ILX Parenting 5: I'm a big kid now

We have empirical evidence that they do fall down a flight of 16 stairs and thats all im going to say on that horrific event.

took my kids to a four hour lunch the other day at one of the BEST RESTAURANTS IN THE WORLD (tm) and they were awesome and I feel like we're doing something right.

food was amazing too. phooey to anyone who thinks having kids means you have to live boringly

euler, which was your favorite guy fieri sushi roll?

pplains was tasked with fixing a friends parents computer last night. Beats went along for the ride and hit the jackpot - these people are selling toys online and she stumbled into the motherload in the garage. Of course she came home arms laden.

Woman has early Alzheimers. When she asked Beeps for the third time what's her name and where did she get those beautiful brown eyes, I swear I saw a look wash over my daughter that read "Hmmm. How can I work this to my advantage."

She also scored a Coca-Cola from the lady, one of the few forbidden treats she's not allowed to have.

total player

We have empirical evidence that they do fall down a flight of 16 stairs and thats all im going to say on that horrific event

life, the great teacher

yeah. as you said, the respect followed quickly.

:/

we just got a new kitchen table, and the corners are EXACTLY head-height for boy 2. he has totally CREAMED his head like four times on them, so i went and bought "corner cushions", for time in my life, installed them, he has not hit his head on them since, the cushions then fell off, probably because the heat melted the shitty adhesive they come with; he still hasn't hit his head since.

haha. i thought about getting those but decided against it. our only baby proofing right now are locks on the fridge and pantry so Henry doesn't eat all of the food in one shot and those door handle covers for all doors that lead outside because this boy just goes roaming out of the house and into the street. and by 'roaming' i mean he WAITS until pp and I are distracted then makes his escape.

We have this kind of padded "sash" for our very hard and sharp-edged coffee table. It's black just like the table, so it kind of makes it look like a claes oldenburg.

oh yeah, also a lock on the oven and covers over the gas knobs on the stove. danger boy.

kids dug the feta nachos roll

I've got to say I'm jealous of you parents with broad paletted children. All our kids want is pepperoni pizza, cheese sandwiches and hot dogs. They like all kinds of fruit but, with that exception, offering anything else is a highly frustrating and ultimately futile effort.

Not strictly parenting here, but Euler you better have some explanation about how something can be botha nacho and a roll.

that's nacho business

sunny otm. My kids are lame with pickiness, but I was horribly picky as a kid too, so I suppose this is my punishment.

Sunny, it's a struggle, but some kids don't start eating foods until way later. Or some give up on more adventurous things they USED to eat. My little girl used to eat everything, but especially broccoli. We went though about four months where we were just like "thank you lord". But then she got real stubborn and for thee most part just subsists on chocolate milk.

I recently got back in touch with an old babysitter of mine via facebook and she remembered my precise diet from 30 years ago because it was so fickle and limited.

that's nacho business

― Cap'n Conserv-a-pedia (Hurting 2), Friday, July 19, 2013 4:12 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^^ Dadz in dis thread

lmao

it will be so great when K is old enough to grimace at lines like that :)

8lbs 8oz delivered at 5:55AM!

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats, mordy! ^_^

good morning, little'n. congrats, mordy.

yayyyyyyyyyyy mordybaby!

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so awesome

congratulations

Whoohoo!

Well done!

awww mordy congrats <3!!!!

evie is three today. we gave her most of her presents but we're saving the balance bike for after work. and we made pink rice krispie treats to take to school.

Three!!! Happy Birthday, Evie! Pls mail pink rice krispie treat asap.

congratulations mordy!

that's nacho business

― Cap'n Conserv-a-pedia (Hurting 2), Friday, July 19, 2013 4:12 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^^ Dadz in dis thread

― pplains, Friday, July 19, 2013 9:26 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lmao

― THAT'S MY NAME, DON'T WEAR IT OUT! (m bison), Friday, July 19, 2013 9:27 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it will be so great when K is old enough to grimace at lines like that :)

― Cap'n Conserv-a-pedia (Hurting 2), Friday, July 19, 2013 9:54 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

loooool one of the many reasons i want to have a daughter next. can't wait to be a super-embarrassing buffoon in front of her and her teenage friends.

ok so approaching the 2 week to due date mark gave me my first semi panic attack today

man, so I went to the gym this morning and didn't do the normal morning routine with K, and, perhaps worst of all, I forgot to say "bye-bye" as I walked out the door. K was PISSED at me when I came back, just would not even look at me. :(

also, last night I accidentally squeezed diaper cream all over my hand while changing K and inadvertently said "shit" under my breath. The scary thing, dear reader, is that she did not repeat "shit," but rather started gleefully exclaiming "fuck! fuck!" which means that she (1) has heard me curse before, and (2) gets that "fuck" is somehow conceptually connected to "shit". In other words, I am a terrible parent.

i have really got to do a better job of not swearing around my baby

K also noticed that I have a "tsee-tsee" (breast) when I was walking around shirtless. Gender innocence or sign that I need to hit the gym more?

life's too short for gyms, u show them tsee-tsee's off

body positivity yo. work it

I should have said "No no, PEC! PEC!"

yea i have to work on the swearing around J thing, too. my wife are pretty liberal about swearing but i'm really worried it's going to come out when J becomes a toddler. yesterday morning i picked him up from the crib and walked into the kitchen to see tupperwares of all the indian food we spent two hours cooking that we forgot to put in the fridge, and i look at the food and yell "FUCKER! FUCKING BULLSHIT!" and J just seemed real quiet, obviously he hears it and knows that daddy's angry

I watched my youngest kid type "fuck" into Scribblenauts the other day & was kinda puzzled about how, or even whether, she knew that word

Just fucking pwned a goddamn car seat installation, feeling pretty good abt things atm.

Also yeah not swearing around the kid is going to be haha tough for k and i

Stroller construction/learning to collapse it otoh was a total fucking nightmare