Official Dads of TMB Thread

Discussion in 'The Mainboard' started by Boo MFer!, Apr 9, 2015.

  1. ButchCassidy

    ButchCassidy Well-Known Member
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    My wife bought our 8 month old boy a helmet bc he keeps falling and hitting his head.
    I can't wait to see this thing.
     
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  2. a.tramp

    a.tramp Insubordinate and churlish
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    Kansas State WildcatsTexas Rangers

    Spent the day assembling this in an attempt to try to contain the chaos of a 4yo boy. He was beyond the moon excited when he got home and saw it. It has a cool little “hideout” behind the desk and wardrobe that I didn’t even know about, just empty space. He asked if he could put his beanbag there and use it as his calming station. I said sure little buddy.

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  3. Pile Driving Miss Daisy

    Pile Driving Miss Daisy It angries up the blood
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    I remember my boss at my previous job had a gift like this for his son on Christmas (I think roughly your kid's age now). He was telling me how he was having a great Christmas Eve night with some booze after doing a whole bunch of work during the day handling family and whatnot. His wife busted out this huge play set and said they needed to assemble it before the morning so it would be ready to go for the son, he said it basically ruined Christmas for him. :laugh:
     
  4. a.tramp

    a.tramp Insubordinate and churlish
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    Serious, took all day long. Dropped off at school, started assembling. Picked him up from school and came home and assembled the doors and drawers. There were 1 million pieces. If I had to do that overnight on a last minute surprise from the wife I would do it, leave the house, and never return.
     
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  5. buckwild

    buckwild #BucketsGetsBuckets
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    I can very much relate to the situation below with my 3 year old son. Not specifically trains...but, him just being dumbfounded that I don't have teenage mutant ninja turtles underwear or lights in my shoes like he does...

     
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  6. infected donkey

    infected donkey Arkansas Razorbacks
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    Why isn't my almost 2 yr old sleeping more than 4-5 hours at a fucking time. She's never been a sleeper and It's fucking exhausting at this point.
     
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  7. infected donkey

    infected donkey Arkansas Razorbacks
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    Mine had to be in a helmet because of head shape. She refused to sleep on any other side of her head. We flipped crib around, did tummy time, did rotations on head to try and even it out, but still had a massive flat spot that had to have the prosthetic helmet. So could be worse!
     
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  8. ButchCassidy

    ButchCassidy Well-Known Member
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    Yeah I know it's not uncommon for the helmets to help shape the head.
    This little dude just can't figure out how to get himself down, just free falls backwards.
    His twin sister has it figured out, tho she also occasionally has a head bonk.
     
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  9. Where Eagles Dare

    Where Eagles Dare The Specialist Show On Earth
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    Prayers lifted bud. My son was a terrible sleeper. Almost broke me
     
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  10. Rabid

    Rabid Fan of: DQ Treats
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    Minnesota Golden Gophers

    Our 4 year old with special needs slept in his own room for the first time last night. You may recall he was on oxygen at night until this summer.

    It’s a huge milestone
    for my wife.
     
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  11. Name P. Redacted

    Name P. Redacted I have no money and I'm also gay
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    Kansas State WildcatsSeattle Kraken

    Because children are terrorists
     
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  12. Rabid

    Rabid Fan of: DQ Treats
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    Minnesota Golden Gophers

    And I have an army of terrorists of my own making.
     
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  13. The Blackfish

    The Blackfish The Fish in Black
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    Hell yeah man
     
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  14. Hank Scorpio

    Hank Scorpio Globex Corporation, Philanthropist, Supervillain
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    Not quite El Tiburon status, but wtf? I just canceled a bunch of Amazon subscriptions to games that (I'm assuming) my kids had subscribed to through Alexa at some point over the last year. Had been unknowingly paying $65 per month in total since June. It looks like these were all ordered through Alexa since the apps aren't on my or my wife's phone. I'm reading the reviews of these games and it's all 1-star reviews complaining about how easy it was for their kids to unknowingly subscribe to these with monthly charges. They're pretty much all trivia related, so I'm assuming my kids asked Alexa a question, Alexa answered and then asked if they would like to subscribe to xyz to learn more and they unwittingly said yes.

    If you have Alexa in your house, you might want to take a peek at your Amazon subscriptions. I only caught it because I was going in to cancel a free trial for something else I had signed up for earlier this week.
     
  15. Baron

    Baron Well-Known Member
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    Looks like I'm in the clear, but good looking out.

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  16. bigred77

    bigred77 Well-Known Member
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    Does this not cover it?

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  17. Baron

    Baron Well-Known Member
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  18. Hank Scorpio

    Hank Scorpio Globex Corporation, Philanthropist, Supervillain
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    I guess we'll find out! Just disabled voice purchases.
     
  19. Hank Scorpio

    Hank Scorpio Globex Corporation, Philanthropist, Supervillain
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    Florida GatorsTampa Bay BuccaneersTampa Bay Lightning

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  20. Sub-Zero

    Sub-Zero ALL THE TOSTITOS!!!
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  21. bruce bowen

    bruce bowen Well-Known Member
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    COME ON SON. You can't take the toy AND bite.
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  22. The Blackfish

    The Blackfish The Fish in Black
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    lol looking forward to watching your completed books / year number going forward.
     
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  23. The Blackfish

    The Blackfish The Fish in Black
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    Alabama Crimson TideIndianapolis ColtsBook Club

  24. kezarmyaj

    kezarmyaj lets get ready to crumble
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    hey welcome to the show
     
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  25. Gallant Knight

    Gallant Knight Fat Neck
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    Thanks this is the motivation I needed!
     
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  26. Funshot Residue

    Funshot Residue Mammoth Stabber
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    Shitshow. Welcome to the shitshow.
     
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  27. Degausser

    Degausser #NewProfilePic
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    Kid is almost two, so this will be his first "real" Christmas. Went and loaded up on some blowups while he was at my mom's today. He was all over them when we got home.

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  28. bruce bowen

    bruce bowen Well-Known Member
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    My youngest went to hug the grinch animatronic at home depot yesterday. I hit the “try me” button when he was inches away and scared the daylights out of him when it started dancing/singing. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
     
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  29. Hoss Bonaventure

    Hoss Bonaventure I can’t pee with clothes touching my butt
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    Kid has discovered Tiny Chef on Netflix and it’s pretty damn good.
     
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  30. kezarmyaj

    kezarmyaj lets get ready to crumble
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    tiny chef is great
     
  31. scissors

    scissors Very Sharp Member
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    I have two boys (118 months and 93 months) that have moved into wrestling > pushing/shoving > physically fighting at least 50x per day. Looking forward to the next decade+ of this because it’s definitely cute and not absurdly obnoxious.

    It’s 9am, they’ve been awake for two hours, and we are on like iteration 5 of this dance already.
     
  32. cal

    cal BOATS
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    can anybody here co-sign those amazon tablets?

    my youngest wants a tablet but i don’t trust him to take care of an ipad

    all i’ve heard from the amazon shit is how durable they are also very slow and laggy
     
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  33. Name P. Redacted

    Name P. Redacted I have no money and I'm also gay
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    Kansas State WildcatsSeattle Kraken

    Get an iPad mini, get a sturdy foam case and screen protectors.
     
  34. cal

    cal BOATS
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    i’ve pitched this to my wife, but she doesn’t want to “waste a bunch of money if it’s gonna be tossed around”

    i can’t convince her that when this amazon thing is a brick in a year, we’re back to square one
     
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  35. Simon Templar

    Simon Templar Well-Known Member
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    My kids had a gen 1 when he was little and it bricked in three months
     
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  36. bigred77

    bigred77 Well-Known Member
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    We've got a Amazon one that's like 5 years old at least and it still turns on and still works about as slowly as it ever did
     
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  37. Name P. Redacted

    Name P. Redacted I have no money and I'm also gay
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    Kansas State WildcatsSeattle Kraken

    Just lie and say the security is bad and kids get spied on or something
     
  38. killerwvu

    killerwvu Restoring WVU's E-Rep 1 Post At A Time
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    My 4 year old has one and loves it. No real issues, we've had it since Aug of last year. It's his 2nd one, they just came out with an updated version and we got the new one for his birthday
     
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  39. Pile Driving Miss Daisy

    Pile Driving Miss Daisy It angries up the blood
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    There are some serious good cases for iPads, I highly highly highly recommend that over the Amazon tablet that is dog shit slow. We bought the Amazon one and basically didn't use it after one month.
     
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  40. cal

    cal BOATS
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    sheesh not even close to the right thread
     
  41. pianoman

    pianoman my drinks are free
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    The processor for the new ones is significantly better. Still nothing compared to an iPad but much better than the previous iterations.
     
  42. Snakes

    Snakes clumsy interloper
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    Alabama Crimson Tide

    We don’t do any tablets at all. Turned my kids into little dickheads. They can still watch but it’s the TV hanging on the wall.
     
  43. Zack Zedalis

    Zack Zedalis Silver Foxin'
    Florida GatorsTampa Bay Buccaneers

    Having a beer with my oldest son while grilling out is top tier shit
     
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  44. cal

    cal BOATS
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    shockingly mine wants so he can keep doing the things they do at school
     
  45. Name P. Redacted

    Name P. Redacted I have no money and I'm also gay
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    Kansas State WildcatsSeattle Kraken

    100% here too. Tablets are for special situations.
     
  46. Snakes

    Snakes clumsy interloper
    Donor TMB OG
    Alabama Crimson Tide

    Yeah we got them for car rides but it gives one of my kids motion sickness so had to remove them for everyone. Having them around the house was a nuisance. They have been in a drawer for years now.
     
  47. Name P. Redacted

    Name P. Redacted I have no money and I'm also gay
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    Kansas State WildcatsSeattle Kraken

    Took my girls to a trampoline park thing for the afternoon and they’re passed the fuck out at 630pm. Amazing.
     
  48. letan

    letan Just looking for the gator board
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    Officially a dad of two under two now. My poor wife gave birth to a 10 pound 4 ounce and 23 inch baby today. Nurses had to weigh the baby twice to make sure it was right.
     
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  49. Name P. Redacted

    Name P. Redacted I have no money and I'm also gay
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    Kansas State WildcatsSeattle Kraken

    Jesus Christ that’s a big baby
     
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