we also have one of these rope swings in another branch that they like a lot as well because they can climb on it and look in the neighbors yard
What kind of haircuts are you letting your boys get these days? My 8 year old came home last night and said he wants to get a burst fade. He's been growing his hair out for awhile and every time I've mentioned getting it cut, he argued against it. Now he's ready to get it cut and I'm not sure he's got the head shape to pull it off. His head is huge. Typically in the past, my wife would take him to the cheapest place possible and it usually looks like crap. I've got a gift card for an actual barber from before stopped fighting with my hair loss and started shaving my head. I asked him why the burst fade? Cooper DeJean was his answer....I should have known. At least it's not Kittle's ratty haircut as that's his favorite player.
I didnt know what Cooper DeJean looked like, so I googled him. its not a bad haircut, but LOL the first couple of pictures of him I saw I thought he looked like a teenage youtuber or something. 11 year old has had one hair cut in like 2 years, and it was just a trim. His hair is long and I think its hilarious, but my wife wants him to get it cut. His uncle is a barber and he wants to get corn-rows again like he did over christmas break. He looked like white boy carl
it's just hair and it will grow back. as long as it's not something offensive (or there isn't some milestone family event coming that will have pictures taken) I'll let my kid do whatever dumb shit he wants and learn from his own mistakes/have stuff to laugh at him for in the future.
Wagon shopping the Veer City XL vs. the Veer All-terrain XL. The main difference is the position of the fixed wheels. City fixed wheels are near the handle so it pushes like a stroller. AT the fixed wheels are opposite the handle so it pulls like a traditional wagon. Leaning towards the city. Please advise and Tia.
It is but been so worth it only thing we haven’t used it on is the beach Loose gravel, grass, hard surfaces, trails handled it all really well.
we had an All-Terrain Radio Flyer Wagon we used to take to the beach mostly. it eventually rusted from the salt water but we got 4-5 summers out of it and it was under $200.
Took my son to a "Touch a Truck" event his weekend. Dude was cheesing like Donald T in the driver seat of countless dump trucks, excavators, fire trucks, etc. Then went to an indoor play place with all his buddies he's known his whole life. Constantly told me thank you and he had the best time and I was the best dad (mom too). For all his chaos he's very sweet
yeah I got one of those beach wagons with huge wheels. had it a few years and the screws are rusty but it still works pretty good. think I bought it for like $175 on Amazon. Now use it shuttle baseball shit.
Good feedback, thanks. Planning on using a 20% REI code (see below) not sure if I could stack them, probably not. Yeah it’s high for sure but I know we’ll get our moneys worth out of it with a 3 and 1 year old. REI is running a 20% off single item purchase for members through March 24th and I have some rewards cash…code Member2025
grab the soft seats if you're going over any uneven surfaces with regularity. My 2 y/o got a sore butt our first ride without the cushion, she's been fine since. The parent organizer and side nets have been go to's for storage If you have an infant seat the connector for it is clutch but looking forward to not needing it as youngest is strong enough to sit in the seats on her own. Its so easy to keep clean
just pulled the trigger on the city XL (4 seater)…all-in $650 after 20% coupon, rewards cash, and saved $85 with in store pickup. Retail price $799.
Shew. Second trip with a flight with our almost two year old. Little under 4 hour flight. Trying to keep her entertained was much tougher then I thought. We let her sleep in and tried to time her nap time to be on the flight, but she only slept maybe fifteen minutes. They announced boarding for the plane, and she pooped so here we are rushing to change her before boarding, she's crying, we get on the plane and I guess the loud speaker scared her and she's crying, we finally get her settled after a few minutes. Hit some turbulence the last half hour, and she throws up, was frazzled and didn't think about trying to grab a barf bag, so her shirt and pants have puke, me with a little bit on my shirt, get her consoled after a few minutes and thankfully she's fine. Get off the plane and change her. Fun times. I'm doing this all solo on the way home Friday, send up positive vibes plz.
that is the absolutely worst age. Getting the shit kicked out of me by my 2-year old on a cross country red eye in December of 2020 is my Vietnam.
I've traveled solo with my kid but never by plane. I hope you're earning big dad points with your spouse.
So at what age did yall start leaving the kiddo home alone like during the summer? Boy is 11, gunna be going to jr high next year. We live in a super quiet /safe rural neighborhood. Like i haven't locked my garage door ever, regularly leave the truck unlocked, etc. There is zero worry about anything happening on that front. He started this year getting home before us on the bus 3 or 4 days a week, and he fixes his own ramen noodles for snack and there hasn't been any incidents there Like honestly the only thing I would worry about him doing is not cleaning up after making him something to eat. There is only like 7 school aged kids in the neighborhood, ranging from a few years younger than him to like 15. He hangs out with them all. Only one of them is even close to a trouble maker, and I could easily tell him no hanging out with Eli when nobody is home I'm thinking pretty minimal on camps this summer, and actually think he's only a year or so from aging out of even being able to go to most of them. And i would hate for him to be the awkward older kid there. So what age did yall start letting your kids just stay home most all day during their time off school?
I would never let my 2.5 hear old stay home alone. I leave him cigarettes and cab fare to get to One Two s favorite brewery.
Yeah if you trust him give him shot for a few days and check on him with cameras or random pop ins. We let my 8 year old walk a quarter mile to his friends house yesterday and his parents were pretty shocked. He was so grateful for the Independence we knew he wouldn’t do anything stupid.
it’s a good question - I think if you can trust him at home after school, you can trust him at home at summer, with the caveat that he needs something to do/some kind of project to work on that will keep him busy for some of that time because that’s a long time for a kid of any age to have to themselves
Middle school was about when I started to stay home without a baby sitter. Probably even some in 5th grade if I was "sick". Mom taught, so she was home in the summer with my brother and I vs full access to the house all day. But most summer I was out in the n'hood with friends or at the beach.
I'm imagining toddlers pissing off every childless adult at a brewery but it's because the kids keep ordering flights and get a minimum of five tastes each time they go to the bar.
taking a shit 3 y/o: Dad what you doing? gritzy: using the bathroom 3 y/o: I help you dad. [pulls all the toilet paper off the roll and runs away] gritzy:
Okay...apparently transformer toys in 2025 are fucking impossible puzzles. It has 25 fucking steps to transform it from robot to truck
My 5 year old did a psychiatric test that showed he was very ADHD but also possibly gifted. The main reason I believe the gifted part is he figures out how all of his transformers work just by feeling it out. Meanwhile I try to move something while analyzing impossible instructions paperwork and pieces come off and I want to throw things.
My wife wants to get my son test bc she has been diagnosed with ADHD as an adult. His main issue he gets super frustrated very quickly
I honestly need to test as an adult. I think it would explain some things. that said yeah my guy gets frustrated VERY quickly but then quickly recovers if it’s resolved (such as trying to find something for example).
How old is he? That would be a typical behavior of ADHD but also typical of general population of 4 year olds for instance. I have 3 kids diagnosed (10, 7, 4) and it became obvious after the fact that my wife has undiagnosed ADHD. My 10 year old is 99th percentile in math so he was a late diagnosis because he didn’t struggle in school.
My seven year old daughter is the same way and I've been pushing us to at least try out a small dose of medication. She's definitely on the ADHD spectrum, a child psychologist diagnosed her as having auditory processing disorder a couple of years ago. She can absolutely learn at her grade level but if anything is hard the first time it's a lot of tears and difficult to refocus. We constantly tell her that no one gets anything right the first time and that's the whole point of doing school work, but it hasn't stuck.
my 7 year old has the same problem - he’s bright but very easily discouraged if he doesn’t get it right away. Hasn’t ever been diagnosed for ADHD but there is family history so that’s a possibility for him, too. I’ll take any advice I can get on building resiliency.
Same. Starting to think it's very common at this age. It's really the one thing that causes problems with my 7 year old. If he doesn't win at something or doesn't think he's doing well enough he gets pissed and starts talking to down to himself "I suck. I hate myself" and usually the situation ends in a fit or timeout. He's extremely bright, great athlete but god he can't even play a game of P-I-G without it being a catastrophe if he loses.
Checking in here with a similar 7 year old as well. Not just losing, but every game has to be by his rules. If they don't go 100% to his standards or specifications, he lashes out. Very bright and funny kid when he's in a good mood but very jeckyll and Hyde when it comes to getting him to handle losing or failure or having to do something he doesn't want to do