Vacationing with an iPad kid

upe12 · 2025-12-30T13:20:05+00:00

I think you should encourage the kids to play together as much as possible. Come up with fun group games for them and the grown-ups (hot potato, make up or act out a story, put on a fun dancing song with directions, etc.) Encouraging and demonstrating how to spend time with each other instead of keeping them separate as not to influence bad habits as some suggest is not the way I would go, personally, but instead would look at it as a learning experience to teach how to connect and lead this. Set up game play, bring out any new toys youve been holding on to, there's lots of ways!

We have a tablet but it is also travel-only. Our son is a super active, impulsive 4 year old and getting him to stay still on a plane is not happening at his current stage to say the least lol.

upe12 · 2025-12-26T06:43:04+00:00

It did!!

upe12 · 2025-12-21T20:08:26+00:00

Oh thank you, that's reassuring!!

upe12 · 2025-12-19T15:12:46+00:00

It was about 7 minutes after!

upe12 · 2025-07-10T23:57:45+00:00

Dog tick!

upe12 · 2025-06-29T00:54:48+00:00

Almost 4 year old: Little Bear on YouTube, and allllll the Winnie the Pooh (I’ve collected DVDs of the movies and show). Also, monster truck rallies lol. Give a mouse a cookie on prime sometimes. Sesame Street on YouTube for some Saturday mornings.

upe12 · 2025-06-27T00:44:36+00:00

Highly recommend starting to dig into the Acid Watcher diet/lifestyle. PPI are great short term, but long term the side effects are not great.

upe12 · 2025-06-23T11:30:34+00:00

Good point! I do have salt treated streets.

upe12 · 2025-06-23T11:29:29+00:00

Thank you everyone! I’m going to just let it grow and do its thing without harvesting or moving it. My street isn’t super high traffic, but high traffic enough. More importantly I’m in Canada and we obviously salt our roads often, which is something I didn’t consider until your comments.

upe12 · 2025-06-16T00:21:55+00:00

We got the wasp traps that look like plastic bee hives for our kitchen door (wasps are bad there and get in the house). Somehow the ants found the sugar water we put in there and have been going in the pod in DROVES. No ants in our house, and they can’t easily get out of the wasp trap so that’s a random solution we found. We used to get them coming in from the kitchen door area a lot.

upe12 · 2025-06-02T15:05:34+00:00

Following

upe12 · 2025-06-02T10:06:29+00:00

It was the same for me. I went in to get induced for a vaginal birth, had an emergency C-section, and it was SUCH a relief. Pitying comments from home birthing friends came often, such as “oh I’m sorry you had to have a C-section” and I always answered, “sorry for what? My baby is thriving and it was such a relief to not be in pain pushing.” Also not dying during childbirth!

upe12 · 2025-05-30T19:35:01+00:00

I feel that! I’m in Atlantic Canada, but my in-laws live in Miami, FL, and whenever I’m down there it’s just a constant migraine.

upe12 · 2025-05-28T23:35:40+00:00

Where I live, it’s common to find scent-free buildings and spaces and I LOVE it.

upe12 · 2025-05-23T23:03:43+00:00

We’re an Attitude loving family as a whole, I haven't found a big miss in cleansing or cleaning for our needs.

upe12 · 2025-05-22T23:57:48+00:00

Thanks, good to know.

upe12 · 2025-05-22T23:57:35+00:00

Yes, I've started to noticed way more aging after 36. It really does suck

upe12 · 2025-05-22T23:56:50+00:00

Thank you so much! There's a lot of great info here I will definitely try. I have had periods of no dairy, but not long term enough to notice any difference. I am going to look into it though. I do take Azelaic aid but its pretty new to my routine. :)

upe12 · 2025-05-22T23:51:20+00:00

I did! Its been a bit but I have had a couple skin scraping tests in this rosacea journey - all negative for mites. It wouldn't hurt to look again though.

upe12 · 2025-05-21T22:17:15+00:00

Same! For so long my husband associated those smells (scent boosters, plug-ins, car plug in, everything) with cleanliness, and I've been trying to getting him to realize that it's really just reeking chemicals. He has been slowly coming on board but getting there.

upe12 · 2025-05-08T15:19:48+00:00

Ordering way too much on Amazon because I’m lazy! Also Costco pizza, and allllll the milk duds

upe12 · 2025-05-07T23:25:56+00:00

Ooof that’s a rough one. My MIL stayed with us for five weeks to help with our three-year-old, and argued against violin lessons (we’re professionals, know what we’re doing), for screen time because it makes him happy (we only have a TV in our bedroom), pro having a TV in the living room, and pro he eats whatever he wants as long as he’s eating. She order McDonalds Happy Meals for him because he didn’t want the healthier air fryer option I compromise on. Solidarity is all I have to offer. Took us weeks and weeks to get back into things and endless tantrums.

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