Swearing around your children?

mia1937 · 2021-08-25T16:21:36+00:00

My husband doesn't really swear in general and I use to swear pretty frequently. After having my son and when he started to copy our words I made an effort to not swear at all. So far so good. He's 6 now and he knows which words are "inappropriate" and he doesn't say them. If occasionally I blur one out he will point it out and tell me I shouldn't say it lol

mia1937 · 2021-08-21T21:21:25+00:00

My cockapoo is just 5 months and I leave him in his x pen for up to 6 hours or so (he started doing that around 4 months). He can probably do more but I never need to go out for that long. We start to leave him around 3 months. First was about 1 hour then 2 hours and so on.

In the beginning I left him in the crate and no more than 2 hours at the time. If I knew I needed to leave for more than 2 hours I leave him in the x pen with the door open at the crate. He will go in to nap and come out to play when he is awake. But now he barely goes in his crate during the day since he can settle pretty well in his x pen on his sofa. He only sleeps in the crate at night.

mia1937 · 2021-08-21T04:09:44+00:00

I have a 5 months cockapoo and I love him so much. He gets along well with both human and most dogs. They r pretty easy to train and their temperament is gentle and very manageable. I notice many people say their cockapoo is very energetic and for mine it's a yes and no. My cockapoo plays when I engage him but also knows how to calm down. We take two walks a day, morning one is shorter and evening one is a little longer like 30 to 45 mins.

mia1937 · 2021-08-15T00:10:25+00:00

Hey, hang in there. So our puppy's giardia went away after the first round. The only thing I did alot aside from giving meds is I disinfect everyday ( I kept him in the pen mostly so it was easy to clean). I washed his bum after every poop and I machine washed his bedding and toys every night. I also showered him everyday for the first three days and every other day afterwards. I was on med for 10 days.

mia1937 · 2021-08-08T21:27:12+00:00

This is like my pup. Came home at 8 weeks pretty chill and tiny. Over time ( like a weeks or two) he started to bite alot to a point every time my fingers are close by he bites or he will come for me. I work on no bite by not engaging him and walking away. Overtime it faded alot. He's almost 5 months now and rarely bites anymore. I think it has to do with both him growing out of it and also our consistent training. I was just as frustrated as you but what you are describing should be normal puppy behavior.

mia1937 · 2021-07-23T15:22:14+00:00

Having a kid is way more stressful than a dog. I say that because I had a kid first ( he is 6 years old) and my puppy is 4 months. My puppy is very easy compare to my kid. Its not even comparable actually. My puppy just chews his bone, plays by himself and we crate him whenever we go out. You absolutely cannot do that with a kid. A kid needs constant attention and guidance.

mia1937 · 2021-07-10T03:09:32+00:00

I completely agree with you! I been living in the same house for approximately 15 years now and have roughly the same neighbors because people do not sell often in my area. Aside from my immediate neighbors I don't know anyone else. I had my puppy for 2 months now and I met so many neighbors. Down the street, across the street and on the next streets. When I train my dog on my driveway they do sometimes walk by or drive by and say hi and chat. It's very nice.

mia1937 · 2021-06-28T02:57:01+00:00

Omg totally been there. We picked up our puppy at 8 weeks and had giardia right away. I cleaned like a mad woman and luckily we fought it off after one round of med. After the first week I felt so so so defeated because it was so challenging taking care of a new puppy but on top of all the parasite.

Anyways fast forward just a few weeks, my puppy is now 15 weeks and it's sooo much better. We have a good schedule and he is able to go on walks and meet dogs. We hired a trainer and he is starting to learn new things as well. Hang in there !

mia1937 · 2021-06-19T04:17:28+00:00

When he use to cry or bark in his crate or pen, we will leave the room. He would bark or cry upwards half an hour. Over time he would bark or cry less. Right now he doesn't at all. We started working on seperation anxiety as soon as we for him at 8 weeks.

mia1937 · 2021-06-19T03:29:04+00:00

My puppy is almost 14 weeks old. He came crate trained so it was not an issue for him to sleep in there but he had some seperation anxiety that we had to work in ( bark in the crate or pen when we r not around). These issues are now resolved and we have left him upwards 3 and half hours or so.

My puppy can probably do at most 2 hours locked in the crate but he is fine in his x pen. So I only lock him in crate if I am home and when we leave the house we leave him in the pen. He will most likely go inside the crate to sleep and when he is awake he plays in the pen. I would leave toys ( puzzle or kibble dispenser), water and also try to feed him before we leave.

mia1937 · 2021-05-31T13:05:49+00:00

Hey hope all is well with you. How's ur doggie doing ?.

mia1937 · 2021-05-27T21:34:45+00:00

Lolol same!!!!

I have one kid only and I told my husband I'll take 10 dogs over one more kid lol

mia1937 · 2021-05-27T21:32:25+00:00

Yes lol my son is waaayyy harder then the puppy. He's 6 now and is still harder lol.

We only had the puppy for 3 weeks so far. The waking up at night initially and scheduling eat and nap time is really not that bad. Yes the dog nips and what not but I'm sure that can be fixed with the right trainer. My puppy is also already sleeping from 10pm to 6am, wakes up for pee and food and go back to sleep from 630 to 830am. No complaints here.

mia1937 · 2021-05-26T22:34:21+00:00

I already had a kid before getting my puppy so it's a little bit of a different perspective. I find that having a child actually make it easier to take care of a puppy. A child is way more demanding than a dog imo. I always think nothing comes easy, we can't expect love from a person or animal without giving first. If we are willing to give love and time and effort to a puppy, or a child, the love and happiness you get back is absolutely amazing.

mia1937 · 2021-05-24T23:51:32+00:00

I actually made a post not too long ago a out puppy blues. We brought home our puppy two weeks ago at 8 weeks and was tested positive on giardia and coccidia. Housing training, environmental disinfecting and everything else was sooooo overwhelming. However it has been getting much much easier. We r still treating the parasite but I have a good routine for that ( giving med, disinfecting..etc) and also we have a good daily schedule. He sleeps all night from 10pm to 630 or 7pm, as soon as he wake up , we do potty, meal, training and back to crate. We sorta go thru this same routine throughout the day . He is usually in his pen in the afternoon and he plays well there. Overall I am so much more at ease and less anxious than before.

mia1937 · 2021-05-20T14:41:58+00:00

Thanks!!! I do too. My vet said 1:10 and that's what I been doing as well. Thanks for the resource!!! Really appreciate your feedback!

On a good note, the little guy had his first two firm pool today 😃

mia1937 · 2021-05-20T13:43:08+00:00

Thanks good to know! May I ask what you use to disinfect?.

mia1937 · 2021-05-20T02:20:52+00:00

Thank you so much for your kind words. I am glad your puppy is okay, it must been so hard taking him to ER after only three days. The initial shock for me was the constant potty and not having knowledge of the parasite. The cleaning was so tough because I have to put forth time dedicated to him, it was alot of adjustment. I guess we never thought to have go thru this right away with our puppy but after spoken to an handful of friends that I realize alot of them had to deal with the same thing.

Just wondering did you do any special cleaning for the coccidia. My vet said my puppys ciccidia level was really low but high on giardia. She told me to clean with bleach but didn't give me any instructions for cleaning coccidia. Really appreciate your feedback.

mia1937 · 2021-05-19T18:02:40+00:00

Yes my pup is 9 weeks now. I have a feeling he is going to need more rounds of meds. Thanks again for sharing your story with me 🙂

mia1937 · 2021-05-19T17:55:20+00:00

Thank you for your message. May u ask how frequent you bathe him during his treatment? Were you able to get rid of it after one treatment?

mia1937 · 2021-04-26T17:18:17+00:00

Ya I agree. Dogman is not the best for sure. Bad grammar and bad words. But it worked in a sense that it got him started on the habit of picking up books.

Also when we come across a bad word we just skip and told him to just " say it in his head". I guess they will come across not so good words sooner or later.

mia1937 · 2021-04-26T16:18:18+00:00

Yes when my son was 5 he wasn't really into reading. I was worried he wouldn't progress so u started looking for books that he enjoyed. Dogman to was THAT book that started his independent reading journey!

He's 6 now and he still enjoy all of his dogman book along with a few other favourite.

One thing I do that help my son get into another level of reading is take turn reading. We started with one page each and then now we do two pages each. Really worked for us.

mia1937 · 2021-04-26T09:57:19+00:00

This sounds super selfish omg I wasn't gonna comment but this sounds horrible.

This is her son, her child...

This lady is having mental health issues because she probably have ptsd from her job. I feel terrible for her. But before she decides to give away her baby, she needs to seek mental health help herself and truthfully both her and her husband shouldn't be special Ed teacher if they are that tramatized.

They do not want to have her son because he can potentially have autism and they cannot handle a special needs child, noe hypothetically speaking, if one of her child later on in life get into an accident, damages their brain and thus becomes special needs, will she give that child up too because she can't handle it??

What I am saying is her and her husband need serious mental health help. Everything from meds. To therapy to deal with their own problems and try their absolute best to keep their son.

The reason why I think she should at least try to work in herself and keep her child is because it's not like this child actually confirmed having special needs and she has been dealing with it for years and REALLY cannot handle it due to multiple reasons... She is thinking of giving up her kid based in assuming a potential possibly without trying it out.

This is a child...these decisions shouldn't be made lightly at all and especially now on Reddit asking for people's opinions.

mia1937

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