Parenting
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Can someone tell me why the fuck we bother taking young kids on holiday. Change of venue and routine sends them la la, motel and hotel rooms have zero kid proofing (observation rather than complaint on that one) so you are stopping potential final destination moments constantly.
Ms 4.5 is acting up and Mr almost 2 is yelling and won't sleep. The wife and I are fucking knackered and I don't think we have the energy for a week of this shit.
I'm sure things will be fine in the morning though...right??Right?!!
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@paekakboyz said in Parenting:
Can someone tell me why the fuck we bother taking young kids on holiday. Change of venue and routine sends them la la, motel and hotel rooms have zero kid proofing (observation rather than complaint on that one) so you are stopping potential final destination moments constantly.
Ms 4.5 is acting up and Mr almost 2 is yelling and won't sleep. The wife and I are fucking knackered and I don't think we have the energy for a week of this shit.
I'm sure things will be fine in the morning though...right??Right?!!
It's nice to get a change of scenery. But in the end they don't appreciate it; at that age they are just happy to play in a park or on the beach somewhere. Somehow they always know to lose their shit when you least want them to
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@paekakboyz said in Parenting:
Can someone tell me why the fuck we bother taking young kids on holiday. Change of venue and routine sends them la la, motel and hotel rooms have zero kid proofing (observation rather than complaint on that one) so you are stopping potential final destination moments constantly.
Ms 4.5 is acting up and Mr almost 2 is yelling and won't sleep. The wife and I are fucking knackered and I don't think we have the energy for a week of this shit.
I'm sure things will be fine in the morning though...right??Right?!!
It's nice to get a change of scenery. But in the end they don't appreciate it; at that age they are just happy to play in a park or on the beach somewhere. Somehow they always know to lose their shit when you least want them to
Mine are teens. All they give a shit about now is how good the wifi is.... then again, so does the wife
Restrictions start to ease in a week. We've got a couple of short getaways planned for January and April 2022, but in the meantime I'm getting in as much camping/hiking as I can. And if they want to come, and not make a drama/pack half a ton of shit we don't need, then OK.
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@paekakboyz said in Parenting:
Can someone tell me why the fuck we bother taking young kids on holiday. Change of venue and routine sends them la la, motel and hotel rooms have zero kid proofing (observation rather than complaint on that one) so you are stopping potential final destination moments constantly.
Ms 4.5 is acting up and Mr almost 2 is yelling and won't sleep. The wife and I are fucking knackered and I don't think we have the energy for a week of this shit.
I'm sure things will be fine in the morning though...right??Right?!!
It's nice to get a change of scenery. But in the end they don't appreciate it; at that age they are just happy to play in a park or on the beach somewhere. Somehow they always know to lose their shit when you least want them to
Mine are teens. All they give a shit about now is how good the wifi is.... then again, so does the wife
The CF Jrs are 11 and 8. Always grates me when we go somewhere really nice, and today is the "worst day of my life" coz the WiFi is rubbish. Happy to hear I'm not the only one
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@paekakboyz said in Parenting:
Can someone tell me why the fuck we bother taking young kids on holiday. Change of venue and routine sends them la la, motel and hotel rooms have zero kid proofing (observation rather than complaint on that one) so you are stopping potential final destination moments constantly.
Ms 4.5 is acting up and Mr almost 2 is yelling and won't sleep. The wife and I are fucking knackered and I don't think we have the energy for a week of this shit.
I'm sure things will be fine in the morning though...right??Right?!!
It's nice to get a change of scenery. But in the end they don't appreciate it; at that age they are just happy to play in a park or on the beach somewhere. Somehow they always know to lose their shit when you least want them to
Mine are teens. All they give a shit about now is how good the wifi is.... then again, so does the wife
In two years you will yearn for this ...
Apropos to nothing ... well kind of related to the above ... tomorrow is the last first day of term for Ms Boo Jr.
18 and year 12 and about to clock out of school. 3 (maybe 4 weeks) and she hits external exams, and school is all over ... gooorne ... mid November.
Am quite emotional really. Is the end of her childhood and in the last 6 months she's been growing up far far too fast.
She's discovered intoxicating substances. Am not going to lose my shit over that ... i mean it would be somewhat hypocritical ... and she's been happy to share (maybe belatedly) some of her experiences.
WRT to boys (she does seem normally inclined in that regard despite society's current imperative to seek alternatives ... ) and stuff she seems to have a solid head on her shoulders (she shares with her Mum ... who obv tells me ) and there's nothing concerinng as Dad.
Funnily enough she's rediscovered her happy self. For a couple of years she was really quite a shit. Last 6 months or so been back to her happy wee self, and a joy to be around.
Anyway, the little shits grow up far too fast. Enjoy them while they're young . Take every minute you can with them. Build sandcastles, make Lego towers, lose at Snap and running races (not too often mind), spray water pistols at each other, because they're not 4.5yo forever.
So they grizzle. So what? Film them and show it at their 16th!
Next thing you'll know is they're heading off to their Formal (I.e., Prom, Ball or whatever you call it locally) after party with multiple drunk teenage boys ( ... I'm looking at you TSF - that was you) looking like a film star while still being the 3yo you left at day care for the first time.
Am just a little sad to be be losing her to adulthood.
So you guys with bubbas , some grizzling is but a delightful inconvenience.
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@paekakboyz said in Parenting:
Can someone tell me why the fuck we bother taking young kids on holiday. Change of venue and routine sends them la la, motel and hotel rooms have zero kid proofing (observation rather than complaint on that one) so you are stopping potential final destination moments constantly.
Ms 4.5 is acting up and Mr almost 2 is yelling and won't sleep. The wife and I are fucking knackered and I don't think we have the energy for a week of this shit.
I'm sure things will be fine in the morning though...right??Right?!!
This resonates - it was easy when we just had one, she was a great traveller and could deal with late nights and changes in routine. When we were living in Thailand in 2018, we skipped across to Sri Lanka for Christmas and New Year with the kids (at the time 9 months old and 4) and it was the worst holiday we've ever had. We chose to hire a car and drive ourselves around which was a bit of a nightmare because the Sri Lankan dangerous driving is a step up from the Thais, and then, even though we shelled out for two bedroom motel rooms, we were pretty much awake at 4am every morning when the 9 month old woke the 4 year old up, who then wouldn't go back to sleep. We ended up pulling the pin on the holiday a week early and flying back and "holidaying" in my work's apartment in Bangkok, which had 3 bedrooms, a rooftop pool, and was handy to all the good attractions and eating spots.
Our flight back to NZ in 2019 was so horrific with the young fulla (screamed the walls off the plane, shat everywhere etc), that we had pretty much endeavoured he wouldn't be long haul flying until he was four or five years old. Covid-19 took that choice out of our hands anyway. There seem to be two types of parents when it comes to kids on planes - first, the ones who don't give a fuck and let their kids do what they want, and the others who are ultra-paranoid and stressed about their kids disturbing everyone around them. We're the latter.
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We used to do a lot of long haul travel, each kid is allowed hand luggage so, along with favoured teddies or whatever, we packed full of wrapped presents to be given out at required intervals. Worked a treat. But now the youngest is 12, give then a screen and they're fine.
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@paekakboyz said in Parenting:
Can someone tell me why the fuck we bother taking young kids on holiday. Change of venue and routine sends them la la, motel and hotel rooms have zero kid proofing (observation rather than complaint on that one) so you are stopping potential final destination moments constantly.
Ms 4.5 is acting up and Mr almost 2 is yelling and won't sleep. The wife and I are fucking knackered and I don't think we have the energy for a week of this shit.
I'm sure things will be fine in the morning though...right??Right?!!
Unfortunately without any form of childcare you probably have to do things in shifts. Gives one of you a break but obviously kills any sexy time you might have very optimistically believed you were going to get.
My advice pre-holiday would have been to leave the 2 year old at home with the grandparents if they're still around. Did that back in the day and had a great time and the 2 year old was happy because he was spoilt rotten by my parents.
But I guess alot of it also depends on where you are and what the kids have to distract them.
Good luck Bro....
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@paekakboyz said in Parenting:
Can someone tell me why the fuck we bother taking young kids on holiday. Change of venue and routine sends them la la, motel and hotel rooms have zero kid proofing (observation rather than complaint on that one) so you are stopping potential final destination moments constantly.
Ms 4.5 is acting up and Mr almost 2 is yelling and won't sleep. The wife and I are fucking knackered and I don't think we have the energy for a week of this shit.
I'm sure things will be fine in the morning though...right??Right?!!
It's nice to get a change of scenery. But in the end they don't appreciate it; at that age they are just happy to play in a park or on the beach somewhere. Somehow they always know to lose their shit when you least want them to
Mine are teens. All they give a shit about now is how good the wifi is.... then again, so does the wife
The CF Jrs are 11 and 8. Always grates me when we go somewhere really nice, and today is the "worst day of my life" coz the WiFi is rubbish. Happy to hear I'm not the only one
My stepdaughter spends way too much time on her fΕ―cking ipad. It's a really bone of contention between myself and the GF, who complains about it the most but doesn't do nearly enough to stop it. My youngest was heading that way but I worked very hard and absorbed all the psycho tantrums to stop it. He's very good now. But sometimes when she's being a particular little bitch, I get a infantile sense of satisfaction by switching off the WiFi and waiting to hear the banshee type wails that follow.
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@paekakboyz said in Parenting:
Can someone tell me why the fuck we bother taking young kids on holiday. Change of venue and routine sends them la la, motel and hotel rooms have zero kid proofing (observation rather than complaint on that one) so you are stopping potential final destination moments constantly.
Ms 4.5 is acting up and Mr almost 2 is yelling and won't sleep. The wife and I are fucking knackered and I don't think we have the energy for a week of this shit.
I'm sure things will be fine in the morning though...right??Right?!!
It's nice to get a change of scenery. But in the end they don't appreciate it; at that age they are just happy to play in a park or on the beach somewhere. Somehow they always know to lose their shit when you least want them to
Mine are teens. All they give a shit about now is how good the wifi is.... then again, so does the wife
Restrictions start to ease in a week. We've got a couple of short getaways planned for January and April 2022, but in the meantime I'm getting in as much camping/hiking as I can. And if they want to come, and not make a drama/pack half a ton of shit we don't need, then OK.
Given how much time we all
wastespend productively on here Iβm not sure any of us are in a position to point the finger. -
@rancid-schnitzel ha ha there was zero expectation of that sort of carry on this hol!
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@aucklandwarlord very tempting cut it short then chill at home later this week. But also want to see my lil sis before she starts walking the length of nz. That'll keep her busy for 6 months or so lol.
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We took our kids to the UK when they were 3 and 6...they were both awesome, flights and on holiday, but 2 weeks in when we all got a spew bug in a hotel and miss 3 projectile vomited all over a restaurant floor narrowly missing a waitress...that wasn't so much fun.
@booboo yeah that is the battle I'm having, I miss the time TR Jnr and I used to hang, kick a ball, movies, swimming, fishing, rugby etc
Now it's just his mates, him shouting at his PS4 or staring at his phone...miss 13 grew up too quick...girls can be horrid creatures.
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Oh, also at the driving stage now...any time we go out together he wants to drive (Mrs TR not keen...) so just him and I or sister in the back, sworn to silence.
He offered to fill up the other day too, came out rather upset at the cost of tank of gas...haha.
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@taniwharugby said in Parenting:
Oh, also at the driving stage now...any time we go out together he wants to drive (Mrs TR not keen...) so just him and I or sister in the back, sworn to silence.
He offered to fill up the other day too, came out rather upset at the cost of tank of gas...haha.
Subsonic Undies 1 of 4 has his full final test on Friday - fingers crossed