5AF Parenting Thread

Postby **count2infinity** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 2:38 pm

Dodint gets to hate me even more now... wife and I are due April 4th with a mini-c2i.

Postby **columbia** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 2:41 pm

Postby **shmenguin** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 2:53 pm

Dodint gets to hate me even more now... wife and I are due April 4th with a mini-c2i.

"mini"...you're like 7 feet tall, 300 pounds. that baby's gonna be a giant.

and congrats.

Postby **meow** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 2:55 pm

Postby **count2infinity** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 3:18 pm

Dodint gets to hate me even more now... wife and I are due April 4th with a mini-c2i.
"mini"...you're like 7 feet tall, 300 pounds. that baby's gonna be a giant.

and congrats.

It'll be mini for at least a little while...

and thanks.

Postby **dodint** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 4:05 pm

Congrats!

Your carbon footprint has increased by 65 million pounds.

Postby **count2infinity** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 4:21 pm

I'm okay with it.

Postby **columbia** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 4:46 pm

There's a covalent bonding joke in here somewhere.

Postby **MWB** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 5:48 pm

Congrats!

Postby **shmenguin** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 7:25 pm

My son/youngest is now potty trained. Which means I'm done changing diapers forever, motherf***ers.

What a feeling. And only a couple more years until they can both wake up, get a snack and put on TV without bothering me. I'm so close to living the dream.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 8:49 pm

And only a couple more years until they can both wake up, get a snack and put on TV without bothering me.

On Saturday mornings, I set out the remote for my daughter (she'll be 4 in a month) and a snack in a Ziploc bag...it buys us an extra 30-45 minutes. Lovely. The TV is in the adjacent room.

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 9:04 pm

Dodint gets to hate me even more now... wife and I are due April 4th with a mini-c2i.

Congrats!

Postby **shmenguin** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 9:08 pm

And only a couple more years until they can both wake up, get a snack and put on TV without bothering me.
On Saturday mornings, I set out the remote for my daughter (she'll be 4 in a month) and a snack in a Ziploc bag...it buys us an extra 30-45 minutes. Lovely. The TV is in the adjacent room.

my daughter would sleep until dinner if we let her. it's my darling little boy who is a pre-6am waker upper.

Postby **columbia** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 9:15 pm

Mr. Libido - @Freddy Rumsen - can provide hotel reservation tips.

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 9:19 pm

Notice I stayed out of the overpopulation talks...

Postby **columbia** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 9:20 pm

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 9:40 pm

Postby **Willie Kool** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 9:45 pm

Congrats!

Your carbon footprint has increased by 65 million pounds.

Per year!

Congrats c2i

Postby **Silentom** » Thu Sep 28, 2017 9:00 am

Congrats, c2i!

Postby **meow** » Thu Oct 05, 2017 1:44 pm

Are second kids always, like, a million times easier than first kids?

Postby **shmenguin** » Thu Oct 05, 2017 2:18 pm

Are second kids always, like, a million times easier than first kids?

No. The rule is you get one good one and one challenging one. Usually the latter is a boy. Sequence doesn't factor in.

Postby **pens9192** » Thu Oct 05, 2017 2:52 pm

Are second kids always, like, a million times easier than first kids?
No. The rule is you get one good one and one challenging one. Usually the latter is a boy. Sequence doesn't factor in.

I agree. My oldest two are girls, separated by two years. Not much of an issue with them except around 18 months old. They are in grade school and pretty independent, listen good, etc. My third is a boy and he is a 3 year old. He makes my wife and I pull our hair out at least two times a day. Couldn't get him in preschool, potty training issues, listening issues, etc. Our fourth kid is ten months old and she is so happy. Acts like my other daughters at this age so that's good.

I asked my mom is I was like this at three years old. Her response: "I can't remember" Thanks Mom.

Postby **shmenguin** » Thu Oct 05, 2017 5:04 pm

if you have 2 kids, and they're both easy, then one of them is the milkman's

Postby **robbiestoupe** » Thu Oct 05, 2017 5:10 pm

Are second kids always, like, a million times easier than first kids?
No. The rule is you get one good one and one challenging one. Usually the latter is a boy. Sequence doesn't factor in.

This rings 100% true in my household.

Example from yesterday: older boy takes car with automatically spinning wheels and places it in the hair of the younger boy. That wasn't even the worst thing from the week.

Postby **Silentom** » Thu Oct 05, 2017 5:45 pm

if you have 2 kids, and they're both easy, then one of them is the milkman's

In this day and age, I think it's more likely whatever delivery service is dropping off the daily Amazon package.