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Post by Rich on May 14, 2022 6:39:30 GMT
Taking my boy (almost 5 months) swimming for the first time tomorrow. He obviously has no idea about it but I'm ridiculously excited for some reason. 😁
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Post by f00b_inc on May 14, 2022 6:42:53 GMT
Taking my boy (almost 5 months) swimming for the first time tomorrow. He obviously has no idea about it but I'm ridiculously excited for some reason. 😁 Enjoy it's great fun We started this with ours around a similar age (he's turning 1 in about a week!) and being in the pool is now his favourite thing to do. We're in the process of moving house and this is the first thing we will be signing him up for as he loves it!
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Post by hedben on May 14, 2022 10:03:29 GMT
Last night while watching a film, my son (11) asked me “do you think I have that attention thing that makes you never want to sit still?”. It took me by surprise a bit, because I have sometimes wondered about ADHD or other neurodivergent behaviour, but never enough to do anything about it. He definitely does find it hard to sit still for long, and says he feels better when his hands are doing something. I asked if it’s also hard to sit still at school, and he said that’s never a problem because he always has a pen or something to mess around with.
I’ve also wondered if he has issues with sensory overload- he struggles and gets stressed in loud situations, such as Butlins shows when he doesn’t like the music, literally hands over ears going “can we leave?” (I can empathise with this, but it does seem a bit more serious than just not enjoying it). And another random thing is he really really doesn’t cope well with accidents- like if he spills a drink or food, he flies into a panic and gets really stressed instantly.
I’ve discussed it before with his mum and she’s really worried about him being “labelled” or medicated, and isn’t keen on seeing a professional about it unless we think it’s causing him problems. Which is fair enough I guess, but I’d prefer to be forewarned if there is something going on that we should look out for.
Anyway I’m not sure we’ll do anything other than keep an eye on it for now, and seek advice if we think he’s not coping. Just wondered if any of this sounds familiar or if there’s other specific behaviours to watch out for.
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Post by hedben on May 14, 2022 10:06:01 GMT
Ps apologies in advance that I’m currently on a trip to visit my mum this weekend so I might not respond to any replies straight away
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Post by Dougs on May 14, 2022 10:10:42 GMT
Sounds very familiar (see previous posts). It's often tricky to differentiate between neuro-divergence and just pre-teen/teen behaviour with raging hormones though. We are in much the same space, except my 12 year old is now convinced he had ADHD - and wants to be as an excuse for some of his behaviour...we have made it very clear that even if he was, it doesn't excuse any bad behaviour!
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Post by freddiemercurystwin on May 17, 2022 21:03:14 GMT
Apparently the eldest lad shit his pants on the way home from skateboarding yesterday afternoon, he came home and shuffled upstairs without saying a word and had a shower, managing to get shit all around the bathroom in the process, Mrs Mercury discovered the warzone and when questioned the boy stated he trodden in a massive load of dogshit and had tried to clean himself and the bathroom up as best he could, failing spectacularly, obviously things didn't add up as there didn't seem to be any evidence of dogshit enroute to the bathroom and of course dogshit has an unmistakable odour which was not evident. By chance I was out with the youngest also at a skatepark so I came back to a very flustered Mrs Mercury 3/4's way through giving the bathroom a thorough sanitise and I kept quiet/out of the way. This morning she discovered a pair of his pants concealed at the bottom of the laundry basket with a massive sloppy shit inside so basically he shat himself and failed miserably to clean it up and blamed some dogshit. All very bizarre.
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Post by Vortex on May 17, 2022 21:23:05 GMT
Eesh.
But a hearty glol for the rest of us! 😀
Sorry.
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Post by freddiemercurystwin on May 17, 2022 21:46:57 GMT
Eesh. But a hearty glol for the rest of us! 😀 Sorry. Oh the whole household has had several glol's this afternoon we're all mystified, he cannot offer any rational explaination, I guess his 12 yr old brain just did what he thought was best. 😀
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Post by Vortex on May 17, 2022 21:50:29 GMT
Why would a dirty protest be best?
The proto-teen thought processes do make you wonder don't they? 🤔😀
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2022 21:51:51 GMT
Sounds like a future Font Geek user.
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Post by Dougs on May 18, 2022 6:06:10 GMT
Ah, poor kid.
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Post by Sarfrin on May 18, 2022 7:02:56 GMT
So he genuinely thinks magical fairies take away the laundry and wash it?
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Post by Vortex on May 22, 2022 19:50:47 GMT
My boy is now just a few mm taller than me.
This is shit.
I'm joking with him that it's because he spends all day lying on his bed playing xbox so gravity does not squish him down a bit, but we both know which way this is going.
What happened to our wee boy? 😢
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Post by Bongo Heracles on May 22, 2022 20:05:04 GMT
I think it was lockdown. My daughter emerged from her pit the tallest girl and almost the tallest in her year. She’s 14 in a few weeks and she’s just hit 5’10”. She’s now got 3 inches on the mrs which she is enjoying.
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Post by Vortex on May 22, 2022 20:11:00 GMT
Sounds familiar. He was delighted to get by the missus' height & is just delighted to be taller than me. He's got a few years to go yet, so i guess will likely break the 6ft mark.
I'm only 5'10", so that will pain me greatly , being jimmy shortarse to my lad.
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Post by Dougs on May 22, 2022 20:54:02 GMT
My niece is nearly 11 and is already 5'3+ and taller than her mum and grandmothers and my son, who's a year older. She's always been in the 95+ centile, which is fine but God, the way her parents go on, you'd think it was her special talent, constantly comparing her to my eldest. It's some daft family competition that neither have any control over. It's so weird. I suspect she'll level out about 5'10 or so too, but I also wouldn't be surprised if he is taller once he goes through puberty.
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Post by mikeck on May 22, 2022 23:06:16 GMT
the way her parents go on, you'd think it was her special talent, constantly comparing her to my eldest. It's some daft family competition that neither have any control over. It's so weird. This always bothers me, I mean other parents competing over ability is a bore anyway, but on something you can't control is even more annoying. As a short-arse I have no doubt my daughter is going to be taller than me (my wife's family are all fairly tall, and she's only average height because a benign tumor in her spine as a kid affected her growth) going to make discipling a taller than me teenager interesting.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2022 21:50:16 GMT
My littlest turns 6 tomorrow. For the first time he'll wake up without me in the house on his birthday.
I'm going over to take them to school but it's horrible knowing he won't come rushing in at 5am in the morning.
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Post by mikeck on May 24, 2022 22:48:39 GMT
My littlest turns 6 tomorrow. For the first time he'll wake up without me in the house on his birthday. I'm going over to take them to school but it's horrible knowing he won't come rushing in at 5am in the morning. I feel for you there Goat, that'll be strange for both of you for sure. Thankfully you still get to see him on the day, hope you both have a good'un!
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Post by dam on May 25, 2022 7:56:12 GMT
My wife pointed out my daughter is about to overtake me in height...the boys flew past me years ago.... My eldest is always slagging me off for being short. My Dad reminded me I used to give him abuse for being short, despite being about the same size as me now. I don't remember...
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Post by clemfandango on May 25, 2022 8:10:52 GMT
My eldest daughter 12 is about to go past her mum who is 5 foot 7. I’m 6 foot (really 5 foot 11) so hoping she doesn’t pass me!
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2022 8:38:26 GMT
My boy is now level with my wife at around 5 foot 8. He's 12. When we got the height projections done when he was wee, they reckoned he'll end up about 6'4 or thereabouts. I'm 6'1. He's basically going to be able to batter me soon.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2022 8:39:52 GMT
My littlest turns 6 tomorrow. For the first time he'll wake up without me in the house on his birthday. I'm going over to take them to school but it's horrible knowing he won't come rushing in at 5am in the morning. At least you get to see the wee guy, but it must be difficult. Hope you and him have a great day regardless.
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Post by Vortex on May 25, 2022 8:56:19 GMT
My boy is now level with my wife at around 5 foot 8. He's 12. When we got the height projections done when he was wee, they reckoned he'll end up about 6'4 or thereabouts. I'm 6'1. He's basically going to be able to batter me soon. You need to assert dominance in Elden Ring before it's too late. Let him know who's boss!
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2022 9:01:01 GMT
My littlest turns 6 tomorrow. For the first time he'll wake up without me in the house on his birthday. I'm going over to take them to school but it's horrible knowing he won't come rushing in at 5am in the morning. At least you get to see the wee guy, but it must be difficult. Hope you and him have a great day regardless. He seemed really happy this morning, which is by far and away the most important thing. Now getting anxious about whether I've got him enough / the right things etc. but hey ho.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2022 9:06:46 GMT
@goatapocalypse Good stuff man. Ah the parental birthday present quandry. Don't think that'll ever go...
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Post by Dougs on May 25, 2022 9:43:05 GMT
Glad he seemed happy, must be really hard not being there.
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Post by simple on May 26, 2022 15:47:34 GMT
Nursery just gave us a photo and development diary they’ve been building up for the boy since he started there at 11 months old. He’s 3 years old now. It’s a bit of an emotional read.
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Post by mikeck on May 26, 2022 16:27:21 GMT
Nursery just gave us a photo and development diary they’ve been building up for the boy since he started there at 11 months old. He’s 3 years old now. It’s a bit of an emotional read. Totally get this, felt that same when we read my daughter's a couple of years ago. We had our very first in-person parent's evening a month back, and man that was emotional, seeing all the work she'd been doing - time is just going so quickly, and she's doing so much stuff we're not around for. It really does take being a parent to understand what we put ours through and why they may have been 'over-bearing'... you just want to hold on for as long as possible.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2022 19:13:47 GMT
Nursery just gave us a photo and development diary they’ve been building up for the boy since he started there at 11 months old. He’s 3 years old now. It’s a bit of an emotional read. In a similar vein, me and the mrs were looking at photos of the boy when he started primary school. He's now only got a few weeks left of P7 Can't quite believe it tbh.
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