LOL congrats on number 4 you brave man:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Vector Sigma 13
I've already told my wife that if our next one is girl (due date Jan 13) then that is it. I hope it is as we can't agree on any boys names at the moment:D
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LOL congrats on number 4 you brave man:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Vector Sigma 13
I've already told my wife that if our next one is girl (due date Jan 13) then that is it. I hope it is as we can't agree on any boys names at the moment:D
It seems like some people are trying to produce enough protoforms to start a new Colony on Mars! I have 1. yes, just 1. No 2 got... dooomed.:( but hey, the world goes on and it makes me more creative with the only one i have.
Today the little one told me that 'she wanted to drive the big bumblebee, because he was her friend and friends go shopping!?' What have i done?! I've infected my own with my Camaro Concept BB obsession!:rolleyes:
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trust me, 2 kids are more than enough. 1 of each is all you need..:p:p:p
I wore my blue Soundwave tech specs motto shirt from Jayjays for the first time today and Yukikaze spewed all over it! It's so weird how babies are such happy vomitters; quite the opposite of what it feels like for adults. :p
haha bad luck dude. Sounds like she's quite a handful
T'was my fault. I was playing around with her just after she had a feed. :D
Is it still okay to use formula milk powder after the seal's been broken (but the lid has obviously been kept on and it's been stored in a cupboard) up till the expiration date? A friend of my wife has told her that formula milk should be discarded shortly after the seal's been broken.
Obviously prepared formula shouldn't be kept too long, but I thought the actual powder could be kept until expiration.
What do you guys think?
If its an expiration date then you shouldn't use it anymore. If its a use-by or best-before then its probably still safe to use but will taste like crap or have diminished nutritional value. Since the seal's been broken it has had plenty of time to break down despite being in a cupboard all this time.
Given that you want your baby to have nutrients you're arguably better off going fresh. Unless your wife has a poor diet herself, you're even better off not using formula at all. :p
Generally if a adult if throwing up its because they've been drinking to much...it usually through self infliction that makes them unhappy...Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
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Originally Posted by Tabias Prime
We found out it is a boy, but we still think we'll stop after him.
Thats fine Gok. We never had any trouble.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
We are toilet training our son at the moment but we put a nappy on him at night time. Last night I was putting him to sleep and he sat up and said "Daddy am I wearing a nappy?" I replied "Yes you do." and he replied "Good, I need to do wee wees" Then I saw this look of relief wash over his face as he went... So cute:D
Until you've experience this kind of thing with your own kid, it sounds totally disgusting! But I know what you mean. Atm we usually can't tell the difference between when Yukikaze is either doing a poop or just chucking a massive fart; they often sound (and smell) the same. But yesterday she made a big noise from her bottom and I saw her face actually strain! Sooooo ccccuuuuuute!! :D
yep. when the day came that alex knew when to 'go', and you hear that loo flush, you can't help but grin and be proud of yourself. and still to this day, i feel relief when i hear the flush noise. cause i know, the bed is safe for another night :D Although, there are still some misses some nights. and thats only when mummys passed out and has fogotten to get the kid up in the middle of the night!
as your view on milk. its lives as long as normal tin milk. basically, when it starts not to disolve properly, is when you throw it out! i used it when alex thought it was funny to suck mummy dry outta both sides!, or not suck at all so i ended up making cream! insted of breast milk! :eek:
Can I please join your club within a club? I am a Transformers fan and I now have a baby!
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This is our daughter Heidi having a crack at Dad's (that's me!) finger while we wait for Mum to get back with the goods.
She was born last Tuesday so I don't have any wisdom to share that you guys don't already know and so far I don't have any questions... I just wanted to announce our latest aquisition/artistic creation.
Marcus turns 3 today!:D Can't wait to get home so I can give him his Devastator RPM trackset with bonus Ironhide and Sideways RPMs.
BTW congrats Stencilator:)
awww, congratulations stencilator! :) When I saw that picture and before I read your text beneath it, I really wanted to reply with "Whoa, her fingers are huge!" :p :p
Today Yuki was playing around with Legends Universe Jazz at a restaurant we were dining at tonight. She picked it up and dropped it on the floor a few times, and one time put it in her mouth.
A personal Xmas miracle for me... on Xmas Eve Yuki was able to sit up on her own for the first time ever!! She still can't actually get herself up, someone has to put her into this position, but the fact that she can actually sit there without falling over is a significant turning point for her. :D
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wish her congratz on my behalf :)
Yes I know he was incorrect but still a big smile (like this):D appeared on face tonight as I was taking Marcus to bed he walked over to the RPM trackset and said "Good night Optimus Prime"
Just want to announce to everyone that Joshua Noah Puglisi was born today at 10:10am:D:D
JOY! http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22...rime/betty.jpg
Man... it must be baby season now. My cousin (well his wife) had a baby in late December, and just last week a friend of mine had a baby too! :cool:
Something to make my fellow nerds jealous (a co-workers husband has already shown his envy) Josh is a binary baby. His date and time of birth is 10/01/10 at 10:10:D
Truely a Bill Gates in the making...:D:D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Bartrim
lol!11100100010111!~
Congratulations!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bartrim
I've heard that it is better to teach your kid one language during his/her to avoid confusion on his/her part, which language will he/she needs to use. Then you can eventually teach them another language when they reach the age when they can already process things easily. Around 8 years old or above maybe.
That's a misconception that occurs because in the early years multilingual children will confuse words between languages. This is because during infancy children are often unaware that the different languages that they're speaking are actually different languages, thus they will mix them up, leading adults to think that they're becoming "confused." For example they might ask you, "Daddy, where's mein Buch?" ("Daddy, where's my book?") - in this case blending English and German into the same sentence. The child may not be aware that it's unconventional to blend languages together like that. After all, they're still learning about the conventions of the adult world; but give them time and they'll quickly learn to separate the two.
And this is where the "une personne une langue" (one person one language) principle becomes useful; getting one parent to consistently speak in one language to the child, and another parent to speak another language to that child. For example, the father may speak only German while the mother may speak only Spanish. The key is to keep things consistent and the child learns to switch between the languages as a form of code switching.
Not necessary IMO. I once met a family who had a 7 year old daughter. Her father always spoke to her in German and her mother always spoke to her in Chinese. Father and mother spoke to each other in English. By age 7 their daughter was already fluent in English, German and Chinese. We were taking a road trip and they were sitting in the back seat with the daughter in the middle. At one stage she turned to her father and asked him, "Ich möchte Wasser trinken?" (asking to drink some water), and he told her, "fragen Sie Ihre Mutter." ("ask your mother"), so she turned to mummy and asked her, "媽媽，我想要喝水". This 7 year old girl switched between speaking to Daddy in German and Mummy in Chinese _effortlessly_. I was quite amazed at how she could do this, and her father explained that both he and his wife have been applying Une personne une langue since she was born.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lambert29
I've spoken to other parents who told me that they decided to try and teach other languages to their children later, but found that it was too late because by something like age 8 you've already firmly established family habits, routines, rules/expectations etc. I'm not saying it's impossible, but it could be quite difficult, unless the language you're instructing happens to be a dominantly spoken community language (in the case of living in Australia; English, e.g.: a migrant family switching to speaking English at home after speaking another language for the earlier years of a child's life). Because what you're suggesting is to enforce a language dominance shift in a child. Possible, but teaching a child multiple languages from infancy means that a dominance shift is unnecessary.
This site lists the advantages and disadvantages of raising children multilingually; as far as the child is concerned, there are only advantages. The disadvantage is that it's more effort (and possibly money in education) for the parent. I can understand the money part. Our daughter is only 7 months old now and already we have an entire bookcase dedicated to her that we intend to gradually fill with her books in three languages. I've already started looking for a Community Language Saturday School to enrol her in the future (I've already found one that's not too far from where we live, but I've yet to go and check the place out). But even if you can't afford books and tuition fees, simply speaking to the child in the target language is sufficient enough for them to become fluent (if not literate). Lots of children in developing countries are able to speak multiple languages even despite being illiterate in them. e.g.: a poor Tanzanian child who speaks Swahili and Arabic fluently (although may not be able to read/write).
See also:
+ Cognitive Advantages to Bilingualism; "Current research leads to the belief that (fluency in two languages) can add to the cognitive flexibility of the child." / "results showed that...biliterates had the highest levels of literacy"
+ Multilingualism: "Despite the differences in theories, most studies agree that the earlier children learn a second language, the better off they are (cognitively speaking)"
Curious to know, is it legal to have a kid at 16?
I think so... even though it shouldn't be.Quote:
Originally Posted by blackoptimus
I believe you need to be 18 years or over in order to have legal custody/guardianship of a minor. I often come across students who are living with legal guardians/caregivers who aren't their parents, and I'm quite sure that they must be 18 or over. Laws may differ across states/territories.
How much do others here pay for daycare? I'm hearing that it costs $250-300+ a week :eek::eek::eek: Are there more affordable options? :/
Grandparents. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
Linky with some rough costs
So it all depends on how long the kid is at the day care. (But roughly, 8 hours a day, 5 days a week = $300)
Centrelink does come into it at some point but i'm not sure who's entitled to that.
My oldest only goes 2 days a week. No idea what my wife pays
Yuki Vs. Artoo Detoo! :)
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That sounds about right to me- and yeah Grandparents if you have them nearby.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
Perhaps you might be able to find a family daycare arrangement for a bit cheaper.
A big congratulations to Jaydisc on the birth of his daughter!
It was a tough labour, but Jay got through it with medicinals and dreams of the TFs he won't be able to buy for a while. :p
LOL Congrats Jay:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sleeve
We pay $80 for 2 days, meals included. Depends on where you live i suppose. Metro will probably be more expensive then country areas.
For anyone interested in finding BPA-free bottles, Tommee Tippee reports that they've been selling BPA-free bottles since July 2009.
My three year old wants a Pinky Ponk from in the night garden. It's the only thing that he'll trade the"dummy fairy" for his dummies. Only problem is I can't find one.:(