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A Big... Dog posted:My daughter is 8 days old and over the last 24 hours decided that sleep is for the weak. Managed to get her down for about two hours total today. I just need some reassurance that this is fine (or at the very least, normal) while my brain slowly disintegrates. No one ever told us that newborns have insanely short wakewindows, and should be taking a nap like once every 1.25 to 2 hours. We made it to like the month checkup until we explained our daughters crappy sleeping habits, and someone was like, oh, try tracking wake time and putting her down at the first sign of fussiness in that 1.25 to 2 hour window. With ours, even an extended wake window could disrupt a whole few days of sleeping quality. Shes still a terrible napper, but once we started tracking, it really helped. My 6 month old has discovered scratching things with her index finger rules, and he favorite thing to scratch is the cuticle on my thumb as we’re holding hands before she sleeps 
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Renegret posted:2 y/o got RSV. Hey guess who's at the doctor right now with a swollen lip. Just woke up that way. No idea why, no bug bite, not food related. Went to bed fine and woke up swollen like a balloon. I need lots of drinks.
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Jul 17, 2021 14:50
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Yeah I’ve found that when my little baby got cranky and loud and didn’t want to sleep it was usually that they’d been awake too long.
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Jul 17, 2021 14:51
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Hadlock posted:So how does teething work At least for our little dude when the tooth was about to come in his cheeks would get real red and puffy and he'd complain about hard foods. We didn't give him anything except an infant Tylenol dose at bedtime, and only if he had swollen cheeks. Usually that meant 3-4 nights per tooth right around when it was coming in. During the day we just made sure he had hard teething toys and was getting enough cold water to drink.
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Jul 17, 2021 15:59
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Hadlock posted:So how does teething work All teeth are supposedly painful coming in, but molars, which will come in last are going to be the worst. I would say to give her Tylenol if she’s cranky and seems to be in pain. My baby has 4 teeth at 9 months, but she’s usually not typically cranky, so we’ve never given her Tylenol for teething. Get baby some teething toys that you can put in the fridge/freezer. It’s also hard to beat a wet washcloth that’s been put in the freezer. Babies love to chew on washcloths.
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Jul 17, 2021 16:19
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Every old family member within earshot of my kid being cranky: welp he must be teething the only reason a baby is in a bad mood ever
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Jul 17, 2021 17:19
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My 3 year old just told me to go back to bed; he's having Momma time right now. This rules
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Jul 17, 2021 17:39
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Renegret posted:Hey guess who's at the doctor right now with a swollen lip. This happened to my husband a couple years ago and he never figured out what it was. He just took a bunch of Benadryl and eventually it went away.
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Jul 17, 2021 19:01
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My toddler is attached to me to the point where it’s affecting every part of our life. What the gently caress can I do to get her off me? Any outing results in her just climbing all over me and crying until she’s held. She won’t even acknowledge her mom at this point.
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Jul 17, 2021 20:25
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My toddler is spending the weekend at grandma’s. Last night my baby slept for three hours IN A ROW, then two hours, another two hours, then an hour at a time until I decided to roll out of bed at 11am. I’m feeling pretty fantastic today, it’s been a long time since I’ve slept for more than 45 minutes or so at a time.
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Jul 17, 2021 22:14
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meanolmrcloud posted:No one ever told us that newborns have insanely short wakewindows, and should be taking a nap like once every 1.25 to 2 hours. We made it to like the month checkup until we explained our daughters crappy sleeping habits, and someone was like, oh, try tracking wake time and putting her down at the first sign of fussiness in that 1.25 to 2 hour window. With ours, even an extended wake window could disrupt a whole few days of sleeping quality. Shes still a terrible napper, but once we started tracking, it really helped. This reminded me, I wanted to give a shout-out to the Little Ones sleep app, which we’ve been using since our son was about 3 months (he’s 9 months now). The schedules are structured around maximum awake times for a given age. It has “troubleshooting” for basically everything that can go wrong with baby’s sleep, so you always know when to put them down. No joke, the first day we used the schedule, he went from catnapping all day to sleeping 2-3 hours at a time. Best $60 I’ve ever spent.
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Jul 17, 2021 23:15
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The staggered dose of Motrin and Tylenol is very helpful if you’re trying to get through the night. We did that for our kid’s fever and pain through teething. Usually 2/3 days until they poke out of the gums and it’s “smooth” sailing from there.
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Jul 18, 2021 00:14
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Alterian posted:This happened to my husband a couple years ago and he never figured out what it was. He just took a bunch of Benadryl and eventually it went away. Problem is that it's not responding well to benadryl. He had some before nap, took a 4 hour nap, then woke up even worse. Now his temple is a little swollen too. Doc called it another bug bite even though it appeared in his sleep and after the last one we stripped all the bedding. If it's not better by tomorrow we're going to the ER. But wife is trying to convince me to go now and she's not entirely wrong
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Jul 18, 2021 00:42
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I used to live in a series of 100 year old houses that were... poorly sealed (you could pick up access panels cut through the wood flooring in the closets and see bare dirt) and would wake up with all sorts of weird spider bites that would swell up where I got bit, with no obvious bite marks. Then I moved to another state and the spider bites stopped happening immediately. But yeah if you're concerned, just go now, the doc will be awake and you won't have to burn up a whole sleep cycle over it when your wife forces you to go do it at 3am in a panic anyways
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Jul 18, 2021 01:06
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femcastra posted:
Tergazyme. It's Oxiclean's scientific/industrial cousin. Runs about $50 for a 4 lb box which lasts forever since you only need like a teaspoon of the stuff. If that doesn't work, might as well set the thing on fire.
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Jul 18, 2021 01:14
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Alterian posted:This happened to my husband a couple years ago and he never figured out what it was. He just took a bunch of Benadryl and eventually it went away. I had something similar happen to me late last year. Turned out to be a reaction to various laundry products that i'm ok with in small doses but since we were dealing with an endless parade of blow outs we were using more than usual. Didn't go away until i literally rewashed all my clothes and even then i'd have an occasional reaction when my daughter would climb in our bed in the middle of the night in PJs we hadn't rewashed.
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Jul 18, 2021 01:30
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2DEG posted:Tergazyme. It's Oxiclean's scientific/industrial cousin. Runs about $50 for a 4 lb box which lasts forever since you only need like a teaspoon of the stuff. If that doesn't work, might as well set the thing on fire. I'm moderately curious how to came to find out about this stuff #leathercouchcrew
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Jul 18, 2021 01:42
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Hadlock posted:I'm moderately curious how to came to find out about this stuff I used Alconox, the company's namesake detergent, pretty frequently during undergrad research. My husband also used it and other specialty detergents in grad school. Gotta get that glass clean or it'll gently caress up your devices.
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Jul 18, 2021 02:06
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2DEG posted:I used Alconox, the company's namesake detergent, pretty frequently during undergrad research. My husband also used it and other specialty detergents in grad school. Gotta get that glass clean or it'll gently caress up your devices. I spent a summer helping a grad student with trace atmospheric mercury deposition research. Everything got washed with Alconox, acid washed, then acid washed in a dedicated mercury-free bath, then plasma cleaned. I did a lot of dishes. We also used Alconox for decontaminating sampling equipment for hazardous site cleanup. It's good stuff.
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Jul 18, 2021 02:19
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sharkytm posted:trace atmospheric mercury deposition research. Getting waaaaay off topic here, but how much mercury is in the atmosphere  vapor pressure of mercury doesn't seem like an issue in earth's atmosphere, is this byproduct of oil refineries other industrial processes etc and presumably impacts people living downwind from these facilities
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Jul 18, 2021 02:32
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Hadlock posted:double postin' Just have to say I hardcore second the temporal or skin thermometers. I'm a nurse and before baby was born I was all "we will use axillary or rectal thermometers only, the skin ones are bullshit" hahahaha that didn't last too long while the baby's screaming at having something shoved in his armpit and it takes for-loving-ever to read. Like all converts I am a total zealot now.
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Jul 18, 2021 10:09
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boquiabierta posted:Just have to say I hardcore second the temporal or skin thermometers. I'm a nurse and before baby was born I was all "we will use axillary or rectal thermometers only, the skin ones are bullshit" hahahaha that didn't last too long while the baby's screaming at having something shoved in his armpit and it takes for-loving-ever to read. Like all converts I am a total zealot now. 
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Jul 18, 2021 12:30
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I still haven't used a skin thermometer that is very accurate (we went through quite a lot). Easy to use but never matched up with the rectal takes from our pedi. The best we have found from the past 7 years is the Braun ear thermometer. It still only takes a second or so to take the temp and it's very accurate. It's been no more than 1 degree different at most from our pedi rectal takes. And most times it's right near it. It's $40 and I buy one for every friend that becomes a new parent. It's amazing. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MUK6M82/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_C46PJ4GWSYC157FPGCRD
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BonoMan posted:I still haven't used a skin thermometer that is very accurate Same. I have that same temporal thermometer as posted above. The other day it gave me a 104 temp on a kid running no fever.
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Jul 18, 2021 15:38
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Renegret posted:Same. Grab the ear thermometer I posted above. It's the best. Takes readings in a second or less.
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Jul 18, 2021 15:45
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Seconding/thirding/whatever the ear thermometer, skin ones got tossed out pretty quick.
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Jul 18, 2021 15:49
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BonoMan posted:Grab the ear thermometer I posted above. It's the best. Takes readings in a second or less. We already have it  I used the temporal one because I left the ear thermometer upstairs and I was too lazy to go up to get it. So after it said 104 I was like, uhhhhhhh hold on one second, and I ran up there real fast. I didn't try the temporal a second time but ear was a normal 98 so we went with that. I don't doubt the accuracy of a temporal reading, our pediatrician uses them just fine, I just doubt the accuracy of consumer grade ones. e: ear is do easy to use that I can hand it to my 2yo, he'll stick it in his own ear and get a perfectly good reading.
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Jul 18, 2021 15:51
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Our 3mo daughter just slept all night two nights in a row and I feel like a new man. Except I’m yawning incessantly while studying this morning and maybe it’s because the material is very dry and I just want to get to the practice exams, or too much caffeine. No clue
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Jul 18, 2021 16:27
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Hadlock posted:Getting waaaaay off topic here, but how much mercury is in the atmosphere Very very little. Thus the crazy decontamination procedures. This was in upstate NY, looking at deposition from coal power plants. On topic chat: I can actually post in this thread! Our first kid was born on Friday morning. Good Lord, it's awesome. Everyone's healthy and happy, kiddo only lost a few ounces in the first 2 days, the pediatrician said to keep up the great work and that he's perfect. I didn't cry when she said that. Nope. Not at all. My wife's been a rockstar. Breast feeding is way harder than I thought. sharkytm fucked around with this message at 16:32 on Jul 18, 2021 |
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Jul 18, 2021 16:29
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Now our 3yo has awakened from his nap and it’s like the loving Exorcist in there and I’m pretty sure things are floating around the room and he just threw a priest against his door
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Jul 18, 2021 21:19
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Anyone else’s kid randomly start hating baths? Our 2.5 year old has always loved them but the last two days he screams and fights against going in. The water hasn’t been too hot or anything-maybe just a fun new phase to deal with?
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Jul 18, 2021 23:19
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nwin posted:Anyone else’s kid randomly start hating baths? Yeah man my 3.5 year old has been going through this phase for like, 6 months? It sucks. Some days a couple of bath crayons work to entice her, sometimes bubbles, special one time only toys, special music. Other (rare) times we wrestle her naked and dump her in screaming. When she’s not filthy I can sometimes live with sponging her down or skipping a night. Transitions are a big trigger for tantrums in our house, and bath time is the biggest transition for moving from play time to bedtime so I guess that’s why.
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Jul 18, 2021 23:35
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The naked wrestling baths are the best because then we're done in 3 minutes, instead of me sitting there watching him play with the water for an hour
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Jul 18, 2021 23:41
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nwin posted:Anyone else’s kid randomly start hating baths? Our 2 year old did that briefly but it lasted like a week. We were prepping for it to be some terrible phase but it just went by like nothing.
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Jul 18, 2021 23:59
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nwin posted:Anyone else’s kid randomly start hating baths? My two year old changes her mind about baths every week or so, she’s either loving it or screaming to be all done. I’ve found switching up her bath toys helps a little bit when she’s not digging bath time, but if she’s determined not to have bath time it’s screaming no matter what. I try to at least hose her down with the shower head to rinse off sweat/pee but you would think I was torturing her. She’s with her dad this weekend so I actually got to take a real bath with my baby for the first time, he seemed to like hanging out in the tub with me, it was very relaxing.
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Jul 19, 2021 01:15
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Our soon-to-be 20 month old had a growth spurt this weekend and we're having to relearn where we can keep things on the table since the previous safe zone is no longer safe. We're also starting to look in to forward facing seats since his legs are now too long. My wife's worried about it since it's a little too early but i'm not sure when the cut off is re him not being able to straighten his legs.
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Jul 19, 2021 01:20
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citybeatnik posted:We're also starting to look in to forward facing seats since his legs are now too long. My wife's worried about it since it's a little too early but i'm not sure when the cut off is re him not being able to straighten his legs. This comes up fairly often, and they're fine with their legs bent.
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Jul 19, 2021 01:32
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citybeatnik posted:Our soon-to-be 20 month old had a growth spurt this weekend and we're having to relearn where we can keep things on the table since the previous safe zone is no longer safe. The legs thing isn’t an issue, I promise. Most kids actually prefer being able to cross their legs rather than having them dangling. Both of my kids rear faced until 4 and were perfectly happy- and it really is much safer!
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Our kid is (maybe) in the process of having her first successful use of the potty. She independently jumped up out of her bath, flipped up its lid, and sat down. So far it's just a bunch of grunting assisted by dry wiping with toilet paper as if it's a magic ritual to summon poop. Yeah, I'm liveblogging it. e: Halfway (?) through she's decided she needs more to complete the ritual so she ran to the dresser, put on pants, and then went back to the potty so she could pull them to her knees.
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nwin posted:Anyone else’s kid randomly start hating baths? Renegret posted:The naked wrestling baths are the best because then we're done in 3 minutes, instead of me sitting there watching him play with the water for an hour Gonna piggyback off this and add: is anyone else’s kid playing with water by pouring it out and refilling something constantly? And does anyone else’s kid put all their bath toys on the edge of the tub in a row? That’s really weird but my son does it every single night
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