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KirbyKhan posted:What's the read on baby masks. I'm thinking like getting lil dude one when he hits 9 months. In laws told me "oh no they can't wear masks till they're 4" and I'm not raising some bubble baby that does not experience society so it's gotta be earlier than that. AAP says 2 years, but they take money from Nestle so they can suck my dick from the back. Thoughts? Thots? Our 3 year old's ears are not stiff enough to hold onto elastic well. I'd recommend tie on or one that otherwise fastens in the back somehow. But yeah, I'd check with our pediatrician at 3 weeks.
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I can't imagine getting a mask on someone younger than 3 or 4. Out nearly two year old won't wear them at all. 9 months seems right out and downright dangerous for a mask.
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Mar 14, 2021 04:01
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Our 2.5-year-old often wants to wear his mask, and his stays on pretty well. The same mask doesn't stay on our 5-year-old well, which is fine by her since she doesn't like them anyway 
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Mar 14, 2021 04:14
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L0cke17 posted:Ask your doctor. Ultimately it's your decision, but a doctor who knows you and your kid may be better informed than internet weirdos. Yeah the bolded part seems like a good barometer untill the next pediatrician talk. Thank you and rest of thread.
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Mar 14, 2021 04:15
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Even with the ability to communicate with them, and their ability to understand why they need to wear it and not to take it off, there also must be a complete lack of willfulness and a total willingness to comply at all times no matter the circumstances I’d like to remind everyone we are talking about toddlers
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Mar 14, 2021 04:26
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I also recall reading that masks pose a suffocation risk until age 2. For the first year babies’ lungs and muscles are laughably underdeveloped, hence the risk of SIDS from something as innocuous as a crib bumper. And any mask that is going to offer protection to the wearer (as opposed to the other person) is going to have to be a tight fit. I wouldn’t risk it for an infant.
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Mar 14, 2021 05:07
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life is killing me posted:
gently caress Toddlers are assholes
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Mar 14, 2021 05:53
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BonoMan posted:I can't imagine getting a mask on someone younger than 3 or 4. Out nearly two year old won't wear them at all. 9 months seems right out and downright dangerous for a mask. My 2.5 yo wore his pretty well, but he had his older sister to emulate. Or he was convinced by "we're going somewhere fun for the first time in three months but only if you wear your mask."
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Mar 14, 2021 05:58
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The first three months people were giving parents poo poo about toddlers not wearing masks. Nowadays I think pretty much everyone will give you a pass for kids under 4, or until they come above your belt line, whichever is first Very recently we switched over from 3M respirators with behind-the-head elastic straps, to regular ear straps surgical masks, and I have to say, wow, now I understand why people might hate masks so much. Go get behind the head straps they're 1000% more comfortable, and actually help seal against the face. I don't for one minute believe masks are a suffocation hazard for babies of any age though. Maybe if it's a premie in the NICU or something with severely underdeveloped lungs.
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Mar 14, 2021 06:23
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the first week my oldest (4 at the time) wore her mask she licked it so much it was covered in spit, and it was not easy for her to breathe in after.
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Mar 14, 2021 06:37
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Shifty Pony posted:Also have him egg this morning on advice of the doctor, about half a teaspoon. Unlike the previous times he had absolutely no reaction to it that we can tell.  Yeah our doctor's advice re: eggs was that they shouldn't be that big of a deal, especially cooked and just used as a binder in baked goods. So my partner made a batch of banana bread with eggs (previous batch was egg free). And sure enough, our 4MO has had a terrible two days of fussiness, reflux and digestive upset, just like the last time my partner ate banana bread made with egg and then breastfed him. Seems like he's really sensitive to it.
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Mar 14, 2021 06:40
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My toddler refuses to wear his mask. He's a very opinionated kid who wants what he wants and will destroy the earth until he has his way. We're getting stressed out since mask mandates here are for 2 and over and it's getting harder and harder to lie about his age. Not that we take him anywhere to begin with
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Mar 14, 2021 12:10
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Re:masks I use the rain cover on the buggy and keep it separate/disinfect. Note I live in London where there is only so much room on the path.
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Mar 14, 2021 12:22
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My 2.5 year old won't wear his mask either. It's an instant tear off the face.
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Mar 14, 2021 13:18
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Hadlock posted:I don't for one minute believe masks are a suffocation hazard for babies of any age though. Maybe if it's a premie in the NICU or something with severely underdeveloped lungs. There’s a reason why it’s recommended to not have blankets in a baby’s crib until they’re 1 year old, and even at 1, only the thinnest and most breathable blankets should be used. I believe any kind of covering over a baby’s face is a potential suffocation hazard. Our paediatrician said that when babies get less oxygen it can just shut their breathing down entirely because that’s what they do in the womb to conserve energy.
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Mar 14, 2021 15:56
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My almost 3 year old will wear a mask depending on her current whims (especially if she is on good terms with an older sibling who is wearing one) but nothing on earth could keep it on her face if she decides naw.
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Mar 14, 2021 17:05
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Overheard 4yo: "I thought I was supposed to be the prettiest unicorn, but maybe I'm just tricking myself." Playtime is getting deep. 
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Mar 14, 2021 17:41
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My 9 month old has a little cloth mask his grandparents got him. It's cute but he rips it off the second his brain registers that it's there. He thinks it's fuckin hilarious to rip my mask off if he's within reach.
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Mar 14, 2021 23:19
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I can't get my kid to eat anything but he's been happily licking this plastic toy ice cream cone for the past 5 minutes. Ironically, he refuses to eat real ice cream.
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Mar 14, 2021 23:37
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Toddlers trollin
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Mar 15, 2021 00:15
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My kiddo just helped herself to a whole cheese danish from the groceries. She was helping unload them and dropped the danish container. She picked up a danish and was like, “WHAT IS THIS I JUST WON THE LOTTERY.” So that’s what she had for dinner.
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Mar 15, 2021 00:36
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My kid refuses pancakes, peanut butter and jelly, sugary cereal, and all sorts of delicious things I know she will be begging for later. I can’t wait to show her the videos when she’s a little older
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Mar 15, 2021 00:59
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Re: masks. From age 1.5 to now (almost 2), it was easy-ish to keep a mask on her because it was winter, and I could secure the mask with the chin straps on her hat. She also wore mittens so it was difficult for her to take it off. Now that she’s not wearing hats/mittens as often, it’s hit or miss if she will keep it on. Something she started doing a few weeks ago is taking a mouthful of milk/water, and spitting it on to her food or the table at meal time. Solved this by just not giving her liquids with her meal at the table. She has always had a source of water freely with a sippy cup since she could have water, but now she will randomly spit it on the floor, couch, chair, etc, and then want to help clean it up. She loves to help clean up, but isn’t grasping the concept that making a mess is something we don’t want her doing. I’m not sure how to approach this since I don’t want her to lose interest in helping out, but the intentional mess making is getting pretty tiring. If she drops some peanut butter or hummus or whatever on the table, she will say “Messy! Clean it up!” Then smear and smash it into the table before I have a chance to grab a towel. Or she will dump out her entire collection of blocks, start to clean them up, then lose interest so mom has to clean up the rest. I don’t mind the messes like the hummus or the blocks, but the spitting of liquids is really gross and can happen wherever she pleases. I also don’t want to limit her water intake, but it’s not predictable when she will decide to spit. Any ideas, or is this just a phase we need to wait out?
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Mar 15, 2021 04:19
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Koivunen posted:I don’t mind the messes like the hummus or the blocks, but the spitting of liquids is really gross and can happen wherever she pleases. I also don’t want to limit her water intake, but it’s not predictable when she will decide to spit. Any ideas, or is this just a phase we need to wait out? We had this problem too, where she decided the most fun thing in the world was to take a big mouthful of water or milk and waterfall it down her chest onto the floor. She also liked just dumping liquids on the ground. We did address it by limiting her intake, more or less. We established that she would only get cups to drink from when she was over an easily-cleaned surface or being held. Eventually she stopped doing it, but I honestly don't know whether it was due to our intervention or just a passing phase. Either way it was easier to clean though.
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Mar 15, 2021 04:28
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we were told to practice putting a mask on our 3 year old every day and that even if you can get the mask straps on for a second, you have to give a lot of praise to the kid to kind of build up the kid being used to having that on his face. Our youngest is having developmental issues and is going to need therapy because he's not as far along as others in his age group and it's just ....deflating.
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Mar 15, 2021 07:05
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Koivunen posted:Re: masks. From age 1.5 to now (almost 2), it was easy-ish to keep a mask on her because it was winter, and I could secure the mask with the chin straps on her hat. She also wore mittens so it was difficult for her to take it off. Now that she’s not wearing hats/mittens as often, it’s hit or miss if she will keep it on. The spitting thing is a phase. My son, 2.5 now, started doing it around 2 and did it on and off for a few months. We’d just take the drink away when he would do it.
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Mar 15, 2021 10:37
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Any suggestions for getting our kid to drink more fluids? We always have water or milk available for him and he's big enough to grab a cup and get some water if we've forgotten but something something lead a horse to water etc
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Mar 15, 2021 12:46
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Insulated water bottle with cool pictures/colors on it? I’ve found having *cold* water already available to be a lot more successful. The plastic insulated camelbak eddy is really nice (just be sure to clean the straw apparatus sometumes  )
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Mar 15, 2021 13:23
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BadSamaritan posted:Insulated water bottle with cool pictures/colors on it? I’ve found having *cold* water already available to be a lot more successful. The plastic insulated camelbak eddy is really nice (just be sure to clean the straw apparatus sometumes Yeah the Eddy's are great. My wife always tries to skirt paying for the good cups by getting dollar tree stuff. And 99% of the time it's fine, but I've found that when it comes to the reusable cups, springing a little is necessary. The cheap ones break, have uncleanable moldy parts, etc. The Eddy is solid and easy as poo poo to completely take apart and clean. Camelbak's site has some for just $6 too! https://www.camelbak.com/CB-2452301...cMaAmBmEALw_wcB
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MOVING TALK I have an open-ended advice request. We're moving! It's a move to a new state 13 hours away. I got a new job and yay. But... we have a house and 2 kids and no family or real support here (luckily I do where we're moving to though - which is why we're moving there). First. We haven't told our 6 year old yet. I've been prepping her over the year and dropping hints about living near grandma, but she's been kind of against it. I think mostly her fear is that we'll leave all of her physical stuff here (no matter how much I tell her we won't). I think that's just because it's the one way she can quantify "attachment" right now though. Friends won't be too big of a deal since she doesn't have any regular friends at the moment b/c of the pandemic. There are kids at school she plays with and a couple in the neighborhood, but no real besties. Second. Just moving in general. We're having a large amount of anxiety because it's just going to be a logistical hassle to get packed up, make needed house repairs, get read to sell, go to other state, find apartment and then find a house. We don't really have a way to drop the kids off anywhere to enable us to focus on any of that stuff. Any just general "I wish I would have knowns" when y'all made big moves?
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Mar 15, 2021 18:05
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Start packing early, because the moving date can sneak up on you real easy. Out of season clothing and the like, holiday decorations. Start with things you won't need before the move.
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Mar 15, 2021 18:42
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AngryRobotsInc posted:Start packing early, because the moving date can sneak up on you real easy. Out of season clothing and the like, holiday decorations. Start with things you won't need before the move. Good advice. I've been gathering boxes for weeks now and we've started to Spark Joy a ton of poo poo out of our house. Luckily we aren't *too* entrenched. For instance both attics are empty.
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Mar 15, 2021 20:31
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My dog has been Sam Smith sad since newborn came in. Perfect nanny dog, very sweet and gentle with our baby. But... Like she's really feeling the hurt and pain of her true love (IE me, her human) lovin' someone else (IE that new puppy human). I sing to her.
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Mar 15, 2021 22:01
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We moved from a house to an apartment several years ago, then to a new house 2 years ago. If you aren't attached to your large furniture and have the means to, just ditch it and get new stuff. Our old furniture was one step up from college stuff and we were ready to upgrade. We gave a lot of it to the family buying our house and yard saled a bunch of stuff.
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What are your opinions on vaccinated adults around unvaccinated children? We are lucky enough that around the middle of April, all grandparents and us parents will be vaccinated, but our (by that time) 3.5 month obviously will not be. Our pediatrician’s nurse line suggested that we call our local hospitals Covid line, but after an hour we just got disconnected. I figure we can ask at the 3mo appointment, but the grandparents are licking their lips for unfettered access.
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meanolmrcloud posted:What are your opinions on vaccinated adults around unvaccinated children? We are lucky enough that around the middle of April, all grandparents and us parents will be vaccinated, but our (by that time) 3.5 month obviously will not be. Our pediatrician’s nurse line suggested that we call our local hospitals Covid line, but after an hour we just got disconnected. I figure we can ask at the 3mo appointment, but the grandparents are licking their lips for unfettered access. According to the data out of Israel, the mRNA vaccines are about 90% sterilizing immunity. No data I'm aware of with the other vaccines, but that's a pretty decent value. My wife and I are planning on letting the grandparents visit our 4 month old, as they are still being homebodies despite getting the jabs. If they went out to eat at restaurants, then I think we'd be at the "no" stage, as 90% isn't 100%. I'd take 90% as long as they keep up the rest of the precautions, but not if they won't.
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Mar 16, 2021 04:53
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meanolmrcloud posted:What are your opinions on vaccinated adults around unvaccinated children? We are lucky enough that around the middle of April, all grandparents and us parents will be vaccinated, but our (by that time) 3.5 month obviously will not be. Our pediatrician’s nurse line suggested that we call our local hospitals Covid line, but after an hour we just got disconnected. I figure we can ask at the 3mo appointment, but the grandparents are licking their lips for unfettered access. Ultimately up to your own risk assessment, but CDC guidance is that it’s fine as long as you are not mingling outside that bubble too much: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated-guidance.html
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meanolmrcloud posted:What are your opinions on vaccinated adults around unvaccinated children? We are lucky enough that around the middle of April, all grandparents and us parents will be vaccinated, but our (by that time) 3.5 month obviously will not be. Our pediatrician’s nurse line suggested that we call our local hospitals Covid line, but after an hour we just got disconnected. I figure we can ask at the 3mo appointment, but the grandparents are licking their lips for unfettered access. If you are feeling like you want to take all precautions, have the grandparents self quarantine for two weeks before seeing the baby, and keep it up if they want unlimited access. Personally, grandparents will all be vaccinated by my daughters second birthday, so we are probably going to have a little party for her with just us and grandparents. We parents won’t be vaccinated yet, but the grandparents are in the higher risk category, so we are more worried about them catching it, rather than us or our kid. We are still not okay with coming into contact with people who aren’t being careful, but the grandparents are masking all the time while on errands, and only leave the house to do errands still. If they wanted to go on a trip somewhere, or go to a big public event, we would want them to quarantine for two weeks before hanging out with their grandkids.
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BonoMan posted:MOVING TALK Can you budget some money for either a nanny or daycare for at least a few chunks of time in your current town so you can sort that stuff out? On the other side it sounds like you can get friends/family to help.
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meanolmrcloud posted:What are your opinions on vaccinated adults around unvaccinated children? We are lucky enough that around the middle of April, all grandparents and us parents will be vaccinated, but our (by that time) 3.5 month obviously will not be. Our pediatrician’s nurse line suggested that we call our local hospitals Covid line, but after an hour we just got disconnected. I figure we can ask at the 3mo appointment, but the grandparents are licking their lips for unfettered access. We’re letting vaccinated adults see our 3.5 month old baby if it’s been 2 weeks since their last shot. Our pediatrician gave us the #s on covid in infants, and while you obviously don’t want them to get it and we don’t understand long term complications well - they are almost always fine. Morbid statistics ahead, skip if you don’t really want to play this particular lottery. I think the #s were like 200 covid related infant deaths in 2020, and 650 influenza related infant deaths in 2020. The normal mortality for flu is around 1200 so they’re one of the few populations where excess mortality likely decreased. Once again I’m not a doctor, the other posts saying 90% immunity and very low chance of spread sound about right.
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