For any of you with toddlers, there's a Toy Story marathon on FreeForm (formerly ABC Family) later today, as well as tomorrow. The toy story movies are one of the only things my 4.5 year old boy and 20-month old girl will agree on and my wife actually recently bought the DVD package of all 3 to provide me some help prior to a week long work trip she had to take. That said, it'll be nice to now have access to all 3 films on each TV in the house just in case; I'm actually recording all 3 at my parents house, too, for any emergency assistance needed in the future whenever we're over there with the kids ;)
Can whoever is sabotaging Clown Baby 's thread please stop. He is a very conscientious father who care very much for this thread
I have already started buying heifers for my daughter. By the time she is nine and can show we will be set.
Thanks friend. I just don't understand why this thread hates Clown Baby's children. They deserve love too.
Mini Boom fell and hit his head on the playground yesterday, resulting in a huge black and blue knot on his forehead. Mom took him for chocolate chip pancakes and all was right in the world.
Wife took him to the doctor and he was fine. No vomiting, no irritability, no enlarged pupils. Damn you got a good memory. But that was his sister, and their great grandmother.
Doesn't matter, got you good you fucker! We're taking the little squirt for her 2 month checkup Thurday. Trying to last (with some nanny help) until a month from now when she starts daycare. Sleeping well at night but we're doing so many things durine the day so that she's tired when she goes to bed at 7:30.
Kinda random but used to play hockey with a pediatric oncologist. Brilliant guy but could just not imagine his day to day and the conversations he has had to have. But then can't even imagine the highest of highs for him when he gets to tell parents their child is cancer-free. but the funny part is on the ice the guy was almost unhinged with his competitiveness. Every shift he cursed at himself out loud. If he made a mistake you could hear his audible "FUCK!!!!!!!!!!" throughout the building. You'd think from his on-ice persona he would be easily frustrated around kids - but then you know what he does for a living and you just have to laugh with him
a friend's husband went into this a few years back, and it was one of the first questions I had for him. How do you handle the heartbreak and pain that will fill those hallways and rooms? He replied exactly how you said, that those parts would definitely be hard, but cancer is happening whether we like it or not. He can face the harsh reality, all while working towards those success stories of telling kids and parents that they've won the battle. One of the greatest things he said too, was these kids and parents are going through hell. Every day I can walk in the room smiling and happy to see them, and be the best part of their day. Makes me tear up just thinking about him. Dude is a saint
Anyone ever had issues with their kids sleepwalking? Our son will wander the house at night while speaking gibberish, then has no memory in the morning.
Well my wife is part Polish, Irish, and German, so all signs point to yes with my Scottish heritage. But I don't think so at 8.
moved little man to his own bedroom this weekend. 2 nights of pretty good sleep for him, and great sleep for daddy. Mom is a nervous wreck, tried comforting and acting sweet but inside i'm jumping for joy and enjoying my amazing new sleep again. Coming to work refreshed feels pretty amazing. He woke up once at 4 am today, but made it to 6 for feeding so I'm thinking he's going to do just fine. Wife also brought up what timeline we want to think about #2 this weekend lol... Dude is 5 months but she had a point, our nephew is a 3 almost 4 year old terror, and my sis has a 9 month old with him. She wants to beat the potential 3 year awful year with a baby, and I think i'm on board. Rip the bandaid off now, get them done early and closer together. Who's got kids right about 2 years apart? Pluses/minuses?
My kids are like 4.5 years apart and it's farther than I would have liked, but it took about about 15 months to conceive #2 (#1 was almost instantly). In some ways a wider gap is good because the older sibling can help (or at least feel like they're helping) with baby and there's less likelihood of the older getting jealous of baby.
Mine are around that. Pluses: -Close enough to have a typical sibling relationship -Piggybacks on that but younger one (for us) progressed a little faster because she wanted to be like her older sibling -You are still used to the young kid phase. It's easy to forget how much work babies can be pretty quickly. -Car seat that your older one grows out of still works for the younger one unless it's gender specific. -You don't store all that baby stuff for as long. -When they get a little older their friends can all play together pretty easily. Minuses: -2 kids under 3 is a shit ton of work and the older one might get pretty bent out of shape. -If your older kid isn't potty trained having 2 kids in diapers isn't that fun, I imagine. Potty train the older one. -Sleeping can be rough depending on each child's propensity for sleep. -2 daycare bills for a few years if your wife works. I would do it that way again, for sure.
Both my kids were potty trained ~2.5 or so. Some potty train earlier than 2 (girls usually it seems) and some after 3. It's doable but you have to go with whatever the kid will do because forcing that is not great bob. With that said it's pretty minor. You're buying 2 sets of diapers and dealing with changing both but it'd be a short term issue regardless.
I have a 4 year old and 2 year old (both girls) with another one due in January (probably a girl ). I agree with what's said above, they're close enough in age that they can play together. The 2 year old wants to sit on the toilet, but isn't old enough to have the control to be potty trained. They share a room for sleeping and that seems to work well. The other bedroom was turned into the play room.
next question: we got this monitor simply because my older sister had it an I guess liked it. Unlike me, I did no research on monitors and we just registered for it. As is, we hate it. The camera might as well have tape over it, it's so damn grainy. And the cord for the motion sensor you put in under his mattress is so short you basically can't use it, which is a big reason it's so expensive. Any monitor recommendations? Going to research this week and look at selling ours and paying the difference for a new one. It's too key of an item to hate already and have to use it for multiple kids.
Plan Planning on getting this http://arlo.com/en-us/products/arlo...mOPsy_wLaS7RtGlIQsyTH4Lr_7Ey3cUxoC7MEQAvD_BwE
when we were looking, it was like height of the "don't get one on wi-fi hackers will talk to your baby" scare. So of course we didn't even get to look at any of the newest models that take advantage. I have a secure network at home (20 character password), is it really that big of a risk? And honestly, is it even worth being scared and losing out on the benefits of the new stuff?
Have a 4 and 2 yr old and Bo Pelinis hit the nail on the head. If you're worried about the oldest being potty trained in time for the new baby's arrival, I suggest the 3 day method. Pretty good outline of it here. Only different tip we did was telling our oldest "let us know when you have to go potty" instead of "do you have to go potty?" It's a subtle difference, but it makes them feel in control and helps avoid the power struggle of when they say no. http://www.parenting.com/toddler/potty-training/how-3-day-potty-training-method-works
My first two kids (girls) are about 16 months apart and my boys are about 2 years apart. I like having the girls close in age. They play with each other all the time and have a lot of the same friends etc. The longer you wait the harder it will be to get back into the parenting routine. My youngest just got potty trained and i can't even think about buying diapers again. Getting up in the middle of the night again. Doing the whole bottle thing again. Our plan has always been to have kids early and then hopefully the wife and i will have time to travel when they are out of the house.
I've seen some of my neighbors struggle with signal on the none Wi-Fi versions and I like the ability to go over to a neighbors if the kid is down and still be able to look into the nursery. Also my wife travels for work so I know this will be helpful in the future.
Anyone had their kid's tonsil's removed? My daughter has strep again, and the doc mentioned if it happens a few more times he can take them out. Just wondering what the process, recovery, etc are like
So the 8 month old is rolling over in her bed at night onto her stomach and proceeding to scream her head off. Happens probably twice a night and each time we have to go in there and turn her over because she just won't do it herself. Its weird because when we put her on her stomach during the day she loves to roll over onto her back and laugh. Any suggestions?
Could be but she's been sleeping in her nursery for 6 months and i'd assume she at least has an understanding of the dark to this point.