Little King is quite the handful, I am happy with the coach we have through the local health services. She is adamant that Little King is normal, which is something that my partner's depression has a hard time recognizing. The coach came up with a lot of advice on how to improve our routines. The best bit of advice is a bit of a mantra: Lovingly provide Borders. She argues to not reject your kid when they're raging. If he is flipping out, hold him firmly so that he can't hit or kick and just tell him to calm down. Then just hold him. He will resist you, but he is also in the arms of his mom or dad and that is soothing and something that he hopefully remembers growing up.
I dunno, we needed to hear that. There's too much drama already.
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I would wrap Ellie up in my arms and hold her tight when she raged. Usually for about ten minutes. Eventually she calmed down and was reasonable. But I had lots of bruises
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Well, Sapling wanted to put my hair in a ponytail, so I let her. But then she got upset because I wasn't letting her play with the hair tie. Eventually, since she wouldn't stop whining, I went and put the hair tie away in her dresser. She lost her mind. Cried so hard she threw up. So that was fun.
"I will write your name in the ruin of them. I will paint you across history in the color of their blood."
We went to the zoo tonight for the first time. They do a holiday light show program every year and because we're members we got entry one day before the general public. Bea got to see an elephant up close(ish) and she got to touch a snake!
No, she was sitting up there when I came out of the bathroom. Pointing at it and saying “Daddy, I poop.”
There's a small part of me that is just, like, super proud of her.
I'm not sure what that says about me, though
No, me too.
Turns out, she overturned a little IKEA trash can. Stood on it, jumped and grabbed the mantle, then went hand-over-hand a few feet until she could put one foot on the wall for extra leverage to pull herself up.
Spiderpoop spiderpoop,
Poops wherever a spider could
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Today Sinterklaas arrives in our village. I hope the organisation is woke enough to not have blackface Pieten. We learned new children's songs from a new book, because the old version we learned growing were full of "black Piet" who is the "servant" of Sinterklaas.
Its uhh, problematic, but like 50% of the country treats blackface as a rich tradition that is not about racism and anyone who dares complaining about it is a killjoy who hates children. This year a meeting of anti-blackface people was violently disrupted and they arrested a crazy person who made bomb threats.
Just got backfrom Sinterklaas. That was a loooot of blackface.
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Oh yeah man, Zwarte Piet is a real drag.
And a great example of "We couldn't possibly change this tradition, even though we know it's problematic. We can't change it slightly to fix the problem and we're not really even able to explain why other than just yelling 'tradition!'"
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I was a spider-kid when I was little. Happily, my son has not taken after me in that regard. I'd gotten myself up on the mantle (about 5 feet up) by using my rather long toes to grab for toe-holds in the brick around the fireplace. I also got up to shelves higher than 6 feet off the ground. The easy part was getting up, but the top shelf had an overhang, so the hard part was getting down.
No, my kid's "thing" is being "helpful". See, he likes things in order, but it's his order. Which, much like my usual order, is utter chaos for anyone who isn't me. So if we don't keep at least his main spaces (living room and bedroom) somewhat clean, he'll attempt to sort things for us, making an even bigger rat's nest to untangle.
It's nice that he wants to be helpful and independent, though.
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H...how old is she again?! That’s really impressive!
Two and a half.
Can't talk other than a few short things, none of them can really, but could win Ninja Warrior.
To be fair, she and the younger boy are both like that.
I mean, this is from June. Spoiler'd for size.
And this from August:
You know that in my head, this is Mat.
I don't want you to tell me that it's not.
Because how can I make comments about his luck if that's not Mat?
That’s James. He’s a talented climber, but also accident-prone.
Mat is the other one. He’s more of a runner. Mat pulled a dresser over onto himself but because he got the whole drawer out before it fell the drawer sat vertical and propped up the rest of the dresser when it fell, creating a little triangle where he was giggling and perfectly fine.
James walked over to help and cut his hand open on the splintered wood.
It was new, and we had the kit all set to anchor in the next day. We just hadn't done it yet because the kids aren't normally allowed in there. Luckily, if you just take the broken bits back to IKEA they'll give you replacement parts if you bought it within the last 30 days.
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Bean puked up his breakfast this morning.
He's almost 2 and it's only the 2nd time he's ever puked so he hated it.
Me and his mum got some shots last week because we're going to Mexico, and it hammered my wife's immune system so she got a cold. She's mostly over it now but it looks like he caught it.
He's had sniffles a bunch of times, but this is seriously the first time he's been *sick*. He's feverish and pale and cuddly and upset about everything :sad:
So, I don't ever remember having snow this early in the season, to the point that the leaves haven't completely fallen, and are landing on top of the snow. But it makes a pretty background for my soon-to-be four year old's photoshop.
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Does anyone else feel like they are trying to pull teeth with trying to get two year olds to eat? She likes the food (or at least says she does), but we basically have to threaten to take the food away to get her to eat.
"I will write your name in the ruin of them. I will paint you across history in the color of their blood."
Does anyone else feel like they are trying to pull teeth with trying to get two year olds to eat? She likes the food (or at least says she does), but we basically have to threaten to take the food away to get her to eat.
Thankfully, eating is the one thing we don't have a problem with. Everything else she's having too much fun testing boundaries on...
For food, she'll still abide by the "try one bite" rule, and then she likes everything so keeps eating lol
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My kid still won't bite on things. He's finally trying a few things in his mouth, but he'll only do so with lips covering his teeth. He's most interested recently in pickles of all things, but the moment he touches them, he realizes they're wet and why the hell is this wet, so he drops them.
It's a process.
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Does anyone else feel like they are trying to pull teeth with trying to get two year olds to eat? She likes the food (or at least says she does), but we basically have to threaten to take the food away to get her to eat.
My daughter is still like that. At 5.
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Does anyone else feel like they are trying to pull teeth with trying to get two year olds to eat? She likes the food (or at least says she does), but we basically have to threaten to take the food away to get her to eat.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I'm 36 years old and still a fussy eater. Hopefully your kid grows out of it quickly!
Last night my other half spotted that Freddie had lost his first tooth. When we asked him about it he said it'd come out whilst brushing his teeth and he'd spat it down the drain because he thought it was a nut
So much for keeping the first tooth. The tooth fairy had to go down the plug hole and left him a note saying she'd found it
The one about the fucking space hairdresser and the cowboy. He's got a tinfoil pal and a pedal bin
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Does anyone else feel like they are trying to pull teeth with trying to get two year olds to eat? She likes the food (or at least says she does), but we basically have to threaten to take the food away to get her to eat.
Yes. Meal times are such a headache.
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H...how old is she again?! That’s really impressive!
Two and a half.
Can't talk other than a few short things, none of them can really, but could win Ninja Warrior.
To be fair, she and the younger boy are both like that.
I mean, this is from June. Spoiler'd for size.
And this from August:
You know that in my head, this is Mat.
I don't want you to tell me that it's not.
Because how can I make comments about his luck if that's not Mat?
That’s James. He’s a talented climber, but also accident-prone.
Mat is the other one. He’s more of a runner. Mat pulled a dresser over onto himself but because he got the whole drawer out before it fell the drawer sat vertical and propped up the rest of the dresser when it fell, creating a little triangle where he was giggling and perfectly fine.
James walked over to help and cut his hand open on the splintered wood.
So. Yeah. That’s where we are.
Taramoor, when are you going to address the real safety hazard in your home, which is that your entire floor is obviously lava?
My daughter is not a picky eater, but she is just.. not an eater. She loves pretty much all foods we have her try, and dad is very into getting her to try a lot of different types of food. She will literally eat half a donut and be done, though. Ask her to eat one more bite, and she'll take the smallest bit. We won;t force her to eat, and just say she won't get snacks/ dessert if she doesn't finish. And she's fine with that.
She's not super skinny, so we aren;t going to worry. I just try to get her to eat enough.
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
My daughter is not a picky eater, but she is just.. not an eater. She loves pretty much all foods we have her try, and dad is very into getting her to try a lot of different types of food. She will literally eat half a donut and be done, though. Ask her to eat one more bite, and she'll take the smallest bit. We won;t force her to eat, and just say she won't get snacks/ dessert if she doesn't finish. And she's fine with that.
She's not super skinny, so we aren;t going to worry. I just try to get her to eat enough.
Our pediatrician told us to not worry about how much they eat, and just what they eat.
My daughter is not a picky eater, but she is just.. not an eater. She loves pretty much all foods we have her try, and dad is very into getting her to try a lot of different types of food. She will literally eat half a donut and be done, though. Ask her to eat one more bite, and she'll take the smallest bit. We won;t force her to eat, and just say she won't get snacks/ dessert if she doesn't finish. And she's fine with that.
She's not super skinny, so we aren;t going to worry. I just try to get her to eat enough.
Yeah, Sapling isn't overly picky, we just worry a little bit because she is in the bottom 5th percentile or something close for height. I think last we checked she has her decent weight for height, but I still worry.
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I dunno, we needed to hear that. There's too much drama already.
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At some point you just aren’t even mad you’re impressed.
Still not entirely sure how she got up there.
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No, she was sitting up there when I came out of the bathroom. Pointing at it and saying “Daddy, I poop.”
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There's a small part of me that is just, like, super proud of her.
I'm not sure what that says about me, though
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No, me too.
Turns out, she overturned a little IKEA trash can. Stood on it, jumped and grabbed the mantle, then went hand-over-hand a few feet until she could put one foot on the wall for extra leverage to pull herself up.
I’d put the video up but she’s naked.
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Poops wherever a spider could
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Today Sinterklaas arrives in our village. I hope the organisation is woke enough to not have blackface Pieten. We learned new children's songs from a new book, because the old version we learned growing were full of "black Piet" who is the "servant" of Sinterklaas.
Its uhh, problematic, but like 50% of the country treats blackface as a rich tradition that is not about racism and anyone who dares complaining about it is a killjoy who hates children. This year a meeting of anti-blackface people was violently disrupted and they arrested a crazy person who made bomb threats.
Two and a half.
Can't talk other than a few short things, none of them can really, but could win Ninja Warrior.
To be fair, she and the younger boy are both like that.
I mean, this is from June. Spoiler'd for size.
And this from August:
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And a great example of "We couldn't possibly change this tradition, even though we know it's problematic. We can't change it slightly to fix the problem and we're not really even able to explain why other than just yelling 'tradition!'"
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
No, my kid's "thing" is being "helpful". See, he likes things in order, but it's his order. Which, much like my usual order, is utter chaos for anyone who isn't me. So if we don't keep at least his main spaces (living room and bedroom) somewhat clean, he'll attempt to sort things for us, making an even bigger rat's nest to untangle.
It's nice that he wants to be helpful and independent, though.
You know that in my head, this is Mat.
I don't want you to tell me that it's not.
Because how can I make comments about his luck if that's not Mat?
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That’s James. He’s a talented climber, but also accident-prone.
Mat is the other one. He’s more of a runner. Mat pulled a dresser over onto himself but because he got the whole drawer out before it fell the drawer sat vertical and propped up the rest of the dresser when it fell, creating a little triangle where he was giggling and perfectly fine.
James walked over to help and cut his hand open on the splintered wood.
So. Yeah. That’s where we are.
twitch.tv/Taramoor
@TaramoorPlays
Taramoor on Youtube
It was new, and we had the kit all set to anchor in the next day. We just hadn't done it yet because the kids aren't normally allowed in there. Luckily, if you just take the broken bits back to IKEA they'll give you replacement parts if you bought it within the last 30 days.
twitch.tv/Taramoor
@TaramoorPlays
Taramoor on Youtube
He's almost 2 and it's only the 2nd time he's ever puked so he hated it.
Me and his mum got some shots last week because we're going to Mexico, and it hammered my wife's immune system so she got a cold. She's mostly over it now but it looks like he caught it.
He's had sniffles a bunch of times, but this is seriously the first time he's been *sick*. He's feverish and pale and cuddly and upset about everything :sad:
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
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Thankfully, eating is the one thing we don't have a problem with. Everything else she's having too much fun testing boundaries on...
For food, she'll still abide by the "try one bite" rule, and then she likes everything so keeps eating lol
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It's a process.
My daughter is still like that. At 5.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I'm 36 years old and still a fussy eater. Hopefully your kid grows out of it quickly!
So much for keeping the first tooth. The tooth fairy had to go down the plug hole and left him a note saying she'd found it
Yes. Meal times are such a headache.
Dirt, rocks, and things they find on the ground: delicious
Taramoor, when are you going to address the real safety hazard in your home, which is that your entire floor is obviously lava?
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She's not super skinny, so we aren;t going to worry. I just try to get her to eat enough.
Our pediatrician told us to not worry about how much they eat, and just what they eat.
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Yeah, Sapling isn't overly picky, we just worry a little bit because she is in the bottom 5th percentile or something close for height. I think last we checked she has her decent weight for height, but I still worry.
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