Any other expectant Dads?
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Shakermaker said:
tomble22 said:
Or you'll end up like the bloke in Motherland!! 
I don't know it, but I think the context suggests that this is probably more likely Lazadude said:
Anyone else dealing with absolute meltdowns due to the most stupid stuff such as:
Being told not to eat cat food.
Being given a standard size milk bottle instead of one of the larger ones..
Wrong colour cup.Being told not to eat cat food.
Being given a standard size milk bottle instead of one of the larger ones..
Wrong spoon/ fork.
Whatever her sister has that she doesn't. When she get's it she doesn't want it.
It passes. Eventually.
Lazadude said:
Anyone else dealing with absolute meltdowns due to the most stupid stuff such as:
Being told not to eat cat food.
Being given a standard size milk bottle instead of one of the larger ones..
Yes. Being told not to eat cat food.
Being given a standard size milk bottle instead of one of the larger ones..
Seek out "Why is my kid crying" on any number of facebook/twitter/social media type threads and take comfort in the fact you are in no way the only one.
Lazadude said:
Anyone else dealing with absolute meltdowns due to the most stupid stuff such as:
Being told not to eat cat food.
Being given a standard size milk bottle instead of one of the larger ones..
I had:Being told not to eat cat food.
Being given a standard size milk bottle instead of one of the larger ones..
'I don't want the dinosaur tshirt, I hate dinosaurs'
'I don't want a wee wee'
'I don't want this banana I want a different one'
Just what I needed first thing this morning.
Edit to add: they wore the tshirt, ate the banana and had a wee. I'm not in the mood for compromise when I'm trying to get going to work.
'Even though you are sitting right next to each other, and I'm hungry, I want daddy to place the food in front of me, NOT mummy!' WAHHHHWAHHHHWAHHHH!!!
(Daddy removes food for 10 seconds, and places exact same food back in front of her....end of the world avoided and eating now resumes)
(Daddy removes food for 10 seconds, and places exact same food back in front of her....end of the world avoided and eating now resumes)
Lazadude said:
Anyone else dealing with absolute meltdowns due to the most stupid stuff such as:
Being told not to eat cat food.
Being given a standard size milk bottle instead of one of the larger ones..
A particular highlight for us is when our boy went absolutely mental because the sun went behind a cloud. Being told not to eat cat food.
Being given a standard size milk bottle instead of one of the larger ones..
'Daddy bring sun back, want sun back!'
'Ermm... What?'
'WAHHHHHHHHH'
10 minutes later
'Mummy, where mummy? Mummy bring sun back?'
'Mummy can't do that'
'WAHHHHHHHH!'
He was also carrying a couple of balls the other day, then dropped them and got into a right mess, mainly screaming 'OH NO MY BALLS'. I had to leave the room, I thought laughing in his face would not help the situation.
Blown2CV said:
Peanut Gallery said:
Talking of long flights and free childcare - may I give a shoutout to Emirates.
Had an 8 hour flight, flight stewardesses continuously helped one baby that not settled at all for the entire flight, mother was exhausted.
(after a 6 hour waitover in Dubai they got onto the same flight as me for another 7 hour flight.)
it's a good point actually. Short haul the cabin staff are run off their feet but long haul they spend a lot more time sitting around only responding to requests so they would be more free to help... even more so if broody as their globe-trotting lifestyle doesn't often support having kids!!Had an 8 hour flight, flight stewardesses continuously helped one baby that not settled at all for the entire flight, mother was exhausted.
(after a 6 hour waitover in Dubai they got onto the same flight as me for another 7 hour flight.)
The very best tip someone gave me was to give the flight attendants a little something (like a big box of chooclates) at the start of the flight to say thank you for all the extra work they always do with small children. It was the best thing we ever did!
My daughter's reflux suddenly seems to have gotten worse over the last two days. Lots of prolonged crying after feeding (with actual tears), and proper screaming that I've never heard from her.
I'm glad we live in a detatched otherwise I'm sure the neighbours would have called the cops
I've read anecdotally that it can flare up during a growth spurt, but that's probably b
ks.
I'm glad we live in a detatched otherwise I'm sure the neighbours would have called the cops
I've read anecdotally that it can flare up during a growth spurt, but that's probably b
ks.HarryFlatters said:
My daughter's reflux suddenly seems to have gotten worse over the last two days. Lots of prolonged crying after feeding (with actual tears), and proper screaming that I've never heard from her.
I'm glad we live in a detatched otherwise I'm sure the neighbours would have called the cops
I've read anecdotally that it can flare up during a growth spurt, but that's probably bks.
have a look at wedgehogs. Can get amazon prime next day.I'm glad we live in a detatched otherwise I'm sure the neighbours would have called the cops
I've read anecdotally that it can flare up during a growth spurt, but that's probably b
ks.anonymous said:
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All well and good and I don’t want to rain on your parade but the thing with nursery is the kid will be constantly down with some bug or other and pass it on to you. For the first several month, at least.They are also likely to send them home and stop them coming back for 48hrs if they have a temperature over 39, even when they caught the bug there in the first place.
As with many others if it wasn’t an economic necessity I’d not have mine in nursery.
trickywoo said:
All well and good and I don’t want to rain on your parade but the thing with nursery is the kid will be constantly down with some bug or other and pass it on to you. For the first several month, at least.
They are also likely to send them home and stop them coming back for 48hrs if they have a temperature over 39, even when they caught the bug there in the first place.
As with many others if it wasn’t an economic necessity I’d not have mine in nursery.
The flip side is they don't go to nursery and then get all the bugs at school instead. They are also likely to send them home and stop them coming back for 48hrs if they have a temperature over 39, even when they caught the bug there in the first place.
As with many others if it wasn’t an economic necessity I’d not have mine in nursery.
Our eldest has had 2 days off from school over 3 years from illness. I lost track of how many at nursery... but she certainly got exposed to loads (and got chickenpox dealt with at 2)
Also nursery builds great social / play / and early learning skills (via curriculum) that sets them in good stead for school.
I'd rather our youngest now wasn't in full time, but such is life, and we do have slow days at work where she doesn't go or she only does a few hours.
trickywoo said:
anonymous said:
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All well and good and I don’t want to rain on your parade but the thing with nursery is the kid will be constantly down with some bug or other and pass it on to you. For the first several month, at least.They are also likely to send them home and stop them coming back for 48hrs if they have a temperature over 39, even when they caught the bug there in the first place.
As with many others if it wasn’t an economic necessity I’d not have mine in nursery.
Sambucket said:
Is child minding a serious alternative to nursery if you are super flexible with working hours? They take about 4 kids right? Is it a bit less risky and draconian?
just different personal preferences i think. Some people like it because they feel their kid gets more personal contact and attention. Some people like nursery because they feel it will do their child good to not have it be all about them all the time... Nurseries are more like businesses and consequently you might feel this is a greater assurance of quality, or some others might feel this is more the case with child minders i guess. Just my 2p, but I've always felt in favour of a nursery environment. The collaboration and social aspects for kids is massively important and the better ones have a proper pre-school set-up, so although it's always a learning environment, it becomes more formal, making the transition to Reception class that much less stressful. We even referred to ours as "school" right from the off, so it wasn't about going to A School (big, scary, unknown) as much as going to a new school.
Yes they get ill, but that's life and besides, it's often good to get some stuff like chickenpox out of the way. It is a ballache when they send the kid home though. Ours has a strict policy on vomiting - if they're sick, they go home and stay home for the next two days. Good if it's a Friday afternoon, annoying and expensive if it's 10am on a Wednesday morning and you end up paying £150 for 90 minutes of care, not three days...
Yes they get ill, but that's life and besides, it's often good to get some stuff like chickenpox out of the way. It is a ballache when they send the kid home though. Ours has a strict policy on vomiting - if they're sick, they go home and stay home for the next two days. Good if it's a Friday afternoon, annoying and expensive if it's 10am on a Wednesday morning and you end up paying £150 for 90 minutes of care, not three days...
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