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Parenting Chat - 06/22 - 06/28 (hexbear.net)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

I'm proud of my boys, I've been putting the new Walking With Dinosaurs on for them and they haven't been getting bored during the parts with the paleontologists. I was worried I'd have to fast forward to just the dinosaur parts.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So sleep has been an issue over here, but for three days straight my kid has slept through the night. Tonight he looked at me and said bedtime and I went in his room and put him to sleep. This is huge for me. My kid sleeping has been a big fight between me and my husband and I am doing it my way and it is working, knock on wood.

My husband leaves for 2 months this weekend and for the first time I am not worried about how hard being around a kid alone will be.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

When sleeping clicks for your kids, it’s a great feeling. Here’s hoping your kid gets into a really good groove over the next couple months.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How do ya’ll deal with discipline?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

My girlfriend is big on not doing full timeouts but time away from the thing they were doing with a parent. So instead of being alone they sit with us and we talk to them about what they did wrong. We then let them go back to what they were doing when they've calmed down and we've talked through it a bit.

It's probably effective since we have two kids. So if you take one away the other is playing and it's more apparent to the kid being disciplined they're missing out.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We got back from vacation! How do you all deal with screentime?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

Try to limit it as much as possible. But I've worked out a situation where I can get them to agree to a timer. So I set a timer for whatever we agree upon on my phone and when the timer goes off TV is all done

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

New Fear Unlocked: Thermonuclear Annihilation!

Great way to kick off the summer, as if it's not hot enough, starring down a full straight week of 90+ temperature. C'est la vie!

Went to a kids museum on Thursday, and I think I picked up a small bug from there because the place was slammed.

I don't know what in doing in my sleep but my shoulders are totally jacked up. My upper back, across my solder blades, screams every morning. I need to find time to exercise again, but god it feels impossible.

The youngest has started doing this thing where he holds food in his mouth for a long time instead of swallowing it. It's very annoying. He doesn't do it all the time, but when he does he just won't swallow. I've had to fish food out of his mouth multiple times this week.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

Psh, I have had that fear for months.

We always get sick from the children's museums!! It’s the best time ever and then we pay for all the fun we had. Lol

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

Today we rode the bus to a shopping centre, had morning tea there, then rode the train home. The boys absolutely loved it.

You can plan all these elaborate trips and events, but my boys love trains and busses, so it's great to know we can make them happier than anything by walking out the front door and spending $4 on a ride.