Just bought a basketball goal to hang from my garage. I have 0 patience when it comes to stuff like that. Should be fun.
What’s everyone’s experience with buying a play set for the backyard? Is it worth it? I feel like it would be similar to most toys in that they wouldn’t play on it much. I think I might just go swing set.
Mine is the same. She is 3 years and 1 month and the most frustrating part is that she has pooped on the potty like 5x already but she refuses to now. We tried not putting the diaper on but she held it for 3 days and then we caved and put the diaper now so she would poop. No idea what to do. Tried bribing with everything but she won’t budge. Effin kids man.
It's mostly a phase, we went through the exact same thing with our daughter around that time. We had to resort to giving her a suppository a couple of times. I was told giving kids food with lots of fiber, like carrots, cucumbers, etc. can help.
I got a set from Costco similar to Degausser’s and put it together myself. It’s been worth every penny, my kids play on it every day from April- October. My wife does stay home full time and home schools so my situation isn’t representative of everyone’s though.
We bought a Rainbow Playsystems playground on Black Friday in 2020. It was a quarter of the normal cost and they installed it all for us. Our kids love it but we also live right by a neighborhood park which does limit some of the use. Overall worth it based on the price we paid versus the normal price. My kids are 7 and 4 (soon to be 8 and 5) and they will definitely use it for at least a few more years. That gets us at least 7 or 8 years of use.
Regret not doing it sooner. Kids 8 and 5 now and feel like it’s on the tail end of doing it at this point.
Wife talked me into a metal set. Has a little trampoline, a saucer, 2 swings, an slide and a seesaw thing. All three kids want to swing, and are too little for a standard swing, so we took off the saucer and now have 3 little tikes swings attached. The girls love them, and cry when they have to get out. Boy might have motion sickness like his mommom. I still would have rather had a big wooden one. It was a play set or trampoline.
It's definitely worth it. Anything with multiple swings, a slide, and a "clubhouse" up top will get used a ton.
Watching/reading poop-related things helped us. "What is Poop" is a light-hearted book that our kids giggled at. As frustrating as it is right now, eventually they will figure it out. Our older daughter did the thing where she looked down to see the poop coming out on the toilet and got so scared she wouldn't try it again. We had to put the diaper on her while she sat on the toilet to poop so there was at least a correlation that the toilet is where we do that. Just stay consistent and supportive.
had a playset in the old house when the kids were 5/3/1 and it got some use but not a whole lot except for the swings. in the next house now that the kids are a little older we went with a trampoline. they are on it almost every day. we love it.
Mother’s Day: wife gets an hour massage, a manicure, and we go to brunch as a family Father’s Day: wife sleeps in until 830 and I make breakfast for me and the kids At least today won’t cost $500
Got some T shirts and a couple Hawaiian shirts. This is my fav https://kahala.com/products/dukes-pareo-short-sleeve-shirt
Wife and I were both laying in bed for 5-10 minutes when our son woke up and started crying. Wife got up to use the toilet then directed me to go get him and change his diaper. She couldn’t do it because she’s going to the bathroom and I am just laying there doing nothing. Guess who wiped down a big poopy butt and got the kids dressed. 19 times out of 20, on Sunday mornings we go to a sit down restaurant (because wife prefers them) and it often drives me fucking nuts because hungry young kids are not patient or quiet. I said I wanted to go to McDonald’s for breakfast (it’s fast and there’s a play place) and am told by my wife “no, I hate McDonald’s, etc” and she’ll only consider it if we go to the drive through and then go to the park. The whole car ride my oldest is asking if we can play at the play place so I mentally decide fuck it, we are eating inside and am taking a reprieve from adjusting plans to match her wants. Wife says “fuck that I am staying in the car” (she doesn’t) and then goes inside and basically sits at the table on her phone while I do all the parenting for feeding/cleaning them. I’m then told in the car she doesn’t want to talk to me because I blatantly disregard her feelings, etc. She’s now at target because she needs to cool off and I’m home with the toddler cleaning to get him tired for a nap. Father’s Day is not a real thing. I needed to vent. Thanks for listening.
^^ this gave me ptsd ^^ I never once asked for a medal, but it would be nice to not get actively shit on for at least 1/2 a day once a year. There's 364 other days for this kind of theatre. But in the end, real courage is finding the strength to continue babysitting our own kids. Cheers to all the other dads out there!
My wife and I have our issues but the stuff some of you guys have to deal/put up with from your signficant others blows my mind sometimes. It sucks you have to deal with that on fathers day of all days. That being said, happy dads day dudes. Fam made me breakfast in bed. Got a couple of different bags of sunflower seeds to try(it's little league season), a nice new golf polo and a giftcard to our local golf shop. Heading over to my inlaws shortly for lunch. Pretty nice little sunday so far.
No worries, it's good to vent. Pay me no mind, everything came rushing up at me when I read this. #Isleepinaracingcardoyou?
My Father’s Day gift is staying on budget this pay period which means no Father’s Day gifts for me I’m an adult and buy what I want, but I value financial discipline over whatever unnecessary junk I would have received (and paid for) I also want my kids to not fight today
Got to sleep in until 930 today. Latest I’ve slept since our first kid was born a little over two years ago. Was great.
About to go eat lunch by myself. Have had two bourbon drinks thus far. Living at my parents and my mom is giving me her passive aggressive shit but wife said go do you. Lovely woman.
I slept until noon. Had some sex and wife made me breakfast. Took a nap. Got a shirt & some flip flops. Wife and daughter are making some kind of fresh peach dessert 10/10 so far I did get a side eye from wife and she said “you’re lucky it’s Father’s Day” in reference to me getting v drunk last night. Look bae slaw is in the losers bracket in cws not my fault this time
Kinda but not really thanks for making me feel bad about my life on Father’s Day Jesus Christ some people
One of the best parts of being a dad is figuring out how you connect to each kid as they grow up. I've never pushed my kids into anything save maybe trying to persuade them to cheer for UF over Mrs. Scorpio's FSU (I'm batting .500). My 12 yr old daughter and I connect through fantasy and animals. She's in tune with nature, which bleeds into the type of media content she seeks out. The girl discovered and fell in love with Star Wars entirely on her own, but just said Lord of the Rings is her favorite (same!). She's the type that will eventually read the books. The same goes for Harry Potter, but of course the books can't be read at my urging. The moment a friend challenges her for anything I know she'd like, game on. She already wants to live out in the wilderness of the Rockies, and I honestly want to join her. My 10 yr old son and I connect through the standard sports, but based on his personality, as he gets older, we're honestly going to connect more through things like comedy, video games, food, and just life experiences. In rewatching King of the Hill, he's basically Bobby Hill. The boy ain't right, but he's the most entertaining thing in my life.
Apparently few dads like the zoo, was dead on Saturday. Could see all the shows without stressing and the girls had a great time. next Father’s Day go to the zoo
I love the zoo. I get the animals shouldn't be caged, but I really enjoy the day with the family. Probably going on Wednesday. We have had a yearly pass the last 3 years. But tough with kids so young.