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My breast milk supply is nowhere near as good as it was with my first kid, I haven’t been able to store any extra for the past several months, where as with my first kid I had to give away several hundred ounces because my freezer wasn’t big enough. I’ve been supplementing with formula, and was able to get formula covered under WIC. However, with the shortage of formula lately, I haven’t been able to find the brand and type that WIC approved to be my substitute. This morning I went to the grocery store, target, and the co-op and they were all out of that brand, both on the shelf and in stock. At the co op I grabbed a can of different formula and figured I’d try to run it through at the register just to see, and it was declined. I left without buying it because it was almost $50. As I was walking back to my car, a lady came running out and handed me the can, I said I hadn’t paid for it. She said she knew, and she paid for it for me. Cue me crying in the parking lot and giving a stranger a hug. I told her I had been looking for formula that entire morning. She said she had no idea, and then she started crying… And now I’m crying again writing this. I’m going to be getting in touch with WIC to see what other formula I can sub with, but thanks to this total stranger I don’t have to worry about running out of formula. My kid eats food but sometimes he is just interested in the bottle, and now I’m covered for at least the next month.
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I’m glad that stranger helped you out. I’ve always found the price of formula to be absurd. Formula should be heavily subsidized and cost something trivial, like $5.
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Apr 17, 2022 00:55
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hallo spacedog posted:So the baby who is now 11 months old has thrown up on three separate occasions after eating egg. I'm going to guess it might be allergy. I plan to discuss with the pediatrician when we see her in a month but does anyone know what good next steps are or should I be doing anything else in the mean time? Oh hey, we had this too at around 8 months! We were about to see her doctor soon anyway, so I asked about it and we got referred to an allergist pretty quickly. The allergist confirmed her allergy with the prick test, but said most kids will outgrow the egg allergy by the time they reach school age. He said to start her on the egg ladder and prescribed us some epi pens, one of which lives in the diaper bag, and another in the medicine cabinet. My kid is pretty picky, so we’ve been stuck on dry egg noodles on the egg ladder for a long time. Egg noodles and frozen veggies are her dinner 90% of the time, but I just can’t get her to consistently eat a full serving every day for 2 weeks. Half the time she eats 2 noodles and throws the rest on the floor. We saw her allergist this week and he said we can start introducing tiny amounts of fresh egg noodle, which is the next step up on the ladder. Like with yours, her only symptom was vomiting, so it’s likely an allergy. The egg ladder is a way to gradually introduce allergens to acclimate the body to it, starting out with the most heavily cooked egg products and gradually working your way up, stopping and going back if there is an allergic reaction. It starts with egg cooked in a flour matrix, like muffins and waffle cookies. My kid didn’t want muffins so I gave her brioche toast instead. We tried fresh egg noodles once, but had to go back down because she threw up. You’ll have to be mindful about what has egg and what doesn’t! My friend made us dinner one time and I gave the kid some of my noodles and she seemed to like them. I did not realize at the time that carbonara had egg in it. Our friend got to witness how sick and miserable it made our kid and the emergency bath 1 hour after bedtime. She felt sooooo bad for making food with egg, but I really should have been more mindful about the ingredients myself.
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Apr 17, 2022 01:08
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No joke, join all the local social media groups for your neighborhood and nearby neighborhoods. It's full of people just giving away tons of baby supplies. I scored at least a hundred dollars worth of Alimentum for free, and the more common formulas come up on there much more often. Same goes for church groups or any other continuity group.
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Apr 17, 2022 01:10
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Dobbs_Head posted:I’m glad that stranger helped you out. I’ve always found the price of formula to be absurd. Powdered formula should come in 7/15/30 lb bags, like cat food, all for $1 each, tax free, and should be a crime with heavy punishment to sell it for more than that Same for diapers
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Apr 17, 2022 01:44
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Well we made it 2 years with me, my wife, and both our kids never getting COVID-19. My 3-year old woke up with a fever and just tested positive. Frustrating that it seems to have happened right after everywhere stopped requiring masks, including the daycare. Oh well, at least the rest of us are vaccinated and I get paid leave to take care of him. So far it's just the fever and lethargy, so fingers crossed he doesn't get sicker.
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Apr 17, 2022 02:17
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Brawnfire posted:My daughter is alternating between saying "monochrome", shouting "monochrome", singing "monochrome", telling me what "monochrome" means, and asking what "monochrome" means genuine, bonafide, electrified, six-car monochrome
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Apr 17, 2022 07:50
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Renegret posted:Alimentum  the smell oh god the smell
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Apr 17, 2022 18:18
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We ended up buying all our formula at Costco. It's like 20 bucks for a big tub that lasts for a few weeks. If you can swing a membership it's worth it for that and diapers since both are like half the cost of brand stuff while being the same quality.
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Apr 17, 2022 18:28
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what you don't like soggy cheez its?
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Apr 17, 2022 18:31
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I’m a member of a few different local FB parent, free stuff, and marketplace groups. Highly recommend to everyone, I’ve gotten a ton of really nice free stuff from that. The sample packs of formula come up every now and then but not too often. Dropped off the kids at their dad’s place yesterday. I’m glad he lets me come inside his apartment because I swept up some broken glass and a few pieces of chewed gum. My daughter found some of his miniatures (western themed kid’s toys from probably the 50s), and brought out a tiny toy gun. She pointed it at him and said “You were bad! I’m going to punish you!” I have no idea where she learned what a gun is, and that guns get pointed at people, and usually if someone is pointing a gun at you it’s because something bad happened… I mean, this is America after all so maybe kids at daycare are pretend shooting each other? She can tell me what shows she watches with her dad and the most violent thing she’s ever seen is Shrek. I felt a bit disturbed by it.
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Apr 17, 2022 20:25
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Olanphonia posted:We ended up buying all our formula at Costco. It's like 20 bucks for a big tub that lasts for a few weeks. If you can swing a membership it's worth it for that and diapers since both are like half the cost of brand stuff while being the same quality. While we were traveling we ran out of costco formula and tried to sub in some other formula. The costco formula homogenizes if you give it a few suggestive swirls. It was amazing how hard it was to get this other formula to mix. Costco stuff is great.
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Apr 17, 2022 23:28
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My 3 year old son is obsessed with this mermaid Ariel toy he keeps seeing on tv. So we got it for him as an Easter present and threw it in the bath with him. He started getting really upset at it. Instead of it being super graceful underwater like on TV, the doll's hair gets wrapped up and stuck to her face, tangled up, and sheds into the bath water. Hahahahaha enjoy your life lesson you sucker. Now you understand how mommy lives her life.
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Apr 18, 2022 01:31
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First two-day-two-family overnight holiday with the kiddo has been executed successfully. She was wiped by like 12 today, just absolutely refused to have any fun unless my wife or I were holding her. Fell asleep on the car ride home almost half an hour before the regular end of her wake window. I sense some recalibration incoming this week On the plus side, we have successfully done overnight sleep without the white noise machine AND naps with moderate ambient light so I'm calling it worth it.
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Apr 18, 2022 03:44
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ChickenWing posted:On the plus side, we have successfully done overnight sleep without the white noise machine AND naps with moderate ambient light so I'm calling it worth it. We did something similar, a three-night trip where we brought our Snoo but forgot the power cord. The 4-month old only woke up twice each night. As soon as we got back home he reset, waking up 5-6 times a night ever since. Doesn’t matter if he gets good sleep during the day or is exhausted. Even with the Snoo turned off. It’s like there was something in the air that we can’t replicate at home.
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Apr 18, 2022 04:48
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Formula is how loving much?! Good loving grief even the specialised formula my son had for his cows milk allergy didn't cost that much. Bless that lady though, that's so kind. People don't always suck.
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Apr 18, 2022 09:58
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Dropped off my kid today late, like 11am Just utter chaos, kids milling about, picking poo poo up, putting it down, two kids on the floor just howling, me and my my daughter were just like, "what the gently caress is going on"    You could not pay me enough to deal with that. I'm not sure what was going on but probably didn't help that it's a rainy day so they can't go outside
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Apr 18, 2022 19:13
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A little brag coming in, but I'm very proud right now.  My 6yo daughter in Kindergarten started reading beginner chapter books on her own a few months ago through encouragement from us and her teachers. She will read entire books on the bus ride to/from school. During the recent spring break, she was the only student in her class that asked for books to read and was given 6 from the librarian and 3 from her teacher (all of which she read during break). I started a StoryGraph account for her to keep track, and she's already up to 34 books read since she started reading chapter books on her own. She loves to read, which is awesome and I love it! Today, she was telling us about going to the library (Mondays are library days) and picking out a new book for the week. She was talking about how it gets lonely in the chapter book section, so we asked why. Apparently, the librarian keeps that section roped off to the Kindergartners (and sometimes 1st graders) because they're too rough with the books, and they generally aren't ready for them. But she gives my daughter special access because she knows how much my daughter loves to read. She picked out a book today that was in the 3rd grade reading level section and finished it on the bus ride home! And it's not just reading through, she's comprehending and telling us about the stories. I'm so excited to see her love of reading and ability to read grow so quickly!
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Apr 18, 2022 20:00
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I love seeing kids that love to read; I was much the same and was reading at a college level in 4th grade. I used to read the American Medical Association home medical library - something like 20-odd books - cover-to-cover and over and over for fun.
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Apr 18, 2022 20:03
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Good-Natured Filth posted:A little brag coming in, but I'm very proud right now. Congratulations, awesome. Really hoping my 3 year old can turn out the same way, though I'm also trying not to push it hard as a parental expectation.
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Apr 18, 2022 20:03
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This might be a dumb question, but are car seats common targets for theft? I’m going to be switching to a car seat without a base (meaning it will be left in the car all the time) but unfortunately moving to a rougher neighborhood, just wonder how worried I should be.
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Apr 18, 2022 21:13
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remigious posted:This might be a dumb question, but are car seats common targets for theft? I’m going to be switching to a car seat without a base (meaning it will be left in the car all the time) but unfortunately moving to a rougher neighborhood, just wonder how worried I should be. I doubt it, because they have pretty much no resale value.
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Apr 18, 2022 21:38
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Not really sure but when someone broke into our car to steal our diaper bag they left the car seat so…
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Apr 18, 2022 21:58
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My son, sowing: HAHA RUFFAGE IS WORTHLESS I SHALL EAT NAUGHT BUT MELTIES, MEAT, AND PUCHES AND YOU CAN'T FORCE ME TO! ALSO I SPIT UPON YOUR EFFORTS TO SNEAK MIRALAX AND OTHER STOOL SOFTENERS IN MY DRINKS! My son, reaping: OH GOD IT HURTS TO POOP OH GOD WHERE DOES THAT SUPPOSITORY GO!?
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Apr 18, 2022 22:18
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Nobody's going to steal your car seat because nobody knows how to remove the drat things.
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Apr 18, 2022 22:56
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Renegret posted:Nobody's going to steal your car seat because nobody knows how to remove the drat things. Lol, good point. Thanks guys!
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Apr 18, 2022 23:01
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Plus if they don’t have an easy latch connector and are installed properly it’ll take tools anyways. I have to use locking needle nose pliers for the booster in my car because of the belt being so tight and the angle. E: one of the twins is going pull-up free tonight, he’s had six nights in a row of a dry one in the morning. The other one has had some success but not this much. Holy crap we are almost out of pull-ups entirely, I feel like that’s a parenting level up milestone or something. devmd01 fucked around with this message at 00:45 on Apr 19, 2022 |
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Apr 19, 2022 00:33
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Now I know why they call it the terrible twos. The twins are an absolute nightmare to put down for bed, naps have been out the window the past few days, food is thrown everywhere during meals, random meltdowns throughout the day. Only 6 weeks until daycare starts. No, I’m not counting down the days, what are you talking about?
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Apr 19, 2022 00:58
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Once a month for some hikes with friends I have to remove the carseat, and every single time I start mumbling swears at it because the latches don't come off within the first couple of tries. I doubt anyone stealing from a car would go through that effort for maybe a 20% coupon at Target.
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Apr 19, 2022 01:37
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Kiddo is trying to drop her third nap and let me loving tell you I did not miss being up at 5am
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Apr 19, 2022 12:08
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ChickenWing posted:Kiddo is trying to drop her third nap and let me loving tell you I did not miss being up at 5am Ahaha....AHAHAHAHA...  Mine wake up around 4:00-4:30 because they go to sleep around 6:00-6:30 because they wake up around 4:00-4:30.
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D34THROW posted:Ahaha....AHAHAHAHA...  I've just been letting her sit in her crib and fuss until the yelling starts bordering on crying, which pushes "wake up" time to 615-630. Trying to push daytime wake windows but she is being minimally cooperative (although her naps have let us hit 730 bed with pretty good frequency  )
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ChickenWing posted:
yes but she shares a room with 3 other kids and starts in with tiny-terrorist tactics and holds their sleep hostage 
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It's really impressive to me how much curdled milk vomit resembles some kind of real cheese. As you might expect, I am home from work today... Edit: strep! Eh. Sure. External Organs fucked around with this message at 15:56 on Apr 20, 2022 |
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Apr 20, 2022 13:52
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External Organs posted:It's really impressive to me how much curdled milk vomit resembles some kind of real cheese. As you might expect, I am home from work today... My youngest is a pro cheesemaker. He'll hid his sippy cups full of milk in crazy places and we don't find them for weeks!
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D34THROW posted:yes but she shares a room with 3 other kids and starts in with tiny-terrorist tactics and holds their sleep hostage hmmmmmmm no thanks that sounds terrible
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Remember adults When making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, if you overfill the sandwich and it spills out the side when cutting, the sandwich is now yucky and can not be eaten When being faced with a perfectly made replacement sandwich, now is a good time to decide that whole wheat bread is yucky even though it's never been a problem before. Anyway dinner for me tonight is three peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and I got water going on the stove for some pasta. Don't ask me what's wrong with the third sandwich I still haven't figured it out.
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Apr 20, 2022 22:58
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If you guessed dinner tonight would be cereal, then you'd be right.
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Renegret posted:If you guessed dinner tonight would be cereal, then you'd be right. wheat was the real villain
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My wife was sick last week, she got better then I immediately got sick. I'm in day 4, and I've lost my voice. I think the kids just want to act like monsters to each other just to listen to my squeaking nonvoice try to yell over then. And now one of them is having a runny nose. We've all tested negative for covid, so who knows, maybe it's just some regular stupid cold. E: that is to say I can't sleep well, my kids are driving me crazy, and I'm losing my mind from the lack of sleep and medicine in taking, and I need to blow off steam. killer crane fucked around with this message at 00:32 on Apr 21, 2022 |
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