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dangledo

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Don't fall for his shit.
Man o man im guilty af so i know i don't help at all. I'm trying though. Really bad when he wakes up at 2 and starts wailing. He won't chill unless i lay down with him in the lounge chair in his room. 100% on me but i fall for it every time. Tried giving him 30 minutes of crying in bed before i caved just last night. He shut right up. He wins again. Smh

Youre right
 

dangledo

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I agree, I'd also invest in a water pistol and shoot him with it (don't let him see you do it). Then have some shit to distract him with after the water surprise. Opening a cabinet to pans and spoons for him to bang worked for mine.
My mother did that on his first tantrum, with her. She said he hollered for an hour straight, then she sprayed him and he immediately stopped. Told her not to tell my wife but really what do you think of that? I really really considered it yesterday.
 

curious2garden

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My mother did that on his first tantrum, with her. She said he hollered for an hour straight, then she sprayed him and he immediately stopped. Told her not to tell my wife but really what do you think of that? I really really considered it yesterday.
I recommended it because it works. It does not hurt them and immediately breaks their thought process, then you divert them. BTW I'm also the mom that during teething rubbed their gums with alcohol and wasn't beneath being generous. It worked for both of us, YMMV.

Today one is a state trooper, the other a Ph.D. EE last but not least is a RN. None of them are addicted to any substances, rarely use alcohol, but one did develop a gun fetish (again, never let them see you use it).
 

dangledo

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I recommended it because it works. It does not hurt them and immediately breaks their thought process, then you divert them. BTW I'm also the mom that during teething rubbed their gums with alcohol and wasn't beneath being generous. It worked for both of us, YMMV.

Today one is a state trooper, the other a Ph.D. EE last but not least is a RN. None of them are addicted to any substances, rarely use alcohol, but one did develop a gun fetish (again, never let them see you use it).
Well I've always thought you to be the wisest of the wise here in tnt, my mother being at the top of the list, (3 hell raising boys) so I'm gonna give it a whirl.

My first thought when my mom did it was he's not a fucking cat but in hindsight she's seen it all so what tf do i know.

Really, much appreciated, because it's made tension that my wife and i have never had after 13 years together. :hug:, Annie.

Obviously there's no reasoning with a toddler.
 

dstroy

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Need a new flywheel, this is what happens when you’re trying to go up a hill so you can pull off the hwy with a slipping clutch. (Slipped it for probably 30 secs or about TEN times longer than you should ever “normally”). My new setup can hold a lot more tq than this one did.

The bell housing had full fiber segments in it which only happens if the clutch disc explodes usually. Good thing the substrate didn’t shatter. I don’t know what came first, but I bet the flywheel cracked from the heat and chewed up the disc. The pressure plate side looks alright, and has a good bit of material (4mm). No grooving on the pressure plate it’s totally fine.

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Maybe this new clutch will last more than one season...
 

ANC

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Man o man im guilty af so i know i don't help at all. I'm trying though. Really bad when he wakes up at 2 and starts wailing. He won't chill unless i lay down with him in the lounge chair in his room. 100% on me but i fall for it every time. Tried giving him 30 minutes of crying in bed before i caved just last night. He shut right up. He wins again. Smh

Youre right
The night we brought my daughter home, I put her cot next to the bed...
She slept well till some point in the night she put up a crying spell.
I sternly said from my side of bed, "stop your shit, we are too old for this!"
She piped down and went to sleep. She was a good sleeper after that. and we have not sat up one night with a child in the 6 years we have had her.
 
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curious2garden

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Well I've always thought you to be the wisest of the wise here in tnt, my mother being at the top of the list, (3 hell raising boys) so I'm gonna give it a whirl.

My first thought when my mom did it was he's not a fucking cat but in hindsight she's seen it all so what tf do i know.

Really, much appreciated, because it's made tension that my wife and i have never had after 13 years together. :hug:, Annie.

Obviously there's no reasoning with a toddler.
Thank you, and kids play that tension between parents like a highly trained musician. The thing with the water pistol is it's shocking so it breaks the frustration loop in their brain. But you have to be ready to divert IMMEDIATELY or they re-orient and go right back into frustration loop and the second shot of water doesn't break it. They habituate rapidly.

Giving a kid a swat on the heavily padded tush works the same way. They are so surprised. Beating doesn't work but a mental re-boot does. But a spritz of water does a great job. Your mom knows her shit and none of you lost an arm, leg or eye right?

As for the kid screaming at night to get you away from your wife I'd put a stop to that. Ask your mom and her mom their input. Discuss it, then follow through, mercilessly. They can't hurt themselves by screaming and eventually they go to sleep never to remember in the morning.

The night we brought my daughter home, I put her cot next to the bed...
She slept well till some point in the night she put up a crying spell.
I sternly said from my side of bed, "stop your shit, we are too old for this!"
She piped down and went to sleep. She was a good sleeper after that. and we have not sat up one night with a child in the 6 years we have had her.
Lucky you had a girl, boys neurological systems are less developed when born and they lag for a long time.
 
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