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    EdH
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    @AdamC Can you get a TV insured for deliberate damage by a little person with barely any mental faculties?

    Take the dive...

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      Matt
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      Joined: 4 Oct 2011

      Ha. Newborns are a fucking breeze! Everything after that sucks. I don’t even let those little assholes within 3’ of the tv. Walking and taking are the worst.

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        WhiskeySandwich
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        @Matt
        Joined: 1 Mar 2023

        @Matt said in Parenting:

        I had to leave because Katie and the girls were dancing in the kitchen.

        Katie (36): Everybody watch! Is this twerking?

        Imogene (11): Do it like this…

        Caroline (9): Can I have a marshmallow? (while twerking)

        Katie: Is it?? Somebody answer me!!

        🫣

        ROFL @Matt you perfectly captured the dynamic in my household practically on a daily basis. IDK what it is with the twerking and bootysmackin' (but I probably started the latter).

        "The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
        -Seneca

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          WhiskeySandwich
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          Joined: 1 Mar 2023

          In all seriousness though, our 3 year old daughter is in the separation anxiety phase and it sucks. She will throw tantrums anytime she can't see us. If I have 1 bit of advice, it's start a bedtime strategy YOUNG and be consistent.....your sleep schedule and romantic life rely on it.

          "The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
          -Seneca

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            Matt
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            Absolutely. I am not a fan of cosleeping at all.

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              WhiskeySandwich
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              @Matt
              Joined: 1 Mar 2023

              @Matt yeah, we did it for too long with both kids. Now, it’s more like we’ll read a story and cuddle in their room till they crash, then we bail (if we don’t crash too) lol. Eventually they get the hang of it and stop sneaking in in the middle of the night.

              "The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
              -Seneca

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                Matt
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                We did all our story times in their rooms. We were pretty anti cosleeping as soon as they moved into their own rooms when they stopped nursing.

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                  Matt
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                  We got them loft beds so they couldn’t ask us to get in bed with them.

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                    Brian
                    Joined: 24 Nov 2022

                    we didnt do the cosleeping thing either as soon as ours was big enough to be out of the basinet
                    own room own cot then own bed

                    stories and a cuddle before lights out and then off we would go

                    3 nights into the new house and so far Jacob has been great and no anxiety or issues at all so far touch wood

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                      SKT
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                      My son (12) and daughter (9) have taken Smashmouth’s “All-Star” and rewritten the lyrics with Minecraft and this is the ninth circle of parenting…no debate.

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                        Matt
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                        I feel this pain. My 9 yo likes to write her own lyrics and music. I’d rather sit in the ER for 5 hours.

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                          EdH
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                          @SKT
                          Joined: 2 Jan 2022

                          @SKT said in Parenting:

                          My son (12) and daughter (9) have taken Smashmouth’s “All-Star” and rewritten the lyrics with Minecraft and this is the ninth circle of parenting…no debate.

                          Hey now...

                          😏

                          Take the dive...

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                            EdH
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                            @Brian
                            Joined: 2 Jan 2022

                            @Brian We moved Baby H to her own cot and own room a few weeks back, mainly because it was way to hot in our room at night while hers has 2 windows so could get a draft. She's taken to it well.

                            When she gets a little older, I'm thinking that we will never entertain that it is a possibility that she could get into our bed. If she never thinks it, how could she want it?

                            (I feel for my cousin though. Her 4 year old still can't/won't sleep in a separate bed. I have no idea how they managed to conceive their latest addition (~7mo), but I gather they have had more success in getting him to sleep in a separate room.)

                            Take the dive...

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                              Matt
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                              This is the way Ed. We only let them in bed if there’s a problem like an especially bad nightmare or illness but we don’t let them stay all night. An hour tops just to calm them down then back to bed

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                                WhiskeySandwich
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                                Joined: 1 Mar 2023

                                Yeah the rule is that if our 3 year old falls asleep anywhere, she will be moved to her bed, but usually we're already there at bedtime for a story. the 13 year old boy just needs to be reminded to zip it and go to sleep at lights-out time. The issues come up when one of us crashes in the daughter's room, or she wakes in the middle of the night. It's okay though if we don't always wake up where we should be.

                                "The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
                                -Seneca

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                                  Matt
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                                  @WhiskeySandwich said in Parenting:

                                  It's okay though if we don't always wake up where we should be.

                                  I have some personal experience with this.

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                                    Brian
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                                    Joined: 24 Nov 2022

                                    @Matt
                                    Waking up in random places is a right of passage in growing older, would say growing up but some never get to that stage

                                    @EdH
                                    We moved into what was then the back bedroom when Jacob was born as it got the brunt of the afternoon sun here and would easily reach the high 30s in summer at night due to the crap way they build houses here and the residual heat from the day no way we were letting a baby sleep in those conditions even with air con on the go

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                                      EdH
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                                      I think that’s a sign she’s ready to start weaning…

                                      Take the dive...

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                                        goosehd
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                                        @EdH Great picture! 🙂

                                        "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                          SKT
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                                          @EdH she looks very interested! Great pic

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