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Post by Cel on Jun 27, 2013 6:27:33 GMT -5
It takes a Nation to Raise a Child...
I wanted to make a thread not only dedicated to the parents/grandparents of this forum, but a place we could come to, to discuss, bounce ideas off of each other, and brag about our future Nationites.
Even if you have not yet procreated a mini you, everyone was a child at one time.
Feel free to participate in any and all child related issues.
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Post by Cel on Jun 29, 2013 20:13:12 GMT -5
Just in case I didn't advertise it hard enough on Facebook.  From left to right-- Megan, Six, Xylie and Nathan.  |
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Post by RRwatch on Jul 9, 2013 1:59:48 GMT -5
LOl @ my wife. She's leaving town for about a week and gave me the parenting instructions routine . "He smells like a wet sweater when its so hot out, make sure he showers, are you going to stay up late and watch cheesy movies and game half the night ?? I bit my tongue and said of course,no and we will be in bed early.... have a good trip !... but you'all know we will be up to some father/son bonding and hijinks !!  |
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Post by Cel on Jul 9, 2013 6:01:45 GMT -5
8D Yeah.. We know.  You boys will wait to the day she comes back to shower. And shave! Lightly sprinkle a little dust on the ole PS3. And clean up the house too. 8D |
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Post by wadey on Jul 9, 2013 6:31:04 GMT -5
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Post by RRwatch on Jul 9, 2013 19:56:39 GMT -5
8D Yeah.. We know. You boys will wait to the day she comes back to shower. And shave! Lightly sprinkle a little dust on the ole PS3. And clean up the house too. 8D What is this clean the house you speak of ?? No dust on my PS3 either! In the summer it gets hot and my PS3 sounds like a jet engine after 15 minutes trying to stay cool, TLOU must be hard on the poor thing 'cause it doesn't slow down til I turn it off. I did make my kiddo practice piano today tho, takes bow. Of course he sat around in his underwear Minecrafting the rest of the day !! |
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Post by Cel on Jul 10, 2013 9:21:57 GMT -5
^ 8D Sounds like you've got everything under control. I'm proud of ya bud. And I didn't know he played the piano.  Okay so I have to share this. It's too funny. So Monday when Six got home from work, me and him as well as Bug went into the bedroom. I laid on the bed as he changed into some comfy clothes. Bug was on the bed with me and told Six about a nice man who was standing at the end of our bed.  Six was laughing as he ragged me about a nice man who apparently was in our apartment AND in our bedroom. Now.. If this was any other relationship, there might be some insecurities that would have lead to worrying and investigating as to what happened. But it's been an ongoing joke since then. Finally it hit me. If you guys remeber reading my Facebook status some time ago about our A/C going out and it taking 9 days for them to repair.. Well the access panel to the A/C is in our room. And I remember Buggy calling him a nice man because he gave her a flower. 8D If my man would have been insecure this could have created an innocent problem. We still joke about it. |
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Post by RHYN0X on Jul 20, 2013 16:36:02 GMT -5
^ 8D Sounds like you've got everything under control. I'm proud of ya bud. And I didn't know he played the piano. Okay so I have to share this. It's too funny. So Monday when Six got home from work, me and him as well as Bug went into the bedroom. I laid on the bed as he changed into some comfy clothes. Bug was on the bed with me and told Six about a nice man who was standing at the end of our bed. Six was laughing as he ragged me about a nice man who apparently was in our apartment AND in our bedroom. Now.. If this was any other relationship, there might be some insecurities that would have lead to worrying and investigating as to what happened. But it's been an ongoing joke since then. Finally it hit me. If you guys remeber reading my Facebook status some time ago about our A/C going out and it taking 9 days for them to repair.. Well the access panel to the A/C is in our room. And I remember Buggy calling him a nice man because he gave her a flower. 8D If my man would have been insecure this could have created an innocent problem. We still joke about it. OR... she sees dead people. duhn duhn duhhhhhhhn!  Sorry, couldn' resist My girls have this thing lately where they have to be an animal to go to bed. Our usual routine is brush their teeth, sit in mom and dad's bed and cuddle for a bit, then they go to their room/cribs. Now, it's the same, but they get on all fours, stick out their tongue, and say doggy as they proceed to crawl in to their room. We pick them up, for hugs and "puppy kisses" aka their tongues are out (panting, as all dogs do 24/7 apparently, haha) and they press them against your face. They also do frogs, bunnies, and cats. In all honesty, it's cute as hell, and I love it, and their imaginations. |
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Post by mossyoak01 on Aug 5, 2013 15:16:28 GMT -5
My son lost his second baby tooth last night. They grow up way to fast.
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Post by RRwatch on Oct 1, 2013 1:36:36 GMT -5
So my son got shot down asking a girl out to the Friday middle school dance. Some dude asked her first. I felt bad for him and told him even the best of us go to dances stag. The girl came by and hung out here on Sunday. My kiddo set up a LAN server for Minecraft and they happily nerded out together. They are good friends for sure, but I think my son is friend zoned. I think he enjoys her company but those hormones are starting to kick in.. he won't admit to having any other feeling about her other than friendship. I asked once if there was more to his feelings when he told me about the dance but I figure if he wants to go there he will when he wants to.
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Post by Liamcifer on Oct 7, 2013 10:05:55 GMT -5
Meh, nothing wrong with the "friend zone." More I think you should be saying "Meh, least you have a good friend."
This whole friend zone stigmata annoys me. It's funny when people make memes out of them or joke about it but when I see someone genuinely all "Dang man, bitch friend-zoned me." I get annoyed. Hope I can make Conor see that it's okay to be just friends with a girl when he hits the teens. I don't like sneakiness or feigning friendship for the hopes of getting a hand in the pants.
I wouldn't worry about the kid though. His first "rejection" from a girl could have been worse other than "Someone already asked me." It'll be good for him in the long run, eases him into being used to any other rejections that may come up. Just remind him that when he does get rejected to be all "Hey baby, it's all good."
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Post by Cel on Oct 7, 2013 11:29:06 GMT -5
Liamcifer - ^WIN! As a female who has had more male friends than females, I can honestly say I'm thankful to the guys who were raised right and accepted a friendship and not gotten pissed when they learned that a friendship was all they were going to get from me. I've met guys - Lots and the minute they find out they weren't getting any goodies from me, they were pissed and turned into the biggest douche-bags. In turn, it brought out the b!tch in me. We don't want to feel obligated to be something we aren't feeling. We don't want to have only two options, either we are your girlfriend or NOTHING. Because we will choose option (B). Liam is 100% right, RR. Let your son know being in the friend zone is more than okay. And if it turns into something later on down the road, so be it. I have a issue maybe you all can help me out with... A few months ago, we finally got Buggy potty trained. She was doing good too. Hardly any accidents. Well as of late, she has been .. Retracting. She will still go but more than half the time, she ends up doing most in her panties. Nothing we are doing, ( rewards, etc ) is working.. Help?
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Post by RRwatch on Oct 7, 2013 12:21:29 GMT -5
Lod. of course I did not make it seem like there is anything wrong with being "just friends" My kiddo had been raised to respect and be honest with women and himself. He is a bit shy about talking about these things and if he is like me at his age, he probably doesn't understand everything he is feeling right now. I think you are looking at a different kind of friend zoning. I've been in the situation I'm thinking of myself. You meet a gal who seems pretty cool, after you get to know her and become friends you think there could be something more then friendship, so you are honest about your feelings or ask her out. If you get turned down, or the romantic feelings are not reciprocated you can still be friends.You have just been friend zoned. Now the part you are talking about Lod.... hanging about being sneaky, or feigning friendship is not something we teach nor a very good description of what is happening here.My boy has been good friends with this gal for a couple of years. I think he just figured she would be a good candidate to ask to "go" to the dance with him. TBH he is only a middle schooler and this was just his first school dance. Its all part of growing up and learning, relationships aren't static they change and evolve just like people do. BTW I am still friends with some girls I dated or was "just friends" with as a teen
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Post by Cel on Oct 7, 2013 17:40:59 GMT -5
Bug's play-date.. And yes.. I cried a bit.  |
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Post by RRwatch on Oct 7, 2013 20:40:49 GMT -5
What a QT. Save that pic, it is a fun milestone.First play ate and all.
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Post by Liamcifer on Oct 8, 2013 5:23:00 GMT -5
Liamcifer - ^WIN! As a female who has had more male friends than females, I can honestly say I'm thankful to the guys who were raised right and accepted a friendship and not gotten pissed when they learned that a friendship was all they were going to get from me. I've met guys - Lots and the minute they find out they weren't getting any goodies from me, they were pissed and turned into the biggest douche-bags. In turn, it brought out the b!tch in me. We don't want to feel obligated to be something we aren't feeling. We don't want to have only two options, either we are your girlfriend or NOTHING. Because we will choose option (B). Liam is 100% right, RR. Let your son know being in the friend zone is more than okay. And if it turns into something later on down the road, so be it. Bewbs? I have no idea... So I Goggled and came up with this. www.parents.com/toddlers-preschoolers/potty-training/problems/potty-training-regression/ Apparently it's normal. \_(o.o)_/ Lod. of course I did not make it seem like there is anything wrong with being "just friends" My kiddo had been raised to respect and be honest with women and himself. He is a bit shy about talking about these things and if he is like me at his age, he probably doesn't understand everything he is feeling right now. I think you are looking at a different kind of friend zoning. I've been in the situation I'm thinking of myself. You meet a gal who seems pretty cool, after you get to know her and become friends you think there could be something more then friendship, so you are honest about your feelings or ask her out. If you get turned down, or the romantic feelings are not reciprocated you can still be friends.You have just been friend zoned. Now the part you are talking about Lod.... hanging about being sneaky, or feigning friendship is not something we teach nor a very good description of what is happening here.My boy has been good friends with this gal for a couple of years. I think he just figured she would be a good candidate to ask to "go" to the dance with him. TBH he is only a middle schooler and this was just his first school dance. Its all part of growing up and learning, relationships aren't static they change and evolve just like people do. BTW I am still friends with some girls I dated or was "just friends" with as a teen Sorry if it seemed like I meant that was the way it seemed like I was saying that was what it was like, wasn't my intention I re-read that and it made no sense to me... Sorry if it seemed like I was saying it may have looked like the bad way. I was actually meaning it in a way that I dislike it when people do go about it that way and hope that Conor doesn't go about things in such a way in the future. |
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Post by RRwatch on Oct 8, 2013 6:42:04 GMT -5
LOL Im reading about the friend zoning and what we all think it is etc.. My boy is not into sex type things yet. He kinda thinks its gross and weird. I think my son was disappointed at not getting his dance date but he moved on.Like I said 2 days later on Sunday she came over for a "playdate" but we don't dare call it a "playdate" because they are too old for those. Even tho I had to go pick her up and drive her home and talk to her parents about scheduling it because she lives about 5 miles away, over busy roads. They're just "hanging out" is what I've been told.
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Post by Liamcifer on Oct 8, 2013 8:00:28 GMT -5
Meh, best way to let them be really.
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