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4,501	daddit	When my son was five, he asked when his knees will make loud cracking sounds like mine do.
4,502	daddit	With me it wasn't the phone, it was the Comcast salesman that would ring the door bell EVERY OTHER DAY at nap time and set the dog barking. Seriously, every two days like clockwork. And I was already a subscriber, they were just trying to upsell. I finally called the local office and told them if I saw another salesman on my doorstep I was terminating my service with them. They didn't stop. I closed my account.
4,503	daddit	We have an old house so of course there is a creak in the floor just outside the nursery. Always sets off the bomb.
4,504	daddit	But I found out last week that really young babies can't hear the frequencies of the smoke detector. Mine (3mo) never even flinched when it started ringing for a full 5 mins before we could make it shut.
4,505	daddit	Amateur! I blitz the baby awake as I take then picture :p
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4,507	daddit	Sure, but of course she hates it when I hold her like that.
4,508	daddit	This photo just made me realize how much Harrison Ford looked like Chris Pratt. http://imgur.com/RxvBXZD http://imgur.com/Ovgsm4z
4,509	daddit	There's a quote from the US version of "the office" where Jim relates it to the hurt locker. I always love that comparison haha
4,510	daddit	How old? It sucks, but if they are the right age it may be time for them to learn they can go to sleep on their own. That translates into a few nights/weeks of hell to break the habit, but is worth it for the benefit. Each night sleeping in your wife's arms is another night that makes the habit harder to break. It doesn't work for everyone, but in a week of hell I went from having to hold my child, rock her to sleep, place her down and slowly back out of the room hoping she doesn't wake up, only to have her wake up an hour or two later, to placing her in her crib fully awake and walking away to have her be asleep in 5 mins.
4,511	daddit	Toast.
4,512	daddit	We thought we were doing the same thing. Then he got a little older and things wake him up.
4,513	daddit	I got a wolverine doll to the webbing of my toe during Saturday daughter drop off. The claws made a lovely pattern in my feet
4,514	daddit	I was a kid like 6 years ago. I used to have one tiny path going from my door to my bed. The rest of the floor was covered in lego
4,515	daddit	Shhhhhccckk TUNG
4,516	daddit	A good fart can easily solve this issue.
4,517	daddit	Small electric heating blanket works great. Just put it in when the baby is out and remove it when putting the baby back.
4,518	daddit	This guy fucked
4,519	daddit	So I need to drop my baby's arm above head when I put her down? Sounds good! Edit: do not do this. It doesn't work! Baby woke up screaming and won't stop! This guy probably isn't even a professional!
4,520	daddit	I learned that from watching House MD.
4,521	daddit	My wife created a very sweet sign that she hung up. It reads "baby sleeping, dogs napping, please don't knock". We've also disabled our doorbell for the time being. Friends just call or text if they're coming over, and then just do the same when they're outside. That's eliminated 95% of solicitors. For the other 5%, she is not very polite to them if she opens the door.
4,522	daddit	I used to do the door to door thing for a while. They weren't Comcast employees but contractors and Comcast had no power to tell them to stop
4,523	daddit	I'm doing Ferber method with a near 6 month old, but I just can't figure this out: what to do with a hungry baby? We've whittled him down to a few feedings a night but it seems like the hardest problem to snuff out. Was your daughter always needing to eat into the night? I will check out this book. Putting him down drowsy (not dead asleep) is already paying dividends.
4,524	daddit	Holy dooly, that's less stunt double closeness, more sibling close.
4,525	daddit	Dang I only saw him in the early seasons of parks and rec. He wasn't really fat or anything but how'd he lose so much weight?
4,526	daddit	How old was she at the time you did that?
4,527	daddit	No, don't touch that!
4,528	daddit	Learn to love the gas. Learn to love the gas.
4,529	daddit	Hot water bottle perhaps.
4,530	daddit	I told the sales people to stop too... politely because I knew they were just doing their jobs. I had no idea they were contractors. How does that work? Independent with commission? Do they get a lead sheet, 'cause they knew I was an internet-only subscriber.
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4,532	daddit	He stopped drinking beer.
4,533	daddit	It was his role in Zero Dark Thirty if I recall correctly. Have to be in good shape even if you're just pretending to be a Navy SEAL. Then he became a superhero in Guardians of the Galaxy, so that makes for some pretty good motivation.
4,534	daddit	Movie deals? Hell of a motivator.
4,535	daddit	Around five months or so. The negative routine we'd built was from about 4 months on so I wonder if it would have been successful earlier but it switched from her making our schedule to is making hers which was nice.
4,536	daddit	The leads they get are not from the company. And its straight commission. I would make about $100 a sale. The companies push you to be slimier than a car salesman
4,537	daddit	Interesting, that's all pretty compelling. Definitely going to check it out. It's amazing how different the advice is everywhere. Pediatrician says absolutely no training until 6 months, etc.
4,538	daddit	How much was he drinking?!
4,539	daddit	We've read, thought and talked about this sleep issue too. There certainly is a habit parameter here, but a kid just keeps on developing in cycles. During those cycles new they become aware of new things. I think it's kind of natural that their sleep pattern isn't the same at all. We kind of try to adapt and let our child sleep in our bed in times of need. If he's sick, he sleeps with us - thats what he wants. I do like my sleep. If he sleeps with us, I get kicked for 6 hours all night long. I feel so destroyed sometimes when I awake. I've gained 10 Kg so maybe that's a factor. I'm just not sure.
4,540	daddit	Haha, I'm laughing more at pop's face... "What you are doing is the opposite of help, but I love you so I will just wait." All too familiar, lol.
4,541	daddit	My 1yr old son loves watching me work. I can't wait until we can do projects together. Also, I super-can't-wait until he can mow the lawn.
4,542	daddit	My oldest girl is a total daddy's girl so she always helps out with what I'm doing https://imgur.com/gallery/Akrjs
4,543	daddit	I have two girls, then a boy He was born into a world of dolls and pink . He now cares about superheroes, fighting (play) and Skylanders.
4,544	daddit	My experience was reverse. Our son took no interest in helping out in the garage, or in fixing things in general. Our daughter, well, she'll hop on a creeper and slide under a vehicle with no hesitation or concern for getting dirty. She'll grab a screwdriver and take stuff apart just like she's been doing it for years. She's 5
4,545	daddit	I have two daughters and a son. Daughters went after dolls, son went after cars and trains. I tried to not influence any of their choices.
4,546	daddit	My 4yo boy was invited to a little girl's birthday party and those little girls were all rough housing, kicking each other off chairs and wrestling, while my son sat quietly in a chair covering himself in hello kitty stickers.
4,547	daddit	My 4yo is the next Michael Bay. It is explosions and squealing tires all day around him. The goofy thing is - the kid barely gets any screen time. I have no idea where he gets this stuff... maybe the other kids he plays with. But holy cow we have to rein him in sometimes with how wild he gets with it.
4,548	daddit	My 2 year old daughter is a lot like this, grabs her toy hammer anytime I am working on anything and will try "fixing" everything haha
4,549	daddit	"naturally" so you treated the kids precisely identically? Maybe he noticed it's his grandpa fixing it, a man, thus thought he should help. If grandma has been fixing it perhaps your daughter would have thought "this is what women do" and gotten more curious.
4,550	daddit	Such an awesome sign of someone growing. I remember helping my dad and grandpa fix things. I have many pictures of me and my dad building decks, working on our cars, etc. I believe these fundamental skill sets they gave me have helped me become the successful engineer I am today. I thank them for these skill often and am always grateful for the next life lesson I can learn from them. These are the truly unforgettable moments in life!
4,551	daddit	Is your dad Mandy Patinkin?
4,552	daddit	I feel it's more like one is more naturally curious than the other. We have the cabinets locked up anyway but my youngest of two boys keeps trying to get in where we keep the Draino and it was never a problem with the oldest.
4,553	daddit	There's a word for people who think there are no natural differences between boys and girls: "childless."
4,554	daddit	It's fascinating what they get into naturally and on their own. I'm a total nerd, completely useless if you put a tool in my hand and generally mechanically challenged. I love superheroes and sci-fi and all that stuff. So of course that's what I've tried to raise our son on. I'll be damned if he wants nothing to do with any of that. He loves trucks, tools and big machines. He's constantly asking "How's that work, daddy?" and it gets embarrassing when I never have the answer. Although it's been a neat teaching opportunity for us both to look it up with him. I love it though, it's so cool knowing that even at such a young age no matter how much influence I think I have, he's still very much his own person.
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4,556	daddit	What was wrong with your dishwasher?
4,557	daddit	My nephew is 3 and naturally gravitated towards tools and working on things since he could crawl.
4,558	daddit	I have a two-year-old daughter that does all these things too, actually. I don't think it's gender-specific instinct to try to "help out"
4,559	daddit	[how differently a boy naturally behaves](https://i.imgur.com/dNVvntX.gif?noredirect)
4,560	daddit	My daughter does stuff like this all the time. Maybe it's differences in the person, not the gender.
4,561	daddit	We wanted a girl because our neices were always so sweet and easy going. And our nephews were so hyper, curious and aggressive. We had a boy. Stereotypes are true.
4,562	daddit	I tried getting my daughter (oldest) involved in fixing things as a formal challenge to gender roles. She will "help" for about 2 minutes then goes off to draw or color or whatever. My son (youngest) who was not invited to help stands at the ready with "his" hammer ready to bang on whatever he can and starts poking things with a screwdriver.
4,563	daddit	I had to go out and buy my little girl a "Mickey Mouse" tool set so she could help me fix stuff around the house. It's adorable as it comes with a set of safety goggles and a hard hat with ears.
4,564	daddit	All three of my boys have been like this. Love having a bunch of boys.
4,565	daddit	Interesting. I only have one kid. She looks about the same age as your son and just yesterday she was doing the same thing with her grandpa, except it was putting a shelf together.
4,566	daddit	I have a daughter who acts that way.
4,567	daddit	This is like my oldest. He's such a typical little boy and he wants to help every single time I get out my tools. My youngest isn't quite old enough to "help" yet, but he certainly likes to get in the middle of everything.
4,568	daddit	That's awesome. It's always fun when the little ones want to help. My daughter loves glueing and staining in the woodshop. It usually means I have to touch up what she did but it's fun seeing her learn and experience it.
4,569	daddit	"Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You broke my dishwasher. Prepare to die." Couldn't think of a good Saul Berenson quote.
4,570	daddit	So cute!
4,571	daddit	I was getting ready to replace my vanity by climbing underneath the old vanity to undo the water lines and all of a sudden my 19 month old son is pushing me out of the way and climbing in there as well with a pair of plyers trying to take over. It was the best feeling.
4,572	daddit	This is my son to a T; He has the big toy workbench, duplicates of most of his toy tools, and the very second the dishwasher or disposal or car looks like it needs a tinkering, there he is, right next to daddy. RIGHT next to daddy. In the way. Constantly. We're trying for a girl next, and all I want is one that just wants to sit in one place, play dollies, and watch disney movies.
4,573	daddit	My wife and I were really wary about raising a boy with prejudices about how he would behave. Wouldn't you know, he comes out of the womb practically worshiping trucks, wheels, big machines, tools, fast cars, and fart jokes. I was not expecting that.
4,574	daddit	My Daughters do this stuff all the time. They are just different people.
4,575	daddit	True. I like to think we raised our son the same way as our daughter, but he is such a boy.
4,576	daddit	As a father of both a boy and a girl with my son being the youngest, it never ceases to amaze me the stark contrast between the two just due to their gender.
4,577	daddit	Every kid is different, but there are certainly trends. I've never understood people who argue that gender roles are just manufactured and enforced on children. Anyone who actually spends time around kids can see that boys and girls are fundamentally different. There are always exceptions, but boys really are loud explorers and girls really are more empathic and constructive. There's no way they are blank slates and we are creating that behavior in them from nothing.
4,578	daddit	You're going to get so much shit from feminists.
4,579	daddit	That's great. Is he using the screwdriver to remove a bolt or a wrench to remove a screw? Haha. My son grabs whatever tool is near him and starts poking around. My son actually got a leap from tool box as a gift and he loves that thing. Whenever I take out one of my tools he quickly runs and grabs his kit to help me. Might be something that your son would like.
4,580	daddit	He looks like a pro already! Although, he's gotta work on getting that plumbers crack goin or the union will never take him seriously ;)
4,581	daddit	Oh geeze OP, you really opened a can of worms here with this post.
4,582	daddit	This is how my daughter is. She's great with tools and always has to help. I got her one of those tool bench play sets and she loves it. She says she's ready to come to work with me most mornings. It breaks my heart to leave.
4,583	daddit	Funny, I only have one kid and it's a girl... She's almost 3 now, and I had to explain to her a few months ago that she's a girl like mommy, not a boy like daddy. She's my little boy :) We cook and do everything else together. Fix stuff, take out the trash, walk the dog, etc. The only thing she doesn't like doing is exercising with me, but she'll sneak in some exercise when I'm not around and she's with her mom.
4,584	daddit	Huh. I only have one daughter, but she literally forces her way into "helping" me fix anything and everything I repair, cook, touch, or look at even. She loves tools and being involved. And God help you if you say no.
4,585	daddit	Can we all just agree that this is cute and get over it? Who cares about this kid's gender role? Where did all these SJWs come from?
4,586	daddit	There is some interesting discussion going on in here. I'll just add my point of view as a feminine woman who liked the traditionally "masculine" toys growing up. Are there differences between boys and girls, and men and women due to hormones? Sure. But I don't think it is inherent that boys like trucks and fixing things and girls like dolls and princesses. I think a lot of people are forgetting that kids are influenced by the other children they hang out with and the media they take in. Commercials and male/female characters in shows and movies do influence what your child likes, a lot. As for me, I grew up with my two boy cousins who liked trucks and dinosaurs and I was very interested in these things too. I did not like pink and dolls, I had an intense collection of dinosaur toys. Did that make me better than little girls who liked dolls? Absolutely not. I'm just saying that there are a TON of factors that contribute to what your kid likes, and I don't think it's "natural" for boys to like blue and trucks and girls to like pink and dolls. More societal.
4,587	daddit	I cant do any "boy stuff" withOUT my daughter wanting to join in. BBQing chicken, woodwork, cooking, computer games. EDIT: missed the "out" in without
4,588	daddit	[DID YOU JUST ASSUME THAT BOYS GENDER?!?!](http://i.imgur.com/avHnbUZ.gif)
4,589	daddit	So many trigger people screaming in the face of what's obvious. Boys and Girls are different.
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4,591	daddit	Expectant father here. That looks fun. Whether mine is a dude or a dudette I hope we get to do that.
4,592	daddit	From this angle our son's could be twins.
4,593	daddit	I’m 5 years too late on this. My 6 year old step son, when we was 4/5, would force his way up on ladders with me, take my tools, everything. Ask him what he wants to do for work and he says he wants to work like me (electrician)
4,594	daddit	Don't push Gender norms!!!! I kid...this is just science right here. Period.
4,595	daddit	Story time: I took my then 8 or 10 year old daughter on an overnight backpacking trip into the local National Forest. We shared a campsite with a grandfather, father and two sons under the age of 6. I found a recently dead turtle (only thing gone were it's eyes) and thought my daughter would want to see it. I was wrong. She screamed out "GROSSSSS!" and wouldn't even poke it with a stick. Meanwhile the two young boys came running over with their grandfather to see what was causing all the commotion and were immediately mesmerized by the dead turtle. Poking it, picking it up and turning it over, etc. As their grandfather and I were talking, the oldest boy turns to grandpa and asked if they could take it back to the campsite and put it in the fire. As he was telling his grandson no, the youngest boy pulled his emergency whistle on a lanyard out from under his shirt, stuck it in the dead turtle's mouth like the turtle was going to call for help, and then proceeded to blow the crap out of the whistle. His grandfather looked like he might throw up. My daughter again screamed "GROSSSS!" and I could not stop laughing. I did my best to raise my daughter as a tomboy so I would have someone to camp with and poke dead things with sticks with but failed miserably. That right there was the best example of boys and girls being different.
4,596	daddit	Interesting how biology has such an impact, even at such a young age. [A study on Monkeys](http://www.livescience.com/22677-girls-dolls-boys-toy-trucks.html) found that infants play with toys that are traditional for their gender. Females play with dolls and aren't interested in trucks, and vice versa, as a trend.
4,597	daddit	The fact that almost everyone in this thread will someday have (or already do have) children is terrifying to me. Boys and girls are different, get the fuck over yourselves.
4,598	daddit	My almost 2 yr old son is very similar. Any time I break out the tools, he grabs one and is trying to "help". I always get a kick out of it until he runs off with something I need.
4,599	daddit	But you're forcing a gender role on him!! He probably really wants to be a ballet dancer or a midwife.
4,600	daddit	Or that could just be his personality And not linked to gender whatsoever

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When my son was five, he asked when his knees will make loud cracking sounds like mine do.

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With me it wasn't the phone, it was the Comcast salesman that would ring the door bell EVERY OTHER DAY at nap time and set the dog barking. Seriously, every two days like clockwork. And I was already a subscriber, they were just trying to upsell. I finally called the local office and told them if I saw another salesman on my doorstep I was terminating my service with them. They didn't stop. I closed my account.

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We have an old house so of course there is a creak in the floor just outside the nursery. Always sets off the bomb.

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But I found out last week that really young babies can't hear the frequencies of the smoke detector. Mine (3mo) never even flinched when it started ringing for a full 5 mins before we could make it shut.

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Amateur! I blitz the baby awake as I take then picture :p

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Sure, but of course she hates it when I hold her like that.

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This photo just made me realize how much Harrison Ford looked like Chris Pratt. http://imgur.com/RxvBXZD http://imgur.com/Ovgsm4z

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There's a quote from the US version of "the office" where Jim relates it to the hurt locker. I always love that comparison haha

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How old? It sucks, but if they are the right age it may be time for them to learn they can go to sleep on their own. That translates into a few nights/weeks of hell to break the habit, but is worth it for the benefit. Each night sleeping in your wife's arms is another night that makes the habit harder to break. It doesn't work for everyone, but in a week of hell I went from having to hold my child, rock her to sleep, place her down and slowly back out of the room hoping she doesn't wake up, only to have her wake up an hour or two later, to placing her in her crib fully awake and walking away to have her be asleep in 5 mins.

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Toast.

4,512

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We thought we were doing the same thing. Then he got a little older and things wake him up.

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I got a wolverine doll to the webbing of my toe during Saturday daughter drop off. The claws made a lovely pattern in my feet

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I was a kid like 6 years ago. I used to have one tiny path going from my door to my bed. The rest of the floor was covered in lego

4,515

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Shhhhhccckk TUNG

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A good fart can easily solve this issue.

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Small electric heating blanket works great. Just put it in when the baby is out and remove it when putting the baby back.

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This guy fucked

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So I need to drop my baby's arm above head when I put her down? Sounds good! Edit: do not do this. It doesn't work! Baby woke up screaming and won't stop! This guy probably isn't even a professional!

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I learned that from watching House MD.

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My wife created a very sweet sign that she hung up. It reads "baby sleeping, dogs napping, please don't knock". We've also disabled our doorbell for the time being. Friends just call or text if they're coming over, and then just do the same when they're outside. That's eliminated 95% of solicitors. For the other 5%, she is not very polite to them if she opens the door.

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I used to do the door to door thing for a while. They weren't Comcast employees but contractors and Comcast had no power to tell them to stop

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I'm doing Ferber method with a near 6 month old, but I just can't figure this out: what to do with a hungry baby? We've whittled him down to a few feedings a night but it seems like the hardest problem to snuff out. Was your daughter always needing to eat into the night? I will check out this book. Putting him down drowsy (not dead asleep) is already paying dividends.

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Holy dooly, that's less stunt double closeness, more sibling close.

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Dang I only saw him in the early seasons of parks and rec. He wasn't really fat or anything but how'd he lose so much weight?

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How old was she at the time you did that?

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No, don't touch that!

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Learn to love the gas. Learn to love the gas.

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Hot water bottle perhaps.

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I told the sales people to stop too... politely because I knew they were just doing their jobs. I had no idea they were contractors. How does that work? Independent with commission? Do they get a lead sheet, 'cause they knew I was an internet-only subscriber.

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He stopped drinking beer.

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It was his role in Zero Dark Thirty if I recall correctly. Have to be in good shape even if you're just pretending to be a Navy SEAL. Then he became a superhero in Guardians of the Galaxy, so that makes for some pretty good motivation.

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Movie deals? Hell of a motivator.

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Around five months or so. The negative routine we'd built was from about 4 months on so I wonder if it would have been successful earlier but it switched from her making our schedule to is making hers which was nice.

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The leads they get are not from the company. And its straight commission. I would make about $100 a sale. The companies push you to be slimier than a car salesman

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Interesting, that's all pretty compelling. Definitely going to check it out. It's amazing how different the advice is everywhere. Pediatrician says absolutely no training until 6 months, etc.

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How much was he drinking?!

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We've read, thought and talked about this sleep issue too. There certainly is a habit parameter here, but a kid just keeps on developing in cycles. During those cycles new they become aware of new things. I think it's kind of natural that their sleep pattern isn't the same at all. We kind of try to adapt and let our child sleep in our bed in times of need. If he's sick, he sleeps with us - thats what he wants. I do like my sleep. If he sleeps with us, I get kicked for 6 hours all night long. I feel so destroyed sometimes when I awake. I've gained 10 Kg so maybe that's a factor. I'm just not sure.

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Haha, I'm laughing more at pop's face... "What you are doing is the opposite of help, but I love you so I will just wait." All too familiar, lol.

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My 1yr old son loves watching me work. I can't wait until we can do projects together. Also, I super-can't-wait until he can mow the lawn.

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My oldest girl is a total daddy's girl so she always helps out with what I'm doing https://imgur.com/gallery/Akrjs

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I have two girls, then a boy He was born into a world of dolls and pink . He now cares about superheroes, fighting (play) and Skylanders.

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My experience was reverse. Our son took no interest in helping out in the garage, or in fixing things in general. Our daughter, well, she'll hop on a creeper and slide under a vehicle with no hesitation or concern for getting dirty. She'll grab a screwdriver and take stuff apart just like she's been doing it for years. She's 5

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I have two daughters and a son. Daughters went after dolls, son went after cars and trains. I tried to not influence any of their choices.

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My 4yo boy was invited to a little girl's birthday party and those little girls were all rough housing, kicking each other off chairs and wrestling, while my son sat quietly in a chair covering himself in hello kitty stickers.

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My 4yo is the next Michael Bay. It is explosions and squealing tires all day around him. The goofy thing is - the kid barely gets any screen time. I have no idea where he gets this stuff... maybe the other kids he plays with. But holy cow we have to rein him in sometimes with how wild he gets with it.

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My 2 year old daughter is a lot like this, grabs her toy hammer anytime I am working on anything and will try "fixing" everything haha

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"naturally" so you treated the kids precisely identically? Maybe he noticed it's his grandpa fixing it, a man, thus thought he should help. If grandma has been fixing it perhaps your daughter would have thought "this is what women do" and gotten more curious.

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Such an awesome sign of someone growing. I remember helping my dad and grandpa fix things. I have many pictures of me and my dad building decks, working on our cars, etc. I believe these fundamental skill sets they gave me have helped me become the successful engineer I am today. I thank them for these skill often and am always grateful for the next life lesson I can learn from them. These are the truly unforgettable moments in life!

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Is your dad Mandy Patinkin?

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I feel it's more like one is more naturally curious than the other. We have the cabinets locked up anyway but my youngest of two boys keeps trying to get in where we keep the Draino and it was never a problem with the oldest.

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There's a word for people who think there are no natural differences between boys and girls: "childless."

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It's fascinating what they get into naturally and on their own. I'm a total nerd, completely useless if you put a tool in my hand and generally mechanically challenged. I love superheroes and sci-fi and all that stuff. So of course that's what I've tried to raise our son on. I'll be damned if he wants nothing to do with any of that. He loves trucks, tools and big machines. He's constantly asking "How's that work, daddy?" and it gets embarrassing when I never have the answer. Although it's been a neat teaching opportunity for us both to look it up with him. I love it though, it's so cool knowing that even at such a young age no matter how much influence I think I have, he's still very much his own person.

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What was wrong with your dishwasher?

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My nephew is 3 and naturally gravitated towards tools and working on things since he could crawl.

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I have a two-year-old daughter that does all these things too, actually. I don't think it's gender-specific instinct to try to "help out"

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[how differently a boy naturally behaves](https://i.imgur.com/dNVvntX.gif?noredirect)

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My daughter does stuff like this all the time. Maybe it's differences in the person, not the gender.

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We wanted a girl because our neices were always so sweet and easy going. And our nephews were so hyper, curious and aggressive. We had a boy. Stereotypes are true.

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I tried getting my daughter (oldest) involved in fixing things as a formal challenge to gender roles. She will "help" for about 2 minutes then goes off to draw or color or whatever. My son (youngest) who was not invited to help stands at the ready with "his" hammer ready to bang on whatever he can and starts poking things with a screwdriver.

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I had to go out and buy my little girl a "Mickey Mouse" tool set so she could help me fix stuff around the house. It's adorable as it comes with a set of safety goggles and a hard hat with ears.

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All three of my boys have been like this. Love having a bunch of boys.

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Interesting. I only have one kid. She looks about the same age as your son and just yesterday she was doing the same thing with her grandpa, except it was putting a shelf together.

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I have a daughter who acts that way.

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This is like my oldest. He's such a typical little boy and he wants to help every single time I get out my tools. My youngest isn't quite old enough to "help" yet, but he certainly likes to get in the middle of everything.

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That's awesome. It's always fun when the little ones want to help. My daughter loves glueing and staining in the woodshop. It usually means I have to touch up what she did but it's fun seeing her learn and experience it.

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"Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You broke my dishwasher. Prepare to die." Couldn't think of a good Saul Berenson quote.

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So cute!

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I was getting ready to replace my vanity by climbing underneath the old vanity to undo the water lines and all of a sudden my 19 month old son is pushing me out of the way and climbing in there as well with a pair of plyers trying to take over. It was the best feeling.

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This is my son to a T; He has the big toy workbench, duplicates of most of his toy tools, and the very second the dishwasher or disposal or car looks like it needs a tinkering, there he is, right next to daddy. RIGHT next to daddy. In the way. Constantly. We're trying for a girl next, and all I want is one that just wants to sit in one place, play dollies, and watch disney movies.

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My wife and I were really wary about raising a boy with prejudices about how he would behave. Wouldn't you know, he comes out of the womb practically worshiping trucks, wheels, big machines, tools, fast cars, and fart jokes. I was not expecting that.

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My Daughters do this stuff all the time. They are just different people.

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True. I like to think we raised our son the same way as our daughter, but he is such a boy.

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As a father of both a boy and a girl with my son being the youngest, it never ceases to amaze me the stark contrast between the two just due to their gender.

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Every kid is different, but there are certainly trends. I've never understood people who argue that gender roles are just manufactured and enforced on children. Anyone who actually spends time around kids can see that boys and girls are fundamentally different. There are always exceptions, but boys really are loud explorers and girls really are more empathic and constructive. There's no way they are blank slates and we are creating that behavior in them from nothing.

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You're going to get so much shit from feminists.

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That's great. Is he using the screwdriver to remove a bolt or a wrench to remove a screw? Haha. My son grabs whatever tool is near him and starts poking around. My son actually got a leap from tool box as a gift and he loves that thing. Whenever I take out one of my tools he quickly runs and grabs his kit to help me. Might be something that your son would like.

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He looks like a pro already! Although, he's gotta work on getting that plumbers crack goin or the union will never take him seriously ;)

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Oh geeze OP, you really opened a can of worms here with this post.

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This is how my daughter is. She's great with tools and always has to help. I got her one of those tool bench play sets and she loves it. She says she's ready to come to work with me most mornings. It breaks my heart to leave.

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Funny, I only have one kid and it's a girl... She's almost 3 now, and I had to explain to her a few months ago that she's a girl like mommy, not a boy like daddy. She's my little boy :) We cook and do everything else together. Fix stuff, take out the trash, walk the dog, etc. The only thing she doesn't like doing is exercising with me, but she'll sneak in some exercise when I'm not around and she's with her mom.

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Huh. I only have one daughter, but she literally forces her way into "helping" me fix anything and everything I repair, cook, touch, or look at even. She loves tools and being involved. And God help you if you say no.

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Can we all just agree that this is cute and get over it? Who cares about this kid's gender role? Where did all these SJWs come from?

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There is some interesting discussion going on in here. I'll just add my point of view as a feminine woman who liked the traditionally "masculine" toys growing up. Are there differences between boys and girls, and men and women due to hormones? Sure. But I don't think it is inherent that boys like trucks and fixing things and girls like dolls and princesses. I think a lot of people are forgetting that kids are influenced by the other children they hang out with and the media they take in. Commercials and male/female characters in shows and movies do influence what your child likes, a lot. As for me, I grew up with my two boy cousins who liked trucks and dinosaurs and I was very interested in these things too. I did not like pink and dolls, I had an intense collection of dinosaur toys. Did that make me better than little girls who liked dolls? Absolutely not. I'm just saying that there are a TON of factors that contribute to what your kid likes, and I don't think it's "natural" for boys to like blue and trucks and girls to like pink and dolls. More societal.

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I cant do any "boy stuff" withOUT my daughter wanting to join in. BBQing chicken, woodwork, cooking, computer games. EDIT: missed the "out" in without

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[DID YOU JUST ASSUME THAT BOYS GENDER?!?!](http://i.imgur.com/avHnbUZ.gif)

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So many trigger people screaming in the face of what's obvious. Boys and Girls are different.

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Expectant father here. That looks fun. Whether mine is a dude or a dudette I hope we get to do that.

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From this angle our son's could be twins.

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I’m 5 years too late on this. My 6 year old step son, when we was 4/5, would force his way up on ladders with me, take my tools, everything. Ask him what he wants to do for work and he says he wants to work like me (electrician)

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Don't push Gender norms!!!! I kid...this is just science right here. Period.

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Story time: I took my then 8 or 10 year old daughter on an overnight backpacking trip into the local National Forest. We shared a campsite with a grandfather, father and two sons under the age of 6. I found a recently dead turtle (only thing gone were it's eyes) and thought my daughter would want to see it. I was wrong. She screamed out "GROSSSSS!" and wouldn't even poke it with a stick. Meanwhile the two young boys came running over with their grandfather to see what was causing all the commotion and were immediately mesmerized by the dead turtle. Poking it, picking it up and turning it over, etc. As their grandfather and I were talking, the oldest boy turns to grandpa and asked if they could take it back to the campsite and put it in the fire. As he was telling his grandson no, the youngest boy pulled his emergency whistle on a lanyard out from under his shirt, stuck it in the dead turtle's mouth like the turtle was going to call for help, and then proceeded to blow the crap out of the whistle. His grandfather looked like he might throw up. My daughter again screamed "GROSSSS!" and I could not stop laughing. I did my best to raise my daughter as a tomboy so I would have someone to camp with and poke dead things with sticks with but failed miserably. That right there was the best example of boys and girls being different.

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Interesting how biology has such an impact, even at such a young age. [A study on Monkeys](http://www.livescience.com/22677-girls-dolls-boys-toy-trucks.html) found that infants play with toys that are traditional for their gender. Females play with dolls and aren't interested in trucks, and vice versa, as a trend.

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The fact that almost everyone in this thread will someday have (or already do have) children is terrifying to me. Boys and girls are different, get the fuck over yourselves.

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My almost 2 yr old son is very similar. Any time I break out the tools, he grabs one and is trying to "help". I always get a kick out of it until he runs off with something I need.

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But you're forcing a gender role on him!! He probably really wants to be a ballet dancer or a midwife.

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Or that could just be his personality And not linked to gender whatsoever