BlairBettsBlocksEverything Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 36 minutes ago, Morphinity 2.0 said: In my experience, under 1 was pretty easy flying. My kid could barely walk and didn't have the same energy and desire for freedom he does now. Once they can walk, forget it. Get seats for them, keep them fed, and try to distract them as much as humanly possible. theyre basically running at this point lol. so yeah we're just gonna get them snacked up nd watching shows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keirik Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 I will say, 3 nonths tonororw for Kaia. She has changed a lot. ahe usually goes to bed aeound 7pm, wakes up at midniggt for a feeding, rhen back to bed usually til 6 or so. Arounf 70% of the time this is how the night goes. The other 30% she doesn't cooperate but we can deal with that. I notice that if you engage her more in tje day time she is a lot more tired at night and sleeps longer. Also, around 2 months she started with her vision improving to the point of looking directly at you, recognizing you, and smiling at things we do. Thats been absolutely amazing to see. That first time you see her smile melts you in every possible way. When I sing to her she gets super excited and smiles from ear to ear. It's so fucking amazing. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 You're just a big softee!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooksBurner Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 (edited) 11 hours ago, BlairBettsBlocksEverything said: doing our first flight with the twins at the end of the month. luckily it only like an hour flight to VA but really hoping it goes ok. hopefully a few sesame street eps get us through it I’m flying next month with a 1 y.o. and an almost 4 y.o. We have an hour and forty layover both ways. It’s like an hour flight - layover - another hour flight. I’m terrified. Edited July 11, 2023 by BrooksBurner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keirik Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 1 hour ago, BrooksBurner said: I’m flying next month with a 1 y.o. and an almost 4 y.o. We have an hour and forty layover both ways. It’s like an hour flight - layover - another hour flight. I’m terrified. Cheapass won’t buy a direct flight lol pfffft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlairBettsBlocksEverything Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 11 hours ago, BrooksBurner said: I’m flying next month with a 1 y.o. and an almost 4 y.o. We have an hour and forty layover both ways. It’s like an hour flight - layover - another hour flight. I’m terrified. Buy a bunch of ear plugs to give to the other passengers lol We're going to Richmond VA to visit my brother and meet our new niece. Originally we thought the only flight was going to be from Westchester to go to norfolk. (we live in albany so we'd drive down) but the only flight would leave at 830 at night. then we'd have to rent a car, put in car seats. it would have been an absolute nightmare and we were gonna just drive the full 12 hours or so it would take to make that trip. Somehow even worse I randomly learned there's an airport in Islip that has direct flights to RIchmond and leaves in the afternoon. total game changer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooksBurner Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 10 hours ago, Keirik said: Cheapass won’t buy a direct flight lol pfffft Hah! If only. Raleigh is a smaller airport and has way fewer options for non stop to a lot of locations. The only nonstop flights for where we are going was through Frontier (no thanks), and the flight times were horrific with respect to the kids’ schedule anyway. It was fly with a layover and be done in 5 hours, or spend 13-14 hours driving with a probable hotel stay halfway through. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keirik Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 2 hours ago, BlairBettsBlocksEverything said: Buy a bunch of ear plugs to give to the other passengers lol We're going to Richmond VA to visit my brother and meet our new niece. Originally we thought the only flight was going to be from Westchester to go to norfolk. (we live in albany so we'd drive down) but the only flight would leave at 830 at night. then we'd have to rent a car, put in car seats. it would have been an absolute nightmare and we were gonna just drive the full 12 hours or so it would take to make that trip. Somehow even worse I randomly learned there's an airport in Islip that has direct flights to RIchmond and leaves in the afternoon. total game changer MacArthur airport. When my mom flies in to see me, she tries to land there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 Dude......and when?????? I think we need the "Jaws of life" to get you out these days!!! LOL No really man, the baby is such a cutie!!! I'm trying to pry RJ out as well. He's been MIA as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreakawayMachine Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 Thought I’d jump in and say hi Dad here myself. 4 year old daughter and son is 2 in October. Quite a handful but great kids and we have a lot of fun. The only war is telling them its bedtime, they dont like it lol I would love to expose them to playing hockey. A few times I played highlights on the TV and they had a blast. I wonder how I can get them playing. Maybe a simple net in the driveway and some kid sticks 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keirik Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 So we had originally ordered a Miku baby camera for the nursery but we didn’t try to set it up until a month ago to discover that it didn’t work. We were SOL with the Best Buy return and when researching, we learned that the company is in real trouble of folding due to a lot of technical problems with products. Mind you, this is a $300 high end camera that detects breathing without any devices on the baby like the Owlet or Nanit last ditch effort we found a company link for a replacement. Initiated and it arrived yesterday. This one works and holy shit this camera is pretty freaking amazing. Total game changer. Let’s hope this doesn’t break as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlairBettsBlocksEverything Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 Flights with twin babies was a good success. some fussing on the way there but not enough to truly disrupt any other passengers. the flight back, my son slept on me the entire time, from take off to landing. the drive back to my dads place in the city though ended up taking an hour 45 and he screamed the whole way lol. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siddious Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 51 minutes ago, BlairBettsBlocksEverything said: Flights with twin babies was a good success. some fussing on the way there but not enough to truly disrupt any other passengers. the flight back, my son slept on me the entire time, from take off to landing. the drive back to my dads place in the city though ended up taking an hour 45 and he screamed the whole way lol. Just went up to visit our friends about 2-2.5hrs upstate and both the drive there and drive back we had to pull over and take the kid out for a bit because he was losing his shit. you couldn’t pay me to get on a flight with him lol glad you survived though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlairBettsBlocksEverything Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 32 minutes ago, siddious said: Just went up to visit our friends about 2-2.5hrs upstate and both the drive there and drive back we had to pull over and take the kid out for a bit because he was losing his shit. you couldn’t pay me to get on a flight with him lol glad you survived though thanks! not sure how you feel about screen time with the kid but we basicaly just said fuck it and downloaded some sesame street episodes on a tablet and hoped elmo did the parenting for a bit lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 (edited) 6 minutes ago, BlairBettsBlocksEverything said: thanks! not sure how you feel about screen time with the kid but we basicaly just said fuck it and downloaded some sesame street episodes on a tablet and hoped elmo did the parenting for a bit lol As long as you're not doing that every day, it's fine. Congrats on the travels! Edited August 15, 2023 by Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlairBettsBlocksEverything Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 3 minutes ago, Pete said: As long as you're not doing that every day, it's fine. Congrats on the travels! Grandma does it too much while she watches them so we try our best to avoid it (but a mental reset while they chill and watch an ep is sometimes necessary lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siddious Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 1 hour ago, BlairBettsBlocksEverything said: thanks! not sure how you feel about screen time with the kid but we basicaly just said fuck it and downloaded some sesame street episodes on a tablet and hoped elmo did the parenting for a bit lol Oh we gave up on that a while ago but luckily he only watches for a few minutes anyway so it doesn’t help too much. He just likes to move around and unfortunately you can’t do too much of that in the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphinity 2.0 Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 2 hours ago, BlairBettsBlocksEverything said: thanks! not sure how you feel about screen time with the kid but we basicaly just said fuck it and downloaded some sesame street episodes on a tablet and hoped elmo did the parenting for a bit lol My wife is 40 weeks pregnant with a busted ass arm. You better believe Elmo is raising our child. We'll deal with the trauma later. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlairBettsBlocksEverything Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 6 minutes ago, Morphinity 2.0 said: My wife is 40 weeks pregnant with a busted ass arm. You better believe Elmo is raising our child. We'll deal with the trauma later. there are worse replacement caregivers lol ive gotten most sesame street songs completely burned in my memory now to the point i walk around singing the sesame street ABCs and the letter of the day song good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siddious Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 2 hours ago, BlairBettsBlocksEverything said: there are worse replacement caregivers lol ive gotten most sesame street songs completely burned in my memory now to the point i walk around singing the sesame street ABCs and the letter of the day song good luck! Yepp I don’t even remember what adult music sounds like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albatrosss Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 24 minutes ago, siddious said: Yepp I don’t even remember what adult music sounds like Polka, man 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keirik Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 My daughter only sleeps on her side in the crib. She sleeps through the nights so I’ll be damned if I mess with success. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siddious Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 8 hours ago, Keirik said: My daughter only sleeps on her side in the crib. She sleeps through the nights so I’ll be damned if I mess with success. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlairBettsBlocksEverything Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 The secret to working from home with twins give each of them a set of keys and let them just play with the front door from the inside. So peaceful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlairBettsBlocksEverything Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 Kids start daycare in about a month. its through a temple, but they offer a 20% discount if you join the congregation. So I guess I have to go back to pretending to be serious about my jewish faith. I might lose some saturday mornings but i think thats worth the $500+ per month we'll save Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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