General discussion - Mom and Dad Esq. - Page 4

lawyer_princess · 04-23-2003, 04:34 PM

I'll have to check with her again (she's our next-door-neighbor, so I see her all the time). I think it's more about reshaping the palate than the teeth. I hope we don't wind up doing braces twice.

Moral of the story--don't let your kids suck their thumbs.

Sidd Finch · 04-23-2003, 05:49 PM

How do people feel about kids calling their parents by first names? I've always found it a bit odd, a kind of self-conscious "I'm cool" vestige like introducing Mrs. Finch as "this is my partner" instead of "this is Siddartha, my wife."

I ask because lately Sidd Jr. is using my first name. It's pretty random, no telling when he'll say "Sidd, kiss me goodnight" instead of "Daddy" (but never "blow me Daddy," okay???). And it's pretty hard not to laugh when he does it.

Is this a phase? Do I care if it isn't?

Thoughts are welcome. In fact, anything that gets me to stop giggling over Ty's post is welcome.

04-23-2003, 05:52 PM

Any idea how to prevent them from sucking their thumb? Little Ritz is addicted to his pacifier, which is at least one of those supposedly orthodontic ones, whenever I try to take the thing away, he sucks his thumb. I can't decide which is worse the thumb or the pacifier. Any ideas for how to get him to do away with both - he's not two yet.

Sidd Finch · 04-23-2003, 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
"Blow me, Daddy!"

If this were a different board, I would suggest that we had a new motto.....

baltassoc · 04-23-2003, 08:00 PM

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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
How do people feel about kids calling their parents by first names?

Two words: Homer Simpson.

I believe this dilemma was the plot of an entire episode, the one with Liz Taylor as Maggie.

04-24-2003, 07:43 AM

Mr. Turtle gets quite irrate when the kids use our first names. My feeling is that it has to be interesting to them that we have these multiple identities, and they are just trying them out. I wouldn't sanction it completely, and its good to give the message that they really should be calling you mom and dad, but I don't think it hurts to find it amusing once in a while. Besides, they'll call us worse a few years from now...

Gattigap · 04-24-2003, 12:53 PM

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Originally posted by Sidd Finch

Is this a phase? Do I care if it isn't?

It's probably a phase. Gattigap Jr. knows my name and his mom's name and uses them on rare occasions, but I notice it's usually when he's borrowing phrases that he hears me or the SO use, trying them on for size.

He seems comfortable, though, in distinguishing between the two, and understands that to him, I'm "Daddy."

Gatti(perhaps this explains, though, that time he asked me to "get with the program, loser")gap

Sidd Finch · 04-24-2003, 01:22 PM

If he starts saying "Blow me, Sidd" then I'll really worry.

Either that, or I'll figure he's been reading the Politics board.

taxwonk · 04-24-2003, 02:59 PM

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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
How do people feel about kids calling their parents by first names? I've always found it a bit odd, a kind of self-conscious "I'm cool" vestige like introducing Mrs. Finch as "this is my partner" instead of "this is Siddartha, my wife."

I ask because lately Sidd Jr. is using my first name. It's pretty random, no telling when he'll say "Sidd, kiss me goodnight" instead of "Daddy" (but never "blow me Daddy," okay???). And it's pretty hard not to laugh when he does it.

Is this a phase? Do I care if it isn't?

Thoughts are welcome. In fact, anything that gets me to stop giggling over Ty's post is welcome.

It's totally a phase. If you want to have some fun with it, whenever he calls you Sidd, call him Mr. Finch. I wouldn't get upset with it unless Sidd, Jr.'s 15 and he's telling you to fuck off.

taxwonk · 04-24-2003, 03:01 PM

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Originally posted by Ritz
Any idea how to prevent them from sucking their thumb? Little Ritz is addicted to his pacifier, which is at least one of those supposedly orthodontic ones, whenever I try to take the thing away, he sucks his thumb. I can't decide which is worse the thumb or the pacifier. Any ideas for how to get him to do away with both - he's not two yet.

The only effective way to get him over it is to wait until he's old enough to get bored with it. It ain't no big thang.

By the way, if he starts sucking big thangs, it is time to worry.

04-24-2003, 03:12 PM

Little Thread likes to copy me, and wore a name tag of mine (from a seminar) to school one day. Sometimes she announces she is changing her name to mine, and she writes down my name (she write down a lot of names, actually) in her drawings.

Like having a very short stalker around the house.

lawyer_princess · 04-24-2003, 06:11 PM

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Originally posted by Ritz
Any idea how to prevent them from sucking their thumb? Little Ritz is addicted to his pacifier, which is at least one of those supposedly orthodontic ones, whenever I try to take the thing away, he sucks his thumb. I can't decide which is worse the thumb or the pacifier. Any ideas for how to get him to do away with both - he's not two yet.

Most kids outgrow thumb sucking on their own but some don't, or at least not for a long time. It was a long, hard struggle to get her to stop, and even when she stopped sucking during the day, she sucked in her sleep until she was six. With our second, every time her thumb went near her mouth we would take it out. After a week or two she never tried anymore. She wasn't really into the pacifier much.

04-25-2003, 06:01 PM

Questions to consider for LP:

Is the palate correction solely an orthodontic issue, or are there related speech or other issues? If so, those issues might be good enough reason to start correction now, even if it does not mean the correction process will end a lot sooner.

Also, does the orthodontist see your daughter's situation as a stable one or a deteriorating one? One of our kids is getting some corrective measures (short of braces, though) at 6, with a mouthful of mostly kid teeth, on the ground that without correction the palate and teeth will (according to the orthodontist) become significantly more distorted before it is time for braces, making the work for the braces much more painful and difficult.

How well do you trust the orthodontist to be making the right call (you may have an easier time with this than many do, since you have experience with em as regular dentist as well)? It could be worthwhile to get a second opinion before going forward if you feel like the doc is pushing you.

viet_mom · 04-29-2003, 11:14 PM

So I got TWO of those $50 special ear thermometers at my baby shower.

Excuse me but are they SUPPOSED to be completely useless? After following the directions exactly, I took my own temperature and it showed as 95 degrees. (Now I can be a little cold blooded sometimes, but....) 30 seconds later it's 96. Then it's 94. The point of my registering for this piece of junk was for when Vietbabe is having a meltdown and I'm clearly not going to get a thermometer in her buttocks. :mr: A kinder, gentler way to determine if the meltdown means she has a temperature.

So what to do? I next bought a pacifier that said it takes the baby's temp that way. Problem: I tried it and the "beep" didn't go off for ten minutes. Vietbabe doesn't do anything for 10 minutes, much less suck on a oversized, hard, artificial nippy.

Thoughts? Thanks.

tmdiva · 04-29-2003, 11:25 PM

Everything I've ever heard or read says that the ear thermometers are completely useless. For Magnus, I've relied on using a digital thermometer in the armpit when I need to get a temp.

Most of the time, his mood has been at least as reliable an indicator as the temp. When he's feverish, he doesn't want to do anything but mope and snuggle. Another reliable fever checker is kissing her forehead--your lips are a much more constant temperature than your hands. If she feels just warm, but acts normal, she's probably fine. If she feels hot and acts mopey, take off all her clothes and get the Tylenol/Motrin whatever in her ASAP.

tm