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I Really Hope the [Kids] are alright

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  • DepressperadoDepressperado I just wanted to see you laughing in the pizza rainRegistered User regular
    guys, I probably mentioned it around here, but I'm gonna be an uncle in a few months and I'm v. psyched

    I am gonna spoil the hell out of that kid, and turn them into a li'l scamp

  • crimsoncoyotecrimsoncoyote Registered User regular
    Well, older kid woke up vomiting this morning and was sent home from daycare yesterday with a fever (though those have been inconsistent). Definitely not feeling like herself. Not sure if this is a continuation of the rsv infection from last week, or yet another thing she's picked up--she was acting like herself on Monday and Tuesday.

    My wife and I have some cold symptoms. We were supposed to fly to NYC this morning, so we had to cancel that and now we're in "recover as much money as we can" mode.

    Everything sucks.

    Brought her to the doctor. She has pneumonia. Hopefully some antibiotics will help clear it up.

  • MegaMan001MegaMan001 CRNA Rochester, MNRegistered User regular
    As COVID tore through our house the kids couldn't return to daycare for ten fucking days, so I've had them both home all week and rapidly learned that you need some goddamn structure to survive with children at home.

    So by day three we had a solid breakfast, cartoons, work out, park, errands, lunch, napping, snack, cartoons, arts and crafts, and then Mom should be home thank God.

    I am in the business of saving lives.
  • ahavaahava Call me Ahava ~~She/Her~~ Move to New ZealandRegistered User regular
    I still remember that first day of our Level 4 Lockdown back in March 2020. I was working like normal, hubby was working like normal. Ellie was doing her thing that 4 year olds do (read: destroying the house with toys and lego everywhere) and then suddenly a little voice at my elbow "Mommy, I'm really hungry."

    FUCK

    It's now 11am and I haven't given her anything since breakfast since like 730.

    and that was when I realized that we did not have anywhere near enough food in the house....

  • DaMoonRulzDaMoonRulz Mare ImbriumRegistered User regular
    https://youtu.be/xa_psdlZmvM

    Parents are parents

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  • BrodyBrody The Watch The First ShoreRegistered User regular
    Took Sapling in for her 5 year check up, and her COVID shot. She started asking me shortly before leaving if she was going to get a shot, and I didn't want her to start spiraling early, but also didn't want to outright lie, so I told her "I don't know, we'll have to talk with your doctor." This mostly worked, until we talked about it with the doctor, and then it was like we were there to torture her. She balled herself up in her arms and kept trying to pull my arms to better cover every inch of her, balling about "I don't want a shot." Then after the nurse came in, and a round of true panic, she held still long enough for the nurse to give her her shot, and right after it was done she said "Wait, that was it? That wasn't bad at all." ffs kid

    "I will write your name in the ruin of them. I will paint you across history in the color of their blood."

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  • KalnaurKalnaur I See Rain . . . Centralia, WARegistered User regular
    Brody wrote: »
    Took Sapling in for her 5 year check up, and her COVID shot. She started asking me shortly before leaving if she was going to get a shot, and I didn't want her to start spiraling early, but also didn't want to outright lie, so I told her "I don't know, we'll have to talk with your doctor." This mostly worked, until we talked about it with the doctor, and then it was like we were there to torture her. She balled herself up in her arms and kept trying to pull my arms to better cover every inch of her, balling about "I don't want a shot." Then after the nurse came in, and a round of true panic, she held still long enough for the nurse to give her her shot, and right after it was done she said "Wait, that was it? That wasn't bad at all." ffs kid

    I see your kid takes shots about as well as I do. :lol:

    Verbal communication continues apace with our kid. He has this app that provides a simple "fill in the squares to recreate the image shown" and the image was a cat, so instead of making the cat, my wife spelled out cat. He furrowed his brow, selected white (the default background color) and proceeded to start erasing the letters, and he'd erased them in such a way that for a moment it read "hi" and so my wife pointed this out and he somewhat angrily scribbled out the rest of the color, and then said "Nonmum! We-uh makin' a CAT."

    No, mom. We're making a cat. Implied was the "Geez. The program's not that hard, mom."

    So his tendency to get more verbal when excited or angry or annoyed continues . . . :lol:

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  • mittensmittens he/himRegistered User regular
    Good thing: my child was supposed to be asleep for the last 2.5 hours gets up by herself because she has to go to the bathroom. This is a great step on the way to dry diapers in the morning!
    Bad thing: she apparently wrapped nearly an entire roll of toilet paper around her arm to "be a mummy" and then tried to flush the evidence down the toilet causing a massive clog that I couldn't plunge or snake out.

    She knows 2-3 squares of TP is all that's needed to wipe (we repeat that mantra every time I help her go to the bathroom) and she's normally such a good and bright kid that normal toddler behavior like this just throws me for a loop. I'm hoping the toilet paper will disintegrate enough that it'll clear on its own, otherwise it'll be a trip to the hardware store to get a dedicated toilet auger. Luckily we have another toilet in the house.

  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    Honestly, toilet augurs are so inexpensive now that it's probably good to have anyway. I have a couple different sizes for different drains.

    They can't make up for your inability to use them though, not that I've ever had that problem.

  • DaMoonRulzDaMoonRulz Mare ImbriumRegistered User regular
    m!ttens wrote: »
    Good thing: my child was supposed to be asleep for the last 2.5 hours gets up by herself because she has to go to the bathroom. This is a great step on the way to dry diapers in the morning!
    Bad thing: she apparently wrapped nearly an entire roll of toilet paper around her arm to "be a mummy" and then tried to flush the evidence down the toilet causing a massive clog that I couldn't plunge or snake out.

    She knows 2-3 squares of TP is all that's needed to wipe (we repeat that mantra every time I help her go to the bathroom) and she's normally such a good and bright kid that normal toddler behavior like this just throws me for a loop. I'm hoping the toilet paper will disintegrate enough that it'll clear on its own, otherwise it'll be a trip to the hardware store to get a dedicated toilet auger. Luckily we have another toilet in the house.

    Are you a bad enough dude to pee so hard it obliterates the toilet paper?

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  • CorvusCorvus . VancouverRegistered User regular
    A kettle full of boiling water will probably break that clog up pretty easily.

    :so_raven:
  • CalicaCalica Registered User regular
    Corvus wrote: »
    A kettle full of boiling water will probably break that clog up pretty easily.

    Uh. Don't pour boiling water into a sink or toilet. It can melt seals or even crack the porcelain :grimace:

  • mittensmittens he/himRegistered User regular
    Update on the toilet situation: I went out and bought a toilet auger on my lunch break today and 5 minutes with it was enough to break the clog enough that my plunger was able to push it through. We also had an age-appropriate conversation, and my daughter and wife made and decorated signs to hang up in the bathroom that say "3 squares!" Hopefully we got through the message "you broke the toilet and daddy had to fix your mess, please don't do it again" without scaring her enough to regress on her toilet training :neutral:

  • MegaMan001MegaMan001 CRNA Rochester, MNRegistered User regular
    edited August 2022
    m!ttens wrote: »
    Update on the toilet situation: I went out and bought a toilet auger on my lunch break today and 5 minutes with it was enough to break the clog enough that my plunger was able to push it through. We also had an age-appropriate conversation, and my daughter and wife made and decorated signs to hang up in the bathroom that say "3 squares!" Hopefully we got through the message "you broke the toilet and daddy had to fix your mess, please don't do it again" without scaring her enough to regress on her toilet training :neutral:

    Your new augur has already paid for itself and will continue to do so

    MegaMan001 on
    I am in the business of saving lives.
  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    I somehow totally missed that part before...

    Yes... three squares. Only three. Yep, definitely.

  • ProlegomenaProlegomena Frictionless Spinning The VoidRegistered User regular
    edited August 2022
    MegaMan001 wrote: »
    m!ttens wrote: »
    Update on the toilet situation: I went out and bought a toilet auger on my lunch break today and 5 minutes with it was enough to break the clog enough that my plunger was able to push it through. We also had an age-appropriate conversation, and my daughter and wife made and decorated signs to hang up in the bathroom that say "3 squares!" Hopefully we got through the message "you broke the toilet and daddy had to fix your mess, please don't do it again" without scaring her enough to regress on her toilet training :neutral:

    Your new augur has already paid for itself and will continue to do so

    that certainly augurs well for the future

    Prolegomena on
  • DisruptedCapitalistDisruptedCapitalist I swear! Registered User regular
    Huh. all this talk about augers reminds me I haven't actually had to use my auger in years!

    "Simple, real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time." -Mustrum Ridcully in Terry Pratchett's Hogfather p. 142 (HarperPrism 1996)
  • KetarKetar Registered User regular
    Shadowfire wrote: »
    I somehow totally missed that part before...

    Yes... three squares. Only three. Yep, definitely.

    This was a really unexpected way to find out the m!ttens is married to Sheryl Crow.

  • DaMoonRulzDaMoonRulz Mare ImbriumRegistered User regular
    If you have a kid that is a slow learner or have been told they have a learning disability, and you've never had their eyes examined....PLEASE! I BEG YOU, PLEASE, get their eyes checked by a doctor. DO NOT rely on those stupid school screenings!

    I had a dad bring his son in for an exam today, kid is 7, says he has ZERO issues with how he sees, but also says he can't recognize his letters yet...so I test him using pictures. He can't even see the pictures! I'm talking 20/200! The doctor starts his refraction, and all of a sudden he can read letters!

    My job can be SO frustrating sometimes!

    As someone with average vision stories like these always SEEM fake (it's not, this is from my wife). I have a respect for the human ability to adapt and also eyes are just magic, I'm pretty sure.

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  • sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    My wife is pregnant.

    I have wanted to be a father since I was like 13 years old.

    I am 41. I cannot believe this is finally happening. I am so fuckin' psyched for this, I cannot wait for poopy diapers.

  • ahavaahava Call me Ahava ~~She/Her~~ Move to New ZealandRegistered User regular
  • sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    My nieces are pulling hard for a girl. :P

  • MegaMan001MegaMan001 CRNA Rochester, MNRegistered User regular
    Did anyone else have kids go through a phase where they just refused to sleep under their blankets? Like Ripley just curls up on top of her blankets and just why

    I am in the business of saving lives.
  • honoverehonovere Registered User regular
    Ours wants the blanket maybe as long as we're reading bedtime stories and basically never sleeps under them if she can
    Never

  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    Jaina sleeps under all the blankets or none of them, and it doesn't seem to have anything to do with whether she's hot or cold. Whatever, as long as she sleeps.

  • MulysaSemproniusMulysaSempronius but also susie nyRegistered User regular
    Need to buy a uniform for my son...
    Good news is, he's going to a charter school that has a program and supports for autistic kids.
    Bad news is, he's going to a charter school and the nonsense around that.

    The uniform is... like, it's OK enough. But I need to find navy pants with a button or zip fly-
    difficulty level is that I need pants with no belt loops. I mean, belt loops are allowed, but then he would be required to wear a belt, and I don't really see that happening without some issues. But every pant I see with a fly also has belt loops. Anybody have any suggestions? Bonus points for if the fly isn't strictly necessary, but you can pull pants on and off without undoing the fly...

    If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
  • honoverehonovere Registered User regular
    Can you remove the loops?

  • MulysaSemproniusMulysaSempronius but also susie nyRegistered User regular
    honovere wrote: »
    Can you remove the loops?

    I mean, theoretically, I should be able to. Would I be able to without ripping them, or otherwise messing them up? maybe...
    But yes, that is my back-up plan.

    If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
  • mittensmittens he/himRegistered User regular
    honovere wrote: »
    Can you remove the loops?

    I mean, theoretically, I should be able to. Would I be able to without ripping them, or otherwise messing them up? maybe...
    But yes, that is my back-up plan.

    Go to any fabric/craft store and buy yourself a seam ripper. It's super useful for slicing through threads without ripping the fabric. I use it all the time for cutting out scratchy shirt tags as well. Also you know when you buy pants that have the cardboard tag showing the size and it's sewn with thread onto the waistband? Great for picking those annoying little threads out.

  • SharpyVIISharpyVII Registered User regular
    MegaMan001 wrote: »
    Did anyone else have kids go through a phase where they just refused to sleep under their blankets? Like Ripley just curls up on top of her blankets and just why

    My three year old is doing this now.

    Says his toes get too hot under the blankets....

  • MegaMan001MegaMan001 CRNA Rochester, MNRegistered User regular
    SharpyVII wrote: »
    MegaMan001 wrote: »
    Did anyone else have kids go through a phase where they just refused to sleep under their blankets? Like Ripley just curls up on top of her blankets and just why

    My three year old is doing this now.

    Says his toes get too hot under the blankets....

    Like three months ago she declared that her blankets must be completely smooth on her bed and placed in such a way that the underlying sheet cannot be seen. That evolved into the current situation of no blankets at all.

    I am in the business of saving lives.
  • crimsoncoyotecrimsoncoyote Registered User regular
    Our 4 year old went through a phase a few months ago where she needed to have about 6 blankets on top of her, all different sizes and styles, and they had to be in the exact right order.

    Our 2 year old now doesn't want any blankets ("no blanket me") and will get upset and kick them off if you try to put them on. That is, until we leave the room and she shouts/cries "blanket me!" until we put them on.

  • MegaMan001MegaMan001 CRNA Rochester, MNRegistered User regular
    I was on call all week and my wife is out of town presenting her research so I'm sorry children, Disney Plus is your father now.

    I am in the business of saving lives.
  • schussschuss Registered User regular
    My daughter is 50/50 sleeping like an angel under blankets and sprawled out on top like she was just in a car accident. As long as they're sleeping - eh, whatever

  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    My
    Need to buy a uniform for my son...
    Good news is, he's going to a charter school that has a program and supports for autistic kids.
    Bad news is, he's going to a charter school and the nonsense around that.

    The uniform is... like, it's OK enough. But I need to find navy pants with a button or zip fly-
    difficulty level is that I need pants with no belt loops. I mean, belt loops are allowed, but then he would be required to wear a belt, and I don't really see that happening without some issues. But every pant I see with a fly also has belt loops. Anybody have any suggestions? Bonus points for if the fly isn't strictly necessary, but you can pull pants on and off without undoing the fly...

    My friend I have GOT you.

    Old Navy have Chino style pants with an elastic waist band and a hidden drawstring. From the outside they look like regular chinos with a button and zip fly, but they're nice and comfy elastic and a drawstring to keep them in place. The fly and button are functional, but you don't need to use them.

    I have two pairs and as a guy who hates wearing belts, they're GREAT.

  • ProlegomenaProlegomena Frictionless Spinning The VoidRegistered User regular
    I feel like someone in here recommended the book "Tranquility Parenting" and I want to thank them but I can't remember who it was. Or for that matter if it was even this thread.

  • SharpyVIISharpyVII Registered User regular
    Took my three year old son to my friends 50th birthday party yesterday.

    I was really proud of how he did considering the amount of strangers and new things.

    He got a bit grumpy towards the end as he wanted sweets but bedtime was fast approaching so we had to leave.

    Only problem is that he kept farting.... Especially when bending down to pick up toys etc :p

  • mrpakumrpaku Registered User regular
    Third night in a row of getting minimal-to-no sleep because:

    - Middle Guy's momma and brothers are out of town this weekend, and he insists he literally can't sleep in his own room because he watched too many "Colossal Mysteries" at the beginning of the summer during the move and is now utterly terrified of Max Headroom/what happened to Agatha Christie/what happened to Amelia Earhart etc etc, something else bizarre any given night

    - On a king-sized Bed, he spends all night kicking me in the back, rolling over on top of me, and somehow windmilling himself a full ninety degrees so he almost fully takes up the bed sideways while I get pushed off/wake up throughout. He sleeps like a rock and has to be physically moved if I want that space back (temporarily)

    - If I leave to go sleep/just be elsewhere, he somehow senses it immediately and wakes up to shove inside bathrooms/force himself onto the couch besides me/find me in the garage because "he's just so scared dad, there was this nightmare just now with" etc etc etc, "definitely not just making this up as I go to elicit sympathy", etc

    - He's 100% extrovert and I'm 100% introvert, and the harder I feel like "If I don't get thirty minutes that's just my own not filled with talking, my head is going to explode like the guy from Scanners", the harder he decides he needs to tell me a thirty minute long explanation of a DinoCore episode, that doesn't involve any periods or stopping, while he explodes around the living room like a rocket, and peppers so many "and" "also"s and "anyways" that I start taking palpable psychic damage

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