School me on being a Dad

[ExtraSlow]

Well, three kids is part of your issue.
My kid in wrestling got thier collarbone broken within a couple months of starting out, so done that sport for the year. Wonder if they will want to try again next year......

[JfuckinC]

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haha that's a lot to do in a short period of time.

We ditched soother at like ~6mo for both of our kids (well, one kid did it on their own and since it worked out well, we forced the second around the same time). Whenever I see a 3yo with a soother, all I can think about is how much of a fight it's gonna be to take it away.

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My kid stuffed the soothers down the heat-vents, the second time they did it, we "couldn't find them" and it was all over. Don't even remember how old they were, it was a real non-event.

She chewed a hole in 3 in one night, so we were like k you're done with this shit haha. Doesn't ask for it anymore but definitely fucks around for 10x as long before she will sleep now.

[killramos]

My kid is obsessed with the soothers and is way too old for them (2)

But my wife doesn’t have the balls to do anything about it the 100 times I have tried to stop so it’s her problem now.

It doesn’t help that my mother in law lets her break all the boundaries we set with them every time she sees her. My mother in law causes a lot of issues actually.

[rage2]

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My kid is obsessed with the soothers and is way too old for them.

But my wife doesn’t have the balls to do anything about it the 100 times I have tried to stop so it’s her problem now.

Stop earlier. We made the mistake of stopping late, and we're in a world of hurt for ortho starting next year for one of our kids. It transitions from soother, to thumb, and you get into a situation where they're subconsciously sucking a thumb in the middle of the night. Then it's fixing the overbite caused by thumb sucking.

Ortho basically told us kids need to stop soothers/thumb sucking by 3 to prevent jaw misalignment or whatever it's called.

[Buster]

poke little holes in the soother so it isnt satisfying to suck. then make the hole a bit bigger every day.

[gwill]

My youngest are 2 and 3 right now. Both kids rarely used a soother past 6 months. Got the older one transitioned into her bed when she was 1 1/2. A friend said to transition our youngest into her bed when she turned 1 which we thought we should try. Everything went great as the younger one wants to be like her older sister. By the time they were both 1 & 2 they were sharing a room.

Only issue these days are the kids want to get up all the time. Sometimes 4 or 5 times a night they'll wander into our room. Doesn't help it started from them being sick so often but now the oldest almost wakes up at the same times every night.

[ExtraSlow]

You are going to trigger my PTSD with talk about kids waking up 5 times a night.

[gwill]

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You are going to trigger my PTSD with talk about kids waking up 5 times a night.

it's horrible right now. Originally my 2 yr old slept through the non sense but now she's up and wandering around with the 3 yr old. Will wait for the upcoming pediatrician apt to see if she thinks melatonin can help the older one sleep through the night.

She seems to be a super vivid dreamer and talks alot in her sleep. But now she wakes up just to wake us up.

One night I opened my bedroom door and she was just standing there. She scared the crap out of me. Reminded me of a scene straight out of a horror movie.

[ExtraSlow]

There exists sleep training programs. They are controversial, but simple, and to be honest, they are more about training the parents than anything else.

[DonJuan]

Mine sleeps through the night mostly and only wakes up with bad dreams etc. She also talks in her sleep quite a bit. I'm hoping the next one will do the same too.

Bun in the oven, and due in July, just in time for me to not spend any time in the garage.

[bigbadboss101]

Our 4 year old son jumps into our bed sometime during the night, 85% of the time. Our soon to be 8 year old daughter jumps into our king size bed 40% of the time. Too nice to send them back I guess.

Right now son had croup and ear infection. My wife is not feeling well today. Cold like symptoms. Our daughter is starting to cough. Not fun when everyone else in the house is sick.

[rage2]

I think we passed the tough times with our kids. Youngest just turned 7 and can cook himself breakfast (microwave eggs, reheat bacon, make toast). I had 10 days off this xmas, played video games till 2, and slept in till 10 or 11 every day. Felt fucking good.

I swear, watching that old enough show on Netflix with the kids last year and sending them in stores with their own credit cards taught them how to be independent. The kids buy their own shit now, we set them up with mydoh so they have their own cards, earn their own money thru chores. Of course they're still irresponsible with money and broke till payday buying Pokemon cards and vbucks, but they're learning.

[suntan]

Oldest starts driving lessons in a couple of weeks.

[vengie]

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I think we passed the tough times with our kids. Youngest just turned 7 and can cook himself breakfast (microwave eggs, reheat bacon, make toast). I had 10 days off this xmas, played video games till 2, and slept in till 10 or 11 every day. Felt fucking good.

I swear, watching that old enough show on Netflix with the kids last year and sending them in stores with their own credit cards taught them how to be independent. The kids buy their own shit now, we set them up with mydoh so they have their own cards, earn their own money thru chores. Of course they're still irresponsible with money and broke till payday buying Pokemon cards and vbucks, but they're learning.

This sounds like bliss.....

4 more years....

[rage2]

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This sounds like bliss.....

4 more years....

Don't reset the clock with another one lol.

Was in a group chat talking about my top 3 parenting tips.

1. Don't have 3 kids
2. Stop soother/thumbsucking early
3. Turn on subtitles

[vengie]

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Don't reset the clock with another one lol.

Was in a group chat talking about my top 3 parenting tips.

1. Don't have 3 kids
2. Stop soother/thumbsucking early
3. Turn on subtitles

Lol well technically I do have another one...
Currently 3 years old and 10 months old.

Sure as shit not having a third.

[suntan]

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Don't reset the clock with another one lol.

Was in a group chat talking about my top 3 parenting tips.

1. Don't have 3 kids
2. Stop soother/thumbsucking early
3. Turn on subtitles

[bjstare]

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Don't reset the clock with another one lol.

Was in a group chat talking about my top 3 parenting tips.

1. Don't have 3 kids
2. Stop soother/thumbsucking early
3. Turn on subtitles

I'm doing all 3 of these. Nice.

[Cagare]

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Don't reset the clock with another one lol.

Was in a group chat talking about my top 3 parenting tips.

1. Don't have 3 kids
2. Stop soother/thumbsucking early
3. Turn on subtitles

Damn, the thumb sucking is by far the worst thing we have with our oldest. Cannot break him of it. We were already told we need to go see an ortho soon. Fortunate that it is the worst of our problems but frustrating all the same.

[Tik-Tok]

You guys let your kids have soothers? Worse than soda sippers.