The Parenting Thread aka We're all MotherFuc*ers Here

[SixOhNine]

Yeah, that's in a different league than burning out your light bulbs.

 

[VaderDave]

NGL I'm pretty impressed a 19mo-old kid could do that.

 

[nootje]

NGL I'm pretty impressed a 19mo-old kid could do that.

As was I.
But a tiled bathroom floor and the right angle help a lot.

I’ll just show him this picture when he’s sixteen and confiscate his allowance for a year or so. That will teach him responsibility😈

 

[venividivicibj]

Needless to say that this one is going on holiday to Switzerland for the next two-three months…

sending the kid to Switzerland, nice.

 

[SixOhNine]

He can't destroy the house if he's in a Swiss boarding school.

 

[nootje]

He can't destroy the house if he's in a Swiss boarding school.
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Considering what Swiss boarding schools cost, it’s more efficient to keep him in the house. Even the current cost escalations don’t come near to that.

Besides, I do enjoy that little blonde mini me.

 

[SixOhNine]

Considering what Swiss boarding schools cost, it’s more efficient to keep him in the house. Even the current cost escalations don’t come near to that.

Besides, I do enjoy that little blonde mini me.

 

[venividivicibj]

Kids get sick so often man

 

[venividivicibj]

Kid got so excited over his last christmas present (got him a little mini teepee/house thing) that he threw up and got a bloody nose. Guy was trying to climb through the windows, pick it up, run through the walls. What in the world.

 

[WestLinn]

Everything's not that scary until it's 2:30AM and they can't sleep and the room is fully of scary shadows.

Or Disney executives being under the bed.

 

[venividivicibj]

Apparently I placed my cup of coffee a bit too close to the edge of my desk. Toddler saw, and naturally, went to pick it up/spill it everywhere, including our nice rug. Luckily it wasn’t hot, so he wasn’t burned, but still shocked/scared him.

 

[venividivicibj]

Anyone think about investing for their kids? (other than a 529 for college)

UTMA? Plain brokerage? etc

 

[SixOhNine]

Anyone think about investing for their kids? (other than a 529 for college)

UTMA? Plain brokerage? etc

For serious, tho- the daughter just has a 529, the son has a special needs trust with the money in an index fund. She's been told many, many times that we'll pay for college and help with grad school if she goes, but then she's on her own. Our entire estate will go to caring for our son, since he'll never be independent. He's also going to get a pretty substantial sum when his maternal grandmother dies, since her estate is going to him.

 

[venividivicibj]

Kid tried to eat a rock today. Realized it was too hard, so he tried a different color one.

 

[SixOhNine]

Kid tried to eat a rock today. Realized it was too hard, so he tried a different color one.

Kid's a natural at testing hypotheses. You got yourself a scientist.

Or a Marine. Eating rocks could go either way.