Trying to emulate Bandit from Bluey’s parenting is perhaps unrealistic, however, remember, the episodes are only 7 minutes long, so technically he’s only playing with them for a short time. And we can all manage that right?
Keepy Uppy is a fun game anyway.
It takes my 6 year old 7 minutes to explain the rules to whatever game he’s made up. I guess I’m not a good parent because I normally zone out like halfway through 
The boy wound up in A&E today with a fever that wouldn’t go down and a very sore throat. Its late evening now and he’s woken up crying his eyes out as it hurts and we can’t give him more painkiller yet. His mother is with him, holding his hand while he clutches the teddybear the nice nurse at the hospital gave him today for being such a brave boy. And I feel so helpless. There’s literally no more i can do for him except wait for him to either fall asleep from exhaustion or his next dose of medicine to be due and KO him with that. Parenting is hard.
I had a situation recently where my kid was struggling to breathe while laying in bed at night. Only realized it happened because I decided to check on them before I went to bed. Ended up spending the night in the ER waiting for help for hours. Night ended with them getting a steroid which helped open up their throat, but we don’t know why their throat closed up in the first place. Real sense that this could happen again and worse and there is nothing we can do about it.
I love being a parent, but I hate this feeling that my kids aren’t safe.
This exactly. It’s like my #1 job. Safety! And dispensing biscuits, if you ask him.
Hope you figure the issue out. Almost sounds like an allergic reaction to something, or maybe asthma. Who knows. They don’t know either, which makes it worse!
The boy did fall back to sleep and is cracking on with his day now. Still sounds very rough but he doesn’t let it get him down. Unlike me. I hate being ill!
Experience of sleep routines for 3 years olds?
Mine is usually asleep by 7.30 - 8. But he’s woke me up before 6am every day this week. We recently removed the bars on his bed so he can get up and come find us himself. And it’s getting brighter in the morning which also doesn’t help, i think.
My kids also wake up before 7am. They are on Spring Break and still are waking up at ~6:20am. I guess my one piece of advice is that it does get easier… at least with the sleeping in thing. While my four year old wakes up at 6:30am, my seven year old is also already up and will help them watch a show and get some cereal. There are days where I won’t get up until 8:30 or so and my kids have all been hanging out taking care of one another. I think around age six my kids could be self sufficient in the morning, and a year later my kids could help a younger kid.
Oh one other thing- I bought my kids black-out curtains and that has helped. My kid who sleeps with a window right next to their bed is also the one who sleeps in the latest.
If I may ask, who is that guy in your profile picture?
Nice haircut. Reminds me that I need a haircut next week.
Speaking of haircuts, any tips for convincing a 3yr old that haircuts are great and totally something worth letting a barber or daddy do to them? Cause mine flat out refuses and all ive managed is a wonky fringe so far.
We started by cutting their hair. They were a bit more comfortable with us doing it than a stranger. But now my two oldest, 9 and 7, get hair cuts and the next oldest, 6, is interested in getting hair cuts. I think it is all just desensitization. How do you get someone to feel comfortable with a stranger with scissors making cuts right around their head? Have a person they love use scissors to make cuts right around their head.
My one other piece of advice is let the kids decide what they want to do with their hair. They got good instincts and it will make the whole experience less of a fight.
Today, we tried a first day without a pull-up nappy!
He pooped his pants within the hour and didn’t say anything or seem to care. Pretty sure that means he isn’t ready!
Not too worried yet as he’s not off to school until September next year, but im just a bit surprised he’s not more interested in being potty trained, given some of his preschool friends have been for a while. I get they are all different and shouldn’t compare, but after a few months of trying I thought we might be further along by now. He does very occasionally pee on the potty, but it’s not consistent.
Is it a boy thing? I hear boys are a pain and lazy. His bestie is a girl and she was potty trained in 2 weeks, which i find very impressive!
From my experience, they’re all different and you change too. My four kids (which from oldest to youngest goes girl, boy, girl, boy) took progressively longer to potty train. Our first two kids were potty trained at two, the third kid at three, and our fourth kid is four and still isn’t potty trained. There is a narrative that parents get more tired as the number of kids increase. That has been true for us, but I don’t attribute the change to exhaustion. I feel much more knowledgeable on raising kids now then when my oldest was four. Each kid is different and you gotta let them lead their potty training when they’re ready. There are, of course, material reasons why one would need to prompt potty training before the kid is ready. My youngest, for example, needs to be trained by the end of August when preschool starts back up. Rules for the preschool have changed and the kids now need to be potty trained. So my wife is taking some time off from work to give him attention and help him learn to listen to his body.
Parenting is just vibing shit out.
If I have kids I plan to introduce them to there first FPS as Halo and play though each campaign in co op.
wanted to come on here and celebrate the fact that my son’s kindergarten was announced to be full day! i was fully expecting another year of him in half day school and my spouse and i were trying to figure out solutions for the second half of the day. thankfully now we have our work and school figured out for the next year. extremely grateful for that.
Started up driving lessons with my niece, and it’s going really well so far! She was pretty nervous about it at first, but she’s already improving and gaining confidence, which rules to see.
