Oh! You didn't start anything. I can totally see why people would think he was harsh. Just adding what I know from my unfortunate experience.MKitty wrote:Sorry lol. I didn't mean to cause all this. xD
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Oh! You didn't start anything. I can totally see why people would think he was harsh. Just adding what I know from my unfortunate experience.MKitty wrote:Sorry lol. I didn't mean to cause all this. xD
totally agree. If you completely walk on eggshells around babies, lots of people believe you'll end up with a kid who can only sleep in absolute quiet/darkness. On the other hand, if you continue to be loud/normal, kids will learn to sleep when/where they can. That's one thing Shay has said that I believe to be true and real wisdom.momto6 wrote:Calvin will catch on soon. No need for them to walk on egg shells around him. He'll be used to the noise and chaos soon enough. Plus, at least E and J interact with their kids, unlike many other YTers.
I really like how they play with Jackson and his cousins but throwing their kid up to the ceiling is where I draw the line Wouldn't want for Jared to drop him on the headmomto6 wrote:Calvin will catch on soon. No need for them to walk on egg shells around him. He'll be used to the noise and chaos soon enough. Plus, at least E and J interact with their kids, unlike many other YTers.
This!! Not to mention Jackson still needs to be able to run around, be wild, and play. Try telling a toddler to settle down lol. Not going to happen. Calvin will get used to it fast thoughangelfire89 wrote:totally agree. If you completely walk on eggshells around babies, lots of people believe you'll end up with a kid who can only sleep in absolute quiet/darkness. On the other hand, if you continue to be loud/normal, kids will learn to sleep when/where they can. That's one thing Shay has said that I believe to be true and real wisdom.momto6 wrote:Calvin will catch on soon. No need for them to walk on egg shells around him. He'll be used to the noise and chaos soon enough. Plus, at least E and J interact with their kids, unlike many other YTers.
As much as I have qualms about the Shaytards, ESPECIALLY Shay, he is 100% right about this. Having siblings hold and play with newborns is great I mean as long as the parent is watching of course. When I was little I read this picture book about this family of seven kids who just got a new sibling. This nanny came in and tried to get the newborn to sleep so she made all seven kids be quiet. Then, the baby woke up and cried and in the end the only way the baby could sleep was with all the noise that his siblings made lol. It was a cute book and it was true too!Arieya wrote:This!! Not to mention Jackson still needs to be able to run around, be wild, and play. Try telling a toddler to settle down lol. Not going to happen. Calvin will get used to it fast thoughangelfire89 wrote:totally agree. If you completely walk on eggshells around babies, lots of people believe you'll end up with a kid who can only sleep in absolute quiet/darkness. On the other hand, if you continue to be loud/normal, kids will learn to sleep when/where they can. That's one thing Shay has said that I believe to be true and real wisdom.momto6 wrote:Calvin will catch on soon. No need for them to walk on egg shells around him. He'll be used to the noise and chaos soon enough. Plus, at least E and J interact with their kids, unlike many other YTers.
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Anyway, slightly OT. Ellie posted Calvin shares his birthday with 2 cousins, I know at least with Bonnie they are close, so what do y'all think they will do about birthdays?? Share? Do it on other days? I know the 1st will be special but wondering about the rest...just a random thought.
If they're anything like my parents they'll just teach the kids to accept the fact that they share their birthdays. My sister shared her birthday with our cousin, and some years they'd have a shared party and some years they wouldn't. In addition, all four of our birthdays are within 6 weeks, so some years my parents would throw us one big party. I think it teaches kids that they're not the center of the universe. As an adult, I enjoy my birthday but I don't really care about it that much, and I often forget that it's my birthday to begin with. Let's compare this to Missy who thinks she's so important and special for the whole week before her birthday - I would much rather raise kids to be less self involved.hi_bye wrote:
Anyway, slightly OT. Ellie posted Calvin shares his birthday with 2 cousins, I know at least with Bonnie they are close, so what do y'all think they will do about birthdays?? Share? Do it on other days? I know the 1st will be special but wondering about the rest...just a random thought.
I thought she had said she wanted two kids close in age then a gap then two other kids close in age...maybe it was someone else.momto6 wrote:OT: When do you think E and J will have their next baby? Do you think they will be as close in age as these two? Or further apart? Or maybe even closer?
I think you're right. I think she said that in her Q&A video about how many kids they want.hi_bye wrote:I thought she had said she wanted two kids close in age then a gap then two other kids close in age...maybe it was someone else.momto6 wrote:OT: When do you think E and J will have their next baby? Do you think they will be as close in age as these two? Or further apart? Or maybe even closer?
I have also shared birthdays with my cousins, nbd, in fact it was fun because there was more cake lol. But tbh I love doing the whole "birthmonth" and "birthweek" nonsense.
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She said that's what she wanted originally but then said that she will be happy if they have all their kids close and then raise them because of the infertility issues they've had.momto6 wrote:I think you're right. I think she said that in her Q&A video about how many kids they want.hi_bye wrote:I thought she had said she wanted two kids close in age then a gap then two other kids close in age...maybe it was someone else.momto6 wrote:OT: When do you think E and J will have their next baby? Do you think they will be as close in age as these two? Or further apart? Or maybe even closer?
I have also shared birthdays with my cousins, nbd, in fact it was fun because there was more cake lol. But tbh I love doing the whole "birthmonth" and "birthweek" nonsense.
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I had three under three (now 1,2 ,& 3 year olds) definitely NOT a nightmare.usmelllikesnow wrote:I think they are gonna have their hands full with two babies now! She might want to be more careful this time around. I know she wants more kids, but three under the age of 3 would be a NIGHTMARE.