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HootTheOwl posted:Anyone introduce babies to dogs and vice versa? Mine came home today and he's on edge My dog is super bad with strangers and she had no issues meeting our kids. She accepted them as family almost implicitly -- I think she understands the concept of reproduction and was able to figure out that was what happened. Not every dog is gonna react the same way ofc She actually mostly ignored both kids for the first few weeks -- I think studiously ignoring other people's young is dog manners of some sort, to show you're not a threat to them
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All my animals either love my baby or completely ignore her.
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My wife had read that a good way to introduce a dog to a baby is to let it sniff some of the baby's clothes first, but our dog was so focused on being excited we were home from the hospital that she didn't actually sniff the baby hat we were waving at her. She didn't notice there was a third person in the house at all until like two hours later when the baby made an unfamiliar type of noise.
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dogs ftw
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babies ftw
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HootTheOwl posted:Anyone introduce babies to dogs and vice versa? Mine came home today and he's on edge My Chihuahua (rip) protected kid 1 and would nip us if he was crying and we tried to help. My mutt with kid 2 was stressed and started peeing in the house, so yeah the dogs need attention and reassurance for sure.  Day 1
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Second Hand Meat Mouth posted:dogs ftw Second Hand Meat Mouth posted:babies ftw
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our dog subtly herded the toddlers into a corner whenever there were strangers in the house
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I think he's jealous. He starts growling when she makes noises if my wife is holding her and doesn't care if I am
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drat, lots of cute dogs in the thread
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HootTheOwl posted:drat, lots of cute dogs in the thread Our dog is a monster who tries to kill me every day but is protective of the 5 week old, so in conclusion jack russell terriers are a land of contrasts
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loquacius posted:She actually mostly ignored both kids for the first few weeks -- I think studiously ignoring other people's young is dog manners of some sort, to show you're not a threat to them I think there's a good chance that "not ignoring other people's kids" is a trait that was mostly removed from the dog gene pool over the last few thousand years
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bitmap posted:so I have a 3yo and a 1yo. for the goons with older kids, when does this get a bit easier? I mean...when they go to school, right? We have two boys, 2 and 5. They've started playing together inside and out. Sometimes they'll entertain each other for half an hour or an hour in the mornings. Shits boss as hell.
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Baby got sick for the first time, at least in part because the toddler wouldn't stop trying to kiss his face with her preschool cold. Worst night of sleep in months.
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Sep 24, 2023 12:43
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Yeah, sorry they're gonna be sick for the next 15 months.
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Struensee posted:Yeah, sorry they're gonna be sick for the next 15 months. this memorize their medicine dosage levels now, and prepare for when it’s the croup and their temperature spikes to 106 faster than you think possible.
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Sep 24, 2023 22:47
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man getting to the chewable stage made it so much easier
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Babies getting sick is no joke  I take it ultra serious now bc kid 2 was in the hospital for a week from RSV. We postponed meeting our friends newborn for months bc someone always had the sniffles.
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I just asked my six year old if Batman is short for "bathroom man" and he got surprisingly angry at this line of questioning.
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Struensee posted:Yeah, sorry they're gonna be sick for the next 15 months. The main problem is that everyone in the house except me is sick, and the sickest one is my wife, leaving me to do a lot of solo sick parenting. We watched two Disney movies and played a few hours of Mario Odyssey today Hoping I don't get that sick tomorrow, it's the first day of my new job Hope everybody sleeps better tonight too. Baby has stirred a couple times but we've been teaching him to settle himself at least some of the time and he's been able to do that so far (fingers crossed)
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DR FRASIER KRANG posted:I just asked my six year old if Batman is short for "bathroom man" and he got surprisingly angry at this line of questioning. that’s the kind of poo poo that yeah your kid is going ask you to leave. I’ve done poo poo like that to see what would happen and it’s usually pure annoyance.
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Update: he's had to be resettled twice since bedtime now and it's 9 pm. I'm hosed
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My kid has the opposite inclination, she'd go BATHROOM MAN and start laughing! And depending on your reaction that might just become his name from that point on
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loquacius posted:I'm hosed that's how you got into this mess in the first place
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we’ve firmly entered the *gestures with entire hand palm up* wats dis??? phase. caught my attention when she started saying it infrequently, but now it’s drat near constant. luckily coming up with toddler grokkable and not too far off explanations is pretty fun.
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DR FRASIER KRANG posted:I just asked my six year old if Batman is short for "bathroom man" and he got surprisingly angry at this line of questioning. hosed around & Found out
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loquacius posted:Update: he's had to be resettled twice since bedtime now and it's 9 pm. I'm hosed Hi hosed I'm dad! Baby is about to go restart daycare after being sick last week. I just hope he only gets a runny nose this time... Meanwhile, the 6 year old visited a classmate for the first time yesterday, unplanned even. And it was a huge success, I didn't even have to be there, they just went right into it together. They were both completely wasted afterwards, but that was kinda expected. I hope I can get them more comfortable with it, because I know these two are gonna be my Twilight Imperium group in 10 years.
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lately I find myself responding to my older son's bonkers requests with "buddy...." and every time I do it I think of the dril tweet
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loquacius posted:The main problem is that everyone in the house except me is sick, and the sickest one is my wife, leaving me to do a lot of solo sick parenting. We watched two Disney movies and played a few hours of Mario Odyssey today I had a dad come in with his kids some years back because they all had the flu. Mom was away on business. Yep, sorry buddy, that sucks. You'll get through it, but it won't be any fun. I'm pretty sure I decided on no more than two kids on one of those sleepless nights a year or two ago.
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DR FRASIER KRANG posted:I just asked my six year old if Batman is short for "bathroom man" and he got surprisingly angry at this line of questioning. I used to troll my older kid with weird puns like this when he was little and now he is 12 and I am reaping the whirlwind.
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Been reading about how children are essentially incapable of correctly deducing the etymology of compound words until they're like 8
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ikanreed posted:Been reading about how children are essentially incapable of correctly deducing the etymology of compound words until they're like 8 Dummies
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ikanreed posted:Been reading about how children are essentially incapable of correctly deducing the etymology of compound words until they're like 8 I dunno about etymology, but I have noticed my son has a hard time reading compound words. "Somehow" will throw him for a loop, but if I cover up the "how" he can get "Some" fine, and likewise if I cover up "Some" he can get the "how" fine. Smash 'em together and he's stumped.
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me? I deduce etymology all the time. pathetic.
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ikanreed posted:Been reading about how children are essentially incapable of correctly deducing the etymology of compound words until they're like 8 skill issue
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Judgy Fucker posted:I dunno about etymology, but I have noticed my son has a hard time reading compound words. "Somehow" will throw him for a loop, but if I cover up the "how" he can get "Some" fine, and likewise if I cover up "Some" he can get the "how" fine. Smash 'em together and he's stumped. yeah, we don't have to sound them out because we aren't really reading them letter for letter. we're so used to the component words we just recognize the whole thing by sight and don't have to decide where the break is
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Judgy Fucker posted:I dunno about etymology, but I have noticed my son has a hard time reading compound words. "Somehow" will throw him for a loop, but if I cover up the "how" he can get "Some" fine, and likewise if I cover up "Some" he can get the "how" fine. Smash 'em together and he's stumped. I mean, you could cover up the "me" and I bet he could read the "so how." Language is dumb. Kids are correct.
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Second Hand Meat Mouth posted:skill issue Yes? Literally?
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my six year old can do it easily maybe be a better teacher
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My six year old just wrote down a recipe for frying eels. It was copied word for word from a TV show
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