sparky wrote: The boy just turned one, cheerful and loud. He is also an incredible puker. In his youth (pre-weaning), he was a first tier newbie puker, but with solids and other distractions he lost interest, and we didn’t pressure him. However, following introduction to nursery and his first full-on cold, his puking has returned, and has reached Olympic force and quantity.

Please help, baby gods. We only have a one bedroom flat, have loads to do, and the poor chap has us running two washes a day, scrubbing clothes and bed linen, floors and other surfaces for over an hour every day, and more often than not has us in cleaning mode after midnight spews. He’s not dehydrated or losing weight, and we’re going to see a doctor after the health visitor recommended we endure another week, but I have to go to the office now and my wife is being ground down during the day. Puke! Everything smells of!

Nico Adie wrote: A dehumidifier helps for drying the washing…

jfv wrote: Fri Oct 20, 2023 8:24 am Toured Illinois State University with my wife and two daughters yesterday. Love the place. Eldest daughter has already been accepted and has made up her mind that she will be going there next fall. Youngest daughter is still a few years away but also wants to go there; the music building is a castle.

Time flies.

BrendanK wrote: Thu Aug 10, 2023 9:34 am My kid's been dealing with a bully who happens to be playing the same sports as him for last 6 months or so. Nothing physical, but my son is new to the sport and it was clear that some elders on the team, seemingly led by one kid, were belittling him, and in general making him feel like shit. He had volunteered to be goalie (no one else on the team wanted to do it) and he struggled because he's just picking it up and these kids have been playing for years.

At first we raised it with the coaches, it got better for a little while, but by the end of the season it was shitty again.

We're in a sports camp (different sport) this week and the same kid is again a problem - he told my kid he can't use the locker room to get changed, along with again just generally treating him like shit.

I've been on the fence about getting involved, largely because I was bullied a fair amount growing up, and I don't remember it ever getting better when parents got involved. Last night my wife decided enough was enough and sent the parents an email - fairly polite, possibly a little too assertive for these folks to deal with.

The parents basically run the local organization for the sport my kid is most invested in. And wouldn't you know it, the Dad is totally dismissive, boys will be boys, my kids's not the problem, etc... and seems to be a bit of a bully himself.

Just venting here, but goddamn I am sick of shitheads.