LGP Parenting Thread

[shafnutz05]

I'm wondering the same with my son, Shaf. His appetite has gone downhill the past week or two, but that may be partly due to his barf-fest last weekend. Do kids become picky eaters when they are teething?

Definitely, although she is like a human vacuum cleaner so we haven't had any issues there.

[Kraftster]

The last time I recall my daughter happening upon temple run on the iPad, she couldn't make a turn. Tonight she (3 years old) made it 1,684 meters. I'm simultaneously impressed and panicked about when she must have spent hours on that thing figuring it out that I somehow missed.

[MWB]

What takes us hours to master on an iPad takes kids a tenth the time.

[PensFanInDC]

My 3 year old can unlock my phone, open Netflix, choose his profile, then choose what he wants to watch. That's nothing "special" but it goes along with what MWB said.

[Hockeynut!]

My 3 year old can unlock my phone, open Netflix, choose his profile, then choose what he wants to watch. That's nothing "special" but it goes along with what MWB said.

I can do that too. Big deal.

[meow]

Double ear infection and RSV. It's amazing how toddlers can be so sick and barely slow down.

[shafnutz05]

Double ear infection and RSV. It's amazing how toddlers can be so sick and barely slow down.

Ugh, sorry to hear that man. RSV (granted it was complicated by some other stuff), put our daughter in the hospital for a couple of nights, so keep a very close eye on her breathing...at one point , our daugther's O2 level was in the upper 80s. You are right though, the "barely slow down" thing can be scary because you tell yourself it's not that bad.

[meow]

Double ear infection and RSV. It's amazing how toddlers can be so sick and barely slow down.

Ugh, sorry to hear that man. RSV (granted it was complicated by some other stuff), put our daughter in the hospital for a couple of nights, so keep a very close eye on her breathing...at one point , our daugther's O2 level was in the upper 80s. You are right though, the "barely slow down" thing can be scary because you tell yourself it's not that bad.

We put it off a day or so because he didn't slow down. You could tell he wasn't feeling great, but he was still 99% active. It is amazing how one small clue can give it away just how sick they are. He isn't a cuddler at all, and he walked over to me and put his head on my lap for about 20 seconds. Big red flag, haha.

[shafnutz05]

That is so, so true (sorry I used she instead of he, lol). Normally my daughter just wants to run around...but if she just comes over and idly sits in your lap, something is dreadfully wrong. Right before we took her to the ER she was doing that and breathing really rapidly, that was enough for me. It's so endearing and scary at the same time.

[cheesesteakwithegg]

My 3 year old can unlock my phone, open Netflix, choose his profile, then choose what he wants to watch. That's nothing "special" but it goes along with what MWB said.

Same here. And if my kid has the ipad and we take it off of her, meltdown city.

[PensFanInDC]

My 3 year old can unlock my phone, open Netflix, choose his profile, then choose what he wants to watch. That's nothing "special" but it goes along with what MWB said.

Same here. And if my kid has the ipad and we take it off of her, meltdown city.

Yesterday morning I discovered that he somehow has figured out how to unlock the apps as well. I had put a pattern lock on any app that may have CC information in it and that includes netflix. He came into the room at 5am and I gave him my phone so I could get another 30 minutes of sleep. I wake up 30 minutes later and he's watching Netflix. How???

[viva la ben]

I'm going through the same things with my three boys. Let's just say I've become an expert and parental controls, and the passwords get changed frequently.

[cheesesteakwithegg]

Lady I work with told me the following story...

Her daughter (I think around 12 years old) had an iphone that just broke (wouldnt charge). She went to the Apple store on Friday and was able to get a replacement (think it was an older model) for $270, but it wouldnt be in until Monday. If she wanted a phone that day she would have had to pay full price ($700). She tells her daughter that her phone would be in on Monday, and she says "I can't beleive you won't pay $700 so I don't have to go 3 days without a phone." If I said that to my parents....

[meow]

I was fully expecting her to pay the $700

[PensFanInDC]

This is yet another reason we are teaching our son, even at 3 years old, about saving and being smart with money. He doesn't fully grasp the idea of currency and exchange (obviously) but he understands that the stuff we have is paid for with something and we only have a limited amount of that something. He gets an allowance of $.25 a day for cleaning up his toys before bed. I give him the quarter and he puts it in his piggy bank. Sometimes he asks if we can go to the store to buy a (insert toy or book here). I tell him that said item costs X dollars. Let's see what you have in your piggy bank. We count the money and put it into 2 piles; 1 pile for the item and 1 pile for what is left over. He can then decide if he wants to spend the money on the item.

I hope this works. My parents taught me NOTHING about money, savings, or credit. I wont make that same mistake.

[44windmill]

This is yet another reason we are teaching our son, even at 3 years old, about saving and being smart with money. He doesn't fully grasp the idea of currency and exchange (obviously) but he understands that the stuff we have is paid for with something and we only have a limited amount of that something. He gets an allowance of $.25 a day for cleaning up his toys before bed. I give him the quarter and he puts it in his piggy bank. Sometimes he asks if we can go to the store to buy a (insert toy or book here). I tell him that said item costs X dollars. Let's see what you have in your piggy bank. We count the money and put it into 2 piles; 1 pile for the item and 1 pile for what is left over. He can then decide if he wants to spend the money on the item.

I hope this works. My parents taught me NOTHING about money, savings, or credit. I wont make that same mistake.

I think you'll find good results. Not that I have any experience in using it with my 1 year old, but I also did not get much of a lesson from my parents regarding money. Luckily, they were pretty frugal with their spending, so it rubbed off on me. I just remember being completely terrified of growing up because there was no way I could handle balancing a checkbook.

Giving your kid(s) any lesson in money can reap huge rewards, IMO.

[shmenguin]

i guess there's no harm in it, but it seems like you guys are over thinking things. as long as they have a basic understanding of...things cost money and money is very hard to come by, they'll be fine.

and i never really understood the expression "balancing a checkbook" growing up, and i still don't understand it as an adult. is the fear that somehow you will spend more money than you have, without realizing it? that seems like it's not a money problem. it's an organization problem.

[PensFanInDC]

It started when I randomly brought home a toy for him from the store. After that he was all "can we go to the store and get another toy?". I figured it was good time for him to learn that stuff costs money. He loves it. He knows that it takes 32 coins to get a train. We count them every night.

[shmenguin]

the extent of my financial tutelage so far for my 2 year old is as follows:

my daughter - "i want [something stupid and/or unreasonable]"
shmenguin - "i want a million dollars"

[cheesesteakwithegg]

Love the approach PFiDC. I'm gonna try it with my oldest.

[44windmill]

Yeah balancing a checkbook seems like it got lost in my generation. But I was still scared of the prospect of it when I watched my parents do it.

My parents never taught me how to budget. I'm going to instill it in my kids. It has made a world of difference in how I view things now money wise. PFiDC's method I think is a good start down that path.

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

I don't think I was ever taught how to budget, it came to me naturally (I have x dollars, if I want something that costs y, I'll have z left over, is that enough? no? then don't buy it)

but one thing I wish my parents explained more were taxes and credit cards and ****.

[PensFanInDC]

I don't think I was ever taught how to budget, it came to me naturally (I have x dollars, if I want something that costs y, I'll have z left over, is that enough? no? then don't buy it)

but one thing I wish my parents explained more were taxes and credit cards and ****.

The idea is not only to help him understand CAN he afford it but SHOULD he get it. He's 3. I'm not expecting him to start a 401K but I see no harm in an early understanding of fiscal responsibility. His parents have had trouble and we want him to learn from our mistakes.

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

No I agree that that's good. I just realize that my parents never did that haha

[shmenguin]

we use a babysitter who watches our 2 kids and one other kid. the other kid keeps pushing my daughter. like, walks over to her and pokes her in the chest, hard. not while they're playing or anything like that. she just sees her, walks over, and pushes her. she's 21 months old. innocent child's play, or is she kind of an a**hole that needs fixed by her parents?