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Postby count2infinity » Thu Jul 30, 2020 10:59 am

Odd conversation for the parenting thread, but why are people so hesitant to give their income on forms like this?
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Postby Kane » Mon Aug 03, 2020 4:22 pm

Baby 'Om has joined the rat race. Little dude and his mum are both healthy and a-ok. Just gotta figure out this dad thing, now!

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Postby NTP66 » Mon Aug 03, 2020 4:49 pm

Baby 'Om has joined the rat race. Little dude and his mum are both healthy and a-ok. Just gotta figure out this dad thing, now!
Congrats!

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Postby Freddy Rumsen » Mon Aug 03, 2020 4:52 pm

Good stuff!

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Postby shafnutz05 » Mon Aug 03, 2020 5:29 pm

Congratulations dude!

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Postby shafnutz05 » Mon Aug 03, 2020 5:30 pm

Our daughter got stung three times today by either wasps or yellow jackets by our neighbor's swing set. I feel awful for her because she has been waiting months to play with them. Benadryl, Tylenol, Calamine and a 2 hour snooze fixed her right up

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Postby mac5155 » Mon Aug 03, 2020 11:10 pm

My son has always dealt with mild excema but it seems to be getting worse this time of year.

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Postby Orlando Penguin » Mon Aug 03, 2020 11:29 pm

Baby 'Om has joined the rat race. Little dude and his mum are both healthy and a-ok. Just gotta figure out this dad thing, now!
Congrats...hope you can get him a stuffed Hobbes.

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Postby Kane » Tue Aug 04, 2020 8:45 am

Thanks folks!

@Orlando Penguin Might have to knit him one or overpay on Etsy. I'd love him to have one, though.

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Postby NTP66 » Tue Aug 04, 2020 8:51 am

Now all I'm picturing is Kane knitting something.

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Postby meow » Tue Aug 04, 2020 9:02 am

Congrats Kane. Best feeling in the world right now. Ride it for as long as you can

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Postby robbiestoupe » Tue Aug 04, 2020 10:40 am

Congrats KaneOm. Perfect timing to watch some late night 3OT Penguins hockey. Get the little one used to it.

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Postby meow » Tue Aug 04, 2020 10:54 am

mini-meow was born three days before the 2014 Olympics. mrs meow and I basically fought over who got up in the night so we could watch some events while holding the baby.

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Postby DigitalGypsy66 » Tue Aug 04, 2020 11:39 am

My son has always dealt with mild excema but it seems to be getting worse this time of year.
Hmm, my kids excema is worse during the winter due to drier air.

I’m wondering if it’s environmental allergies - like carpet or pet dander? I’m assuming you’ve been home more since March.

My oldest had horrendous dander allergies when he was a toddler. Once we pulled the carpet out of his room and play area, he improved almost immediately. He was covered in red, pus scabs all over his face and joints. It looked like burns. Most of it cleared up in 3-4 days after we put in laminate flooring. He still gets a little on his arms and ear lobes in the winter, but nothing like it was.

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Postby King Colby » Tue Aug 04, 2020 1:32 pm

Congrats kane. What a blessing

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Postby mac5155 » Tue Aug 04, 2020 2:21 pm

My son has always dealt with mild excema but it seems to be getting worse this time of year.
Hmm, my kids excema is worse during the winter due to drier air.

I’m wondering if it’s environmental allergies - like carpet or pet dander? I’m assuming you’ve been home more since March.

My oldest had horrendous dander allergies when he was a toddler. Once we pulled the carpet out of his room and play area, he improved almost immediately. He was covered in red, pus scabs all over his face and joints. It looked like burns. Most of it cleared up in 3-4 days after we put in laminate flooring. He still gets a little on his arms and ear lobes in the winter, but nothing like it was.
Wouldn't surprise me. He was tested about a year ago and came back negative (tested along with his dairy allergy) but perhaps he developed one. We've ran an air purifier in his room pretty much non stop for the past year, though it could still be a dander allergy.

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Postby RonnieFranchise » Wed Aug 05, 2020 5:55 pm

It does not matter how early I try to get my children moving for an appointment, practice, school event, etc. we are ALWAYS freaking late.

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Postby NTP66 » Thu Aug 13, 2020 11:08 am

We took my daughter's phone away from her today because she's being a little ****, and my wife happened to notice a long message in her FB Messenger for Kids app from one of her friends. Apparently, my daughter was being rude to her (said 'stop texting me' when she didn't feel like talking instead of being nicer about it). Told her that that's inappropriate and that she needs to be nicer, even if she doesn't feel like talking on her phone. Then I get to the next message, from the kid's mom. Long ass paragraph about how my daughter bullied the kid for 6 years, she's a bad kid, etc etc. This was weeks ago, apparently. Not a single word to us, the parents.

My wife refuses to give me this NTP66's phone number, because I was against letting them be friends on Messenger in the first place due to the fact that this woman is a whackjob. She once accused my daughter of not wanting to sit next to her at daycare because she was black, WHEN SHE WAS TWO **** YEARS OLD. All of the daycare teachers knew she was a pain in the **** ass, too.

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Postby robbiestoupe » Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:42 pm

Wait, so the mom sent your daughter a long paragraph? Whackjob confirmed.

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Postby count2infinity » Thu Aug 13, 2020 1:02 pm

Yeah, I'm a little confused on the story here. How old is your daughter? And a message was sent to your daughter from the mom??? That's a bit bizarre.

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Postby NTP66 » Thu Aug 13, 2020 1:14 pm

Yep, the mom sent my 7 year old the message (through the FB Messenger for Kids app, mind you). I already took the phone away from my kid for being rude, but I just can't believe they would say something to her directly instead of acting like an adult and contacting one of us. I may be an dadhole at times, too, but I wouldn't pull something like this.

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Postby count2infinity » Thu Aug 13, 2020 1:17 pm

Your 7 year old has a phone? Yeesh.

Is that normal? I didn't grow up in the cell phone era, so I don't know.

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Postby NTP66 » Thu Aug 13, 2020 1:19 pm

Your 7 year old has a phone? Yeesh.

Is that normal? I didn't grow up in the cell phone era, so I don't know.
It's an old spare phone that has no cell service, just wifi. No web browser, heavily locked down, and parental controls enabled. She uses it for Facebook Messenger for Kids for her friends and family, and Duolingo, nothing else.

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Postby robbiestoupe » Thu Aug 13, 2020 1:46 pm

On one hand, this is a glimpse into your future (and all of us dads with young girls)

On the other hand, this woman is cray cray and her daughter may be reaping those qualities. Is your daughter really friends with this girl, or sort of "forced" into being friends with her due to the situation?

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Postby count2infinity » Thu Aug 13, 2020 1:49 pm

Your 7 year old has a phone? Yeesh.

Is that normal? I didn't grow up in the cell phone era, so I don't know.
It's an old spare phone that has no cell service, just wifi. No web browser, heavily locked down, and parental controls enabled. She uses it for Facebook Messenger for Kids for her friends and family, and Duolingo, nothing else.
Oh... okay. I was just picturing a 7 year old walking around with an iPhone 11 texting with friends.

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