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<blockquote data-quote="nerfherder" data-source="post: 578059" data-attributes="member: 15907"><p>Thank you, everyone.</p><p></p><p>First, I was right! Fleur went into labor just before I drove off on an errand, Housemate Blacksmith was finally unattended (except by The Two Year Old) watching the kidding - and she had three! Our first triplets! One buckling and two doelings, all are nursing pretty well. Not too surprised by the triplets, Fleur was one of a kidding of four - and if you wonder how you can keep up with your kids, imagine what it's like to have three or more kids and only two teats. They figure it out though, and they're cute as buttons. The buckling (boy) even started trying to play with his sisters at only a couple hours old, he tried to rabbit-jump and fell right on his nose.</p><p></p><p>That brings us up to 18 goats, and we still have 9 does waiting to kid over the next two or three months. Most are due between now and March, we have two latecomers who are probably going to kid April or May. There, I'm finished bragging now.</p><p></p><p>We practice "access control" with the kiddo, if she's not in her room she has an adult responsible for her at all times. She's broken into the root cellar to steal apples a dozen or more at a time, and is quite capable of slamming them in minutes. (Even with no apparent unmonitored time, she somehow managed to hide 18 apples and half a pound of our dried fruit under her blanket yesterday.) Her teachers have learned to never leave food on their desks when she's in class, she has a full-time aide to keep her from trashpicking food or sneaking it out of the class fridges (which are now all locked) and her schoolbus teacher, who is a friend of Housemate, will let him (and us) know if she's eating on the bus - driver and bus aide are not allowed to take things from students you see. And since the only food she gets at school is what I send her to school with (in a see-through lunch bag, the only thing she has to carry with her) they know what she eats, and what she isn't permitted.</p><p></p><p>She is a confirmed pilferer, and I figure someday she's going to get in Serious Trouble for it, when she's no longer a cute kiddo whose mom is making her pay for what she snuck out of the store. No idea how they'll manage that when she's in an ISLA home, once her name percolates to the top of the waiting list.</p><p></p><p>I hope she never figures out that there are males on the planet who'll give her any candy she wants if. You know?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nerfherder, post: 578059, member: 15907"] Thank you, everyone. First, I was right! Fleur went into labor just before I drove off on an errand, Housemate Blacksmith was finally unattended (except by The Two Year Old) watching the kidding - and she had three! Our first triplets! One buckling and two doelings, all are nursing pretty well. Not too surprised by the triplets, Fleur was one of a kidding of four - and if you wonder how you can keep up with your kids, imagine what it's like to have three or more kids and only two teats. They figure it out though, and they're cute as buttons. The buckling (boy) even started trying to play with his sisters at only a couple hours old, he tried to rabbit-jump and fell right on his nose. That brings us up to 18 goats, and we still have 9 does waiting to kid over the next two or three months. Most are due between now and March, we have two latecomers who are probably going to kid April or May. There, I'm finished bragging now. We practice "access control" with the kiddo, if she's not in her room she has an adult responsible for her at all times. She's broken into the root cellar to steal apples a dozen or more at a time, and is quite capable of slamming them in minutes. (Even with no apparent unmonitored time, she somehow managed to hide 18 apples and half a pound of our dried fruit under her blanket yesterday.) Her teachers have learned to never leave food on their desks when she's in class, she has a full-time aide to keep her from trashpicking food or sneaking it out of the class fridges (which are now all locked) and her schoolbus teacher, who is a friend of Housemate, will let him (and us) know if she's eating on the bus - driver and bus aide are not allowed to take things from students you see. And since the only food she gets at school is what I send her to school with (in a see-through lunch bag, the only thing she has to carry with her) they know what she eats, and what she isn't permitted. She is a confirmed pilferer, and I figure someday she's going to get in Serious Trouble for it, when she's no longer a cute kiddo whose mom is making her pay for what she snuck out of the store. No idea how they'll manage that when she's in an ISLA home, once her name percolates to the top of the waiting list. I hope she never figures out that there are males on the planet who'll give her any candy she wants if. You know? [/QUOTE]
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