Modern Day Parenting
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="NTA" data-cid="551575" data-time="1452333353"><p>He 11, Her 8. The latter more inclined to sleep in. The boy is wired like a mofo.</p></blockquote>
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Same as mine...we often have to wake Miss 7 up, but I have to tell TR Jnr he is to read or do something quiet in his room until 7 dos he can't get up and be quiet. -
<p>Not sure if this has been brought up but after having 4 weeks at home one thing is driving me nuts is the constant fucken eating. All they do is eat.</p>
<p>We spend a fortune on fruit and vege (i know i know its good for them) but fuck me its expensive. Id say we spend around $70 or $80 per week easy. Some weeks more.</p>
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<p>In my mind kids only eat for 2 reasons, because they are bored or they are bored. The biggest factor/trigger is when they are watching tv. Its a constant cycle of getting off the couch, going into the fridge and eating what they grab back in front of the box.</p>
<p>10 mins later repeat. Then repeat. (as im writting this guess what!)</p>
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<p>Then come dinner time its a fucken struggle with our youngest (3) to eat what we give her.</p> -
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<p>Then come dinner time its a fucken struggle with our youngest (3) to eat what we give her.</p>
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<p>That is most annoying. It doesn't always work but we try to get dinner on the table before they start diving into the snacks. Part of the problem is they are hungry before normal dinner time, especially CF Jnr after school. Kids are fickle though, one day they love a dish another day they won't touch it. It is a constant battle</p> -
Meal times fucking suck
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<p>Our oldest is very good at least.</p>
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<p>fark we had some slow cooked pulled pork with home grown beetroot, carrot and parsnip fritters, home grown plum and apple crumble, I had some home brew cider: kids moaned and groaned all throgh dinner, afte rbeing excited about the crumble, neither ate it, now they are out asking for lollies and biscuits...I did get them to eat all thie rdinner with the bribe of a mouthhful of my cider each.</p>
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<p>Ungrateful little mongrels, no amount of images of starving African children have any effect!</p>
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<p>Only reason we have lollies in the house at present is due to GRandad being here from UK, but I dont usually have them as Miss 7 gets obsessed with them, she knwos they are here she hounds and hounds and hounds, ends up in tears, and she gets massive sugar rushes too.</p>
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<p>My kids are nightmares to feed, but yep, all they wanna do is graze all day long.</p> -
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<p>fark we had some slow cooked pulled pork with home grown <strong>beetroot</strong>, carrot and <strong>parsnip </strong>fritters, home grown <strong>plum</strong> and apple crumble, I had some home brew cider: kids moaned and groaned all throgh dinner, afte rbeing excited about the crumble, neither ate it, now they are out asking for lollies and biscuits...I did get them to eat all thie rdinner with the bribe of a mouthhful of my cider each.</p>
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<p>Ungrateful little mongrels, no amount of images of starving African children have any effect!</p>
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<p>Only reason we have lollies in the house at present is due to GRandad being here from UK, but I dont usually have them as Miss 7 gets obsessed with them, she knwos they are here she hounds and hounds and hounds, ends up in tears, and she gets massive sugar rushes too.</p>
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<p>My kids are nightmares to feed, but yep, all they wanna do is graze all day long.</p>
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<p>I'd be whining about that too - ruin a bunch of good food with those 3 (actually I love plums but prefer apple crumbles to be apple crumbles) ;).</p>
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<p>As for the pulled pork, I didn't even realise Whangarei had hipsters let alone expect you to be one. :whistle:</p> -
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I'd be whining about that too - ruin a bunch of good food with those 3 (actually I love plums but prefer apple crumbles to be apple crumbles) ;).<br><br>
As for the pulled pork, I didn't even realise Whangarei had hipsters let alone expect you to be one. :whistle:</p></blockquote>
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You're too well fed or been in Sydney too long. Was not aware pulled pork is hipster food, it has redneck origins . -
<p>I never knew it was hispter food either, but then I have had a beard since 2002, so maybe I started the movement or sumink?</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="taniwharugby" data-cid="551681" data-time="1452412503"><p>I never knew it was hispter food either, but then I have had a beard since 2002, so maybe I started the movement or sumink?</p></blockquote>
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That's not a beard bro, it's George Michael designer stubble. -
<p>says the man with a pic on FB with 'designer stubble' claiming 'I miss my beard' </p>
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<p>Anywhoo, back on point...PEace and quiet, kids asleep :dance1: :dance:</p> -
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<p>You're too well fed or been in Sydney too long. Was not aware pulled pork is hipster food, it has redneck origins .</p>
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<p>It's big time hipster food, in all the hipster cafes - actually all the franchises on now peddling it too, so maybe it's cross over to general boganry so will fit well in Northland?</p>
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<p>I never knew it was hispter food either, but then I have had a beard since 2002, so maybe I started the movement or sumink?</p>
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<p>I really wish hipsters weren't known for beards, it took me 39 odd years to get the courage to grow one, and admittedly it is shit but I just hate shaving so want to keep it. </p> -
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<p>It's big time hipster food, in all the hipster cafes - actually all the franchises on now peddling it too, so maybe it's cross over to general boganry so will fit well in Northland?</p>
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<p>I really wish hipsters weren't known for beards, it took me 39 odd years to get the courage to grow one, and admittedly it is shit but I just hate shaving so want to keep it. </p>
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<p>So you admit going to hipster cafes? Hellers sell pulled pork in sealed packets like shaved ham here, its too mainstream to be a hipster thing in NZ. Must be a Sydney thing.</p>
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<p>I've never understood the beard thing, haven't you got enough extra hair growing out your nose and ears?</p> -
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<p>So you admit going to hipster cafes? Hellers sell pulled pork in sealed packets like shaved ham here, its too mainstream to be a hipster thing in NZ. Must be a Sydney thing.</p>
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<p>I've never understood the beard thing, haven't you got enough extra hair growing out your nose and ears?</p>
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<p>I admit to walking past hipster cafes ....</p>
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<p>As for the ear and nose hair, I'm not very hairy so not really growing strongly in those regions.</p> -
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<p>I admit to walking<strong> into</strong> hipster cafes ....</p>
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<p>As for the ear and nose hair, I'm not very hairy so not really growing strongly in those regions<strong> yet</strong></p>
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<p>Made some adjustments there. A mate put me onto this old retired engineer that like to small bits of fabrication work and called him the "ewok" when I asked why he said "you'll know when you see him". I understood when I saw him ,but from memory ewoks don't grow hair on the external surfaces of their nose.</p> -
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<p>says the man with a pic on FB with 'designer stubble' claiming 'I miss my beard' </p>
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<p>Anywhoo, back on point...PEace and quiet, <strong>kids asleep</strong> :dance1: :dance:</p>
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<p>Does the younger one still get into your bed in the middle of the might? My boy was like a ninja, he never woke me up once getting into bed.</p> -
Nope, that is another thing we have been strict on, kids sleep in their own beds, we sleep in ours.
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="taniwharugby" data-cid="551710" data-time="1452449774"><p>Nope, that is another thing we have been strict on, kids sleep in their own beds, we sleep in ours.</p></blockquote>
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Fucken aye<br><br>
Back at work today, no kids!
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<p>It would appear my boy is scared of the dark, which probably explains why he has been more and more reluctant to go to bed recently. After reading to him and signing him a song last night he wouldn't let me leave, and ended up saying "I'm scared daddy". Managed to work out that it was the dark, and when I turned on the hallway light and left his door open he was happy to go to sleep. I guess a night light is the best solution for that?</p>
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<p>Also with feeding, like others he seems to want to eat every hour or so, meaning by the time I serve dinner he is not really hungry and thus less likely to eat things like vegetables which we are struggling with a bit. He loves fruit and most other things, but always refuses his veges.</p>
