I assume kids around 10 months like my son wake up in the middle of the night but then go back to sleep on their own. My son will do that... but while he is awake he will loudly make a noise that sounds like "MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" until he goes back to sleep and it wakes my wife and I up every time
it had some funny parts, but overall it was the 3rd best. Half Knight liked it better than 2 because he didn't like what they did to the Minions in that one.
I had a glorious weekend planned. Took Friday off, was going to have a nice brunch, then the Cubs game and then camping with two buddies over the weekend. Thursday morning my mother in law calls from the hospital that she had kidney stones. Now my wife has either been at the hospital or helping her mom and hasn't been home since we Thursday. So instead of a great weekend, the only person I have talked to his weekend is my dog and my 20 month old son. I love both of them but I had been looking forward to this weekend for months.
Thanks for the tips. Don't forget half-time. Damn near a day's worth of active parenting can be accomplished during half-time if your strategery is on point. Anything from books, to playing with your kids in the yard or a quick errand. For noon-kick offs, make sure the kids' lunches are prepared before kickoff. Also, you can also volunteer to take the youngest kid on a Saturday (depending on your game time). Nap time is very convenient of us east coasters for the noon kickoff games. For my 3-year old, there is a 2.5 hour nap starting at 12:30-1 while the wife has the older kids (father of 3 myself). I've even done the ole...make my assistant call me with 'urgent' work business, thereby necessitate my seclusion in my home office for a period of time to 'fix a problem at work.' Weird how it coincides with a PSU football game. Banking time can also be done the day of too. For a 3:30 game? Get the day planned starting at 8AM, get the kids hiking or park playing or whatnot so they are dead tired early afternoon. Coinciding just in time for the 3:30 game.
Anyone else with a 4 year old starting pre-k this/next week? My son's been in-home cared for by my MIL his entire life, so this will be his first really structured school setting. Got his first backpack over the weekend. I'm transitioning between careers and largely "working" from home, so I'll be the one taking him. I think he'll do great once he gets settled into the routine(which we've also never been big on) but I'm pretty nervous.
it's ultimately very good for them, regardless of the transition being tough/them being crabby and overwhelmed. My wife has stayed at home with all 3 of ours, so getting them in school for the first time is a little rough but definitely easy transition by October.
I have a good friend whose wife got pregnant about 5 months after their first. They had baby number 2 and she got pregnant again 4 months later. With twins. It stresses me out just thinking about it.
I've always thought it best to just stack up however many kids you want. To me, it just feels like it's going to suck the first few years so spreading them out is just prolonging that period. We want 3 kids so I've always had this idea that we just try and knock it out to get through those tough few early years more quickly. This is also coming from someone that is just having their first in October so this could be terrible, shitty logic.
My son is around his age. The transition into the class is key. My son has amazing drop offs with me. With the wife its hell on earth so now have the role exclusively. Some things that help with the transition... Have him walk into the room. Don't carry him. Have him put away his book bag and things. (our school also has a ID he must hand the teacher along with washing his hands) I do all those with him. Walk him directly to the teacher. Don't just let him stare into a room likely packed with kids who are revved up. Tell the teacher things he did the day before or things you will be doing later in the weeks. She can ask him questions and build a repor. Finally let him know you or your wife be back later and to have fun. As far as what he does in the room when you leave there is really nothing you can really do to affect that. My son doesn't always participate with the "lessons" but thats ok. Most of the time he likes to have playtime alone vs with the other kids. Again thats ok. We always ask on pick up if there are things the teacher sees that we can do at home that will help. Work on letters, numbers, reading, sharing ect...
I had the same strategy ( I would have been fine with 3 but wife wanted 4. Ages 9,8,6,3). Get it over with early and have em close together and when they leave the house hopefully the wife and i will be able to travel the world while we can still walk. There are many days when i question this strategy. Marriage with young kids is not easy and kids can really take a toll on you. Now that the kids are a little bit older it is definitely getting easier and more enjoyable but those early years can be pretty rough. Good luck.
Luckily, the class is pretty small, only 10 kids. Not to go too far into details that don't matter, but Mrs. Fusion likes going to church, I don't...so we go more often than not. He goes to children's church that's broken down into small classrooms, so he had that a bit. Pretty often, they're much more babysitters and peacekeepers than trained teachers, but it's something. He still has days where he doesn't want to go in, but I think school being a daily thing will help. He's a hyper kid, so him sitting down for lessons will be interesting. He seems to be smart and remember stuff well, but he's definitely going to struggle in the structure of a classroom setting. We've talked up school a lot(my wife's a teacher) and we've been by once, and are attending an open house this week before school starts. I think meeting the teacher and maybe even some of his classmates will help. I'll keep the other bits in mind.
My son also didn't like school and asked not to go... it didn't start turning around till his last teacher who he really bonded with. He also became friends with three kids in the classroom. So when he was a little hesitant about going to school we tell him he's going to hang out with friend x,y and z. Most kids this age are hyper. Seems like you guys are doing just fine.
Quick update to that post. Wife gets home yesterday afternoon. Around 6PM, our son started sounding horse. At 1 AM, he woke up and couldn't breathe easily and was really warm. He ended up having a 101.8 fever and did multiple steam showers to loose up his lungs between 1-6 AM. Because my wife took off Thursday and Friday to take care of her mom, I had to take the day off and do the doctor appointment. Needless to say, I am actually looking forward to going to work tomorrow.
About to send my 1st to K. Bus would arrive at 6:18 am, but we are gonna drive him until we feel comfy with a bus. Problem is, we are a night shift couple so our kids are naturally night shift kids. We always sleep til 9-10 am. Kid doesnt want to wake up even after 10 if he is still asleep. This is gonna be rough and I am not looking forward to it.
My girl turned 2 this week. For the last few months, she would answer, "Almost two," when she was asked how old is she. Well, I have a feeling it's going to be a hard habit to break. Me : How old are you? Her: almost 2 Me: no you are two now. Her: I'm not are two Me: yes you are two. Her crying: I'm almost two not Artoo R2 is her favorite character from Star Wars.
It's kind of a pain for us because our 12 week old doesn't want to stay in it very long, but it's better on my back than holding her in the crook of my arm.
Yes we all slept in a (2 kids, wife and me) 4 person tent. I woke up to take a leak at 5:15 Sunday morning....unzip the tent door and my one year old pops up in the pack n play to look at me. He didn't go back to sleep.
This morning he pissed on me because he is in the stage where he does everything himself and wouldn't heed my advice to point it downward to make sure it didn't spray all over like a fire hose. This evening he shit himself within 2 minutes of telling me he didn't need to go to the bathroom. I'm so over potty training.
Found out that We will be having a Boy in January. Thought we had a Girl name and a Boy name finalized but now that its a Boy my wife is possibly renege on the name.
Wife left me on back porch for 30 mins to go to the store with our 1 year old. She didnt make it to the end of the neighborhood before this.
It's pretty awe inspiring at the number of ways that a 4 yr old can change song lyrics to incorporate the words poop/pee/fart. I'm still standing, yeah yeah yeah! I'm still pooping, on my brother!
What is it about 2 year olds cakes and dicks? This was my sons from a couple years back. (I know most have already seen this)
2 days before we took our son to the beach for the first time a hawk (or some large raptor) actually grabbed a toddler off of that same beach and dropped into the water a couple hundred yards out. My wife canceled the beach trip.
We were still using the little plastic tub inside the bathtub for Mini Boomette's baths until her last bath when she shit in that. Today was her first bath in the real bathtub and she shit in it. She's two for her last two with tub shits.
Wife's due in January and found out yesterday it's a girl Oldest boy = 3.5 years Middle girl = 1 year Newborn girl in January God help me Can anyone with 3 (relatively close in age) cuddle me tell me everything is going to be ok?
I have 3 that are 4.5 years apart. The jump from 3 to 2 is almost as big as the jump from 0 to 1. Our youngest is almost 2 now so we can see the light at the end of the tunnel in terms of the awful parts of parenthood. It's hard, but you'll survive. Also, Middle Child Syndrome is quite real. We went girl-boy-boy so we're the opposite of you. I thought we would be immune or at least a little bit shielded from it since our middle child is also the oldest boy but, no, life shits on him like it does every other middle child.
My youngest is 3.5 now and things are definitely getting easier by the day it seems. No more diapers. No more bottles, sleeps through the night 95% of the time. Its a good feeling.