So last night because mom was sick and daddy was uhhh being lazy as hell... I let my son go to sleep with the kindle hoping he'd like watch for thirty minutes and then go to bed. Imagine my surprise when I went to bed two hours after I put him down and hear the kindle still going... Figuring maybe he just left it on I go in there to get it like a ninja "hi daddy"... BED NOW
Yeah because of a similar incident our daughter is no longer allowed to have her chrome book even in her room when she goes to bed. She's too much like me and would stay up until she heard a weird noise, that noise being the first birds of the morning.
In other happy kid news, six-year-old had a first appointment with a new pediatric dentist today which I was nervous about, not doubting his courage but because of my own anxiety about how much I hate going to the dentist. Was thrilled and relieved to get a text from my wife with a happy pic of a smiling little boy and a note that she LOVES this dentist.
At the same time we got a call telling us a spot opened up in the next level of his swimming lessons which we had otherwise been wait-listed for, so long as I stop on the way home this evening and pay for it, which is awesome.
Man, when you're a parent, it's funny that mundane stuff like that makes it feel like the BEST DAY EVER.
With my older son (6y old now), we took him to our normal dentist at the start, and he flipped out. I think we had to pay for something like three "appointments" where he wouldn't let the nice dentist lady touch his mouth.
The pediatric dentist was a godsend. Older son loves the dentist now, and his brother and sister also love the dentist (they never went to the normal dentist).
Siglet started grinding her bottom teeth against her top tooth tonight and it is driving me bonkers holy shit
My daughter has been grinding her teeth recently as well (4y old). It sounds like she's actively removing enamel. I ask her to please not do that every time.
However, pretty much every time I get a new dental hygienist at the dentist, they ask me about me grinding my teeth. Which I'm not aware that I even do.
Last night or little boy was insistent that Mommy loved him, and Daddy loves sister. And that Daddy didn't love him, and I didn't love his sister.
This morning, he said me and him were super heroes, and his sister and Daddy were bad guys.
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
Took the kids to the grocery store to figure out what's for dinner while the wifey is doing sorority stuff.
Me: Ooh, we can get organic chicken breast and I'll cut them into strips! Then you two can help season them with the flavors you want! I can grill any veggies you choose and make mashed potatoes too!
Youngest son: I want dinosaur nuggets.
Oldest son: I'll have regular nuggets.
Me: ...
Oldest son: Can we get the microwave French fries too?
I'm, I'm just going to go lay down in traffic for a few minutes. Damn kids.
It really is a great time for a baby moon, or to simply just play a lot of games and do anything that requires a lot of your attention!
So I’ve mentioned Niko is like me (loves chocolate, obsessive personality, tidy & organized, keeps a good mental inventory of his belongings). Anya, meanwhile, is just like @Moriveth - they share many positive traits, such as being avid readers at a young age, but then there’s also this...
Niko: I put my shoes on!
Me: Oh, you did! Well done Niko! Anya, can you put your shoes on, please?
*a couple of minutes later*
Me: Anya, you have one shoe on and it’s on the wrong foot.
Anya: Oh, silly me! *pulls her shoe off*
Me: Anya... they’re still on the wrong feet.
Anya: Whoops! I forgot!
Me: Well, if they’re on the wrong feet, just switch them around.
Anya *pulls off her shoes and tries again*
Me: Anya... how on earth did you get them on the wrong feet again?
Anya: My silly brain! I forgot again.
Anya: Mommmmm, where’s my necklace?
Me: Well, you were wearing it when I buckled you in the car seat, and you haven’t moved, so... are you still wearing it?
Anya: No I’m not!
*pause*
Anya: Oh wait, I am.
Me: *tells Mori about the necklace*
Mori: Well, when we were in the zoo earlier there was a tortoise sitting riiiight in front of the glass, and she couldn’t see it! It was RIGHT THERE!
Me: Well, you’re one to talk.
Mori: Hey!
A short while later:
Mori: Raaaachel, where’s your phone?
Me: It’s on the bed.
Mori: No it’s n- oh, it’s right in front of me.
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Yesterday I had one of those moments where I was legitimately inspired to be a better person by my kid.
Ian (6) has just started his second level of swimming lessons. The first stage didn't really involve getting his head fully submerged, so we've been working up to that and encouraging him to dunk his face during play in the kiddie pool in our backyard. JP (4) watched him do it and started doing it himself, which surprised mom and drew her attention and encouragement. Well Ian was having none of that, and immediately responded "I can dunk deeper than JP!" and proceeded to do so.
This got me thinking about bravery, defined as doing something you need to do even though you're afraid to do it, and how genuinely brave little kids really have to be all the time. Life as a little kid is largely out of your control and consists of being shuttled to activities and forced into them during school and kids just suck it up and deal with it. I thought about how much of my life through high school involved feelings of anxiety about stuff I had to face, and it's a big chunk of growing up.
Then you're an adult with autonomy and it's so much easier, when faced with something you don't want to do, to just not do it. Obviously adults have their share of have-to's as well but even in those cases you can often steer the ship towards something that's more comfortable.
So today I have new resolve. There are things I should do that I haven't been doing because I could find an excuse, thereby avoiding something uncomfortable. Not today though! Today I'm going to be brave like my six-year-old son and just freaking do it.
Hello fellow parents. There is a stupidly, ridiculously long coach ride in my future. Please recommend for me simple Android games that might distract my 2 year old for some hours.
Requirements: works offline, no in-app purchases. I can pay a few dollars if the recommendation is suitably enthusiastic.
I don't know where he got the scorpions, or how he got them into my mattress.
Hello fellow parents. There is a stupidly, ridiculously long coach ride in my future. Please recommend for me simple Android games that might distract my 2 year old for some hours.
Requirements: works offline, no in-app purchases. I can pay a few dollars if the recommendation is suitably enthusiastic.
Nothing can occupy a two year old for hours
We use sticker books with some success on flights. We probably get 30 minutes of engagement with that if she's in the mood
Homogeneous distribution of your varieties of amuse-gueule
Hello fellow parents. There is a stupidly, ridiculously long coach ride in my future. Please recommend for me simple Android games that might distract my 2 year old for some hours.
Requirements: works offline, no in-app purchases. I can pay a few dollars if the recommendation is suitably enthusiastic.
Nothing can occupy a two year old for hours
We use sticker books with some success on flights. We probably get 30 minutes of engagement with that if she's in the mood
Sticker books, colouring books, games of snap, cheap jigsaw puzzles, anything.
For long plane journeys in the past we've been to the local pound shop and just grabbed handfuls of "activity book" things. Some of them came with crayons or stickers, but wrapped up they gave a few things to do - unwrap, inspect the contents, flick through the book, stick some stickers, colour some pictures, then get bored and want to do something else after 20-30 minutes.
Intersperse that with eating, watching an episode of something they enjoy, and some time spent playing games on the tablet / phone and the time will fly by*
As for app recommendations - mine loves the Toca series of games. Toca Farm on Android is fun because he likes piling people up inside the cowsheds and getting the tractor stuck in mud. Get some headphones for them if you get the Toca game that lets you make music, though, for your own sanity.
* Go on forever and ever and never end
The one about the fucking space hairdresser and the cowboy. He's got a tinfoil pal and a pedal bin
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Hello fellow parents. There is a stupidly, ridiculously long coach ride in my future. Please recommend for me simple Android games that might distract my 2 year old for some hours.
Requirements: works offline, no in-app purchases. I can pay a few dollars if the recommendation is suitably enthusiastic.
NyQuil?
*Editor's note - giving children adult medications can be deadly, this advice was given in jest, not a serious suggestion.
Hello fellow parents. There is a stupidly, ridiculously long coach ride in my future. Please recommend for me simple Android games that might distract my 2 year old for some hours.
Requirements: works offline, no in-app purchases. I can pay a few dollars if the recommendation is suitably enthusiastic.
NyQuil?
*Editor's note - giving children adult medications can be deadly, this advice was given in jest, not a serious suggestion.
I think Chris meant to suggest children's melatonin, but he might hate meat sacks, so who knows.
Well I guess I was unclear, I didn't mean hours at a stretch like: "here kiddo, take my phone and play, dad's going to sleep now". I am familiar with the attention span of my child.
I meant hours cumulative.
Hmmm, sticker books. I wonder if it's possible to find something like that around here.
I don't know where he got the scorpions, or how he got them into my mattress.
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god the amount of volume they are able to produce doing this
easily a top 5 worst noise of all time contender
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Yeah because of a similar incident our daughter is no longer allowed to have her chrome book even in her room when she goes to bed. She's too much like me and would stay up until she heard a weird noise, that noise being the first birds of the morning.
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With my older son (6y old now), we took him to our normal dentist at the start, and he flipped out. I think we had to pay for something like three "appointments" where he wouldn't let the nice dentist lady touch his mouth.
The pediatric dentist was a godsend. Older son loves the dentist now, and his brother and sister also love the dentist (they never went to the normal dentist).
My daughter has been grinding her teeth recently as well (4y old). It sounds like she's actively removing enamel. I ask her to please not do that every time.
However, pretty much every time I get a new dental hygienist at the dentist, they ask me about me grinding my teeth. Which I'm not aware that I even do.
Abigail was quite excited to meet the Chick-Fil-A cow today.
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This morning, he said me and him were super heroes, and his sister and Daddy were bad guys.
Me: Ooh, we can get organic chicken breast and I'll cut them into strips! Then you two can help season them with the flavors you want! I can grill any veggies you choose and make mashed potatoes too!
Youngest son: I want dinosaur nuggets.
Oldest son: I'll have regular nuggets.
Me: ...
Oldest son: Can we get the microwave French fries too?
I'm, I'm just going to go lay down in traffic for a few minutes. Damn kids.
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"Daddy, I had porridge, with cinnamon..."
"Oh, that sounds delicious!"
"... and basil, and thyme, and cumin."
"Did... did you eat all of it?"
"I ate... some of it."
No no. It had to be the Tyson ones. It's like taking box mac n cheese over real mac n cheese. Madness I tell you.
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I'm not saying it was the best use of that time, but I'm not saying it wasn't, either.
Anything and everything you want to do that could be interrupted by a tiny crying creature that absolutely requires all your attention to stay alive.
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This is a good movie to watch around October 20...
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Honestly, this.
It really is a great time for a baby moon, or to simply just play a lot of games and do anything that requires a lot of your attention!
So I’ve mentioned Niko is like me (loves chocolate, obsessive personality, tidy & organized, keeps a good mental inventory of his belongings). Anya, meanwhile, is just like @Moriveth - they share many positive traits, such as being avid readers at a young age, but then there’s also this...
Niko: I put my shoes on!
Me: Oh, you did! Well done Niko! Anya, can you put your shoes on, please?
*a couple of minutes later*
Me: Anya, you have one shoe on and it’s on the wrong foot.
Anya: Oh, silly me! *pulls her shoe off*
Me: Anya... they’re still on the wrong feet.
Anya: Whoops! I forgot!
Me: Well, if they’re on the wrong feet, just switch them around.
Anya *pulls off her shoes and tries again*
Me: Anya... how on earth did you get them on the wrong feet again?
Anya: My silly brain! I forgot again.
Anya: Mommmmm, where’s my necklace?
Me: Well, you were wearing it when I buckled you in the car seat, and you haven’t moved, so... are you still wearing it?
Anya: No I’m not!
*pause*
Anya: Oh wait, I am.
Me: *tells Mori about the necklace*
Mori: Well, when we were in the zoo earlier there was a tortoise sitting riiiight in front of the glass, and she couldn’t see it! It was RIGHT THERE!
Me: Well, you’re one to talk.
Mori: Hey!
A short while later:
Mori: Raaaachel, where’s your phone?
Me: It’s on the bed.
Mori: No it’s n- oh, it’s right in front of me.
Write your book, record your album, paint your masterpiece, whatever it is, do it now, now I say.
Sept 6, baybeee
Hmm, hopefully no more babies though.
Moriveth Diary: 7 September 2018.
Mrs. Moriveth has informed me she is three weeks pregnant. I am also out of frozen peas.
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"What did you do with Zachariah today, honey?"
"He's a boy! Boys have a penis!"
.....
"Girls have a vulva!"
My favorite variation of that was the out-of-the-blue, non sequitur statement of my friend's 4-year-old niece:
"Girls have po-po's, boys have humma-humma's!
One time Niko refused to give me a hug and I jokingly said "Niko, you're a beast!"
His response was "AND MY PENIS IS BIIIIIIIIIIG!"
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Ian (6) has just started his second level of swimming lessons. The first stage didn't really involve getting his head fully submerged, so we've been working up to that and encouraging him to dunk his face during play in the kiddie pool in our backyard. JP (4) watched him do it and started doing it himself, which surprised mom and drew her attention and encouragement. Well Ian was having none of that, and immediately responded "I can dunk deeper than JP!" and proceeded to do so.
This got me thinking about bravery, defined as doing something you need to do even though you're afraid to do it, and how genuinely brave little kids really have to be all the time. Life as a little kid is largely out of your control and consists of being shuttled to activities and forced into them during school and kids just suck it up and deal with it. I thought about how much of my life through high school involved feelings of anxiety about stuff I had to face, and it's a big chunk of growing up.
Then you're an adult with autonomy and it's so much easier, when faced with something you don't want to do, to just not do it. Obviously adults have their share of have-to's as well but even in those cases you can often steer the ship towards something that's more comfortable.
So today I have new resolve. There are things I should do that I haven't been doing because I could find an excuse, thereby avoiding something uncomfortable. Not today though! Today I'm going to be brave like my six-year-old son and just freaking do it.
Requirements: works offline, no in-app purchases. I can pay a few dollars if the recommendation is suitably enthusiastic.
http://newnations.bandcamp.com
Nothing can occupy a two year old for hours
We use sticker books with some success on flights. We probably get 30 minutes of engagement with that if she's in the mood
Sticker books, colouring books, games of snap, cheap jigsaw puzzles, anything.
For long plane journeys in the past we've been to the local pound shop and just grabbed handfuls of "activity book" things. Some of them came with crayons or stickers, but wrapped up they gave a few things to do - unwrap, inspect the contents, flick through the book, stick some stickers, colour some pictures, then get bored and want to do something else after 20-30 minutes.
Intersperse that with eating, watching an episode of something they enjoy, and some time spent playing games on the tablet / phone and the time will fly by*
As for app recommendations - mine loves the Toca series of games. Toca Farm on Android is fun because he likes piling people up inside the cowsheds and getting the tractor stuck in mud. Get some headphones for them if you get the Toca game that lets you make music, though, for your own sanity.
* Go on forever and ever and never end
NyQuil?
*Editor's note - giving children adult medications can be deadly, this advice was given in jest, not a serious suggestion.
I think Chris meant to suggest children's melatonin, but he might hate meat sacks, so who knows.
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I meant hours cumulative.
Hmmm, sticker books. I wonder if it's possible to find something like that around here.
http://newnations.bandcamp.com