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Rabidbunnylover posted:Don't have any advice on weaning, but you might double check that the relevant doctors are up-to-date on their knowledge of treatment options (the mention of going to the ER for treatment makes me worry that you're someplace that's still doing opioids as first-line for migraines, which is largely considered ineffective now). Not a medical professional, but my wife suffers from migraines as well, and neurologist/OB/pediatrician were all fine with proponalol for prophylaxis and triptans for treatment the whole way through pregnancy, and LactMed has broadly positive things to say about CGRP inhibitors (Aimovig and Nurtec ODT were the entries we were considered with) after newborn stage, so if possible might be worth seeing if you can check w/ a neurologist or similar who's been following the literature. Rabidbunnylover posted:Ah, that makes sense re: the IVs - just triggered bad memories from Austin hospitals circa 2008 when they kept trying to ineffectively treat with opioids. Glad it's something more reasonable in your case! I'm also a doctor parent (huzzah there are dozens of us), and at least currently in my region/field, opioids/barbituates have been broadly dismissed as effective long-term treatments for migraines (hopefully that's reflective of everybody's experience). If you're with Kaiser and still only using sumatriptan (imitrex) I'd talk to your primary doc and maybe try trials of naratriptan/rizatriptan if your immediate treatment options don't work well. However, if you're already failing prophylaxis, it might be worthwhile to get a consult to neurology, as I'm fairly sure in Kaiser a primary physician doesn't have auth/experience with CGRP inhibitors, as several great new medications (i'm looking at you Wegovy) are usually restricted to specific departments. Also, remember you don't have to stick with a single neurologist if they suck, you can always get a second opinion by calling member services the instant after having a lovely experience. Also, please complain, the KP doctors do get feedback regarding any specific events they are part of personally.
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space uncle posted:Bed time took me an hour and a half last night, trying a new Carrot method (bribery) with the 3 year old. I would never have considered giving a toddler free access to water at night. You didn’t see this ever backfiring? :-D You’re going to have to cut it off at some point in order to get him dry overnight, might as well be now. I know, this is the thread for venting and not for making fun of each other. I totally feel you on the injustice part. That can really try a person’s patience.
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Hippie Hedgehog posted:I would never have considered giving a toddler free access to water at night. You didn’t see this ever backfiring? :-D You’re going to have to cut it off at some point in order to get him dry overnight, might as well be now. No dude trust me I appreciate the advice, I didn’t take it as making fun. I will try cutting off the water supply. You’re right that it will dovetail with the potty training. He woke me up at 3:15 and 4:45 this morning too so still no progress. Did not receive a temper tantrum at least, he just wanted to check in and then go back to sleep.
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Uhhhhhh. Speaking from lessons poorly learned, how much water is said toddler drinking per day? My son was up to about 80oz per day, and turns out chugging that much water was a physiological response to really high blood sugar. You're probably fine, but if you're like "hey I'm filling a 12oz bottle for the 8th time today" maybe get his A1C checked.
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Alarbus posted:Uhhhhhh. He’s not drinking that much water, just using it as a bedtime stall tactic. I’ve been keeping an eye on him, his mom is T1D so we know the warning signs. I finger prick him every so often if he’s acting funny and he’s been in normal range every time.
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Jan 7, 2024 14:00
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I appreciate my 4 year old so much more after yet another sleepless newborn night. Hey kid want to come to target with me??? I actually love to listen to Moana and frozen in the car endlessly. Yes it’s ok, you can wear 7 backpacks, 3 purses, and carry 5 stuffies into the car with you for a 10 minute trip.
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Jan 7, 2024 14:10
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Anecdote but both my kids had access to water at night as soon as they were drinking water and not milk and they were more or less dry all night starting around 2. Kids are a land of contrasts.
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space uncle posted:He’s not drinking that much water, just using it as a bedtime stall tactic. I’ve been keeping an eye on him, his mom is T1D so we know the warning signs. I finger prick him every so often if he’s acting funny and he’s been in normal range every time. Ahhhh, gotcha. We didn't know any of the warning signs which are pretty obvious in hindsight. 🙁 We've finger stuck his sister a few times when she was acting funny too. Having a cgm now, we have roughly nine thousand finger stick supplies. We ignored the problem water drinking because he too used it as a massive stall tactic, which the 2yo seems to have learned via collective knowledge.
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Note to self: don’t call the baby a screechy goblin baby in front of the 3 year old. Hopefully this isn’t something that sticks.
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Alarbus posted:Uhhhhhh. Good to know my kiddo doesn't have blood sugar issues. Like a freakin desert animal "how do you go all day and only drink 1.5 cups of water?!?" despite having it within reach and in line of sight all day
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Hmm, apparently my baby loves tempeh with lime, chili and mint. Gonna remember that when he enters his 'only rice and dry toast' era.
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My neighborhood needs better park options. It’d be great if my wife had a meet-cute with another mom and set up weekly vent sessions. I’m always there for support, especially since I WFH, but sometimes you need the catharsis of a neutral third party.
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Democratic Pirate posted:My neighborhood needs better park options. It’d be great if my wife had a meet-cute with another mom and set up weekly vent sessions. I’m always there for support, especially since I WFH, but sometimes you need the catharsis of a neutral third party. I second this. I didn't think kids were in the picture when we moved to our suburban area, but it's a park desert unless we drive.
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My child has become unacceptably big. I'd like to file a formal complaint. We have an overhanging countertop in the kitchen. It seems like just yesterday I warned him not to walk under it because he was almost tall enough to bonk his head. Just today he rested his chin on top of it.
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Renegret posted:My child has become unacceptably big. I'd like to file a formal complaint. The legs just get so long!
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Hadlock posted:My kid alternates between not hardly touching food, then will inhale 6-10 chicken nuggets per meal for a month and grow an inch or two Just finished watching my 26lb, 3 year old wolf down 6.5 chicken nuggets in one sitting. Pretty sure that's a record
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Jan 8, 2024 07:41
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Are electronic toys just extra garbage recently? I remember them being annoying but at least working before, now I feel like every one my kid gets has some hosed-up glitch, like a car gets stuck honking eternally until you whack it on a table or a remote control truck stops responding to the control paddle mid-movement. Just garbage.
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I think electronic toys in general have always been garbage. Or maybe that's because I'm a giant luddite who doesn't like electronic toys in general. Why is it that children's toys horribly glitch out when the battery gets low? Everything else on the planet will just stop working but nooooOOOOOoooOOooOOOOo let's play the first .5 seconds of a song on repeat with no off switch.
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Lobsterpillar posted:The legs just get so long! And he doesn't loving eat anything. I'm no science man but I understand the law of conservation of mass. He must be photosynthesizing or something
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Jan 8, 2024 13:40
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Kids, we were supposed to go back to school today. Not get the flu. Why didn't you get the flu during your winter break when there were no obligations?
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Hadlock posted:Just finished watching my 26lb, 3 year old wolf down 6.5 chicken nuggets in one sitting. Pretty sure that's a record Just yesterday, a day after after all the eating habit concerns, wife goes "wow, daughter has grown like a foot again over the break all her tennis clothes are now small" to which I said: "maybe we should stop worrying about her eating habits". Problem solved. Kids definitely grow crazy on growth spurts.
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New hypothesis, maybe children are just wild predators. Which is why they only need to eat once a month but when they do, they eat 50% of their bodyweight.
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Renegret posted:I think electronic toys in general have always been garbage. Or maybe that's because I'm a giant luddite who doesn't like electronic toys in general. I had the opposite problem with a slide/ladder thing my mom bought for my three year old. When I first plugged it in, the slide/ladder worked and there was no music so it was fine. Then my mom jiggled the plug and the “music,” which was basically a looping three second clip of extremely loud yodeling, started and there was no way to stop it without physically removing the speaker.
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lmao Also at this point I automatically cover the speakers with tape on everything because for some reason they always have to be so drat loud. Someone got my kid one of those cacti that repeats you and, oh gosh darn it I can't believe it went missing already! Where could it have gone? Alas,
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Oh, our bedroom door handle is jiggling ominously. Is it a ghost or the toddler who knows how to climb stairs and figured out how to open her door last week?
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We got one of those farm animal speak and say things from a yard sale and despite refreshing the batteries it would not make any sounds. When I opened it up, I found that the speaker had been removed. Makes me wonder what kind of scenario would have led to that. Did someone need the speaker? Did their kid keep asking for new batteries and annoying the parents? If they were able to get rid of the toy, why bother disabling it? I find Vtech toys to be the worst for sounds. They don’t seem to hire actual singers or voice actors. Nothing like that Fisher Price keyboard where you can tell they spent some actual money on a pleasant singer.
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funny song about politics posted:Nothing like that Fisher Price keyboard where you can tell they spent some actual money on a pleasant singer. Purple Monkey is a banger
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I can't wait for lunchtime; it breaks up the day. I'll eat something yummy, then go back to work on a full tummy. The fisher price standing office toy has been a hit in our house. Very chewable spreadsheets.
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Jose Valasquez posted:Purple Monkey is a banger 
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funny song about politics posted:I find Vtech toys to be the worst for sounds. They don’t seem to hire actual singers or voice actors. Nothing like that Fisher Price keyboard where you can tell they spent some actual money on a pleasant singer. Vtech especially makes all their toys fire off an additional noise after some small window of inactivity, presumably to get the kids attention again. Lots of brands do this, but alllll of theirs do it and it loving sucks.
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The vtech dog voiced by a teenage boy complete with voice cracking in half the dialogue was left behind at my in-laws. Then someone decided to torture us by buying a second one of those a year later. It was also left behind.
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We've had a dozen or so LeapFrog and VTech toys gifted to us over the years and our kids are categorically uninterested in them. The only one they've played with for maybe a cumulative hour is the Count and Chomp Dino, which isn't an endorsement. They've had access to iPads from a young age, so I figure when they want to play with hands-on stuff they go straight for the legos, bristle blocks, etc., and when they want flashy electronic stuff they just go the iPad. This half-way crap isn't cutting it.
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Renegret posted:I think electronic toys in general have always been garbage. Or maybe that's because I'm a giant luddite who doesn't like electronic toys in general. I desperately hate electronic toys too, I didn't even like them AS A KID. People insist on foisting these things on me, and since my kid gets to see them I can't quietly drop them in a donation bin. I vastly prefer building toys, especially ones that can be used in a freeform way with other stuff.
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My wife and I were in the living room the other day and our toddler wandered off as he sometimes does. I heard the sound of his step stool being shoved around in the kitchen. When I got in there, he had grabbed a steak knife by the blade and was using it to stab a pear. Somehow he managed not to cut himself, and my wife and I learned an important lesson about leaving knives on the counter. Once I got the knife from him, I helped him hold it properly and had to apply a little bit of force to help him cut some pear slices that he proceeded to not eat. I guess the little guy just hungered for destruction.
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Brawnfire posted:I desperately hate electronic toys too, I didn't even like them AS A KID. People insist on foisting these things on me, and since my kid gets to see them I can't quietly drop them in a donation bin. I think the problem with electronic toys are pretty universal to most kids. They do a thing, you push a button, the thing happens, you're done. Once you get bored of thing the toy is useless. We have so many garbage electronic toys that just get forgotten about because they're loving boring. Legos and Lincoln logs are classics for a reason, it's no exaggeration to say the possibilities are endless with them. Ironically we're seeing the same problem arise from matchbox car accessories. Not the cars themselves, we have dozens of them and they show no signs of losing their novelty. But every car track has gotten boring within hours, and we inevitably go back to hand launching them into the wall. There's one exception to the boring car track dilemma: a 6 lane straight track with with an even slope, no turns, and no gimmicks
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Brawnfire posted:I vastly prefer building toys, especially ones that can be used in a freeform way with other stuff. According to my daughter this applies to everything, not limited to toys either
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Oh, you've got one of those too? She's come up with uses for tape and string that make a chiharu shiota installation look restrained
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Brawnfire posted:Oh, you've got one of those too? oh man my son has used so much tape
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Anyone have some good resources for helping a 6yo with expressing his anger appropriately? He is a pretty good kid but recently we’ve been having more issues with him hauling off and hitting his siblings when he gets angry at them. It’s always an instant reaction type thing, we can’t get ahead of it even if we are in the same room. In discussions, it’s clear he doesn’t have the tools needed to help him make the right choice, so it’s time to start giving him some.
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Parenting: guess the little guy just hungered for destruction.
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