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hallo spacedog posted:So my kid just turned 2.5 years old and I'm realizing she hasn't really gained any weight since her 2nd birthday. Should I be concerned about this? Does she snore, or toss and turn a lot a night? My son had the same thing and had a gasping snore when sleeping. The pediatrician referred us to an Ear Nose Throat doctor who found he has enlarged tonsils that appear to be causing sleep apnea. The disruption to his sleep caused by that inhibits release of growth hormones, apparently.
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Brawnfire posted:For some reason my son has decided the floor sweeper is "Mommy's vacuum" and the bigger vacuum cleaner is "Daddy's vacuum" and he becomes extremely vexed if either of us use the "wrong" one. The actual broom is “my broom” while the toy broom is “dada’s broom.” The big vacuum is “my vacuum” while the small Dustbuster is “dada’s vacuum.” We’ve read My World enough to know that this is the opposite of how things should be, get with the program!
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Nov 20, 2023 20:51
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HisMajestyBOB posted:Does she snore, or toss and turn a lot a night? My son had the same thing and had a gasping snore when sleeping. The pediatrician referred us to an Ear Nose Throat doctor who found he has enlarged tonsils that appear to be causing sleep apnea. The disruption to his sleep caused by that inhibits release of growth hormones, apparently. She doesn't snore but she has generally been a poor sleeper, however this is slowly changing for the better. That's a little scary though. I did put a message out to my pediatrician to ask if it was unusual so I will bring this thought up when they get back to me.
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Nov 20, 2023 20:56
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You should definitely rule stuff out either way with the pediatrician, but it can be normal. My son gained ~10lbs from age 1.5 until age 6 and about the same in height. Then suddenly from 6 to 6.5 he gained 10lbs and has shot up a couple inches just like that. Some kids just grow in spurts?
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Nov 20, 2023 22:11
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Brawnfire posted:For some reason my son has decided the floor sweeper is "Mommy's vacuum" and the bigger vacuum cleaner is "Daddy's vacuum" and he becomes extremely vexed if either of us use the "wrong" one. Our regular vacuum is mommy's vacuum and the carpet cleaner is dada's vacuum. He also has his own toy vacuum that actually does vacuum up stuff. Kid loving loves vacuums (and lawn mowers)
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Nov 20, 2023 23:13
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The toddler is always fascinated when I vacuum so I got her that toy dyson that actually vacuums for her birthday and she didn't care. Then she played with some friends' daughter's toy vacuum, so I brought hers back out and now she loves it.
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Nov 20, 2023 23:24
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Four months and few weeks in and he just started to be able to turn over, so it’s out od the bed and onto the wider plains (of a gummy mat on the floor). Every few days the poop won’t come out on time and it’s a house-wide cheer-a-thon for it to come out as he wiggles and is deeply unhappy throughout the day, right as I’m trying to concentrate on a last minute work thing and mom’s away. It’s laughter time when the butt uncorks though, so worth it! We’re also now getting 6-7 hours of straight sleep at night, which, oh god, is so great. Still short, but so much better.
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Nov 20, 2023 23:32
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Jose Valasquez posted:Our regular vacuum is mommy's vacuum and the carpet cleaner is dada's vacuum. He also has his own toy vacuum that actually does vacuum up stuff. Kid loving loves vacuums (and lawn mowers) Holy poo poo, my kid loves lawn mowers too! We used to go for these crazy long walks with his lawn mower to the point that we're captured on google maps forever while taking one.
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Nov 20, 2023 23:37
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Brawnfire posted:Holy poo poo, my kid loves lawn mowers too! We used to go for these crazy long walks with his lawn mower to the point that we're captured on google maps forever while taking one. We did that too, the little plastic wheels were so bald. Never immortalized by Google unfortunately. Lawn mower got banished to the garage after too many consecutive nights of indoor lawn mowering and trying to run over the poor dogs with it.
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Nov 21, 2023 01:24
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Mistaken Frisbee posted:...but my 13mo son basically only gives a poo poo about cars and trucks and nothing else....His favorite words include cars and vroom. My nearly 2 year old daughter, except trucks instead of cars, and we're still working on our "tr" pronunciation where "f" is apparently easier, and we were walking outside our house and she sees a truck and screams "FUCKIN' VROOM VROOM! FUCKIN' VROOM VROOM!!!" Then I waved at my neighbour who was in his front garden hearing everything and took her inside. Tamarillo fucked around with this message at 06:41 on Nov 21, 2023 |
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Nov 21, 2023 06:22
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Five-year-old running to the bathroom: I've gotta go poop! See you in one hour. Someday that may very well be true, kid. Just you wait.
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Nov 21, 2023 13:23
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Tamarillo posted:My nearly 2 year old daughter, except trucks instead of cars, and we're still working on our "tr" pronunciation where "f" is apparently easier, and we were walking outside our house and she sees a truck and screams "FUCKIN' VROOM VROOM! FUCKIN' VROOM VROOM!!!" Haha, that is amazing. It captures her passion well. I was grouping trucks in with cars, but he is equally obsessed. He has a cozy truck, and is obsessed with his grandpa's truck. He will just sit in his cozy truck and wait for someone to push him, but he will also just hang out in there quietly for a bizarre amount of time. But for some reason he's started calling trucks "dada". He does not have a father, so I guess that's a fair replacement.
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Nov 21, 2023 18:29
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Tamarillo posted:My nearly 2 year old daughter, except trucks instead of cars, and we're still working on our "tr" pronunciation where "f" is apparently easier, and we were walking outside our house and she sees a truck and screams "FUCKIN' VROOM VROOM! FUCKIN' VROOM VROOM!!!" The pronunciation struggle is real: my just-turned-2 daughter is really into utensils and working on her 'r's so we've had multiple times where we've put her in a high chair at a restaurant and she starts excitedly yelling "fawk! fawk! fawk!" which gets some looks.
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Nov 21, 2023 19:23
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The toddler loves to wear cocks on her feet.
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Nov 21, 2023 19:49
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I live in Japan and my wife is Japanese, so my 2 year old speaks a mix of the languages. It's kind of 50/50 whether or not she latches onto the English or Japanese word for certain things. A lot of Japanese words are borrowed from English, though, which helps her out... unless the term borrowed from English is something that nobody actually says in English, which can be very funny sometimes. The Japanese word for "stroller" is "baby car", so whenever my daughter sees a baby in a stroller she loudly yells "There's a baby in a baby car!". Another funny one happened when she pointed at an electric outlet and proudly told me "Don't touch the consent. It's dangerous." while nodding her head. The Japanese word is "konsento", from "concentric", back when plugs used to be round.
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Nov 21, 2023 20:38
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Emily Spinach posted:The toddler loves to wear cocks on her feet. when we drive past transport trucks on our way to daycare I get excitedly informed "daddy big cuck! big cuck!" rude rear end kid
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Nov 21, 2023 22:37
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Spoggerific posted:unless the term borrowed from English is something that nobody actually says in English, which can be very funny sometimes.
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Nov 22, 2023 02:48
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The gently caress am I supposed to do with this 4 year old in my house for the next 5 full days?
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Nov 22, 2023 02:53
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nachos posted:The gently caress am I supposed to do with this 4 year old in my house for the next 5 full days? We are at grandmas and have given our ten month old access to the Tupperware cabinet. It is entertaining watching her take all of it out, climb all the way in to get the stuff at the back, put stuff she doesn’t want back in, etc. Also thanks grandma for keeping the 30 year old baby toys, she is loving pulling the cricket around
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Nov 22, 2023 14:25
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nachos posted:The gently caress am I supposed to do with this 4 year old in my house for the next 5 full days? *Administrator at preschool, smirkingly* "Looking forward to the break? It's a nice long one"
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Nov 22, 2023 15:56
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3 year old got his tonsils out yesterday so this is already the worst Thanksgiving break yet and it’s not even Thanksgiving break yet.
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Nov 22, 2023 20:01
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"Alexa? POOP"
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Nov 22, 2023 21:52
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nachos posted:The gently caress am I supposed to do with this 4 year old in my house for the next 5 full days? At our house, the answer to that question is apparently "sit around the living room sharing a nice family case of strep throat". It's okay, I didn't really care about seeing my long-separated friends and loved ones tomorrow anyway I guess.
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Nov 22, 2023 22:00
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"I lost my voice yesterday and couldn't talk. My bones got all mixed up and my calories went away. But now my calories are back and I can talk again." Also, I have been asked to play a game of Bat-tiki, which apparently involves making clay bats and ghosts and shouting "BOO" as we throw them at each other. We need to get them at the Bat-tiki store, which is of course a place that exists. I got her to agree that playdough and halloween cookie cutters are the same thing, at least.
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Nov 23, 2023 01:13
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Toddler saw the cat using the litter box and is potty training so she decided to use the litter box too. Good job on technically using a toilet lil dudette? 
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Nov 23, 2023 02:14
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Rabidbunnylover posted:"fawk! fawk! fawk!"
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Nov 23, 2023 06:30
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My kid (2 year old) somehow picked up on my whispered “gently caress” when I drop something and now she does it. I’m in deep poo poo tomorrow when the in-laws visit.
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Nov 23, 2023 06:54
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How the gently caress am I going to make it until school on Monday
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Nov 24, 2023 05:18
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I am desperately in need of advice. It's 1130 pm on Thanksgiving. Literally nothing is open in my small town. My daughter has the stomach flu and can't sleep because she's crying in pain because of stomach cramps and discomfort. Of course we don't have any children's medicine in the house, because why would we have a silly thing like that when we need it? She's already thrown up once and I feel more is on the way. Are there any natural remedies I can use to ease her discomfort somewhat until Walgreens opens in the morning? I tried gently rubbing her tummy but that's not working. I'm encouraging her to drink room temperature water (little sips), and I've got a heating pad I could possibly use, if a warm compress would help. She's 8. It breaks my heart, and it's gonna be a long night. Any advice is much appreciated.
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Nov 24, 2023 06:41
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Natural remedies - I haven't a clue. For gastroenteritis, I can't say I've ever treated it effectively with medicine(once they are puking). Once the vomiting starts, we just do small amounts of water until we can keep something down. Often this is half a day or so. It sucks but at least it's usually over pretty quick. Basically it sucks, but by the time you can buy meds, kiddo should be able to keep it down?
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Nov 24, 2023 07:08
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If you have rice and a pillowcase and a microwave, you can make a heat pack. Fill the pillow case with a heap of rice and knot it closed. Microwave it with a glass of water (as in, water in a glass) for 2 minutes, check the temp and microwave in minute increments until it's hot but not burning. Be careful as you may not realise how hot it is until it's been in place for a bit. Apply to stomach. Reheat as necessary. Should ease cramping and reduce nausea.
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Nov 24, 2023 07:23
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extravadanza posted:Natural remedies - I haven't a clue. For gastroenteritis, I can't say I've ever treated it effectively with medicine(once they are puking). Once the vomiting starts, we just do small amounts of water until we can keep something down. Often this is half a day or so. It sucks but at least it's usually over pretty quick. She finally fell asleep. Hopefully this is just one of those 24 hour bugs. I've had gastroenteritis that's lasted for several days before.
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Nov 24, 2023 07:29
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Spoggerific posted:I live in Japan and my wife is Japanese, so my 2 year old speaks a mix of the languages. It's kind of 50/50 whether or not she latches onto the English or Japanese word for certain things. This is just ahead of where I am to a T. Little Ms 1.75 is getting a good grasp of “papa yada” at the moment though 
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Nov 24, 2023 11:05
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The funny thing about our almost-2yo being raised multi-lingually it's that while she picks one word for a specific thing, she also knows the word in another language. So when I say that I will give her some bread (in languge A), she then excitedly yells "bread!" in language B.
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Nov 24, 2023 11:24
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I am a little concerned with Baby Gout. They get exposure to alot more Chinese at daycare, in the real world, but almost all of their vocabulary is English right now, when I'm the only one really using English with him. Except for cartoons, those are in English.
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Nov 24, 2023 12:02
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BigBallChunkyTime posted:I am desperately in need of advice. Fluids of course are great (with electrolytes too). Overall for stomach paints there are a lot of herbal options - ginger or chamomile or licorice or or peppermint or mint tea can all help.
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Nov 24, 2023 13:22
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BigBallChunkyTime posted:She finally fell asleep. Hopefully this is just one of those 24 hour bugs. I've had gastroenteritis that's lasted for several days before. I'm late but ginger ale / ginger tea is a natural thing for tummy distress. Hope your daughter is feeling better!
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Nov 24, 2023 15:35
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We're still considering daycares, and I'm really wanting to send my 14mos son to a part-time Spanish immersion school in a few months. But beyond scheduling issues, his current caregiver/grandmother is worried how he'll adapt to both preschool and full Spanish language schooling at the same time. Because she takes him to Spanish storytime and reads to him a little in Spanish (she's fully bilingual), but we're not consistently speaking Spanish to him and it's mostly just her. My wife and I both know conversational basic Spanish, but just don't speak it in front of him right now. Also, he keeps crying every time I read to him in Spanish, but I think only when I do it? So maybe my Spanish is just that bad. So that might be an obstacle. Mistaken Frisbee fucked around with this message at 16:56 on Nov 24, 2023 |
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Nov 24, 2023 16:53
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I thought we'd avoided cocomelon, but the toddler was playing with the remote while the tv was on the YouTube kids app, found one of their videos on a channel I hadn't managed to block, and she recognized it by name and got upset when I tried to change it.
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External Organs posted:I'm late but ginger ale / ginger tea is a natural thing for tummy distress. Hope your daughter is feeling better! Crystallized ginger is also very good to keep around for this sort of situation
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