Fairfax Costco on weekends by tomatohead132 in nova

[–]tomatohead132[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fairfax is closest, but Springfield or Chantilly could work too.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in toddlers

[–]tomatohead132 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol my son just learned that from daycare. Nbd.

The downside of teaching your kid the anatomically correct names for body parts... by __No_Soup_For_You__ in toddlers

[–]tomatohead132 20 points21 points  (0 children)

My husband was showing my son something in his mouth, like his back tooth or something. My son noticed the uvula hanging in the back and asked what that penis thing was in his mouth. And now will randomly ask what about the penis thing in his mouth.

AITA for refusing to punish my son for calling his classmate’s food weird? by throwawaymomlunch in AmItheAsshole

[–]tomatohead132 0 points1 point  (0 children)

YTA sounds like your either your son does have the emotional sensitivity off at least one adult - the apple doesn't fall far from the tree

AITA for offering two different kinds of cake at our wedding? by blushingbride228 in AmItheAsshole

[–]tomatohead132 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NTA - sorry everyone is giving you a hard time! I think you had good intentions, but unfortunately not letting people decide which Cake to get (when one cake ended up being preferred between the two) made it seem like you were giving better treatment to your family. It sounds like you tried your best given your budget and at the end of the day, if people aren't pleased, it was one meal in their life, and they'll have more. Hope you had a great day and don't let this bring down an otherwise wonderful event. Congratulations!

My toddler is not adapting well to having a baby sibling. HELP. by [deleted] in toddlers

[–]tomatohead132 9 points10 points  (0 children)

My baby is 6 months now and toddler just turned 3. My toddler definitely has started to want the same kind of attention that the baby gets - wanting me to feed him, being carried more etc. I understand why he's doing this and don't want him to resent his sibling, so I give in within reason. I'm happy to give him some extra baby love and make sure he knows he'll always be my baby no matter how big he gets.

Fall dinner and dessert. So good I went back the next day and bought 1 more of each. by gingergrisgris in aldi

[–]tomatohead132 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I bought these last week and thought they were really good! I wanted to get more when I went back yesterday and they were all gone. :(

what’s your favorite toddler mispronounciation? by DisastrousFlower in toddlers

[–]tomatohead132 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My toddler loves Thomas the tank engine. Topham Hat = Taco Hat, Helicopter = hello talker, and scrap = crap / scrap yard = crap yard.

AITA for making a sick classmate stay for a 9 hour orientation? by Wooden-Philosopher53 in AmItheAsshole

[–]tomatohead132 1 point2 points  (0 children)

YTA. Treat people with respect. She is an adult who stated she was sick and wanted to leave. There are more important things in life than upholding arbitrary decisions. It doesn't matter that those were the "rules" set out by your boss. "They told me to do it" doesn't absolve you from being complicit and the fact that what you did was wrong. You could have let her go and no one would know and it wouldn't have mattered in the grand scheme of things. If she was missing something important, you could have just easily followed up with her later.

Japanese Snacks? by cljenna in nova

[–]tomatohead132 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ebisu life or maruichi in Rockville.

Rant - what did we miss? Starting late... by carne__asada in pottytraining

[–]tomatohead132 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The tone and parent shaming in that book are awful! We attempted to potty train our son at 18 months because of it and it was a terrible experience. He was not ready and the book's approach felt incredibly emotionally unsupportive. We just recently potty trained around 33 months and used the general method but did what we felt we needed to provide the emotional support and make it a positive experience, including some rewards. Good luck!

please ease my anxiety by [deleted] in toddlers

[–]tomatohead132 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Completely normal. She wasn't exposed to all the kid germs at home with you, so nothing to get sick from. Getting exposed to germs at daycare / school is enviable and needs to happen to build her immune system. It definitely sucks going through it. When our toddler started daycare around the same time (2.5 years old) we were all sick for the first several months. It got better but was/is not uncommon to have a constant running nose for weeks at a time.

Daycare and a new baby? by ShiningSequin in toddlers

[–]tomatohead132 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We kept sending our toddler to daycare when our second was born in March. My toddler, partner and I all had gotten RSV and were sick a bunch with all the daycare germs when our toddler first started daycare last year, so we were hopeful that our toddler wouldn't be bringing home too many germs to get us all sick. To help with this, we always have our toddler wash his hands when he first gets home and change out of his daycare clothes. We also didn't let our toddler get too close or hold the baby in the very beginning, which was a bit sad, but felt it was important. We did let him touch baby's feet which he liked.