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I understand where you're coming from LadyLorraine Send a noteboard - 26/04/2012 04:50:46 PM
Nieces, nephews, friends' kids - seriously, you don't know until you have to do it yourself. You don't know what your threshold is on "they'll do it my way or the highway" until the kid screams for hours over the course of days about something.


but you clearly don't understand the power of duct tape...

(No, I'm 100% kidding there)

but yah, that always is a super annoying thing to hear from people (in any context, actually). "Oh that's what you think now, but all your previous experience on this subject is really totally misleading because blahblahblahblah, and you'll REALLY KNOW when you're in my shoes!!" Like I said, I understand where you're coming from and you're likely totally correct! But it's SUPER annoying to be told the above and doesn't really accomplish more than annoy whomever you're telling. Not to mention that there are always exceptions and it's presumptive to assume you know the details of another's situation.
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Books for very small children: suggestions? Rebekah - 20/04/2012 12:19:39 AM 1801 Views
Really, before 18 months you're wasting your time Tom - 20/04/2012 01:26:05 AM 1467 Views
I dunno. I really enjoyed books when I was that young LadyLorraine - 20/04/2012 03:12:29 AM 1498 Views
At a year and a half? Nate - 20/04/2012 06:18:01 PM 1283 Views
I don't remember reading quite that young, but I do remember not long after that. LadyLorraine - 20/04/2012 09:35:11 PM 1470 Views
Color me slightly skeptical. Tom - 21/04/2012 01:17:51 PM 1350 Views
my mother spent over 20 years classroom teaching, is an Ed.D... LadyLorraine - 21/04/2012 10:40:56 PM 1716 Views
So did my mother. Elementary school teacher from 1960-1990. Tom - 22/04/2012 05:24:44 PM 1283 Views
I double checked. I was confusing it with another event. I was about 2.5 *NM* LadyLorraine - 22/04/2012 12:19:09 AM 809 Views
That sounds about right. *NM* Tom - 22/04/2012 05:20:35 PM 662 Views
Similar experience here... DomA - 20/04/2012 07:04:51 PM 1604 Views
Yah, I was a bit like your niece LadyLorraine - 20/04/2012 09:30:02 PM 1629 Views
Re: Yah, I was a bit like your niece DomA - 20/04/2012 11:48:12 PM 1497 Views
That's weird. Tom - 21/04/2012 01:22:24 PM 1392 Views
Re: That's weird. DomA - 21/04/2012 05:41:27 PM 1507 Views
Doesn't need to be an extended period of time, though. A few minutes is enough at the beginning. Rebekah - 23/04/2012 12:42:23 PM 1572 Views
No problem, if you just want to flush money down a toilet. Tom - 23/04/2012 02:29:57 PM 1254 Views
Re: No problem, if you just want to flush money down a toilet. Rebekah - 23/04/2012 03:32:22 PM 1414 Views
Look, it's useless to discuss at this point but let's have the discussion again in 2 years. Tom - 23/04/2012 04:39:47 PM 1672 Views
I'm really interested in the evidence for the crawling thing. Vivien - 25/04/2012 08:11:31 PM 1546 Views
I can't find actual scientific studies on the web Tom - 25/04/2012 09:56:14 PM 1282 Views
Re: I can't find actual scientific studies on the web Vivien - 26/04/2012 03:45:40 AM 1715 Views
anyone who thinks an infant sleeping on its stomach is dangerous is behind the times. LadyLorraine - 26/04/2012 01:51:59 PM 1550 Views
Yes, the SIDS indicia are all over the place. Tom - 26/04/2012 02:29:15 PM 1331 Views
If there was a big ad campaign in the UK about this then no-one told my medical team. Rebekah - 26/04/2012 07:40:48 PM 1385 Views
Hmmm. *shrug* I don't know. I trust this professor to have his facts straight. LadyLorraine - 26/04/2012 08:01:53 PM 1426 Views
Possible answer is difference between Scottish and English health systems. Rebekah - 26/04/2012 08:28:38 PM 1317 Views
weird. maybe trends have swung back the other way. LadyLorraine - 26/04/2012 10:01:01 PM 1407 Views
I hope you don't have it mixed up... Vivien - 26/04/2012 10:18:00 PM 1433 Views
blagh. maybe I do...I hope not. I hate it when that happens. let me pull out that notebook... LadyLorraine - 27/04/2012 12:01:47 AM 1401 Views
I'm very happy to hear that. Vivien - 26/04/2012 10:12:32 PM 1566 Views
Re: Look, it's useless to discuss at this point but let's have the discussion again in 2 years. Rebekah - 26/04/2012 01:39:25 PM 1263 Views
Yes, yes, of course. Everyone thinks they have the experience. Tom - 26/04/2012 02:25:10 PM 1397 Views
I understand where you're coming from LadyLorraine - 26/04/2012 04:50:46 PM 1644 Views
I agree with that, of course. To a point. Rebekah - 26/04/2012 07:06:37 PM 1475 Views
OH! Another suggestion! LadyLorraine - 20/04/2012 03:36:45 AM 1677 Views
I LOVE that book. Rebekah - 23/04/2012 12:44:08 PM 1365 Views
I...actually had a really long post at one point. I don't know where it went LadyLorraine - 23/04/2012 02:43:25 PM 1648 Views
Books by Ruth Brown wheelwright - 20/04/2012 04:26:18 PM 1262 Views
I loved books like that too. That had little "Easter Eggs" hidden in the pictures ^_^ *NM* LadyLorraine - 20/04/2012 05:29:50 PM 734 Views
Re: Books by Ruth Brown Rebekah - 23/04/2012 12:44:42 PM 1209 Views
Kama Sutra Dark Knight - 20/04/2012 06:57:27 PM 1328 Views
Re: Kama Sutra Rebekah - 23/04/2012 12:45:43 PM 1439 Views
Mo Willems is awesome *NM* HousealThor - 20/04/2012 09:15:52 PM 675 Views
They look nice, thank you. *NM* Rebekah - 23/04/2012 12:50:21 PM 614 Views
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie / If You Give a Moose a Muffin *NM* beetnemesis - 21/04/2012 06:37:07 PM 679 Views
Heh, cute. Thank you. *NM* Rebekah - 23/04/2012 12:50:47 PM 677 Views
Bright, tactile ones. nossy - 23/04/2012 09:04:53 PM 1341 Views
Yup. Rebekah - 26/04/2012 01:39:57 PM 1409 Views
You won't once you have it. nossy - 26/04/2012 04:07:14 PM 1452 Views
"Go The F**k to Sleep" Stephen - 25/04/2012 11:45:31 PM 1374 Views
Suspect that will hit close to home. Rebekah - 26/04/2012 01:40:50 PM 1407 Views
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