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Andy Dufresne posted:When they start running and climbing it becomes clear why they're born with a disposable set of teeth lol my little girls' two upper front teeth are both chipped from falling while running on a ceramic floor (thankfully they're symmetrical)
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Powerful Two-Hander posted:went to the beach, babby managed to lean forward and fall out of the pram due to not having been strapped back in,landed on head,covered in sand, tears, panic, no damage. we stopped having to explain to my mother in law that babby absolutely must be strapped in at all times after my oldest nearly succeeded in leaping from the highchair onto the kitchen tile - i caught her midair
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Jul 2, 2021 18:55
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Workaday Wizard posted:lol my little girls' two upper front teeth are both chipped from falling while running on a ceramic floor (thankfully they're symmetrical) oh jeez. poor kid.
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Jul 2, 2021 19:58
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tooth injury has really gotten to me ever since i was a kid and i was watching an episode of popeye and there was like this psa bit at the end and a kid (maybe popeye’s nephew or something) was using the drinking a d got shoved by another kid and he busted a tooth on the water spigot. really got to me.
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Jul 2, 2021 20:00
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President Beep posted:oh jeez. poor kid. i was scared as hell when it happened. but thankfully they were only minor clean chips from the top. no cracking or dislocation. she was play running away from her 4yo brother then fell and he tripped over her.
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Jul 2, 2021 20:13
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President Beep posted:tooth injury has really gotten to me ever since i was a kid and i was watching an episode of popeye and there was like this psa bit at the end and a kid (maybe popeye’s nephew or something) was using the drinking a d got shoved by another kid and he busted a tooth on the water spigot. really got to me. IIRC there was a "don't push at the bubbler" GI Joe The More You Know PSA too.
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Jul 2, 2021 20:13
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Workaday Wizard posted:lol my little girls' two upper front teeth are both chipped from falling while running on a ceramic floor (thankfully they're symmetrical) My son climbs on an IKEA step stool to get up to the kitchen counter, but he doesn't always get inside of it. Sometimes he goes over the back guard rail and pivots at the waist, slamming his mouth on the corner of the countertop. We think he got a chipped tooth from it but really it could have been from anything.
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Jul 2, 2021 20:21
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Schadenboner posted:IIRC there was a "don't push at the bubbler" GI Joe The More You Know PSA too. gosh, maybe it was that but I could swear it involved popeye’s triplet nephews.
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Jul 2, 2021 20:42
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President Beep posted:gosh, maybe it was that but I could swear it involved popeye’s triplet nephews. Between bubbler safety, stranger/dealer danger, and abandoned refrigerators I think there were a lot of these PSAs "back in the day" (atkstd).
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Jul 2, 2021 20:52
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Workaday Wizard posted:lol my little girls' two upper front teeth are both chipped from falling while running on a ceramic floor (thankfully they're symmetrical) being parent makes me aware of hardness of surfaces carpet is easy mode and wooden floors are nbd but its scary as poo poo to see them stand and wobble on tiles
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Jul 2, 2021 21:59
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suffix posted:being parent makes me aware of hardness of surfaces when my youngest was about 1 she hit her head hard enough on the tile to get a concussion, which warranted an emergency trip to have an MRI (she was fine)
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Jul 2, 2021 22:18
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:we stopped having to explain to my mother in law that babby absolutely must be strapped in at all times after my oldest nearly succeeded in leaping from the highchair onto the kitchen tile - i caught her midair yeah I'll take 'faceplant* into soft sand' over that as the warning sign any day. *more like a head plant, which is what caused my wife to freak because 'she could have broken her neck' which would be extremely unlikely but I don't really want to think about if I'm honest. She didn't and is fine, that won't be happening again. Until it does. H.P. Hovercraft posted:when my youngest was about 1 she hit her head hard enough on the tile to get a concussion, which warranted an emergency trip to have an MRI (she was fine) I concussed myself ages about 3 by running full speed into a steel cable supporting a trampoline at 'soft play' and the doctors were like 'nah what's the problem he's fine' until I barfed everywhere. Even then I don't think they actually did anything.
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Jul 2, 2021 22:34
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concussions are one of those things where you should be really glad they didn't need to treat it
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suffix posted:being parent makes me aware of hardness of surfaces wait till they start running on concrete
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Jul 3, 2021 01:21
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sometimes you can literally feel it when a new gray hair pops
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Jul 3, 2021 01:22
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:we stopped having to explain to my mother in law that babby absolutely must be strapped in at all times after my oldest nearly succeeded in leaping from the highchair onto the kitchen tile - i caught her midair dad reflexes are real. unfortunately they come at the cost of ptsd.
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Jul 3, 2021 01:51
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i had to exercise mine earlier this evening toddler was exiting his cozy coop and leaned on the door, almost flipping the the thing over. i was sitting on the floor about five feet away and half scooted-half dove the distance to keep it upright.
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Jul 3, 2021 04:43
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so you just don’t really sleep when you have an infant huh
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Jul 3, 2021 16:12
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kitten emergency posted:so you just don’t really sleep when you have an infant huh Depends on whether you have milk on offer
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Jul 3, 2021 16:21
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kitten emergency posted:so you just don’t really sleep when you have an infant huh not really, but it depends v much on the infant.
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Jul 3, 2021 16:55
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kitten emergency posted:so you just don’t really sleep when you have an infant huh the baby’s time in the nicu might actually help a bit, as they’re already a little bit used to sleeping in their own bassinet, etc. as opposed to co-sleeping that so many parents do out of desperation. our first son slept horribly as a newborn and we ended up cosleeping early on or else my wife and i were going to die. with the second one he already had some good sleep discipline drilled in from his time in the hospital so it made it easier for us. also with our first one my wife was still working nights and since i sleep like poo poo anyway i just couldn’t be disciplined wrt teaching him how to sleep on his own.
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Jul 3, 2021 19:03
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kitten emergency posted:so you just don’t really sleep when you have an infant huh babies are different but in general at this stage you should sleep when the baby does, even if its the middle of the day good advice i got that i somewhat neglected because ours randomly landed on an easy sleep schedule for a while, and then I got owned once they snapped around to waking up 6 am
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Jul 3, 2021 19:37
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Also, both parents don't need to wake up. If you're breastfeeding you'll be able to pump and feed from the bottle after 3-4 weeks to share duties, if you're on formula you can do it right away. My wife and I sleep in separate bedrooms for now
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Jul 3, 2021 19:52
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my wife was doing great with nursing the second baby at night: he took to it well and the sleep was decent. then he started biting when getting his first teeth…
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Jul 3, 2021 20:56
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silicone earplugs are good and cheap. you're gonna have babby in the same room as you for the first 6 months (or that's what they recommend here anyway), in our case in a cot alongside the bed and that was fine as she could just be slid over into it when she was asleep after feeding. now she's in a separate room with a monitor and the waking is v. variable. what I'd say is that as a father, you're gonna have points where you resent getting up early to look after them in the morning on a weekend or similar because you've probably been getting up for work all week etc. But your wife will death stare you if you complain because she is doing that every day during the week, so think about that first. Doesn't make it easier (I am the opposite of a morning person, family failing), you'll find a balance though. also you can sleep during the day and it's fine! I have fallen asleep on the floor a few times and that hasn't happened for a long time and not without huge quantities of alcohol
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oh also it should go without saying that they're all different and you have little, if any, control or input into things like sleep. one friend thought she was super mum because her first was a perfect sleeper, then the second came along and oops, turns out it's luck of the draw!
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Powerful Two-Hander posted:oh also it should go without saying that they're all different and you have little, if any, control or input into things like sleep. one friend thought she was super mum because her first was a perfect sleeper, then the second came along and oops, turns out it's luck of the draw! What's the return process like if you don't gel with their style? I've returned like half a dozen dogs to the shelter for stuff like this (too energetic, needing too many walks, etc), is it much different with a kid?
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suffix posted:I got owned once they snapped around to waking up 6 am shoeberto posted:What's the return process like if you don't gel with their style? I've returned like half a dozen dogs to the shelter for stuff like this (too energetic, needing too many walks, etc), is it much different with a kid?
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right now we’re both waking up with her which isn’t great, but hopefully babby will sort her poo poo out with nursing so mom can just breastfeed rather than have me bottle feed while she pumps overnight
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Jul 3, 2021 23:41
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are your parents sending you coffee or energy drinks yet my dad seemed a little too gleeful with the “your turn now!!!” stuff
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Jul 3, 2021 23:44
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hobbesmaster posted:are your parents sending you coffee or energy drinks yet no, I don’t really have a great relationship with my family. MIL is in town helping out for now and it’s not too terrible though.
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hobbesmaster posted:my dad seemed a little too gleeful with the “your turn now!!!” stuff lol. same.
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my circadian rhythm's only just starting to get back to what it was in the before times. speaking of dogs, when i was looking up breeds trying to decide what kind of dog would be a good match for us, i naturally had to wade through all these posts about "you have to understand what a big change getting a dog will be", and "i couldn't believe how much of my time was taken up by the dog", and i'm just reading these things chuckling like, "lmao, fukin nubs"
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Powerful Two-Hander posted:also you can sleep during the day and it's fine! I have fallen asleep on the floor a few times and that hasn't happened for a long time and not without huge quantities of alcohol my girls absolutely love waking up daddy, it is one of their all-time favorite things if it's my turn to sleep in, or even if they notice me falling asleep on the couch, they won't hesitate to climb all over me, with the 1.5 year old shrieking her head off with glee at the command of "let's go wake up daddy"
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Stringent posted:speaking of dogs, when i was looking up breeds trying to decide what kind of dog would be a good match for us, i naturally had to wade through all these posts about "you have to understand what a big change getting a dog will be", and "i couldn't believe how much of my time was taken up by the dog", and i'm just reading these things chuckling like, "lmao, fukin nubs"
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Jul 4, 2021 03:08
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:my girls absolutely love waking up daddy, it is one of their all-time favorite things ah so cats were a good warm up
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Jul 4, 2021 03:10
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:my girls absolutely love waking up daddy, it is one of their all-time favorite things i recommend the interactive educational product “don’t wake daddy”
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Jul 4, 2021 03:22
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President Beep posted:i recommend the interactive educational product “don’t wake daddy” 
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LMFAO
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