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Post by snoopmommymom on Mar 2, 2018 14:42:31 GMT -6
tallb Can you please live blog this play date?
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Post by wedding on Mar 2, 2018 14:58:40 GMT -6
After I left work I went to CVS to pick up my prescription. It was just about ready and the power went out. Our whole town is out so I picked C up and we are at my parents who luckily still have power. Dh is stuck in Boston because the commuter rail is on a 2 hour delay. I hope our power comes back this evening but I don’t know. Last time it was out for 3 days. This is a really bad storm.
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Post by tgrimes on Mar 2, 2018 15:04:25 GMT -6
After I left work I went to CVS to pick up my prescription. It was just about ready and the power went out. Our whole town is out so I picked C up and we are at my parents who luckily still have power. Dh is stuck in Boston because the commuter rail is on a 2 hour delay. I hope our power comes back this evening but I don’t know. Last time it was out for 3 days. This is a really bad storm. Augh. I'm so sorry.
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Post by wedding on Mar 2, 2018 15:05:17 GMT -6
My mom hasn’t stopped talking for an hour straight. I need the power back on!
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Post by wineallthetime on Mar 2, 2018 15:07:12 GMT -6
tallb, this is getting more and more awkward. Please live blog. wedding, that sucks!
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Post by mwhip on Mar 2, 2018 15:09:54 GMT -6
snoopmommymom I think it would depend on the situation if I left Evie there. In your circumstance, I wouldn't. I would want to do a 'monitored' playdate first to make sure everyone behaved (as much as kids can) then decided on the next one. If it was someone I knew (smilz as an example) I would have no issues with it because I've seen them all play together on numerous occasions, plus I know them well. wedding I hope for all your sanity, your power is restored quickly!
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Post by wineallthetime on Mar 2, 2018 15:10:20 GMT -6
Do you guys let your N13’ers at anyone’s house unsupervised? I had a mom ask me last weekend if i could drop O off. I “know” her because we’ve met at playgrounds a few times for play dates and I’ve been to her house twice. Also her son is in pre-k with O. BUT her son is almost a year older than O and doesn’t listen to his mom at all. DH thinks this kid is a turd (to put it nicely) and doesn’t want O to be friends with him because he always bosses O around. Also the boy has a brother that is 3 years older than him. The mom also has a 1 year old girl. Anyway, when she asked me i just pictured in my head the two boys tying O up and putting him in a closet or something and him in tears. I don’t think I’d ever let him go to this particular family’s house without me. Mainly because the two brothers do not listen and are kinda rough. However, if O gets closer with some of my other friend’s kids that are his age (like my Vegan P&P friend cagoldi), i might let him go unsupervised if he felt comfortable. We haven't yet, but there are a handful of houses I'd let him stay without me. Mostly good friend's houses where I know he'd be safe and comfortable...and where I wouldn't worry as much about him being really annoying if he turns the annoying 4 year old show off personality on.
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Post by tgrimes on Mar 2, 2018 15:16:44 GMT -6
snoopmommymom M has never been to someone else's house without me. I did volunteer to have one of her classmates come over for a play date while her parents packed/moved. This is the same girl that I took to Peppa Pig with us. I also volunteered to watch my neighbors kids for awhile after she had surgery. It probably depends on the kid on whether I'd let her go by herself or not.
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Post by wineallthetime on Mar 2, 2018 15:19:26 GMT -6
I just went to the store and am slightly embarrassed by my cart. Frozen taquitos, nutty bars, cheesecake, cupcakes, spinach dip, chips, a big bottle of really cheap chardonnay and a box of malbec. Oh, and bananas.
ETA: I feel the need to say that the wine is for MH, not me.
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Post by guster on Mar 2, 2018 15:22:22 GMT -6
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Post by inthekitty on Mar 2, 2018 15:36:54 GMT -6
snoopmommymom agree with others that it depends on the situation and person. Cass has only had parentless playdates at one person's house who we know really well. She's old enough to tell me what they did, say if she's uncomfortable, and tell me if there's something wrong. She's also old enough that she's mostly past the asshole phase, is potty-trained, will clean up after herself, and plays well with others. So I know she won't be too much of a burden to others.
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Post by cagoldi on Mar 2, 2018 15:56:53 GMT -6
Oh my. The anti-vaxxers are extra scary today.
Talking about how to lie to parents who ask about vaccines and suggestions to put band-aids on the baby where the injection site would be had they received them.
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Post by joelies on Mar 2, 2018 15:57:06 GMT -6
OMG, DH called to say our power is out. And daycare is closing early. And we're supposed to finish laundry and pack and all that tonight. I'm not even sure his Mom will drive out in this weather, she HATES dark and any kind of precipitation. This... could get ugly.
To be fair, we haven't lost power for more than a few hours since Sandy. Which is odd given that we live in the damn woods.
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Post by joelies on Mar 2, 2018 15:58:18 GMT -6
Oh my. The anti-vaxxers are extra scary today. Talking about how to lie to parents who ask about vaccines and suggestions to put band-aids on the baby where the injection site would be had they received them. That's... incredibly terrifying. What is the parent has a kid who's legit immunocompromised? Do they still plan to lie? Those people are awful.
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Post by wineallthetime on Mar 2, 2018 16:03:33 GMT -6
Oh my. The anti-vaxxers are extra scary today. Talking about how to lie to parents who ask about vaccines and suggestions to put band-aids on the baby where the injection site would be had they received them. Seriously!? Wtf!
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Post by cagoldi on Mar 2, 2018 16:09:12 GMT -6
Oh my. The anti-vaxxers are extra scary today. Talking about how to lie to parents who ask about vaccines and suggestions to put band-aids on the baby where the injection site would be had they received them. That's... incredibly terrifying. What is the parent has a kid who's legit immunocompromised? Do they still plan to lie? Those people are awful. I would take those fuckers to court. No joke.
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Post by cagoldi on Mar 2, 2018 16:10:06 GMT -6
Oh my. The anti-vaxxers are extra scary today. Talking about how to lie to parents who ask about vaccines and suggestions to put band-aids on the baby where the injection site would be had they received them. That's... incredibly terrifying. What is the parent has a kid who's legit immunocompromised? Do they still plan to lie? Those people are awful. Yes, I know they do. One time there was a post about a friend or family member asking because their child had a heart defect and the advice was to lie.
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Post by cagoldi on Mar 2, 2018 16:19:54 GMT -6
Hope your power is back on soon, wedding.
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Post by tgrimes on Mar 2, 2018 16:31:55 GMT -6
That's... incredibly terrifying. What is the parent has a kid who's legit immunocompromised? Do they still plan to lie? Those people are awful. Yes, I know they do. One time there was a post about a friend or family member asking because their child had a heart defect and the advice was to lie. WTF
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Post by dapostrophe on Mar 2, 2018 16:32:44 GMT -6
I have a situation very similar to snoopmommymom's but with my kindergartener, not Evie. There is a mom at pick up (who's kid hops in the front seat every day), that is always offering to pick my son up and take him over to her house or to the park, etc. She has 3 boys and a dog who are OOC, and honestly their behaviour can be exhausting. I won't do in home playdates anymore because it's just too stressful for me, but will offer to meet them at the park, etc. I know she thinks I'm a helicopter mom because I always have to be there to supervise (and would'nt let my son stay over at a sleep-over party), but I honestly can't see her being able to keep an eye on my son along with her own kids. Also, hard no to not putting kids in car seats and 5 y/o sleepovers. I have to be nice, but firm, and emphasize how nice it is of her to offer, because it is. I also have to remind myself that my son is allowed to be friends with and be exposed to kids who behave differently than I might prefer, but I can also limit my time in stressful situations and set limits around what I think is best/safest for him. I also have no guilt around the fact I might have more flexibility around a different kid or situation.
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Post by cagoldi on Mar 2, 2018 16:48:37 GMT -6
snoopmommymom There are very few people I would trust to watch Dude that are not blood related. Probably chrisy01 and maybe Pete's best friend and his wife. My best friend if she lived here, too. I like quite a few of the other DC moms but I don't know them well enough to drop him off at their house. It's not even so much about them as it is I don't know if he could manage his emotions if he got upset about something. He becomes very anxious if his routine is disrupted or something is out of the ordinary. He keeps asking if we can have his friends sleepover here and I tell him not for a few years. 1.) I have no interest in wrangling 4 year-olds for an extended period of time and 2.) I'm pretty sure the other parents would think it's weird at this age.
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Post by inthekitty on Mar 2, 2018 16:59:49 GMT -6
I did have sleepovers as young as 5. Both at my best friend's and him at mine. Maddie recently asked to have a sleepover with her BFF. It's the same parent who's the only one I'd trust at this point to have Cass over without us. I trust the family, but Maddie can still be a turd about bedtime. I'll bring it up to the mom sometime and I bet she'd be fine with it, but of course I'd still approach it as if she needs to be picked up at 0100 I'll happily do it.
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Post by Sunny41 on Mar 2, 2018 17:00:37 GMT -6
We regularly go to the neighbors and they say we can leave E to play with their boys. I think it is because they would rather me not hangout while he plays . Not in the weird parent way but more of a still in pjs thing. But their kids are younger and E likes the idea of playing with the boys even though they all still just do their own thing (parallel play) But I think some of today's situation for tallb is due to the storm. I might be flexible and accommodating in that situation.
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Post by tallb on Mar 2, 2018 17:05:52 GMT -6
He just left. They were here 2 hours. Kids all parallel played the entire time while we talked. His daughter wanted to leave at one point bc she needed to use the bathroom and didn't want to use ours and then he went home and got her small potty to use😂. Like dude that's your out, go. It was fine enough, he was very impressed with how little stuff we have in our apt which makes me feel like they might be Hoarders since I feel like the walls are closing in on us. His wife is an accountant in busy season so working 12 hour days, so I think he may legit need a break, which I kind of get.
Sorry I couldn't live blog, that may have gotten him to leave earlier though.
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Post by flamingo on Mar 2, 2018 17:07:22 GMT -6
snoopmommymom I have a couple friends here whose kids B plays with that I would trust to drop off for an hour or two, and I'd be happy to reciprocate with their kids. But someone we knew vaguely from school or whatnot? No, not at this point. I can remember going to friends' houses after school in Kindergarten (so 5-6), whether they were neighbors (that we knew well) or classmates. With classmates, we'd go home after school together and then my mom would come pick me up later (usually on a Friday afternoon). I think it's more difficult to do stuff like that now with younger kids b/c kids are in car- and booster-seats longer...makes it more difficult to transport kids other than your own until they are ok to ride without a booster. I'm assuming we haven't heard from tallb b/c she is in the midst of the playdate from awkward hell? This guy is just weirding me out--at best he's socially awkward, at worst he's pushy and overbearing. His response text (about coming at 4 instead) made it sound like Tallb was the one pushing for the playdate or something...like, what the heck, dude? eta: ah, we have an update. Glad you are alive and well!
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Post by peachsmama on Mar 2, 2018 17:14:39 GMT -6
That's... incredibly terrifying. What is the parent has a kid who's legit immunocompromised? Do they still plan to lie? Those people are awful. Yes, I know they do. One time there was a post about a friend or family member asking because their child had a heart defect and the advice was to lie. My friends daughter has this. She would kill you if you pulled this with her daughter. Actual murder. She made family members bring the receipt from their doctor for their flu shots because she didn't trust her in-laws not to lie.
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Post by cagoldi on Mar 2, 2018 17:18:30 GMT -6
Yes, I know they do. One time there was a post about a friend or family member asking because their child had a heart defect and the advice was to lie. My friends daughter has this. She would kill you if you pulled this with her daughter. Actual murder. She made family members bring the receipt from their doctor for their flu shots because she didn't trust her in-laws not to lie. After what I've seen from these pieces of human garbage, I would want more than receipt if I were her. I would want the actual records. They've talked before about going to a Minute Clinic type place, paying, and getting the receipt as proof then leaving without getting the shot.
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Post by inthekitty on Mar 2, 2018 17:29:43 GMT -6
My friends daughter has this. She would kill you if you pulled this with her daughter. Actual murder. She made family members bring the receipt from their doctor for their flu shots because she didn't trust her in-laws not to lie. After what I've seen from these pieces of human garbage, I would want more than receipt if I were her. I would want the actual records. They've talked before about going to a Minute Clinic type place, paying, and getting the receipt as proof then leaving without getting the shot. Jeez. The cult of stupid is strong nowadays, but also very devious. It's like they put all the brain cells they have together to come up with such deception.
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Post by lahdeedah on Mar 2, 2018 17:30:17 GMT -6
Listening to the other moms at tee ball...
About her daughter’s softball....Their color was navy last year and she didn’t like it. Navy is just not a girl color.
...I’m not thrilled they picked navy as the color. I mean.. we’re Alabama fans.
My eyes might get stuck from rolling them every time they open their mouths.
They were nice when I walked up to the bleachers.
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Post by inthekitty on Mar 2, 2018 17:31:41 GMT -6
Also, if you really think vaccines are so dangerous, why would you want your kid around vaccinated kids and all the diseases they contracted from their vaccines? Like go form an unvaccinated commune in the desert. I still feel bad for the kids involved, but at least these families wouldn't be negatively impacting others.
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