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Mar 10, 2025 01:02
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Mar 10, 2025 12:34
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Off to get neutered! Hoping I can avoid 3-year-old's kicks for at least a few days
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Mar 10, 2025 13:12
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Academician Nomad posted:Off to get neutered! Hoping I can avoid 3-year-old's kicks for at least a few days How will you pee with no panis?
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Mar 10, 2025 13:23
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I got my partner pregnant. Which was the plan, but is still surprising, in a way. She made me promise not to tell anyone (until 1st trimester) so I'm saying it here. I'm happy but a bit scared.
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Mar 10, 2025 13:28
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KG3 doesn’t really seem to be bothered by the time change. He napped normally yesterday, went to bed on time, woke up at his normal wake up time. Hell yeah little man.
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Mar 10, 2025 13:42
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Kid was up until after 9:00, usually bedtime is 7:30-8:15, and he did not want to get out of bed this morning. I hear you, buddy. I was full of false hope after he took a completely normal afternoon nap, too
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Mar 10, 2025 13:49
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Babb was up every 20-60min to nurse for a half hour, seems like a worse arrangement than earlier in the week where we were getting 2-3hr bassinet stretches. Very tired, very cranky, C-.
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Mar 10, 2025 13:51
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The combo of coming off of a holiday (Mardi Gras) and Daylight Savings was very rough for my 4 year old this morning but we made it to school!
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BadSamaritan posted:Babb was up every 20-60min to nurse for a half hour, seems like a worse arrangement than earlier in the week where we were getting 2-3hr bassinet stretches. Very tired, very cranky, C-. How old are they? Sounds like a growth spurt. They uh, are not fun. Went through the same 1.5 weeks ago
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Mar 10, 2025 14:21
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Count Roland posted:I got my partner pregnant. Which was the plan, but is still surprising, in a way. She made me promise not to tell anyone (until 1st trimester) so I'm saying it here. I'm happy but a bit scared. Congratulations and best of luck!
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Mar 10, 2025 14:22
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Count Roland posted:I got my partner pregnant. Which was the plan, but is still surprising, in a way. She made me promise not to tell anyone (until 1st trimester) so I'm saying it here. I'm happy but a bit scared. hell yeah one of us be prepared for many additional surprises and being scared. in a good way. mostly
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Mar 10, 2025 14:48
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Count Roland posted:I got my partner pregnant. Which was the plan, but is still surprising, in a way. She made me promise not to tell anyone (until 1st trimester) so I'm saying it here. I'm happy but a bit scared.
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Mind_Taker posted:Wow this morning sucks! Yeah it was rough here too. Wife is sick so I was on full time parenting yesterday, got the kids fed and to bed on time. Baby surprisingly slept in and didn’t want a bottle. 4 year old woke up grumpy and then demanded TV but we couldn’t find the remote. He starts asking me what’s in his lunch. I was making both lunches, snacks, getting nap mat, getting both of them dressed, trying to give the baby a bottle. He starts to throw a fit because I didn’t pack Cheetos in his lunch. Finally found the remote under the pack and play but then it was time to leave for swim lessons. He’s about to revolt against swim but I get him moving. Last big swim of the 15 minute lesson and he swallows a big mouthful of water and gets upset. The teacher calms him down and he’s fine. Baby won’t finish the bottle, wants to crawl into the pool. Doesn’t want breakfast. I get him showered but I’m trying to hustle him to school. Get the baby situated and try to get him to finish the drat bottle. As soon as I take him out of the shower he melts down. Doesn’t want the shower to end. Won’t get dressed, I pick out a shirt and he gets furious and he has to pick it. I get him to take a deep breath and we change shirts. His sick mom wakes up at this point and he gives her a hug and calms down. I get them loaded in the car and off we go. Starts sobbing walking into school. We sit on a bench in the hallway and calm down. Hugs and deep breaths. His former teacher kindly offers to bring all his stuff in to the class for me because I’m holding the baby. I hand him off to his teacher, we’re 15 minutes late at this point and all the kids are in their reading circle. He walks in quietly and the teacher starts to explain a snack bag situation to me. I hesitate. He turns around and sprints back and gets stuck trying to squeeze past the door. He’s sobbing. I give him one more hug (holding baby and snack bags now). Teacher leads him away sobbing. I drop the baby off at his daycare (yes they are at separate daycares please shoot me) and he gives me a huge gummy smile. Then I turn to walk out and he realizes I’m leaving. Bursts into tears. Was up at 6:30AM, finally made it to work at 10:00AM. This sucks rear end.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:hell yeah one of us “Having a kid ruined my life in mostly positive ways”
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reversefungi posted:How old are they? Sounds like a growth spurt. They uh, are not fun. Went through the same 1.5 weeks ago Almost 4 weeks so just full chaos mode, I have no expectations of consciously fixing anything any time soon. Wish that sleeping in a recliner with baby on your chest was even remotely safe sleep but lol not even a little
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Felt like a total monster driving patrón to daycare this morning because he was hungry but I didn't have time to feed him, I really needed to get to work! So he was wailing for a good chunk of the five minutes it takes to get to daycare, which of course feels like a thousand years of suffering to my addled brain. And then he fell asleep 'cause car. Also the poor dude seems to have inherited his dad's severe allergies to nature  I want to take him outside to look at cool bugs when he's older but I don't want to make him miserable
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Mar 10, 2025 18:11
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coronatae posted:Felt like a total monster driving patrón to daycare this morning because he was hungry but I didn't have time to feed him, I really needed to get to work! So he was wailing for a good chunk of the five minutes it takes to get to daycare, which of course feels like a thousand years of suffering to my addled brain. And then he fell asleep 'cause car. I didn't develop allergies until being an adult but Zyrtec works awesome and does not make me sleepy. Benadryl and others I have tried all knock me out. Zyrtec does make my son sleepy though (given for an egg reaction) YMMV
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BadSamaritan posted:Almost 4 weeks so just full chaos mode, I have no expectations of consciously fixing anything any time soon. It wasnt sleep but it was at least something fun.
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There’s some good pictures of kg3 sleeping in the moby as I play farming simulator at a standing desk
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Loratadine (active ingredient in Claritin) works amazing for me with mountain juniper/Texas cedar, although i guess we're coming to the end of pollen season for that time of year. It's been unusually cold so the pollen season might have been extended this year. No idea about safety for small children tho
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Hadlock posted:Loratadine (active ingredient in Claritin) works amazing for me with mountain juniper/Texas cedar, although i guess we're coming to the end of pollen season for that time of year. It's been unusually cold so the pollen season might have been extended this year. No idea about safety for small children tho Loratadine and its successor desloratadine are routinely prescribed for babies.That's not an over the counter recommendation, though, I think. You'd probably want get it prescribed by a paediatrician. There's a baby formulation in liquid form. My 15-month old has been taking it daily since 3 months age, for the itch associated with his eczema. Helps a lot for him! I have personally found it less effective against my pollen allergies.
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Academician Nomad posted:Off to get neutered! Hoping I can avoid 3-year-old's kicks for at least a few days Hell yeah
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Partner is a midwife who just treated a 59 year old who just gave birth to twins. I can't imagine dealing with an infant at 59 let alone twins. Apparently their 21 year old son died and they wanted a new kid to take care of them in their old age which is a whole other can of worms.
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Scapegoat posted:Partner is a midwife who just treated a 59 year old who just gave birth to twins. I can't imagine dealing with an infant at 59 let alone twins. Apparently their 21 year old son died and they wanted a new kid to take care of them in their old age which is a whole other can of worms. For such a short story it sure has some surprises. Hey i know you just turned 21 kids but your mom and i are dying better skip college. Did she mean 49? Cause how TF is a 59 year old having kods CarForumPoster fucked around with this message at 02:43 on Mar 11, 2025 |
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My high school classmate's mom was 53 in the 80s when she had her. And she was the 6th child, probably 15 years younger than her next closest sibling, and a complete surprise for her parents. The human body is weird sometimes.
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The mom believes in the mythical man month
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CarForumPoster posted:For such a short story it sure has some surprises. Nope 59 for sure. Partner doesn't believe the eggs were hers though she claimed they were (IVF all happened in India because you aren't getting away with this locally).
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Count Roland posted:I got my partner pregnant. Which was the plan, but is still surprising, in a way. She made me promise not to tell anyone (until 1st trimester) so I'm saying it here. I'm happy but a bit scared. congratulations! we are 15 months in and it's been a great experience, i hope it is for you too!
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Whilst(!) eating at McDonalds with one of my sons (11) He: "When I get rich I can buy my own McDonalds meals" I: "Oh you're going to be rich? How are you going to do it?" He: "Oh I'm gonna have a youtube channel" KIDS THESE DAYS!
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His Divine Shadow posted:Whilst(!) eating at McDonalds with one of my sons (11) I think youre on the wrong side of this. Kid wants to try their hand at entrepreneurship. Offer to be the cameraman, edit scripts, promote it, whatever. Let them see how hard it is. 95% of kids wont follow through on this at all but some kids roll 20s or learn something along the way that helps them a lot. E: for me the goal would be for them to know -i support them -i think their ideas are worth trying out -ideas arent worth much its all about execution CarForumPoster fucked around with this message at 14:43 on Mar 11, 2025 |
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CarForumPoster posted:I think youre on the wrong side of this. Kid wants to try their hand at entrepreneurship. Offer to be the cameraman, edit scripts, promote it, whatever. Let them see how hard it is. 95% of kids wont follow through on this at all but some kids roll 20s or learn something along the way that helps them a lot. And just pray they have some fun and decide it's not for them, because the worst case is you end up parent to a Youtuber.
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Yeah being supportive is all well and good but what if they like it
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getting lovingly dunked on over and over by my prank youtuber child
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My almost 3 year old refuses to poop on the potty. It’s anxiety and we’ve done everything to distract and calm him down and be supportive, but he waits until he’s asleep to let it all out. Do we just do this indefinitely until he somehow gets over it? This has been going on for over a month.
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Pham Nuwen posted:And just pray they have some fun and decide it's not for them, because the worst case is you end up parent to a Youtuber.
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Dazerbeams posted:Do we just do this indefinitely until he somehow gets over it? Yes, give him time and space to work through it and he should eventually get over it. Don't be too pushy so he can come out of this with his self esteem intact. In my experience, this is the frustrating answer to many challenges you will experience in the coming years.
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Elissimpark posted:All the literature that talks about childproofing your house talks about stairs and radiators and drawers full of knives, but the REAL trick is keeping stationary out of grubby, little hands. Yeah the markers live up on top of the fridge most of the time... Actual pens and things that stain way worse live further out of reach. Colouring time requires adults being in the same room. Hippie Hedgehog posted:Loratadine and its successor desloratadine are routinely prescribed for babies.That's not an over the counter recommendation, though, I think. You'd probably want get it prescribed by a paediatrician. There's a baby formulation in liquid form. My 15-month old has been taking it daily since 3 months age, for the itch associated with his eczema. Helps a lot for him! I have personally found it less effective against my pollen allergies. Both loratidine and desloratidine come in pediatric formulations here in Canada, with no prescription needed, and they're usually just out on the shelves in the pharmacy. For less than two year-olds you're in "ask your doctor" territory, but it sounds like prescriptions do happen? Our four-year-old is definitely getting seasonal allergies right now, and the desloratidine is helping a lot.
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