LGP Parenting Thread

[PensFanInDC]

So our toddler just weaved an impressive array of F bombs.

[CBear3]

That is impressive. I just had to tell my daughter not to use O.M.G. because my wife (preacher's daughter) finds it disrespectful. I'm not sure what sh'ed do if she managed to drop an F bomb.

[PensFanInDC]

The best part is when I asked where he heard it he rattled off a tale of the time when I used it a few times in front of him. Not my best moment, but it was the first incident with our dog's new incontinence issue and I had just come home from work and picking the boy up from daycare. It was 100 degrees and my truck had no AC and it's about 1.25 hours from leaving work to getting home. I was not in a good mood already only to come home to find a puddle of urine on my couch. I didn't yell at the dog, it was a general flutter of F bombs directed at the situation. It took about 2 seconds for me to realize what I had just done and I haven't used that language in front of him since.

It was a funny moment really. He's going to say it in the future. Most people do. I personally don't see anything wrong with "those words" when used the way they usually are. It's when it's directed at a person when I think a line is crossed. This is where teaching him comes into play. We have friends that cuss around their 6 year old all the time. They don't have any discretion and have taught him that those words are perfectly fine and that you have to know when you can use them. I don't know if I will subscribe to that method (actually I do...I wont) but I'm not going to tell him that those words are evil and never to be used. He just has to be old enough, IMO, to get that lesson.

For now I will keep holding my tongue.

Man...Nothing like putting a diaper on your son and then have him look at you and say, "****!"

[CBear3]

LOL.
Believe it or not, the same thing with the word "hate."
At four, I don't want you to say it all. When you're older, you'll get the story about how its dangerous to to direct it at objects or situations, because you may start directing it towards people. And that crosses a line.

[PensFanInDC]

I'm very guilty of using "hate" in a lot of situations for things that I don't really hate. I should be more careful.

[GeoTank]

When my 16yr old was 3 he dropped his sippy cup and it rolled under the car he just looked and the underside of the car and said "damn it!". It was the perfect tone and defeatedness in his voice, i almost cried with joy. I then mustered up my best dad voice and asked him what he said, he knew he was busted and put his head down. I said "get in the car young man" and grabbed his cup. We had a quick talk about not swearing again and he seamed to understand.....

Next day he's in the car with mom and says "Daddy was mad at me yesterday". Already knowing why, because i had explained it all, she still asked him "why?" "I said Damn it.... he then told me to not say damn it again so i told him i'd never say damn it again, and i wont. Cuz he was really mad when i said damn it mommy and i don't won't daddy mad...."

"BRYAN !!! "

[meow]

Damn it, Bryan!

[GeoTank]

Just started Driver training with Bry.... that's scary

These little people don't stay little, i beg you all to cherish every silly moment. Remember it, write it down, share it here or with friends.

Tonight lesson #2 starts, stay away from Bethel High School stadium parking lot.... you've been warned

[columbia]

Just started Driver training with Bry.... that's scary

These little people don't stay little, i beg you all to cherish every silly moment. Remember it, write it down, share it here or with friends.

Tonight lesson #2 starts, stay away from Bethel High School stadium parking lot.... you've been warned

That's still a gravel parking lot? Teach the kid how to do doughnuts.

[GeoTank]

Just started Driver training with Bry.... that's scary

These little people don't stay little, i beg you all to cherish every silly moment. Remember it, write it down, share it here or with friends.

Tonight lesson #2 starts, stay away from Bethel High School stadium parking lot.... you've been warned

That's still a gravel parking lot? Teach the kid how to do doughnuts.

You're thinking the lower lot near the tennis courts and Perky Field? Courts are gone and the new high school is there. we'll be in the stadium lot fully paved.

[shmenguin]

Things seen on kids shows...

The attractive host on all fours saying "it's time to make a hump"

[PensFanInDC]

Nina?

[shmenguin]

Yes. Quite a sprout stretch.

[eddysnake]

Oh that Nina. Clever girl.

[meow]

My 7th month old can hold his own bottle without any problems. Game changer.

[shmenguin]

Wait til they start using forks and spoons without help. It's glorious.

[canaan]

Oh that Nina. Clever girl.

Not to be confused with Nina needs to go

[slappybrown]

potty training starts soon. i'm horrified by the prospect.

our doctor's suggestion is to put the kid in regular cotton underwear - and only that. so when they go, the experience feels so unpleasant for them that they'll learn to ask to use the toilet pretty quickly.

Ha, or they don't.

My daughter turns three this month. In January/February of this year, she was really doing well with potty training. Went several weeks without any pee accidents, pooping was always a little tougher. Then in the last month or so she has just lost interest in caring. Mainly poop accidents (awesome), but a few pee as well. With the pooping, she just seems to love to poop on he knees in the corner. She'll be about to do it, and we'll grab her and throw her on the toilet, and she won't go. We'll go it again 10 minutes later, won't go. Then she slips away into the playroom kneels in the corner and poops.

She's been better the past couple weeks, so hopefully this is done soon.

Has she won the battle with pooping

[Pavel Bure]

My 7th month old can hold his own bottle without any problems. Game changer.

My son just about has it. He hasn't figured out to elevate his arms to keep getting food though.

[PensFanInDC]

I've determined that potty training is not hard. It's just very very very very tedious and long which makes it feel really hard. Then again all kids are different yada yada yada...

[shmenguin]

Seen in a kid's book...a little boy addressing a girl:

Do you like it in your face?
Yes! I like it any place.

[pens9192]

Does anyone's kids have SPD (Sensory Processing Disorder) ? We think our oldest daughter (turns five in three weeks) might have this but not sure. We are not sure, just starting some research. We found a checklist on a website and she meets some of the traits for the past year or two. For example, she sometimes thinks the bath water is too hot or cold but it does not bother my youngest daughter who is in the bath with her. S She has also add meltdowns with people singing 'Happy Birthday' to her and saying certain things/situations are too loud and she wants to avoid those things (I took her to the Pens' scrimmage after the lockout and we had to leave after 30 min because she said that everything was too loud. If she feels that way, then she would hate a real game :\). She also avoids some texture foods and will lose balance and fall down at random times.

What prompted us to research this is she had a meltdown yesterday because her one shirt bothered her and she only wanted to wear long sleeves and pants. That was pretty rare for her. Just strange because can go days or weeks between some of the issues I mentioned above. Just random.

Some other information we read said that kids can't be properly diagnosed until seven years old. She has her yearly checkup next month, so we'll see what the doctor says. It is weird because she does great in pre-school and her teacher has never had any concerns with her last year or this year and the teacher says she is the most advanced in the class.

I mean, are we crazy and trying to find a reason for her acting a certain way or is this just a phase?

[PensFanInDC]

I mean, are we crazy and trying to find a reason for her acting a certain way or is this just a phase?

You are not crazy. She is your child. Do whatever you feel is best and take no chances.

[shmenguin]

I mean, are we crazy and trying to find a reason for her acting a certain way or is this just a phase?

You are not crazy. She is your child. Do whatever you feel is best and take no chances.

this is a tough line to walk sometimes.

my son was born with low blood sugar. he was huge, so no doi. it wasn't so low that it was critical, but it was enough that the docs wanted to keep following up with it. after a dozen or so blood tests in the hospital, they made us come back to do a test the day after discharge. offices are closed on sundays, so we had to go to the ER in a hospital in a ghetto to do the test.

in the ER test, his blood sugar levels doubled since the day before when he was released (my wife's milk came in, which did the trick). so...woo hoo, right? wrong. the ER doc said he was still low, and they were going to do another test in an hour. if his levels dropped even a little - they were going to admit him into the hospital and hook him up to an IV. my reaction, internally, was, "what the holy f*** is that s*** you stupid butthole doctor? he was deemed fit to be sent home with his levels at 36. he's now up to 70 after one night and you think he should be hooked up to machines and taken away from his parents? all this after he hasn't shown a single symptom of low blood sugar aside from a stupid number!?"

in the end, his levels went up again to 93 after that 2nd test and we were sent home. our pediatrician was shocked. she said anything over 35 is totally healthy and the ER had no cause to make those threats.

so...in this situation, do you just listen to the doctor who wants to compromise your child's health to protect their own ass for liability reasons (though guaranteeing that he'll live and be brain damage free), or do you say f*** off, doc - and take your kid home (and risk the faint chance that something is actually wrong)?

[CBear3]

I mean, are we crazy and trying to find a reason for her acting a certain way or is this just a phase?

Not crazy, always bring those kinds of concerns up to the doc.
On the other hand, don't be surprised if she smiles and reminds you she's five.

My oldest (four) refused to wear short sleeve shirts this summer. Just flat refused. Started refusing to wear jeans this fall because they felt weird (her cousin did this too at her age).

No balance issues, but she often refuses to eat what the rest of the family is eating for no apparent reason. Tried to take her to a Royals game (baseball) and it was too loud, hot, bright, everything. "I never want to go back there" she said as we drove by the other day.