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Kids, no not the movie, we're talking the real deal

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  • TayaTaya Registered User regular
    That's great news DC; you must be incredibly relieved!!

  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    WOOOOO! Great news. :D

  • testsubject23testsubject23 King of No Sleep ZzzzzzzRegistered User regular
    Yay! That's good news - poor little thing's been through enough already.

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  • HammerHorrorHammerHorror Registered User regular
    Whew, that's good to hear! Now you can plan for the future - like when to introduce your little'un to explosive propellants:
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    My son is certainly a fan. :)

  • testsubject23testsubject23 King of No Sleep ZzzzzzzRegistered User regular
    Aw, nice! I used to build & launch model rockets with my dad!

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    Oh man DC, that's a relief.

  • QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    Oh thank god, such good news

    Look at that smiley on that rocket, awesome

  • SyphyreSyphyre A Dangerous Pastime Registered User regular
    That is excellent news, DC.

    Haha I noticed the smiley on the rocket too, Quoth

  • premiumpremium Registered User regular
    That must be one heck of a relief DC!

  • TheStigTheStig Registered User regular
    Noice

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  • lonelyahavalonelyahava Call me Ahava ~~She/Her~~ Move to New ZealandRegistered User regular
    that's great news DC. *hug hug hugs!*

    Seriously, awesome.

  • belligerentbelligerent Registered User regular
    Thank god. I was worried for you DC.

  • ProlegomenaProlegomena Frictionless Spinning The VoidRegistered User regular
    DC, my initial reaction was "thank fuck for that", so that's what I'm going with

  • DisruptedCapitalistDisruptedCapitalist I swear! Registered User regular
    edited May 2012
    Thanks guys. I feel sheepish for hijacking the thread over what turned out to be a mistake of my own creation. At least Lily is okay either way.

    @HammerHorror your kid is one handsome devil. Better keep him away from my girls!!

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  • QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    You guys, bear with me please as I vent

    I certainly would not call any stay at home mom lazy, or imply that she doesn't work

    But I have to do all the same stuff in half the time, so if you can go traipsing off to the park for a play date every other day, then stfu about how you're so stressed and you need a mani-pedi waaah SHUT UP*



    *actual shutting up not compulsory, I know I am being a whiny jerk

  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    :(

    It's got to be so tough.

    I am already not looking forward to going back to work; not 9 hour days, at least! I feel bad enough being away from Anya for a half hour, especially as she's been going through a period this week where she just wants me. It's like I'm betraying her when I'm not there.

  • DisruptedCapitalistDisruptedCapitalist I swear! Registered User regular
    I feel ya Quoth. My wife and I work full time, and what with all of Lily's issues lately we're really beginning to wonder if either of us can continue after maternity is up. Besides this thread is the place to whine. I know it makes me feel better. ;-)

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  • Evil_ReaverEvil_Reaver Registered User regular
    Mrs. Reaver started having contractions last night; thought we might be going to the hospital but turns out it was just a false alarm. No water breakage and the contractions never got more frequent than 15 minutes apart.

    Ugh, the anticipation is killing me!

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  • SyphyreSyphyre A Dangerous Pastime Registered User regular
    edited May 2012
    My depleted reserves have really started to hit me over the past couple of days. It's amazing how little sleep I've been learning to deal with. My wife as well.

    @Evil_Reaver your little one will be here before you know it, so don't worry too too much.

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  • testsubject23testsubject23 King of No Sleep ZzzzzzzRegistered User regular
    Oh no...
    I'm looking after both kids today while my wife's at the comic con...
    They were good for the first hour, but now the boy just won't stop shrieking. He ate before mom left so he shouldn't be hungry. His diaper's freshly changed. I'm heating up a bottle for good measure, but god that sound...
    Send earplugs?

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  • testsubject23testsubject23 King of No Sleep ZzzzzzzRegistered User regular
    Cancel that. He just turned his head to the side in mid-shriek, and passed out. I feel like a failed parent, but at least the noise has stopped.

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  • HammerHorrorHammerHorror Registered User regular
    Thanks guys. I feel sheepish for hijacking the thread over what turned out to be a mistake of my own creation. At least Lily is okay either way.

    @HammerHorror your kid is one handsome devil. Better keep him away from my girls!!

    Thank you, sir - he gets it all from his mom.

  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    Two hours a night Anya will just scream and scream unless I hold her and then it's instant silence

    I feel bad for my mother as she's usually the one holding Anya while I'm dashing to the bathroom

    Anyway Anya was waaaaay over stimulated this evening (car journey + being passed around relatives) and was not falling asleep for anything until Mori read to her, he has a magical lulling reading voice, yay (god it was sending me to sleep too)

    And now I should sleep as last night I got very very little

    At least my mother and Mori have been sleeping well! Mori drives so much I am petrified of him not getting enough sleep

  • ThreeCubedThreeCubed Grandma Winky's fat ankles Registered User regular
    edited May 2012
    Well, it's late, but happy mother's day to all you mothers, especially if this is your first.

    I took my mother to the tiger park, and they were giving mothers a free photo session with a tiger cub. After that, we took her on the tour that concludes with interaction with some baby animals, including another older tiger cub. We were playing with the cub who was very excited, and he grabbed my mother's arm in his mouth.

    The attendants freaked out, but the cub has been trained not to bite down, so all she ended up with was tiger slobber on her arm instead of a wound.

    tl;dr For mother's day, I paid to have a tiger maul my mother. I am the best kid.

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  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    Haha! How was your mother? Not too freaked out, I hope?

    We went to a restaurant with my mother and DE?AD and his girlfriend. Anya was pretty good, remained asleep until we had nearly finished eating, then I had to go to the car to feed her.

  • ThreeCubedThreeCubed Grandma Winky's fat ankles Registered User regular
    edited May 2012
    Janson wrote: »
    Haha! How was your mother? Not too freaked out, I hope?

    We went to a restaurant with my mother and DE?AD and his girlfriend. Anya was pretty good, remained asleep until we had nearly finished eating, then I had to go to the car to feed her.

    She was disappointed that the tiger didn't actually wound her. Because was a great scar that would be. (She still hasn't gotten over the fact that she doesn't have a scar from haunted scarecrow. We were setting up our Halloween decorations, and she working on the scarecrow. His arm was nailed onto his support stick, and he was holding a real sickle. Just as she bent down to fix his pants, his sleeve tore away from the nail, and his arm holding sickle swung down and barely missed her head. I was watching from the house when it happened, and it was the coolest near miss ever.)

    Otherwise, she was totally thrilled to rough around with the cub.

    Did your other half get to join you?

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    Gosh I hope so, I had to drive them after all.

  • lonelyahavalonelyahava Call me Ahava ~~She/Her~~ Move to New ZealandRegistered User regular
  • FishmanFishman Put your goddamned hand in the goddamned Box of Pain. Registered User regular
    For mothers day, my wife threw up. Twice. Despite her near unending nausea, that actually represents a significant amount of actual vomiting incidents of the last 4 months. For my part, I tried not to draw attention to the fact it was mother's day. She may appreciate the fact that it passed without notice in future.

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    Aw, I'm sorry your wife isn't doing well. Rachel threw up for the first... Six months? It suuucks.

  • DisruptedCapitalistDisruptedCapitalist I swear! Registered User regular
    Fishman wrote: »
    For mothers day, my wife threw up. Twice. Despite her near unending nausea, that actually represents a significant amount of actual vomiting incidents of the last 4 months. For my part, I tried not to draw attention to the fact it was mother's day. She may appreciate the fact that it passed without notice in future.

    Yeah, my wife was sick until halfway through the 3d trimester too. I'm just glad I can put garlic on food now without my wife yelling at me. Lily's back home now and mostly ok, but when she gets the hiccups it pulls on her stitches and she gets really upset. Otherwise I'm glad to have her home and no particular problems.

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  • belligerentbelligerent Registered User regular
    The baby had his first projectile milk vomit on mothersday. I took a picture of the wife (who was holding him) and posted it on facebook.

    Happy mother's Day!

  • SyphyreSyphyre A Dangerous Pastime Registered User regular
    Happy Mothers Day indeed to all the ladies and the wives of the men who post here.

    Twas a pretty special day for my wife, and also for the mom's who are now grandmothers.

  • Sir CarcassSir Carcass I have been shown the end of my world Round Rock, TXRegistered User regular
    My 3 year old son has pink eye in both eyes and a cold, both of which he gave to me. Being a parent is fun.

  • testsubject23testsubject23 King of No Sleep ZzzzzzzRegistered User regular
    Ick! Pink eye is entirely yucky... though fortunately I've never contracted it myself.

    My eldest has a cold now, too, which is just pitiful - she uses a soother still as a comfort/security thing, mostly when she sleeps, so when she can't breathe through her nose she can't have her soother in, which means she doesn't really sleep. And when she doesn't sleep, NOBODY DOES. Nothing like a toddler howling at the top of her lungs at 3am because she *sooo tired* but can't back to sleep... Poor li'l thing (and poor parents).

    And there are no baby cold medicines! All the ones I could find were either for 6 years and up, or homeopathic (read: charlatanry). Tynenol & ibuprofen are about it - which help with the fever, but that's all.
    I got her the cutest humidifier, though - it's got a whale on top, and the mist comes out of its blowhole. It seems to have helped her sleep; last night we had no freakouts.

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  • DisruptedCapitalistDisruptedCapitalist I swear! Registered User regular
    My 3 year old son has pink eye in both eyes and a cold, both of which he gave to me. Being a parent is fun.

    Seems like everytime my daughter got pinkeye I got it too. I even washed my hands frequently, but I still got it. Being a parent is fun.

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  • Sir CarcassSir Carcass I have been shown the end of my world Round Rock, TXRegistered User regular
    All we can give my son when he is sick is this honey based cough syrup. It doesn't do much, but it does help his cough for a little bit. And he enjoys it.

    He does not enjoy the eyedrops the doctor gave us for the pink eye. Every time I say "It's time for your medicine" he says, "In the mouth?" I say no and he says "Nooooooooo". Usually bribing him with getting to ride the school bus is enough. Thankfully he hasn't figured out he's riding it either way.

  • testsubject23testsubject23 King of No Sleep ZzzzzzzRegistered User regular
    All we can give my son when he is sick is this honey based cough syrup. It doesn't do much, but it does help his cough for a little bit. And he enjoys it.

    He does not enjoy the eyedrops the doctor gave us for the pink eye. Every time I say "It's time for your medicine" he says, "In the mouth?" I say no and he says "Nooooooooo". Usually bribing him with getting to ride the school bus is enough. Thankfully he hasn't figured out he's riding it either way.

    LOL! I have to figure out how to trick 'em like that.
    My daughter actually runs in the other direction if you mention the word "medicine", and so far it's always been oral... I think we'd have to get out the restraint straps if she needed eyedrops.

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  • PeenPeen Registered User regular
    Sir Carcass, that is genius. I'm going to start bribing my kid with things she'd have gotten anyway immediately.

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