Parents who don't potty train their kids until they are almost 5. I just don't get it. The whole " they'll do it when they are ready " argument is beyond me
I abandoned this at birth. If I waited till my kid was ready...hed probably still be in there.
I keep saying that LO will sleep through the night when he's ready. Will I be that mom that still feeds her 2 yo every 2 hours at night while he screams in between? At some point I'm going to have to intervene.
Parents who don't potty train their kids until they are almost 5. I just don't get it. The whole " they'll do it when they are ready " argument is beyond me
I want to agree with this, but I fear it will be me. J will be 3 in two weeks and has absolutely zero interest in going on the toilet. I know he is a long way from 5 but I am scared for how long it will take him to be ready. The problem is it really can't be forced. I guess I could sit him on it every 20 minutes but, until he understands the sensation of needing to go, it won't do anything. I stick him on it and he practically starts crying. I don't want it to be a negative thing. Plus I don't have time for that with an infant too.
Parents who don't potty train their kids until they are almost 5. I just don't get it. The whole " they'll do it when they are ready " argument is beyond me
I abandoned this at birth. If I waited till my kid was ready...hed probably still be in there.
I only meant the argument in terms of potty training when they are ready. Not everything else. Why anyone wants to wipe shit off a 5 year old is crazy.
As far as vacations go, I guess this is a UO, but I'm not a fan of just lazing around on the beach sipping drinks. If I'm paying decent money to go somewhere cool, then I want to be getting out there and doing things! Adventure! But I know plenty of people out there just want to relaaaax.. that's why this is a UO, haha.
I totally agree with you. I don't mind sitting on the beach or by a pool for a day, but not a whole week! I like the vacations where I need a couple more days off from work once I get home to relax from my vacation!
That makes me feel better. I asked two of my friends who have more than one kid if they have a preference and they both looked at me like I was crazy.
Clearly they're too afraid to admit the truth. Emma is usually my favorite because Jack just can't do anything right now. Once he gets the hang of sitting up and crawling it'll be a more even playing field.
I abandoned this at birth. If I waited till my kid was ready...hed probably still be in there.
I keep saying that LO will sleep through the night when he's ready. Will I be that mom that still feeds her 2 yo every 2 hours at night while he screams in between? At some point I'm going to have to intervene.
I keep saying that too...mostly because I feel guilty. He stopped sleeping through the night when I went back to work
But I knew that would be a very UO. I've been holding it in for so long. It feels good to get it out there. It also feels great to win! Even if it makes you all hate me a little, I like winning enough to accept that!
@lemonpielover I'm actually the queen of Whore Island.
I abandoned this at birth. If I waited till my kid was ready...hed probably still be in there.
I only meant the argument in terms of potty training when they are ready. Not everything else. Why anyone wants to wipe shit off a 5 year old is crazy.
I agree with you. I guess I was just saying that so far, my child's current personality would indicate I have a kid who will need some nudging to do stuff....so far this has been true of all things except eating.
I only meant the argument in terms of potty training when they are ready. Not everything else. Why anyone wants to wipe shit off a 5 year old is crazy.
I agree with you. I guess I was just saying that so far, my child's current personality would indicate I have a kid who will need some nudging to do stuff....so far this has been true of all things except eating.
I guess I m speaking from personal experience and frustrations. My Sil has no interest in potty training. Her 3.5 year old still squats down in the middle of the living room or behind the couch daily at my MILs bx she watches the kids and not only does it stink to high hell but we also have to pretend it's not happening. And I don't want my child to think that's acceptable either. Her brother is 6 and was potty trained about a year ago and still has to wear a diaper at night. There is a diff between not ready and just not taking any proactive approach and using the "wait till they are ready " argument
I really dislike when people take photos with their iPads at tourist attractions.
Even worse, IMO, is when you're at a kid performance and some parent up front holds up their damn ipad to record, thereby blocking the view of twenty other parents. Makes me stabby.
I agree with you. I guess I was just saying that so far, my child's current personality would indicate I have a kid who will need some nudging to do stuff....so far this has been true of all things except eating.
I guess I m speaking from personal experience and frustrations. My Sil has no interest in potty training. Her 3.5 year old still squats down in the middle of the living room or behind the couch daily at my MILs bx she watches the kids and not only does it stink to high hell but we also have to pretend it's not happening. And I don't want my child to think that's acceptable either. Her brother is 6 and was potty trained about a year ago and still has to wear a diaper at night. There is a diff between not ready and just not taking any proactive approach and using the "wait till they are ready " argument
As a kindergarten teacher I've had parents expect that their kids would have help in the bathroom wiping and flushing. Which is EXACTLY why I got my masters. Also, what do they imagine the other 21 kids will do while little special snowflake and I are down the hall in the bathroom?
Also, another UO, but I judge people all the time. I keep it to myself, or only share with MH, but I'm a Judgey McJudgerson. (I also recognize that I'm an asshole a lot of the time, and I'm cool with people judging me, too.)
You must be my twin. I am Queen McJudgerson. And I know people are doing it to me, I just don't care anymore.
to prove they can go a month without drinking. i think it is a sneaky way for people to test themselves if they feel like they might have a problem.
your second point illustrates how misinformed people can be about substance use vs. misuse vs. abuse.
I think you are probably right...and in this case, I would put this girl on the cusp of having a problem. I don't spend enough time with her to know the extent of her drinking, but whenever I see her at social functions, she's well on her way to wasted. At any rate, "Sober January" clearly didn't change her habits.
DH and I did this and failed in about 10 days. Not because we have a problem, but because I was out to dinner and they had my favorite micro brew on tap so I said F it. But, we were doing no drinks and dessert-more like a calorie cutting kind of thing. We also didn't celebrate with getting wasted.
I don't understand people who spend thousands to go to Disney every year. It seems like once would be enough.
I'm sure this will be unpopular, but I don't understand adults who are SUPER obsessed with Disney. Like going to Disneyland for their honeymoon without kids. Or not even having kids and going every year. We're probably going to take DD when she's old enough to enjoy it, but I would never go just me and DH on a regular basis. If I'm going on an adults only vacation, it better involve a beach and a waiter with drinks.
We went to Disney World on our honeymoon and had THE BEST time. We talk about going back on our own all the time, but we aren't planning on going again until our kids are old enough to remember it.
Have you eaten the food there? It is amazing. It is so clean, everyone is so happy, it makes me so happy. I wouldn't say I am super-obsessed, but I also don't think Disney Land/World is just for kids. My parents absolutely love it there too, and its not like they sit at home watching Disney movies or anything. It is just a fun and happy place, and, if you have been there before and know what you are doing, it can be pretty stress-free.
I don't understand people who spend thousands to go to Disney every year. It seems like once would be enough.
I'm sure this will be unpopular, but I don't understand adults who are SUPER obsessed with Disney. Like going to Disneyland for their honeymoon without kids. Or not even having kids and going every year. We're probably going to take DD when she's old enough to enjoy it, but I would never go just me and DH on a regular basis. If I'm going on an adults only vacation, it better involve a beach and a waiter with drinks.
We can't be friends.
(Says the chic who just did 3 Disney parks in 6 weeks and SPECIFICALLY moved to Orlando from SoFla to be closer to Disney)
That's ok though, you won't be clogging up the lines in front of me :-)
What would be an extenuating circumstance? I've heard some people say their babies were happier when they turned them forward, but I'm not really in the car enough with mine for it to be an issue. I guess if I was driving long stretches of time and my baby was screaming his head off the entire ride, I might feel differently.
The extenuating circumstance that I think of would be the motion sickness kids, but I'm sure there's other reasons. My point is, if people want to ERF their motion sickness kid, I don't judge, if people want to FF if its a better fit for them, I don't judge.
We turned DS FF when he was 19 months, he's been a car seat screamer (to the point of gagging) since he was born. So, maybe it was motionsickness, idk. He screamed at the top of his lungs when ever he was in the car seat, so at least an hour a day since we work. It was very distracting while I was driving and it started to affect the rest of our evenings as well since it was so draining.
I decided to try to turn him FF, since I was concerned about the distraction while driving. (after we had tried it all - windows opened, windows closed, music, white noise, singing, talking, ignoring him for months on end). DD1 and DD2 have been fabulous in the car, so we don't have any plans to turn them FF before 3 yo.
We turned DD about a month after her birthday for the same reasons. We do a lot of driving and it was distracting, annoying, and she would also work up to the point of throwing up. We turned her, her pedi agreed it was a good decision. I have no regrets. DS does much better in the car so we'll RF him as long as possible.
Honestly I feel like a better test would be "Once a week challenge" Can you have just one drink? In my experience lots of alcoholics can go for a long time without having a drink....few alcoholics can have just one drink.
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