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jabby posted:How do you deal with a 3 year old that just won't give you a moments peace when you need to do stuff around the house? Have you tried rotting their brain with an iPad or children’s television? Because that’s what I do sometimes. Trading future SAT scores for current free time.
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Sep 1, 2023 16:42
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bee posted:Lil bee's report card this semester: I assume they are saving The Dark Carnival for next semester
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Sep 1, 2023 16:45
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jabby posted:How do you deal with a 3 year old that just won't give you a moments peace when you need to do stuff around the house? You involve them in the chores you're doing, even if only in a token way. Doing dishes? Here, help put the silverware into the dishwasher. Making dinner? Here, stand on your step stool and watch.
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Sep 1, 2023 16:47
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I was thinking about how past generations did it. Oh yeah, lots of abuse.
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Muir posted:You involve them in the chores you're doing, even if only in a token way. Doing dishes? Here, help put the silverware into the dishwasher. Making dinner? Here, stand on your step stool and watch. My mother in law thinks I am nearly abusing my children by making them do stuff around the house without trying it to an allowance. If you want your three year old to give you peace you should have another kid, so they will bother each other instead of you.
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Muir posted:You involve them in the chores you're doing, even if only in a token way. Doing dishes? Here, help put the silverware into the dishwasher. Making dinner? Here, stand on your step stool and watch. Yeah this is usually our first line of defence. It doesn't work all the time, but it helps. It's also kinda the Montessori way, and helps normalize helping around the house for later in life. space uncle posted:Have you tried rotting their brain with an iPad or children’s television? Because that’s what I do sometimes. Trading future SAT scores for current free time. And this is our second/last-ditch line, especially if kiddo or we are sick. An hour of carefully curated screen time in a day is probably a net positive to development. And if there's sickness, we'll often allow a lot more. That all said, our almost-3YO is getting a lot better at independent play, so we sometimes get a break from that.
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External Organs posted:Listen, research has shown that participation in the Easter Hat Parade correlates DIRECTLY with having a good time in your 30s. I wish work had an Easter hat parade for me.
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Sep 1, 2023 19:19
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We’ve been involving the kids a lot more in chores but yeah sometimes we just turn on the TV for 30 minutes and I think that’s also fine.
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Last day of preschool today, Tuesday we go to pre k. ...why am I crying Why is everybody crying Even his teachers were crying when I picked him up, dudes just going down the hall (It's because his teachers are incredible this year) Renegret fucked around with this message at 21:42 on Sep 1, 2023 |
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Sep 1, 2023 21:37
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Daycare was closed today and while it was nice spending time and running errands with the kids I’m probably gonna be pretty topped out on wholesome family memories by the time I go back to work on Thursday.
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Sep 2, 2023 01:19
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yeah, RIP to everyone who has their kid home until Tuesday
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Sep 2, 2023 02:07
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dismas posted:yeah, RIP to everyone who has their kid home until Tuesday It's already really rough and we're only a day in. Three year old bossiness suuuuuucks, especially because refusing to play along triggers a meltdown.
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Sep 2, 2023 03:20
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There is no difference between playing and bossing around to a 3 year old. We can’t just play with her we also have to do everything exactly as she says or it’s time to throw a tantrum.
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Sep 2, 2023 04:31
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boquiabierta posted:My 9-month-old has never been a good sleeper but lately it's just been out of control. Last night he was up at 9, 11:30, 12:30, 1:45, 4:30, and 7. He doesn't take long to get back to sleep but the constant wake-ups are torture. Any advice? Teething? Growing pains? My guess is teething. Any major sleep regressions in our house typically were traced back to teething Alternately, maybe go to the doctor and have him examined for an ear infection. Bizzare uncharacteristic behavior like 50% of the time not explained by hunger/sleep in my experience is an ear infection Half the planet must have been deaf before antibiotics, bunch of deaf children running around
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Sep 2, 2023 05:25
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My kids also had Thursday off because of the hurricane that blew through the night before and didn't do anything.
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Sep 2, 2023 12:19
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My favorite activity of late is calming down a 3yo upset that a pretend thing was wrong. You decided every aspect of it, kiddo. How can it be wrong?
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Our daycare was closed Friday and the little one woke up with a congested lose and slight general malaise. At nearly five, she’s getting increasingly difficult to keep entertained at home. I managed to get her out the door to have a banana in the sun in the afternoon, but the rest of the day she was begging to watch tv and/or play video games. Hippie Hedgehog fucked around with this message at 15:45 on Sep 2, 2023 |
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Sep 2, 2023 15:25
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gbut posted:My favorite activity of late is calming down a 3yo upset that a pretend thing was wrong. When my daughter was 4 I was driving her and her 4 year old cousin somewhere and they were pretending they had a train. They then started fighting over who could hold the pretend train. I told them to just pretend they had two trains and they reacted violently to the idea.
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Sep 2, 2023 16:29
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"You need to be in your room for quiet time" "I am in my room!" 
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Sep 2, 2023 18:31
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Technically correct is the best kind of correct
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Sep 2, 2023 20:42
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The toddler got a lot of compliments on how cute she is at the dentist today. No compliments on how well she complied with getting her teeth cleaned, which was not at all and eventually we gave up. At least the dentist got a look at them. Now the question is, will she nap at all this long weekend? All signs point to "lol no."
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Sep 2, 2023 21:01
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My 3yo now naps like two days out of a week and never when she’s at home Looking forward to managing her and a newborn in a month (ideally, don’t come out early kid)
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Sep 2, 2023 23:30
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dismas posted:My 3yo now naps like two days out of a week and never when she’s at home Yeah, the 2 year old has napped once, maaaybe twice at home since her baby sister came home in late June. It's great. Super. Fantastic.
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Fork of Unknown Origins posted:When my daughter was 4 I was driving her and her 4 year old cousin somewhere and they were pretending they had a train. They then started fighting over who could hold the pretend train. I told them to just pretend they had two trains and they reacted violently to the idea. This, but when my 6 and 3 year olds are dancing to the Bluey intro and then start fighting over which one of them is Bluey
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Sep 3, 2023 00:11
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I’ve already lost track of the tantrums this weekend. RIP.
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Jumpsuit posted:This, but when my 6 and 3 year olds are dancing to the Bluey intro and then start fighting over which one of them is Bluey Ugh. My kids have this fight all the time. Watching Encanto “I want to be flower girl!” Watching Miraculous “I want to be ladybug!” Every show they fight over who they get to “be” and I have no idea what that means.
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Sep 3, 2023 04:12
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"if you don't stop fighting then I'm going to be twilight sparkle, and you'll have to deal with it!" -something my nearly 40 year old dadself told my children.
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Fork of Unknown Origins posted:Ugh. My kids have this fight all the time. Watching Encanto “I want to be flower girl!” Watching Miraculous “I want to be ladybug!” Every show they fight over who they get to “be” and I have no idea what that means. God yes, this.
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Jumpsuit posted:This, but when my 6 and 3 year olds are dancing to the Bluey intro and then start fighting over which one of them is Bluey That's why there's the Double Bluey/Bingo episode.
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Sep 3, 2023 11:18
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WELP. Here comes my first experience catching pre-k crud from the kid. As soon as I saw his nose running I was like gently caress I’m doomed and sure enough that poo poo came on FAST. At least tomorrow is a holiday x_x
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Shifty Pony posted:"You need to be in your room for quiet time" I'm so sorry, your child has learned how to rules lawyer.
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Kids are the best at rules lawyering. It's like stating a wish in D&D, the DM is always going to screw you over.
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Good news - child is generally accepting of “next time” if we say no to a new toy at a store Bad news - she holds us to it and now every store has a thing she wants babbys first steam backlog
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nachos posted:Good news - child is generally accepting of “next time” if we say no to a new toy at a store Hopefully, you live in a place with enough stores that you'll never have to visit the same one twice. "Sorry, darling, that promise was for the Target across town. This is a different Target."
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Rounding out a nice long birthday week/weekend of whole-family Covid, meaning that not only is it just sick parenting the entire time the toddler is awake, when he finally goes down I then get the relaxation of immediately going to bed to get a crappy night's sleep and start again the next day. Wheeee
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We have taken the kids to a family campground and are staying in a little yurt/cabin thing. The kids are doing great (the same 2 and 4 year old problems at home, honestly), but we parents ended up with an awful night of sleep due to other sites partying. This is a great place except for other adults, which tracks with everything else in life.
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I'm thinking about upgrading my dude (just shy of 18 months) from his infant car seat to something forward-facing, but while he's just about at the recommended height limit for the seat he has a ways to go for the weight limit, and he still seems comfortable in the seat. Maybe something to research at this point, but not actually buy until he's struggling to fit?
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C-Euro posted:I'm thinking about upgrading my dude (just shy of 18 months) from his infant car seat to something forward-facing, but while he's just about at the recommended height limit for the seat he has a ways to go for the weight limit, and he still seems comfortable in the seat. Maybe something to research at this point, but not actually buy until he's struggling to fit? The general consensus is to keep them rear facing as long as possible as it is the safest. Doesn't work for all situations, but if he's still fine with it, keep him rear facing.
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We chose to defer our youngest starting school to next year, to spend more time with her and help her develop more as she’s a COVID baby. It’s day two of her being with my wife, and “she’s pissing me off already, I think she’s ready for school”
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