Twoism Fathers

A_Northern_Soul · Post by **A_Northern_Soul** » Fri Sep 27, 2013 4:20 pm

Quick check up - how are the new(ish) Twoism dads doing?

All good here except for a terror night last night with #1. up almost all night (therefore so was I), wanting to be awake and playing. Personal highlight was being smacked in the face with "Mr Dinosaur" at around 5am.

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Fri Sep 27, 2013 6:52 pm

About to leave Mini-Mexi with the inlaws while we head off on holiday tomorrow.
Gonna miss my little girl like crazy

louise · Post by **louise** » Fri Sep 27, 2013 7:05 pm

I love this thread. Just sayin. You guys are cute

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Fri Sep 27, 2013 7:18 pm

louise wrote:I love this thread. Just sayin. You guys are cute

Awww shucks

fujee · Post by **fujee** » Fri Sep 27, 2013 8:15 pm

A_Northern_Soul wrote:Quick check up - how are the new(ish) Twoism dads doing?

All good here except for a terror night last night with #1. up almost all night (therefore so was I), wanting to be awake and playing. Personal highlight was being smacked in the face with "Mr Dinosaur" at around 5am.

Despite your sleep deprivation, take pride in the fact your kid likes Dinosaurs, cos Dinosaurs are so damn cool

A_Northern_Soul · Post by **A_Northern_Soul** » Fri Sep 27, 2013 10:02 pm

^ this is true.

Mr Dinosaur was bought at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh last week. It is a visitor centre all about natural history - a bit old for little_a_northern_soul, but it's fairly hands on and interactive, so we thought he might enjoy it.

Blew. His. Mind.

There are a couple of 3D films with animals & dinosaurs (and Charles Darwin) and he was fascinated. So, leaving through the gift shop, thought he deserved a souvenir. That was a week and a half ago and Mr Dinosaur hasn't left his side - he goes to bed, in the car, in the bath... he nearly came in our swimming class last week.

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 9:14 pm

Came home from a week's break in Ireland (wonderful by the way) and was reunited with my beautiful little girl at the airport.

Apart from lots of cuddles and kisses, she also demonstrated her new talent for constructing whole sentences of total gibberish - pointing with such total conviction and clearly telling us.... something in quite a lot of fine, unintelligible detail. It's just the most adorable thing in the whole world and I've not stopped grinning since.

She never ceases to amaze me

paul · Post by **paul** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 10:37 pm

Mexicola wrote:Came home from a week's break in Ireland (wonderful by the way) and was reunited with my beautiful little girl at the airport.

Apart from lots of cuddles and kisses, she also demonstrated her new talent for constructing whole sentences of total gibberish - pointing with such total conviction and clearly telling us.... something in quite a lot of fine, unintelligible detail. It's just the most adorable thing in the whole world and I've not stopped grinning since.

She never ceases to amaze me

i remember my niece did this when she was 2 - she began talking, gesticulating, and tilting her head - we were all in total disbelief at this real conversation that none of us could understand. best part is i was filming it so we watch it often now that she is 7. moments like those are priceless!

paul · Post by **paul** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 10:48 pm

while i'm here ... i forgot i took this when our little man was just a few weeks (that was a whole 2 months ago - time flies). my wife loves to dress him up and i could care less about the fashion - but i must say when this swaddle came out of the drawer i was very happy for obvious reasons ...

i call it "YELLOW HEXAGON SON"

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 10:59 pm

Ha! Perfect

Congratulations.

paul · Post by **paul** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 12:41 am

thank you sir!

panic button · Post by **panic button** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 4:04 am

A_Northern_Soul wrote:^ this is true.

Mr Dinosaur was bought at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh last week. It is a visitor centre all about natural history - a bit old for little_a_northern_soul, but it's fairly hands on and interactive, so we thought he might enjoy it.

Blew. His. Mind.

There are a couple of 3D films with animals & dinosaurs (and Charles Darwin) and he was fascinated. So, leaving through the gift shop, thought he deserved a souvenir. That was a week and a half ago and Mr Dinosaur hasn't left his side - he goes to bed, in the car, in the bath... he nearly came in our swimming class last week.

Sounds great. I took my ten-month-old daughter to an massive aquarium last week and she LOVED it. Watching floaty things with faces seems like a great thing for little people to do.

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 1:11 pm

Going through the pain barrier of dropping my screaming and terrified 2-year old off at nursery each Monday.

I get the whole tough love thing and I'd rather do this now than when she starts school, but man, I don't have to like it anymore! Week 3 was even worse than week 2 and week 2 was as upset as I've ever seen her.

Lump in my throat and a knife through my heart right now..

fujee · Post by **fujee** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 2:50 pm

One of the worst memories I have is someone forcing me to eat an Egg sandwich at Nursery, and from there on I hated it so much. I also don't eat egg sarnies either. Must've scarred me.

A_Northern_Soul · Post by **A_Northern_Soul** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 5:16 pm

Oh man! Little_A_Northern_Soul_#1 starts nursery in August too. Part of me is excited for him, but another part dreads the idea of him joining the system and The Man getting hold of my dude...

jcnporter · Post by **jcnporter** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 6:12 pm

My wee fella is 3 1/2 and just finished his first year of playgroup/nursery, he was a bit apprehensive at the start but now absolutely loves it. It's hard to tell exactly how much difference it made to him, but he seems a lot more confident now and is talking non-stop.
Unfortunately in September when he goes to the 'big' official nursery school he thinks his wee group of friends are all coming with him...
It's amazing seeing his capacity for wonder and curiosity at the moment, when learning is natural and fun.
Unfortunately the education system seems designed to turn learning into a chore and a bore.
He'll happily sit and have me read to him for ages, but as soon as I try and teach him stuff, like numbers, letters or words, in the 'traditional' way, he loses interest.

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 9:39 pm

A_Northern_Soul wrote:Oh man! Little_A_Northern_Soul_#1 starts nursery in August too. Part of me is excited for him, but another part dreads the idea of him joining the system and The Man getting hold of my dude...

This in spades.

Hopefully my general misanthropy towards my fellow man will rub off on her though

panic button · Post by **panic button** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 12:57 am

Mexicola wrote:Going through the pain barrier of dropping my screaming and terrified 2-year old off at nursery each Monday.

I get the whole tough love thing and I'd rather do this now than when she starts school, but man, I don't have to like it anymore! Week 3 was even worse than week 2 and week 2 was as upset as I've ever seen her.

Lump in my throat and a knife through my heart right now..

Yeah, I'm not looking forward to this. Our girl is now 18 months old, and due to our circumstances (living abroad, not knowing anyone who can babysit), she must now have it in her head that life means NEVER being apart from Mammy or Daddy

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 7:12 am

we had the first real separation anxiety freakout last night as we put her to bed. She's never really done that in months - usually quite happy in bed, reading or playing until she goes to sleep. Seems ok this morning though.

Man, it was tough yesterday. Good luck PanicButton!!

Techboy · Post by **Techboy** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 9:13 am

I read about this! It means that Lottie is learning/realising both that (i) things continue to exist even when you can't see them and (ii) your mother is actually a separate individual!

It doesn't really become a fully blown concept for years though - up until I think 5 or something you can still convince kids that you know what they did at playgroup / school because you're in their head, if you want them to fess up to their heinous lego thieving heists that the teacher told you about

This entire post probably demonstrates all the reasons that I should not have children. #citizenscience