Word up Wednesday (GTKY)

[20thirteen]

I figure I want SMBC (SDBC?) to be more active as well, because this board is meant for all the SP's out there, by choice or by circumstances.

Is there anything you've done so far to/for your kids that you said you wouldn't do? I.E. fast food when you told yourself you'd only go organic

Have you taken your child(ren) on vacation?  How did you travel and what was the level of difficulty?

Most importantly, DC or Marvel?!

[helenahhandbasket]

I do a lot of things I said I wouldn't-- mainly she watches too much TV and is a really picky eater, so her diet isn't fantastic (though we have recently added yogurt, apples and oranges to our repitoire!) There are some things that I have stuck to my guns about though, and I am glad I did.

I took her on a family cruise when she was 7 months old. It was awful. Aside from that we have done a few overnight trips-- most recently this past November for Thanksgiving and she did great! It's gotten a lot easier as she has gotten older.

I don't care about comics. Sorry I said that, hope I can stay!

[20thirteen]

Is there anything you've done so far to/for your kids that you said you wouldn't do? I told myself that I would have a low tech baby and not watch TV. DD figured out quickly what the remote was and is pretty good at almost turning it on. She's pretty low tech but BF is telling me that with the way technology is going, we'd probably be better off not being low tech. We haven't discussed at great length, though.

Have you taken your child(ren) on vacation? How did you travel and what was the level of difficulty? No, not yet, but I will eventually have to plan a trip to BD's parent's place a few states away. Only to get his mom off my back. I'm dreading it because DD gets car sick, so we can't drive. I'm terrified of plane travel, so we can't fly. I've never taken her on a train before so I wonder how she'd do on a train trip cross country.

Most importantly, DC or Marvel?! - DD is named after a DC character. So, that right there should tell you all which one I prefer.


**NOTE - at work and I apparently forgot to hit "post reply" LOL

[20thirteen]

Feb 18, 2015 10:09:08 GMT -5 helenahhandbasket said:

I don't care about comics. Sorry I said that, hope I can stay!

We wouldn't kick you out.

[helenahhandbasket]

Feb 18, 2015 11:27:40 GMT -5 20thirteen said:

Is there anything you've done so far to/for your kids that you said you wouldn't do? I told myself that I would have a low tech baby and not watch TV. DD figured out quickly what the remote was and is pretty good at almost turning it on. She's pretty low tech but BF is telling me that with the way technology is going, we'd probably be better off not being low tech. We haven't discussed at great length, though.

Have you taken your child(ren) on vacation? How did you travel and what was the level of difficulty? No, not yet, but I will eventually have to plan a trip to BD's parent's place a few states away. Only to get his mom off my back. I'm dreading it because DD gets car sick, so we can't drive. I'm terrified of plane travel, so we can't fly. I've never taken her on a train before so I wonder how she'd do on a train trip cross country.

Most importantly, DC or Marvel?! - DD is named after a DC character. So, that right there should tell you all which one I prefer.


**NOTE - at work and I apparently forgot to hit "post reply" LOL

You know what-- I bet your LO would really like the train. I also hate to fly and I am unfortunatley the one that gets carsick (if I am not the driver) but I take the train to work everyday with no issue.

[becwheat]

Feb 18, 2015 9:48:54 GMT -5 20thirteen said:

Is there anything you've done so far to/for your kids that you said you wouldn't do? I.E. fast food when you told yourself you'd only go organic

Have you taken your child(ren) on vacation?  How did you travel and what was the level of difficulty?

Most importantly, DC or Marvel?!

1) I ignored my kid having a meltdown at Target/grocery store. I always said I would leave the store, but dude I was not about to leave my full cart and let the little terrorist win! I just ignored her and the stares from others.

2) I have done a 2.5 hour drive to a holiday with DD at 4 months old. It sucked. I had to ignore crying most of the way home. I went on a 10 hour beach road trip when she was 18 months. It was my mom, my sister and myself all in the same car. With DD just turning 4, this is the first time I can imagine taking her on vacation by myself and it being some kind of fun. **I recommend taking an extra day before going back to work to be at home and get back into your routine**

3) Marvel. Mostly because of X-men the cartoon in the 90s

[becwheat]

Feb 18, 2015 11:27:40 GMT -5 20thirteen said:

Is there anything you've done so far to/for your kids that you said you wouldn't do? I told myself that I would have a low tech baby and not watch TV. DD figured out quickly what the remote was and is pretty good at almost turning it on. She's pretty low tech but BF is telling me that with the way technology is going, we'd probably be better off not being low tech. We haven't discussed at great length, though.

Have you taken your child(ren) on vacation? How did you travel and what was the level of difficulty? No, not yet, but I will eventually have to plan a trip to BD's parent's place a few states away. Only to get his mom off my back. I'm dreading it because DD gets car sick, so we can't drive. I'm terrified of plane travel, so we can't fly. I've never taken her on a train before so I wonder how she'd do on a train trip cross country.

Most importantly, DC or Marvel?! - DD is named after a DC character. So, that right there should tell you all which one I prefer.


**NOTE - at work and I apparently forgot to hit "post reply" LOL

SIDE NOTE: Why? I still think you need to lay down the law with this lady and not give in to her or it will only get worse.

[20thirteen]

Feb 18, 2015 18:57:22 GMT -5 becwheat said:

Feb 18, 2015 11:27:40 GMT -5 20thirteen said:

Is there anything you've done so far to/for your kids that you said you wouldn't do? I told myself that I would have a low tech baby and not watch TV. DD figured out quickly what the remote was and is pretty good at almost turning it on. She's pretty low tech but BF is telling me that with the way technology is going, we'd probably be better off not being low tech. We haven't discussed at great length, though.

Have you taken your child(ren) on vacation? How did you travel and what was the level of difficulty? No, not yet, but I will eventually have to plan a trip to BD's parent's place a few states away. Only to get his mom off my back. I'm dreading it because DD gets car sick, so we can't drive. I'm terrified of plane travel, so we can't fly. I've never taken her on a train before so I wonder how she'd do on a train trip cross country.

Most importantly, DC or Marvel?! - DD is named after a DC character. So, that right there should tell you all which one I prefer.


**NOTE - at work and I apparently forgot to hit "post reply" LOL

SIDE NOTE: Why? I still think you need to lay down the law with this lady and not give in to her or it will only get worse.

Eventually didn't mean anytime soon… Me and her were at each other's throats the other day. It started off because she started sending me pictures of herself as a toddler, to compare her pictures to DD's pictures… saying how DD looks like her when she was DD's age. It's spiraled into a conversation I didn't want to have about BD, and then I told her to stop talking to me. We hadn't spoken in a couple weeks before that. I assume one day we'll be on better terms, and that's when I'll plan the trip. There is just no way I would be going anytime soon. The only place I'd be able to afford to lodge at is her place and FUCK THAT. For now.

[Deleted]

Im doing everything I said I never would. Probably everything. But the man is starting to really limit/control his food choices. so I think I let him eat more of what he wants and probably cater to his obsessions a bit more than I used to. Right now he wants a bean/cheese burrito every. single. meal. and its alot easier to get him to eat, than to prepare something he wont. So no. Im not preparing as many soups and meals as I would like, as its just the 2 of us.
Not DC or Marvel. But I like graphic novels and such
Took him on a cruise at 18 mos.

[20thirteen]

Feb 19, 2015 5:09:29 GMT -5 @sherminator said:

Im doing everything I said I never would. Probably everything. But the man is starting to really limit/control his food choices. so I think I let him eat more of what he wants and probably cater to his obsessions a bit more than I used to. Right now he wants a bean/cheese burrito every. single. meal. and its alot easier to get him to eat, than to prepare something he wont. So no. Im not preparing as many soups and meals as I would like, as its just the 2 of us.
Not DC or Marvel. But I like graphic novels and such
Took him on a cruise at 18 mos.

What kind of graphic novels?

[emmaswan]

Is there anything you've done so far to/for your kids that you said you wouldn't do? I.E. fast food when you told yourself you'd only go organic

Um, everything.
Fantasy Me: Full organic, breastfeeding, low tech, cloth diapering mama
Reality: Chicken nuggets and happy meals, formula, DD watching TV at 4 months, disposables all the way.

Have you taken your child(ren) on vacation? How did you travel and what was the level of difficulty?

STBXH and I took DD on vacation at 15 months. It was easy peasy. She slept through the entire flight. We took her again at age 4. Not as easy.

Most importantly, DC or Marvel?!

Can't I choose both?

[20thirteen]

NO CHOOSE ONE. Ahhahahahaha

[freezorburn]

Is there anything you've done so far to/for your kids that you said you wouldn't do? I.E. fast food when you told yourself you'd only go organic

He probably watches more TV/videos than I would have liked. But sometimes we're all tired and just want to chill out.

Have you taken your child(ren) on vacation? How did you travel and what was the level of difficulty?

Yes. We have flown and driven. Some trips have been more manageable than others. The worst was when we flew direct from Heathrow to Seattle. He didn't sleep at all on that flight. Ugh.

Driving is usually easier. He falls asleep and then we take regular snack/diaper change breaks. We try to limit our driving in a day to 5-6 hours, so that we can still get some active time in.

Most importantly, DC or Marvel?!

Marvel!

[20thirteen]

I've become the only DC fan... LOL, weren't there more DC fans on TD? I feel like there was...

freezorburn, is your DS still rear-facing in the car? My DD is and when trips are longer than like 30-45 min she starts throwing up, I assume from general car sickness. Not sure what to do for possible ventures to friends who live roughly 1-2 hrs away (or trips to the zoo which is about an hour away, we're members but I worry about her puking all over the car).

Also, if anyone has a good suggestion, other than drive during nap time, to stave off car sickness, please let me know!

[tig594]

Definitely more TV than I'd like, but she watches movies only in spurts when one of hers is on so maybe it's not that bad.

We've done some road trips...max length has been about 2 hours. She does ok as she usually gets bored and sleeps most of the way. Now she can watch movies in the car so that will help with our beach trips this summer.

Neither Marvel or DC. Sorry, Charlie.

[freezorburn]

Feb 20, 2015 9:33:49 GMT -5 20thirteen said:

freezorburn, is your DS still rear-facing in the car? My DD is and when trips are longer than like 30-45 min she starts throwing up, I assume from general car sickness. Not sure what to do for possible ventures to friends who live roughly 1-2 hrs away (or trips to the zoo which is about an hour away, we're members but I worry about her puking all over the car).

Also, if anyone has a good suggestion, other than drive during nap time, to stave off car sickness, please let me know!

He's 2~1/2 years old but we are still RF in the car. I'm not sure how much our experience helps -- we actually don't own a car but will get a Zipcar once every 4-6 weeks for a day out of the city, or we will do a week long rental for a vacation. He's just always been good in the car. Maybe because he is just used to being in motion? He always napped in the stroller when I was walking our dog. We are usually riding buses and trains for daily getting around.

I remember being very susceptible to motion sickness as a kid, but I eventually grew out of it.

Anyway, we will drive for 2-3 hours or so, take a break to eat, use the rest rooms, change diaper, stretch legs. We can usually get 5-6 hours of driving in a day this way.

[saltypearl]

Is there anything you've done so far to/for your kids that you said you wouldn't do? I.E. fast food when you told yourself you'd only go organic

We watch way more tv than I'd like to admit. I also gave up cloth diapers for DS. We did them with DD but it's too much for 1 person to handle. I'd never sleep in order to get them done, that's what gave. DS is also getting more commercial baby food than DD ever had. In part cause he'll eat it and she wouldn't, but also because it makes it easier to intro some seasonal things and odd things like mushrooms or tomatos that are difficult to prepare for a kid with no teeth.

Have you taken your child(ren) on vacation? How did you travel and what was the level of difficulty?
We've done a few road trips, between 3 and 4 hours. As long as I planned a stop it seemed to go ok. 2 LOs in a hotel is a fresh bit of hell though.


Most importantly, DC or Marvel?!

Marvel