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Endings posted:My daughter (5mo) has finally learned to let her poops out without a multi-hour straining session. I never thought more poop would be cause for celebration, but here we are. There are multiple poop celebration cycles within the first 3 years.
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Good-Natured Filth posted:Week two of weaning, and it's mostly been great. We still put tape on his thumb at night because he has a strong night-sucking habit, but it's off during the day at this point with minimal thumb-sucking attempts. I've caught him start to suck his thumb, double-take, and pull it out; so he's definitely trying his best. Just curious why you're actively intervening. Did your kid's dentist say something?
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May 16, 2023 13:30
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Blinkz0rz posted:Just curious why you're actively intervening. Did your kid's dentist say something? Yeah. Pediatrician and dentist both suggested we wean him off soon. His thumb regularly cracks and bleeds from the sucking, and his teeth are starting to get an overbite.
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May 16, 2023 14:01
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Our daughter had an extremely tough time at daycare dropoff this morning. To the point where she cried so hard that she threw up. And then of course our son started bawling because he sister was so upset. Apparently it has been nonstop crying for about an hour. I feel bad but they said don’t come because it’ll likely make it worse. Has anyone else experienced something like this before? We’ve never had this happen to us before. They usually love daycare. They got a stomach bug last week but they’ve been fine for several days and they did fine at daycare yesterday so I don’t think it’s illness.
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May 16, 2023 15:03
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some days just be like that. The stomach bug likely broke their routine and maybe today just wasn’t their day to resume the routine. Tomorrow’s a new day. I wouldn’t worry unless it became a pattern.
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May 16, 2023 15:44
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space uncle posted:Why won’t this loving kid sleep. They slept through the night for the greater part of 2 years since we sleep trained at 6 months and now we’re hosed. It seems to come and go in waves. Good luck, hope it changes soon for you. We're now expecting our 2nd child and the lack of sleep on top of being sick all the time is my greatest fear.
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May 16, 2023 21:27
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Poop chat has been a highlight for this lurker. Sometimes my toddler surprises me with a poo the size of a small mammal. It's like, how does it even fit inside their tiny body? It's at least a whole kilo in weight. Where did it come from!? Is the intestines just a miniature Bag of Holding? I mean, wow.
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May 16, 2023 22:39
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BaseballPCHiker posted:It seems to come and go in waves. Good luck, hope it changes soon for you. We're now expecting our 2nd child and the lack of sleep on top of being sick all the time is my greatest fear. The lack of sleep tends to suppress your immune system's response, which is just a double whammy of good times. I think it's quite common to be sick for an entire season with toddlers. No break between one bug and the next, just an endless stream of stuffy noses, sore throats, coughing and body aches through an entire winter of suck. Why else would Nurglings be so cute on the tabletop? The inspiration had to have come from somewhere...
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May 16, 2023 22:41
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A Bad King posted:Poop chat has been a highlight for this lurker. ours always pees on the drive to the doctor's office, so we're pulling a 2 oz diaper off just before the nurse comes in to weigh him. He was back to birth weight, we swear! Then he pissed it all away!
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May 16, 2023 23:26
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One of ours had a whole phase of only pooping in the yard between diapers and potty trained. We didn't even have dogs he was emulating he just decided he could only poop in the yard.
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May 16, 2023 23:39
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Took the kids to the library after dinner, it’s been silent ever since we got in the car and they started reading their books. We may just make it to bedtime without having to do any parenting this evening.
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May 17, 2023 00:19
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A Bad King posted:Poop chat has been a highlight for this lurker. Mine was reacting to antibiotics the other day and pooped 4 full diapers and then some, one after another. Like, how? Where does it fit, indeed.
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May 17, 2023 00:31
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devmd01 posted:Took the kids to the library after dinner, it’s been silent ever since we got in the car and they started reading their books. We may just make it to bedtime without having to do any parenting this evening. Man this is the best feeling. Hope it worked out for you!
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May 17, 2023 06:18
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Just need to vent a bit. The week after getting back from “vacation” at Disney has been so rough. My 2 year old got a little bit scared by the loud things at Disney, and he’s been super clingy and whiny since. The toughest part has been the naps / sleep time. Before travel, he was a champion sleeper. He’d say “night night” and just go to sleep. But at Disney he got used to a disrupted routine where we’d actively help him settle more. Now he’s yelling “mama come here!” at the top of his lungs at nap time and bedtime and early in the morning. We’re sleep hardasses, so he’s getting a round of sleep training. We check that he didn’t poop or something and then let him cry it out. (We prefer to not go in and sooth because it seems to make it harder for our kids to settle themselves.) But it’s been stressful suckitude while he figures out that we’re back in the routine. This morning uber sucked. We stumbled from tantrum to tantrum with both the kids. They did that thing where they started getting upset when we said yes and got them what they wanted. The last straw: my 2 year old demanded his sunglasses, but when I handed him his freshly cleaned sunglasses he flipped out and demanded his other sunglasses. So my wife packed him off to daycare (where he promptly calmed down and played nicely).
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May 17, 2023 14:53
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Is it a good sign if kids who can’t talk yet have mastered meowing back at the cats
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Dobbs_Head posted:Just need to vent a bit. The week after getting back from “vacation” at Disney has been so rough. My 2 year old got a little bit scared by the loud things at Disney, and he’s been super clingy and whiny since. That really sucks dude. If it makes you feel better I’m in the same boat with sleep clinginess and the “yes tantrums”. Cry it out method hasn’t worked for us yet but we just got some melatonin and are trying a chair method. Cry it out/Ferber worked at all of his previous sleep training and regressions so this sucks even more now. Kid demands that we sit in a chair and watch him fall asleep so slowly trying to move the chair out of the room night by night is the goal.
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May 17, 2023 15:11
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:Is it a good sign if kids who can’t talk yet have mastered meowing back at the cats No idea, but don’t google infant cat sounds because all that will come up is some rare disease where they make cat sounds. I’ve stopped googling stuff because I don’t need that stress in my life too.
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May 17, 2023 15:30
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I have laryngitis and have had a raspy, croaky voice for nearly a week now. Last night I made the mistake of reading 2 Curious George stories to my kid last night. I ended up coughing so much that my head hurt. I had to tell her no more stories because I couldn't talk without hacking up a storm. Now I'm just full blown regular sick with sniffles, coughing and a headache. Fortunately, my husband is off work this week (he booked it off so he could play Zelda all week), so I'm able to rest a bit and let him take care of some of the childcare. I've made myself some Neo Citrin iced tea and hope to rest a bit. Every time I tell my daughter that "mama's sick" she replies with, "Gotta call a doctah! Doctah said no more monkeys jumping on da bed!"
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May 17, 2023 15:32
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:Is it a good sign if kids who can’t talk yet have mastered meowing back at the cats When son was doing vocabulary explosion all dogs were referred to as "woof woofs". Pokemon rules: animals are named what they say.
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May 17, 2023 15:45
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The yes tantrums are just kafka human rudeness. I'm giving you what you asked for and you're angry?! Why?! Stop teaching me the importance of a frontal lobe! How big would a woman's hips have to be for a newborn to have the brain power of a 5 year old, I heard 5-6 is a good age for when these tantrums end...? I mean, I'm sure chimpanzees have issues with their young but they seem to have it better off in some respects...folks, was it it a mistake to climb down from the trees and develop speech?
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May 17, 2023 16:11
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If I got to pick a reproductive strategy, I’d go with parasitic incubation like parasitoid wasps or the aliens for “Alien”. No need to make eggs big enough for a giant brain or carry big-headed young.
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May 17, 2023 16:27
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I was playing outside with my son yesterday, blowing bubbles and having a blast when he stopped suddenly, crossed his arms, furrowed his brow and peered up at me. I asked him why he was mad and he proudly exclaimed, “angry face!” Toddlers are just so freaking fun. I love this stage.
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May 17, 2023 16:34
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My daughter basically acted out the entire Tangled movie yesterday before bed while listening to the soundtrack and we were dying of laughter. Toddlers - a land of contrasts.
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May 17, 2023 16:40
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They're the best.
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May 17, 2023 16:42
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How long do children stay sick for? My 1yr old had a fever a couple of days last week, turning into major congestion over the weekend. He’s gotten a lot better but still uncomfortable and stuffed up. Also, should I hold off on giving Tylenol/Motrin? A nurse mentioned they liked to let fevers go if it’s not too high, to help the immune system grow. But it feels hypocritical to deny the little guy while mommy and daddy are popping pills like candy.
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Dazerbeams posted:Also, should I hold off on giving Tylenol/Motrin? A nurse mentioned they liked to let fevers go if it’s not too high, to help the immune system grow. But it feels hypocritical to deny the little guy while mommy and daddy are popping pills like candy. Medical science has no clue whether a fever actually helps fight the infection or not. And a fever has nothing to do with “letting the immune system grow” - their immune repertoire is growing from encountering the pathogen whether you give antipyretics or not. So feel free to treat how they’re feeling, and if they seem miserable give them meds.
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Dazerbeams posted:Also, should I hold off on giving Tylenol/Motrin? Basically, use the thermometer to corroborate other symptoms that the kiddo is sick, but you don't have to medicate them just because they have a temperature.
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The holding off on tylenol thing may be a thing from vaccinations? I've heard that it's best to not give tylenol to make sure the immune response is the best it can be. I remember that being a thing during the COVID vaccine rollout. I'm not a doctor/immunologist though that's just what I've heard.
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May 17, 2023 18:49
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Eeyo posted:The holding off on tylenol thing may be a thing from vaccinations? I've heard that it's best to not give tylenol to make sure the immune response is the best it can be. I remember that being a thing during the COVID vaccine rollout. You aren't supposed to preemptively give Tylenol or ibuprofen for shots. If your kid is feeling miserable afterwards, you can but they don't want you to give it beforehand.
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Can I also ask, what the hell is up with Tylenol/ibuprofen in kids? They'll have a 103 fever and be the most cranky, miserable child on the planet. Just awful looking and clearly suffering. Then they get a little bit of either one and like magic 10 minutes later their fever's gone and they have no idea anything's wrong with them to begin with. If I feel like poo poo and take some Tylenol, an hour later I still feel like poo poo, just slightly less. Where's my magic cure all medicine? 
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Renegret posted:If I feel like poo poo and take some Tylenol, an hour later I still feel like poo poo, just slightly less. Where's my magic cure all medicine?
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I noticed that too. Last night our 15 month old had a fever and was having trouble getting back to sleep at 4am. We gave 1ml of baby Tylenol and within minutes he was sleeping peacefully. Maybe something about their size and metabolic rate makes them respond to the drug much faster. Plus the drug is in a liquid medium, that’s gotta speed things up.
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I always felt this way about infant mylicon, it seems to work so much faster on a gassy infant than anything I've ever had for gas as an adult.
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speaking of gas, has anyone here had the pleasure of using the "windi"? i was not ready
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chupacabraTERROR posted:speaking of gas, has anyone here had the pleasure of using the "windi"? i was not ready We have them, and I've occasionally contemplated it when he's seemingly inconsolable late at night, but it's always turned out that yet another ounce of milk (after several ounces in a bottle plus an hour of breastfeeding) was all he really wanted.
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chupacabraTERROR posted:speaking of gas, has anyone here had the pleasure of using the "windi"? i was not ready They're not something I ever would have thought to buy if my cousin hadn't told me about them, but drat if they didn't get the job done.
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chupacabraTERROR posted:speaking of gas, has anyone here had the pleasure of using the "windi"? i was not ready Didn't need them at all for our first kid. For our second kid we used so many that I started buying bulk packs of the knockoff versions on Amazon. It's extra special when instead of just gas coming through you get a whole slurry of poop.
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First mirconium poo, baby farted into it as it was coming out so it just expanded like a big black piece of chewing gum. I already had the nappy off to change an unrelated pee incident so I got to watch it real time. Looked like her butthole was opening up to a new dimension. Like something out of Prometheus, same black goo.
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Goffer posted:Looked like her butthole was opening up to a new dimension. Like something out of Prometheus, Too long for a thread title?
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chupacabraTERROR posted:Too long for a thread title? Just skip 2nd sentence and it's perfect: Parenting thread: Looked like her butthole was opening up to a new dimension
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