Last day of parental leave tomorrow after three and half months off with my son.
Can't believe how quickly it's gone, my first shift back at work will be horrific. My wife is now off for another month before everything comes to an end an he starts nursery.
Picture of him at the beginning of my leave and now:
Sounds like one is ready for NBA Jam and the other an iPad.
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We've been talking about the animals that didn't run fast enough to get away from the fires.
And how the fire got started because everything was too hot and dry and there was a spark, as an example, from a thunderstorm, and since it was all hot and dry, a fire started and went way too fast to be controlled.
But shes' been asking about the Helpers that are there, and what we can do to help, and asking about the animals that did run fast enough to escape the fire.
At almost 4, It's probably the beast that I could ask.
We've been talking about the animals that didn't run fast enough to get away from the fires.
And how the fire got started because everything was too hot and dry and there was a spark, as an example, from a thunderstorm, and since it was all hot and dry, a fire started and went way too fast to be controlled.
But shes' been asking about the Helpers that are there, and what we can do to help, and asking about the animals that did run fast enough to escape the fire.
At almost 4, It's probably the beast that I could ask.
Man, this sounds devastating to handle. I couldn't make it through that article w/o tearing up.
"I will write your name in the ruin of them. I will paint you across history in the color of their blood."
We've been talking about the animals that didn't run fast enough to get away from the fires.
And how the fire got started because everything was too hot and dry and there was a spark, as an example, from a thunderstorm, and since it was all hot and dry, a fire started and went way too fast to be controlled.
But shes' been asking about the Helpers that are there, and what we can do to help, and asking about the animals that did run fast enough to escape the fire.
At almost 4, It's probably the beast that I could ask.
Man, this sounds devastating to handle. I couldn't make it through that article w/o tearing up.
it gets a bit harder when we get to "the animals that didn't run fast enough all died. Just like Shadow died, right mommy?"
Shadow being our cat that we lost last Sept to leukemia.
It's a bit easier because we're not in Australia and we only really had to deal with one afternoon of Orange sky.
But today's afternoon play was running around with balloons and putting out the fires.
I appreciate that whoever set up the local ECFE webpage had the good sense to have some fun with the default account avatars. I did not choose these; it's just how they appeared.
It's been a few days, and I still can't work out what the first/last pictures are; I asked the rest of the family, and they can't either. It looks like a hockey facemask that's been opened? Or half a basketball hoop? but what's going on beneath it, though? (I'm assuming ECFE = early childhood family education (in minnesota?) but that didn't get me any further).
My childhood friend, and fantastic artist, decided to open a Fiverr page to earn some extra money doing art work. Since I wanted to help him get started, I ordered a piece from him. His Fiverr gig is focused on "creating your D&D or RPG character", so I had him turn daughter Abigail into a Mage. I was not disappointed...
Pretty much captured her insane, Chaotic Neutral, 4-year old self. He even added the strange details I requested like the carrots flying out of her satchel, which is a reference to her asking Santa for "pretend carrots" as a Christmas gift.
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Welp, Bea just took her first couple tentative unassisted steps. Look out world!
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lonelyahavaCall me Ahava ~~She/Her~~Move to New ZealandRegistered Userregular
Oh no
We have reached the stage of "so and so Made me sad and angry and I don't want to play with them anymore. I don't want to go to daycare tomorrow. I don't want to have any friends!"
I was really really hoping I could delay this a year or so....
Girl is having some very big and fluid bowel movements for about a week now that no diaper seems to be able to handle. We're going through a lot of clothes. Otherwise she seems fine and we checked with a doctor and they thought she was fine, too. It's a bit tiring though.
We have reached the stage of "so and so Made me sad and angry and I don't want to play with them anymore. I don't want to go to daycare tomorrow. I don't want to have any friends!"
I was really really hoping I could delay this a year or so....
Last week my son came home sad that he was "the worst kid ever, and the worst kid in his class" and he drew several pictures about "making better choices."
I felt so badly for him. I stressed that he's not bad, and he's trying hard just like everyone else, and to not be so hard on himself but WOOF that was rough.
Setting up my son's birthday party, and I'm kind of getting worried that a lot of kids won't come. My daughter has a core group of friends that she's stayed close with since she was a baby, and has been making more friends as she gets older. But we haven't been able to get a close group really with my son. Some of it has to do with changing childcare a lot more often with my son, and some of it has to do with personality. He's only turning 4, so when he starts actual school it should be easier. But sometimes I feel like we did a lot more for our older kid, and her brother we're kind of just.. coasting with.
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I fully understand the feeling of not putting the same effort in for the second child. But it's impossible to ever do that. You put all the effort you can into Kid A and so unless you've had major life changes when kid B arrives you're diving the same amount of effort into two chunks
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The last three months with Middle Guy and the new puppy:
Middle Guy (from other room): "*Ahhhhh, Puppy !* Ha, ha, ha....uh...ahh!*giggle giggle* Uh-huh-huh-huh, ahhh hahahahahaha, ahahahahahahaa, AHHHHH, AHAHAHAHAH -*AIIIEEEEEEEE*, Daaaa-ddddy, puppy is biiiiting meeeeeee"
Me(Marching in from other room, holding dishes or cooking dinner)- She's biting you because you start by petting her and then you're shoving your hands in her face and cackling like a psychopath ten seconds later. She thinks you're playing a game, and she is always going to win this one. Be calm and gentle and keep your hands out of her face and be *quiet*, do you understand? I've told you this *hundreds* of times now
MG: (hiccups, nods solemnly, wipes fake tears. I return to the kitchen. Ten seconds later...) "Ah-ha, uh huh-huh-huh *giggle*giggle* Puppy!"
The last three months with Middle Guy and the new puppy:
Middle Guy (from other room): "*Ahhhhh, Puppy !* Ha, ha, ha....uh...ahh!*giggle giggle* Uh-huh-huh-huh, ahhh hahahahahaha, ahahahahahahaa, AHHHHH, AHAHAHAHAH -*AIIIEEEEEEEE*, Daaaa-ddddy, puppy is biiiiting meeeeeee"
Me(Marching in from other room, holding dishes or cooking dinner)- She's biting you because you start by petting her and then you're shoving your hands in her face and cackling like a psychopath ten seconds later. She thinks you're playing a game, and she is always going to win this one. Be calm and gentle and keep your hands out of her face and be *quiet*, do you understand? I've told you this *hundreds* of times now
MG: (hiccups, nods solemnly, wipes fake tears. I return to the kitchen. Ten seconds later...) "Ah-ha, uh huh-huh-huh *giggle*giggle* Puppy!"
I’m always afraid of something like this happening with our cats, but our cats apparently have infinite patience for child manhandling.
I went to pick up the kids from grandma’s house and she asked me to bring long shirts for them. I said sure and asked why, and she said that they are cold. She keeps her thermostat at 62. Well of course they’re cold!
We keep ours at 74, which is probably my fault since I can’t handle the cold, but 62 seems awfully low. Am I wrong?
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I went to pick up the kids from grandma’s house and she asked me to bring long shirts for them. I said sure and asked why, and she said that they are cold. She keeps her thermostat at 62. Well of course they’re cold!
We keep ours at 74, which is probably my fault since I can’t handle the cold, but 62 seems awfully low. Am I wrong?
62 I the temperature of the devil who the hell keeps a house that low
I lived with bonafide crazy people and the lowest they went was 66/65
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
I went to pick up the kids from grandma’s house and she asked me to bring long shirts for them. I said sure and asked why, and she said that they are cold. She keeps her thermostat at 62. Well of course they’re cold!
We keep ours at 74, which is probably my fault since I can’t handle the cold, but 62 seems awfully low. Am I wrong?
Anecdotally, 72 is what by far a majority of people I've known have theirs set to. 62 does seem pretty low, except for maybe wanting your bedroom cooler to sleep better or something.
That being said I've definitely had our house quite cold during the winter at least a couple years in the past because our wall heaters were terrible.
Wife gets home, "Why is everyone in sweaters and there's blankets everywhere and you're baking cookies and, you forgot you're a grownup who's allowed to touch the thermostat again, didn't you"
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How do you deal with relatives gifting you and your baby/kid lots of stuff you really don't want or can't use, even if you talked about it with them before, that your 3 month old in middle/northern Europe in winter doesn't need a Mediterranean summer coat for a 2 year old and we don't really care right now that you thought it looked cute and we also don't need 20 different plastic toys right now we live in a flat not a giant storage room.
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Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
I have poor circulation so I literally cannot do anything on a computer if the house is kept at 66 degrees or below.
People are constantly amazed at how cold my hands/feet get even in warmish temperature.
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
How do you deal with relatives gifting you and your baby/kid lots of stuff you really don't want or can't use, even if you talked about it with them before, that your 3 month old in middle/northern Europe in winter doesn't need a Mediterranean summer coat for a 2 year old and we don't really care right now that you thought it looked cute and we also don't need 20 different plastic toys right now we live in a flat not a giant storage room.
That is super inconsiderate of people, yet everyone seems to do it. @Mojo_Jojo is currently dealing with an oversized dollhouse and I am wondering what to do with the rocking horse (its a dino, actually) grandpa made, but my kid hasn't touched in over a year.
We have tactically placed toys at family and donated some stuff to a local diner with the excuse that "he can play with it there." I think you just have to be ruthless and keep telling people what kind of gifts are actually appreciated.
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I went to pick up the kids from grandma’s house and she asked me to bring long shirts for them. I said sure and asked why, and she said that they are cold. She keeps her thermostat at 62. Well of course they’re cold!
We keep ours at 74, which is probably my fault since I can’t handle the cold, but 62 seems awfully low. Am I wrong?
62 I the temperature of the devil who the hell keeps a house that low
I lived with bonafide crazy people and the lowest they went was 66/65
I keep it at 67 because of my baby and wife. When I lived alone I didn't turn on the heater. Pretty sure it got to 60.
I went to pick up the kids from grandma’s house and she asked me to bring long shirts for them. I said sure and asked why, and she said that they are cold. She keeps her thermostat at 62. Well of course they’re cold!
We keep ours at 74, which is probably my fault since I can’t handle the cold, but 62 seems awfully low. Am I wrong?
I went to pick up the kids from grandma’s house and she asked me to bring long shirts for them. I said sure and asked why, and she said that they are cold. She keeps her thermostat at 62. Well of course they’re cold!
We keep ours at 74, which is probably my fault since I can’t handle the cold, but 62 seems awfully low. Am I wrong?
I like to keep the temp at a nice 69, bro
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We keep our heater set to 65 during the day, and 64 at night. Although we also make sure Sapling is dressed in long sleeves and pants. 72 would have me sweating.
"I will write your name in the ruin of them. I will paint you across history in the color of their blood."
The last three months with Middle Guy and the new puppy:
Middle Guy (from other room): "*Ahhhhh, Puppy !* Ha, ha, ha....uh...ahh!*giggle giggle* Uh-huh-huh-huh, ahhh hahahahahaha, ahahahahahahaa, AHHHHH, AHAHAHAHAH -*AIIIEEEEEEEE*, Daaaa-ddddy, puppy is biiiiting meeeeeee"
Me(Marching in from other room, holding dishes or cooking dinner)- She's biting you because you start by petting her and then you're shoving your hands in her face and cackling like a psychopath ten seconds later. She thinks you're playing a game, and she is always going to win this one. Be calm and gentle and keep your hands out of her face and be *quiet*, do you understand? I've told you this *hundreds* of times now
MG: (hiccups, nods solemnly, wipes fake tears. I return to the kitchen. Ten seconds later...) "Ah-ha, uh huh-huh-huh *giggle*giggle* Puppy!"
A year later and we're still going though this with ours, and everyone that visits the house
"Be calm, walk normally and Stanley won't think you're playing with him"
"Ok, I'll be calm and walk normally"
*Flails arms around like Kermit*
"Daaaaadddy, Stanley's chewing me!"
The one about the fucking space hairdresser and the cowboy. He's got a tinfoil pal and a pedal bin
Sometimes I forget people can set temperatures in their places. Once the radiators are on for the season, it's rather warm here. Sometimes you can open the window if it gets too hot.
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Can't believe how quickly it's gone, my first shift back at work will be horrific. My wife is now off for another month before everything comes to an end an he starts nursery.
Picture of him at the beginning of my leave and now:
Probably gonna cry on my way to work ha.
Sounds like one is ready for NBA Jam and the other an iPad.
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And how the fire got started because everything was too hot and dry and there was a spark, as an example, from a thunderstorm, and since it was all hot and dry, a fire started and went way too fast to be controlled.
But shes' been asking about the Helpers that are there, and what we can do to help, and asking about the animals that did run fast enough to escape the fire.
At almost 4, It's probably the beast that I could ask.
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Man, this sounds devastating to handle. I couldn't make it through that article w/o tearing up.
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it gets a bit harder when we get to "the animals that didn't run fast enough all died. Just like Shadow died, right mommy?"
Shadow being our cat that we lost last Sept to leukemia.
It's a bit easier because we're not in Australia and we only really had to deal with one afternoon of Orange sky.
But today's afternoon play was running around with balloons and putting out the fires.
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It's been a few days, and I still can't work out what the first/last pictures are; I asked the rest of the family, and they can't either. It looks like a hockey facemask that's been opened? Or half a basketball hoop? but what's going on beneath it, though? (I'm assuming ECFE = early childhood family education (in minnesota?) but that didn't get me any further).
What am I missing here?
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Pretty much captured her insane, Chaotic Neutral, 4-year old self. He even added the strange details I requested like the carrots flying out of her satchel, which is a reference to her asking Santa for "pretend carrots" as a Christmas gift.
PM me if you're interested in having him do something for you. He's affordable, quick, and professional.
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oh..... okay, yeah, I was never going to get that one. Thanks!
We have reached the stage of "so and so Made me sad and angry and I don't want to play with them anymore. I don't want to go to daycare tomorrow. I don't want to have any friends!"
I was really really hoping I could delay this a year or so....
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Last week my son came home sad that he was "the worst kid ever, and the worst kid in his class" and he drew several pictures about "making better choices."
I felt so badly for him. I stressed that he's not bad, and he's trying hard just like everyone else, and to not be so hard on himself but WOOF that was rough.
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Middle Guy (from other room): "*Ahhhhh, Puppy !* Ha, ha, ha....uh...ahh!*giggle giggle* Uh-huh-huh-huh, ahhh hahahahahaha, ahahahahahahaa, AHHHHH, AHAHAHAHAH -*AIIIEEEEEEEE*, Daaaa-ddddy, puppy is biiiiting meeeeeee"
Me(Marching in from other room, holding dishes or cooking dinner)- She's biting you because you start by petting her and then you're shoving your hands in her face and cackling like a psychopath ten seconds later. She thinks you're playing a game, and she is always going to win this one. Be calm and gentle and keep your hands out of her face and be *quiet*, do you understand? I've told you this *hundreds* of times now
MG: (hiccups, nods solemnly, wipes fake tears. I return to the kitchen. Ten seconds later...) "Ah-ha, uh huh-huh-huh *giggle*giggle* Puppy!"
I didn’t realize this is what we’re paying thousands for lol
I’m always afraid of something like this happening with our cats, but our cats apparently have infinite patience for child manhandling.
Eh, kids are gonna get sick when exposed to other kids. Ain't no way around it.
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We keep ours at 74, which is probably my fault since I can’t handle the cold, but 62 seems awfully low. Am I wrong?
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62 I the temperature of the devil who the hell keeps a house that low
I lived with bonafide crazy people and the lowest they went was 66/65
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Anecdotally, 72 is what by far a majority of people I've known have theirs set to. 62 does seem pretty low, except for maybe wanting your bedroom cooler to sleep better or something.
That being said I've definitely had our house quite cold during the winter at least a couple years in the past because our wall heaters were terrible.
Wife gets home, "Why is everyone in sweaters and there's blankets everywhere and you're baking cookies and, you forgot you're a grownup who's allowed to touch the thermostat again, didn't you"
She had a great day at school! They are best friends again!
I have ruined her life by refusing to let her have a gummy bear.
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72 is too warm for my liking. Which is largely why the 6 years I spent in California with no AC were largely hell...
People are constantly amazed at how cold my hands/feet get even in warmish temperature.
That is super inconsiderate of people, yet everyone seems to do it. @Mojo_Jojo is currently dealing with an oversized dollhouse and I am wondering what to do with the rocking horse (its a dino, actually) grandpa made, but my kid hasn't touched in over a year.
We have tactically placed toys at family and donated some stuff to a local diner with the excuse that "he can play with it there." I think you just have to be ruthless and keep telling people what kind of gifts are actually appreciated.
Boy has the flu
Wife has the flu
I'm feeling fine... for now
I keep it at 67 because of my baby and wife. When I lived alone I didn't turn on the heater. Pretty sure it got to 60.
I like to keep the temp at a nice 69, bro
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You have the flu.
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A year later and we're still going though this with ours, and everyone that visits the house
"Be calm, walk normally and Stanley won't think you're playing with him"
"Ok, I'll be calm and walk normally"
*Flails arms around like Kermit*
"Daaaaadddy, Stanley's chewing me!"