10/21 randoms

[beerlover]

Hope no one minds if I start a randoms thread. I have nowhere else to put this really but I'm super excited that my DS who turned 4 in August has finally, successfully, been wearing underwear for 5 days. He has been poop trained for awhile but he constantly had to be reminded to pee or he'd just get distracted and pee himself, which is mostly why I still had him in pull-ups so that I didn't have to deal with that. I see now that was probably a bad idea and I should've gone cold turkey on the underwear awhile ago and just dealt with the accidents. Anyway, he's wearing them now and rocking it both at home and at daycare. This has been a long time coming and frustrating for me, as he seemed to meet every other milestone early but just didn't GAF about wearing diapers forever, lol.

[blondemoment123]

That’s awesome!

Potty training is going pretty hellish in our household, so it’s good to know there’s hope.

[dcn]

I had a dr appt today to renew a prescription. I have been having reflux off and on so asked her about it. She told me to cut out dairy and reduce the stressors in my life. I said, well my stressors are covid and my kids doing virtual school. She said maybe your kids will go back face to face. Super helpful right now.

[kdubs923]

DS is 7 today. My bayyyybeeeeeee 

While virtual learning has had a lot of drawbacks, DS is a big fan today. He got to spend his birthday in pajamas and playing with his new presents, lol. (His virtual learning is crap and takes about 20 minutes to finish)

[loira]

I'm sick of my kid's rude behaviour. I've tried ignoring, I've tried issuing consequences, I've tried giving her an outlet of "toilet talk and toilet behaviour is for the bathroom" and nothing is working. The toilet talk I can sort of deal with, but I draw the line at her sticking her bottom or privates in our faces and laughing hysterically. Or tooting on us deliberately. Or humping our legs. I try to respond with a breezy "that's not appropriate! Do you need some privacy in your room?" But it doesn't seem to be sinking in. 😭 Someone tell me this phase goes away!

[beerlover]

Oct 21, 2020 12:38:05 GMT -5 blondemoment123 said:

That’s awesome!

Potty training is going pretty hellish in our household, so it’s good to know there’s hope.

There is! It just requires a lot of patience, which I have approximately zero of.

[ssmjlm]

I'm over PTA this year. The eboard needs to be separate from event committees, but there aren't enough volunteers to go around. I know it's a mess of a year, but I feel like the President should be focused on President stuff, not micromanaging volunteers.

I lost my co-chair, so I'm doing it all myself, which is fine, since it's a virtual event, but I'm so tired of having things questioned. This isn't my first year doing this event.

[nessness]

I can't think of a single gift to get my 6-year-old for Christmas, partly because she just had a birthday. And she hasn't given me any ideas, except for literally impossible ones like "a machine that makes real puppies" lol.

I'd like to just keep gifts super low-key this year, except that I already got my 3-year-old a bike, and have a few more things I want to get her, so I'll have to figure out how to even it out somehow.

[mbcdefg]

DD (3) speaks really well, but she’s in a phase where she spends a lot of time grunting and making loud noises and babbling. Ugh.

[macmars45]

My DS (4.5) is super bratty and disrespectful lately. SO much attitude about everything!
Also, a few weeks ago seemingly overnight he developed fears of loud noises and cats. Plus also his dog fear intensified 1000%. We have a cat so that particular fear is super fun to deal with. /sarcasm
I know the fears are developmentally normal, I just didn't expect 3 at once. I'm expecting a fear of the dark any day.

[ny96]

I introduced the idea of visiting The Grand Canyon on the way to our Christmas destination which DH is really eager to do now, but my anxiety about the kids falling over the edge is super high and now I don’t want to go.

Also, I can’t seem to find a mask for DS (7) that he’ll keep over his nose. So far we’ve tried Cat and Jack masks (total garbage), Ledbury (can’t get it tight enough), cotton masks from Amazon (too small), and cotton masks from Nordstrom’s (too big). I’ve ordered masks from Pehr and I’m hoping these work. It’s so frustrating.

[redheadk]

Oct 21, 2020 19:46:50 GMT -5 ny96 said:

I introduced the idea of visiting The Grand Canyon on the way to our Christmas destination which DH is really eager to do now, but my anxiety about the kids falling over the edge is super high and now I don’t want to go.

Also, I can’t seem to find a mask for DS (7) that he’ll keep over his nose. So far we’ve tried Cat and Jack masks (total garbage), Ledbury (can’t get it tight enough), cotton masks from Amazon (too small), and cotton masks from Nordstrom’s (too big). I’ve ordered masks from Pehr and I’m hoping these work. It’s so frustrating.

Are you active on FB or IG? I asked for suggestions from friends of their kids favorite masks then bought ones that were liked by kids I know to have a similarly sized face/features as DD. Almost all worked for us!

[isabel]

Oct 21, 2020 19:46:50 GMT -5 ny96 said:

I introduced the idea of visiting The Grand Canyon on the way to our Christmas destination which DH is really eager to do now, but my anxiety about the kids falling over the edge is super high and now I don’t want to go.

Also, I can’t seem to find a mask for DS (7) that he’ll keep over his nose. So far we’ve tried Cat and Jack masks (total garbage), Ledbury (can’t get it tight enough), cotton masks from Amazon (too small), and cotton masks from Nordstrom’s (too big). I’ve ordered masks from Pehr and I’m hoping these work. It’s so frustrating.

Someone on here posted that she's making masks and the ones she makes fit both of my kids really well. She does them by clothing size. The Etsy shop is melskidsmasks.

Also, re: the grand canyon, I would 100% put a full body harness with a leash on my 3 year old. He darted out into the street the other day. The idea of taking him any place with legit cliffs sends me into full body spirals of panic.

[krystee]

Oct 21, 2020 12:38:05 GMT -5 blondemoment123 said:

That’s awesome!

Potty training is going pretty hellish in our household, so it’s good to know there’s hope.

We need to start this, but he is stubborn as all get out, and I have no patience whatsoever. I’m dreading it.

[beerlover]

Well, after I posted that yesterday I guess he did have 1 accident at daycare. Dammit kid. I was so pleased. I guess we just need to keep on it though and I need to provide multiple changes of underwear and pants, lol.

[luv2rn4fun]

Oct 21, 2020 19:46:50 GMT -5 ny96 said:

I introduced the idea of visiting The Grand Canyon on the way to our Christmas destination which DH is really eager to do now, but my anxiety about the kids falling over the edge is super high and now I don’t want to go.

Also, I can’t seem to find a mask for DS (7) that he’ll keep over his nose. So far we’ve tried Cat and Jack masks (total garbage), Ledbury (can’t get it tight enough), cotton masks from Amazon (too small), and cotton masks from Nordstrom’s (too big). I’ve ordered masks from Pehr and I’m hoping these work. It’s so frustrating.

I am making masks for kids. All custom made based on clothing size. Several here have bought from me and are happy with them. I have over 50 kid fabrics to choose from.

www.etsy.com/shop/MelsKidsMasks

[luv2rn4fun]

Oct 21, 2020 22:05:47 GMT -5 isabel said:

Oct 21, 2020 19:46:50 GMT -5 ny96 said:

I introduced the idea of visiting The Grand Canyon on the way to our Christmas destination which DH is really eager to do now, but my anxiety about the kids falling over the edge is super high and now I don’t want to go.

Also, I can’t seem to find a mask for DS (7) that he’ll keep over his nose. So far we’ve tried Cat and Jack masks (total garbage), Ledbury (can’t get it tight enough), cotton masks from Amazon (too small), and cotton masks from Nordstrom’s (too big). I’ve ordered masks from Pehr and I’m hoping these work. It’s so frustrating.

Someone on here posted that she's making masks and the ones she makes fit both of my kids really well. She does them by clothing size. The Etsy shop is melskidsmasks.

Also, re: the grand canyon, I would 100% put a full body harness with a leash on my 3 year old. He darted out into the street the other day. The idea of taking him any place with legit cliffs sends me into full body spirals of panic.

Thank you!!

[raangoli]

loira once again A and BB are on the same page with their behaviors. While BB isn't doing what you described A as doing, she is definitely in the "I give zero effs" phase. We've gone back to a rewards system to discourage behaviors that aren't appropriate and that works some of the time.

[ssmjlm]

My kid is back to school today and I kind of miss her. She was so excited to go back and I cannot wait to hear how her day was after DH picks her up.

[ohgillian]

I have this friend who I like in person but not on FB. She just posted screenshots of her kids' first quarter grades and talked about how smart they are. This is weird to me.