Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted March 25, 2022 Moderators Posted March 25, 2022 She turned 4 in Feb, so it's around 2 years and 9 months.
deathrey Posted March 25, 2022 Posted March 25, 2022 Ahh ok, so around 10 months more than I will have. Ideally I would have liked that kind of gap as it would mean that the older one would soon be getting free hours at nursery. Hopefully I should only have 3 or so months of having to pay for both of them to go to nursery.
Divorced Dad Posted March 29, 2022 Posted March 29, 2022 Anyone's wee one chipped a tooth before? My 15 month old fell at the park today and has taken a small chip out of two of her teeth. Big swollen lip too. Got an appointment for the dentist tomorrow just to get them checked out.
Paid Members Nick James Posted April 28, 2022 Paid Members Posted April 28, 2022 At this point, I think there should just be a thread purely for discussing Bluey (Not Blueys, we already have one of those). My youngest (10 month old) missed her second nap yesterday, and by tea time, she was acting just like Muffin in the episode where she doesn't have a nap. I have never related to an episode as much as I did yesterday. She was rabid, making noises like a gremlin, rubbing food all in her hair and just generally going crazy. Luckily, by reminding me of that episode, it didn't annoy or frustrate me half as much as it normally would have. Bluey is life.
Paid Members waters44 Posted April 29, 2022 Paid Members Posted April 29, 2022 IMG_3846.MOV Not a bad effort from my six year old
Paid Members Kookoocachu Posted September 4, 2022 Author Paid Members Posted September 4, 2022 Not shared a recent picture of Dyllan lately. 14 years old on the 19th.
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted September 18, 2022 Paid Members Posted September 18, 2022 (edited) Took the boy for his first Taekwondo class yesterday. On the way home, he asked that when we go next week if he could have his own belt. I explained that the master would give him a belt, and how they were like medals that were awarded for working hard and paying attention. "But they already gave me a reward of a yellow tag (basically a merit badge that they use for the juniors class), so I need a belt to put it on". Darn it, he's got me there. So when we got home I had to go into the attic and fish out an old white belt for him to put it on. I get the feeling he really liked it, as he turned and bowed as he left the bathroom this morning. It's a good job he's cute. Edited September 18, 2022 by Nostalgia Nonce Spelling error. Get over it.
deathrey Posted October 5, 2022 Posted October 5, 2022 Baby boy no.2 joined the family late last night. We are both doing well, though I can't remember the last time I was so shattered.... I guess this is going to be my life now for the next 2 years!
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted October 5, 2022 Moderators Posted October 5, 2022 Congratulations! Passed the two year mark with the second one recently. Still not any easier now.
deathrey Posted October 5, 2022 Posted October 5, 2022 My eldest is 2 next month and he has gotten a lot easier because he can tell us what he wants now. He is a really shit sleeper though so that coupled with the chaos of two is pretty scary. 18 minutes ago, Chest Rockwell said: Congratulations! Passed the two year mark with the second one recently. Still not any easier now.
DavidB6937 Posted October 5, 2022 Posted October 5, 2022 Does anyone else suffer a bit with imposter syndrome as a parent? Not even sure that's what I mean but it's tough to put into words. I feel incapable of even looking after myself most of the time so to think I've got kids that rely on me and look up to me seems absolutely barmy some days.
Paid Members mim731 Posted October 5, 2022 Paid Members Posted October 5, 2022 47 minutes ago, deathrey said: I can't remember the last time I was so shattered.... I guess this is going to be my life now for the next 2 years! Congrats @deathrey! If it helps at all, based on my experience (and I appreciate this isn't the same for everyone) the first bit with having a second was tricky while we figured it all out, because it's a lot of logistical stuff with two that isn't the same with one (the ratio of two adults to one kid changing to 2:2 was hard because it made it hard to take a break at any point), but we settled into a rhythm and I found myself tired but managing because I knew I'd already done this once and I could trust my instincts a bit more because of the experience from my first child. I found the second also tended to slot into things for that first year or so, because they didn't have much choice. That said, it does get easier. I'm now at a point with a 4-year-old and a 2-year-old and they are starting to play together and share a room, which makes everything infinitely easier. Having two kids with a small age gap is tricky in the short term, but in the long term there's a good chance it'll be great for them (and you!).
deathrey Posted October 5, 2022 Posted October 5, 2022 Thanks @mim731for sharing your experience. That's what I'm hoping will be the case in the long run, a hard first year and the things getting steadily easier as they can play together. Hopefully they will be in to the same stuff around the same age and be companions for each other.
Members SuperBacon Posted October 8, 2022 Members Posted October 8, 2022 9yo has got well into basketball recently and spending time with them at the weekend playing is one of my favourite things to do. I also sunk a sweet 3 pointer from waaaaaaay downtown, but it wasn't filmed so you'll have to take my word for it.
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