’ve made a huge mistake.” His whining was calmed down with cheetohs and iPad. He gave a cursory glance to the glass bottom and ignored the jaw dropping sunset. We got back to the hotel and he was coughing so hard he threw up. I hope he’s not getting sicker but his horrible vacation diet and the boat ride and the car ride and the coughing is probably why he threw up. We will see how he does during the 5 hour car ride tomorrow. God save us all.
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Mar 13, 2023 02:03
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lobster shirt posted:daylight savings didn't interfere with wakeup this morning (i split the difference with the time change and woke him up at 7:30 instead of 7), let's hope bedtime goes okay. i chased him all over the back yard for a few hours earlier, maybe he will just go to sleep. toddlers! well, he went to sleep. will he sleep all night? only time will tell...
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Mar 13, 2023 02:15
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lobster shirt posted:well, he went to sleep. will he sleep all night? only time will tell... good luck
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Mar 13, 2023 03:05
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Even waking my son up early from his late nap, he's up an hour past his bedtime. Doot do do do By bedtime I mean time he usually finally falls asleep, not when we start putting him down because lol lmao
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Mar 13, 2023 03:13
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My 15 month old has decided that while Daddy generally just gets hugs and some experimental nostril grabbing, anytime he's within reach of Mommy or the nanny, he's going to gouge. Gouge eyes, grab handfuls of face and squeeze (which hurts), grab armfuls of leg and squeeze if he's on the ground, swipe those sharp little fingernails (even when trimmed/ground down) across cheeks. It's bad! He's kind of too young to understand any kind of disciplining, so it's just dealing with it, but it sucks. Everything online agrees it's normal, but I wish it weren't normal.
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Mar 13, 2023 14:27
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my kid got out of bed last night to hand me a booger pick and flick my dude. I can't believe I need to teach the flick part.
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Mar 13, 2023 15:52
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Renegret posted:my kid got out of bed last night to hand me a booger It's this or the booger wall
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Mar 13, 2023 15:57
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Academician Nomad posted:My 15 month old has decided that while Daddy generally just gets hugs and some experimental nostril grabbing, anytime he's within reach of Mommy or the nanny, he's going to gouge. Gouge eyes, grab handfuls of face and squeeze (which hurts), grab armfuls of leg and squeeze if he's on the ground, swipe those sharp little fingernails (even when trimmed/ground down) across cheeks. It's bad! He's kind of too young to understand any kind of disciplining, so it's just dealing with it, but it sucks. Everything online agrees it's normal, but I wish it weren't normal. My 19 month old is in a phase where she wakes us up from naps or sleep etc by trying to pry our eyelids open with her tiny claws, and tugs on the ears of everyone, up to and including other babies at the park. When I carry her on my shoulders she also loves to dig her fingers all the way down my ear canals to the ear drums. I can't wait until she stops 
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Mar 13, 2023 16:20
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My 22 month old has suddenly morphed into just a rage demon, it sucks
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Mar 13, 2023 17:18
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Brandon Proust posted:good luck it did not go well last night lol
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Mar 13, 2023 17:55
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wizzardstaff posted:My kid, 4 years old, was dropped off at preschool alone today for the first time in almost a year. She's been insisting that my wife come with her every day (and we specifically chose a co-op school so that would be an option) but last night she told us she felt ready to do it alone. I'm apprehensive but also so proud and excited and optimistic. We’re now three school days in to this pattern and she’s gone alone each time. This weekend she was telling us that she wanted mama to come with her today but later reversed her opinion “so that she has time to work on her quilt”. We’re on the precipice of establishing a real pattern here, it’s great. Glad she loves this school. (And of course, because we can’t have nice things, the church hosting the preschool has dropped their lease and will be kicking them out at the end of the school year.)
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Mar 13, 2023 18:48
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Our newborn decided to celebrate his 3 month-iversery by proceeding to decide that 2am to 5am was when he wanted to party all of a sudden. Fun night kid, oh hey look it’s my alarm
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Mar 14, 2023 13:12
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Boy I would sure love if my son would stop pulling his dick just out of the top of his diaper in the morning. It so frequently ends with his peeing on himself just a little. Guess we are going to do exclusively footie PJs for a bit.
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Mar 14, 2023 13:24
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Son was yelling DONWANNO every time I tried to do a nap. Came back from having a poop and he's laying on a pillow on the floor, blanket over him, almost asleep already. And now he's asleep on the floor and I can't figure out if I should put him in bed or if he chose the floor for a reason.
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Mar 14, 2023 18:02
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carrionman posted:Yeah, the current thinking is that maybe something from my wife's diet is coming through and upsetting her stomach. So we're cutting different foods out to see. I figured I'd give an update. We went camping in the weekend with the grandparents, were a bit worried how it would go. She slept for 3hrs in a row, fed, slept another 3 both nights. Since we got home she's been sleeping in 2hr stretches, waking for 5min for a feed or just a pat on the head then off for another 2 hrs. We haven't changed anything so uh... go camping with your infants if they won't sleep? hosed if I know. Hopefully it sticks
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Mar 14, 2023 18:47
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Presumably the type of food your wife ate while out camping was different from what she eats at home too?
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Mar 14, 2023 18:48
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Partner and I took his kiddo to the pier on Sunday. He was full of energy so I kept racing him and exclaiming that he beat me, much to his joy. Of course then he started exclaiming “DADDY YOU WANNA BEAT ME? DADDY BEAT ME!!!! CHERRY YOU WANNA BEAT ME TOO???” Honey the word is RACE. The other families are looking at us weird.
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Mar 14, 2023 19:41
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carrionman posted:I figured I'd give an update. My daughter had MSPI for the first year of her life. The pediatrician told me it took ~2 weeks of no dairy for me before the cow's milk proteins fully cleared out of my breastmilk. So y'all may have just finally cleared whatever was bothering her? Glad things are getting better for you! No sleep is so hard on everyone
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Mar 14, 2023 20:50
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CherryCola posted:Partner and I took his kiddo to the pier on Sunday. He was full of energy so I kept racing him and exclaiming that he beat me, much to his joy. Be careful what you wish for, next step will be him explaining to concerned strangers that you beat him because of his race.
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Mar 14, 2023 20:50
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Sorry I’m late for work, my daughter had to pick out her own outfit and then dress herself. E: DST has been absolute hell. Kids were awake until 10:30pm new time and our wake up this morning was 5:30, both kids woke up at separate times in the middle of the night.
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Mar 14, 2023 21:44
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Koivunen posted:Sorry I’m late for work, my daughter had to pick out her own outfit and then dress herself. Might as well just call out at this point. Call out tomorrow too for good measure
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Mar 14, 2023 21:56
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carrionman posted:I figured I'd give an update. Awesome! Maybe she just outgrew whatever problem it was. Or the air and soundscape were soothing. Or the food thing. Who knows, enjoy!
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Mar 14, 2023 22:02
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I got the dreaded “refused to nap” note from daycare yesterday. I hope today is better!
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Mar 14, 2023 22:34
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We finally took the twins out of their cribs and put them in toddler beds. Pray for us.
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Mar 15, 2023 01:36
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That lasted all of three nights for us and we put them in separate rooms, one wouldn’t stop loving with the other one.
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Mar 15, 2023 11:20
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Long dumb rant. Hot water heater broke on Monday, on Tuesday the plumber arranged to come today (Wednesday). I was working so my mom came to my house, I told the plumbing company I wasn’t going to be there but she would. The plumber never came, when I got done with work they had left a message that they were on their way and wanted to confirm. I had called to confirm when they opened this morning. When I finally got a hold of someone after like ten calls that went to voicemail, they said since I didn’t pick up my phone they went on to the next job. I was MAD. My mom stuck around for over four hours. Now they are coming tomorrow morning. I wanted to cancel and go with a different company but we are getting another mega snow storm tomorrow. My kids stink, they need a bath. My dishes are piling up. I’ve taken two ice cold showers, the water is 45 degrees. Hot water is important, people! If it was just me I wouldn’t care as much but I’m not giving my kids an ice bath, and kids go through dishes and laundry crazy fast. The end. I hope they can fix the problem tomorrow.
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Mar 16, 2023 01:57
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My 2 year old got her first ever ear infection and subsequently, her first ever course of antibiotics. She hardly ate at all at dinner and is wailing from her room. When I asked if her stomach hurt she said yes, but she also replied yes if her hair was purple, so I can’t really trust what she says. She started the amoxicillin at like 10am this morning, so it’s probably not an allergic thing. This sucks, it was like day 5 of infection, we should’ve just let it ride. Not looking forward to 6 more days of upset stomachs.
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Mar 16, 2023 02:53
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Nearly 2.5yo has started waking up in the middle of the night and "want to go downstair" after "no I want mommy". Ok. So we hang out with her in our room/bed and she's just wailing "I want to go downstair!" big tears. So I take her downstairs (main level of the house) and show her " look it's night time. All the lights are off. The tv is off. Mommy and Daddy are sleeping upstairs. It's dark outside. It's time to sleep " "Turn lights on! I no sleep! I wanna watch Mickey mouse. I want a banna- I want a bandaid!" Ok well a bandaid is a request I can service, got her a bandaid put it on her unharmed arm like a sticker. All is better, for like 10 seconds. I pick her up she starts screaming again about wanting to go downstairs After like 10 minutes in bed with us she finally chills out and is sleeping I've seen those "ok to wake" clocks I have one in my Amazon cart. How do I explain to a hysterical toddler that it's night time and it's time to go back to bed? These aren't night terrors she's just awake and fussy
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meanolmrcloud posted:My 2 year old got her first ever ear infection and subsequently, her first ever course of antibiotics. She hardly ate at all at dinner and is wailing from her room. When I asked if her stomach hurt she said yes, but she also replied yes if her hair was purple, so I can’t really trust what she says. She started the amoxicillin at like 10am this morning, so it’s probably not an allergic thing. This sucks, it was like day 5 of infection, we should’ve just let it ride. Not looking forward to 6 more days of upset stomachs. I got so many severe ear infections as a kid I needed tubes in my ears. I became resistant to amoxicillin. My sympathies to your kiddo.
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Mar 16, 2023 13:20
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God drat I hate when they hit you in the face with something and then THEY start crying.
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Mar 16, 2023 14:52
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Our two year old has started using every delaying tactic in the book at bedtime. She wants a drink, she's hungry, she's not tired, she wants Mummy, she wants another book etc. It's now an hour and a half ordeal. I managed to negotiate a compromise with her where I would stay in the room in a chair for a few minutes after stories to calm her down. Big mistake, now she wants Mummy to sit in the chair constantly and won't let her leave the room. I think time to set some firm bedtime boundaries to stop her holding us hostage.
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Mar 16, 2023 15:11
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My daughter is guilty of bedtime bloat as well. We've got a sort of diminishing sawtooth pattern where she recognizes the routine, but adds to it. Then it becomes so long we have to address it, which is an emotional inflection point where she'll just lose her poo poo that night and cry or scream then conks out, whatever. Then she drops off for a few nights; last time she just went to bed after teeth brushing without us for a couple nights, then we were back in with a short routine. That started growing. I know it's going to destroy me when she doesn't want a song/story and it's not just a night off. It's going to be the last time.
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Mar 16, 2023 15:19
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My wife gets the bloat. Daughter started her own bedtime routine for her doll but wouldn't do her own. At one point it mutated into her telling stories in the shower/bath before bed and then singing. All of it has been fun/hilarious tbh. I get none of it as I let her do whatever she wants after she brushes her teeth until lights out basically.
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Hadlock posted:Nearly 2.5yo has started waking up in the middle of the night and "want to go downstair" after "no I want mommy". Ok. So we hang out with her in our room/bed and she's just wailing "I want to go downstair!" big tears. So I take her downstairs (main level of the house) and show her " look it's night time. All the lights are off. The tv is off. Mommy and Daddy are sleeping upstairs. It's dark outside. It's time to sleep my son is almost 3 and when he wakes up at night he insists on going into the living room and sitting on the couch. what i do make this manageable is just say like "okay we can go sit on the couch but daddy is going to count to 5 and we have to go back to your bed, is that okay?" and then just stick to that: he agrees we can count to five, i sit on the couch, count, and then back to bed. probably helps that i carry him instead of letting him walk. maybe try something like that? i guess it would depend on how agreeable your kid is though lol.
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