The Kids Thread

[Sniffer]

My two year old thinks that he is Andy from Andy's dinosaur adventures. He gets up in the morning and wants to wear a hat, backpack and gizmo. The backpack is a pain in the arse when trying to get him into a car seat or high chair as he doesn't like it being removed.

 

[Langers]

Andy's Dinosaur Adventures is awesome.

 

[machin05]

Fucking chicken pox. My 15 month old has got it. Absolutely covered in blistering spots, you can feel the irritation just by looking at him. It's really screwing him (and us) over sleep-wise too. Going no more than an hour or two without screaming the house down - and boy has he got volume.
It hardly affected his sister when she had it so we were a bit complacent when the childminder warned us about one of the other lads being off with it.

 

[Sniffer]

Fucking chicken pox. My 15 month old has got it. Absolutely covered in blistering spots, you can feel the irritation just by looking at him. It's really screwing him (and us) over sleep-wise too. Going no more than an hour or two without screaming the house down - and boy has he got volume.
It hardly affected his sister when she had it so we were a bit complacent when the childminder warned us about one of the other lads being off with it.

Similar with my first two. My eldest barely had any spots whereas his younger brother was covered in them including having them on his eyeballs.

 

[machin05]

Ah fuck man. Eyeballs!

 

[ROVERT47]

I remember my kids getting chicken pox although a lot older, I was about thirty and thought I hope I get it so I can get a couple of weeks off work.
I did and I'd never been so I'll in all my life.

 

[Tredman]

My wife got it when one of my twins had it (the other one must be immune, weird), she was in pieces, didn't help when I laughed at her tbh.

 

[Langers]

My kids had it at the same time.

My son - plenty of spots but he felt absolutely fine. No difference in hin at all except the spots.

My daughter - felt terrible, needed constant comfort, suffered terribly, hardly ever slept.

Oh - and I had shingles when I was 17. By far and away the worst pain I've ever experienced - it's torture. You can't catch shingles, and you can't contract it unless you've had chicken pox but if you've got it, you can infect other people with chicken pox. Fascinating stuff.

 

[machin05]

I remember my kids getting chicken pox although a lot older, I was about thirty and thought I hope I get it so I can get a couple of weeks off work.
I did and I'd never been so I'll in all my life.

It's meant to be a lot worse when you're an adult. I remember having it when I was about 8. Itchin' hell.

 

[The Bear]

Oh - and I had shingles when I was 17. By far and away the worst pain I've ever experienced - it's torture. You can't catch shingles, and you can't contract it unless you've had chicken pox but if you've got it, you can infect other people with chicken pox. Fascinating stuff.

Indeed. The herpes virus apparently buries itself away in nerve cells in your spine and waits to come out again as shingles.

I've never had chicken pox (or any other childhood illness) and when a bloke at work broke out in shingles he didn't understand why I was giving him an extremely wide berth. I even refused to give him a lift home much to his annoyance. Though it's only direct contact that can spread it from shingles, whereas it's airborne with chicken pox.

 

[machin05]

It's fucking evil.

 

[leedswolf]

I had chickenpox as a kid and then shingles at 19 years old. The girl I was dating at the time ended up with chickenpox. I never saw her again!

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

Why do I have one kid who thinks her bed is the greatest place on earth and that it will probably lead her to some unicorn filled utopia, while my other child seems to think it is the secret entrance to the gateway of hell?

Children should come with a label saying Warning: The 2nd child does not sleep.

 

[Parkins left foot]

Why do I have one kid who thinks her bed is the greatest place on earth and that it will probably lead her to some unicorn filled utopia, while my other child seems to think it is the secret entrance to the gateway of hell?

Children should come with a label saying Warning: The 2nd child does not sleep.

Mainly because it doesn't always work like that - for us the first one didn't

Not sure why we had a second after the first experience, but he was no problem whatsoever

 

[Johnny75]

Why do I have one kid who thinks her bed is the greatest place on earth and that it will probably lead her to some unicorn filled utopia, while my other child seems to think it is the secret entrance to the gateway of hell?

Children should come with a label saying Warning: The 2nd child does not sleep.

Mine are the opposite. I have one 3year old still up. Little sod won't sleep!

 

[machin05]

Ours are both usually sound asleep by 7:30pm. Our eldest has been going through a phase of not wanting to be left alone and constantly calling for us to go back up to her, but that seems to have passed now, thankfully. Our biggest problem has been getting a full night's sleep out of Eric who's 15 months now and only really been sleeping well for a couple of months - except when he has chicken pox, or a cold, or is teething etc...

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Wait till they get older...

I am knackered but mini is watching some teen drivel on the telly in our room. Micro is still wide awake and showing no signs of tiredness. Oh for a couple more years when they go out!

 

[Parkins left foot]

Wait till they get older...

I am knackered but mini is watching some teen drivel on the telly in our room. Micro is still wide awake and showing no signs of tiredness. Oh for a couple more years when they go out!

Paddy - don't wish for that.

They will say that they will be in by 11 & roll in at 4 am (at least my eldest did - often!!!)

Mainly because he fell asleep round his mates - but we weren't to know that.

Could he have phoned us to let us know where he was - could pigs fly!

Caused major aggro for a number of years before he moved out & got a flat with friends

 

[Donegal Wolf]

Why do I have one kid who thinks her bed is the greatest place on earth and that it will probably lead her to some unicorn filled utopia, while my other child seems to think it is the secret entrance to the gateway of hell?

Children should come with a label saying Warning: The 2nd child does not sleep.

Did you not listen in Biology Class at school?

Just before the first child is born, it writes a note and leaves it in the mothers womb for the next occupant telling them what they are going to be like, this allows the second one to prepare adequately and so as to ensure it will be the absolute complete opposite of No 1 when it appears on the scene.

This is a medical FACKT

 

[machin05]

Bea's got me watching caravan review videos on YouTube. Two days in a row now....