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Nybble posted:Good luck Space Uncle! Our scheduled c/s is tomorrow for kiddo number 2 as well. I like the “only 4 players” line… but what if I want to have a full MOBA team? hmm Good luck to you too! Kiddo is happy and healthy, 5 lbs even. Mom doing great too. #2 hell of a lot easier. Jesus. Now I see why 3+ kids happen (but not to me). If any of them play MOBAs they’re out of the will.
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Renegret posted:Oh wow here I was expecting August or something. Maybe you can call every few days and go hunting for a cancellation? Oof. We got lucky hitting a cancellation with the ophthalmologist, but for derm the pediatrician actually suggested finding a general dermatologist who would see a 2 year old. I ended up finding someone on zocdoc with her own practice and good reviews who could see the toddler the next day. She's out in the suburbs, but I guess you can't win everything. It definitely helps that we're in a major metro area with a good PPO insurance plan, though.
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I have to say it‘s pretty wild to see so many people struggle with potty training. We just waited until my daughter was ready and it was a breeze. She needed diapers at night until she was 5 I think but who cares. Serious question, what‘s the rush? Are you afraid that your kid will be made fun of?
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I'm convinced the only reason my 3yo doesn't use the toilet is she loves making me chase her to change her. Just say you want to play tag, kiddo 😄
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Neco posted:I have to say it‘s pretty wild to see so many people struggle with potty training. We just waited until my daughter was ready and it was a breeze. She needed diapers at night until she was 5 I think but who cares. Serious question, what‘s the rush? Are you afraid that your kid will be made fun of? Our daycare told us they would hold him back and he could potentially lose his spot, as all the 3 year olds have to be potty trained. We were worried he would get split up from all his friends and fall behind and poop his pants forever. But you’re right, kids just kind of are ready when they’re ready. Can introduce it and reinforce it and train it but it’s mostly up to them.
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May 1, 2024 18:04
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Neco posted:I have to say it‘s pretty wild to see so many people struggle with potty training. We just waited until my daughter was ready and it was a breeze. She needed diapers at night until she was 5 I think but who cares. Serious question, what‘s the rush? Are you afraid that your kid will be made fun of? it's because changing diapers full of poo poo loving sucks
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Jose Valasquez posted:it's because changing diapers full of poo poo loving sucks
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Our potty training problem was that our son just preferred pooping in diapers or underwear to pooping in the potty. He spent about 2 weeks fully potty trained, and then just decided he didn't want to poop in the potty anymore, so we knew it wasn't a matter of not being capable. He would (try to) hold it in all day, then as soon as he got a nighttime diaper he'd take a massive dump 5 minutes later. This went on for months until eventually we set a rule that he had to try to poop on the potty for a few minutes before he could have his nighttime diaper. The first two nights it was a huge meltdown and fight over it before he'd eventually give in and just do it, since then he's consistently pooped in the potty before bed with no fuss and even pooped in the potty during the day a few times.
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May 1, 2024 18:31
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We had to make an emergency potty stop Sunday and I had to flush it. Good Lord I was not aware my kid could make poops that big. Really glad I didn't have to scrape that off her butt for 5 min Dealing with potty stops is kind of a pain in the rear end, but it's way better than hauling around a giant diaper bag full of 10lbs baby support stuff every time you go more than 500' from the house
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space uncle posted:Good luck to you too! Glad to hear y’all are healthy! We delivered yesterday: almost 9 pounds! Shocked this kiddo didn’t come early, and very glad we elected for a c/s. Recovery for mom is going so much better too this time. She was good last time after many hours of labor and then emergency c/s and no sleep. This time we are well rested and she was already up and walking. And the first kiddo is really taking it well, she loves being with her grandma. She doesn’t mind that we are away at the hospital (yet), just wants to know where we are, so we’ll probably do intros at home since we’ll discharge much sooner. (2-3 days rather than 5 last time)
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Jose Valasquez posted:it's because changing diapers full of poo poo loving sucks Idk, changing poop diapers is one of the least worst things about parenting so far. Ain’t no big deal. I’d rather change several poop diapers than feed my boy several times. Ugh feeding these loving children sucks.
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Eeyo posted:Idk, changing poop diapers is one of the least worst things about parenting so far. Ain’t no big deal. Poopy diapers are nothing. Getting covered in baby cheese in the middle of the night after feeding is far worse. Colic was a loving nightmare. One night we literally had to drive around the apartment complex we were vacationing in with our firstborn for more than an hour just to get him to go to sleep.
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Nybble posted:Glad to hear y’all are healthy! Yeah the difference in recovery between an emergency C and a scheduled is night and day. We had the exact same kind of experience and the same result.
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Eeyo posted:Idk, changing poop diapers is one of the least worst things about parenting so far. Ain’t no big deal. Our sweet boy is still eating only milk but I have heard that real food poops are on a new and horrible level.
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Nybble posted:Glad to hear y’all are healthy! :O that’s a big baby! C/S was a great idea. Congrats and glad you guys are all good We introduced first kid to baby at the hospital and it went OK. He was nice about it, just a bit jealous and uninterested. He went back to Grandma’s house very well. Wife currently anxious because we tried to name our baby with [American first name] [Burmese Middle Name] [American last name] format. This was to honor her late father. We struggled with picking this name and baby was already here for hours before we settled on it. Her mom called her in a panic literally seconds after I confirmed the SSA/birth certificate paperwork. We managed to pick the one English name “Lee” that means “dick” or “gently caress” or “prick” in Burmese. So the honorific name was actually highly insulting. Chased down the paperwork lady and now our baby is once again nameless.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Our sweet boy is still eating only milk but I have heard that real food poops are on a new and horrible level. Advantages: the poops firm up and you're no longer faced with the occasional bomb-squad level caution to avoid spilling the pool of extremely runny liquid poo poo as you seal up the diaper for disposal. Also frequency goes down. Disadvantage: god it stinks something terrible and sometimes it's still pretty sticky. space uncle posted:Wife currently anxious because we tried to name our baby with [American first name] [Burmese Middle Name] [American last name] format. This was to honor her late father. We struggled with picking this name and baby was already here for hours before we settled on it. Well, at least you caught it in time! If you haven't looked at it already, https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/decades/century.html is a list of the most basic-rear end American names, statistically, over the last hundred years. You can also dig in by decade if you want to get something a little more unusual. Good way to find something that's "standard" enough nobody should be confused over spelling, but maybe a little more unique so he's not one of a dozen Noahs or Liams in kindergarten.
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We’re following the advice of the 2 GI specialists we’ve seen and using laxatives to clean out the system of some chronic constipation. It works but it’s awful - upset stomach, no energy or appetite, and days spent at home not feeling well. I can see how some parents turn onto the crunchy anti-medicine path; all I want is to stop giving my kid stuff that makes them feel bad and go play outside. I think water and activity are primary prescriptions once we get through this, but the past few days have just sucked.
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space uncle posted:Our daycare told us they would hold him back and he could potentially lose his spot, as all the 3 year olds have to be potty trained. We were worried he would get split up from all his friends and fall behind and poop his pants forever. Okay but that‘s a reason right there. Never had any requirements like that with daycare luckily.
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Democratic Pirate posted:We’re following the advice of the 2 GI specialists we’ve seen and using laxatives to clean out the system of some chronic constipation. It works but it’s awful - upset stomach, no energy or appetite, and days spent at home not feeling well. I can see how some parents turn onto the crunchy anti-medicine path; all I want is to stop giving my kid stuff that makes them feel bad and go play outside. I think water and activity are primary prescriptions once we get through this, but the past few days have just sucked. Anecdotally, prunes do seem to have helped our kid. I assume you're currently past the point where "just drink some prune juice lol" would help but maybe when things are a little more back to normal, you could try getting prunes/prune juice in the mix occasionally as a preventative measure? We can't really just hand a whole prune to our 1yo yet but my wife gives him pinches of the soft interior and he seems to enjoy it.
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Neco posted:Okay but that‘s a reason right there. Never had any requirements like that with daycare luckily. It would also serve as a good motivator for the kid too, once he realizes he won't be with his friends any more. There is no blame, no guilt, just 'well, you need to be out of diapers to be with your friends now.'. That'll get him moving real fast.
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Our oldest is nearly 2,5yo is stepping up her imaginative play. She now also has a baby sister of 4 months, who is getting breastfed. When I put our oldest to bed, she said something about food but I didn't quite catch it. Then I watched on the monitor how she took her koala plushy and fed it with her hand while babbling to herself, before putting in back in the corner of her cot and going to sleep 
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Neco posted:Okay but that‘s a reason right there. Never had any requirements like that with daycare luckily. That's pretty much the same reason why we are pushing potty training. We want our kids in preschool in the fall and every place requires kids to be fully potty trained.
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Any recommendations for portable or temporary blackout shades?
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Pham Nuwen posted:Advantages: the poops firm up and you're no longer faced with the occasional bomb-squad level caution to avoid spilling the pool of extremely runny liquid poo poo as you seal up the diaper for disposal. Also frequency goes down. Weirdly our boy’s poop frequency increased after weaning. He was doing like every other day of somewhat solid movements. Then once we got him on solids it’s like 2 or even 3 times a day and quite easy to clean. Maybe it’s all the beans and peanut butter we’re feeding him.
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nachos posted:Any recommendations for portable or temporary blackout shades? If someone has a good recommendation I would be excited for myself to say nothing about the kids. Neither of our families believe in blackout curtains (so we’ve resorted to taping layers of construction paper to the windows) and hotels always have to have about ten different LEDs or indicator lights plus a convoluted shade system that works way less well than blackout curtains.
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King Hong Kong posted:If someone has a good recommendation I would be excited for myself to say nothing about the kids. Neither of our families believe in blackout curtains (so we’ve resorted to taping layers of construction paper to the windows) and hotels always have to have about ten different LEDs or indicator lights plus a convoluted shade system that works way less well than blackout curtains. For a hotel visit we used one of these with our pack and play and it worked great.
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We put these up in our kids room for a while: https://a.co/d/iOAIsZg It kind of worked. Suction cups occasionally pop loose.
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Neco posted:I have to say it‘s pretty wild to see so many people struggle with potty training. We just waited until my daughter was ready and it was a breeze. She needed diapers at night until she was 5 I think but who cares. Serious question, what‘s the rush? Are you afraid that your kid will be made fun of? Seconding "letting the child lead" the potty training, as in: pay attention to their readiness and be ready to go as soon as they are. There's no reason to push through at 2 years old if the kid doesn't signal that they appreciate it, but on the other hand if you miss their readiness window, you're going to have resistance. My cousing waited too long (because they were advised to wait by relatives...) and their daughter absolutely refused. She was still pooping in pullups at 5! We did got rid of diapers at ~2.5 with our eldest, because that's when she started consistently peeing at will in the potty. We never went full naked training, she just gradually eased into it via "mandatory potty before naps and bedtime, and after waking" which went on for a while. It was fairly painless.
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We’re like 6 months into potty training and daughter is 100% on the poop train, and 80% on the pee train. Her biggest issue is not wanting to stop what she’s doing to potty, which im assuming is normal and we’ve just accepted something needs to click before she wants to completely avoid accidents. She did get held back which sucks because she is like a head taller and 300 words ahead of her classmates, but hopefully they can transition her into the next room soon.
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meanolmrcloud posted:We’re like 6 months into potty training and daughter is 100% on the poop train, and 80% on the pee train. Her biggest issue is not wanting to stop what she’s doing to potty, which im assuming is normal and we’ve just accepted something needs to click before she wants to completely avoid accidents. In the grand scheme of things, being held back in pre-school is nothing and doesn't do any damage at all to your kid's future. I know parents (and I'm included in this) freak out when they hear 'held back', but milestones are just rough guides. If she was having potty issues at 6 then that's an issue. At her age? It's not even a blip.
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Cimber posted:In the grand scheme of things, being held back in pre-school is nothing and doesn't do any damage at all to your kid's future. I know parents (and I'm included in this) freak out when they hear 'held back', but milestones are just rough guides. Totally. We don’t super care, and the biggest impact is probably missing out socializing with her true peers, instead of a roomful of diaper wearing barely verbally kiddos. She’s a very end of December baby, so she’s going to be on a bubble one way or another for most of her school life
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We're looking at "helper stools" for the kitchen, to bring the kid to counter height so they can watch and "help", and a common theme seems to be that they're cheaply made crap from all-caps alphabet-soup sellers on Amazon, with a tendency to fall apart or tip over. Anybody have one of these they're happy with? It's for a 1yo.
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Pham Nuwen posted:We're looking at "helper stools" for the kitchen, to bring the kid to counter height so they can watch and "help", and a common theme seems to be that they're cheaply made crap from all-caps alphabet-soup sellers on Amazon, with a tendency to fall apart or tip over. Make your food on the floor. Back when they were younger, I'd stand the kids on a chair and just hover behind them so they didn't fall off. Not ideal, but they were never interested in helping me cook for more than 5 minutes anyway.
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I have one from Harppa, had it for a year I think. Dunno how long it will last, it’s fine so far. But I have to keep a hex key nearby because the screws will slowly unscrew from being folded back and forth so often.
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I don’t know the brand but we like our folding platform for kitchen help. The only drawback is it’s not a step stool so you need to lift them in and out but it’s sturdy once they’re in there unless they decide to try and climb too high. Forgetting about knives is a fun worry now that both kids have kitchen counter access. No more stashing a knife on the center of the island - if it’s on a cutting board that sucker is coming down with the snacks.
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Pham Nuwen posted:We're looking at "helper stools" for the kitchen, to bring the kid to counter height so they can watch and "help", and a common theme seems to be that they're cheaply made crap from all-caps alphabet-soup sellers on Amazon, with a tendency to fall apart or tip over. We have the collapsible piccalio. I'm amazed our 18 month old can climb up into it and move the safety bar into place pretty easily now after getting it at 14 months. We lifted her in before. Getting down is still tricky for her. She kind of sits on the edge while hanging into the bar and waits for us to offer a hand. We're happy with the stability although when she reaches way out to the side, it can cause it to tip. I count that as just one of things we can watch for when she's in the kitchen with us. For this kind of furniture, I try to find a second hand premium option on a parent group, especially from someone who bought it and then decided it didn't fit their parenting style. It was still $150ish.
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https://www.walmart.com/ip/653340773 We have this piece of poo poo and my honest review is that it's great. Cheap, sturdy, but difficult to clean. I ended up talking the safety bar off because kiddo kept thwacking his head on it then falling backwards. For as funny as it was to watch, I decided that was more dangerous than just taking it off.
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I built ours last year out of a half sheet of plywood and some dowel. It was a fun project as a hobby, but I would not recommend doing this in general. Thinking about if the two kids will be able to share, or to make a second one, or if we give the older one a step stool type 
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