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Volmarias
Dec 31, 2002

EMAIL... THE INTERNET... SEARCH ENGINES...

Industrial posted:

Our 20 month old still cannot consistently fall asleep without being rocked. Unfortunately it is taking longer and longer and becoming more and more uncomfortable as he is continuing to grow. It is also getting much harder to get him fro the rocking chair to his crib without waking him, I assume because his nervous system is developing. Between bedtime, his usual waking up at 3:30-4am, and his nap, I am spending 4-6 hours a day rocking him in his chair, time when I think he should be sleeping. He only sleeps about 7-8 hours a night and typically takes a 1.5-2 hour nap. If you put him in his crib at anything less than 100% asleep he stands up and cries until you rock him. Any ideas?

That doesn't sound like nearly enough sleep at night. Have you taken a look at the various goon favorite sleep books?

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VorpalBunny
May 1, 2009

Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog

Volmarias posted:

That doesn't sound like nearly enough sleep at night. Have you taken a look at the various goon favorite sleep books?

Hdip
Aug 21, 2002
To transition our boy to sleeping by himself without being rocked we started with naps first. He still had a pacifier and I would lay on the floor next to the crib. When he got up I would take the pacifier away and ask him to lay down. When he laid down he'd get the pacifier back. After a week or so of him laying in the crib to sleep for naps. We switched to nighttime same routine.

Now he will nap by himself. We're trying to get nighttime to be by himself too but I still lay on the floor sometimes til he goes to sleep.

Carseats. The Diono's are nice but take up A LOT of room rear facing. The chicco nexfit looks cool to me. Just try a bunch out in a store and see what you like. BuyBuyBaby has a better selection of seats than babiesRus I've found.

skeetied
Mar 10, 2011

Grifter posted:

My daughter is getting too large for her car seat. She is 11 months old and is about a half inch shy of the recommended height maximum for her current seat. I'd prefer a rear facing seat that is convertible - that is to say I hope to not buy more car seats after this. Anyone have recommendations?

We love love love our Chicco NextFit. It's one of the longest lasting car seats on the market and the customer service is fantastic. It's incredibly comfortable (or so my son says), it installs in less than 30 seconds (not kidding at all), and it's also very narrow front to back so you don't have to move your front seats up.

Kitiara
Apr 21, 2009

Industrial posted:

Our 20 month old still cannot consistently fall asleep without being rocked. Unfortunately it is taking longer and longer and becoming more and more uncomfortable as he is continuing to grow. It is also getting much harder to get him fro the rocking chair to his crib without waking him, I assume because his nervous system is developing. Between bedtime, his usual waking up at 3:30-4am, and his nap, I am spending 4-6 hours a day rocking him in his chair, time when I think he should be sleeping. He only sleeps about 7-8 hours a night and typically takes a 1.5-2 hour nap. If you put him in his crib at anything less than 100% asleep he stands up and cries until you rock him. Any ideas?

My 4 month old is doing this at the moment, after behaving for about two months, she's also doing that lovely thing where she refuses to nap unless she's being held. So let me know if you find something that works.

In other news, I finally found a professional photographer that is actually affordable!. It took 3 long miserable hours of them both taking turns crying and making our lives miserable, but I got about 2 good photos of each; so I'm really happy. I wish I could have afford it when my oldest was a newborn. I finally got around to hanging photos in the wall and just can't stop showing them off.



Kalenn Istarion
Nov 2, 2012

Maybe Senpai will finally notice me now that I've dropped :fivebux: on this snazzy av

This is an excellent book and you should all read it.

e: there's an audio version where Samuel L. Jackson of all people reads it. Funny poo poo.

flashy_mcflash
Feb 7, 2011

Kitiara posted:

My 4 month old is doing this at the moment, after behaving for about two months, she's also doing that lovely thing where she refuses to nap unless she's being held. So let me know if you find something that works.

4 months, 8 months, and ~12 months are really bad months for sleep regression. There are probably knockoff versions but the WonderWeeks app will tell you if you're in a period where sleep is typically bad (we never did sleep training but this would be helpful if you're planning to, since it'll be harder in those periods)

This is the sort of thing it'll tell you:

Sockmuppet
Aug 15, 2009

Kalenn Istarion posted:

Man, I think we're proving that talking. Bout your kids not barfing baits it.

I'm expecting a bout of it later, kiddo was finally well enough to go to the playground, and was so excited about it that she ate ALL THE DIRT.
I do miss that about breastfeeding, apart from that one stuck-to-the-mattress episode she was loving invulnerable to germs. I swear her nose got started running the day we quit, and it hasn't stopped since.

sudont
May 10, 2011
this program is useful for when you don't want to do something.

Fun Shoe
15 month pediatrician visit: 23.8 lbs (up 4 lbs in 3 months, from 20th to 60th percentile) 29.75 in (5th percentile, but she said it wasn't a very accurate measurement because he squiggled so much). Doc said he is one of the most advanced 15 month old she's seen; I stopped counting the words/phrases he knows and uses but it's around 50, he's super super verbal. (MY CHILD IS BRILLZ.) I worry about his eating because it seems like he doesn't eat anything, and since he stopped nursing about a month and a half ago it made me nervous but clearly we're doing something right!

She was not at all concerned with his not walking yet; he stood on his own without support while we were there, and walked around holding onto the wheeled stool like his walker, yelling "SIT DOWWWWWWWN." When the nurse gave him the 3 vaccinations, after he cried for a minute he was waving his hands at her all sweetly and saying "all done! all done!" like "GO AWAY NOW".

His bio father made a brief reappearance in our lives for about a month (I have sole custody with no visitation) after no contact for over 6 months. I had to make the first move and contact him, and it was okay for a month but he's gone again because I wouldn't put up with his emotional abuse. Not surprising, but disappointing nonetheless. My son has a Dad, so he isn't missing out on anything if his bio father chooses to behave this way.

topenga
Jul 1, 2003

Kalenn Istarion posted:

This is an excellent book and you should all read it.

e: there's an audio version where Samuel L. Jackson of all people reads it. Funny poo poo.

There's a follow up: http://www.amazon.com/You-Have-F-g-Eat/dp/1617753785
"You Have To loving Eat"

VorpalBunny
May 1, 2009

Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog

topenga posted:

There's a follow up: http://www.amazon.com/You-Have-F-g-Eat/dp/1617753785
"You Have To loving Eat"

Seriously, sometimes I wonder how my kids are surviving when they eat so little and sleep even less. But, people tell me they are happy and healthy so :shrug:

Alterian
Jan 28, 2003

Jasper takes after his dad and eats everything and eats all day long. (even though he's skinny!) We've found that if we drop him off at daycare for breakfast (even though he eats breakfast at home before) he doesn't give a poo poo about being dropped off.

BonoMan
Feb 20, 2002

Jade Ear Joe
Any advice/words of encouragement/wisdom to a mom having a hard time dropping her kid off at daycare? I know it's not an easy solve or anything, but Eleanor's mom has been dropping her off for a few hours the past few days to try to get her (and mom) used to it (she starts back at work full time on Monday). So far it's just been destroying her (mom). She just feels terrible like she's abandoning her kid. I mean rationally she knows that's not the case, but if Nora cries when she gets left, mom feels like she's scarring her for life.

Now, earlier today she got dropped off and left her paci at home. So I went and took it to her at daycare and to check in on her. She was content as could be, smiling at the mobile and just laying in her crib. I told mom this and I think it pacified her somewhat, but I know when it comes to Monday and she is left there all day... mom is gonna start hyperventilating again.

I'm sure it's a "time heals all" kind of thing and it will become second nature to mom, but I was just wondering if anyone had similar experiences I could probably share with her to soothe her nerves.

Nora is 8 weeks old.

flashy_mcflash
Feb 7, 2011

Sockmuppet posted:

I'm expecting a bout of it later, kiddo was finally well enough to go to the playground, and was so excited about it that she ate ALL THE DIRT.
I do miss that about breastfeeding, apart from that one stuck-to-the-mattress episode she was loving invulnerable to germs. I swear her nose got started running the day we quit, and it hasn't stopped since.

Sydney still nurses and gets a runny nose about once every month or two. For us it's the outbreak monkey she attends daycare with. That one girl gets sick (it always starts with her) and they all get sick.

Lex Averial
May 12, 2004

Swans. You know, birds.

topenga posted:

There's a follow up: http://www.amazon.com/You-Have-F-g-Eat/dp/1617753785
"You Have To loving Eat"

Hahaha, I just sent that to my wife since my 7 year old daughter is going through this right now.

She likes to pick every little thing she finds distasteful off her food and hide it when I'm not looking or just stares at it when I am watching. Vegetables mostly, but she also doesn't like cheese and a lot of sauces so I can't just hide the veggies in those either. A lot of food ends up on the floor unless I watch her like a hawk.

Super frustrating because her doctor wants her to put on weight and adding calories doesn't help if she doesn't eat them.

The Grumpy Snail
Feb 15, 2012

BonoMan posted:

Any advice/words of encouragement/wisdom to a mom having a hard time dropping her kid off at daycare? I know it's not an easy solve or anything, but Eleanor's mom has been dropping her off for a few hours the past few days to try to get her (and mom) used to it (she starts back at work full time on Monday). So far it's just been destroying her (mom). She just feels terrible like she's abandoning her kid. I mean rationally she knows that's not the case, but if Nora cries when she gets left, mom feels like she's scarring her for life.

Now, earlier today she got dropped off and left her paci at home. So I went and took it to her at daycare and to check in on her. She was content as could be, smiling at the mobile and just laying in her crib. I told mom this and I think it pacified her somewhat, but I know when it comes to Monday and she is left there all day... mom is gonna start hyperventilating again.

I'm sure it's a "time heals all" kind of thing and it will become second nature to mom, but I was just wondering if anyone had similar experiences I could probably share with her to soothe her nerves.

Nora is 8 weeks old.

I went back to work and put Lydia in daycare at 11 weeks. She seemed to cry when I picked her up the first 2 weeks or so, but thats about it. She got accustomed to it very quickly. Now, at 10 months old, she smiles when she sees the workers I leave her with, as well as when she sees me and her dad. I smother her with kisses when I drop her off and when I pick her up. She even has a friend the same age as her. It will get better for both of them. I like to think of it as a really long playdate, because I know she has fun while she's there.

Sockmuppet
Aug 15, 2009

BonoMan posted:

Nora is 8 weeks old.

Having to leave my 2 month old baby to go to work full time would have loving broken me. My totally unhelpful advice is to move to a place with less evil laws concerning parental leave.

BonoMan
Feb 20, 2002

Jade Ear Joe

Sockmuppet posted:

Having to leave my 2 month old baby to go to work full time would have loving broken me. My totally unhelpful advice is to move to a place with less evil laws concerning parental leave.

Ha! It's funny... mom hasn't really ever had much of a stance on those laws (and comes from a more conservative "usa usa!" upbringing) but now, in between sobbing, it's "WHY DO OUR loving LAWS loving SUCK WHY THE gently caress CAN'T WE DO IT LIKE loving SOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND NOT FORCE loving NEW PARENTS TO ABANDON THEIR loving KIDS!" Which has brought us around to seeing if we can be a single income household. Which would be hard as we bought a house two months before giving birth (worst. idea. ever.).

jassi007
Aug 9, 2006

mmmmm.. burger...

BonoMan posted:

Any advice/words of encouragement/wisdom to a mom having a hard time dropping her kid off at daycare? I know it's not an easy solve or anything, but Eleanor's mom has been dropping her off for a few hours the past few days to try to get her (and mom) used to it (she starts back at work full time on Monday). So far it's just been destroying her (mom). She just feels terrible like she's abandoning her kid. I mean rationally she knows that's not the case, but if Nora cries when she gets left, mom feels like she's scarring her for life.

Now, earlier today she got dropped off and left her paci at home. So I went and took it to her at daycare and to check in on her. She was content as could be, smiling at the mobile and just laying in her crib. I told mom this and I think it pacified her somewhat, but I know when it comes to Monday and she is left there all day... mom is gonna start hyperventilating again.

I'm sure it's a "time heals all" kind of thing and it will become second nature to mom, but I was just wondering if anyone had similar experiences I could probably share with her to soothe her nerves.

Nora is 8 weeks old.

My kids learn a lot at daycare for what it is worth. They don't just watch them and make sure they don't die, they actively work with them. A good daycare is like an extended family that keeps the energy level up with the kids and can really help them out. My boy also has way better social skills than his cousins that were all kept home or babysat by a relative. My niece was held back a year because she just didn't have the necessary social skills to go to kindergarten. Essentially pre-school flunked her. AFter that her parents put their younger son in pre-school. It took him like 6 months to stop acting like he was the king, they literally nicknamed him King David. He coincidentally, or not, gets along with his cousins much better now that he has been forced to interact with other kids and share etc. He has stopped smacking, taking toys etc.

Kids need to play with other kids to learn how to socialize and not be weird. I'm a big proponent of the younger the better. Even if the economics work out for a stay at home thing, I'd want my kids to go a couple days a week just to socialize. I know that this kind of stuff doesn't apply as much with an 8 week old, but it might help your wife to realize that a good daycare has value, it isn't just a parking garage for kids.

lady flash
Dec 26, 2007
keeper of the speed force
You could always look into dropping to part-time, that's what I did. Any chance you could do the drop offs for a little while (assuming it doesn't bother you as much). And this isn't a long term solution but on my first day back to work I had my husband stay home to watch the kid so I'd be less stressed out about it.

BonoMan
Feb 20, 2002

Jade Ear Joe

jassi007 posted:

My kids learn a lot at daycare for what it is worth. They don't just watch them and make sure they don't die, they actively work with them. A good daycare is like an extended family that keeps the energy level up with the kids and can really help them out. My boy also has way better social skills than his cousins that were all kept home or babysat by a relative. My niece was held back a year because she just didn't have the necessary social skills to go to kindergarten. Essentially pre-school flunked her. AFter that her parents put their younger son in pre-school. It took him like 6 months to stop acting like he was the king, they literally nicknamed him King David. He coincidentally, or not, gets along with his cousins much better now that he has been forced to interact with other kids and share etc. He has stopped smacking, taking toys etc.

Kids need to play with other kids to learn how to socialize and not be weird. I'm a big proponent of the younger the better. Even if the economics work out for a stay at home thing, I'd want my kids to go a couple days a week just to socialize. I know that this kind of stuff doesn't apply as much with an 8 week old, but it might help your wife to realize that a good daycare has value, it isn't just a parking garage for kids.

Yeah those are the discussions that we are having. That we KNOW it's a good thing ... she's just having trouble getting her mind to be rational about it. Honestly though after today I, myself, feel much better about it. And even if we did the stay at home thing, it'd only be for about 6-8 more months at most probably. Because, I mean we definitely WANT her to go to daycare - it's just crazy hard leaving that precious little 8 week old there :(.

lady flash posted:

You could always look into dropping to part-time, that's what I did. Any chance you could do the drop offs for a little while (assuming it doesn't bother you as much). And this isn't a long term solution but on my first day back to work I had my husband stay home to watch the kid so I'd be less stressed out about it.

We discussed it and her part time (she works at a bank) would almost nearly be full time because of the stupid way their ours work so she might as well go part time. As for the drop offs, definitely... I'm going to do as many of those as I can.

Thanks for all the advice!

Sockmuppet
Aug 15, 2009

BonoMan posted:

Yeah those are the discussions that we are having. That we KNOW it's a good thing ... she's just having trouble getting her mind to be rational about it.

Hey, turns out I actually have some advice! Maybe that's part of the problem - of course she's having trouble getting her mind to be rational about it, because the rational thing is for an 8 week old baby to be with a parent. The benefits of daycare are great (my kid is 14 months, and she's way better off socialising and learning and playing at daycare than she'd be at home alone with me!), but they don't come into play at all with babies so young. Maybe it'll help her to think of it more in terms of "this sucks, it'd be best if she stayed at home with one of us, but daycare is the next best thing and she's fine there too", rather than "daycare is amazing, what's wrong with me, why am I crying right now?"

6-8 more months at home means sending a 8-10 month old baby to daycare instead of a 2 month old, and at 8-10 months the benefits of daycare would be a real thing, not just some distant "at some point this will be less awful"-comfort, so don't discount it just because it seems like a short time :)

Good luck, and tell your wife I totally agree with her capslock rant.

topenga
Jul 1, 2003

Lex Averial posted:

Hahaha, I just sent that to my wife since my 7 year old daughter is going through this right now.

She likes to pick every little thing she finds distasteful off her food and hide it when I'm not looking or just stares at it when I am watching. Vegetables mostly, but she also doesn't like cheese and a lot of sauces so I can't just hide the veggies in those either. A lot of food ends up on the floor unless I watch her like a hawk.

Super frustrating because her doctor wants her to put on weight and adding calories doesn't help if she doesn't eat them.

What kid doesn't like cheese?? She's totally missing out! Smoothies? Banana hides a lot. Berries, too.

greatn
Nov 15, 2006

by Lowtax
I loved cheese as a kid but hated the melty liquid kind like goes over vegetables. Still kinda do.

Lex Averial
May 12, 2004

Swans. You know, birds.

topenga posted:

What kid doesn't like cheese?? She's totally missing out! Smoothies? Banana hides a lot. Berries, too.

I know, kid's got some crazy tastes. She'll eat my seaweed snacks and wasabi peas but cheese is right out unless it's on a pizza. I'm thinking of just stocking up on nutritional shakes to get more calories into her. Dinner is becoming a battle of wills every night.

flashy_mcflash
Feb 7, 2011

Have you tried more mild cheeses? A mozzarella or brie might be more up her alley. Cheese is a staple for us because, along with yogurt, it's something I can give her if she absolutely won't eat anything else around since it has enough calories.

Marchegiana
Jan 31, 2006

. . . Bitch.
I dunno, if the kid likes wasabi peas I'm thinking taking cheese in the other direction, towards stronger umami flavors might be what's needed. My youngest hated string cheese and all the other cheese that kids usually love because it's bland. Then my dad offers her some gorgonzola and she tore that poo poo up. Now she eats cheese, but only the strong(ish) stuff. Pecorino romano is her favorite.

Keep in mind you should only try this with stuff that you'd actually enjoy if the kid won't eat it, naturally.

Industrial
May 31, 2001

Everyone here wishes I would ragequit my life

I'm sure that's funny but I don't see how it will help

skeetied
Mar 10, 2011

Lex Averial posted:

I know, kid's got some crazy tastes. She'll eat my seaweed snacks and wasabi peas but cheese is right out unless it's on a pizza. I'm thinking of just stocking up on nutritional shakes to get more calories into her. Dinner is becoming a battle of wills every night.

Don't let it become a battle of wills. My son's preschool had a great speaker on the topic and the essence boiled down to "you can provide healthy, attractive, delicious food but you can't make them eat." Provide high calorie foods (nuts if no allergies are fantastic, avocado, butter, full fat yogurt, etc.) and look up some fun ideas online how to present them (muffin tins with tons of choices are great and you can leave them out).

gvibes
Jan 18, 2010

Leading us to the promised land (i.e., one tournament win in five years)

Industrial posted:

Our 20 month old still cannot consistently fall asleep without being rocked. Unfortunately it is taking longer and longer and becoming more and more uncomfortable as he is continuing to grow. It is also getting much harder to get him fro the rocking chair to his crib without waking him, I assume because his nervous system is developing. Between bedtime, his usual waking up at 3:30-4am, and his nap, I am spending 4-6 hours a day rocking him in his chair, time when I think he should be sleeping. He only sleeps about 7-8 hours a night and typically takes a 1.5-2 hour nap. If you put him in his crib at anything less than 100% asleep he stands up and cries until you rock him. Any ideas?
Yeah, that's sounds awful. That sounds even worse than my two year old. Did you talk to your pediatrician? Mine takes about two hours to fall asleep at night and doesn't really nap. She doesn't cry though, just lays in bed. But at least she sleeps ~12 hours or so when she finally does loving fall asleep.

We finally took her to some sort of pediatric sleep specialist doctor. The advice was pretty lame, basically to wake her up earlier so that she will nap better.

Bardeh
Dec 2, 2004

Fun Shoe
I feel you on the rocking to sleep thing - my son is 22 months now and he has a thing about the moon for some reason. If we try and put him to bed when he's not tired enough to immediately fall asleep (usually on days where he's had a nap) he'll stand up and start whining, saying 'Moon! Moon!' until I take him outside to see the moon. He'll usually rest his head on my chest and fall asleep pretty quickly after that, but he's getting so heavy that it's really starting to hurt my back to carry him for extended periods.

On another note, I posted a while back because I was a little bit worried that he wasn't saying new words. The other day he just busted out three new words out of nowhere, and every day now is saying at least one new word!

Kalenn Istarion
Nov 2, 2012

Maybe Senpai will finally notice me now that I've dropped :fivebux: on this snazzy av

greatn posted:

I loved cheese as a kid but hated the melty liquid kind like goes over vegetables. Still kinda do.

You're weird :v:

I have a recipe from my grandmother for baked mac and cheese made using velveeta and it's still one of my fondest memories of food from my childhood. Far better than any 'gourmet' versions we've tried to make.

Lex Averial posted:

I know, kid's got some crazy tastes. She'll eat my seaweed snacks and wasabi peas but cheese is right out unless it's on a pizza. I'm thinking of just stocking up on nutritional shakes to get more calories into her. Dinner is becoming a battle of wills every night.

Our pedia told us to give carbs to our youngest so we just started smearing butter on random stuff, giving fattier cuts of meat, etc. He's still pickier than we'd like but has moved back up the growth curve so we're easing back off t now. They also suggested that if you tend to eat 'lean' then consider at least getting the normal fat content versions of whatever - 2% instead of skim milk, regular ground beef instead of lean, etc. it wasn't the source of the problem in our case but was part of the general advice they gave.

greatn
Nov 15, 2006

by Lowtax

Bardeh posted:

I feel you on the rocking to sleep thing - my son is 22 months now and he has a thing about the moon for some reason. If we try and put him to bed when he's not tired enough to immediately fall asleep (usually on days where he's had a nap) he'll stand up and start whining, saying 'Moon! Moon!' until I take him outside to see the moon. He'll usually rest his head on my chest and fall asleep pretty quickly after that, but he's getting so heavy that it's really starting to hurt my back to carry him for extended periods.

On another note, I posted a while back because I was a little bit worried that he wasn't saying new words. The other day he just busted out three new words out of nowhere, and every day now is saying at least one new word!

Have you tried Goodnight Moon?

Volmarias
Dec 31, 2002

EMAIL... THE INTERNET... SEARCH ENGINES...

Bardeh posted:

I feel you on the rocking to sleep thing - my son is 22 months now and he has a thing about the moon for some reason. If we try and put him to bed when he's not tired enough to immediately fall asleep (usually on days where he's had a nap) he'll stand up and start whining, saying 'Moon! Moon!' until I take him outside to see the moon. He'll usually rest his head on my chest and fall asleep pretty quickly after that, but he's getting so heavy that it's really starting to hurt my back to carry him for extended periods.

On another note, I posted a while back because I was a little bit worried that he wasn't saying new words. The other day he just busted out three new words out of nowhere, and every day now is saying at least one new word!

:):hf::) fellow moon child parent. My kid loves the moon, and astronauts, which pleases me greatly. If his bedroom has a view of the sky, just show him through the window. Consider having a picture of the moon in his room for bedtime?

We've got a twilight ladybug, which has a crescent moon among the starfield. Alexandra like pointing to the moon when we use that, that might work.

greatn posted:

Have you tried Goodnight Moon?

Have you read that story? The moon is on like 2 pages.

Big Bug Hug
Nov 19, 2002
I'm with stupid*
My daughter had something like this moon night light:
http://fancy.com/things/273025447/Moon-in-My-Room-Light

sudont
May 10, 2011
this program is useful for when you don't want to do something.

Fun Shoe
Oh, funny, my 15 month old LOVES the moon too. He goes on early morning walks with his dad and sometimes the moon would still be out. He adores pointing out anything vaguely moon shaped and sounds like the cutest little cow: "MooooOOOOOoooooon!" His bedroom used to be my brother's bedroom and my brother put those glow in the dark star stickers on the ceiling fan so every time I change him it's "mOOOOOOOoooOOOOoNNNNN!" So cute.

Poor bug is sick today. He got 3 shots yesterday so it's partly from that, but he's got a cough and runny nose that started as soon as we got home from the pediatrician so I think it's a cold on top of the usual post-vax reaction. :(

Edit: I got the turtle version of the Twilight Ladybug as a shower gift and while it's super cute it's also super low-powered, it doesn't show up well at all. I'm going to get something better for him for Christmas I think, like the one Big Bug Hug posted.

Tourette Meltdown
Sep 11, 2001

Most people with Tourette Syndrome are able to hold jobs and lead full lives. But not you.

BonoMan posted:

Yeah those are the discussions that we are having. That we KNOW it's a good thing ... she's just having trouble getting her mind to be rational about it. Honestly though after today I, myself, feel much better about it. And even if we did the stay at home thing, it'd only be for about 6-8 more months at most probably. Because, I mean we definitely WANT her to go to daycare - it's just crazy hard leaving that precious little 8 week old there :(.


We discussed it and her part time (she works at a bank) would almost nearly be full time because of the stupid way their ours work so she might as well go part time. As for the drop offs, definitely... I'm going to do as many of those as I can.

Thanks for all the advice!

Lil Meltdown went to daycare at 7 weeks, because my job just blows. It was SO HARD for the first 5 weeks... because he had colic, so I spent all day at work thinking about him and worrying about him, then we got home and he cried and cried and cried (and I cried and cried and cried). Then at 12 weeks it was like someone flipped a switch. He LOVES daycare, he LOVES his teachers, he LOVES the other babies there, and honestly I am so glad we got him started before he was aware enough to be anxious about it. Daycare is just what he does every day - he gets to play and learn and eat (and eat, and eat, and...), and I know he's well taken care of and enjoying himself.

First birthday is in 5 days. How did it go by so fast?

frenchnewwave
Jun 7, 2012

Would you like a Cuppa?
so my mom was over and made mention about how she's so worried about the latest strain of enterovirus. I made the mistake of reading about it on the Fox News website (thanks google search results) and now I'm freaked out and want to lock my kid away at home for the rest of the season. she's at that age where she touches everything. are you taking any extra precautions? is it as bad as fox makes it out to be. (ps the article also alluded to the "massive amounts of illegal immigrants crossing the border" as a likely cause of the virus - I poo poo you not...wtf).

sheri
Dec 30, 2002

According to CDC, unless your kids have some pre existing respiratory issue it is likely just going to be an annoyance if someone catches it.

http://www.cdc.gov/non-polio-enterovirus/about/ev-d68.html

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Sock The Great
Oct 1, 2006

It's Lonely At The Top. But It's Comforting To Look Down Upon Everyone At The Bottom
Grimey Drawer
So my wife and I just wrapped up night 2 of Cry It Out with our six month old, and I'm pretty sure this couldn't have gone worse.

The first night took about 45 minutes of straight screaming (with me visiting/comforting in 5-10 minute intervals). Slept from 740 to 530, which is when he usually wakes up to eat anyways. Success!

Then yesterday, almost no naps during the day. He actually seems afraid of his bedroom now. We can't even bring him in there to change him without a complete meltdown. As he barely slept during the day we started his bedtime early, around 530. Bath, bottle, swaddle etc.

Then it was two hours of straight screaming (with comfort provided every so often, never picking him out of his crib). He finally fell asleep around 745.

Then he woke up at 1AM, cried for 30 minutes before falling back asleep. Then he woke up again at 230, freaked out for over 60 minutes before my wife couldn't take it anymore and nursed him to sleep. A total fuckup, I know.

He slept for another hour or so, woke up again screaming for another 20 minutes or so before I caved and rocked him to sleep.

My main question is he supposed to be calming down a bit when my wife or I go in to comfort hi In his crib? Right now it actually makes him significantly more upset if we go into his room at all.

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