Family Friday: Garbage Truck and Recycling Set
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My youngest is going through a trash truck phase and this is his absolute favorite toy.
This colorful Duplo set is perfect for toddlers. As with all Duplos, the larger blocks are easier to grip and snap together than traditional Legos. This set includes a recycling man and a child, a moveable truck that tips, three bags and trash cans, a broom, a bench, and a few blocks.
There’s plenty for endless imaginative play — my kid likes to stuff the truck with all the accessories and make the “beep, beep, beep” sound when he backs it up. Just like trucks IRL.
This Duplo set is $19.99 at Target and also available at Amazon.
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Advice seeking/ranting into the void…
DH wants to take DS to see grandparents at their house. ILs are fully vaxxed and booster, but BIL who’s staying with them has refused to get vaxxed. Grr…
Disclaimers: I’m in the office full time, but everyone is mandated to be vax. DS is in daycare where they’re not required to wear masks (double grr), but everyone is vaxxed. MIL comes over occasionally even though BIL isn’t vaxxed.
Am I crazy for not wanting DS go over their place? I feel like there’s no other situation where we would feel great about going with DS unmasked with unvaxxed folks. And no, FIL isn’t going to come over our place; that would require him getting off his couch. Sigh.
I am LONG PAST the baby days, but I am getting all the feels while shopping for my childhood BFF’s first baby. Gah, baby things are so cute and I’m having all the nostalgic flashbacks. She’s having him at age 41 and it’s a wonderful turn of events, all around.
Has anyone used any of the Speech Sisters products? If so, any reviews? My 17-month-old only has a few words, babbles a ton, and mostly says “mama”, with the occasional “Dada”, “Papa” (My FIL), and “Baba” (brother, books). He definitely understands things, but it’s the output I want to help with. Any thoughts or suggestions welcome!
I think we’re finally going to jump on the air fryer bandwagon. Any recommendations for which one? Mostly vegetarian, two adults and a toddler. I think what’s pushing me over the edge is wanting crispy veggies (and toddler usually happily eats those) without having to turn the oven on.
How do you handle grandparent visits? This is a source of drama at the moment.
My FIL moved to Canada….We’ll make the trek at some point but no rush…
My parents lived in the US until recently but my dad came over for 6 months to be my nanny and they’d visit frequently. They’ve since immigrated to a new country in order to be closer (but not local) to us, and are taking advantage of cheap RyanAir flights to come and hang out / help my husband if I’m travelling for longer than my usual 3-4 days.
My MILs live a 4 hour train ride away which is “so far”. My husband’s mum offers to help but can never come when we need her, coming instead at slightly inconvenient times, which fine… T loves her, I can cope with it. MIL2 has long Covid so has understandably has cancelled the last 2 trips. We suggested a time in September when there are two extra days off school but they are too busy and suggested a weekend in November where we have school.
MILs are salty we spend so much more time with my parents and my husband is demoralised and engaging in unproductive escalation. I just don’t know how to navigate it/support him? He finds my parents much easier to cope with both logistically (mom cooks his favourite meals, dad does the school run) and emotionally (I think his mom’s disengagement is bringing up childhood stuff).
Sorry for the novel, but any advice or commiseration welcome.
My twin boys are turning 9 and we are planning their first friends birthday party since Covid. They are in separate classes at school. We plan on inviting each of their classmates, many of whose parents I don’t know well. I plan on sending the Evite listing the party as “A and B’s Birthday Party” but I don’t want anyone to feel like they need to get double gifts. Unfortunately my kids are just not mature enough to handle a no-gift party at the moment, despite the fact that it’s what I would love to do. Is there any way to telegraph this to the other parents in a nice way, or just let them figure it out however they want?
About how much do you all spend per kid per season on clothes for toddler/preschoolers? (Excluding coats, shoes, hats, etc – just clothes)? We get some hand-me-downs and buy some resale, but I’m having trouble gaging if I’m going overboard or not on what I buy new. The kids now also have Opinions which makes it a little harder to resale/etc.
Ugh our preschool ended mandatory masking. I know we can’t do this forever but its terrible timing with the little kid vaccine hopefully only a month away. Honestly I’m fine with the kids not masking since they have masks off to eat and sleep anyway but I really wish they would have kept staff in masks until the under 5 vaccine is widely available. Would you still have your kid mask? Cases are high but not crazy in our area, but I know a lot are unreported. Our kid does wear a KN95 (fit is not perfect) and doesn’t really mind, but I suspect would get it regardless if exposed, due to having the mask off for about half the day. So I guess I’m inclined to let her go without, but it feels weird since we’ve been so cautious and would still want her to mask in most public places and indoor activities.
Remember on Tuesday when I complained about my baby being suspended from daycare because she had a giant blowout? Well, it turns out that there was a COVID exposure in her room while she was out, which means that if she had been there then both her AND her big brother would have been out of school all next week. Silver lining, I suppose. These under-5 vaccines cannot come soon enough.
For those who are still being covid cautious because of an unvaxxed kid, would you go to a wedding in Mexico that requires a layover? So basically two 2 hour flights each way but would wear a kn95 and somehow try not to eat or drink the whole time. Some indoor events. From reading some posts on here, sounds like people have gotten it at weddings recently—were those indoor weddings and were people unmasked? Just wondering if I’m masked when indoors if that would help or not or if people are just getting it regardless.
Those are adorable! I really wanted the duplo camping set, but my son declared himself “too old” for duplos at 3.5 and now we’re just drowning in Lego.