Darth Krawlie Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 You mostly just described my wife. Not gluten free or hot yoga and we stopped the cloth diapers, but everything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerina Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Your wife is kind of a hippie. But the good kind. Like, I don't see her being overly judgmental for NOT being a hippie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Yeah. I mean, she showers and shit. Usually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Human Torch Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 You know your kid is getting too old when you use the idiom "don't beat around the bush" and they start laughing. Having a 16yo in the house is a whole new experience. In other news, I picked up my daughter Kylie from elementary school today. First time I've done it this school year. As the bell rings a tidal wave of children rush out from the school. I had no problem spotting her however as she is one of two blonde children in the school. It has never been more apparent that while we're not the national minority we are in this neighborhood. In a way it felt like I was in Cheers, everyone knew me as Kylie's dad and everyone knows Kylie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny Skywalker Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 We're slightly hippie but not full-blown. I draw the line at taking babies to chiropractors and gluten-free or paleo diets. I tried hot yoga and decided it was BS and just dehydrating. One of my friends described the other friend as getting her PhD in nutrition from Google. Lol. I do manage to cloth diaper while working full-time. Well, until Quinn finally grew out of these supposed one size, 8-35 lb things when she's 27 lbs soaking wet on a good day. Then I said screw it, you're in pull ups and start crapping in a toliet already. Fortunately it didn't take too long but it was a painful couple of weeks. Speaking of poop, pretty sure Ethan just pooped in the swing and fell asleep. That's not going to end well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Pretty much the only hippie thing about us is cloth diapers, and it's more financial than anything else. Planning on multiple kids, so the initial cost will be spread out for years. But I don't think we could have done it had my wife continued teaching. She was working too much. On the other hand, her working allowed my son and I to bond in a way that most dads don't get with a 4 month old, and that's continued through his life. My wife stays home with him, but he's still a total daddy's boy. He'll bypass her for comfort if I'm around. He's getting frustrated with the fact that I won't give him my cane to play with, though. It looks really fun and daddy plays with it all the time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerina Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 I don't know how you people deal with cloth diapers. I'd pay double the cost to keep myself from dealing with that much poop. In fact, to this day we'd rather throw out underwear after an accident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny Skywalker Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 I figure babies poop on their clothes anyway. They also have flushable liners you can use to toss the poop in the toliet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Everybody poops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 I kind of freak out about restrictive diets for kids like a gluten-free paleo diet. I know someone who's doing that to their kid right now. He isn't as heavy as other kids and his percentile is real low for some bench marks. Just because Mom's got a dietary issue I don't think you should restrict your kids diet so much as exposure to lots of different foods is good. I'm not talking junk food but she's poopooed a lot of things when we go on outings as a family like the zoo. And it is still poop in a diaper. I would like to think I could handle it but nope. Gag reflexes stop me. A few years ago I had a student that had to be belt lifted from the wheelchair they were confined to and I was taught the things to assist and sometimes I had to barf right after because I am a bad bad person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Poop is different when it's your kid and you've been doing it since birth. At least it is for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Everyone tells me that, and as a school teacher you would think I would become immune over the years. Nope. But sour cream makes me gag. If I can't handle that.... I really think you moms and dads are fantastic people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerina Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Cereese/666AAA10-AC45-412E-AD9B-2F8D527515B1_zpsa6tappwt.jpg My kid now knows how to vacuum! Woohoo! So, question. Do your kids have chores? Will they when they're older, or did they when they were still at home? My husband and I have been talking about giving Noah chores since he was born, but it didn't actually happen until very recently. We always tried to get him to "help" with activities around the house, but he never had his own set of responsibilities. Last summer he got 2 cats for his birthday, and we told him from day one that they were his responsibility. He's the one that makes sure they have food and water at all times, and that their toys are picked up. Now I've made it his responsibility to empty the dishwasher once the dishes are clean, fold and put away his own clean laundry, and take out the trash. I'd like him to also vacuum once a week and wash his own clothing (I even bought little laundry detergent pod thingys so he didn't have to worry about reaching the bottle of detergent and measuring it out properly), but my husband things that a bit much for a 6 year old. He also wants to give Noah an allowance or pay him for doing his chores so that he can begin to learn some personal finance. I don't like the idea of paying him to do housework, but I do want him to have his own money to save and spend. My stance is that housework is a part of life (like bathing, sleeping, etc.) and I don't want him to be rewarded for it, because it's just something you have to do regardless. So what can we pay him for? And what's a good amount for a 6 yo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny Skywalker Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 We have made feeding Isis Quinn's chore. But I always have to ask. I'm ok with that, she's not even 3. I try to get her to pick up her toys but I have to help with that quite a bit. Can he reach all the shelves to put away the dishes? We're a pretty long way from there. Not going to lie, occasionally I have to bust out the step stool myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerina Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Our deal is that until he is big enough to reach with a stool, he has to stack the dishes NEATLY underneath the cabinet where they belong. It's really easy for me to come behind them and put them in the cabinets after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny Skywalker Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 I need to watch what I say around Quinn, because she doesn't miss anything. When Ethan fusses, I pick him up and usually say something about how tragic it is. Ethan started crying and Quinn told me, "He's tragic!" Lol right there. Found out Ethan is 2% for weight, 7% for height, and 60% head size. So much for being bigger than Quinn, he's shorter and weighs less than she did at 4 months. I feel kind of bad but the pediatrician said she was happy with his weight and said he was very active so she thought that had a part in it. I guess when you combine my husband and I you get short kids with a good metabolism. We also found out he has a little bit of torticollitis, but since we caught it early we can probably fix it without PT. He's going to be the one I have to worry about, I can tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny Skywalker Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Let Quinn play a game on my phone while I took a shower. Then she found the "Kid camera" and tried to take a picture of me in the shower. Mom fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashmere Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Lol, that is too funny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Katie's phone decided to delete half her notes when she downgraded her iCloud storage, and one of them was a list of Lyra's milestones. So that's pretty ****ing cool to lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny Skywalker Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 F*** Apple. That sucks, dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerina Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 OMG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 The snake is my favorite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny Skywalker Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Cute! I loved when Quinn learned animal noises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny Skywalker Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Ethan tried to climb out of his bathtub last night. Headfirst. Luckily I caught him before he brained himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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