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PsychoFish said:
Luckily the hospital allowed my wife to stay with him the entire time, from Thursday evening to Sunday morning, with me being able to come and go as I pleased. Poor nibbler was so confused as to why the nurses took him away and jabbed him with needles the whole time though.
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hehe, this is what popped in my mind when I read nibbler... :D
My little monster likes Futurama, but I dont let him watch it too much...it can get a bit much at times for little minds.

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matt said:
heart breaking isn't it? They allowed us to stay the whole time as well, but only one parent overnight. The only time they wouldn't let us be with him was when they took him off to put a drip in.
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They do that to protect the parents, it is really something difficult to watch when they insert the drip.
 
Lekker [MENTION=6600]PsychoFish[/MENTION]. Happy birthday to the little guy

There's a lot of cool changes that happen after 1 as well. The little personality really starts to come out now.
 
matt said:
Lekker [MENTION=6600]PsychoFish[/MENTION]. Happy birthday to the little guy

There's a lot of cool changes that happen after 1 as well. The little personality really starts to come out now.
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Yes, and the little temper tantrums have already started. Took him to a petting zoo yesterday. He loved chasing after the rabbits and ducks. Did not like touching the goat all that much though.
 
[MENTION=2530]Wyvern[/MENTION]
hahaha ffanks :)


[MENTION=6600]PsychoFish[/MENTION]
THat's awesome dude... they realy start to [-]develop[/-] irritate now :p
 
Thinking of taking my son to watch this, sure it looks a bit girlie but I laughed in the trailer. I'm just worried, looks like it might pull on the heart strings a bit.


 
BeoTeK said:
Thinking of taking my son to watch this, sure it looks a bit girlie but I laughed in the trailer. I'm just worried, looks like it might pull on the heart strings a bit.


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From all I have heard and read about it, it will def pull some heartstrings. But apparently its one of their best movies to date. I am going to see it next week.
 
BeoTeK said:
Thinking of taking my son to watch this, sure it looks a bit girlie but I laughed in the trailer. I'm just worried, looks like it might pull on the heart strings a bit.
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The Pixar movies are always cool, I'm sure I'll go watch that one of these days, this seems to be there formula for movie idea though...

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Opinion from the other parents out there. Do ever let you kids stay up a bit later like on Fridays or Saturdays, and how much longer. Where do you draw the line. Or do you believe bed time is a set time and no changes?

My son is in bed every night by 8pm, give or take 15min. But I know some mates let their kids stay up a bit, watch movies and pass out on the sofa and take them to bed later.
 
BeoTeK said:
Opinion from the other parents out there. Do ever let you kids stay up a bit later like on Fridays or Saturdays, and how much longer. Where do you draw the line. Or do you believe bed time is a set time and no changes?

My son is in bed every night by 8pm, give or take 15min. But I know some mates let their kids stay up a bit, watch movies and pass out on the sofa and take them to bed later.
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I can tell you my sister's rule is they can stay up later when they are out for dinner, but her kids are now 7 and 9 and by 8pm both of them go to sleep that is lights outs. Its actually scary to behold. She has an alarm on her phone at 7:30 at night it goes off and they go bath/shower = no questions asked. it goes off again at 7:45 and they say good night and climb into bed, then they are allowed to read till 8pm. That is when the lights go off. 2 mins later they are both dead to the world
 
Mine is a little too small to really do anything, but he has his routine. Dinner at 6pm followed by 15min playtime after dinner, then bath (max 15min) and then it's bed time. He is in bed and fast asleep between 18:45 and 19:00. On weekends (Friday and Saturday evenings) we'll let him play after dinner for as long as he wants (which ends up being 5-30minutes)

My wife believes that the key is routine and being consistent in the routine no exceptions.
 
PsychoFish said:
My wife believes that the key is routine and being consistent in the routine no exceptions.
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Oh of course, especially with little ones. They need that consistency. But when they get a bit older they can obviously relate and think for themselves, this is why I ask. Dunno if I should maintain with the regime or let him let loose once a week or so. But then surely he'll question it at some point, why am I allowed then but not now?!
 
BeoTeK said:
Oh of course, especially with little ones. They need that consistency. But when they get a bit older they can obviously relate and think for themselves, this is why I ask. Dunno if I should maintain with the regime or let him let loose once a week or so. But then surely he'll question it at some point, why am I allowed then but not now?!
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Which is why my sister is keeping the strict rules. I mean they where here on holiday and the kids had to still follow the rules. She will let them stay up a bit later once they are a bit older, but then again they are such active boys, it was actually scary. They wake up at about 6am, make themselves something to eat, watch tv for 30mins and then they start playing. These two barely sit still for food! They burn off all their energy that by 7:30 you can see the eyes drooping, by 8pm even if you are reading to them they go ok turn the light off its sleep time
 
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