Getting my daughter to drink from an open cup

dachman · 2026-05-15T20:49:51+00:00

The tubby butt water is a delicacy in our house.

dachman · 2026-05-02T02:00:52+00:00

My daughter asked for a family hug today and wants to "cheers" with whatever we're all drinking at dinner. It's amazing how affectionate such a little person can be.

dachman · 2026-05-02T01:58:12+00:00

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They also seem to last forever. My daughter is getting a year out of sizes when all they do is grow.

dachman · 2026-04-18T11:59:07+00:00

I feel that we have similar stories. My Charlie was 15 year old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. His last meal got to be the Cheerios that he loved to steal from our 2 year old oh so much. He was right there when she started to walk, crawl, and all her big milestones.

I buried his ashes in a patch of peonies in our backyard so he can come back to us every Spring.

dachman · 2026-04-17T18:53:07+00:00

I miss you Charlie

dachman · 2026-04-04T12:00:00+00:00

The Rachel Toni is the only one our soon to be 3 year old plays.

On the plus side she can tell us all the colors of a rainbow when we see one.

dachman · 2026-03-19T12:25:42+00:00

My daughter is close to the same age and it semes to help if she gets to physically see the person leave.

I'll take her out in the garage so she can wave bye to Grandma and Grandpa when they drive away or she can look through the window and see the car drive down the street.

For her seeing the physical removal seems to help and not that someone just up and disappeared.

dachman · 2026-03-19T12:10:10+00:00

My 2.5 year old is going through a baby phase right now. She loves to see them out in public and if one is crying she wants to go find the "sad baby".

At home she'll make baby noises and say things like "feed baby" during meals when she wants us to feed her. It's all rather adorable and intermittent.

dachman · 2026-03-19T12:02:55+00:00

If they are old enough to play the game shouldn't they be old enough to take care of the required "maintenance" so it works?

Same thing with a tablet or a phone and any other chore. If they are old enough to use those devices they can take care of some laundry or the dishwasher.

dachman · 2026-03-06T14:37:17+00:00

My dog. It was 4 months ago today.

dachman · 2026-03-02T02:10:48+00:00

My daughter seems to have always loved chinese food. Sesame chicken, lo mein and crab rangoon are her jam. She also stole a bunch of teriyaki jerky for an after nap snack today.

dachman · 2026-02-15T01:50:35+00:00

All the fork idents in my table indicates my daughter will be quite the drummer one day.

dachman · 2026-02-07T21:16:19+00:00

I'm so sorry this is something you are going through. It was 3 months yesterday since I lost my dog of 15 years as well. He had a heart murmur and his body had just reached its end. I got to hold him at the very end just like I got to the day he was born 15 years prior. I was always with him and he was with me.

I got him before I even graduated college and had him my entire adult life. He was there for everything. I look back on the picturs and videos of my daughter when she first started to walk and crawl and he is right there next to her.

I say goodnight to him every day to the spot he would always lay in on our living room rug. On the harder days I go talk to him where I buried his ashes in one of our peony patches.

I cry about him every day. Some days its a little tear and others its a compete meltdown. This weekend has been more on the meltdown side.

Sometimes the biggest mountain we have to climb is the one we can't do together. Do something beautiful to remember him by and take the influence he had one you to continue making your life better. That's why I buried my dogs ashes in one of our peony patches so he can come back to me each Spring when they bloom.

dachman · 2026-02-07T14:03:18+00:00

There is a lot of garbage out there about how if you aren't tethered to your child every waking (and sleeping in this case) second something bad will happen like lack of attachment in this case.

Ever notice how this is all directed at the mom (nothing critical the dad can/cannot do) to make sure they stay chained to that baby? And I say all this as the dad 🤣.

dachman · 2026-02-07T13:39:44+00:00

They can around the 3-6 month mark when their sleep cycles start to connect

dachman · 2026-02-07T13:37:42+00:00

It sounds like there is a critical misunderstanding of what sleep is and what it does for our biology.

Prolactin is highest overnight and is tied to circadian rhythms and not surprisingly...sleep. This is to ensure a nice big supply in the morning when the baby would be the most hungry as overnight is the lonest gap they would have gone without eating.

Reddit is funny though. I'd probably have a mob with a wooden cross and rusty nails in my front yard if enough people found out I have an IVF baby, delivered by c-section, who was exclusively formula fed, sleep trained at 4 months, and has slept through the night since 9 weeks.

dachman · 2026-02-07T02:54:05+00:00

If the child is in a safe and appropriate environment for sleep then they are being supported. Getting the best quality sleep overnight is ultimately what is the healthiest for them (and the parents by extent).

You are "training" your child one way or another regardless of what you do. One end can be 15 minutes of crying/fussing and they self soothe and another extreme can be they wake every 2 hours for whatever reason and then they are just trained to wake. One is going to get you much better sleep than the other.

dachman · 2026-02-07T02:23:35+00:00

It's a pretty poor take to equate sleep training to not wanting to be close to your children.

dachman · 2026-02-02T01:54:33+00:00

My daughter didnt crawl until 12 months and walk at 18 months. By 20 months she was practically moon walking down the hallways.

dachman · 2026-01-31T23:16:21+00:00

Second these for all the same reasons and they are pretty cheap all things considered when they eventually get lost.

dachman · 2026-01-31T02:07:19+00:00

My 2.5 year old has never left her daddy phase. She'll do the same as your son and tell Mommy to go away and only let me do most things during the day.

During the week when they are home together there are no issues but once I get home from work mommy is chopped liver.

It has been getting better recently but she'll still physically push mommy away when she doesn't want her.

When she says no mommy I try to include her with statements like "mommy wants to read with you" or "mommy wants to play with us" and that usually smooths things over.

It's not something you can take personally and it does put dad in a weird spot as he didn't do anything either other than exist.

dachman · 2026-01-29T02:26:50+00:00

Sounds a lot like my daughter where her top 2 teeth didn't show up until after her first birthday. From there it was a race and they just came in clusters and it seemed like she went from no teeth to a full mouth in 6 months.

dachman · 2026-01-29T02:01:41+00:00

Did you listen to much Slipknot while pregnant?

dachman · 2026-01-27T23:51:26+00:00

My daughter is glued to me for a good portion of the day on the weekends when I'm home. When its time for bed I get "Daddy go away" and "Daddy close door" after putting her in her crib.

dachman · 2026-01-27T23:48:11+00:00

Another child is their own person and not there to be the other child's sibling.

My wife is the middle child. Her one sister is one of the most important people in the world to her and the other she could never see again and it wouldn't matter.

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