💬 OT 🧑‍🍼 The new/new-ish dad thread
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My wife says I’m supposed to let our kid watch me go to the bathroom but it’s weird. I don’t have a choice early in the morning if I have to poop. Just sitting there with my pants down and an 18 mo old peering over the baby gate saying “poo” 
Jesus fucking Christ. "Eat your food." NO "Eat your food so you can be big and strong like daddy. "NO "Eat your food or the monster will get you." *crying* OKAY DADDY
For some reason, our 2 y.o. responds to “obedient dog pretend play”.
“OK puppy Ellie, eat your medicine/drink water/eat chicken, etc.”
And she does it. But if she’s asked to do those things normally, the toddler mystery rage comes out in full force.
“OK puppy Ellie, eat your medicine/drink water/eat chicken, etc.”
And she does it. But if she’s asked to do those things normally, the toddler mystery rage comes out in full force.
Kid loves bacon. Parents dont want to make real bacon all the time.
Buy precooked microwave bacon for ease, kid see's it made in the microwave... One bite..
"Gross, I'm not eating that, it came from the microwave"...
2 days later. Make the same bacon in the microwave. "Is that the bacon from the microwave?"
Nope.
Eats all 4 slices.
Buy precooked microwave bacon for ease, kid see's it made in the microwave... One bite..
"Gross, I'm not eating that, it came from the microwave"...
2 days later. Make the same bacon in the microwave. "Is that the bacon from the microwave?"
Nope.
Eats all 4 slices.
Owen was like that for a while. He could speak and he used words for things he wanted but as soon as his emotions got to him, it was just flailing, noises, and screaming. By about 2.5 he finally started expressing the things he wanted from us/wanted to do and used very simple sentences. Now he's speaking in full, albeit slightly broken, sentences. Every so often his emotions do overcome his ability to speak and he just bawls/screams incessantly but we've been teaching him to take deeps breaths and to have "quiet time" while he's throwing his tantrum. He'll run into his room having a tantrum, have "quiet time" meaning no mommy or daddy, and within 5 minutes he comes out, a little more calm, trying to tell us what's wrong.
Yup, taught my son to remove himself from the situation and he goes and does 10 deep in-and-out breaths. If that doesn't calm him down, do 10 more. He usually comes back smiling and then shares what got him upset.
Our 18 month can get to 5 with some help, but absolutely refuses to say “one”. Anytime we say one he just says “two” and giggles. He will say “uno” though so he may just have to speak Spanish. This one thing has been going on for a couple months. I don’t know if he thinks one is the question and two is the answer or what
I’ve been taking random “art” my son makes, and putting it up at my desk at work. He loves seeing a picture of it being shown off. With him in kindergarten and the teachers letting them sound out the words and spelling them how THEY think, here’s his rendition of Frosty the Snowman, from memory. And he was super proud of making the buttons on another sheet of paper, coloring them, cutting them out and taping them to the original picture.
I always thought John Lennon’s story about Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds being about something his kid said and not drugs was bullshit. Until I had kids. They say and draw the weirdest shit.
I have a drawer at work dedicated to his art. I’ve been scribbling the month and year on the back, with a little description. I know my mom has given me a lot of stuff I did, where most I rolled my eyes to, but the thought of her saving it all these years meant more than anything.
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