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Brawnfire posted:Yeah, I'm all charged up! Cuz I'm! Badass tell us more lil dude. Vroom vroom!
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Anyone have experience getting their kid to wear underwear for the first time? My son is 34 months, potty training since December. He's doing great with it but just will not put on undies. We've tried getting bigger sizes so they aren't as tight, we've tried boxer briefs, he just won't do it.
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Does he need to wear underwear? My kid barely ever wore undies from ages 3 until like .. 9. Then he decided he would again.
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Ah I guess that's a fair point, hadn't really considered that as an option haha.
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Fell into the contact sleep for the past 6 months trap and now I can’t get my kid to sleep in the crib without absolutely losing his mind. I don’t even care that he sleeps with us it’s just that he’s decided now 18 months in that he wants to learn how to crawl and move around so we can’t sleep without fear of him falling off the bed. Absolutely wonderful. Skeezy fucked around with this message at 02:03 on Apr 14, 2024 |
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Apr 14, 2024 01:56
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Went to a kids birthday party today at lunchtime. Despite us repeatedly pointing out the pizza, kid was more interested in playing than eating anything but cake. When we got home he was big mad about us not having pizza at home but we finally got him to eat some toast and jam. He then didn't nap any during quiet time, instead he built a hot wheels track and pushed random things that were in the way of his Hot Wheels Vision out of his room. Constantly asking for poo poo whenever I get anywhere near the Introvert Recovery Zone. The entire afternoon was really loving hard. Constantly asking why we don't have or why his friend did have random toy that he was playing with at the party. Doing the "look smug, stare at you while doing the opposite of what he knows he should do" thing constantly. Started whining about the food being done before I even closed the drat oven. drat I'm tired. Here's hoping for a chill Sunday
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Skeezy posted:Fell into the contact sleep for the past 6 months trap and now I can’t get my kid to sleep in the crib without absolutely losing his mind. We ended up putting our mattress on the floor for a while. Solved the falling issue, introduced the "where the gently caress has she gone?" Wakeup panic.
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Sibling in law having their x anniversary. Babysitting their 2 and 5yo two nights in a row Saturday was eventful, went to the air and space museum. I don't think I saw a kid over 8yo there. Lots of ambitious parents Anyways, my three.5 year old is having massive melt downs going to bed, whereas the 2yo is just "let me loving sleep" and the 5yo is like, "sure ok, but can I have a second glass of water?" When does the bedtime meltdown end
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Shifty Pony posted:Went to a kids birthday party today at lunchtime. Despite us repeatedly pointing out the pizza, kid was more interested in playing than eating anything but cake. When we got home he was big mad about us not having pizza at home but we finally got him to eat some toast and jam. Kids birthday parties have generally been ok but also the source of some of the biggest meltdowns our kid has ever had in her life. Some days just be like that
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Little Ms 2 has been fighting a garden-variety daycare cough and cold the last couple weeks; the runny nose got worse on Friday, so we took her by the pediatric clinic on Saturday morning to check and see. Still just fighting the cold, re-up medicine*, call it good. Have a family event Sunday. Sing along if you know the words: a cold extended to a fever on Sunday morning. I had to take her to the other clinic open Sundays, check and see if it’s an ear infection, and try to calm the fever down as well. We’ve had a good run of not having daycare crap kick her toddler butt, not great timing for it to come back. *over here there isn’t much in effective drugs for real little ones OTC, so even fever stuff you generally get on a script. At least the doctor and script both are free.
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carrionman posted:We ended up putting our mattress on the floor for a while. Solved the falling issue, introduced the "where the gently caress has she gone?" Wakeup panic. The middle of the night "donk".
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Apr 14, 2024 10:42
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The baby has started crying when people take things out of her hands. The toddler has entered her "mine!" phase. 
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space uncle posted:My 3 year old just wore underpants to school for two days straight with only 1 accident, and then today he pooped in the potty for the first time. Red letter day. Congrats, little one! One thing I've just realised I don't actually know if: do all babies make the same noises? I've always assumed they do. The only babies I have been around in decades are mine and a friend's. My friend's little one didn't really make any noises at all when we were with them but ours is constantly sounding off. He specializes in "awoo"s like some kind of tiny wolf. I was cuddling with him this evening and he gave a proper rise and fall, "AwooOOoo." I just about melted. Calexio fucked around with this message at 12:17 on Apr 14, 2024 |
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Apr 14, 2024 11:45
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I think all babies make the same nighttime noises. No one tells you it's gonna sound like Jurassic fuckin' Park up in there, with all the snorting and grunting.
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Apr 14, 2024 13:09
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And the occasional sound like someone reached the end of a squeeze bottle of ketchup.
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Chillmatic posted:I think all babies make the same nighttime noises. No one tells you it's gonna sound like Jurassic fuckin' Park up in there, with all the snorting and grunting. Thankfully ours is just about out of that phase. Between my wife being a light sleeper and postpartum brains, she went several nights without sleeping until I just took the baby into a different bedroom and did entire nights myself. She'd wake up for every single tiny little noise, meanwhile I just don't give a poo poo and am a heavy sleeper. Also I just walked into a family meltdown moment when I took a break from work. They watched the newest Bluey episode and everyone was crying big ugly baby tears. All except the baby who had poop so he was quite happy.
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Apr 14, 2024 13:55
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Calexio posted:Congrats, little one! Idk, we’ve only got one but my guess is they’re a little unique. My boy definitely sounds much different from other kids his age. Our son was a big growler too, just like constant super deep growling and barely any shrieks. I think that’s a little different from other kids.
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Apr 14, 2024 16:34
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Mine made static noises for a little bit. It was like she was tuning her vocal cords.
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Calexio posted:Congrats, little one! I love my 2-week-old’s sleepy noises. He suddenly made the same kind of noise in his sleep the other day, a big WOOOO followed by … eh. It makes me wonder what they’re thinking about.
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Me, a month ago: I'm so excited, the baby is finding his voice! Baby, now: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ...a...AHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Our 1yo at home: constant varied babbling, little laughs and squeals, one-word responses to questions and objects. Our 1yo at a restaurant: AAAAAAAAAAÄÃAAAAAAAAAÂAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAÅAAAAAAAAAAAAAÀAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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Renegret posted:Me, a month ago: I'm so excited, the baby is finding his voice! ha this here as well, especially at 5am
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Oof, three year old fell off the arm chair and somehow sliced open his palm on a cardboard box while falling down. Kid was a great sport waiting in the ER and getting his stitches in, but just kept his meltdown until we were cleared to leave when he decided he wanted to stay in the hospital bed. Cried carrying him back to the car, cried the whole way home, then was crying and screaming, trying to take his bandage off until finally passing out on our bedroom floor after midnight.
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Apr 14, 2024 22:48
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I gotta stop letting baby gout keep his toy cars on him at the park because those things are now going straight into the stream running through it where I can't get them back
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kazz posted:I love my 2-week-old’s sleepy noises. He suddenly made the same kind of noise in his sleep the other day, a big WOOOO followed by … eh. It makes me wonder what they’re thinking about. It is the most adorable little sound. It has just occurred to me that babies'll have - I assume - a more limited range of noises available to them, what with the lack of teeth and all. Anyone have any advice on how to ease a clingy baby? Our little one is attached like velcro to mom at the moment after his hospital stay. If I take him, there's like a good 85% chance he will almost immediately start wailing. Which isn't exactly fun for me and really limits our ability to give Mrs C as much of a break as she used to get.
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My 5 year old during Easter: Why didn't the Easter bunny hide the eggs? They're all just laying around! Also my 5 year old yesterday: DADDY I FOUND 3 MORE EGGS (editor's note: I know the location of at least 2 more but no way I'm telling you) Yeah motherfucker I know. And nobody tell mommy about the egg hidden in the vase on the mantle, I want to see how many months it takes for someone to find that one. It legit might be until Christmas, and only because she'll take it down to switch in the Christmas decorations. GoutPatrol posted:I gotta stop letting baby gout keep his toy cars on him at the park because those things are now going straight into the stream running through it where I can't get them back Oh god when my kid was 3 he once buried his favorite car in the snow in a relative's backyard. It took two adults over a half hour to find it and he cried the whole time. When we got home I ordered 2 copies of the same car to keep on deck in case something ever happened to it again. In true 3 year old fashion, it was no longer his favorite car shortly afterwards. for anyone wondering, it was a golden Lightening McQueen, canonically known as "yellow car car" Renegret fucked around with this message at 12:15 on Apr 15, 2024 |
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Calexio posted:It is the most adorable little sound. It has just occurred to me that babies'll have - I assume - a more limited range of noises available to them, what with the lack of teeth and all. Maybe try wearing a shirt that smells like mom when holding him?
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After you take him, can you soothe him and get him to stop wailing eventually through 5S stuff? edit: my limited parenting experience thus far indicates that like, 75% of parenting success is the ability to just kind of grind through the kid being upset until they stop being upset.
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Renegret posted:
We had a backup stuffed animal for my first's favorite for exactly this reason. The daycare lost the first one, and we miraculously "found it" at home so she could have it to sleep with. A week later the daycare finds it and rather than contacting us, they just give it to her and then she had two, and couldn't sleep without both foxy and foxy's twin sister.
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Apr 15, 2024 16:55
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Help, I can’t navigate social situations. My husband’s boss invited us to his kid’s birthday party. He said not to bring a gift. Do I really not bring a gift?? Seems wrong.
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remigious posted:Help, I can’t navigate social situations. My husband’s boss invited us to his kid’s birthday party. He said not to bring a gift. Do I really not bring a gift?? Seems wrong. If they say no gift I’m not bringing a gift. I’d be annoyed if someone filled my house with yet more kid crap I didn’t want in the first place Bring a card if you want, but depending on age this is basically just garbage can fodder anyway
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Sweeper posted:If they say no gift I’m not bringing a gift. I’d be annoyed if someone filled my house with yet more kid crap I didn’t want in the first place Makes sense, thank you!
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remigious posted:Help, I can’t navigate social situations. Same. ....I have no help for you. Just, same.
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remigious posted:Help, I can’t navigate social situations. My husband’s boss invited us to his kid’s birthday party. He said not to bring a gift. Do I really not bring a gift?? Seems wrong.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:edit: my limited parenting experience thus far indicates that like, 75% of parenting success is the ability to just kind of grind through the kid being upset until they stop being upset. Pretty accurate The other 25% is keeping a consistent nap schedule so you don't have to do the first part so much Mine is coming up on 3.5 and now she just wails any time there's a state change in her environment which varies from turning on/off the lights, turning on/off the TV, or adding/removing cheese from her pasta (at her request!   )
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remigious posted:Help, I can’t navigate social situations. My husband’s boss invited us to his kid’s birthday party. He said not to bring a gift. Do I really not bring a gift?? Seems wrong. Bring a card. No gift. Gifts have to be stored somewhere, and they probably have too many toys in the house already anyways. And one kid will inevitably have a meltdown with something involving the toys
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:After you take him, can you soothe him and get him to stop wailing eventually through 5S stuff? 75% of parenting advice is also derived from the last thing you tried that finally calmed them down when in reality it was just the amount of time spent soothing them however you could
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Honestly if you're that worried about the no gift thing, just bring a card, don't seal it, and put a Nintendo or Amazon gift card in your pocket. If you need it you just slip it in before you seal, and if you don't, go home and buy the Bluey game or something.
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Qwijib0 posted:We had a backup stuffed animal for my first's favorite for exactly this reason. My kid's friend has THREE identical bunnies, all with the same name. Two were lost, two spares were deployed, then both were found. Of course, all three go with him everywhere. Best advice I can give new parents: At daycare naps, there is only the Daycare Plush which you got on your first day at daycare. It has your name on it, but it does not come home with you, ever. Well, maybe after you stop napping. The Home Plush goes with you on travel but by not taking it to daycare, you've eliminated 99% of all opportunities for losing it. Hippie Hedgehog fucked around with this message at 19:16 on Apr 15, 2024 |
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Qwijib0 posted:We had a backup stuffed animal for my first's favorite for exactly this reason. 100% what happened with our oldest. Except we had two in reserve.
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