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The kid in daycare who somehow always has the canary in the coal mine runny nose had one this morning, so I guess this weekend is shot RIP.
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Ugh, kiddo spiked to 101 at daycare this morning and now he's at home being miserable. He was so good this morning, what changed?! Won't eat, got him down to 99 with a single Tylenol dose so hopefully he starts feeling better soon. Sipping Pedialyte and trying to go to sleep now.
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Oct 6, 2022 18:40
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I guess the other thing that surprised me, is neither I nor my daughter popped a temp higher than ~99.5 for covid. Daycare will send a kid home with a 101.0 or higher. Maybe it's evolved further to minimize giving people a temp. That's probably the main reason we didn't test her after Monday is because she's been 98.7 for like 10 days Thanks for the tips and condolences
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Oct 6, 2022 18:57
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When I had covid in Dec 2021 I never popped a fever either. I wonder if that's more common if you're vaccinated.
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Oct 6, 2022 19:46
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Jan 2021 even unvaccinated because they werent available yet I never popped a fever through all 3 weeks of being sick. Spent the whole thing at like 97.5
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Oct 6, 2022 19:51
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My 2 year old daughter is really starting to pick up on her Mom's Texan accent. It makes sense since she's around her 75% more than she's around me. Her saying "y'all" and "I will" in the most southern accent had me just asking her to repeat it to hear the cuteness.
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Oct 6, 2022 20:03
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Abyss posted:My 2 year old daughter is really starting to pick up on her Mom's Texan accent. It makes sense since she's around her 75% more than she's around me. Her saying "y'all" and "I will" in the most southern accent had me just asking her to repeat it to hear the cuteness. Enjoy it while you can (assuming you don’t live in Texas) because kids end up with their peers’ accents once they go to school. That’s how I know my kid will have a Boston accent even though neither of us are from Boston.
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Oct 6, 2022 20:10
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Mine says "howdy" on command now    Comes out more like "howdy?" but I'll take what I can get
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Oct 6, 2022 20:10
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External Organs posted:When I had covid in Dec 2021 I never popped a fever either. I wonder if that's more common if you're vaccinated. My son got covid in January, had a 101 fever all week, didn't lose any energy and had no other symptoms (no vaxx doses). My daughter got covid in July, she already had one dose, and no fever but major respiratory issues involving an overnight stay the children's hospital and enough albuterol to terrify you. I never tested positive then or other times despite my being the parent locked in with the sick kid. She was on my chest breathing in my face for like 12 hours to boot. Who knows.
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Oct 6, 2022 20:19
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Silent Linguist posted:Enjoy it while you can (assuming you don’t live in Texas) because kids end up with their peers’ accents once they go to school. That’s how I know my kid will have a Boston accent even though neither of us are from Boston. We live in West Texas, but my wife's accent is more East Texas, which to me sounds more Southern than where we are now. I was raised in S. Florida, so my accent is non-existent. I don't know what school will do, some kids around here have no accent and some are very hick.
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Oct 6, 2022 20:51
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So my kid is 16.5 months old and I think I'm realizing she hasn't asked for food as much as she probably needs it for reasons. I've been trying to provide a variety of snacks throughout the day now but we have two problems I'm running in to. 1: inevitably if I just put snacks or food out for her to help herself she will always shove way too much in her mouth and choke every time 2: if I give her her water or milk she will drink some then start spitting it all over herself or pouring it all over herself within a few minutes. Anyone else dealt with these challenges? How did you solve them? I want her to be able to eat/drink what she wants and needs.
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Oct 6, 2022 21:16
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hallo spacedog posted:So my kid is 16.5 months old We have one of these, it holds 2-3 ounces, like a giant size shot glass with a wide base  I usually fill it up to the top of the pink part for consistency sake. It took her a couple of weeks (months?) to not spill everything down her shirt, every time. Since I always pour it to the same amount, in the same cup she knows what to expect and has stopped pouring stuff down her shirt. This is all pretty normal, especially at 16 months. My daughter still gets milk in a bottle because I don't have time to clean all that poo poo up every 90 seconds
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Oct 6, 2022 21:29
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On accents, my 2 year old has the strongest Australian accent when she says ‘Oh no!’ and I try to get her to say it all the time because it makes me laugh. My 4 year old has an American twang when she says ‘pants’ and ‘can’t’ and I have no idea where that came from.
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Oct 6, 2022 22:56
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hallo spacedog posted:So my kid is 16.5 months old and I think I'm realizing she hasn't asked for food as much as she probably needs it for reasons. I've been trying to provide a variety of snacks throughout the day now but we have two problems I'm running in to. At 21 months, number 2 is still sadly very common, even though she demonstrates cup usage all the drat time. For 1, I’ve been fairly paranoid about chocking and typically break it up and ration it out. Like, have a plate of cut up beef, but only give her 2 or three pieces on her tray. Only in the past few months have we’ve been giving her chunks of meat/bread/fruit to gnaw down on by herself.
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Oct 7, 2022 02:40
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meanolmrcloud posted:At 21 months, number 2 is still sadly very common, even though she demonstrates cup usage all the drat time. I'm glad at least that is not just my kid who will stuff all the food in her mouth at once. It's kind of been worrying me. I'll keep rationing then and try to tell her one at a time for the time being. And yeah it's not really an inability to use a cup as she's pretty good at it, it's that she totally loves getting a huge mouthful of liquid and spitting it all over herself and the floor and then playing with it. I wouldn't mind accidents I just think it's so weird she's intent on doing this purposefully. I wish I could just put her cup out for her but she also currently hates having clothing changed or put on so I don't want to fight that battle any more than needed either.
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Oct 7, 2022 03:39
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Mine loves pouring water everywhere Sometimes we'll leave her in the upstairs bathroom and leave the tap on, she can amuse herself literally for an hour or more We have a sort of pond/outdoor fish tank and she loves to play with the water, dropping stuff in the water and scooping water out etc Maybe give her more opportunities to play with water outside of dinner, so it's less of a novelty? If you're reacting badly to it, it's going to entice them to do it more. Guaranteed reaction out of mommy and daddy
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My son still stuffs all his food into his overflowing mouth, like an animal. He’s five. Never choked, at least? Checking in with virus-chat again. We’re at the third non-COVID-positive fever for the little guy since Kindergarten started five weeks ago. Just shoot me. He gets so miserable! He never had this sort of immune challenge, I guess, despite being in preschool for years. His sister is fine - she got this out of the way when she was three. But UGH man, what the hell.
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Oct 7, 2022 07:39
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hallo spacedog posted:1: inevitably if I just put snacks or food out for her to help herself she will always shove way too much in her mouth and choke every time I figure this one will self-regulate fairly quickly. Surely she finds the choking unpleasant and will stop doing this, even if you don't externally enforce it? Of course, as you say, you'll need to watch and worry about her breathing etc, so maybe it's too unpleasant for you to watch?
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Oct 7, 2022 11:38
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Hippie Hedgehog posted:I figure this one will self-regulate fairly quickly. Surely she finds the choking unpleasant and will stop doing this, even if you don't externally enforce it? It is somewhat distressing yeah and you would think it would stop quickly.
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Oct 7, 2022 12:49
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I'm pretty sure my 18 month old has started withholding her poop. We've had constipation issues with her ever since she was about 10 months old and we've talked to the doctor about it, but that was all before she seemed to start withholding. Now we can see her try to poop but she seems to fight it and only a tiny bit comes out. She's been getting miralax for ages and we try to give her fiber rich foods and things like juice when she seems to be having problems (which is almost always). Yesterday was like the saddest thing of parenting I have had so far. She apparently knows the word suppository, because when I mentioned to her grandparents we had to give her one she yelled "NO!" and ran away screaming. Gave her one while she was fighting us the whole way, and then the next hour was her doing everything she could not to poop. She just stood there straining and crying and occasionally letting out the saddest "No" I have ever heard like she was just terrified to poop. I don't know what else to do for her. She did eventually poop of course, and it was huge, and then she was fine.
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Oct 7, 2022 15:20
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nesbit37 posted:She did eventually poop of course, and it was huge, and then she was fine. Same for our now-9 month old, after not pooping for 4+ days. Mashed prunes work wonders!
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Oct 7, 2022 15:54
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Our daughter calls us over to show us every turd she drops in the toilet. It was kinda funny at first but we get it kid everyone poops.
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Oct 7, 2022 16:30
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calandryll posted:Our daughter calls us over to show us every turd she drops in the toilet. It was kinda funny at first but we get it kid everyone poops. as someone who is doing potty training with my 2.5yo right now, i wish i had this "problem"
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Oct 7, 2022 17:31
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nesbit37 posted:I'm pretty sure my 18 month old has started withholding her poop. We've had constipation issues with her ever since she was about 10 months old and we've talked to the doctor about it, but that was all before she seemed to start withholding. Now we can see her try to poop but she seems to fight it and only a tiny bit comes out. She's been getting miralax for ages and we try to give her fiber rich foods and things like juice when she seems to be having problems (which is almost always). one of us one of us We started having the same problem around 18 months old. Kiddo's almost 4 and he still tries to withhold. At this point he's on so much miralax and fiber supplements that he physically can't stop it anymore. Instead of constipation he just leaks poop for a few hours until the volcano erupts. It's causing a real challenge in that last step of potty training because he refuses to poop unless he's marching in circles trying to stop it. Our doctor recommended against the regular use of suppositories. She said they're fine if there's an emergency and she's in a lot of pain and needs immediate relief, but the concern is that the kids will start getting dependent on the immediate relief. Personally I have my doubts that they'll get dependent on something going up their butt but hey, kids, ya know? At this point we don't know what to do other than wait it out. It's gotten a little better recently but we're not there yet.
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Oct 7, 2022 18:18
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Ours alternates between poop strikes and calmly sitting in her pooping corner It's fine until it's not, then daycare starts calling and is like, "uhh prune juice" comon guys
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Oct 7, 2022 18:40
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My 19mo lets it rip in his crib every morning and helpfully greets me with ‘poop’ when I go to get him. That boy is regular. Both of our kids have been shameless poopers so far and I’m hoping to continue cultivating that due to the alternatives sucking.
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Oct 7, 2022 19:21
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My nearly two year old has started running towards me grabbing his bottom saying “a-poo” after he poops. Is this a sign that we should start thinking about potty training? How do you know when they are ready?
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Oct 7, 2022 20:50
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They are ready to begin the first stage
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Tell me about your experiences with asthma. Daycare is concerned - 22 month old has been having coughing fits, followed by throwing up 'cause he's got a hair-trigger gag reflex, for a couple of weeks now. Usually after running around outside or getting really worked up playing. He's also recently ended up in urgent care and needed breathing treatments, first after RSV and then after what seemed like a mild cold. We still have the rescue inhaler we got sent home with after the first time, and he's not a fan of the mask. What's the typical treatment? Maintenance steroid + rescue? Any chance he'll grow out of it? ETA: How is this typically diagnosed? Off our observations, or is there a test? We have an appt with the ped on Monday, just want to be prepared.
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Just assembled a "big kid bed" for my toddler. We've been talking about it for about a month, since she started refusing the crib, and wanted to have it ready when she decides it's fun to try. Then, the cruel gods decided it wasn't challenging enough on its own and her grandma passed away a couple of days ago. We're in this whole "death" thing at the moment as we are preparing for the funeral tomorrow, and I just got an email from preschool that there was a covid case in her group. Wish me luck.
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2DEG posted:Tell me about your experiences with asthma. Daycare is concerned - 22 month old has been having coughing fits, followed by throwing up 'cause he's got a hair-trigger gag reflex, for a couple of weeks now. Usually after running around outside or getting really worked up playing. He's also recently ended up in urgent care and needed breathing treatments, first after RSV and then after what seemed like a mild cold. We still have the rescue inhaler we got sent home with after the first time, and he's not a fan of the mask. What's the typical treatment? Maintenance steroid + rescue? Any chance he'll grow out of it? I have no idea how they test for it in little kids. In adults, I believe they do a provocation test - ie let you inhale some irritant substance, and measure your lung capacity before and after. Asthmatic people will have a much stronger reaction with greatly reduced volume. But you'd have a hard time getting a toddler to properly blow into a spirometer, so I doubt they'd do that. (My kid couldn't reliably blow any volume of air until after 3 years old...) Asthma seems like a possible cause of having more severe RSV etc, but it might be "sensitive airways" which is what I've got, apparently. I get affected by dust etc much more than others, but never had a full-on asthma attack. A kid at our daycare was hospitalized with RSV twice in one year, as the pandemic restrictions eased last year, he simply has pretty narrow airways to begin with and the amount of phlegm was just not letting him breathe properly.
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Hadlock posted:They are ready to begin the first stage Oh lord, I’m not ready!
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2DEG posted:Tell me about your experiences with asthma. He also has a history of reactive airway disease/viral-induced asthma or whatever you want to call it. He was hospitalized at 11 months with RSV and I've taken him to the ED or after hours clinic at least for two other episodes. I don't know if this is necessarily related to his mechanical vomiting, but who knows. Since his hospitalization he's been on a maintenance steroid (Flovent) which we give twice a day with an inhaler+spacer. Personally I much recommend that versus a nebulizer--it's pretty quick to administer, travels well, doesn't require power, etc. Otherwise he's generally not albuterol repsonive. We have an albuteol inhaler too and sometimes it opens him up, but we usually don't use it. Anyways it's not uncommon in kids. They can grow out of it, and at three he's had fewer episodes than in the past. Just based on history and a chest exam, his pediatrician will probably recommend a maintenance steroid. I'm not sure there's "a test" otherwise. You shouldn't need to see a specialist (pulmonologist) to manage it, although we did after my son had a bout of pneumonia--there's something anatomical going on there. Still, it's all very much wait and see.
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2DEG posted:Tell me about your experiences with asthma. Both of our kids (4.5 yo, almost 2 yo) have "reactive airway disease" which is basically asthma that's only triggered by respiratory infections. They can run around and not have any trouble, but almost anytime they get a cold, they get a bad asthmatic cough to go with it. The 4 yo had croup twice last winter, and so the doctor has given us standing orders for both of them to just give them lots of budesonide via nebulizer twice a day whenever they have colds. The thinking is that even a high dose of inhaled steroid is a lot easier on the body than a systemic oral steroid like prednisone or dexamethasone, which they'd get if it did progress to croup. They also have rescue inhalers with spacers for albuterol. There is hope that they'll grow out of it as their airways get bigger. There was no specific test, just a diagnosis based on these responses to illness.
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2DEG posted:Tell me about your experiences with asthma. Daycare is concerned - 22 month old has been having coughing fits, followed by throwing up 'cause he's got a hair-trigger gag reflex, for a couple of weeks now. Usually after running around outside or getting really worked up playing. He's also recently ended up in urgent care and needed breathing treatments, first after RSV and then after what seemed like a mild cold. We still have the rescue inhaler we got sent home with after the first time, and he's not a fan of the mask. What's the typical treatment? Maintenance steroid + rescue? Any chance he'll grow out of it? My son has suspected asthma and is on a fluticasone inhaler twice a day. The actual diagnostic test is spirometry and is typically done on school aged children because they need to be able to both follow instructions and understand concepts like deep breath in, breathe out keep breathing out keep breathing out etc. Basically the inhaler means he stops getting puffed and coughing after 10min of hard cardio exercise (eg trampoline) or less in cold weather. Just have to wash his mouth out after inhaler doses to prevent opportunistic thrush infections from oral immunosuppression. Our son is not a fan of the mask but eventually it became routine (he calls it the medicine horn). We also have a salbutamol inhaler for spot treatment and find we need it a lot when hes got a respiratory illness. No idea if he'll grow out of it, we hope so.
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Hi parenting thread I have a two year old who just grabbed a Kleenex and blew her own nose and I am ecstatic.
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Goddamn it how loud can a kid be on the stairs? Your BROTHER is SLEEPING, sounds like you tied two bowling balls together and pitched them down the steps.
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Brawnfire posted:Goddamn it how loud can a kid be in/on ________? Your ________ is SLEEPING, sounds like you tied two bowling balls together and pitched them down the _______.
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99% sure my 4 year old has HFM. He was sent home from preschool yesterday with a fever. We brought him to urgent care and no ear infection and no signs of HFM but that’s what the PA was thinking. Today he’s got some acne looking stuff around his mouth. So, we will try and keep the 18 month away from him and we’ll wash our hands and sanitize, but…if I’m not showing symptoms, can I go to work? Never had to deal with this before. I work with people that are also parents so I don’t want to spread it. My wife stays at home with the 18 month old so she’ll have a rough week for sure…just curious if I should count on missing work (college teacher).
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Yeah that's exactly how our HFM progressed. Big fever spike, then nothing, then 48 hours later  and 9 days later it's like nothing ever happened
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