ILX Parenting 6: "Put Some Goddamn Pants On Before You Go Outside!" is a thing I say now

took 3-year-old to outside carols and santa-appearing-on-a-roof thing (which he was in awe of). Santa shouts out 'have you been good boys and girls' and my child informs everyone 'NAUGHTY CHILDREN GET COAL'

<3

Trayce, I remember being that kid on at least two occasions and regret it terribly.

I was told that the best hanukkah present this year was the stationary bike I got for mom (no more having to deal with PEOPLE when she wants to exercise)
the REAL best hanukkah present is the little stand we got that puts our daughter's bike in neutral so she can pedal along with mom

they are both upstairs right now crushing it to peloton videos and I am just basking in my recliner with a beer, psychically patting myself on the back as admiringly as possible

every time i go to IKEA i still think about that human trafficking story i posted upthread where that mom almost lost her entire family to a pair of dudes. i was at IKEA yesterday actually and i kept winding up near the same people, some of them WOMEN with CHILDREN and i wondered if any of them thought i was going to traffick them.

Went to check on Ella last night before I went to bed, and she had gone to sleep with a pair of underpants on her head like a hat.

Hi dere. I never post on this borad and may not do so again, but if you are interested in understanding the infamous high school application process in NYC, contact me offline, by robo-Ilx-mail or otherwise

On the opposite end of the spectrum, poop-withholding is a very weird behavior.

Had a baby

On the opposite end of the spectrum, poop-withholding is a very weird behavior.

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oh god this has been a true nightmare for the entirety of our almost-3-year-old's life

it's fucking horrible

Uhm Nick congrats?!!!

Oh wow! Congratulations!

congrats!

Congrats and I hope your baby is pooping!

10lbs. Born in the kitchen with no pain relief because my wife is hardcore.

To Disintegration Loops.

Yung Basinski :D

Congrats both!! Well done E!

congrats! and sorry i missed your post before i started complaining about poop-withholding

congratulations scik!!

that's hardcore birfin'

well done mama and papa and little hardcore bebeh!

Congrats! The kitchen is a great place to be born in.

Congrats!

Congratulations!

blessings unto you, your partner, your progeny and your kitchen

Makes preparation of placenta dish a cinch!

ew

that was a gag in the last ep of high maintenance... they kept the placenta in the medicine cabinet for some reason?

In reference to the thread title, my daughter was running around the house in her underwear today (which, we have a guideline about putting clothes on if you're up and about in the house), so I showed her this State sketch and after repeat viewings she is quoting it and giggling like a maniac.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x32ja7v

huh so turns out my 3 year old is a demon. I have no idea how I'm going to deal with him and a newborn by myself (have had family helping so far and it's still been tough)

yeah everyone's always like "oh having a kid is tough" but real heads know that #2, at least when #1 is still pretty small, is a whole other level

I don't understand how having just a baby was so hard last time :p
if I was just dealing with another newborn now it'd be fine!
3 yr old had fun day out yesterday, we made a treasure hunt for him this morning with a present at the end, and now he's been screaming for about an hour.

if it makes you feel any better, #3 was much easier than either #2 or #1

there will not be a #3 :)
dunno how anyone does it!

#2 only really sleeps when held at the moment...

Second time you're a lot more chilled though. First time is all "OMG there's some blood, quick let's get down A&E" whereas by the time #2 comes along, unless an arm is actually hanging off it's just "Whatever, just have some Calpol".

Yeah it's like the old "sanitize the pacifier" > "rinse the pacifier" > "let the dog lick the pacifier" progression.

i remember considering buying a very expensive "bottle steriliser" lol

When I was a tacker I remember my mother boiling the bottles to sterlize them - they were plastic ones too. Once she did this, then we went over the road to chat to the neighbours, she completely forgot the stove and we came back to a house full of fragrant melted plastic smoke.

lol

well this morning the 3-y-o was kissing the baby's foot and telling him 'you'll always have a friend' *blub*

<3

awww

Awww.

Wait til the baby starts nicking the older one's toys in a year or two.

Heh, Dex n Mo are often all over each other hugging when we're walking round the shops, in this staggery silly kids way, and B will bellow "STOP LOVING YOUR BROTHER!" :D

He'll miss it when theyre beating each other up at 16 I suppose.

Thank Christ Casper sleeps.

98thcentile for height and weight. I’m 5,8” at a push and Em is 5’3” maybe. Wtf

Nora’s been amazingly good with him by and large.

3-year-old is sweet to baby but has been horrendous otherwise. HV said it's the equivalent of your partner coming home with another woman/man so there's that. He better get over it sharpish though.
Baby is a ray of sunshine compared to first time round. Growing out of clothes because he's long and leggy!

Casper’s in 3-6 months already. He’s only 7 and s half weeks!