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Wife delivered a healthy baby boy yesterday! :) Unbelievable the love I have for my wife and how crazy it is to watch a woman deliver a baby.
Seriously...women are tough as fucking shit. Don't let em fool you.
Anyway, here's to another year or so of little sleep, clouded judgment, moments of clarity, washing bottles, and being happy.
- Nairn3
Midget Nairn is beginning to stand unsupported and make a few steps, especially if she has a target to reach for (as you'd expect, I guess).
Got a call from Mrs Nairn earlier today - apparently Midget Nairn shouted "Mama! Mama!" which made me well up a bit, stuck as I am here in a cold workshop away from my wee fam.
Father of Nairn won't be so chuffed - he's already less than impressed by the prospect of Midget Nairn's first words being in Italian, rather than English, haha.
- Kind of glad first word is Mama! Especially given I've been trying to get her to say the three Cs of European linguistic civility -
"Catzo, Coño and Cunt"Nairn - *Cazzo, even - tsssk, Nairn.Nairn
- Father of Nairn should start speaking Spanish to get Midget Nairn confused, what later will make her/him pick the most obvious language: English.sted
- As it happens, Father of Nairn's lived in Spain for thirty-odd years and Spanish is one of the languages Mrs Nairn speaks (putting Nairn utterly to shame) :)Nairn
- how old is the bairn now?monospaced
- 11 months this week.She's nearly a year old. I've no idea where the fuck time's gone. I get it now, all the parents saying "treasure this time" etc. So short.Nairn
- According to this, she's on track:
https://www.marchofd…Nairn - Poor little fucker already understands 'No' from her Dad's panicked 'NO!' when she's pulling shit off shelves.
Also: Need better shelves.Nairn - Mine is just past 2 years now. Nearly full on conversations. It’s crazy.monospaced
- Kind of glad first word is Mama! Especially given I've been trying to get her to say the three Cs of European linguistic civility -
- canoe4
Bought my five-year-old his first pair of skis yesterday at the ski swap...
He kept saying he wanted to snowboard, but as soon as we arrived he was all about the skis. He even stood on a board, but still decided on the skis.
THANK THE LORD OF THE MOUNTAINS!
Snowboarding can't be easy for a 5 year old...
- https://www.youtube.…fooler
- believe me I've seen them all and so has he... I'm going to let him do his thing man, you do yourscanoe
- mg335
- eryx3
My 2 year old can name all of the planets, in order. She can also name each planet by sight and even the tell the difference between Neptune and Uranus!
The only problem is that she is constantly naming the planets...
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
All day..
Every day..
..
Still very proud!
- mg333
Oh man... Friday night my wife told me that our daughter learned about diversity at school, and said I wasn’t going to believe how she chose to explain diversity on the ride home in the car.
This is how she explained it. For context, she’s referring to having “leprechaun milkshakes” at school last week, which were green. That’s you need to know...
- bulletfactory6
My two guys turn 4 today.
Crazy how time flies.
- microkorg6
We've been clearing our house prior to getting 6 months work done on it. I was taking out the smoke alarms at the weekend and had three of them sitting out on our front path.
Our wee 1.5yo girl takes them, lays them out in front of her and proceeds to press the buttons on them making them beep and play the alarms too.
Her first electronic music composition.
Who needs synthesizers?
*proud dad
- cruddlebub3
my son, is macbeth, for his school play.He had his dress rehersal today before thursdays full production at a big theatre and as i cant go i got to sneak in and watch today!
he's pretty darn good!!
- only a few vids, i didn't film it all, he has learnt so much!cruddlebub
- he does a good accent :)Gnash
- hahaha hes just speaking... were from the ukcruddlebub
- ( i know :)Gnash
- ;)cruddlebub
- lol gnash :DPonyBoy
- tank021
So my oldest (3,5) has been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Syndrome. So that is some rough news. Looking for some advice or bad jokes.
I've always seen myself as borderline on the spectrum because I never fit in. Luckily he is of 'normal' IQ, but seeing him struggle is hard.
I would give my right arm to fix it, but I guess that is some of the hardships of being a parent.
- accept that he is imperfect, no matter how much it interferes with your pride.
don’t solve all his problems, help him finding the ways to solve difficult onessted - Don't get me wrong, I'm very proud of him. I don't mind most of the time. But a therapy session with his therapist and its hard for him, he understands his pathtank02
- is different.tank02
- I lived up close enough to know what it is like when these things aren't taken seriously enough and one parent fails to accept and the other gives up everythingsted
- to maintain the life of that one kid free from disadvantages and failures.sted
- that is rough sted, my wife and I are on the some track though. He is also being choached a lot, and has his safe spaces at school. Plus he very curious andtank02
- and socal, and its up us to feed this. Being a freelancers its a blessing to arrange my work schedule around this hours.tank02
- My mother used to say that it's like having a 4th kid.Think about the long ass hours you're going to spend teaching him basic math, getting him memorizing poemssted
- While to docs saying the your kid is sitting next to the lucky ones in this diagnosis spectrum.sted
- Thanks these days this isn't such a shame that you can't tell the teachers, you can get a lot of help, and I don’t think the paths you can take aren't thatsted
- as hopeless as it was decades ago.sted
- At age 3 1/2, what kind of signs does he show that made you look into it? My son is almost 4.monospaced
- Hey mono, well that is the tricky thing, it goes from avoiding the playground, to detail to spec. things, a linguistic problem, rocking motion.....tank02
- .... but it's a spectrum. there are so many moments he is.a 'normal' kid, but due to stress, those elements come out, its now finding a system to avoid ittank02
- but like sted says. School actually noticed it second. I already had some ideas. Now the team of pyschs, school help, etc.... the system is good.tank02
- society is more open to this now. I had ADHD when I was kid, so i threw in to the school trash, Repeating 3 years, 'unhandelable' etc... now its diff.tank02
- mail me for more info if you want; i also want to help others.tank02
- Fascinating. You sound like you are geared up to take this on, good attitude. They’re lucky to have a man like you.monospaced
- Don't think of it as an imperfection or a flaw. Autism is nothing to be ashamed of. Yes, a lot of people on the autism spectrum have struggles that may go alongslinky
- with their autism but it is not their autism causing it. My son is almost 11 and is high function autistic, had adhd, ocd, tourettes & severe anxiety strugglesslinky
- My son is also profoundly gifted and has special abilities that come along with his autism (near perfect photographic memory, taught himself how to read/writeslinky
- My son is also profoundly gifted and has special abilities that come along with his autism (near perfect photographic memory, taught himself how to read/writeslinky
- when he was about 2 years old.slinky
- above all, his anxiety is the biggest struggle for him. its tough when he says things like he "doesn't want to exist" & is always beating himself up for thingsslinky
- tank02, if you ever need advice on anything, feel free to ask. we've seen everything!slinky
- Hey Slinky. I don't see it as a imperfection. I just don't want him to struggle. I would be nice to exchange stories. My e-mail is bart@coffeeklatch.betank02
- accept that he is imperfect, no matter how much it interferes with your pride.
- Nairn2
I keep finding random socks in the bottom of my bag, when I get to work.
I don't put them there.