I guess I'm the outlier. Sleep training/cry-it-out wasn't for us. After dealing with a terribly colicky baby for 10 months and the PTSD that came with it, we just settled into a nighttime routine that lets my son determine when he goes to bed. His 'schedule' usually has him in his crib by 9pm and he generally isn't awake until 8am. In my 16 months of being a parent, my kid has done a good job of figuring stuff out on his own time and I've learned to be more patient/flexible in that area. With that being said, we will probably try to be more disciplined and structured with #2 as long as he/she doesn't get hit with the colic bug. That really was an unexpected game changer and we never really recovered.
I feel like the 2nd time around was worse than the first time around. So much more exhausting imo. My wife has gone from "maybe a 3rd" to "you get the snip" in this time period.
I am now going through the phase of baby proofing the whole house and god this shit sucks. IKEA was a nice please to get bumpers for furniture edges and outlet covers for cheap.
Yes, hi. Where do I sign up for the likes? I'm so happy/excited/terrified. Looking forward to posting in this thread with you gents.
I had sex and then made a baby. If you were ever a fan of my crazy ex stories on here this is *not* one of them... Thank Dr Tom (rip).
We had the anatomy scan this week. All good. 21 weeks and I felt him kick for the first time. That was cool.
2 yr old daughter this morning Daughter: I want you to get out of bed, daddy. Me: Why? Daughter: Because I love you!
The boy is making a name for him self. He picked up another lawn. While the other kids are sitting inside playing video games he is mowing lawns. Kid is a worker
How do you teach value of savings? I figure early on I'll match what they save when they want bigger purchases.
That is a long way away. When we were pregnant, I thought along the same lines of how do you teach things like that. Our son is now 1.5 yrs old and nowhere close to understanding money as a concept. My advice now would be give it time and worry about tummy time (on daddy's chest is a genius way to make it easier for them and better for you), crawling, walking, talking, etc. Those are your earlier battles.
I'm still in OMG everything is going to be perfect/awful stage even though I know it's going to always be somewhere in the middle. So excited regardless
fwiw-We bought this book. http://www.amazon.com/Opposite-Spoiled-Raising-Grounded-Generous/dp/0062247018 It is good but way too early for him.
Well with his guitar I made him save double what it cost. That way he has money in his bank. To be honest we are still kinda working on it, but he is not really a spender to begin with.
I remember my sister raving about some abcmouse stuff. I'm not at that stage yet with my kid, but perhaps look into that.
I was hanging out with the boy this morning before getting dressed for work. He saw me put on a dress shirt, made a sad face and asked, "have to go to work, dada?" I told him I did, but the reason I go to work is so that we can move into a big grandpa house, because we're looking for houses and he thinks anything bigger than our townhouse is big like his grandpa's house. And that got a smile back on his face. He's hilarious.
Heck, I just have t put a pair of shoes on and I get two questions. "Daddy, you going to work?" No, bud. Not today. "Oh. You going goffing?" Nope, just going outside, you wanna come? "Yeah!"
The next is a demand, not a question or statement. "You get your lawnmower and I'll get mine. Come on, daddy"
I have to make a decision by tomorrow: Last year, my kid made travel soccer. He got upset in the Spring when all of his friends who didn't make travel switched from rec soccer to rec baseball and I told him that travel soccer was a Fall/Spring commitment and that we'd try to remember this when the next tryouts come around. He made the travel team again and needs to decide by tomorrow whether to "accept the position on the team" (by me writing them a check) or to play rec in the fall and baseball in the spring. I asked him to make the decision but he's still angling for both soccer and baseball in the spring and hoping I give in.
I would encourage him to play both sports, unless you seriously think he can make a career out of soccer. I played baseball in the Spring/Summer and soccer in the fall. It was a tough decision, particularly once I got to High School, when I decided to play varsity baseball Freshman and Sophomore year then varsity soccer Junior and Senior year. I also played basketball all the way through (it was my favorite). I found many of the guys that focused on only one sport burned out by Sophomore/Junior year of high school.
Left handed hitting to left field actually. He can drive the ball pretty well, but literally every hit goes to third base/left field.
I played soccer year round along with basketball in the winter and baseball in the spring. During high school it was pretty crazy, but the spring travel soccer schedule and high school baseball schedule didn't seem to intersect to much. I used to have indoor soccer games at like midnight on a friday after high school basketball games. I was in amazing shape in high school.
what age did your kids start walking? my daughter is about 10 months old almost, she is standing up holding onto things for about the past month and can move along the couch taking steps and holding on. Just didn't know how much longer i had until i am completely screwed. Lol.
It took my kid a while to go from standing and moving around holding on to things to walking. Like 4-5 months, I think. He was definitely standing up and moving at like 9-10 months, but didn't really walk until 14.
ours was about 9.5/10 mos. if yours is already cruising or whatever they call it then you probably arent far off.
same timeline...around 13 months when my little guy started walking but was pulling himself up and getting around the coffee table around 8 or 9 months.
I'm in the same boat. Daughter is 11 months. Can now stand on her own and take 3-5 steps without holding on to anything. It's about to be game on
just hope and pray that they arent a climber. ours is 17 mos old now and our house is like a parkour course
Early in the year we put flyers out to the neighborhood about mowing. The guy next door said no he just bought a new mower (no big deal) 3 weeks and he has not mowed, he comes over today and asks if Sam wants another lawn. We originally said 25 a lawn, I looked at him and said he is pretty busy so it would be 40 Guess we will see Also have 2 deck/siding power wash jobs that really I will end up doing
So I pick Sam up at school today since he had to stay late for his jazz chorus, he walks out of the building with two girls and one gives him a kiss. I was down the street so he didn't see me. I had a brief talk with him about it as he is 13 and all but inside I was proud
So the whole molar thing is pretty awful. I feel bad for the little guy, but please shut up and eat and sleep and be normal again. Fucking Christ, kid.
My daughter is about to be 10 months old. She can walk several steps in spurts, and can reach down to grab things while staying on her feet etc. We're going to be fucked real soon.
Took my daughter to the circus today with my wife, MiL and SiL. Dinner was running a little late so we were going in about 10 minutes after the show started. We were met by a group of protesters. What a fuckin waste of life. First of all the circus isn't anything like it used to be. And I do feel for the animals but they definitely crossed the line with some of the shit they were saying near and in the direction of my daughter. I was raging but have a cool enough head to keep quiet and keep walking. /rant
My daughter was born Monday and we just got back to the house this afternoon. The wife is a certified rock star, seriously some newfound respect for the ole broad. She didnt want a c section period, so she pushed for a long time even after it was offered and looked kinda hopeless, and got it done. She's handled breastfeeding well after being discouraged at first. Just awesome. Best 72hrs of not sleeping I've ever had.