Parenting

[Brandrea]

At a different stage here … our daughter turned 19 yesterday. Here in Canada, it’s a big deal … legal drinking age.

Where did the time go! We are so proud of her, and can’t wait to see what the future holds.

[scarfmace]

oh to be 19 again

[endo]

absolutely, but with my 50+ soul please

[goosehd]

@endo ...and experience not to do all of the stupid stuff we did when we were 19

[endo]

not all of it @goosehd but a lot of it was fun

[Brandrea]

Well one thing about 19 vs. 56 for me … I still wear the same size denim lol

[DeeDee85]

@Brandrea now that is something to be proud of! I wish I could say the same for myself…

[GraemeE]

We had an unexpected law enforcement visitor at our door this afternoon.
When the weather is decent one of the favorite activities of our 4 year olds is to spend as much time as possible sans clothing in our mostly secluded garden area digging in the dirt and doing various other feral activities.

The fed ex driver who dropped a package off decided this was worthy of calling the police

Thankfully the officer was a parent and well familiar with what kids do but still had to make a visit since a report was filed

[A Former User]

When is it a no go when kids are being kids.. crazy that the guy came at your door..

[Matt]

He was just making sure it wasn’t a Jeffrey Dahmer situation.

[EdH]

When you catch a nasty stomach flu from your child and all her little rugrat mates at nursery, and accidentally hit the weight loss goal you’ve been struggling to get to for years.

[SKT]

@EdH one of the many perks of parenting. Hope you’re both over it and feeling good

[Brian]

Will say I don’t miss childcare all that much
Think it helped that ours was there for a bit during covid times so it lessened the illnesses
School has been just as bad though and now with the no pandemic attitude Australia has adopted it’s been a walking the tight rope situation

[long_john86]

@EdH Haha, one of the many ‘joys’…

[EdH]

@SKT thanks. She had it for a morning - one bout of vomiting and 2 nasty nappies. I cleaned up the puke and 5 days later had diarrhoea for 4 days straight, a fever and a roiling stomach which completely killed my appetite for the whole stretch. But much better now.

[SKT]

@EdH those stomach bugs are nasty.

[Matt]

Glad you’re feeling better but I am a little jealous of your weight loss.

[EdH]

@Matt had a dream last night where I was a travelling weight loss coach in the style of a snake oil salesman from a western movie armed with a trunk full of parasites and infectious diseases. And I have a sneaking suspicion it was your comment that planted the seed.

[Matt]

That sounds pretty cool. Your welcome.

[flannel slut]