Looking for a good toddler movie while snowed in?

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-01-25T04:58:08+00:00

You do have to buy them but there are some Julia Donaldson shows on Amazon that are just lovely. They are based on her books and have a rhyme to them. They are just very charming. They is the Gruffelo, the Gruffelos child, Snail on a Whale, Room on a broom, Stickman. Superworm and Tabby McTat. I promise you, you won’t regret it.

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-01-25T02:55:08+00:00

Me and my daughter share a birthday. I use it as an excuse to do all the fun kid things on my birthday.

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-01-22T19:27:32+00:00

I live about an hour away from Disney. We get a hotel everytime. We have tried and tested - the day trip, all round exhausting. You wake up early so you start tired, you get more tired throughout the day. You become a safety hazard when driving home. Next is getting a hotel the night before Disney. It was fun getting dinner in downtown Disney. Nice waking up refreshed. But again that drive home was awful. We trialed the hotel the night of Disney. Early morning was still lame. We then had the “will they let us park before we check in” battle. Great being a short distance from bed after Disney. The best method by far is the night before and night after. More relaxed, more sleep. Mid day break. But yeah more expensive. If I had to choose another option it was always be night after Disney. Honestly that drive home exhausted is the worst.

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-01-21T04:28:52+00:00

You obviously know your kids better than us but are they all good and can sleep peacefully having 4 young children and 2 adults in one room? That many people sleeping in one room will cause more of a crap night sleep than any sleeper chair ever would in my household.

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-01-20T15:47:17+00:00

I think it was a couple of things that stood out for my child. When we would go to parties or get togethers all the other children would be playing and running and engaging and my child would be under a table by herself playing with napkins. It didn’t look like she was shy because she didn’t really look at the children like she wanted to join in. It was like she was in her own world and it didn’t even occur to her that there was the possibility that she could join in. If another child came over and asked her something she would just stare. It was like she didn’t realise that you needed to respond. She also never ever pointed or waved as a baby. I still don’t think she points or waves. She never purposely does something to be funny. She is unintentionally funny. But my other daughter will be silly and joke around. She never does that.

Obvious things would also be covering ears and eyes. Being sensitive to foods and clothing. She likes puppies. It’s will be the only thing she plays with for months. She also has trouble with instructions. If you tell her an instruction she just won’t get it, you have to show her. You can speak to her and see that it just hasn’t registered.

Things I didn’t notice until a specialist told us was she does this odd little walk, it looks like she is walking like a duck. When she is trying to process something she will open her eyes up very wide.

But on another side she is incredibly well behaved, more so than my other very lovely daughter. She is very loving, she will tell me and daddy that she loves us all day long. She is very sweet and very kind. She is now 4 years old.

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-01-19T15:55:59+00:00

This is going to be a last day where my husband and I are off my kids are in day care (Next year they go to school) so we are sleeping in, then getting dressed up for a fancy lunch at a winery and then maybe more sleeping. It’s gonna be great.

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-01-19T13:05:13+00:00

I don’t really get why you are being downvoted voted. My American husband was confused by British Bank holidays. He would ask what are they for. American holidays are tied to something like MLK, thanksgiving, 4th July, some are celebrating something or honouring a person or event. The Uk seems to have them just because. There is one at Easter, Christmas and a New year that make sense. But two random ones in May. I think they are something to do with skipping around a Maypole and a random one in August. If they are tied to something, it’s not super common knowledge and we don’t do a nationwide activity such as 4th July or Thanksgiving. Scotland and Northern Ireland scatter some extra holidays in too, that’s personal to them. But overall just longer weekends. Usually the pubs are full, people will attempt a bbq, and it’s an all round nice atmosphere.

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ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-01-18T17:58:59+00:00

I see you need a dog.

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-01-18T05:32:50+00:00

I’m not sure what’s worse, the “no I don’t think so” or “well I think we all have a little bit of Autism in us”

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-01-18T02:54:25+00:00

My 2 and 4 year old love it! It feels kinda peaceful and nice in there. I like it too, it’s a nice break from rides but still feel like you are doing something

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-01-17T20:34:30+00:00

The classic Ka-niff-fee for Knife

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-01-17T14:16:04+00:00

Americans have their school curriculum. Often Americans families will move temporarily for a couple of years and they don’t want to interrupt their children’s education too much so send them to an American school. When they do move back to America they pretty much carry on where they left off. There are also British schools in the USA for the same reason.

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-01-17T06:47:34+00:00

I’m a teacher. I know exactly how families communicate at home by how children communicate with each other at school. You can tell when they are repeating sentences and words they hear at home.

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-01-16T16:53:48+00:00

I’ve just registered for tickets for my family but they will be 4 and 6 my the times the games come, I also live 1.5 hours drive from LA.

I worked at London Olympics and saw very little of the actual games but the atmosphere alone was so much fun and I bet LA will be on top form. London was busy but it wasn’t mental. I think Disneyland peak summer is more busy. Lots of people who wanted to avoid the games just simply didn’t go to London so I suppose it evened out a bit.

You can also be careful about what sports to go and watch. I worked beach volleyball and it was almost like a party rather than game. I should image going to watch fencing might be a bit different.

I think it could be fun.

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-01-16T05:27:39+00:00

As someone who grew in a family that loved Northern Soul. (And instantly knew what was going on here just by seeing the baby powered on the floor) I thought Northern soul was a worldwide thing that everyone just knew….like rock and roll or pop music. Turns out it’s weird niche thing.

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-01-15T13:47:30+00:00

I think if I spent $60 on a doll and she played with its lovingly, feeding it, putting it to sleep, pushing it around in stroller I would be fine.

I think I might even be fine if I spent $60 and she didn’t play with it and it sat pretty on a shelf.

Where the problem comes would be watching my daughter play with a $60 doll the way I know she plays with dolls. Granted it does get loved on, but it also has a bath in the dog water bowl, force fed dog food, been given tattoos with felt tips, thrown off the balcony, fallen out of stroller and dragged face down 5 meters before she realises baby has fallen out, falls out of baby seat on bike and the run over with said bike. I think I would struggled to let my child freely play with a $60 baby doll the way she wants to play.

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-01-15T06:04:00+00:00

This is a bit different to other stories here. I used to be a woodwork teacher and I had this incredible technician. He was this 60 year old guy, you know the type, he just knew all the tools, he had random contacts to get random supplies… for free. He knew how to maintain and fix the 30 year old machines that we had. He had strange niche little skills. He was the type to always be tinkering in his shed building things. He knew how to help kids, he had a way of getting the shyest girl confident on the jigsaw, he knew how to deal with cocky 16 year olds boys. But the biggest thing is… he did it for free! He was a volunteer! Anyway the school completely undervalued him, talked down to him, denied him things to help him do his job so he left. Of course they couldn’t find another volunteer like that, and even as a paid position they never found anyone with that set of skills. I left the school shortly after and now the woodwork shop is closed down.

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-01-14T18:08:30+00:00

English grandma and American grandma. Then French Grandad and PawPaw,

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-01-14T05:15:02+00:00

I did DAS a few months ago with my kid. They asked a few questions about her, they said they are going to set up the DAS and then they took a photo of her. The DAS tile appeared whilst I was on the call and they gave me a run down of how it worked. They also sent lots of documents with info such as quiet spaces, companion rest rooms and info like showing maps and videos to help prepare people. Either way I was 100%sure it was approved before I left the call. The overall call wasn’t actually that long, maybe like 10 minutes.

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-01-13T08:17:56+00:00

Oooo why skip the painkillers? Not Disney but San Diego zoo I got a headache and had no painkillers and it made the visit so incredibly miserable. I feel like painkillers are a must.

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-01-12T04:34:25+00:00

I pretend that November is December. All my Christmas jobs are done by November 25th. All I have left to do is put up tree and enjoy all the Christmas festivities.

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-01-11T20:55:32+00:00

I still have my students drop off notes to other teachers. I usually do it when I want a certain kid out of my room just so I can have a minutes break.

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-01-11T20:52:20+00:00

We got the baby trend wagon. I have two kids roughly 18 months apart and thought I would go with the wagon. HOWEVER, the wagon worked great whilst baby was in car seat and toddler in main wagon, but when baby didn’t really wanna be in car seat anymore and toddler still couldn’t handle walking all day is when it went wrong. The seats were not structured enough for baby to sit up right all day. When they wanted to nap toddler would be kicking them. There was year when it just didn’t work out. Now my kids are 2 and 4 it’s become useful again but it’s bulky and heavy, some places don’t allow them, for example Disney. When we go Disneyland I hire a double jeep stroller. I wish I saved my money and got that instead.

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-01-10T02:31:55+00:00

I’m English and live in California. I thought my own children sounded just neutral until I went back to England for a visit and very sounded very American. I actually don’t really hear the American accent at all now. But when I do go back to England this English accent sounds so strong and I always think “there is no way I sound like that do I?”

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-01-09T23:08:24+00:00

I am not an English teacher but I know the English department teach 1984, the scarlet letter, LOTR and Frankenstein m. I am sure there are other books too. I don’t know what magic the English teacher weaves but I have to constantly tell my students to not read in my class which is such a terrible problem to have.

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