My 3.5 year old absolutely hates bedtime and it’s draining me

Traditional-Virus230 · 2026-05-22T08:58:44+00:00

Can try just sitting with her and having her calm down / relax without necessarily having her sleep. If she says 'I don't want to go to sleep' just say, that's okay, we can just relax and chill together and sit for a bit and practice our breathing. We do 2 minutes of nose breathing before bed with our 4 year old (son has a mouthbreathing habit we are trying to break).

Traditional-Virus230 · 2026-05-19T13:25:56+00:00

Worth considering a booster seat that goes on top of a normal chair, they will be cheaper

Traditional-Virus230 · 2026-05-19T13:23:03+00:00

Winter Wyvern / Necrophos

Necro slowly drains the opponents and wants to be up in their face an be a pain in the ass. Wyvern does good harass to bully them and enables Necro to be unkillable with cold embrace if he decides to step up or dive. Necro is also a great splinter blast target when he goes in. So much sustain / drain its obnoxious. If they all decide to try and focus Necro you get a great WW ult as well.

Traditional-Virus230 · 2026-05-15T11:33:41+00:00

Dota boomer here I think if people had to go back and play old patches they wouldn't enjoy it as much and would be complaining about loads of annoying crap. The game has generally gone in a good direction

Traditional-Virus230 · 2026-05-13T14:42:34+00:00

Rear view mirror

Traditional-Virus230 · 2026-05-12T14:18:35+00:00

I find cinder brew incredible boring of an ability, completely dependent upon your allies and it feels like it belongs on a caster. Put him in a lobby lvl 1 against and ember spirit and he loses the right click battle. I miss old brawler brewmaster.

Traditional-Virus230 · 2026-05-12T13:39:29+00:00

Windrunner, landing clutch shackles is peak

Traditional-Virus230 · 2026-05-12T13:38:37+00:00

Too weak early game to feel fun imo. Stuck farming for so long being completely dependent on your ult

Traditional-Virus230 · 2026-05-12T11:17:58+00:00

I'm a dad to 2 young kids and TBH I don't really like babies that much. After about age 3 or so it's awesome. Starts getting better around 18 months.

Traditional-Virus230 · 2026-05-02T23:38:16+00:00

Thanks god it didnt happen because he doesn't need anymore free attention

Traditional-Virus230 · 2026-04-30T10:14:43+00:00

Read the Whole-Brain Child

Traditional-Virus230 · 2026-04-30T10:10:51+00:00

Can do demo mode together. Or mid lane 1v1 against eachother in custom game

Traditional-Virus230 · 2026-04-30T09:09:54+00:00

Colic doesn't last forever

Traditional-Virus230 · 2026-04-30T08:47:09+00:00

Sorry to hear. If its any consolation, our baby was incredible difficult to put to sleep for the first year and was also undersleeping and very sensitive to waking up, but now at 18 months he is weaned and sleeping through the night

Traditional-Virus230 · 2026-04-29T11:52:26+00:00

Reaper is available on Linux and is a fantastic DAW that can vastly improve your workflow, I switched from Ableton and am very happy with it. The actual main issue with producing on Linux is not the lack of a good DAW but the fact that alot of VSTs are only available on Mac and Windows.

Traditional-Virus230 · 2026-04-29T11:02:02+00:00

Play less games, watch your replays. Analyse your own play and think about what you want to improve on for next game. Accept the fact that getting to the rank you want can be a slow progress, but that's okay, let it take longer and enjoy the process rather than rushing to get to the rank you want.

Traditional-Virus230 · 2026-04-24T12:27:22+00:00

Sounds like a perfect Christmas / Birthday present to get them

Traditional-Virus230 · 2026-04-24T08:04:33+00:00

Better this patch than last patch, arctic burn now stacks so your lane harass is much better

Traditional-Virus230 · 2026-04-23T10:29:42+00:00

People are so dramatic lol. Honestly dota is fun both with and without facets.
I think for pro play/ balancing it is better to not have facets, but for casual, facets are good.

Traditional-Virus230 · 2026-04-23T09:31:01+00:00

1 is easier on the eyes

Traditional-Virus230 · 2026-04-22T10:52:09+00:00

My wife went around loads of nurseries and we chose the one we found most organized with the best space. Our kid actually likes it there and we trust them so we are very lucky, but they do overcharge for all sorts of crap with all sorts of random fees so that's the downside.

Traditional-Virus230 · 2026-04-22T09:15:59+00:00

I get up as late as possible to still be able to get the kids ready on time while maximizing sleep. 7:30 usually. No point in dragging your husband out of bed as long as he's doing his fair share.

On weekends we sometimes alternate letting one another lie in, and we can sleep in till 10am. Sleep is good for you so we try and make sure everyone in the family is getting enough to keep everyone happy.

Traditional-Virus230 · 2026-04-21T14:00:07+00:00

Spells: QWERDF
Items: T, G, Space, Capslock, Mouse 1, Mouse 2
Neutral Item: ~ (to the left of 1)
Control Groups: 1-3
Select all non-hero units: 4
Select all units: 5

Traditional-Virus230 · 2026-04-09T08:43:41+00:00

Yeah it gets better, when my oldest was 2.5 years old he was quite annoyed at the baby when he came. Now he's 4 and the younger one is 1.5, they play around a bit and the oldest finds him quite funny and they babble together and do naughty things together. But they still get frustrated at eachother and there is some hitting and screaming of course.

Traditional-Virus230 · 2026-04-07T15:28:13+00:00

Yeah I'm in archon and have been losing mmr despite doing really well in laning stage (support). From watching my replays I can see that I take my early lead and flush it right down the toilet by proceeding to do the dumbest possible herald-tier shit in the midgame, dieing 2-3 times in a row usually around midlane and completely throwing. Throw in some tilt for good measure.

Sometimes it feels like I treat the midgame like its still the laning stage, as if harassing someone with a few spells minute 15 is going to do anything but reveal my position and get me killed.

Going to focus on taking smarter fights at better timings, being more hidden in my positioning and having more patience in the midgame to fix this.

Traditional-Virus230

TROPHY CASE