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fosborb posted:school toilets autoflush. it takes apparently 2 days to completely loving wreck all efforts to make flushing a habit lol some things starting to make a bit more sense now
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We are 21 days from due date, and: Baby size is 91%ile Baby head size is 99%ile. They're pretty sure we're going to schedule a c-section either at today's appointment or next week, because while the human body is amazing this baby is not going to fit
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HootTheOwl posted:We are 21 days from due date, and: congratulations/jfc!
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Aug 30, 2023 16:51
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HootTheOwl posted:We are 21 days from due date, and: 
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Aug 30, 2023 16:57
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I know that some women feel guilty about having to get a c-section when they wanted a vaginal birth, but this way she can rest assured it's just because she's too good at making babies
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HootTheOwl posted:We are 21 days from due date, and: both our kids were in the 98 percentile for size and everything went fine and everything will go fine for you too 
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Aug 30, 2023 20:18
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did they stress you out with the "gestational diabetes" stuff too?
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fosborb posted:school toilets autoflush. it takes apparently 2 days to completely loving wreck all efforts to make flushing a habit I have kids with minor sensory issues and automatic flushers are the bane of my existence.
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PerniciousKnid posted:I have kids with minor sensory issues and automatic flushers are the bane of my existence. Drape some toilet paper over the sensor before having them sit down
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brugroffil posted:Drape some toilet paper over the sensor before having them sit down Some places that works, but half the time the sensor is a panel in the wall. If not it still makes the kids nervous.
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PerniciousKnid posted:I have kids with minor sensory issues and automatic flushers are the bane of my existence. I don't have any sensory issues and they're the bane of my existence as well. gently caress you toilet, I'll tell you when I'm done.
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I don't mind them for urinals as long as they are on a proper cool down. But they should be forbidden on stalls. Whatever happened to kicking the lever with your foot?
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Doesn't the button stop them for a while if you hold it?
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the sensor is the poor man's bidet
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HootTheOwl posted:We are 21 days from due date, and: yikes. the human body is amazing mostly in the sense that it can survive despite being such a mess of half-assed parts, and childbirth is one of the things our bodies are the worst at anyway it will very likely be totally fine, good luck!
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one thing we have noticed since having a kid is that the baby formula situation in the US is all hosed up, even beyond the frequent shortage issues 80% of formula is made by two companies, Similac (Abbott) and Enfamil (Mead Johnson). If you go with these big name brands they're always over $1 per ounce no matter where you buy them. In fact the price for the various versions seems to be coordinated such that it is almost precisely the same, and the ingredients are almost precisely the same. It's an obvious cartel situation and between them they represent the vast majority of the formula you actually see on shelves. Your alternatives to these are mostly Gerber (Nestle), which is also expensive, extra-pricey EU/Australian brands, or Perrigo, which makes store brand formula. The Perrigo formula is almost completely the same stuff as Simlac and Enfamil but costs half as much (~50c-70c per ounce). Most of the store brand formula, including for Walmart, Target, Costco, and Sam's Club, are Perrigo. So basically, we just buy Perrigo. But the availability is super spotty, and it hasn't been stocked at Costco for something like six weeks now. So we face the prospect of paying double or driving around like crazy people from store to store looking for the store brand formula. this poo poo sucks!!!
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It's even better when you need some specific formula and regularly have to go to three different stores to find some! Very glad my son left formula behind a month before COVID started
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We use earth's best (because it's what the daycare uses). Looks like they're run by Hain's. You're absolutely right that that entire situation is hosed though and Earth's Best is some bougey $1.50 an ounce poo poo (that has the same ingredients as all the rest).
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In Denmark we have some super special rules about formula, since babies kinda need it. I don't really know the specifics, but it can never go on sale or be part of some promotion, to ensure that availability is mostly uniform. I mostly notice it when I get a 10% off everything in the store coupon, because it specifically exempts formula, tobacco and maybe one other thing. Also I think our supply is more secure due to not being a failing state and also a dairy country.
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same in the UK - formula can't ever be put on reduced price sale or purchased by promotional coupon. You can't even advertise it to the public, including accessories (bottles, nipple teats, etc).
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kecske posted:same in the UK - formula can't ever be put on reduced price sale or purchased by promotional coupon. You can't even advertise it to the public, including accessories (bottles, nipple teats, etc). in the US, if you buy a pregnancy test there's a good chance that the two major formula companies will start sending you free samples a few weeks later
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we used aldi formula, seemed ok!
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we were on the hypoallergenic poo poo for a while which was even more expensive and hard to get buying whole milk now feels like cheating
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Vox Nihili posted:one thing we have noticed since having a kid is that the baby formula situation in the US is all hosed up, even beyond the frequent shortage issues
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sonatinas posted:we used aldi formula, seemed ok! Yep, that's also Perrigo. Anyway we ended up ordering some online from Sam's Club since the store brands are all wiped out around here. quote:Also I think our supply is more secure due to not being a failing state and also a dairy country. Oh there's plenty of dairy here, that's not an issue. The real shortage problems came about from the biggest cartel member, Abbott Laboratories/Similac, getting so lazy and greedy that they actually killed some babies as a result of bacterial infections traced to their largest plant (after they ignored pitting and holes in factory piping for seven years, ignored whistleblowers, etc.), which triggered a recall, shut down the plant, and generally wrecked the entire formula market instantly. It's really funny that they can still charge so much their product after all that.
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There is a lot of regulation around formula in the US and so if you are getting normal stuff it should all be the same according to my pediatricians.
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Vox Nihili posted:one thing we have noticed since having a kid is that the baby formula situation in the US is all hosed up, even beyond the frequent shortage issues now imagine your child has a protein intolerance and you have to get a specially formulated Enfamil that is even harder to find.
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My friends' kid has a weird mix of allergies and they had to buy special formula that cost £40 a tub 
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Microplastics posted:My friends' kid has a weird mix of allergies and they had to buy special formula that cost £40 a tub Thats as much as a tub of "normal" name brand formula costs here 
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does specialist formula for allergies not qualify as a medication for health insurance purposes? the NHS will prescribe allergy formula like Alimentum or Althera if a baby needs it, even without a formal test diagnosis if a doctor suspects a milk protein allergy or similar. kecske has issued a correction as of 10:12 on Sep 2, 2023 |
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Vox Nihili posted:$1 per ounce I buy Nestle at 35c per ounce in South Africa. There's an Irish brand here, Infacare, that costs 24c per ounce which I haven't tried. I remember looking into this when that factory closed down in the USA and the price was in large part due to protectionist policies in the USA.
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Ash Crimson posted:*Guile voice* CHRONIC GOON
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kecske posted:does specialist formula for allergies not qualify as a medication for health insurance purposes? yeah insurance covers it but insurance doesn't magically fix supply chain issues.
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at one point my daughter was prescribed a carb free formula that is literally only made in australia for some reason and has to be ordered from a special hospital pharmacy luckily that only lasted a month the 60 dollar puramino cans were fortunatly covered in ontario
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I'm so lucky my pandemic baby was the one who could breast feed.
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Bragging incoming: we've fully breastfed twin demons so far, now they're like 30:70 foods:breast milk
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 I got one of these things and I would like to report ENORMOUS success in getting my 3yo daughter totally captivated by kirby and rando mega drive games. definitely going to get a mini snes for her for christmas and hack it up with a bunch of baby games.
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Provoked my kids during a long car ride and they retaliated. The older one wrote a story about playing Home-Alone tricks on me in Minecraft. The younger one drew a picture of me with a big butt labeled "A! BUTT! DADA!". The older one added poop coming out. Must admit it's flattering to be the subject of their art but find it a little gruesome too. At least they're working together.
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Nocturtle posted:Provoked my kids during a long car ride and they retaliated. The older one wrote a story about playing Home-Alone tricks on me in Minecraft. The younger one drew a picture of me with a big butt labeled "A! BUTT! DADA!". The older one added poop coming out. can't wait until my kids do this
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bitmap posted:
Which one is that specifically?
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