Dashel
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Xarpolis
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Ok parents, I have another question.
My daughter is closing in on 18 months old, and we brush her teeth EVERY night. And every night she fights when we do it. She sucks on the toothbrush on her own and wiggles her hand a little bit, but the second either my wife or I touches the brush, she freaks the fuck out. We end up having to hold her and kind of force-brush her. That's bound to be at least a little traumatic for her. The second we let go of the toothbrush, she's happy again. She just doesn't want to give in to us cleaning her teeth.
Is there a better way to do this, or should we continue with our current method? Any help would be appreciated.
My daughter is closing in on 18 months old, and we brush her teeth EVERY night. And every night she fights when we do it. She sucks on the toothbrush on her own and wiggles her hand a little bit, but the second either my wife or I touches the brush, she freaks the fuck out. We end up having to hold her and kind of force-brush her. That's bound to be at least a little traumatic for her. The second we let go of the toothbrush, she's happy again. She just doesn't want to give in to us cleaning her teeth.
Is there a better way to do this, or should we continue with our current method? Any help would be appreciated.
chaos
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She wants to do it herself but she's too young to do it properly. You'll struggle with that a lot. I used to have to physically hold my kids down and brush their teeth at night. Now we compromise, I let them do it themselves and I do it once. That way she feels like she is doing it but I am also making sure it gets done. My kids are a little bit older though, at 18 months it was rough sometimes and involved a lot of holding them down.
I think the way we got away from that was turning it into a kind of game. Like i would bare my teeth and say "Ok go EEEEEEEEEEE" and then she did it and open my mouth wide and go "Say AHHHHHHHHHH" and she would do that, each time I'm brushing her teeth while she does it.
I think the way we got away from that was turning it into a kind of game. Like i would bare my teeth and say "Ok go EEEEEEEEEEE" and then she did it and open my mouth wide and go "Say AHHHHHHHHHH" and she would do that, each time I'm brushing her teeth while she does it.
Izo
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Being stuck in IKEA with the family when the head physician calls with an emergency patient. Some other resident got the case. Fucking fuck fuck, having a family is a fucking drag on the career :S
Anyone else miss an opportunity to shine because they're too family oriented? Is there really such a thing? Sometimes I wonder if I'd do better by my family if I worked more and was less dad. I don't really want to miss my girls first steps etc. What say the dads in here - how do you balance work and family life and do it well?
Anyone else miss an opportunity to shine because they're too family oriented? Is there really such a thing? Sometimes I wonder if I'd do better by my family if I worked more and was less dad. I don't really want to miss my girls first steps etc. What say the dads in here - how do you balance work and family life and do it well?
Prodigal
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Great news joe, been a while since I read this thread.
Damn I forgot what a pain diapers/potty training was. Wife has been throwing out the idea of adopting internationally and I've been "uh, don't think so." Next time it's going to be "hell no." I'm too old for that shit.
Damn I forgot what a pain diapers/potty training was. Wife has been throwing out the idea of adopting internationally and I've been "uh, don't think so." Next time it's going to be "hell no." I'm too old for that shit.
Xarpolis
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My game plan works nicely. My wife and I both have full time jobs. She's a nurse that works 7pm -> 7am 3 days a week. I work a standard 7-4:30 deal.
I have a deal with my boss though (I still hit a 40 hour week every week). On the nights that my wife works, the following day I don't go in until 9:00.
So I tend to go in late 2 days a week and on time 3 days. (She always works 1 weekend day). It's a nice system for us.
Granted, my wife ends up being exhausted and takes cat naps most of the day, but this way we don't need to have a nanny.
As far as missing things, maybe I'm lucky, but I've been there for every one of my daughter's "firsts". It's nice being able to make a compromise with your boss to allow you to still be a good parent. I understand that most people aren't able to do that, so I'm lucky in that situation as well.
I have a deal with my boss though (I still hit a 40 hour week every week). On the nights that my wife works, the following day I don't go in until 9:00.
So I tend to go in late 2 days a week and on time 3 days. (She always works 1 weekend day). It's a nice system for us.
Granted, my wife ends up being exhausted and takes cat naps most of the day, but this way we don't need to have a nanny.
As far as missing things, maybe I'm lucky, but I've been there for every one of my daughter's "firsts". It's nice being able to make a compromise with your boss to allow you to still be a good parent. I understand that most people aren't able to do that, so I'm lucky in that situation as well.
Tarrant
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I have almost no enamel on my teeth, it's genetic and runs on my moms side of the family. Chances are no matter how hard you tried nothing would have helped so don't beat yourself up about it as those things just aren't something you have any control over in the end.
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I was told that I have virtually no enamel on my teeth, too. That was for my baby teeth. I've never had a cavity in my life. I don't know if I just have such an immaculate dental care regimen, or what, but I only go to the dentist about once every three years, and they always do a minor cleaning, take x-rays, and send me on my way with a blessing.
I think that because I was told my enamel was crap I have always been extra careful about brushing/flossing/etc.
I think that because I was told my enamel was crap I have always been extra careful about brushing/flossing/etc.
iannis
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This seems important enough to get a second opinion on. There might be a reason beyond being an idiot that your first dentist didn't fuck with your son's mouth.
Or he might have been an idiot. I sincerely suggest best 2 out of 3 before you drop 4 grand and subject your kid to that.
Vandyn
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Speaking of junk food/candy/soda, believe it or not my daughter is 6 now and has never drank soda in her life (she doesn't like the carbonation). She'll eat the occasional candy but only if it's mine and I give her some (she doesn't have any of her own). This is complete opposite of myself by the way, which by that age I was eating all sorts of shit and didn't have the greatest dental care either. Needless to say I paid for that later in life. Better believe we are not making that mistake with her.
OneofOne
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This seems like solid advice. My wife and her brother learned many years later that their childhood dentist was either a moron or a greedy fuck, but either way his solution for everything was to drill baby drill, or crown everything. They grow up, see different dentists, and they've all been like "wtf why did you have all this work done? Completely unneeded."
lindz
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Any recommendations for xbox games for kids? My oldest will play Skyrim all day if we let her and I was wanting to get something a little more age appropriate, although not too kiddish. She really loves that she can make whatever character she wants in Skyrim and then can do anything. Seems like most good games are for Kinect which we don't have.
Joeboo
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Skylanders is a hell of a lot of fun, but seems like its aimed a little more at boys with all the action figure collecting and such. It's basically a kid version of Diablo where your character stats are stored in a physical figurine. Want to play as a different class? Buy a new figure at the store and start leveling them. Pretty ingenious, I would have eaten that up as a kid.
Cutlery
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