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Post by jewels on Dec 7, 2021 12:22:42 GMT -6
I agree with everyone about the honest talks. We have had a very similar conversation to klong11 about women and eggs and all that. He didn't ask why sometimes the eggs become babies and sometimes they don't, but I would have told him as best I could for his age, if he did. He does seem to understand consent fairly well. B has a friend in his class who they keep saying they will be a family when they grow up and she (L) will grow the babies in her belly, b/c B doesn't want to. S looked at him and told him that L would only grow the babies if she wanted to, and that B couldn't tell her to do that. I was impressed at his basic understanding. Then B just said, oh she wants to, she told me so. I think I tend to do better with conversations like that on the fly.
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Post by jewels on Dec 7, 2021 12:25:23 GMT -6
DNW my kid using weird made up names for body parts. They are what they are. Yep. My MIL has died every time she visits for the last few years because the boys say penis. 🤷🏽♀️ What else would they call it? haha this reminds me - a few months ago, B kept telling me I had a penis. I kept correcting him. But his pronunciation was wrong so he started saying I have a Bagina. I finally told him no Va-gina, Va-Va-Va-gina, to try to get him to hear the V vs B at the beginning, like I do with other words. Then he told MH " Mommy has a Va-Va-Va-Gina"
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Post by nam2013 on Dec 7, 2021 12:52:12 GMT -6
+1 to giving the correct terms and information, at an age appropriate way of course. Our kids know men have seeds and women have eggs and that combined they can create a baby. They know I take medicine to prevent getting a baby (and that for all our kids we threw it away in a hotel in the USA 😂). But that it might take a while, with ds it took 9 months (which isn’t that long, but still). Our across the street neighbour was a surrogate for her brother and his wife. So we explained that some people really want a baby, but their body won’t cooperate. And that same sex couples/single parents sometimes need an extra person to help them become parents. A boy’s mom in ds’ class had a late term miscarriage, before welcoming a healthy baby girl last February, so they talked about that at school. They do not know the ins and outs (pun intended) on how the seed gets to the egg .
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Post by inthekitty on Dec 7, 2021 13:18:56 GMT -6
Yep. My MIL has died every time she visits for the last few years because the boys say penis. 🤷🏽♀️ What else would they call it? haha this reminds me - a few months ago, B kept telling me I had a penis. I kept correcting him. But his pronunciation was wrong so he started saying I have a Bagina. I finally told him no Va-gina, Va-Va-Va-gina, to try to get him to hear the V vs B at the beginning, like I do with other words. Then he told MH " Mommy has a Va-Va-Va-Gina" Sweet baby Jesus, I'm dying! That's right up there with mom loving weiners.
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Post by nam2013 on Dec 7, 2021 14:08:59 GMT -6
Also no Christmas tree yet. This weekend at the earliest. I need a little decoration break between Sinterklaas and Christmas.
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Post by chrisy01 on Dec 7, 2021 18:10:44 GMT -6
L got a talking to by the teacher and I got a note when he started preschool because he yelled out pee is going to come out of my penis. When I saw the note the teacher sent. I explained to L he didn’t have to say it that way. The teacher asked me to tell him not to say that word and I told her it’s the correct term so it wasn’t a naughty word. She said some parents are not comfortable with it. I said it’s the medical term so 🤷♀️
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Post by jewels on Dec 7, 2021 18:43:53 GMT -6
Wow chrisy01. I would be mad. That’s absurd.
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Post by chrisy01 on Dec 7, 2021 18:44:42 GMT -6
Wow chrisy01. I would be mad. That’s absurd. It is what it is. I think the teacher was just trying to make other parents happy.
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Post by inthekitty on Dec 7, 2021 19:05:43 GMT -6
This bitch just finished the Christmas calendar. The cards shouldn't take long. Glad to be productive today. ETA: I never thought I'd say this, but my beloved Costco can suck a dick. (Just to be clear, a dick and not a penis.) They changed their format for editing to something that is much more difficult. I spend all this time on the calendar. Then I do the photo card and I can't edit it to be the way I want it but at this point I just want it done so I settle. I go to order and those fuckers no longer have the option of free shipping to their warehouse and their own shipping methods are overpriced and slow. WTF Costco. You should have had a huge ass banner across your site that you changed shipping options. I abhor paying for shipping--especially slow shipping.
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Post by jewels on Dec 7, 2021 19:58:40 GMT -6
I get so mad about paying for shipping too inthekitty, like irrationally mad
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Post by chrisy01 on Dec 7, 2021 20:19:35 GMT -6
[mention]inthekitty [/mention] I got my Costco cards super quick. So I don’t know if it will be slow.
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Post by lahdeedah on Dec 7, 2021 20:38:35 GMT -6
L got a talking to by the teacher and I got a note when he started preschool because he yelled out pee is going to come out of my penis. When I saw the note the teacher sent. I explained to L he didn’t have to say it that way. The teacher asked me to tell him not to say that word and I told her it’s the correct term so it wasn’t a naughty word. She said some parents are not comfortable with it. I said it’s the medical term so 🤷♀️ 🙄 He used the right word. I would have told that teacher to not tell my kid to use anything other than the medical term.
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Post by lahdeedah on Dec 7, 2021 20:40:21 GMT -6
This bitch just finished the Christmas calendar. The cards shouldn't take long. Glad to be productive today. ETA: I never thought I'd say this, but my beloved Costco can suck a dick. (Just to be clear, a dick and not a penis.) They changed their format for editing to something that is much more difficult. I spend all this time on the calendar. Then I do the photo card and I can't edit it to be the way I want it but at this point I just want it done so I settle. I go to order and those fuckers no longer have the option of free shipping to their warehouse and their own shipping methods are overpriced and slow. WTF Costco. You should have had a huge ass banner across your site that you changed shipping options. I abhor paying for shipping--especially slow shipping. Well that’s disappointing, Costco. I have used them for cards before, too. I probably won’t now because I am like you in regards to paying for shipping.
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Post by tgrimes on Dec 7, 2021 21:37:44 GMT -6
This bitch just finished the Christmas calendar. The cards shouldn't take long. Glad to be productive today. ETA: I never thought I'd say this, but my beloved Costco can suck a dick. (Just to be clear, a dick and not a penis.) They changed their format for editing to something that is much more difficult. I spend all this time on the calendar. Then I do the photo card and I can't edit it to be the way I want it but at this point I just want it done so I settle. I go to order and those fuckers no longer have the option of free shipping to their warehouse and their own shipping methods are overpriced and slow. WTF Costco. You should have had a huge ass banner across your site that you changed shipping options. I abhor paying for shipping--especially slow shipping. I was pissed at my Costco for this, too!
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Post by tgrimes on Dec 7, 2021 21:39:26 GMT -6
This bitch just finished the Christmas calendar. The cards shouldn't take long. Glad to be productive today. ETA: I never thought I'd say this, but my beloved Costco can suck a dick. (Just to be clear, a dick and not a penis.) They changed their format for editing to something that is much more difficult. I spend all this time on the calendar. Then I do the photo card and I can't edit it to be the way I want it but at this point I just want it done so I settle. I go to order and those fuckers no longer have the option of free shipping to their warehouse and their own shipping methods are overpriced and slow. WTF Costco. You should have had a huge ass banner across your site that you changed shipping options. I abhor paying for shipping--especially slow shipping. Well that’s disappointing, Costco. I have used them for cards before, too. I probably won’t now because I am like you in regards to paying for shipping. I did use their mail merge option this year. So they print the return and mailing addresses on the envelopes! My cards should be delivered tomorrow and I ordered them last Wednesday.
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Post by tallb on Dec 7, 2021 21:57:54 GMT -6
This bitch just finished the Christmas calendar. The cards shouldn't take long. Glad to be productive today. ETA: I never thought I'd say this, but my beloved Costco can suck a dick. (Just to be clear, a dick and not a penis.) They changed their format for editing to something that is much more difficult. I spend all this time on the calendar. Then I do the photo card and I can't edit it to be the way I want it but at this point I just want it done so I settle. I go to order and those fuckers no longer have the option of free shipping to their warehouse and their own shipping methods are overpriced and slow. WTF Costco. You should have had a huge ass banner across your site that you changed shipping options. I abhor paying for shipping--especially slow shipping. Ohh prob bc they removed all photo centers from the stores... I was planning on ordering through them, but prob won't now!
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Post by kim22 on Dec 7, 2021 22:03:47 GMT -6
chrisy01 I got a messaged that C said he was shaking his penis when he was dancing. It’s hard when the 3 year old hangs out with 14 year olds who think he’s funny.
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Post by kim22 on Dec 7, 2021 22:04:57 GMT -6
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Post by kim22 on Dec 7, 2021 22:09:44 GMT -6
It’s been a long 48 hours. DS1 came home from his Sunday game and turned down McDonald’s and wouldn’t get up Monday on a high school game day. DH took him for strep/flu/covid tests. Rapids were all negative but he and T couldn’t go to school until we got a negative pcr. C and DD could because they aren’t 3 months out from having covid yet. I debated going to the concert because my parents were babysitting. Decided to banish DS1 to his room but got his negative pcr as we pulled into the lot at the concert. Hopefully everyone is back where they belong tomorrow. Unfortunately, I drank at dinner like I was taking a sick day. Hopefully, my 3 year olds will understand.
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Post by chrisy01 on Dec 7, 2021 22:40:16 GMT -6
I just got home from E’s Christmas program. I say this every year but why do they start the hour long preschool only programs at 7pm. She’s in bed around 630/700 so this throws everything off.
It was cute. After the first song she yelled out. “I did it daddy” the whole room laughed. Both my kids are comedians.
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Post by jewels on Dec 8, 2021 6:23:25 GMT -6
chrisy01 I got a messaged that C said he was shaking his penis when he was dancing. It’s hard when the 3 year old hangs out with 14 year olds who think he’s funny. Ben did this when he was younger too. I mean… it is kinda funny.
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Post by mwhip on Dec 8, 2021 7:16:16 GMT -6
kim22 I hope everyone feels better today. Hopefully you don't feel awful today. I can't imagine being in a room full of kids with any kind of hangover! chrisy01 I'd be annoyed by that time as well. I'm glad she did well!
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Post by inthekitty on Dec 8, 2021 8:43:19 GMT -6
So fun kim22! I'm glad you went. I hope you don't feel too bad today.
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Post by lahdeedah on Dec 8, 2021 9:33:41 GMT -6
kim22 Glad everyone was negative all around. Hope they feel better. Hope today isn’t too bad and you can power through.
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Post by trtlcrzy on Dec 8, 2021 17:39:47 GMT -6
N had her well check yesterday and her pedi said something about growing a lot turning puberty. N asked what puberty was and the pedi gave a brief overview. N’s eyes widened and she said “nope- don’t want that!” Lol. Probably something we should start talking about a bit more. lfig. We don’t have a tree yet because we have no place to put it. It will probably be the week before Christmas before we can put it up. maybe I’ll just leave it up until February to make it worth it. Put it in your basement family room!
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