Yeah I was also raising hogs with FFA at the time so it was slightly ironic.

Sometimes I feel like a good grounding in agriculture is a vital skill for a child, it helps bind generations together through the familiar connection of soil.

When I was really young my grandfather taught me all of these things and then I enjoyed them with my father later in life. I was raised hunting fishing farming playing sports and doing motor sports. So now I am passing along the same things to my son.

Something I've noticed with my grandson,my stepson's son,is he has been with mama & daddy too much,so trying to get him exposed to other family & friends on regular basis helped,also stepping up with dads getting involved with more in his presence is helping him not be a mama's boy. Getting a whole way to expose him to more guy things is helping in addition to the normal nourishing from mama,a decent balance of both sexes. Also in the future helping to teach him various fishing,hunting,target practice,sports,etc will help round him out.

Also as a lil girl,i learned some of these things .too

Any tips on bringing up a baby girl in this crazy world?

He just turned 2 last month

Try to teach her all ways of traditional worlds,yet also round out some nicely in how to take care of herself by self defense & also fishin,hunting,an equal balance of both things.

@Grossly Incandescent

My wife took a WIC breastfeeding class the other day and they said it was ok to smoke and drink while breastfeeding

Made me really mad

@Grossly Incandescent my granddaughter,also from stepson enjoys her girly stuff,but is also learning to enjoy boy things too like trucks,lizards & eventually hopefully they may soon get her into karate or there abouts,she is 5. She loves her pink & princess stuff,but also anything ypu can get your hands on educational wise,book,puzzles,etc too. She is a quick study.

Holy crap! @Grossly IncandescentHell no!!!

Yeah, her and Grandma thinks it’s because they want to give out as little formula as possible through the program

Any nutrition stuff i could do while pregnant was big,my bad was i still smoked at the time but did eventually quite. But i never once drank!!

I remember being nervous & worried about the food,etc i took in while pregnant and whatbi fed her after. I only wish someone had taught me how important breast feeding was,i had nobody to rely on,both mothers were alraedy passed away.

Yes my mother smoked with me & i think drank too,but i never got the chance to ask her for any parenting advice because she passed 6 months after we were married.

And my mother n law passed 3 months prior to daughter being born and she was old school,didnt talk about stuff to me..

That's sadly true,i feel guilty bad because asthma runs in the family on both sides,my brother had it,husband,stepson & daughter have it..

@missliterallywho I remember seeing some news cast from the 70s or 80s with a tobacco exec talkin about smoking causing low birthweight and saying “what mother wouldn’t want a smaller baby?!”

That sounds familiar!

My wife and I both think our baby girl is gonna be a big one

Natural is the plan

Thats rare,my daughter was 6lbs even & I did,both my stepkids were huge though,1 was 10.2,the other 9.7.

Dang

Try to keep it natural if you can I tried.

I saw a woman do a water birth and said it felt great, blew my mind!

Daughter was natural,both stepkids had to be cessarian after hours of trying natural. Same with my stepdaughter too,she had to go cessarian.

Unfortunately i had to have the meds,i had excruciating back labor

That was also prior leading up to years later having spinal surgeries too,so made it worse.

Honestly i don't remember @missliterallywho

She is 21 now,so hopefully down the road i will have more grandkids from her,help carry the line.

Yes it is @missliterallywho

Well thats good,bet your starting to get really antsy! Lol

Are you nesting,cleaning like crazy? Lol

Lol ya crunch time indeed!

Ya,your crafting stuff will take a back seat for a couple years.

You better have it ready! Lol😉

I miss that Cali weather. Florida’s been like mid 90s with hellacious humidity lately!

Oh wow,no car seat yet? That was 1st priority i always made sure to get grandkids & daughter. Not easy with bowling ball in 85 heat lol😂

That humidity would kill me,does sometimes in the valley,i hear how bad it is there in Florida,yuck,! Hang in there!