u/TeddyBear181

Our baby is just starting to understand us, and I'd like to start thinking about how to teach her about technology.

I'd like her to learn to use technology as a tool, creativity, file structure, information etc. Rather than games and videos.

I'd love to hear any thoughts or ideas on ways we can integrate this moving forward, so I can plant the right seeds now.

I'm thinking

- taking photos and putting filters on them.

- finding a game that allows her to type A on the keyboard and see an A and an apple on the screen... or reverse, seeing the A and Apple and needing to find it on the keyboard.

- saving pictures and video clips into a file structure and naming them.

- looking for pictures in the file structure.

- simple drawing tools like Ms paint (is that still around?) On a pc with a keyboard and mouse.

The person who invites the other to a restraunt pays the bill.

I'm 40yo and I've never lived this, not sure if its an American thing.

If I invited my parents to a meal, they would never let me pay. If I tell a friend 'hey, we should catchup for lunch', and they say 'sounds great, how about 2pm tomorrow at close cafe?' I would expect to split the bill.

How does this work? What words actually count to make you the inviter?

We've been using a home made potty since bub was 5m. Really I'd just noticed that when bub sits in her blow-up chair, she would always poo, so I cut a hole in the bottom, put some Tupperware under it and put it in the bathroom.

We've had some weird stubborn nappy rash lately, so i bought a potty from kmart today, alongside a new brand of nappies and new brand of wipes, figuring maybe the potty has started irritating her.

I tried putting her on the potty in store, she cried, but I figured 'I would also cry if someone forced me to sit on a toilet in a shop' and bought it anyway.

Well, we got home, i put it in the bathroom where her old was was. She wasnt interested. Every time I tried to put her on it, she cried. When she was near it she wanted cuddles from me for comfort.

So I put the old potty back, she still cried the first few times I put her on it. Third time she didnt cry, but looked unhappy and didnt pee either.

What's the psychology behind this? What happened there?

I know this is just day dreaming, but my 6.5mo is now crawling and pulling to stand. She doesnt like having a wet nappy and knows to pee when shes sitting on the potty.

What age could I teach her to crawl to the potty, mount it and pee/poo herself? Is that a thing? If so what might that/or something similar look like?

I love teaching my little girl new things and she picks them up quickly.

My cosleeping 6m old has started filling 2 nappies wiyh pee at night. Previously didnt need any, or occasionally 1 later in the night.

Has this happened with anyone else's bub?

Any ideas on what might be causing it?

My cosleeping 6.5m old hasnt needed many night time nappy changes since they were 6w old. Probably about 1 every 2 weeks or sometimes 1-2 hours before its time to waks up. Its been especially good since we got our favourite night time nappies.

Now shes squirming with a full nappy every night for the past few nights, halfway through the night. Last night it happened twice.

Is this because shes got a bigger bladder and peeing more and the nappy cant hold it and the wetness is bothering her? Or maybe shes waking up with a 6m regression and peeing because shes awake?

Would adding more cloth inserts into the nappy help? If so, what type/order? They're already very thick and doubled over.

What are the risks of getting pregnant 6m after a c section and how much more dangerous might it be for the baby?

My bub is 6m old and I kinda try to read to her every day since she was born... but its probably more like 4x weekly.

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Bub isnt generally interested and looks at other stuff. I figured this was normal and just kept at it.

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The most interest shes shown was at one point where she learned to turn pages and kept trying to help.

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I saw a vid online of a much young bub being really engaged and interested in books, and realised maybe its just that some babies aren't interested?

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Does your bub enjoy books and being read to? Is this something that changes over time?

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Similar with attending rhyme time at the library, bub is interested in everything except the rhymes and songs. Which I've never been too fussed about and just let her do her thing. But starting to wonder if this is her showing her likes, interests and personality.

We visit a family member for 1-2 hours every couple of weeks, and need a safe area there for bub to play without the cat having easy access to bub. (And keeping the cat hair off bub too!)

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Bub is 6 months old and pulling to stand, so the cot that shes been playing in isnt super safe anymore.

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Given we're there for a short amount of time, we dont want to be messing around with too much setup/pack down.

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Any ideas for a pop-up playpen or something similar?

So what are we doing about mobile babies a dog food/water?

Our dog and baby both have freedom in the babyproofed area of the house, but bub is really interested in the dogs food...

Also curious about what everyone does with their garbage bin?

Bub is 6m and we've been doing lazy ec for about 5-6 weeks.

I always do the sign for potty (thumb between two fingers in a closed fist) but it feels like such a hard sign. Its a small, non interesting gesture that doesnt get bubs attention, and seems like it would be difficult for bub to copy... I feel like bub will be able to tell me 'po' or 'pssssst' before she notices that I'm doing that sign and tries to emulate it.

I'm thinking about doing a different sign, or just making one up... but certainly other people have been through this before, so keen to hear other peoples experiences :)

Just starting out with myherritage, and am tempted to pay for it, but I really dont know what I'm doing.

Really I'd just like to make a nice looking tree, then export it and create a book in PowerPoint or word or something.

I'm happy to just talk to our relatives to find out the names and stories myself, though it does seem tempting to just export all the info from the web if its already there...

What's the best platform to do this on?

Our bub is 6m and I'd love to help her learn the skill of falling asleep independently.

She usually nurses to sleep with being rocked, but sometimes Daddy will dance her to sleep, then put her down with me, she will the latch right away.

Any thoughts on teaching the skill to go to sleep with more independence? Like falling to sleep while laying in bed with Mum, bonus points if this can be done without latching?

Mum of a 6m old, so not a lot of time to look after my hair atm.

I wash it 1x weekly, it takes me about 3 hours to blow dry in between bub asking me for things, and often don't have time to brush daily.

Any tips on quick ways to take advantage of my new postpartum waves? I remember at some point there was a product you could use while wet and just scrunch your hair?

What do you think of this plan to reduce co-sleeping?

Buy floorbed.

Bub and I sleep in it without Dad, so there is more space.

I start the nights snuggling with bub, then after the first wake up, I move to the far side of the bed so bub gets used to not touching me.

Eventually transition to me leaving the bed in the night.

Has anyone tried this as a transition out of cosleeping?

Bub is 6m.

And if so, how long does that feeling/belief last?

Baby has no teeth.

I air fried some carrot and sweet potato sticks yesterday. Baby loved it, but today they had a lot of small, bit sized chunks of undigested orange stuff in their poo.

This doesnt usually happen when we have the same foods boiled and mashed.

Should we hold back on food sticks?

We've just started EC at 5m and while bub is very good at it and prefers it to going in their nappy (doesnt like being dirty) I can see its extra work for me.

What does the transition from EC to potty training look like?

Overall, I'm asking so I can kinda plan how intense our EC is and transition.

I assume there is an extra skill involved in having bub tell you they want to potty? Or should I be figuring out how to teach bub sign language and starting now?

I see a lot of posts slamming men for not spending enough time with kids.

Curious to hear how much time the average non-primary career spends with baby, how much family time you get, and how much time 'off' each partner gets.