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brugroffil posted:My 4yo has begun contemplating his own death That can get weird. Mine started at 3 bc of very religious grandparents talking to him about heaven and hell every night when they had him.
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i was really into skeletons when i was like 4 and apparently (i dont remember this) i would ask my grandparents if i coudl have their bones when they died lol
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Aug 1, 2023 15:36
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My kids euphemism for death was "turning into skeleton bones" lol
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lobster shirt posted:a related game he likes to play is to make me and my wife pretend to be sleeping so he can wake us up with loud mowing or leaf blowing. glad hes having fun. lol
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lobster shirt posted:i was really into skeletons when i was like 4 and apparently (i dont remember this) i would ask my grandparents if i coudl have their bones when they died lol I was wearing a shirt yesterday with a smoking skull and my seven year old said "I guess it's okay for skeletons to smoke because they don't have brains" which was a good opportunity for me to remind them it's worse for your lungs than brain (to which they replied that it's still fine because skeletons don't have lungs either)
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Second Hand Meat Mouth posted:I was wearing a shirt yesterday with a smoking skull and my seven year old said "I guess it's okay for skeletons to smoke because they don't have brains" which was a good opportunity for me to remind them it's worse for your lungs than brain (to which they replied that it's still fine because skeletons don't have lungs either) lol
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Second Hand Meat Mouth posted:I was wearing a shirt yesterday with a smoking skull and my seven year old said "I guess it's okay for skeletons to smoke because they don't have brains" which was a good opportunity for me to remind them it's worse for your lungs than brain (to which they replied that it's still fine because skeletons don't have lungs either) your seven year old sounds smart
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Aug 1, 2023 15:44
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My older kid watched a single video on the negative physiological impacts of alcohol and every time after I had a beer I got a lecture on what was happening to my brain and liver. I'm aware give me a break
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Nocturtle posted:My older kid watched a single video on the negative physiological impacts of alcohol and every time after I had a beer I got a lecture on what was happening to my brain and liver. I'm aware give me a break my kid told someone on their smoke break that smoking is bad and will kill you. I apologized and told my kid to keep that to herself and she replied”she has to know!” and I replied, she already does.
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Aug 1, 2023 17:07
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my kid found out that soda is bad for you and I had to explain that La Croix is like the ghost of a soda that has been dead for a thousand years.
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Aug 1, 2023 17:47
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I'm slightly indoctrinating my kids to hate cars, and I'm kinda dreading when he begins lecturing people about how cars kill the planet and stuff. I mean, he's right, but people love their cars.
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AxGrap posted:My kids euphemism for death was "turning into skeleton bones" lol lol DR FRASIER KRANG posted:my kid found out that soda is bad for you and I had to explain that La Croix is like the ghost of a soda that has been dead for a thousand years. lol
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BonHair posted:I'm slightly indoctrinating my kids to hate cars, and I'm kinda dreading when he begins lecturing people about how cars kill the planet and stuff. I mean, he's right, but people love their cars. I sometimes have a difficult time explaining how things should be versus how we live our lives in that I don't want my kid to think I'm a hypocrite. It definitely forces me to examine what is unavoidably morally grey and what is simply a convenience. Fortunately there are easy-to-digest infographics available: 
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Nocturtle posted:My older kid watched a single video on the negative physiological impacts of alcohol and every time after I had a beer I got a lecture on what was happening to my brain and liver. I'm aware give me a break When he was ~8, my little brother started screaming in the store that "MY MOM DOES DRUGS YOU'RE BUYING DRUGS!!!" because she was buying some beer. Thanks, DARE.
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Second Hand Meat Mouth posted:I was wearing a shirt yesterday with a smoking skull and my seven year old said "I guess it's okay for skeletons to smoke because they don't have brains" which was a good opportunity for me to remind them it's worse for your lungs than brain (to which they replied that it's still fine because skeletons don't have lungs either) lol
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Aug 1, 2023 20:14
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I told my kids about the Sonic Hedgehog protein this weekend and they immediately called me a liar. I said, why would I ever lie about something so funny? and they both said I lie all the time about funny things, that's what dads find funny 
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fosborb posted:I told my kids about the Sonic Hedgehog protein this weekend and they immediately called me a liar. I said, why would I ever lie about something so funny? and they both said I lie all the time about funny things, that's what dads find funny Sorry, that owns and you're a good dad.
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fosborb posted:I told my kids about the Sonic Hedgehog protein this weekend and they immediately called me a liar. I said, why would I ever lie about something so funny? and they both said I lie all the time about funny things, that's what dads find funny 
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Aug 1, 2023 20:39
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it was really quite funny and my wife laughed a very long time at my obvious disappointment. shouldn't have used the smith tag
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Aug 1, 2023 21:02
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Kids say the funniest things about how they view you. I told my daughter I was thinking about shaving and she strongly objected. I asked why and she said that there are different types of dads and I'm a "funny, nice, bearded type dad."
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on sunday i randomly told my son i was dressed like a slob (and i was - a-shirt and mesh basketball shorts lol) and he said "no daddy, you arent a slob, i dn't like slobs they're stinky." thanks sonny 
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brugroffil posted:My 4yo has begun contemplating his own death childhood existentialism ftw
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Had the kid home with me while I work for a week and a half bc our plans for sending him to grandparents fell through due to medical issues, and he was having a really hard time going to the Y day camps and was working himself up into thinking he's going to puke so I had to pull him mid last week. There was an all hands meeting I wanted to make sure to go to to show my face bc I'm sure my work has been suffering and he worked himself into being sick about going to my brother's for 2 hours. We're biting the bullet to try get children's therapy to work through some of this. Some kinda doom anxiety about us leaving him alone, but it never happened before last week. Been hard!
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An opening came up in a very similar, slightly better home-based daycare and now we are in the process of radically overthinking the potential consequences of changing. (I'm expecting to have to eat a chunk of cash since her guide thing says she wants THREE months notice.)
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I've been having difficulty getting my younger son to commit to riding his bike beyond just proving to me that he can do it (it'd be nice if he could ride to school with his brother) and it turns out the solution was to just enroll him in PedalHeadz and just force him to ride in a parking lot for three hours a day for a week straight.
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My 3yo unscrewed a door stop and used it to stab his sister's foam frog full of holes.
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PerniciousKnid posted:My 3yo unscrewed a door stop and used it to stab his sister's foam frog full of holes. lol kids ftw
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Chad Sexington posted:An opening came up in a very similar, slightly better home-based daycare and now we are in the process of radically overthinking the potential consequences of changing. (I'm expecting to have to eat a chunk of cash since her guide thing says she wants THREE months notice.) Oooph that adds up.
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PerniciousKnid posted:My 3yo unscrewed a door stop and used it to stab his sister's foam frog full of holes. Good shiv work
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9 month old baby decided pretty suddenly that he's too big for milk or something. We don't really agree with him, but it's hard to force. I think it's because he's just super into real food, but milk would probably be a good idea still...
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BonHair posted:9 month old baby decided pretty suddenly that he's too big for milk or something. We don't really agree with him, but it's hard to force. I think it's because he's just super into real food, but milk would probably be a good idea still... The lactation people are telling us you shouldn't feed the baby anything but boob for a year And also stressed that the best food is whatever your baby eats. What does your pediatrician think?
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BonHair posted:9 month old baby decided pretty suddenly that he's too big for milk or something. We don't really agree with him, but it's hard to force. I think it's because he's just super into real food, but milk would probably be a good idea still... 6 months is typical for starting food so you good on timing but yeah keep trying with the milk since it still should be most of their calories babies/toddlers/kids are weird though and won't like something for a few days or a week but then want all of it once they're over it if it's boob juice off the tap, try bottles? Peanut butter if you haven't already introduced that too assuming no one's allergic around you. the only baby feeding guideline you need to worry about : are they gaining weight and showing no signs of malnutrition?
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Mustached Demon posted:
This is the way
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We were learning about cassowaries and I happened to mention they could be dangerous. My younger kid denied this and insisted that they were nice. As evidence they drew a picture of an adult and baby cassowary labelled "NICE". Please help spread the word, it turns out cassowaries are nice.
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BonHair posted:9 month old baby decided pretty suddenly that he's too big for milk or something. We don't really agree with him, but it's hard to force. I think it's because he's just super into real food, but milk would probably be a good idea still... If you're like us and have a bunch of milk stockpiled that you don't want to go bad you can mix it in with oatmeal. That worked well for #1 and is currently my plan for #2 when she is old enough, which means of course it won't work.
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HootTheOwl posted:The lactation people are telling us you shouldn't feed the baby anything but boob for a year baby-led weaning is ftw because you just start giving them normal food at six months and let them figure it out (and skip the puree bullshit) giving your baby a literal piece of pizza to gnaw on is awesome for everyone
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HootTheOwl posted:The lactation people are telling us you shouldn't feed the baby anything but boob for a year Yeah, this guy knows about food. He's not gonna be malnutritioned, at all. He's into everything but tomatoes, milk and the meal being over. Like a month ago we gave him daal with full spices and a bit of chilli, mostly as a test. Turns out it was his favourite thing ever. He's gonna be fine, it's just weird to us really. The cause is probably the boob lady going back to work, leaving only the bread guy for most of the day. We talked to a family friend who's a children's nurse (sundhedsplejerske) and she says it's fine and normal at this point. Also he literally had pizza yesterday, it owns. And unlike his brother, he's also really good at drinking, so that's nice.
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BonHair posted:
Same, kiddo, same
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Fed is best, and don't fall into the trap of feeling pressured or shamed if breastfeeding isn't viable. My wife had to bail on it after a couple of months due to issues with latching and production. We also were seen by 3 different lactation consultants while we were still in recovery, and they all gave wildly different advice, which was I think a big part of the latching problem. Long story short, our 3 y/o is healthy, happy, and smart.
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shyduck posted:Fed is best, and don't fall into the trap of feeling pressured or shamed if breastfeeding isn't viable. My wife had to bail on it after a couple of months due to issues with latching and production. We also were seen by 3 different lactation consultants while we were still in recovery, and they all gave wildly different advice, which was I think a big part of the latching problem. Long story short, our 3 y/o is healthy, happy, and smart. Our first we had to bail on breastfeeding after a couple weeks. The second was breast with supplement for a year. The third was all breast. Every kid is different.
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