Okay TV counts as screen time, right? Ripley has no phone or tablet use but I've noticed if I have something on she'll sometimes just sit down and space out and stare at the screen.
It's usually Battlestar Galactica, but I still turn it off if I notice her watching.
Ripley is sixteen months.
I am in the business of saving lives.
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Okay TV counts as screen time, right? Ripley has no phone or tablet use but I've noticed if I have something on she'll sometimes just sit down and space out and stare at the screen.
It's usually Battlestar Galactica, but I still turn it off if I notice her watching.
Ripley is sixteen months.
TV is the classic "screen time" yes.
re: Llama llama TV show that was mentioned last page... My daughter loved the Llama llama books, so I thought it was funny when I noticed there was a show, too, and my wife and I watched a couple episodes. I don't like it! Basically, they padded it out to make the short stories fit into an episode length, and made each of the lessons worse imo.
The "Sharing" book is great about Llama llama not being able to share. In the TV episode, his friend is super rude and pushy and breaks all of his stuff until eventually Llama llama gets upset, then he gets yelled at. The "Be Patient" episode is similar, it's no longer about being patient with his mom having to run errands, but his mom just straight-up lies repeatedly to him, and ignores him for extended periods of time when he's trying to get her attention, until eventually again he loses his temper.
Kind of disappointing compared to the books imo. Not horrible, just not really something I liked. Maybe the other episodes are better.
Anya and Niko pretty much refuse to watch most of the charming children’s shows now.
Niko likes: Pokémon, Dinosaur King, Monster Hunter/Ace Attorney anime, PJ Masks, Dino Dan/Dana (I wish he watched the latter more; Dino Dan/Dana are great shows with some solid kid acting!).
Anya likes: Pokémon, anything cutesy (Bananya), Barbie’s Life in the Dreamhouse (which could be a LOT worse than it is), anything trending with first grade girls. But she’s more apt to play games these days, which isn’t bad, especially when they’re puzzle games.
They grow up so quickly!
Also Niko’s first words to me upon waking this morning:
‘Mom, why don’t we hear a rooster waking us up in the morning?’
Okay TV counts as screen time, right? Ripley has no phone or tablet use but I've noticed if I have something on she'll sometimes just sit down and space out and stare at the screen.
It's usually Battlestar Galactica, but I still turn it off if I notice her watching.
Ripley is sixteen months.
TV is the classic "screen time" yes.
re: Llama llama TV show that was mentioned last page... My daughter loved the Llama llama books, so I thought it was funny when I noticed there was a show, too, and my wife and I watched a couple episodes. I don't like it! Basically, they padded it out to make the short stories fit into an episode length, and made each of the lessons worse imo.
The "Sharing" book is great about Llama llama not being able to share. In the TV episode, his friend is super rude and pushy and breaks all of his stuff until eventually Llama llama gets upset, then he gets yelled at. The "Be Patient" episode is similar, it's no longer about being patient with his mom having to run errands, but his mom just straight-up lies repeatedly to him, and ignores him for extended periods of time when he's trying to get her attention, until eventually again he loses his temper.
Kind of disappointing compared to the books imo. Not horrible, just not really something I liked. Maybe the other episodes are better.
I'm mixed on the Llama Llama books too. I'm thinking in particular of Llama Llama Mad at Mama (which sounds like it might be the basis for "Be Patient") where he throws a tantrum and trashes an aisle in the grocery store and hoo boy does he not face sufficient consequences for that behavior.
Okay TV counts as screen time, right? Ripley has no phone or tablet use but I've noticed if I have something on she'll sometimes just sit down and space out and stare at the screen.
It's usually Battlestar Galactica, but I still turn it off if I notice her watching.
Ripley is sixteen months.
TV is the classic "screen time" yes.
re: Llama llama TV show that was mentioned last page... My daughter loved the Llama llama books, so I thought it was funny when I noticed there was a show, too, and my wife and I watched a couple episodes. I don't like it! Basically, they padded it out to make the short stories fit into an episode length, and made each of the lessons worse imo.
The "Sharing" book is great about Llama llama not being able to share. In the TV episode, his friend is super rude and pushy and breaks all of his stuff until eventually Llama llama gets upset, then he gets yelled at. The "Be Patient" episode is similar, it's no longer about being patient with his mom having to run errands, but his mom just straight-up lies repeatedly to him, and ignores him for extended periods of time when he's trying to get her attention, until eventually again he loses his temper.
Kind of disappointing compared to the books imo. Not horrible, just not really something I liked. Maybe the other episodes are better.
I'm mixed on the Llama Llama books too. I'm thinking in particular of Llama Llama Mad at Mama (which sounds like it might be the basis for "Be Patient") where he throws a tantrum and trashes an aisle in the grocery store and hoo boy does he not face sufficient consequences for that behavior.
I made up the names of them because I forgot most of them, because our silly daughter only wants to read like, the same two Llama llama books over and over again :P
One of those is the sharing one, "Llama Llama Time to Share," which is significantly worse in TV form.
Okay TV counts as screen time, right? Ripley has no phone or tablet use but I've noticed if I have something on she'll sometimes just sit down and space out and stare at the screen.
It's usually Battlestar Galactica, but I still turn it off if I notice her watching.
Ripley is sixteen months.
TV is the classic "screen time" yes.
re: Llama llama TV show that was mentioned last page... My daughter loved the Llama llama books, so I thought it was funny when I noticed there was a show, too, and my wife and I watched a couple episodes. I don't like it! Basically, they padded it out to make the short stories fit into an episode length, and made each of the lessons worse imo.
The "Sharing" book is great about Llama llama not being able to share. In the TV episode, his friend is super rude and pushy and breaks all of his stuff until eventually Llama llama gets upset, then he gets yelled at. The "Be Patient" episode is similar, it's no longer about being patient with his mom having to run errands, but his mom just straight-up lies repeatedly to him, and ignores him for extended periods of time when he's trying to get her attention, until eventually again he loses his temper.
Kind of disappointing compared to the books imo. Not horrible, just not really something I liked. Maybe the other episodes are better.
hard disagree! Anna Dewdney is involved in the show from what I understand and I think the show teaches valuable lessons. The shopping one is real life, the mom doesn't lie, they're just busy. The lesson is both a lesson for the mom and the kid at the end, be more communicative but also more understanding and patient. also the kids destroys a whole aisle of the supermarket, even if you're trantruming that's a nono!
My son is obsessed with Dinosaur Train from PBS. It's pretty fun.
I got him some books, and I was really impressed with one of them. I don't know if it's based on an episode (since we haven't seen a lot of them), but there's a dinosaur that has autism, but they don't go "he has autism".. they just subtly mention some of the things he does. It took me until the second read-through to pick up on it. But it emphasizes respect for others.
The only thing I find kind of funny is that the carnivorous dinosaurs eat.. fish. There's a T-Rex who lives with Pteranodons.
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
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I'm not sure what it was response to, but I said "What the..." to a unusual sight.
Beside me, Mini-Muzz says very clearly "Fuck!"
It's me, I am the bad mother....
Yeah, we've been struggling with this recently. My daughter has got quite the sailors mouth apparently, but also says "sorry" pretty much any time she falls over, probably from when she'd get real close to one of us and we'd accidentally knock her over and we'd say "Sorry." Yesterday evening she ran into the coffee table, fell over, and then said "Sorry! Oh fuck." and it was so hard not to start giggling.
"I will write your name in the ruin of them. I will paint you across history in the color of their blood."
Okay TV counts as screen time, right? Ripley has no phone or tablet use but I've noticed if I have something on she'll sometimes just sit down and space out and stare at the screen.
It's usually Battlestar Galactica, but I still turn it off if I notice her watching.
Ripley is sixteen months.
TV is the classic "screen time" yes.
re: Llama llama TV show that was mentioned last page... My daughter loved the Llama llama books, so I thought it was funny when I noticed there was a show, too, and my wife and I watched a couple episodes. I don't like it! Basically, they padded it out to make the short stories fit into an episode length, and made each of the lessons worse imo.
The "Sharing" book is great about Llama llama not being able to share. In the TV episode, his friend is super rude and pushy and breaks all of his stuff until eventually Llama llama gets upset, then he gets yelled at. The "Be Patient" episode is similar, it's no longer about being patient with his mom having to run errands, but his mom just straight-up lies repeatedly to him, and ignores him for extended periods of time when he's trying to get her attention, until eventually again he loses his temper.
Kind of disappointing compared to the books imo. Not horrible, just not really something I liked. Maybe the other episodes are better.
hard disagree! Anna Dewdney is involved in the show from what I understand and I think the show teaches valuable lessons. The shopping one is real life, the mom doesn't lie, they're just busy. The lesson is both a lesson for the mom and the kid at the end, be more communicative but also more understanding and patient. also the kids destroys a whole aisle of the supermarket, even if you're trantruming that's a nono!
Okay TV counts as screen time, right? Ripley has no phone or tablet use but I've noticed if I have something on she'll sometimes just sit down and space out and stare at the screen.
It's usually Battlestar Galactica, but I still turn it off if I notice her watching.
Ripley is sixteen months.
TV is the classic "screen time" yes.
re: Llama llama TV show that was mentioned last page... My daughter loved the Llama llama books, so I thought it was funny when I noticed there was a show, too, and my wife and I watched a couple episodes. I don't like it! Basically, they padded it out to make the short stories fit into an episode length, and made each of the lessons worse imo.
The "Sharing" book is great about Llama llama not being able to share. In the TV episode, his friend is super rude and pushy and breaks all of his stuff until eventually Llama llama gets upset, then he gets yelled at. The "Be Patient" episode is similar, it's no longer about being patient with his mom having to run errands, but his mom just straight-up lies repeatedly to him, and ignores him for extended periods of time when he's trying to get her attention, until eventually again he loses his temper.
Kind of disappointing compared to the books imo. Not horrible, just not really something I liked. Maybe the other episodes are better.
hard disagree! Anna Dewdney is involved in the show from what I understand and I think the show teaches valuable lessons. The shopping one is real life, the mom doesn't lie, they're just busy. The lesson is both a lesson for the mom and the kid at the end, be more communicative but also more understanding and patient. also the kids destroys a whole aisle of the supermarket, even if you're trantruming that's a nono!
Maybe I can give it another try
I would, there are 2 seasons worth of episodes and most of them are great
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We watched a good bit of Daniel Tiger when my son was younger.. I think it may have been more useful for me than him. I remember several times when I would drop him off at school and he was beside himself. I would quietly sing "Grownups Come Back" and it seemed to make him feel a little bit better.
And it seems like all is dying, and would leave the world to mourn
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FiggyFighter of the night manChampion of the sunRegistered Userregular
Daniel the Tiger's potty training episode helped us a lot. We referenced the song all the time because it was our son's problem with training... he knew he had to go, but he did not want to stop playing to go potty and then whoops, too late.
"Noah, do you have to go pee?"
"No."
"If you have to go potty, stop and go right away"
We decided to let her lick an oreo just for funsies, and daddy accidentally stuck it a bit too far in her mouth and the little monster took advantage of that. Chomp!
OK baby, I guess you earned your first bite of an oreo there. Clever girl :P
Woo, the kids are finally at an age where we can say ‘go and play in your rooms’ and they’ll go and engage in imaginative play in their rooms while Mori and I get a chance to hang out and watch TV/eat before bedtime takes the rest of the night.
Last night they ended up building a duplo village, tonight they were both riding Anya’s unicorn.
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We have determined that if we open the slide door in the lounge and the one in our bedroom, then we have a good racing/running loop to burn off some energy.
Useful when your kid wants to be Catboy and chase Romeo
We decided to let her lick an oreo just for funsies, and daddy accidentally stuck it a bit too far in her mouth and the little monster took advantage of that. Chomp!
OK baby, I guess you earned your first bite of an oreo there. Clever girl :P
Aw man I was afraid this was one of those stories about how the kid bit your finger. Their baby teeth are sharp!
Sigh. Lost my temper and yelled tonight. I feel like a piece of shit.
It's okay, it happens. We've all done it. You're not a piece of shit. You're not a bad parent.
I am in the business of saving lives.
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FiggyFighter of the night manChampion of the sunRegistered Userregular
Noah has a friend over for a playdate. Said friend brought a small baseball bat. After telling him not to swing it around, Noah brings it down in a full overhead swing and our dog walks riiiiight in front of him and WHACK!
The tears and guilt from this little four-year-old are immeasurable.
Just absolutely wrecked my right knee doing the "bullet-time dad-dash" across the living room to deflect an almost boiling hot cup of tea Tiny Wonder nearly baptised himself with
Hey Little Buddy, how about you find something more interesting to do than "what are all the ways to maim or suicide, a comprehensive guide". Fucking...help me out
My big guys just made simple costumes from the economy diaper and wipe boxes and are pretending to be robots, so my wife and I are are feeding them lines like "system operation: take clothes up to your room, activate!", and they're happily complying since they think we're doing a lot of playing with them on cleaning day, and we are gonna encourage this particular game until the wheels fall off
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Who will stand for this terrible bald child?
I want to say that at the time it aired it was very popular
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
It's usually Battlestar Galactica, but I still turn it off if I notice her watching.
Ripley is sixteen months.
Wait, I thought this was just One Punch Man: The Early Years. Is it not?
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TV is the classic "screen time" yes.
re: Llama llama TV show that was mentioned last page... My daughter loved the Llama llama books, so I thought it was funny when I noticed there was a show, too, and my wife and I watched a couple episodes. I don't like it! Basically, they padded it out to make the short stories fit into an episode length, and made each of the lessons worse imo.
The "Sharing" book is great about Llama llama not being able to share. In the TV episode, his friend is super rude and pushy and breaks all of his stuff until eventually Llama llama gets upset, then he gets yelled at. The "Be Patient" episode is similar, it's no longer about being patient with his mom having to run errands, but his mom just straight-up lies repeatedly to him, and ignores him for extended periods of time when he's trying to get her attention, until eventually again he loses his temper.
Kind of disappointing compared to the books imo. Not horrible, just not really something I liked. Maybe the other episodes are better.
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Niko likes: Pokémon, Dinosaur King, Monster Hunter/Ace Attorney anime, PJ Masks, Dino Dan/Dana (I wish he watched the latter more; Dino Dan/Dana are great shows with some solid kid acting!).
Anya likes: Pokémon, anything cutesy (Bananya), Barbie’s Life in the Dreamhouse (which could be a LOT worse than it is), anything trending with first grade girls. But she’s more apt to play games these days, which isn’t bad, especially when they’re puzzle games.
They grow up so quickly!
Also Niko’s first words to me upon waking this morning:
‘Mom, why don’t we hear a rooster waking us up in the morning?’
I'm mixed on the Llama Llama books too. I'm thinking in particular of Llama Llama Mad at Mama (which sounds like it might be the basis for "Be Patient") where he throws a tantrum and trashes an aisle in the grocery store and hoo boy does he not face sufficient consequences for that behavior.
Beside me, Mini-Muzz says very clearly "Fuck!"
It's me, I am the bad mother....
WoW
Dear Satan.....
I made up the names of them because I forgot most of them, because our silly daughter only wants to read like, the same two Llama llama books over and over again :P
One of those is the sharing one, "Llama Llama Time to Share," which is significantly worse in TV form.
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hard disagree! Anna Dewdney is involved in the show from what I understand and I think the show teaches valuable lessons. The shopping one is real life, the mom doesn't lie, they're just busy. The lesson is both a lesson for the mom and the kid at the end, be more communicative but also more understanding and patient. also the kids destroys a whole aisle of the supermarket, even if you're trantruming that's a nono!
I got him some books, and I was really impressed with one of them. I don't know if it's based on an episode (since we haven't seen a lot of them), but there's a dinosaur that has autism, but they don't go "he has autism".. they just subtly mention some of the things he does. It took me until the second read-through to pick up on it. But it emphasizes respect for others.
The only thing I find kind of funny is that the carnivorous dinosaurs eat.. fish. There's a T-Rex who lives with Pteranodons.
Yeah, we've been struggling with this recently. My daughter has got quite the sailors mouth apparently, but also says "sorry" pretty much any time she falls over, probably from when she'd get real close to one of us and we'd accidentally knock her over and we'd say "Sorry." Yesterday evening she ran into the coffee table, fell over, and then said "Sorry! Oh fuck." and it was so hard not to start giggling.
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Maybe I can give it another try
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I guess my eldest likes math.
I would, there are 2 seasons worth of episodes and most of them are great
"Noah, do you have to go pee?"
"No."
"If you have to go potty, stop and go right away"
Then boom, off he goes.
We decided to let her lick an oreo just for funsies, and daddy accidentally stuck it a bit too far in her mouth and the little monster took advantage of that. Chomp!
OK baby, I guess you earned your first bite of an oreo there. Clever girl :P
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Last night they ended up building a duplo village, tonight they were both riding Anya’s unicorn.
Useful when your kid wants to be Catboy and chase Romeo
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Aw man I was afraid this was one of those stories about how the kid bit your finger. Their baby teeth are sharp!
It's okay, it happens. We've all done it. You're not a piece of shit. You're not a bad parent.
The tears and guilt from this little four-year-old are immeasurable.
Coming from the bathroom, "It's pee time! Hooray! ooh! Yay! Pee time! Wooo!"
Three year olds are so funny you guys.
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One of my top 5 times. Second only to poo time.
Hey Little Buddy, how about you find something more interesting to do than "what are all the ways to maim or suicide, a comprehensive guide". Fucking...help me out
Life in the Dreamhouse is to this generation what Animaniacs was to ours- full of fun stuff for the kids, but also a lot of stuff for the parents.
I can has cheezburger, yes?
Obviously.
So since I have a buzz cut and daddy has a pony tail, then I am obviously a boy and daddy is a girl just like Ellie.
But if I grow my hair out long like hers is, then I can change into a girl.
I love my kid, y'all.
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*Beep-boop*
The major benefit to growing your hair long is you can say "long hair, don't care."
So I took her dictation.
Her epic tale went as so:
“The Orange
Jumped out of
The Bowl
And went fishing
In the Sink”
My child is now a more accomplished author than I
We go to the specific park they named and Niko burst into tears, his little heart broken because the park wasn’t the one he was thinking of.
Luckily Anya remembered the directions to the other park, so we went there instead.
After five minutes of being in the park Niko remembered: ‘Oh, I don’t like this park. I want to go back to the other park!’
Kids.