Thinking Skins Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 My son loves a book called "I Will Take a Nap". It's an Elephant and Piggiey book for early readers. I can relate because without giving it away, Elephant wants to take a nap, his best friend joins him, starts to snore, ruins his nap, and makes him cranky. Great story. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted January 26 Author Share Posted January 26 1 hour ago, Thinking Skins said: My son loves a book called "I Will Take a Nap". It's an Elephant and Piggiey book for early readers. I can relate because without giving it away, Elephant wants to take a nap, his best friend joins him, starts to snore, ruins his nap, and makes him cranky. Great story. My son is partial to Go the **** to Sleep, narrated by Samuel J Jackson. Spoiler 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabbyrwock Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 1 hour ago, Thinking Skins said: My son loves a book called "I Will Take a Nap". It's an Elephant and Piggiey book for early readers. I can relate because without giving it away, Elephant wants to take a nap, his best friend joins him, starts to snore, ruins his nap, and makes him cranky. Great story. 42 minutes ago, PleaseBlitz said: My son is partial to Go the **** to Sleep, narrated by Samuel J Jackson. Reveal hidden contents Mine liked Walter the Farting Dog 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted January 26 Author Share Posted January 26 3 minutes ago, Jabbyrwock said: Mine liked Walter the Farting Dog This hits a little close to home. Here”s Harper my farty dog (she just stepped on one of those sticky mouse traps…..she’s farty and kinda dumb….also the best dog ever) 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfitzo53 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 1 hour ago, PleaseBlitz said: My son is partial to Go the **** to Sleep, narrated by Samuel J Jackson. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinking Skins Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 I used to love playing football. I don't know why I stopped playing. But somewhere along the lines I started going to class and playing basketball and running and just forgot about the fun of playing football. But it's just fun to play football with my boys This is so weird because of how much I love and follow football. I'm watching it right now. But I guess I don't see football games in the streets or parks any more. So I can't just join in. But it's weird that it's been so long since I've even though of buying a ball 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted February 3 Author Share Posted February 3 Is 8 too young to teach how to mix a drink? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 (edited) Steve Allen said: “Do not allow children to mix drinks. It is unseemly and they use too much vermouth.” Eight seems a little old. You should have started with this board book in the crib. But I suppose it’s never too late to start. How will you feel when the kid is visiting the neighbors and the Mom asks what he’d like to drink and he replies “An Old Fashioned”. What other sinful activities will you be Introducing the young child to? Edited February 3 by Corcaigh 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 42 minutes ago, PleaseBlitz said: Is 8 too young to teach how to mix a drink? That's about right...my first was a White Russian. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted February 3 Author Share Posted February 3 My grandfather taught me to make a martini around 9 or 10. A VERY specific martini. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadySkinsFan Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 In the movie Auntie Mame, Patrick Dennis makes a drink for Mr. Bab****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted February 3 Author Share Posted February 3 10 hours ago, PleaseBlitz said: My grandfather taught me to make a martini around 9 or 10. A VERY specific martini. 10 hours ago, Corcaigh said: Steve Allen said: “Do not allow children to mix drinks. It is unseemly and they use too much vermouth.” Nailed it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted March 2 Author Share Posted March 2 I thought this was a hot take once you get past the defensive self deprecation and personal information. https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2024/02/23/family-parenting-sleepover-kids-safety-sexual-assault/72353923007/ My 8-year-old daughter got her first sleepover invite. There's no way she's going. It’s not paywalled, just read it if you are interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 From the article: Quote My daughter doesn't understand the risks that I know about after having been exposed to sexual abuse by a babysitter when I was 12. She doesn't know the things I know from working as an attorney reading case after case, bad law after bad law, about child abuse. She doesn't know that most often it's those closest to us, those who have intimate access, who violate our trust and our physical integrity. ... Quote My concern about sleepovers is rooted in my own experiences. I am a guy. My experiences at sleepovers were playing video games and watching movies until sunrise. Started in 3rd or 4th grade... but I don't think my parents were close with my friends parents. As a parent we only had our kids (one of each gender) sleepover with close family friends. Especially daughter. Basically we have to have a strong track record with both parents. Actually, her BFFs mom wss more strict. There were probably some parties that she missed. Just people neex to understand we all have boundaries. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted March 3 Author Share Posted March 3 Yes, agreed. The author seems to want to write articles on parenting that are entirely colored by her own unfortunate experience. My daughter had a sleepover last night. It was at the house of our close friends. I wouldn’t let her sleep over at a friends house if we don’t know the parents. This doesn’t seem complicated. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 I think the article headlne should be, "You may be a nice person, but this is why my child is not sleeping over at your house". And she needn't really feel too defensive over her stance either. Just like, "when I was your age, my parents let me freely wander around the neighborhood for hours --- this is why I don't let my kids do that." I think my wife and I had this discussion early about our daughter and I was shocked when she did say "No, we will pick her up late...". Maybe I even thought "thats needlessly mistrusting", but she is my wife and I wasn't hard over on fighting it. Also missing from this discussion, her husband? Seems like from one of her other articles she is re-married with a blended family. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted March 3 Author Share Posted March 3 27 minutes ago, Fergasun said: I think the article headlne should be, "You may be a nice person, but this is why my child is not sleeping over at your house". And she needn't really feel too defensive over her stance either. Just like, "when I was your age, my parents let me freely wander around the neighborhood for hours --- this is why I don't let my kids do that." I think my wife and I had this discussion early about our daughter and I was shocked when she did say "No, we will pick her up late...". Maybe I even thought "thats needlessly mistrusting", but she is my wife and I wasn't hard over on fighting it. Also missing from this discussion, her husband? Seems like from one of her other articles she is re-married with a blended family. Yea, there is a term for that, a "sleep under." I didn't come up with the name, but it's a thing. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/11/style/sleepunders-lateovers-sleepovers.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Today I got word my daughter’s friend spent all day throwing up. Then of another thread. So I asked her, were these two wonderful young ladies at the party you attended on Sunday? You bet they were. Present situation: I’ve washed out this bucket 8 times or so. My kid is miserable. God save me from children’s parties. This is going to be a long night. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Pedialyte and Gatorade.... food poisoning, I presume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 2 minutes ago, Fergasun said: Pedialyte and Gatorade.... food poisoning, I presume. Food poisoning is the most likely explanation since they’re all sick at the same time. She can’t keep anything down yet, not even a sip of water. We’ve all been there, it’s miserable. So we’re up watching anime. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 I guess "we have all been there" -- but I clearly can remember the two times that I had food poisoning. Once, my dad gave my brother and I it with his Christmas roast. Oh, mom was pissed and he was like, "It wasn't the roast!" Worse I had it was business trip. My wife's family had a party the previous night -- they grilled kalbi... I swore it was a bit uncooked -- and I flew to a noon-ish meeting the next morning. This was the first time I was meeting with these people. I felt it during the flight, sweaty, stomach farting through my mouth. Made it to the meeting, "I am Fergasun, working for Company XYZ... glad to be here, I am new." 15 minutes later -- go to the bathroom... no... this ain't happening.... puuuuke!!!! Ok, I will be better. 10 minutes later, nearly just went into a trash can in the meeting, but made it to the bathroom again. Ok, I'm done! "Hey Boss, I am sick, going to the hotel!!!". At least they let me check in! 6 hours of sleep later, I felt a lot better. My wife also swore up and down, it wasn't the meat there. What you can tell from this is that whoever messed up won't admit they messed up. My mom sure did microwave a lot of food after my dad grilled it after he got us sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Yeah it’s memorable. Popeyes sold me some under cooked chicken once. Hit me right I a pulled up at home. Didn’t make it to the bathroom, I fouled every container shaped object on my way to it. Fruit bowl, potted plant, and trash can. I spent a full 24 hours unable to keep down a sip of water. This was more than twenty years ago and I remember clear as day. Food poisoning sucks. Imagine what those cruise lines with norovirus outbreaks were like. Same symptoms but like a thousand people at once… trapped together on a boat. Stuff of nightmares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmirOfShmo Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Worst case of food poisining I had was after a dinner with a client & coworker at Ray's on the River in Atlanta. The client ordered a lobster & asked if one of us wanted one of the claws. Sure, I'll smash that. I'll spare you the details. I was up all night. I'm guessing it was the claw cracker that wasn't clean & I used it to crack the claw. Client & co-worker were fine. I was miserable until 4-5PM the next day. Sorry you had to go through that with your daughter. It's miserable... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted March 26 Author Share Posted March 26 (edited) Yea, I don't remember what caused my memorable bout. What I remember is drinking half water/half apple juice to try to stay hydrated, but it all coming up. After the 10th time, all the stomach acid was gone so puking didn't even burn. It was just like drinking in reverse. Edited March 26 by PleaseBlitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Update, I didn’t sleep last night. 7 other kids she knows had a similar night. All seven were at the same party and attend the same school so it could have happened at either place. Not sure what they ate but it messed them up. All seven seem to have gotten over the worst of it though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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