Official Dads of TMB Thread

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  1. shaolin5

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    My son, Cade (11) and my daughter, Bailey (10) on the way to school
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  2. Bruce Bowen

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    He was a pro
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  3. bigred77

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    Does Bailey clown on Cade for wearing that old school brand Nike?
     
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  4. shaolin5

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    She clowns on Cade for absolutely everything
     
  5. kennypowers

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    My kid is 20 months and all of a sudden goes from 12 hour through the night sleeper to a fucking demon spawn this week, standing and screaming for hours. First few nights we caved and laid in his room with him and last night had to go back to our sleep training. He ended up falling asleep standing up. Kids are stupid.

     
  6. Name P. Redacted

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    Man I would be so nervous with my kid sleeping in that position. Ts and Ps on the sleep. My kid has been pretty good the last week or so, hoping the trend continues. She started coughing again this morning so I may be screwed.
     
  7. kennypowers

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    It wasn’t great, I stayed up until he actually went down around 11:30, which is an impressive 4 hours of sleep/screaming while standing.

    I switched from one of the traditional steam humidifiers to this one a few months back and it has really helped with coughing and congestion. It keeps The room at a perfect humidity.

    https://www.target.com/p/honeywell-cool-moisture-humidifier/-/A-49108685
     
  8. killerwvu

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    Welp, I'll be joining this thread
    Had our first Dr appointment today and wife is 10 weeks pregnant...due in early August

    I'm all :ohshit::ohnoes::woot:
     
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  9. Baseballman86

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    Help me respond correctly to this situation:

    Our son (22 months) is at a daycare where there are 2 classes with his age group, with a max of 8 kids in each. They separated it out by birthday, but in doing it that way my son’s class is him and 7 girls. The other class is basically 50/50. We weren’t super happy with that but liked the teachers so didn’t want to ask for a change. Today my wife goes to pick him up and they’ve been playing dress up and the teachers have my son in a tutu and tiara. Reasonable to be upset or no?
     
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  10. Russellin4885

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    At two years old I personally wouldn't be. Most important thing to me would be that he is safe, getting proper care, happy, etc.
     
  11. Baseballman86

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    That’s what I’m thinking. My wife is super pissed, but virtually everything I’ve read says he’s too young for that to be of any concern. We didn’t ask for any changes before because we didn’t want him moved and liked his teachers, and I think the same applies here.
     
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  12. Bo Pelinis

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    Kids don't really understand gender norms for years. Safety is the most important thing and otherwise whatever. He's young and it shouldn't be a big deal.
     
  13. Name P. Redacted

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    Maybe they're doing him a favor by teaching him how to interact with women so he won't turn into an incel later in life.
     
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  14. Pharm

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    Man 6 weeks has flown by.

    Little man has been battling the thrush which had delayed pumping and getting him over to a bottle because daycare is coming soon unfortunately. I have taken bath time and rocking him to sleep before bedtime as my "thing" and love that time. Sleeps for 5 to 6 hour stretches at night but once he wakes up he his back to two hour stretches. Really want to get to bottles to hopefully control the calories he gets.

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  15. bigred77

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    That's a happy babby
     
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  16. Pharm

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    Starting to get smiles and caught this one has he was falling asleep
     
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  17. Druce

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    I'm simultaneously super jealous b/c I miss that time with mine, and also don't want to go back to that lmao.
     
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  18. Name P. Redacted

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    :smugbaby:
     
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  19. Brewtus

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    First post in this thread, twin boys will be 4 weeks tomorrow.

    Looking forward to reading through some of these posts to learn from seasoned dads.
     
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  20. BuckeyeRiot

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    Purely hypothetical but how much trouble would a person get in if they crammed lunch down a 2-1/2 year-old's throat because they won't eat what they specifically asked for and someone spent their entire lunch break preparing? Again purely hypothetical.
     
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  21. Snakes

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    my kid loves to ask for snacks while sitting in front of a full plate of food.
     
  22. Pile Driving Miss Daisy

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    God we went through so much of this, a few months ago. I think forcing your kid to eat is just going to lead to more eating problems later, they won't starve themselves. If our daughter is real bad we save the food and offer it later if she starts complaining or maybe something healthy.

    Ours wants everything off our plates THAT SHE ALSO HAS ON HER OWN PLATE
     
  23. BuckeyeRiot

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    Also suppose in the fictional universe dinner was prepared the previous night and exactly one bite was consumed.
     
  24. BuckeyeRiot

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    Yeah I don’t force him to. But there is an urge to just once mush a room temp grilled cheese in his defiant little mug.
     
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  25. Pile Driving Miss Daisy

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    I know that feeling, it's like equal parts you've failed as a parent and being mad that your kid fights you on the most basic of human needs.
     
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  26. Snakes

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    Often my kid will refuse his "healthy" dinner and insist on having some bullshit snack like PB crackers or whatever. It's so tempting to just give it to shut him up. But it's so rewarding when he caves and starts eating broccoli after I tell him no a thousand times.

    That being said, i have been known to cave :/
     
  27. BuckeyeRiot

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    It would be one thing if I just straight up handed him a plate of food and he was like “what is this I don’t want it”. We go the “do you want A or B” route. Everything on his plate was his choice.
     
  28. Pile Driving Miss Daisy

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    Yep, I've come to accept that kids and food are just always going to be a fight. Our daughter generally eats well now but occasionally gets picky for several months about a food (yogurt, applesauce) and then all of a sudden loves it and wants it all the time.
     
  29. BuckeyeRiot

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    Agreed. Sorry needed to vent. Carry on fellow dads.
     
  30. Pile Driving Miss Daisy

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    Dude, this is the perfect thread to complain about such universal annoyances. I know I was an annoying kid when I ate dinner in particular and now we get the same thing to deal with as parents.
     
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  31. bigred77

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    Just last evening, 6 year old was eating the heck out of some chicken thigh
    Without slowing down he is digging into the second one when my wife says "good job, finish it and you can have some raspberries "
    Chicken eating haults and suddenly he doesn't like the chicken, he wants raspberries
    Tell him to finish the chicken (trying to stand by my wife even though she derailed things totally on her own) and hes full
    Trying to inject logic I ask how he can be hungry for raspberries is he is full

    Meltdown ensues
    Ever helpful the wife tells him it must be time for bed if he's acting that way
     
  32. Pile Driving Miss Daisy

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    Hahaha, that sucks that you're still dealing with that behavior at six. It's insane how careful you have to be about what you say, if we even mention cookie our two and a half year old will not shut up, we can't bribe her anymore with non-healthy food because she locks her focus onto cookies/snacks and won't shut up.
     
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  33. cdaysker

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    My one year old's new favorite game is to take each individual piece of his cut up food, hold it out over the side of his high chair like he's holding a hostage over the edge of a building, stare me straight in the face, and then drop the food on the floor without breaking eye contact. I've finally resorted to moving his bottle, which he cares about more than anything in life, just out of reach to show him I still hold the power at the dinner table.
     
  34. The Blackfish

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    My 3 year old has stopped eating just about anything. He wants to subsist on bread, applesauce and yogurt.
     
  35. BuckeyeRiot

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    Just talked to the wife and we’re thinking we need to eliminate snack giving during this phase. I think part of his problem is that he knows he can ask for mango/strawberry chips (just the dried no sugar added kind) or pistachios/cashews/walnuts, cheese, etc once we’re gone back to work and the sitters will give it to him. It’s a blessing and a curse to have grandma/grandpa & other grandma as the rotational sitters. They give in too much and we all end up butting heads.
     
  36. JC

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    I’ve got child number two coming July 7th. My wife was officially 15 weeks pregnant yesterday. We find out the gender on February 11th. My wife has felt the complete opposite as she did with our boy so I’m convinced it’s a girl. She was sick every day for the first 13 weeks as is finally coming out of that.

    JC Jr is quite the momma’s boy....he’s in for a rude awakening once number two shows up.
     
  37. Celemo

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    I'm no longer a dad...I'm a referee
     
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  38. Snakes

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    One thing that I have read that works is having a set snack time and not caving from it no matter what. Like have a bowl of fruit at 9 and kitchen is closed til lunch, etc.

    Easier said than done. I am confident my kids' daycare doesn't do it. They almost always have snacks whenever they want and it carries over into the weekends.
     
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  39. Bruce Bowen

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    Our 2 year old will refuse shit we know he loves, it's like he forgets what his favorite foods are. So time to time my wife will "force" him to taste it and then he'll eat it.
     
  40. BuckeyeRiot

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    It used to be if I could get some of whatever it was on his lip and he got a taste of it then he’d be fine now I can’t even get it near his mouth. It’s like he’s been secretly training with Mr. Miyagi.
     
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  41. tigr2ndbase

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    Well I knew this day would come. 5 yr old has flu a and wife is at the doctor with the 2 yr old which probably has it also. Going to be a fun next week. And this couldn’t come at a worse time as their joint bday party is on the 25th. Hoping all this has passed by then. I’m debating seeing if we can move it a week or two later as I don’t want them to still have this in their system and expose it to a bunch of their friends. Need to check with pump it up to see what their policies are on moving it.
     
  42. Dukes

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    My son had his 1 month check up last week and is doing great. Weighed in at 12 lbs 9 oz and measured 23 inches. He’d been super fussy/gassy and was starting to get a rash so the pediatrician did a poop test and he has either a dairy or soy allergy. My wife is not thrilled to cut those out of her diet but he’s been doing great breastfeeding so we’re giving it a shot. I never realized how pretty much everything has soy in it.
     
  43. Name P. Redacted

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    My wife’s new favorite activity is to have daycare’s webcam open 24/7 and ask me when am I dropping her off, when am I picking her up, and wtf did I dress her in.
     
  44. momux

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    If you're dropping off, picking up, and getting your kiddo dressed what the hell is your wife doing? Especially if she has enough time to watch daycare cam.
     
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  45. Name P. Redacted

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    She’s working out of town for a month
     
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  46. momux

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    Sheesh. Thoughts and prayers.
     
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  47. Pile Driving Miss Daisy

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    That sucks, if they can't get tamiflu then generally it lasts a week.
     
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  48. Bo Pelinis

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    Why do siblings have to be such fucking dicks to each other all the time.
     
  49. Rabid

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    Your job is to offer food. They will eat if they are hungry. My experience has been our 5 year old usually eats one good meal per day and is mediocre with the others.

    And as far as offering things, we put a vegetable on that he didn't eat for a long time. Then he all of a sudden would try it. I may need to give him ranch for his broccoli but it works and its a trade I'm willing to make.
     
  50. Rabid

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    They should be fine by then. My son came down with the flu and croup on a Tuesday night in December. He slept most of Wednesday and even more Thursday. By Friday afternoon he was mostly himself and Saturday he was at hockey practice. He did have his flu shot and tamiflu which both help shorten it but the tamiflu is supposed to be a 1 day improvement. When they bounce back it comes quickly.
     
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