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"you know what'd be great? an expensive device to make babyshit sausages."
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the only other piece of parenting wisdom I'm sure of is: big post-pregnancy boobs that dad can't touch because they hurt and mom is tired are proof that God exists and that He's a real jerk
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Jan 19, 2021 00:11
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that is not a safe sleeping arrangement for an infant
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Jan 19, 2021 00:33
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Arcteryx Anarchist posted:someone talking about there not being that much to parenting because a friend that's a parent was super active in a group text might just mean more that they're kind of riding high on the old "second shift" horse aah yep. those dads are lame. at least dads of yore were absent because they were earning coin not playing video games. some mum’s are like that too it’s just less common and much more acceptable.
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Jan 19, 2021 01:24
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just spent some quality time with the boys, reading the hobbit to them instead of screen time or w/e. they even listened a little bit! oldest was inspired to draw a troll. 
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Jan 19, 2021 01:37
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that's one way of rationalizing a portrait of you!
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Jan 19, 2021 01:41
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motherfucker i knew this was gonna happen!
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Jan 19, 2021 01:47
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serves you right for showing pride in your kid
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Jan 19, 2021 02:01
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rotor posted:"you know what'd be great? an expensive device to make babyshit sausages." lol i found it really useful. so much poo of course we bought cheap rolls of plastic off ebay instead of the official product
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Jan 19, 2021 02:05
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:having kids just seems awful both in the day to day and also in the aggregate When talking to people without kids I always think of lovecraftian protagonists, unable to put to words what they saw beyond the veil.
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Jan 19, 2021 02:16
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c/p from bubblerotor posted:the first few months are easy, then it really ramps up until 6-8 years old then it gets progressively easier until the hard part is writing the checks for college tuition. rotor posted:a baby is like a full time job in addition to the one you already have. A teen is just a lovely roommate. i've got a boy and a girl (8 and 5), tell me about care and conservation of teenagers so i can prepare myself, plx.
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Jan 19, 2021 03:00
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idk mine are fine and dont cause me significant trouble. My biggest hassles are getting the boy to not keep moldy food in his room and getting my girl to not leave her craft supplies like needles and xacto knives laying on the ground. like at some point you're not really raising them any more, you're there to catch them when they gently caress up their first attempts at being an adult, and if you've done a good job at raising them hopefully their first attempts will not be too egregious? But you never really know.
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Jan 19, 2021 03:05
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no matter how much you want to save your kids and have them learn from your mistakes, it really seems like they’re desperate to make their own mistakes hopefully just not involving fast motor vehicles or naughty drugs
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Jan 19, 2021 03:20
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and also not forming babby too early
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Jan 19, 2021 03:22
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President Beep posted:and also not forming babby too early or too late... i really should’ve known grandparenting would have a strong undertone of “MWAHAHA YOUR TURN NOW” hobbesmaster fucked around with this message at 03:33 on Jan 19, 2021 |
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Jan 19, 2021 03:30
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echinopsis posted:no matter how much you want to save your kids and have them learn from your mistakes, it really seems like they’re desperate to make their own mistakes some more than others. My girl sometimes learns from the mistakes of others, the boy 100% does not.
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Jan 19, 2021 03:52
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President Beep posted:and also not forming babby too early so when i was, idk, say like 23? an old gf with whomst i was still friends called me up to tell me she was pregnant. I said all the congratulations and stuff and hung up and was like "wow she is really making a big mistake" but like here I am and her kids are already out of college so who really in that situation was loving up? I am not sure.
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rotor posted:so when i was, idk, say like 23? an old gf with whomst i was still friends called me up to tell me she was pregnant. I said all the congratulations and stuff and hung up and was like "wow she is really making a big mistake" but like here I am and her kids are already out of college so who really in that situation was loving up? I am not sure. drat, good question...
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Jan 19, 2021 04:07
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23 is one thing. guess I’m thinking more like 17 or something.
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Did you do anything meaningful with your 20's or could you just sort of replace them with childrearing and not miss anything?
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I ask as someone clearly in the latter category.
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i had no business raising kids in my 20s, so i guess it can be said i spent that decade trying to straighten myself out.
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TimWinter posted:Did you do anything meaningful with your 20's or could you just sort of replace them with childrearing and not miss anything? please do not do me like this
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Jan 19, 2021 04:41
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what the gently caress is a diaper genie I ain’t even gonna google that poo poo
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Jan 19, 2021 04:54
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he will appear and change three diapers of your choosing
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Jan 19, 2021 05:09
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just chuck them over the fence like I did problem solved
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Displeased Moo Cow posted:just chuck them over the fence like I did problem solved an expensive but legal thrill!
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President Beep posted:he will appear and change three diapers of your choosing the blackface and turban with a big jewel in it is really offputting tho
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Displeased Moo Cow posted:what the gently caress is a diaper genie I ain’t even gonna google that poo poo if you get a diaper get full enough, you can rub it and a cursed being will come out it will offer you three wishes if you can get past the smell monkey paw twist: every wish will be spent trying to make the diaper disappear that or it's an overpriced-but-effective odorproof garbage can that takes proprietary bag cartridges
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Jan 19, 2021 07:32
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We actually ended up buying reusable cloth nappies. We still need to use disposables over night as we couldn't find any cloth ones that didn't either leak or hurt him.
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CyberPingu posted:We actually ended up buying reusable cloth nappies. did y'all also do a diaper service where they come and swap them out on your doorstep? i'm told that's a popular pairing then again i also have heard that from people who suggest getting a night nurse for that first month or three
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:did y'all also do a diaper service where they come and swap them out on your doorstep? i'm told that's a popular pairing That doesn't exist in the UK afaik, we just washed them ourselves
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well the diaper service, at least here in freedomland, is typically aimed at people who rent and don't have in-unit washing machines. it's like a weekly thing, they drop off fresh ones and you bag up the dirties for them. can actually make sense compared to disposables in that situation, particularly for the time/labor savings - not expensive at all after the initial commitment from what i understand definitely not exclusively a rich person thing. otoh a night nurse is someone who isn't strictly a live-in nanny, just someone who comes in and takes over whenever you need to sleep. that poo poo's like $400/night lol, lotta hoverwife's coworkers recommended it for those first two weeks but that's solidly a rich person thing
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:well the diaper service, at least here in freedomland, is typically aimed at people who rent and don't have in-unit washing machines. it's like a weekly thing, they drop off fresh ones and you bag up the dirties for them. can actually make sense compared to disposables in that situation, particularly for the time/labor savings - not expensive at all after the initial commitment from what i understand Lol yeah that's not a thing here. We have a bucket for nappies and a bucket for wipes, you soak the wipes in water and tea tree oil after using them, then stick them in the wash with the nappies, detergent and special detergent for the nappies. Then hang them to dry. Like, the obvious environmental benefits are a plus but having to wash nappies every 2nd day is a bit cumbersome CyberPingu fucked around with this message at 09:53 on Jan 19, 2021 |
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definitely be careful with tea tree oil, newborns have p sensitive skin and that stuff is tough on them like even if you're all minimalist about baths and whatnot you've still gotta be real careful if you don't wanna induce eczema and other allergic reactions, they have weirdly sensitive skin for that first year. daily lotion is the standard really - it's funny, we started referring to it as "buttering the baby" and apparently that's a super common term haha
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:definitely be careful with tea tree oil, newborns have p sensitive skin and that stuff is tough on them The tea tree oil gets washed off when the wipes get washed. We don't use it in baths, it's explicitly for soaking used wipes. He's had eczema from birth but it comes and goes, we have bee oil we put in his bath and Dream Cream from Lush to counteract it when it gets bad.
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Jan 19, 2021 10:04
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just greasing that babby up like it's a big ball of dough slapping between my hands
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:just greasing that babby up like it's a big ball of dough slapping between my hands Then trying to catch them as they slide around the house. Slipping out of grasp like a greased up pig.
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TimWinter posted:Did you do anything meaningful with your 20's or could you just sort of replace them with childrearing and not miss anything?
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CyberPingu posted:That doesn't exist in the UK afaik, we just washed them ourselves It does but the coverage is quite low even in London and gently caress storing a load of poopy cloth and then putting it in the washing machine. we got some 100% bamboo nappies which are quite good and assuage some of the guilt about the rubbish produced.
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