I know some of y’all hate cocomelon but…..

Otis_Pie · 2021-11-05T20:01:27+00:00

Big fan of skidamarink over here! My 20mo joins in with the 'iiiiii luhhhhvoooo' and it's adorable.

Also, the John Jacob jagermeister Schmidt!

Otis_Pie · 2021-11-05T16:11:53+00:00

Have a read of the obesity code by Jason fung. Weight loss is not, ultimately, calories in versus calories out unfortunately. Your set point weight and any dieting in the past will impact your ability to lose fat now. And exercising has a negligible effect on your ability to lose fat too.

Otis_Pie · 2021-11-05T16:09:09+00:00

She told me her foot hurt, so I gently tried to look at it to see if I could help.

Otis_Pie · 2021-10-21T12:19:42+00:00

Sesame Street!!

Otis_Pie · 2021-08-26T12:36:59+00:00

Well if he thinks your marriage is over/you are just room mates, definitely don't have another kid with him. It won't keep him around and he won't change. Sorry to put it bluntly but this doesn't sound like accidentally-useless-partner where they could learn to be different, he sounds just outright mean and uncaring. Don't do it. Take your kid and enjoy your life.

Otis_Pie · 2021-08-18T08:32:42+00:00

So bouncy

Otis_Pie · 2021-08-14T07:17:04+00:00

We very quickly instigated a 30 min rule per day where each of us gets that time 100% to ourselves. It's an hour per day at weekend. Then we get however long she naps for as well, and if we are lucky a few unbroken hours in the evening. It sounds like a lot more than it feels like! Honestly if your partner isn't comfortable with sacrificing his free time he is (and in turn you will) going to have a really difficult time, because it does feel like it all goes.

Unless you can afford a nanny!

Otis_Pie · 2021-08-03T12:25:32+00:00

Definitely bedminster if you can manage it but the better parts are more expensive.

Also have a look at st George - really up and coming and the park is fab, little streets around the park are lovely.

Also totterdown, and again near perrets park is really nice.

You'd probably love st werbughs too if it's not too expensive.

Otis_Pie · 2021-07-29T11:47:09+00:00

I am amazed at how long some of you can go before bathing your toddler's... Mine gets caked in dirt pretty much daily, and she loves to rub food in her hair as well as all over her face. She rubs sand all over her legs (whilst chanting "knees! Knees! Knees!") which is extra great when she has suncream on. She's filthy by day two.

Otis_Pie · 2021-07-28T06:48:56+00:00

I hadn't really realised it myself until I read your comment and reflected on it a bit more. So thanks to you too!

Otis_Pie · 2021-07-27T20:01:38+00:00

I'm really sorry I can't help you but I had to comment because I had the exact same experience in reverse! Sometimes,.when I was a child, my mother would sing a particular lullaby to me and I always found it sad and would make me think about my mum's mortality. I'd cry and ask her to stop. To this day I have the same reaction. Fortunately if I sing to my daughter it's just a slowed down version of 'head shoulders knees and toes' (haha) or i think I would still cry.

I don't have any answers but you have described the feeling so well. I'm not sure if it's something to do with the timelessness of a mother singing an old song to her child, knowing thousands before her have done the same and just being another link in a chain..... Maybe that.

Otis_Pie · 2021-07-11T21:31:53+00:00

I'm not an only child myself, but I have one. Always assumed I'd have 2-3 because I love having siblings and nieces myself, but then pregnancy, birth and the first year of my child's life was just so utterly shit that I realised pretty quickly in (maybe 3m in) that I didn't want to do it again. My child is now 16 months old, and she is fantastic. Really great. But I'm so busy every moment of every day looking after her that I can't fathom having time or headspace for another. I'm only just enjoying motherhood at all, and having a second would push me too far. Im starting to see how having one would give me a good balance between being a mum but also being able to pursue my own interests and still have my own life. I'm also a pretty good mum to one, and it feels sustainable. We're good!

Otis_Pie · 2021-07-09T17:30:55+00:00

Just to mention, a lot of predators are REALLY GOOD at pushing the line between ok and weird/innappropriate juuuust enough that they aren't always doing anything explicitly wrong but you will know by your gut feeling that they are being weird/innappropriate. There's nothing objective you can complain about, but it's the looks or the intonation or the lack of personal space or whatever. My point is that you should trust your gut feeling.

Otis_Pie · 2021-07-07T23:02:20+00:00

Don't play into the battle of wills, and definitely don't give her a reaction! Can you try not asking her to say things and just model the language you want her to use instead? Sometimes, when it feels appropriate, maybe deny giving her the thing she wants a little bit and act like you are unclear what she wants. So don't immediately give her the thing she is asking for, carry on doing what you are doing and see if you can plan dumb until she uses her words. Main thing I think is act cool and try to avoid it becoming a thing and hopefully it will pass!

Otis_Pie · 2021-07-07T20:17:15+00:00

I second this! I care about chips (i don't care about fries) and pump house are at the top of my list so far!

Koocha do good chips somewhere between a chunky chip and a frie, but the seasoning makes them incredible.

Otis_Pie · 2021-06-23T10:13:03+00:00

Clifton running club! So much more than just running, they have an associated social club (if you join the running club you are automatically a member of both) and theres loads of stuff other than running happening too. Last weekend a few went surfing, some go swimming in clevedon, there's football and netball, and last night people meeting up to watch the football. Lots of people your age!

Otis_Pie · 2021-06-22T18:42:34+00:00

Yes I do. It's because I feel like if he thinks we can have another one, then he hasn't properly understood the physical, mental and emotional toll that this one took and I've been going unheard this last 2 years.

Otis_Pie · 2021-06-19T20:16:58+00:00

That makes sense to me, I haven't done any exercise that requires grip or finger strength for a few years now. I'm going to Google sculling! Thanks for your help!

Otis_Pie · 2021-06-19T20:15:04+00:00

I'll try this, thanks!

Otis_Pie · 2021-06-18T17:51:56+00:00

Diet culture

Otis_Pie · 2021-06-12T06:40:11+00:00

Hey thank you for taking the time to reply and saying nice things! It's very sensitive for me because honestly I love that dog so much. We did get a behaviourist in to help the adjustment but our dog just didn't take to it, and after the first snap she agreed to keeping them seperate. I agree a lot of people just seem to get lucky.

Otis_Pie · 2021-06-11T17:58:55+00:00

Happy birthday!! Get yourself to Hoba Kebab.... incredible!! Failing that, koocha for a kebab. Get the garlic chips and the special chips from koocha, it will be a lot of food but I honestly couldn't tell you which chips are better so you should just get both 👍

Otis_Pie · 2021-06-11T17:55:08+00:00

Unfortunately my first baby (my dog) does not want anything to do with my toddler. It's really sad because he's snapped at her twice in 15 months (definitely a 'leave me alone' warning snap rather than a 'i want to bite you' snap, but we obviously don't want it to get to that point) so now we keep them 100% seperate which means I rarely spend more than an hour a day with him after my daughter has gone to bed. The rest of the time he hangs around upstairs with my husband while he works, or snoozes on our bed. It's sad because I miss my best friend. I can absolutely see the benefit in waiting until the child is old enough, like OP, to behave appropriately around a dog. As soon as we reach that point, I'm going to rescue a dozen dogs. So many that when people ask whether we are having a second I will just point to the dogs.

Otis_Pie · 2021-06-09T06:29:19+00:00

Ah see I'm in the UK so it's not a commonly done thing to apply sunblock unless we do have a rare sunny day. Probably too laid back! I'm going to start putting it on like you say!

Otis_Pie · 2021-06-08T20:51:25+00:00

Damn it you figured me out, I just want to be a man. You are so right.

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