That is cute as hell. My daughter shows her initiative in different ways. My wife had her, the neighbour's daughter and another wee kid over yesterday. The young lads mum brought over some chocolates for them all to share. While having coffee in the kitchen my wife notices it's gone quiet. The young lad is entertaining himself in the sitting room, and my wife discovers the two girls hiding under the duvet of our bed scoffing all the chocolates upstairs. I'd have loved to have seen their faces when she threw back the coverMy 5 year old has one of those little VTech cameras that can take videos as well, found it by his bed when I tucked him in the other night and had a look at what he's been taking pictures of.
He's been setting up his little bed light when he's in bed, and recording his wrestling matches with his figures and doing the commentary. We started watching similar on YouTube the other day so he's clearly trying to do his own version. Found it so bloody cute that he'd gone away and done that in secret and how he made his own little set up to do it as well, quite a proud father momentWhen I asked him, he wanted to make his own YouTube channel so people could watch them.
Not really a question or an advice post, just sharing a cute kid story
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I feel like I can see the light and my girl is not even 4 yet. This morning she got up, did a poop by herself, got dressed and ready for nursery and everything while my wife and I lay in bed. Honestly I was so happy. The sound of those turds splashing in the toilet was like music to my ears. I think maybe when school starts in Sept we might have a semblance of normal life.
So yeah, no more for me thanks. Just waiting to get the snip. Hats off to you brave fellas, but not for me!
So yeah, no more for me thanks. Just waiting to get the snip. Hats off to you brave fellas, but not for me!
Haha hey, I love my daughter, but I've seen how hard more than one is!
Discovering how hard it is to tell my 3 year old son not to swear when he copies me and then subsequently keep a straight face and not laugh or smile as I tell him off.
Yesterday my daughter came into the bog after I'd used it and said "open the window! JESUS!"
I had to try hard not to laugh. That's my wife through and through.
As already said, car seat is essential (make sure you can lift the whole thing out without mucking about or you'll risk waking him up).
Other than that, nappies, wipes and loads of muslin squares. Like, lots of them. Also, expect him to be in onesies at all times except for trips out of the house, because those cute little outfits are a ballache to change every couple hours when they spew on them or when you need to change nappies. Clothes are basically an optional extra compared to those little suits. On that one, I recommend the ones that unbutton down the middle and not the ones that button down to one leg. Trust me on that one.
Moses basket was awesome for us (moving her without waking her up was a lot easier), but other people don't rate them so ymmv.
Other thing that was awesome for us: one of those toilet seat shaped cushions for feeding. If you're doing bottle feeding it can wreck your neck holding them for like 30mins a pop, and the cushion saved my shoulder and neck after some serious pain.
Hope everything is okay dude. I know that helpless panic. My daughter once peaked over 40C and was lying on the sofa barely breathing. Awful. Hoping for a swift recovery!Reliving a nightmare currently.
My little girl had viral meningitis when she was six weeks old (now three) and now we going through it with out four week old little girl
Referred to pediatrics from the out of hours yesterday at local hospital and initially the senior doctor wasn't to concerned and just wanted to do blood tests but whilst there her temperature spiked so she was taken straight off for a lumber puncture and then a minimum 48 hours of antibiotics until they can tell what the spinal fluid cultures are doing.
Just spoken to wife and she had a bad night with her and they have said they think "something is brewing" as her temp went over 39 degrees in the night
Don't worry mate, you've nearly broken the back of it by now. He'll soon start waking up less in the night (by less I mean fewer times). It gets a bit easier before it starts getting harder
The little wee man has arrived some over 3 weeks ago and what a stressful time it has been. 2 weeks paternity leave went by pretty quick and after the first day was done, the wife had to go back to hospital to get her gallbladder removed.
That was at the end of last week, so it was just me and the little one till wednesday when the mrs came back home. I don't know how single mums do it, i was pretty much a zombie for the duration the mrs was gone lol.
apart from that, he seems very behaved so far.
Screen time we just say when and then let her get the screaming out of her system. Obviously we prepare her a bit (I'm setting a timer for 5 mins and then you'll turn off your tablet etc) and most of the time it's grand and she just switches it off.How do you guys moderate stuff like screen time and what healthy snacks do you go for? I've found my kids will demolish a pack of fig rolls and they're not too bad with fruit and veg, but im not sure what which are healthiest cereal bars to go for. I typically let them have a brunch bar or something like that once in a while. I realise this may get very polarising responses
Snacks, I say if she's hungry after dinner she can have a banana. No snack snacks or she just eats less dinner knowing she can have snacks later. Boring but filling bananas only. During the day we're a bit more flexible, but bowls of chopped up fruit are our go to.
Congrats dude!
My daughter is doing some next level negotiation at the moment and I don't know how to handle it. Normally if she's being difficult I'll do something like
"if you don't go brush your teeth I'm going to take X away from you for a whole day"
And then if she doesn't comply I do that. Repeat etc.
Now if I do that she will stand up, take the thing I'm threatening to take away, no matter how dear to her, and throw it in the bin. Same with planned outings "I don't want to go anyway".
She'd rather burn everything she holds dear than have it taken away or give in to whatever small demand I'm making. Stubborn!
"if you don't go brush your teeth I'm going to take X away from you for a whole day"
And then if she doesn't comply I do that. Repeat etc.
Now if I do that she will stand up, take the thing I'm threatening to take away, no matter how dear to her, and throw it in the bin. Same with planned outings "I don't want to go anyway".
She'd rather burn everything she holds dear than have it taken away or give in to whatever small demand I'm making. Stubborn!
I wish, that'd be an easy fix! It's more like she's committing super hard to her bluff. She knows I don't make idle threats so the only way to counter my consequences is to take control of the punishment by enacting it herself. I'm a bit stumped as to how to overcome it. I'm slightly impressed that she's decided victory is worth more than all of her possessions.Sounds like she's called your bluff
8 months?! Bloody hell they must have had beards when they came out!It's official, I am now firing blanks! Had the op oack in July but there was still residual swimmers in my samples for the last 8 months.
It's only taken 4 children (oldest 14 youngest 19 months) to decide I needed clipping
I'm scheduled in for May and the prospect of having to wait a further 8 months to, ahem, enjoy the positive side of it is a bit of a downer.
I'm gonna bash one out twice a day to clean the old pipes out. There will be nothing left, dead or alive, by day 10
The voice of experience! Will keep that in mind.I though this was a good idea but it soon became soremake sure you have some lube to ease your way through it!! Oh and no lube for your sample.pots or it will get rejected as contaminated.
Yeah that's where I'm getting it done (I'm just up in odd down). Good to hear they know what they're doing!
Yeah we had that. She never stayed a whole week in nursery without coming out sick for months. Caused us all sorts of grief at work. As said, this gets better eventually and it's just seasonal stuff that gets you. With a cough and a temperature you might want to work from home in case it's the dreaded covid 19 as you'll get whatever they get
Been there, I now always lean my head to the side when I pick my daughter up. She proper chinned me quite recently and I was sure I'd broken a tooth.
christ on a stick, that's my coffee out my nose and all over my desk bahahahahaha
It burns but my nose will recover. Roaring with laughter at that
I was only half joking, mate. By the time I go in for my first post op test it'll be like a pepperami.
We considered the tied tubes option for my wife, but it seemed like a more serious op and really I have a vested interest in this.
Assuming my appointment doesn't get cancelled, I will not look down
Congrats dude, welcome to the club. I was on a conference call tonight with a bunch of VPs and my daughter ran in and shouted "daddy I love your butt!" at the top of her voice to troll me. Chip off the old block
No, in that clip the wife grabs the child away, and does not instigate the whole incident in the first place.You're not a news presenter are you