What I gave my daughter for her birthday!

gidrah

My daughter turned 2yrs old on 12-9. She is my one and only child. I love her more than anything. There's nothing (well, not much) that I wouldn't do for her.

Previous possibilities were a puppy (too small a yard), a pony (MUCH too small a yard), or a pair of Magnepan 1.6 or Quad ESL 57 (too thin a wallet).

Instead I gave her:
















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The flu!

There is nothing worse than having your child waking up with the dry-heaves at 2:00 AM

Maybe if she's good she'll get the Maggies for Christmas.

HBombToo

Originally posted by gidrah
She is my one and only child. I love her more than anything. There's nothing (well, not much) that I wouldn't do for her.

A lot of people may think this is wrong but my 2 year of daughter sleeps with my wife and I.

That being said, the poor little thing yakked all over me in the middle of last night which led to me dry heaving for the next half hour. Thanks God the wife has an iron stomach and can handle that kind of stuff but NOW I'm sick with the flu and still at work.

I Love being a DAD! She is best thing that ever happened to me, "other than my wife", and she is allowed to give me the Flu cause I said so.

HBomb

Ron-P

Guess we should change you user id's to: gidralph and HbarffToo

My daughter is nearly 6 and she has only had the flu once, luckly girl. She ended up with my wife's killer immune system. I am not so luckly, but I have gone 2 years w/o the flu. Hopefully it will skip me again this year.

A lot of people may think this is wrong but my 2 year of daughter sleeps with my wife and I.

May I ask why you do this?


Peace Out~:D

Micah Cohen

Cause kids are sexy.











Aw, that's a sick effing thing for me to say. But I just couldn't resist it. Could I?

MC

HBombToo

Well... kind of a long story but I try to keep it short.

I moved my wife, 8 months pregnant, from PA to Missouri. Very difficult time with a house, condo,storage facility,truck, car, dog and a bunch of lunatic movers to deal with but finally made it.

With no family or friends for help, the baby came and both the wife and I were scared SHITLESS and had no idea what to do. The baby was breast fed and very colicy, check spelling, and we just kept her in bed with us because when she finally fell asleep we didn't want to disturb her. Now to try to get her asleep alone is next to impossible and turns into a crying fit which leads to, in most cases, a vomiting spell which I can't handle.

We are thinking of buying an additional bed in the master just to try to break her of this but I'm not even sure that will help. Any suggestions from any1 with experience with this is MORE THAN WELCOMED because I just don't know.

HBomb

HBombToo

Originally posted by Micah
Cause kids are sexy.

Aw, that's a sick effing thing for me to say. But I just couldn't resist it. Could I?

MC

Ahh, I guess I deserve that with the hell I gave ya on the bikini pics.;)

HBomb

Ron-P

Now to try to get her asleep alone is next to impossible and turns into a crying fit which leads to, in most cases, a vomiting spell which I can't handle.

It's only going to get worse if you don't bite the bullet now and break her of the habbit.

My neighbor's did the same thing with their first daughter for the first 2.5 years and it was hell-week breaking her of the habbit, but it only took a week.

It's going to be tough after waiting this long and about the only thing you can do is let her cry it out, it will not take long. Can't offer up much more than that. Good luck.


Peace Out~:D

burdette

HBomb... welcome to the family bed clan. I was extremely opposed to sharing a bed at first, until reality kicked in.

Newborns eat about every two hours. My wife breastfed our daughter, so from the beginning we had her (daughter's!) bassinet next to our bed for easy access. Alternative was that my wife got up out of bed and ended up in our daughter's room, or else I had to get up and go get her and bring her to my wife. So, easiest thing.. put her next to us.

Long story short... we have two beds in our room.. our fullsize and our daughter's day bed, which is shoved up against one side of our bed. In theory, the daybed is for our 5 and 2 year old. In reality, the four of us share both beds.

Reasoning in a nutshell - convenience as well as closeness. I thought I'd hate it, and I did. But I've come to enjoy the kids next to us. It means that when one wakes up, we're just a reach and pat away, rather than having to 'wake up', get out of bed, go to their room, etc. Overall, better nights sleep. I also like being able to rest my hand on my son's back if I choose, or pat him back to sleep if he wakes up. Also, we still help our kids go to sleep, even the 5 year old. Given the hours I spend at work and the bed times of our kids, I like the time together at night and I've learned to get a decent nights sleep.

We, and to some extent sounds like you do to, practice attachment parenting. Our kids weened when they were ready, sleep with us, etc. No excuses, no regrets. We won't have a hard time "breaking" them of habits like this because we've already pretty much decided that the break will happen naturally. And it will happen...

HBombToo

Originally posted by burdette

We, and to some extent sounds like you do to, practice attachment parenting.

This is exactly what it is but I did not know what to call it or that it had a name. It is nice being close to both my girls at night. There was a lot for me to get used to. When I was single and it was was time to crash it was 100%dark, quiet with the whole bed to myself and now there are night lights, noise and limited space but it seems very natural.

I never would have thought I would turn into the softy that I am but it is hard for me to think that my child could be scared or troubled in anyway. I know I can't protect her for the rest of her life but for now... I just want her to have a totally secure surrounding at any cost. I figure when she begins to realize the reality that life brings she will always know where to go for help. Kinda mushy but she's my little girl... Forever.

HBomb

faster100

This is more common then one thinks, I have a 4 y/old and a 5 month old, first one slept in bassinet until about 10 months and then into the crib, after the crib and into the toddler bed she started getting scared in her room alone, we let her come to bed a few times and she slept her bed some times. well she got in the habbit and started liking our bed, so basically now she is 4 and starts off in her bed at bedtime but when she wakes she doesnt wake us she just climbs in bed. we since bought a king size bed from our full size we had, we don't even know she's there until morning most nights, and she is almost in there everynight, we now have the 5 month old in the bassinett beside the bed and she does fine and my wife rocks the bassinett when/if she wakes or stirs in the night. This is normal at 1,2,4, maybe 5... after that she won't be allowed unless she is scared or sick, but we will see, she gets into bed without bugging us so so what. have fun and enjoy your kids while you can, Now that lady who breast fed her 8 year old is kinda twisted

gidrah

A couple of years back the wife and I watched a very informative documentary on attachment parenting. At the time we thought these people were nuts for giving in to these sorts of sheenanigans. Boy, was I wrong.

Either way; I work a swing shift (4wks days, 4wks afternoon, 4wks midnights) so how could I begrudge any attempt from the Mrs. to make my daughter happy.

She's getting better now.

Micah. You're sick. Funny, but sick.