OT: Favorite & Weirdest Parts About Being a Parent

[HCFord1]

Same 3y/o was getting help from my mom going poop when she was visiting last month. He was sitting on the toilet and looked her dead in the eye while pointing at his wiener and said, "I pee out of that."

It's good to use eye contact in order to establish dominance. You've taught him well.

 

[Jim14510]

My 2 year old (3 next month) has a new catchphrase every week, and they usually make me laugh. Right now whenever he says goodbye to someone, he tells them "don't worry about my _______!" and just inserts the name of whatever object he happens to see. "Don't worry about my applesauce, daddy! Bye!"

I'd say the coolest part so far has just been watching him develop interests and get better at things. We just got him some puzzles and he absolutely loves them. Of course when he started he had no idea what to do because he'd only ever done block/shape puzzles, so he was just trying to jam every piece together. Now two days later I can watch him look at a piece and rotate it so that it lines up and connects. He's also really gotten into building things with magna tiles and duplos, so we're going to get him some more stuff like that for his bday and try to encourage that development.

Worst part so far is dealing with the random toddler meltdowns. This morning he was in a great mood and then all of the sudden he didn't want my wife to hand me a ziplock bag to put his baby brother's bottles in. Of course she still handed it to me and he lost it crying as if we'd just killed his pet. Then three minutes later he's fine.

My genius son was a puzzle phenom at about that age too. Probably means he's really smart.

 

[HCFord1]

My genius son was a puzzle phenom at about that age too. Probably means he's really smart.

You mean your son who got a perfect score on the ACT?

I'll see if it's too early to get Bennie into MENSA.

 

[cwessel76]

That's no shit. You think...now that the kids are in school I won't have daycare and save some money. Thousands start falling out of your pocket and you don't even know where.

I fell for that trap too.

Kids are money vacuums.

 

[Jim14510]

You mean your son who got a perfect score on the ACT?

I'll see if it's too early to get Bennie into MENSA.

Yeah. He was very slow talking so we thought he was a dumbass. The speech pathologist we took him to kept saying he was incredible at puzzles and identifying letters etc for his age. Raving about how smart he was. We're like just teach him to talk. It's getting embarrassing.

 

[HCFord1]

Yeah. He was very slow talking so we thought he was a dumbass. The speech pathologist we took him to kept saying he was incredible at puzzles and identifying letters etc for his age. Raving about how smart he was. We're like just teach him to talk. It's getting embarrassing.

Yeah Bennie had a slight delay too. We called early intervention because at 1.5 he still wasn't talking, but he started like a month later.

 

[DrumMonkeyRobot]

Expecting our first in September.

Me in this thread:

 

[Goskers07]

My 2 year old (3 next month) has a new catchphrase every week, and they usually make me laugh. Right now whenever he says goodbye to someone, he tells them "don't worry about my _______!" and just inserts the name of whatever object he happens to see. "Don't worry about my applesauce, daddy! Bye!"

I'd say the coolest part so far has just been watching him develop interests and get better at things. We just got him some puzzles and he absolutely loves them. Of course when he started he had no idea what to do because he'd only ever done block/shape puzzles, so he was just trying to jam every piece together. Now two days later I can watch him look at a piece and rotate it so that it lines up and connects. He's also really gotten into building things with magna tiles and duplos, so we're going to get him some more stuff like that for his bday and try to encourage that development.

Worst part so far is dealing with the random toddler meltdowns. This morning he was in a great mood and then all of the sudden he didn't want my wife to hand me a ziplock bag to put his baby brother's bottles in. Of course she still handed it to me and he lost it crying as if we'd just killed his pet. Then three minutes later he's fine.

Speaking of catchphrases, my 4 year old's current phrase is, "See you later, sucka!" With a maniacal laugh at the end. It was hilarious when we were on a 4 wheeler ride and he said that going psst a group of my friends. Since then, however, he has said that to my boss, our pastor, a 70-something year old lady, my old boss, his grandparents and his babysitter.

Sometimes I think I'm raising a punk.

 

[Goskers07]

Expecting our first in September.

Me in this thread:

Congrats! It'll be the most exhausting, hilarious, frustrating, and rewarding time of your life, all at once. Don't ever turn down a snuggle and you'll be alright.

 

[Adolph Coors]

Women tend to marry their dad. So... it may be an issue for some of us.

when i first noticed that, it was like eeeeerillly accurate with people i know.

 

[cwessel76]

Speaking of catchphrases, my 4 year old's current phrase is, "See you later, sucka!" With a maniacal laugh at the end. It was hilarious when we were on a 4 wheeler ride and he said that going psst a group of my friends. Since then, however, he has said that to my boss, our pastor, a 70-something year old lady, my old boss, his grandparents and his babysitter.

Sometimes I think I'm raising a punk.

“Stay fresh, Cheese Balls.”

 

[BluesBucksNHuskers]

The weirdest/saddest part about being a parent for me is learning how fucking shitty some of his friends parents are and how helpless you feel the more you learn about it.

My son has one buddy who’s such a sweet kid and the story of his family situation would be a 100+ page thread on the main board.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

It's also dumb that those little idiots can't communicate what they want so you spend a lot of your time escalating tantrums because you're just confused.

 

[Goskers07]

The weirdest/saddest part about being a parent for me is learning how fucking shitty some of his friends parents are and how helpless you feel the more you learn about it.

My son has one buddy who’s such a sweet kid and the story of his family situation would be a 100+ page thread on the main board.

Nothing infuriates me more than a shit bag parent, and unfortunately I see it all between work and my son's friends. Kids don't deserve shitty parents. Kids deserve the whole damn world.

 

[Cash68847]

Nothing infuriates me more than a shit bag parent, and unfortunately I see it all between work and my son's friends. Kids don't deserve shitty parents. Kids deserve the whole damn world.

And a lot of those shitty parents had a shitty family life growing up. Some kids never have a chance from day one.

 

[Goskers07]

And a lot of those shitty parents had a shitty family life growing up. Some kids never have a chance from day one.

Yup. It's a sad Neverending cycle for some. The hope is that at some point one of those kids has the initiative or the help to break that cycle.

 

[Cash68847]

Yup. It's a sad Neverending cycle for some. The hope is that at some point one of those kids has the initiative or the help to break that cycle.

Some do. Unfortunately it isn’t many.

 

[Boondock_St_Sker]

do you worry about them bringing home a dipshit?

E'RY DAY

they are too career oriented at this point BUT the time is coming.

 

[Goskers07]

Some do. Unfortunately it isn’t many.

Sadly. I feel like we could have quite the hours long discussion on it, but I don't wanna derail an awesome thread. Instead, I'm gonna go snuggle the little ones.

 

[Adolph Coors]

Nothing infuriates me more than a shit bag parent, and unfortunately I see it all between work and my son's friends. Kids don't deserve shitty parents. Kids deserve the whole damn world.

what are some examples of shitty parenting?