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The Pit Parenting Thread

lokisapocalypse said:
Baby shower clothes are great but after about two months, your baby has outgrown them all and all you got at the baby shower was 0-3 month old stuff. For newborns, you can usually buy packs of clothes, like 4 onesies for $5. Do that stuff.
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That sucks. Got to hope you've got more savvy baby shower guests. We specifically put on the invite that our boys were projected to be the size of a 3 month old after a week or two so only give 3-6 clothes and up. My mom and sister were more than happy to buy us any other clothes we need. Still are.
 
So what's the deal with this Roblox game? My 7 year old wants to play it but I see a lot of horror stories from parents about adults about violence, profanity, even pornography in the game.
 
My boy loves a routine. I tried to sing a third song (after the Fight Song and Alma Mater) before bed, and he said "Stop, Daddy - put me in bed." Two books, two songs, right. We'll have to work on that flexibility.
 
Second-kid dilemma: So our older kid (7) is pretty good at baseball. He plays on a regular fast-machine pitch team with 8 year olds, and also made the league's travel/challenge team. But between the two teams, it is a pretty big time commitment - two weekdays from 6-8pm (and the days change from week to week, which really sucks), and then both Saturday and Sunday practices/games. We both work so getting him where he needs to be is usually a pain in the ass, especially in CLT 6pm traffic.
The problem is that our younger son (3) is always just along for the ride, and never gets to do too many activities of his own because of schedule conflicts with the older son. The wife wants the older son to drop the challenge team so that his younger brother has some time to do some activities of his own.
So do we tell the older one he can't play as much because the younger needs to do some things, or just keep rolling the younger one along to follow his brother?
 
i'd say find a car pool if at all possible. at some point the younger kid will want, and deserves, their own activities. you want that for them as well. i'm also not a big fan of sport/activity specialization early so i dread the idea of being involved with a travel team too young. not sure what that age is though.



making a big deal out of a naked body is probably the worst thing you can do. opens up all sorts of questions. maybe gives a kid some sort of issues. your friend could probably close doors. tell the kid to knock first. don't make a big deal if the kid sees the friend accidentally. kid will decide at some point he/she does not want to be seen or see. not sure when that is.
 
HailToTheDeacons said:
My boy loves a routine. I tried to sing a third song (after the Fight Song and Alma Mater) before bed, and he said "Stop, Daddy - put me in bed." Two books, two songs, right. We'll have to work on that flexibility.
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Kids are big time creatures of habit. Ours is the same way and she's over 3.5. She still holds a grudge against Gram-C and won't let her put her to bed because one time like 6 months ago she accidentally turned Sleep Sheep on the rain sound instead of ocean.

Nelly Furtado said:
How old is too old for your kids to see you naked? Asking for a friend.
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deaconson said:
making a big deal out of a naked body is probably the worst thing you can do. opens up all sorts of questions. maybe gives a kid some sort of issues. your friend could probably close doors. tell the kid to knock first. don't make a big deal if the kid sees the friend accidentally. kid will decide at some point he/she does not want to be seen or see. not sure when that is.
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I don't know the answer to this, but I read something similar to what I bolded above. Basically the kid(s) will kind of decide for themselves when the time comes.
 
It's their fault that they want to brush their teeth in my bathroom when I'm getting ready.
 
My 5 yr old daughter has always been slightly anxious but she is regressing at school and soccer due to, I guess, separation anxiety. She goes to school every morning at the same time but lately has been clinging to me and won't go play with her friends who are calling her over to join them. Same deal at soccer practice to the point where she won't participate. It has always been a minor issue but now it is to the point of considering some kind of doctor / therapy option and putting her in private school next year for a small class size. Anyone ever have any similar issues?
 
JamesSokolove said:
Same gender as your friend or not?
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how much does this matter? bodies are bodies and yes, boys and girls are different... but learning that a body is not a sexual thing and is just a body seems ok to me. i don't know though, i have no context for this. i feel like most adult women are just self-conscious/modest, and that's why they make more effort for privacy than your average man walking between bedroom and bathroom :noidea:

similar thought: siblings bathing together. i feel like you just let that happen (for efficiency more than anything else) until someone makes the statement that they want their privacy. ?
 
Trying to get the little one off bottles and it's a bitch. She's straight up refusing milk out of anything but a bottle; maybe little sips through a straw or sippy cup. Drinks water out of her bottle no problem though. Really trying to get her off the (rubber) nipple before #2 arrives in May.

How did you all transition from bottles?
 
leftcoastdeac said:
Trying to get the little one off bottles and it's a bitch. She's straight up refusing milk out of anything but a bottle; maybe little sips through a straw or sippy cup. Drinks water out of her bottle no problem though. Really trying to get her off the (rubber) nipple before #2 arrives in May.

How did you all transition from bottles?
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I feel like we had a bit of a slow process too and probably let her do milk out of bottles for longer than we should have. IIRC we tried to find a sippy cup that had a more bottle-like spout? And then moved on to other cups from there.

Maybe like this?

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LadyDeac03 said:
I feel like we had a bit of a slow process too and probably let her do milk out of bottles for longer than we should have. IIRC we tried to find a sippy cup that had a more bottle-like spout? And then moved on to other cups from there.

Maybe like this?
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Yeah, we're trying a tommy tippy cup with a soft spout right now. She's eating solids pretty well right now so it's not like she's going hungry. I just wish she would take milk out of the sippy cup.
 
We transitioned to a cup like ladydeacs in like a week when she was about 1 once we realized that her new toddler class she was moving up to did not allow bottles. Band aid ripped off, but I don't recall there being any fuss. This was about the time she started drinking whole milk instead of formula as well, which tastes way better so maybe that softened the blow. I only vaguely remember this stuff, it's like entire months have been mostly wiped from my memory.
 
LadyDeac03 said:
Basically the kid(s) will kind of decide for themselves when the time comes.
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This sounds like good advice. Plus my own theory is that it's good for the kids to see your bing-bong when they're little so that way when they get old they'll have a vague recollection of their dad having a digass bick.
 
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