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Half of these are backhoe loaders and the other half are excavators. C'mon people, we don't need to dumb things down for our kids.
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Madra De Dhia posted:We started creche on monday. My husband dropped him off his first day and he was *fine*. Had a great time. I picked him up and he was happy. Tuesday, *I* dropped him off. When the teacher met us at the door, he clung to my legs and cried and cried Probably won't matter, most kids take a (long) while to adjust to being left by their parents. It could very well be that day 1 was fine because he didn't realize dad was really leaving him or for just how long. We started daycare at 8 months, it was many months before dropoffs were completely tear-free and coming back from a vacation always reset that timer. It was only when he was around 2 and we could be like "All your aunties and friends miss you! They want to play with you!" that he started actually getting excited to be dropped off. e: vvv If you read the first story, he's not given a monkey, he kidnaps George from the jungle by luring him over with his hat. Papercut fucked around with this message at 23:30 on Mar 25, 2015 |
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Mar 25, 2015 23:09
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I felt like a huge rear end in a top hat leaving, and when I picked him up he seemed happy until he saw me, and then he just broke down crying and clung to me. What the hell? He was so excited to "go to school" in the morning but just had a huge clingy meltdown when I dropped him in! I think we might try just having daddy drop him off and I'll pick him up but agh
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Axiem posted:I quite dislike Curious George. The early books have people smoking pipes/cigars/cigarettes on basically every page, and have a good amount of racism. They're pretty funny. We just read CG Goes to the Beach, the worst he does is feed some seagulls.
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Mar 26, 2015 03:34
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Sockmuppet posted:What a great programme! In the US, first recommended visit is at 12 months with regular visits thereafter. Tooth decay in baby teeth can have detrimental effects on adult teeth, so you should be at least attempting to brush teeth every day (our kid's idea of brushing is basically chewing on the toothbrush).
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Apr 22, 2015 20:21
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KingColliwog posted:I don't know if there is a separate cloth diapering thread, but there was some talk about cloth diapering in the first few pages so I'm going to ask here. I haven't used that particular system, but quick impressions from looking at it: 1. Go with the snaps, not the velcro. The velcro will wear out before baby outgrows them (at least for the toddler phase), and you'll need to replace the covers. 2. 8 inserts at each size is a little short. We had 24 infant size and 12 toddler size and end up doing laundry every couple days. I'm also not clear on how many covers you're getting, it says 8 but is that 4 small and 4 large? We've found that 4-6 covers for 12 diapers is a good ratio for having both run out at about the same time. 3. For what you're getting, $400 seems expensive. We ordered everything from here, I think you can get something similar for cheaper than that.
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Volmarias posted:"OK Alexandra, time to brush your teeth. Tell you what, you brush your teeth and I'll brush mine. Then, you brush my teeth and I'll brush yours!" This works with hairbrushing as well by the way
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May 7, 2015 14:43
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1.5 is definitely not too young for the playground. It's also a great place to meet other parents in your neighborhood with similar age kids.
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May 12, 2015 18:17
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My 2-year-old is so well-behaved that sometimes I get embarrassed in the playground. He's obsessed with sharing, taking turns, waiting your turn, etc and pretty much never gets past the minor fuss stage of being upset.
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May 24, 2015 22:37
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HatchetDown posted:I'm not a parent but I've been living with some friends for the past year who are raising their first son who is 2. I've sort of been just observing them as good/bad examples should I have kids in the future. But there were a few things that made me uncomfortable that I wanted some more feedback on so I figured this thread would help. For the purposes of this story the names of my friends are Ron and Jenny. Ron reminds me of this Will Ferrell skit: http://www.hulu.com/watch/284575
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Jun 23, 2015 18:13
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Reason posted:Anyone had experience with a toddler that has decided that diaper changes must all be wrestling matches of poop doom? Its starting to become extremely frustrating to just change a diaper when just a couple months ago I could go "Can you lie down for a diaper change?" and the little dude would just lie down on top of a new diaper and be ok. Same strategies as getting them to do anything they don't want to do: rewards for good behavior, toys go on timeout until he's changed, and for this specific problem constant reminders about diaper rash. e: vvv Only risk with letting them pick out which diaper is when they decide they don't want any of the diapers you have. Although sometimes they decide they don't want any of the available diapers even when you don't give them a choice, so 
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Jun 30, 2015 16:24
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Thwomp posted:Can someone else please reassure me that waking up at or before 5 is just a phase? Lasted maybe a year? The alarm clock owl helped a lot.
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Jul 2, 2015 18:23
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greatn posted:No I just asked my kid he said it's a train. There are no tanks to be spotted. Also, no trucks, I guess cause they were all shunted? Ringo Starr was the original narrator of Thomas, find those versions if you can.
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Jul 21, 2015 15:12
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GlyphGryph posted:Do you guys ever get concerned that they watch shows too often? Ours turns 3 in November and still doesn't watch any TV or use a tablet. His media consumption is entirely music and books. We tried to stick to the "no screens until 2" advice, and at this point we don't see any reason to change things up (maybe if a second kid comes around). He's an awesome kid but that may be completely unrelated to the screen time thing.
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Jul 21, 2015 17:26
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Apogee15 posted:We tried to do this, but TV time slowly crept in when we felt like it'd be better for her to be watching some TV show than for her to by staring at us whining because we're doing the dishes or something. I think the main thing about screen time is what the parents are doing. Like you said, if they have some screen time while you're doing chores then whatever, they would be on their own during that time anyway (unless they're helping with chores  ). If they're having screen time while you also have screen time, each on your own screens, I think that's really lovely parenting because that should be prime time for relational interactions between the family. If you're all watching something together after a long day of activity, that sounds fun and I am really looking forward to doing that with my boy.Of course I say this as someone who watched a disgusting amount of TV growing up with no restrictions whatsoever, and I think I'm doing okay.
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Jul 21, 2015 18:23
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greatn posted:I'm in a community theatre production right now so my 2 year old is singing a lot of Mel Brooks songs. We sing lots of songs from musicals in the house, and my son loves trains so "The Trolley Song" from Meet Me in St. Louis is very popular. We've also been potty training lately, so he now loves to sing "pee pee pee went the penis, toot toot toot went the buuuutt" and then laugh and laugh and laugh.
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Jul 21, 2015 19:52
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skeetied posted:For music stuff, both my kids are in the Music Together program and it's phenomenal. I highly recommend it. There are very interactive and fun classes once a week and you get the music on CD/digital download and a book with the actual sheet music. The music isn't as annoying as normal kid music either. Yeah we did 3 or 4 semesters of Music Together, it was really fun and the CDs are fantastic. It does depend on the teacher though, because it's a franchise model so some classes are better than others. Along with the CDs, you also get the music books. We'll still sit down at a keyboard and play/sing the songs together, even though it's been a year since we took the classes.
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Jul 22, 2015 18:36
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CelestialScribe posted:Anyone experience marital problems after having a kid? My wife and I have never fought as much as we have in the past year. Yes, every marriage with kids ever. My wife and I fought more in the first year than we had in our entire 10-year relationship prior. One thing that helps a lot is to always keep in mind that your kids are always paying attention to the way you're treating each other, and will mirror the behavior. So always treat your spouse the way that you would like your kids to treat other people. Papercut fucked around with this message at 03:59 on Jul 26, 2015 |
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Jul 26, 2015 03:52
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CelestialScribe posted:A lot of the fighting we do is about housework. When I'm looking after our son, I can do that as well as clean the kitchen, vacuum, fold the laundry and sweep/mop. By myself. My wife says it's too difficult to do that - I come home every day and I come back to a house I wouldn't even allow my friends to enter. You're crazy if you let something like that ruin your relationship. Just let it go.
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Jul 26, 2015 04:46
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CelestialScribe posted:I don't think it's unreasonable to suggest that housework be equally shared between partners. Right now I'm doing at least 90%. You said she's a SAHM. In my experience, even the most stressful day at work is about 1000x easier than a day at home caring for a baby/toddler by yourself, so if anything you should be coming home every day just grateful that 1) the baby is healthy, and 2) you weren't responsible for keeping he/she that way for the past 8 hours. There is a natural rebalancing that has to happen post-birth when it comes to tasks, both because neither of you has as much time for existing tasks and because there are a million more things you need to take care of. This is where the vast majority of fights and bickering start, I think greatly exacerbated by the fact that everyone is sleep-deprived. Of course you should communicate if you think you're doing more than your fair share of work. But you're loving out your goddamn mind if you expect your wife to be both a caretaker and a housecleaner at the same time. You wouldn't expect either a nanny or the aunties at daycare to clean your house, so asking the person who is filling that role to do double duty is not fair to her. The mindset you should be taking home from work is, "Wow, wife must be really tired from taking care of little Scribe Jr all day, I need to make sure to give her some break time to take care of herself", not "The house better be clean when I get home".
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Jul 26, 2015 06:36
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GlyphGryph posted:This reads like "Ignore an on-going problem that's obviously straining the relationship". Letting it go instead of trying to address it is what will ruin the relationship. There's nothing about my posts that imply he should just ignore his problems. But from an emotional perspective, he's absolutely hosed if he lets trivial poo poo like the dishes cause serious problems instead of saving that energy for important things like finances, parental philosophy, housing, school, etc. The solution is express yourself, listen to your spouse's perspective, and then get the gently caress over it. CelestialScribe posted:This is exactly what I'm saying. We both work hard, but right now I'm having to do nearly all the housework. Perhaps people got confused because you implied that she should have the kitchen clean, vacuuming, sweeping, and mopping done (  to that), laundry, and the dishes done by the time you get home. It was an extremely unreasonable position.
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caiman posted:I'm hoping somebody can offer me some advice/encouragement/consolation regarding daycare. Our first baby will be born in October and the idea of putting him in the hands of strangers terrifies us. My wife and I both work full time. Our parents are willing to take our son 1 day a week each, which leaves 3 days of necessary daycare. 1. Depends on what you mean by "home". A lady just running a daycare out of her house, with no staff? The problems I've seen second hand with that is reliability (what happens if she's sick? On vacation? etc), and they tend to not stick to regulations nearly as tightly as a staffed facility (for example, usually more than the allowed number of children per caretaker). But there is nothing wrong with a daycare run out of a house that has been converted properly, with all the staff and facilities that necessitates. 2. Seems like that's something you have to answer for yourself. The thought of that being a dealbreaker had never even occurred to me. Don't go to a daycare you aren't comfortable with. But in my experience, daycare is amazing. Made tons of friends with similar aged kids, kid loves the place and talks about his caretakers there all the time, the caretakers have done a better job scrapbooking his childhood than we have (they have a HUGE 3-ring binder with photos and anecdotes that they've been recording since he was 8 months old), he's learned a second language there, we volunteer at their garage sales and the like. It's awesome.
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Jul 27, 2015 18:54
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sheri posted:I dunno man, I love fat chubby babies. Maybe people just love them a chunky little ball of baby? Babies are supposed to be fat. I've never heard someone call a baby fat in any way other than as a compliment.
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Aug 5, 2015 22:54
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Splat posted:It's a little pricier, but we've really liked having a dropcam ( I guess it's a Nest cam now?) for our son's room. Being able to check in on him even if we're out of the house while grandma is babysitting gives some nice peace of mind. We even have a second one so I can watch him play from work easily if I'm stuck there all day. I don't know what a drop cam is, but you can do this with any $50 security cam. That's what we used as a monitor.
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Aug 28, 2015 03:36
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Werner-Boogle posted:Get a chain lock and a fire alarm. Fires are rarer than regular household accidents. LOL, thanks Fire Marshal Bill. As someone who actually works in fire protection design, under no circumstances should you do this.
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Sep 16, 2015 21:54
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hooah posted:What are the pros and cons about having your newborn sleep in the same room as you? I'm kind of indifferent, but my wife would rather not do that. A list of pros and cons doesn't really matter, because you and the baby are just going to end up figuring out what works for you anyway. There's no lasting damage to be done, either way, if that's what you're worried about.
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Sep 20, 2015 23:56
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Alterian posted:My kid is getting pretty good about pooping on the potty. I think he didn't quite understand what the sensations were at first, but I think he is starting to get it. He's excellent with his pee. He even holds his pee all night and thinks its funny to start and stop his stream in the toilet. Our kids are right around the same age I think, and ours just successfully peed in the potty for the first time yesterday. For the last week or so, we've been letting him watch movies if he sits on the potty while he watches. He had never gotten any type of TV or movies, so it's a huge reward for him. He made it through Wall-E, Finding Nemo, and some hour-long Sesame Street special before he finally actually went to the bathroom in the potty. :itshappening:
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frenchnewwave posted:There is some weird stuff on YouTube that my toddler is obsessed with. Grown people unwrapping little toys (I now know what a blind bag is), playing with action figures, making surprise eggs out of play dough. My kid is more interested in watching this stuff than actual cartoons. My boy absolutely loved videos of chicks hatching. He's obsessed.
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Sep 23, 2015 15:48
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notwithoutmyanus posted:As a cellist, this would entertain me to no end Our almost-3-year-old watched my sister-in-law practicing cello for a wedding, and has been consistently begging for a cello ever since. We never bring it up, he'll just out of the blue go, "I want a cello for my birthday." Maybe his grandparents will get it for him.
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Oodles posted:Can you not get him a viola and just tel him it's a kiddies cello? Classical music is a huge part of my grandpa's life (he puts on a concert every year, both of his kids are professional classical musicians), so I'm gonna see if he'll get him one for his birthday. Just this morning I caught him pretending to play, using a flute as the bow: 
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BonoMan posted:I need discipline advice. I don't want to spank (although my wife does and hoo boy that's quite the argument inducing topic), but Nora is 14 months old and starting to see what she can get away with. If I take her to daycare (where she's going through a "don't want to be here phase" ever since we spent a week at the beach) - as soon as we walk in the room - she slaps me in the face. If we're at home and trying to do something we don't like (taking a toy away, brushing teeth, although most times she likes it) she'll try to pop me across the face. Every time I try to take a stern voice she just laughs (babies really ARE assholes). Okay you're gonna look at me funny, but the dog training thread is actually highly relevant here because this type of conditioning applies to all mammals. Especially this part: quote:A,iii - Extinction http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3364451 Papercut fucked around with this message at 18:58 on Oct 26, 2015 |
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bee posted:We had a birthday party for our 2 year old on the weekend. Like others have mentioned, I too was worried about an onslaught of toys. I'm seriously grateful to have so many thoughtful and generous friends, but our house is tiny and we just don't have the room for more toys. So I wrote on the invitation/facebook event thingy something like: "Celeste has lots of toys already, so please don't feel obligated to bring a gift. Having you come along and spend the day with us is what we'd like best and it will make us very happy We wrote no gifts on our invitation, but no one actually reads the invitation. They just check time/date/location. So about 80% of the guests brought gifts.
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But if you are super keen to bring something, she's always going through art supplies and she loves books."
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photomikey posted:In my opinion, sharing well is kind of like eating well - you get dealt a kid who is either by nature pretty good at it or pretty bad at it, and you can make it better or worse from there. I'd say at 15 months you can start reinforcing it, but I think it's a long road until they're good at it. I think there are ways to make your kid much worse at sharing, and I see parents doing these things all the time.
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rgocs posted:I just want to preempt this by saying I do not advocate hitting or abusing your kid in any way. Apes are apes.
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GladRagKraken posted:My parenting bookclub this month is reading Alphie Kohn's "Unconditional Parenting". The gist of it is that rewards (including praise!) are as likely as punishments to be detrimental for long term child development. It also includes a pretty compelling indictment of time out from positive reenforcement, which previously I thought was the go to acceptable way of making parental displeasure known. I haven't read it, but our 3-year-old is waaaaaay better behaved than his peers and we still have never given him a timeout. Every punishment of his involves either putting his toys on timeout or loss of privileges (e.g. no books at bed tonight). We use a ton of communication and try at any cost to avoid forcing him to do anything; everything he does is under his own agency from his point of view. He's far more emotionally mature, a better sharer, and far less violent than any of his peers.
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Reason posted:Why don't people listen when you ask them to stop buying your kid stupid toys. He's got enough toys. He plays with them for about 30 seconds and then he's done. STOP BUYING THE CHILD TOYS. I asked people to buy him experiences for his birthday, like tickets to the zoo and poo poo like that, not a single zoo ticket or anything. A bunch of plastic junk I have to spend all day stepping on. We had a no gifts request for his birthday. All ~30 guests brought a gift, including one family from his daycare that gave him a giant pop-up Thomas tent that now takes up basically an entire closet. Motherfuckers.
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momtartin posted:So my daughter has not been sleeping through the night all the time the last 4 months or so (she's 3 next month). Her mom and I are not together, so i'm not exactly sure how it is at her house. Apparently though, she brought this fact up to my daughters pediatrician (who is also my ex's doctor), and she suggested that we put her on either melatonin or HydrOXYzine. My 3-year-old still wakes up at night like half the time. And asks in the morning why mama and papa get to sleep in the same bed but he has to sleep alone. I think it would be more weird if a toddler didn't want someone to snuggle with at night.
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