Parenting Thread

[bradshaw06]

Welcomed #2 into the world today. Little leo. 9.4 lbs. Going to be interesting when we bring him home and his brother sees him.

[M. Steng]

Originally Posted by bradshaw06

Welcomed #2 into the world today. Little leo. 9.4 lbs. Going to be interesting when we bring him home and his brother sees him.

Yoooo congrats dude!

[scrock25]

Originally Posted by bradshaw06

Welcomed #2 into the world today. Little leo. 9.4 lbs. Going to be interesting when we bring him home and his brother sees him.

9.4

Congrats to your entire family, my dude.

Enjoy!!

[Tiduwho]

My kid is obsessed with 5 things:

1. Daniel Tiger
2. Elmo
3. Mickey Mouse
4. Bubble Guppies
5. Rocky Balboa


One of these things is not like the other...

[smokew11]

congrats bradshaw!

[swordo84]

Originally Posted by bradshaw06

Welcomed #2 into the world today. Little leo. 9.4 lbs. Going to be interesting when we bring him home and his brother sees him.

Congrats big fella!

[Noles20]

Originally Posted by bradshaw06

Welcomed #2 into the world today. Little leo. 9.4 lbs. Going to be interesting when we bring him home and his brother sees him.

Congratulations!!!

[Tiduwho]

Originally Posted by bradshaw06

Welcomed #2 into the world today. Little leo. 9.4 lbs. Going to be interesting when we bring him home and his brother sees him.

How old is the older one?


And congrats!

[mandy18]

Originally Posted by bradshaw06

Welcomed #2 into the world today. Little leo. 9.4 lbs. Going to be interesting when we bring him home and his brother sees him.

Congratulations!!

Originally Posted by Tiduwho

My kid is obsessed with 5 things:

1. Daniel Tiger
2. Elmo
3. Mickey Mouse
4. Bubble Guppies
5. Rocky Balboa


One of these things is not like the other...

[Roose13]

Originally Posted by Tiduwho

My kid is obsessed with 5 things:

1. Daniel Tiger
2. Elmo
3. Mickey Mouse
4. Bubble Guppies
5. Rocky Balboa


One of these things is not like the other...

"Hey yooo, you wanna do your ABCs? Yo, Mickey! I ain't hear no bell."

[UNC41]

My 2 year old loves the cream puffs from a local bakery. We stopped in yesterday and a woman was helping a couple of teenage girls. That didn't deter my daughter, who walked right up to the glass case and yelled, "COULD YOU GET ME A CREAM PUFF PLEASE. I WANT THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE."

Everyone got a good laugh out of it. I was just glad she said please.

[UNC41]

Originally Posted by bradshaw06

Welcomed #2 into the world today. Little leo. 9.4 lbs. Going to be interesting when we bring him home and his brother sees him.

Congrats!

[GSUdawg521]

Originally Posted by UNC41

My 2 year old loves the cream puffs from a local bakery. We stopped in yesterday and a woman was helping a couple of teenage girls. That didn't deter my daughter, who walked right up to the glass case and yelled, "COULD YOU GET ME A CREAM PUFF PLEASE. I WANT THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE."

Everyone got a good laugh out of it. I was just glad she said please.

We know a couple who opened a donut shop in our little downtown, about a mile from our house, so we go there frequently. They only do mini donuts, and that's all our 2 year old knows for donuts. She loves going and saying "my donut!" which is usually the fruity pebbles one. And they have a window where you can watch them hand make each one.

[Lee3691]

Originally Posted by bradshaw06

Welcomed #2 into the world today. Little leo. 9.4 lbs. Going to be interesting when we bring him home and his brother sees him.

Congrats on the little lion!

[UNC41]

Originally Posted by GSUdawg521

We know a couple who opened a donut shop in our little downtown, about a mile from our house, so we go there frequently. They only do mini donuts, and that's all our 2 year old knows for donuts. She loves going and saying "my donut!" which is usually the fruity pebbles one. And they have a window where you can watch them hand make each one.

Sugar and carbs are a toddler's dream diet.

[bradshaw06]

Originally Posted by M. Steng

Yoooo congrats dude!

Originally Posted by scrock25

9.4

Congrats to your entire family, my dude.

Enjoy!!

Originally Posted by smokew11

congrats bradshaw!

Originally Posted by swordo84

Congrats big fella!

Originally Posted by Noles20

Congratulations!!!

Originally Posted by Tiduwho

How old is the older one?


And congrats!

Originally Posted by mandy18

Congratulations!!

Originally Posted by UNC41

Congrats!

Originally Posted by Lee3691

Congrats on the little lion!

Thank you to everyone! Older one is almost three. He seems to be doing ok so far on facetime with him. Its upset me a bit thinking about it, dont want him to feel like left out.

Dummy me thought last week was the perfect time to start potty training lol.

[GSUdawg521]

Originally Posted by bradshaw06

Thank you to everyone! Older one is almost three. He seems to be doing ok so far on facetime with him. Its upset me a bit thinking about it, dont want him to feel like left out.

Dummy me thought last week was the perfect time to start potty training lol.

Congrats man. That part was the best, bringing the new one home.

Poor girl didn't know what happened. She went to bed Friday night and later that evening my wife decided to call her doctor about cramping, and the doctor said go ahead and head to the hospital, so we did around midnight. When our 2yo woke up, she had her grandmother there, and then later she'd have her grandfather and her other grandparents for the next two days (which she probably loved and didn't care much). I think we tried to get her on a facetime once but it was difficult for her to understand.

When we came home late Monday evening though she was so excited to see and hold the new baby.

[neumdogg]

Parry Gripp is fucking awesome. Great kids music. Google him....so much fun.

[Foreverford05]

So what's everyone's favorite toddler sunscreen? me and the little man have started hitting the bike trail and I want to make sure he's well covered

[swordo84]

Originally Posted by Foreverford05

So what's everyone's favorite toddler sunscreen? me and the little man have started hitting the bike trail and I want to make sure he's well covered

We've always used this;
https://www.amazon.ca/Ombrelle-Sunsc.../dp/B07L4C3DHR

SUPER easy to apply and rubs in really quickly/easily. Not greasy afterwards at all.

[Foreverford05]

Awesome, I'll try that out. ease of application is definitely a high note. I'll assume you use this on their face too? needless to say, my man has some big cheeks

[Ascf33]

the sticks are great for the face.

[snake911]

Originally Posted by Foreverford05

So what's everyone's favorite toddler sunscreen? me and the little man have started hitting the bike trail and I want to make sure he's well covered

Thinkbaby. Made by the same folks who make ThinkSport. None of the skin irritants that others screens have, and excellent UV protection.

[Tiduwho]

Has anyone had to deal with a biter? And if so, anything that helped?

At our wits end.

[Bearclaw_]

What age? My first, when he was 18m-2y would bite people constantly.

It ended up being a larger speech problem as he was speech delayed and had apraxia.

Got him into speech therapy twice a month and he doesn’t stop talking now and you can see he isn’t frustrated anymore. The biting stemmed from being frustrated not being able to communicate.

Just my example. Probably isn’t this.

[smokew11]

Originally Posted by Bearclaw_

What age? My first, when he was 18m-2y would bite people constantly.

It ended up being a larger speech problem as he was speech delayed and had apraxia.

Got him into speech therapy twice a month and he doesn’t stop talking now and you can see he isn’t frustrated anymore. The biting stemmed from being frustrated not being able to communicate.

Just my example. Probably isn’t this.

as a former behavior specialist, you're right. Behavior ALWAYS has a root cause. In his case it was his frustration due to the speech issue

For Tid, it might be an inability to communicate or verbalize feelings. Biting can start as experimental, but if it continues and becomes a problem, it's likely due to frustration with communication OR attention seeking



Best strategy for behavior is A (antecedent) B (behavior) C (consequence)

Find out what happens just before your child bites (A)- what causes him to do this? Biting is the behavior. Then find out what his consequence is- a consequence is ANY reaction....does he get attention, does he get his point across (communication), does he get 1:1 attention with whoever is in charge, does he get to avoid an unwanted task, etc

[mposey34]

Originally Posted by Tiduwho

Has anyone had to deal with a biter? And if so, anything that helped?

At our wits end.

Our son was an extreme biter. Kicked out of one daycare and nearly a second. We tried everything we could find, including therapy. You know how weird it is to take a 2 year old to therapy?

I think he just finally stopped, I really can't put my finger on what triggered the change.

Now we are still trying to get him to crap on the toilet and it's a terrible struggle. But at least no other kids are getting hurt.

[mposey34]

Originally Posted by Bearclaw_

What age? My first, when he was 18m-2y would bite people constantly.

It ended up being a larger speech problem as he was speech delayed and had apraxia.

Got him into speech therapy twice a month and he doesn’t stop talking now and you can see he isn’t frustrated anymore. The biting stemmed from being frustrated not being able to communicate.

Just my example. Probably isn’t this.

This was likely our problem too, along with severe sensory issues.

the kid never stops talking now.

[Bearclaw_]

@mposey - agreed and I forgot to mention we had a speech issue along with a huge sensory issue.

Now he thinks he’s Johnny Carson. Talks 24/7. Lol.

[Tiduwho]

Originally Posted by Bearclaw_

What age? My first, when he was 18m-2y would bite people constantly.

It ended up being a larger speech problem as he was speech delayed and had apraxia.

Got him into speech therapy twice a month and he doesn’t stop talking now and you can see he isn’t frustrated anymore. The biting stemmed from being frustrated not being able to communicate.

Just my example. Probably isn’t this.

2.5, started around 2. I'm glad there is confidentiality, because he's so young but we know some parents would be less understanding than others if their kid gets bit at daycare.

His general chewing we have slowed. He used to chew on his clothes, his stuffed animals, anything. We bought him toddler chew toys and in general he's gotten better.

Agree that's its always in moments of frustration. He can talk pretty well, but when he goes into these frustration Modes, he loses his voice and it is all emotions and acting out. Easier to handle with two parents both working to get him out of it and to relax and use his words.

Harder for teachers where it is 2 teachers for 8 kids. But they are working VERY hard and are cutting us a lot of breaks and leeway. In a more strict daycare, I think our poor little guy would have been kicked out.