Parent Thread

70hours !!!! My son was born 70 seconds after my wife's water broke In our house..

Khane said:

I want something she can use for whatever she wants, with my and her parents guidance.

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UTMA/UGMA , depending on state, you are correct, can be used for anything that they want, however after they reach the age of majority, it's theirs, and you have no control over that money anymore. The account is registered in the childs SSN, and it's reported on their taxes, if necessary.

Have 3 kids ages 6, 4, and 2 now and traveling so much for work over the last couple years has been really tough. At first it was cool, now I'm sick of it, and think it's dumb. Don't really have another option, other than another job, but anyway. I think the hardest part about missing out on things with the kids is figuring out how much their eating habits have changed.

Basically being clueless when I get home on the minor details related to my kids. It's 10am and they are starving apparently after feeding them breakfast at 7am. Or how the 3 of them can demolish a Digorno's pizza now, where there used to be a slice or 2 left for Daddy. hehe.

Basically another cliche` post about how fast they grow up.

mkopec said:

Now imagine having 2 fucking 6' 2" teenage monsters that devour food at an alarming pace. Im up to $200-$250 per week for grocery bill and still have to pick up shit at the end of the week.

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Yea, I feel we're gonna be doomed in a few more years. 1 boy, 2 girls, but still.

My 4 year old starting eating half a small pizza when we order out

fred sanford said:

My 6yr old is constantly saying he's hungry... 3 year old girl has slowed down a lot

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Mine are 7 and 4. Neither one ate much between 3.5 and 5. Once my son hit his second growth spurt he turned into a disposal unit. Seconds at every meal, plus he's asking to bring a snack to school. My daughter sometimes skips dinner voluntarily for lack of being hungry.

Congrats Dad!

So today was a pool day for one of our friend's daughter's birthday (she turned 6). It was a great afternoon, and I got way too much sun. Anyway, I had another experience at just how different Asian parents are (in this case, my wife) than White. So we just finished lunch, and I was telling my daughter not to go in the pool yet because "something could happen". She turns around and asks my wife (who wasn't paying attention to our conversation), and she says "No. You'll drown and die." Very matter of fact.

ToeMissile said:

12:18pm, 7lb 10oz, 20.5 in

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Congrats man. Boy or girl?

The swimming after eating this is a myth

Nice man. Our second kid was like that. The first had collic and we we're worried the second would. Congrats!!

Noodleface said:

The swimming after eating this is a myth

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Not entirely, digesting does take a lot of energy, and you kinda need a lot of energy if you have to swin against the current. But if you're swimming in a controled environment, it sure isn't an issue at all. Even worse, the "taking a bath after eating is dangerous"....