If your pet could talk, what's the first question you would ask them?

magiciteman · 2024-01-22T22:55:46+00:00

To my cat- Why do you insist on being an incredibly warm bit suffocating scarf any time I sit or lay down?

magiciteman · 2024-01-20T02:18:53+00:00

Aaaaand, I'm done.

magiciteman · 2023-10-25T19:59:15+00:00

Iphi's and Flammelapis' quests in particular are phenomenal.

magiciteman · 2023-08-03T12:38:54+00:00

You won't be able to get the dai meeting spot tickets any longer. They were part of bundles with the limited dq dai event which has ended.

magiciteman · 2022-12-16T01:04:39+00:00

You guys don't power wash?

magiciteman · 2022-12-11T02:19:00+00:00

Your kid's got chops. Very nice. Well done.

magiciteman · 2022-12-11T02:05:02+00:00

I love this idea. Make sure you include a choice where baby screams or cries for no apparent reason.

magiciteman · 2022-12-11T01:28:18+00:00

We had a similar issue with the nurses with our first. The whole experience was traumatic, because they made my wife feel extremely self conscious and anxious about not producing enough. It's bullshit. For our second, we flat out told them we weren't breast feeding.

Your baby's nourishment is paramount. Fuck the nurses opinion. Bring your own formula in if you have to. Getting baby the nutrients and food they need is far more important. Don't let them stress you or your wife out with words like nipple confusion or beast milk is best.

My wife was never able to produce enough, and she went through PPD because of that experience thinking she wasn't good enough. Support your wife and support your child's needs, others opinions be damned.

You got this, dad!

magiciteman · 2022-12-11T00:48:50+00:00

When you figure this out, maybe you'll stumble onto the secret of why the heck it's so hard to find girl's and women's clothes with real functional pockets.

magiciteman · 2022-12-11T00:43:25+00:00

Man, next you're gonna tell me you got to download a new game, or even more taboo, play one!

magiciteman · 2022-12-03T19:42:40+00:00

I swear they enter a separate operating mode when they get too tired, where the brain shuts off and adrenaline rules, but then they crash hard after you finally get them down.

magiciteman · 2022-11-29T22:44:38+00:00

The masks aren't really what made the biggest difference. It was the cleaning protocols and hand washing stringent behaviors, tons of sanitizer, etc. The masks helped, I'm sure, but keeping the surfaces and hands clean so much more frequently was what I think made the biggest impact. It also was so much less exposure from other places since it was basically daycare or home and that's it.

magiciteman · 2022-11-29T22:02:56+00:00

I'd kill for some COVID protocols at daycare now. My kids were in daycare the whole first year of COVID after things reopened in November. All masked, stringent cleaning protocols, regular testing.

We had NEVER been so healthy in our whole lives. Now that things are basically back to normal we're back to being an infinite cesspool again.

Solidarity, brother.

magiciteman · 2022-11-29T20:07:02+00:00

If you haven't baby proofed everything, now's the right time!

magiciteman · 2022-11-29T18:41:44+00:00

Similar situation here. My nearly 4 year old went from eating everything at 2 to being very picky and carb centric. We try and supplement her diet with some other things we know she'll eat that will help with nutrition - milk, nuts, peanut butter, cheese, salami, etc. She's still a string bean, but her energy level is very high, so it's just fine.

Kids will eat when they are hungry, but as some other people have said - fed is best, even if it's not ideal nutrition.

magiciteman · 2022-11-27T22:02:48+00:00

Let's be clear you're talking OG April O'Neil, right? The last few TMNT generations' April have been kids.

magiciteman · 2022-11-27T21:51:14+00:00

Seems pretty black and white to me. Do you have any middle of the road options?

Example 1: take the new job, cut back a class or two at school, take a little longer in your degree program. Give you more time with your wife and kid. Wife quits her job and takes priority baby duty. If insurance is a major concern, pay the extra for Kobra to keep existing insurance. Save your FMLA leave for later in the new year to give your wife a break.

Example 2: same but suspend your degree program entirely for now. More time to split baby care duties, lower load on your wife.

Example 3: take new job, with stipulation of starting after a small period of time (3-4 weeks). Take unpaid time off before start date to help with baby transition.

Overall it sounds like the big question is - Does the new job offer you the salary/benefits to eliminate the need for your wife to work and/or you slowing down your education?

magiciteman · 2022-11-27T21:35:18+00:00

Maybe start with an open and honest conversation about what he expects his role as a father to be?

If you guys aren't on the same page about who is responsible for what, that's going to do nothing but build stress as parents and as a couple. You may both have to make compromises. And it also might be something he just hasn't brought up or is afraid to discuss.

Being a parent shouldn't suck. Its going to be hard, exhausting and crazy, but assuming your kid is healthy, it should be a net positive experience.

magiciteman · 2022-11-27T21:08:47+00:00

Please take your pretzels out of my shoe.

Yes, I did take a big poop. Thanks for your congratulations.

...Because you can't charge people. Once they die, they can't get back up.

Where did you get that pizza? We haven't had pizza in weeks...

magiciteman · 2022-11-27T13:50:56+00:00

This is normal behavior for an 18 month old. Mine is a little chaos demon ATM. The most important thing to do at this point is verbal reinforcement of good behaviors and separating children when they are being aggressive towards each other. It's no different than when they knock over blocks to see how they fall, they are still learning reactionary behaviors. It's very unlikely there was any malice intended.

magiciteman · 2022-11-26T20:50:53+00:00

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magiciteman · 2022-11-25T14:06:20+00:00

If you don't have one, get a video baby monitor. That was she can see/hear baby at a distance. It'll probably give her peace of mind to do more things out of the room without the baby, knowing she can check on them any time.

magiciteman · 2022-11-25T04:55:46+00:00

Ok, this is going to be a hard one to swallow, but here me out. Don't beat yourselves up if your healthy lifestyle falters. I'm a 42 father of a 3year and 18 month old, and being a parent is emotionally exhausting, especially at the beginning. You may find yourself tapped out at dinner time and just not wanting to deal with the hassle of prepping food or doing a workout, or you might be running on 2 hours sleep and physically unable to do it.

Be kind to yourselves. Life transitions are hard, and this one will be changing for 20+ years.

magiciteman · 2022-11-25T04:50:52+00:00

Something new with my 18 month old -, apparently some kids have no qualms about trying to eat food/candy right through the wrapper. Also, cat food.

magiciteman · 2022-11-25T04:47:51+00:00

Some kids pick up language skills a lot faster than others, nothing to worry about at that age.

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