I think you guys know this already, but if you are ever involved in a car accident, no matter how minor it is, you can claim your car seats through ICBC

My most recent one was a minor fender in a parking lot where I was stationary, the person tried to forward stall park and scraped my rear bumper. Was able to replace 2 Diono RXT's

Over all since my first born until now, I've replaced 5 car seats through ICBC cause of accidents that weren't my fault :heckno:

so you're the reason why our premiums keep going up.

For you guys with older toddlers, here's a decent car seat that you could chuck into multiple cars.

Evenflo Chase Car Seat @ Canadian Tire, on sale for $69.99

https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/e...p.0466287.html

As of Tuesday my boy is now crawling around!! He’s been on all fours rocking around for weeks! We thought he’s be crawling by Christmas but he was happy to just roll around everywhere. He already seems happier now, it’s hard to describe but I think he was getting frustrated with knowing he *could* be doing something, but didn’t quite know how to take that first step.

It’s fun being a dad so far

Dude that's awesome! How old is he? I have no clue when things are suppose to happen LOL

He just turned 9 months. But he was 5 weeks early so his “adjusted age” is just turning 8 months. Because that is confusing as hell I just ignore all of that.

Things will happen when they happen. No need to rush a baby to do things as long as you see progress

lol I need my kid to start NOW!!!!

I think pretty much every kid is ahead in some things and behind in others. There's a lot to learn when you're new to everything. I have friends that compare to other kids and worry about every little thing which seems nuts to me. Unless my kids doctor is seriously worried about them missing a milestone, I don't worry about it.

Agreed

Son is about to turn 5 years old, I was concerned about his speech development because it was slower compared to other kids. But now all of a sudden he's trying to negotiate with me with TV time and dinner time

Then there's my daughter that's turned 3 not too long ago and she's a stubborn little princess :lawl:

So true.

My son wouldn't self feed until after he hit 1 year old, all his friends were eating by themselves. The 1st time he grabbed a cookie from me and ate it I cried.

On the bright side, I didn't have to worry about him stuffing things he shouldn't into his mouth.

I'm a little late to this thread, but the absolute BEST baby monitor is Dormi Android app installed on an old phone. For something like $10 it was unlimited use, could install it on any phone you wanted. Could monitor it simultaneously from either one of our phones. Since I have a wifi hotspot in my garage, I could monitor him from there with no range issues. A small phone is much simpler to pack than a whole monitor system with proprietary charger and stuff.
If we went on a trip and forgot his phone, we could just use one of ours as the child device.

When he was still a newborn we set it up on a tripod and used the camera to peek in. Later we just used audio only. The Dormi app boosts the mic gain on the phone and it's sensitive enough that it can pick up even the smallest little movements.

We were handed down one of those AngelCare units with the movement monitoring pad. We never ended up using it and sold it.

I boggles my mind why anyone would spend hundreds of dollars on one of these systems when a simple phone has all the capability built in.

^ security. I'll gladly spend the $100 ours cost to know there's no way the video/audio feed and speaker in my kids room are connected to the internet.

Meh, if you want to be paranoid about that sort of thing. You do you.

But anyways, according to the software notes the monitoring session data is all encrypted:

Ah I looked into apps before. The problem with using an old phone is the phone generally can't see at night all that well. With out IR blasters most baby monitors will be better.

Yeah I mean sound only was more than adequate, we stopped using video after not too long. The tripod in the middle of the room was an annoyance.

Is it paranoia if it happens quite frequently? "Secure" systems are accessed all the time, and what most of those monitors use typically isn't very good to begin with.

I'm sure some out there are secure enough and stay that way, but rather than spend a bunch of time researching that and then staying on top of any news to find out if it has been breached (if you even hear about it) it's easier to just grab one that I know can't have those issues.

To what end? Someone wants to hear a bunch of empty dead noise with the occasional rustling and crying?

Big deal.

pearl jam music ran through my head back when i was shopping for car seats and saw evenflo...

that feeling when you can switch to a booster :fuckyea::victory:

Who knows for sure, but when in doubt, probably wacking off.

Do any of you guy spank / discipline (not beat) your kids?

kid is only 12 weeks old. I'll give him another week before I start.

I will neither confirm or deny I've done that.

Sorry, I should have rephrased the question as I realized disciplining children is a touchy subject, especially when I asked if you spank/beat them lol

What I really meant to ask is, what are your feelings towards disciplining children? Growing up, we got the usual spanking or whipping from the famous Chinese feather duster if we misbehaved, and that often set us straight. There are a tonne of memes out there but I think a majority of us can relate.

As a kid, I resented my parents for beating my stupid ass, but now that I'm older, I'm glad they did because if they hadn't, I likely would have turned out to be a total shit head (and likely not posting on this forum.)

Any how, I'm not looking to out any parents here, but trying to get an idea of what your thoughts are on disciplining kids these days.

I believe in it, although I am probably the only one among my peers including my wife.

It really does depend on a lot of factors like the personality of the child, reasons that warrant spanking, timing, age, frequency. To clarify, I mean spanking and NOT beating. I think some kids respond positively to spanking while with others it will create serious negative psychological effects. For the right kid, it should be an option (really as a last resort) and for outright defiance after forewarning.

Both my wife and I were spanked as children and with the usual implements - flip flops, sticks, kitchen utensils, Hot Wheels track, etc. We both reflect back on it differently. I, like Dukes think it set me straight while my wife believes it impacted her confidence and inability to speak up presently.

One thing is for sure, both our parents deny having spanked us. At most they will down play the "instances". Typical.

My brother and I never had a finger laid on us, but to be fair we were pretty good kids. The older I get I realize how unnaturally drama-free my family and extended family is.

I think using spanking for regular discipline isn’t necessary, but that’s just the way I grew up. I don’t know how my boy will be, I don’t know who I will be in a few years, who knows what stuff he might get in to. Sometimes a boy needs the reset button hit (the back of the head) to smarten up.

In other news, my boy last night started pulling himself up and standing on his own. Exciting!! Now that he crawls around he has no interest in his toys, he just wants to explore and be held