Every day is just I just have one two year old who all things considered is pretty easy. My neighbors are about to pop with #2, have a two year old. Neighbors down the street have a 2 and 6 month old. I can't imagine being them or anyone in a similar/more kid situation.
My kid still has a mild fever (100-101) and woke up this morning with conjunctivitis in his left eye. A light cough is starting up too. My throat hurts now. We are all going to die.
We have no TP but apparently my mother in law can get 36 mega rolls a day without any trouble. We are having her ship us TP.
My 6 year old loves sitting in my lap and farting. Nothing is funnier to her. Tonight I repaid the debt with a perfectly timed/angled fart on her face as she was coming to brush her teeth. She's been crying about it for an hour. Some people can dish it but they sure can't take it.
Glad to hear it’s not only my 6 yr old daughter. And yes, I repaid her last night. Both girls and the wife almost threw me out of the house. One of the worst ones I’ve ever done.
The boys hit the "4 month sleep regression" at the same time. This is fucking brutal. They wake up frequently throughout the night and are just awake. They just don't sleep. I got just over 2.5 hours of cumulative sleep last night. I really hope this doesn't last that long. Lil dudes were decent sleepers, never great, but this is aburd. Shitty little nappers too.
just be consistent. They are learning sleep cycles in their development. Lots of materials out there about checking in on them with timelines of when/what to do to let them cry it out. Just stay consistent and they will figure it out. Getting wonky with timelines, getting them out of bed etc will only disrupt their learning. Hold firm friend!
In addition to keeping to routine, the two best things we've done for her sleep (I think) is using a white noise machine and only giving her pacifier when she's in her crib ready to sleep. I feel like she associates those two stimuli with sleep.
Thanks for the info. Yeah, we're being as consistent as possible (sleep time, routine, approach upon waking, etc). White noise machine is on loud and we got one boy in a Snoo. We'll just stay the course.
https://takingcarababies.com/understanding-the-dreaded-four-month-sleep-regression/ Really like this visual: What is the Four Month Sleep Regression? At about 3-5 months of age, our babies move from the newborn phases of sleep into more adult-like sleep stages. The Science Behind it: These sleep stages string together into “sleep cycles.” These cycles last 60 -120 minutes during the night. The end of each cycle has a characteristic mini “wake-up.” Yes, you and I “wake up” five to eight times per night. This is our body’s protective measure to check our surroundings and validate that we are, indeed, safe. You and I have gotten so good at putting ourselves back to sleep after these mini wake-ups, we don’t even know we were briefly awake. Great! How Does This Apply To My Baby? Well, at 3-5 months of age, he will go through these sleep cycles and at the end of 60, 90, or 120 minutes each night, his body will slightly awaken him. He will check in with his environment, making sure that everything is okay and his surroundings are unchanged. See the chart below to understand what this looks like over the course of the night:
I have a 10, 3.5, and 2 year old and it's been extremely difficult for my wife on some days. I work from home full time outside of this and she is "working from home" but has basically nothing to do so she's been taking care of the little ones and it's really wearing on her. 3.5 is now very self-sufficient in that she can play by herself or watch shows and be content, but 2 is a walking tornado and my wife is a neat freak so that's not been a good combo.
My 1 year old has finally entered the suicide crawler stage. You have to have a constant eye on her and she is consistently crawling toward stairs, plugs, breakable objects, etc. Just a total wild card where whoever is watching her is on edge. Thank god she's a great napper.
We gave up trying to keep a clean house during this. If it keeps the kids happy and we can maintain sanity we’re looking it as a win. We pick our battles right now.
My kitchen floor has sparkle paint footprints all over it from craft time yesterday. We are living that dgaf life.
Anyone else going through issues with their daycare? Our's isn't even open (likely won't be the rest of the school year as they follow the school calendar). Today they sent out a letter saying they were "making a 25% adjustment for April's monthly fees.". I haven't contacted them as I am talking to another couple of dads with kids there, but it appears they want to charge us 100% for March and 75% for April and (likely) May. No way in hell am I paying someone over $1,750 to not watch my kid. This is a church preschool too, so they are living that tax free financial life.
We got a full invoice for April and May yesterday. I told them no on the phone and they said they were sending out to everyone and pay what we could.
We’re lying half I think. We can do it and are friends with the people that own it and teachers and we live in a small rural town. Not gonna complain to much as we know they are struggling and we don’t want anyone to go under.
Ours is open for kids of essential personnel only. For everyone else, they asked for a 50% deposit to hold the spot. No recurring charges.
Next door neighbor literally almost either killed or seriously injured our son (4 yr old) acting like a jackass on their go-kart 2 nights ago. Like it was too the point where everyone had a look of horror on their face at the near miss and I freaked the fuck out and took them inside immediately. I broke the fuck down hours later because I couldn't get the image of it NOT missing out of my head. 2 days later... crickets from their house. They don't send their kids outside when we're out there playing. No one has talked to us despite multiple opportunities. Just yesterday, the wife passive aggressively walked over and put one of my son's shirts we left at their house at some point in our garage as my wife was doing a project in the driveway and didn't even say a word. Like I want to move on, but what the fuck? You act like a dumbass and almost maim or kill my kid and then you don't even attempt to apologize, act passive aggressive towards my wife, and hide in your house?
Can’t go to the rest of our pre-natal checkups due to the rona. Still allowed into delivery for now. So help me god Ima hide in a laundry basket or volunteer to change catheters if they try to keep me outta that.
This is basically what happened to me back at the end of March. This was before stay-at-home orders here and such so at the time it wasn't quite as clear on some fronts. They also alluded to the fact that if we didn't pay they couldn't guarantee holding a spot for our kid when this is all done. That pissed me off but we love our daycare and it's a .5 mile from our house. We decided to pay April but I'm not sure what we will do for May and however much longer. At the time this was before any stimulus packages and they were still keeping all employees on payroll, so I knew they needed all the help they could get. Hopefully they have tapped into some of the stimulus options and can be more flexible moving forward.
when is your wife/gf due? At our 20 week ultrasound they couldn’t see the heart well enough so they wanted my wife to come back at 23 weeks. That appointment has been rescheduled twice now, won’t have it until 27 weeks.
dealing with a tween and a teen boy is easier than 2 very young kids in that I can work without dealing with them, but their mounting anger/trapped feelings about the self-isolated quarantine is making this one hell of a ride Going outside here and there ain't doing it Watching infinite TV and videogames was fun for a week, for the last 10-14 days it's becoming less so for them wife gets to go to office under fl rules (by herself pretty much) so at least we are not @ each others throats too much
I got really, really fucked up last night. Coincidentally, my 3 year old decided at 2 a.m. that he was no longer tired and my wife decided to punish me by making me get up with him. He and I both finally fell asleep on the couch at about 5. That 6:30 alarm came way too quick and now I'm at work feeling like I'm going to die. How the fuck did I do this shit on the regular when I was younger?
We are in the exact same boat. Ours said they won’t charge going forward if we are still locked down in May but I went ahead and made the April payment since they’re keeping the staff whole. Given the situation, I didn’t really have a problem paying for April but now that these small business relief $$ are available, I don’t think I’ll be paying for May onwards unless they open back up.
Wife is 23 weeks pregnant. Went to hers last Friday..she was supposed to go monthly thru May, but that has been changed to every 6 weeks
Beginning of August. Baby checked out well on the anatomy scan, momma had a minor issue that needed follow-up and we sorta got stuck in the same position as you. She works in the hospital though so it was easier to fit her in.
wife is at 25 weeks now. Our hospital/OBGYN switches to I think weekly in the third trimester. She has an appointment at 27 weeks following the ultrasound. Have no clue what will happen after that. ours checked out well too. Just seems weird that this type of stuff is being limited.
Back in March when daycares we’re allowed to be open ours said they would only charge if the kids were actually there. We were both working from home at the time so we took her for a week, then decided to just keep her home. Now that they’re only allowed to be open for people who have essential jobs and are being paid by the state, it appears that they laid off most of the teachers since I’m sure they only have a few kids. Will be interesting to see how quickly they are able to ramp back up when they can open back up.
Has anybody noticed something that your kid knows about that you had no idea of until quarantine? I put on like an hour YouTube of Sesame Street songs on the TV a couple days ago to entertain our 14 month old. The "If your happy and you know it" song came on and immediately the baby starts squealing in happiness and then not only did she do the clap parts...but, she fucking was slamming her leg on the ground for the stomp parts. My wife and I kind of sat there with our jaws dropped as we had never done that with her. She definitely learned it in daycare. It's been pretty fun to put on a couple times a day and do with her now.
My kids play together almost all day long. We’ve been very lucky in that regard over the last few weeks. There are blocks of time that they are left alone so it’s probably our fault. I don’t really care that the dude went to town on the car. It’s the family wagon/tank.
so those with pre-k/kinder age kids, are you doing any sort of lesson plan/teaching type stuff with them since they are not doing school? our pre-k closed down for the year, but the teacher is still sending a few little things each week but my wife is kind of freaking out our daughter isnt learning enough, so was wondering if there is some sort of resource out there that anyone else was using.