The Kids Thread

[pavlosmacwolf]

Not on this golf course Kenny.
But the sea was on the other side of the sand dunes along the edge of the golf course.
And the tide was coming in.....

Tempting?

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

My daughter is obsessed with Team Umizoomi and especially the Milli character. I thought I'd look into getting her a Milli soft toy for her birthday but annoyingly you can only get them from America and it would cost about £100! As much as I love my daughter, I am not paying that! I could have nabbed one from eBay for £20 too but I missed it last week. You would think that for such a popular show you would be able to buy the bloody toys in this country.

 

[PPB]

I have a question about kids. Why do their noses seem to be constantly running with mucus?

 

[machin05]

I have a question about kids. Why do their noses seem to be constantly running with mucus?

Teething sometimes causes it, but mostly it's down to under-developed immune systems and being exposed to lots of germs at nursery/school. Oh, and they don't really have the skillset to sniff it back up or blow it sufficiently.

 

[Sniffer]

I have a question about kids. Why do their noses seem to be constantly running with mucus?

It is a venom that is naturally released when the children come into contact with those who aren't keen on them.

 

[Johnny75]

It is a venom that is naturally released when the children come into contact with those who aren't keen on them.

You mean parents?

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

Sat and watched a Mr Benn DVD with my daughter (one of my favourite programmes as a kid). I thought it might have been a bit too old for her to like but she loved it!

 

[Wolf Hunting]

Don't know if anyone's tried this but whilst you'll be famaliar with 'Pixar', did you know that typing in 'Pixar Shorts' gives you a world of little films many brilliantly suitable for little kids.
(Well, 65 and 3/4 year old kids anyway.)

 

[The Bear]

I noticed yesterday on the Sky guide there are Toy Story episodic adventures. Makes sense given how successful the films are.

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

Don't know if anyone's tried this but whilst you'll be famaliar with 'Pixar', did you know that typing in 'Pixar Shorts' gives you a world of little films many brilliantly suitable for little kids.
(Well, 65 and 3/4 year old kids anyway.)

They usually get shown before the films at the Cinema. I took my daughter to see 'Inside Out' and they had one called 'Lava' on before it. Disney do them too (they showed 'Frozen Fever' before the recent 'Cinderella' film).

We had a free 3 month trial of the Disney Life app and they are all on there too.

 

[Jolemai]

Is there an etiquette for child parties? My lad might be going to a party for a soon to be four year old at a community centre. Do we get them a card? Gift? Do the parents hang around or leave and come back later?

Honestly got no idea.

 

[Tony Towner]

Yes, yes and yes (assuming he is the same age) would me my view. 6 is normally the age you can get away with for leaving without bring destroyed by the chatteratie

 

[Wolf Hunting]

Is there an etiquette for child parties? My lad might be going to a party for a soon to be four year old at a community centre. Do we get them a card? Gift? Do the parents hang around or leave and come back later?

Honestly got no idea.

Not sure if this is gonna help but my inlaws hijacked Susie's 3rd birthday, but we went to her best friends 3rd a couple of weeks later.
It seems that you take a present and a card to give him. We went (7 parents/couples and 8 little shouters/fighters/food throwers) and got food at this place which is like a theme park / zoo.
Actually very good, but the day was peppered with showers. Noah's mum organised bithday bags for all his guests, so when we left, Susie was given a bag with a handful of sweets from the 'penny tray' or todays equivalent and there was a balloon and a bottle of bubbles in it too. I'd say the contents of that bag came to 5 or 6 euro. And each kid gets one.
I won't describe the food part as it was jammed in there, food was flying everywhere, presents getting thrown and stood on, fights, screaming tantrums and fucking hell, it was chaotic bedlam.

Oh yes, like Tony says, at that age it's best if you stay. He might need comforting if another kid belts him one round his head or that little wagon snatches a toy off him and wont give it back....
Your role will be to referee or moderate...

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

Well today is the day they allocate Primary school places and we've been given our 3rd choice. Fuckers.

 

[Newbridge Wolf]

Well today is the day they allocate Primary school places and we've been given our 3rd choice. Fuckers.

Ouch, any room for appeal?

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

I don't think so. She's already spent almost a year at the Nursery of the school we wanted her to go to so hoped she would get in there but we thought she might at least get her 2nd choice. Oh well.

 

[Jolemai]

I don't think so. She's already spent almost a year at the Nursery of the school we wanted her to go to so hoped she would get in there but we thought she might at least get her 2nd choice. Oh well.

Well that blows if she's already at the nursery there. I recall that happening to me (apparently out of catchment area); my parent's appealed but it went nowhere.

Also, are you poor?

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

are you poor?

I wouldn't class us as poor but the area we live in is probably seen as a poor area. There are two 'outstanding' schools near us (our #1 & #2 choices, plus our #1 choice teaches Forest School learning which we were excited about) and the school we have been allocated is a 'good' school, so it's not terrible. The only concern we have is the high percentage of children that go there with English as their 2nd language as Belle seems pretty bright when it comes to reading/writing and we don't want her development held back if teachers are helping the other kids out with their speech. It could be a totally unfounded concern, however, and as long as she is happy there she'll be alright.

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

Even before the places were allocated we had tentatively looked into home schooling and have done a bit of reading up on it as neither of us are thrilled at the direction Primary school education is heading. We think that there is too much pressure put upon young children to meet Govt targets and that they should be spending more time learning through play than sitting at their desks. Interestingly, a couple we are friends with who are both Primary school teachers have a daughter the same age as Belle and they are seriously considering home schooling her next year even though she has got into a good school. I think that speaks volumes about the way we educate our kids that even teachers think we are going about it all wrong.

 

[Wolf Hunting]

Oh my God!
Susie loves trailing her blanket which must be tied across her chest or a long blue sparkly chiffon scarfe so she can be like Elsa from Frozen or Cinderella, but she insists on it being nice and straight when it trails behind her, but she gets SO upset when she glides round a corner and it folds over or it doesn't trail throug nice and straight, if it catches on the door way she's a crumpled wreck.....

How do you explain to 3 year old that when you get into a plane and it goes up and up, and up through the clouds that it's sunny above the clouds but wet under the clouds,
how do you tell them that now they're at 25,000 feet and flying over the sea and that when we land we'll be in another country and when we stay in a rented cottage that she insists on calling our new home...
How do you explain to a 3 year old that you're just renting the house from someone.
It all looks fairly similar to Ireland (West Yorkshire) so how do you tell her she can't see Grand Ma and why can't they come to my new house?
Then we start all over again when we fly back....