There is an Elmo toy at daycare, which is how C learned who he is.
C watches about half an hour of TV in the morning so H and I can get ready for work, and some on weekends because I don't think it's that big a deal and he likes it and sometimes I need a break. Whatever. He's not a soulless Elmo-bot and is completely developmentally normal.
Confession: I find most "screen time" discussions annoying. I usually find myself rolling my eyes and backing out of the post.
I hope I didn't give off the impression that I'm against screen time. I just want to put off annoying (to me) cartoons as long as possible.
DS is 29 months. He knows sesame street characters from books. Anyway, he still hasn't watched cartoons. He watches occasional sproutletts videos on your tube. They are basically a character and a puppet singing a song or talking to a fireman, so not overly horrible. They last like 3 minutes. But I don't see the need to put annoying cartoons on the TV. He rather watch pearl jam videos anyway
Post by MadamePresident on Mar 10, 2014 21:22:11 GMT -5
We visited this crunch chiropractor today that my husband's family has used for years. He stated that Nods needs to go gluten free (she has had an ongoing diaper rash for the last month or so). I'm really bummed. My sisters have tons of food allergies including gluten, so I'm used to dealing with it, I just don't want to.
Ok y'all I have a real confession. All 3 of us just recovered from the stomach flu. DS got it first, then me, then DH. 3 days after DS got sick (so 24 hours after he stopped vomiting) I asked my parents to take him for awhile so DH and I could be sick in peace. DS had diarrhea the morning I gave him to my parents, so I thought he might still be contagious. I gave him to my parents anyway :-0 I could not handle a 2-year old while throwing up, and DH was worse off than me. I COULD NOT handle it.
And now my 70 year old Dad has the stomach flu, which means my mom is not far behind. And she's on spring break, aka her ONLY time off until summer. I feel so bad!
We visited this crunch chiropractor today that my husband's family has used for years. He stated that Nods needs to go gluten free (she has had an ongoing diaper rash for the last month or so). I'm really bummed. My sisters have tons of food allergies including gluten, so I'm used to dealing with it, I just don't want to.
Why not get her tested by an allergy dr then, rather than taking the word of a random chiro? That's a pretty major dietary change to make without any testing.
We visited this crunch chiropractor today that my husband's family has used for years. He stated that Nods needs to go gluten free (she has had an ongoing diaper rash for the last month or so). I'm really bummed. My sisters have tons of food allergies including gluten, so I'm used to dealing with it, I just don't want to.
Why not get her tested by an allergy dr then, rather than taking the word of a random chiro? That's a pretty major dietary change to make without any testing.
My husband is also trying a gluten free diet based on his blood type, so I already need to make some changes. I feel like it won't hurt her, but testing for gluten allergies is kind of hard and the tests aren't always conclusive.
Why not get her tested by an allergy dr then, rather than taking the word of a random chiro? That's a pretty major dietary change to make without any testing.
My husband is also trying a gluten free diet based on his blood type, so I already need to make some changes. I feel like it won't hurt her, but testing for gluten allergies is kind of hard and the tests aren't always conclusive.
DD was tested for Celiac and it was just a blood draw. For me, I'd want to work with a real doctor, especially over something that is going to be really difficult to control as she gets older but ymmv.
My kid doesn't know who Elmo is but might know who the Property Brothers and the Rehab addict are. If the TV is on it is normally HGTV. I am just not ready to give in to kids shows yet. I just barely got the tune out of my head from his dam walker, I can only imagine what will be stuck in there once he starts watching kid shows.
This will be my kid soon. He'll probably also know all the espn announcers and big Ten refs thanks to my DH. I see the posts about people dropping cable and not missing it and I think they are all insane. I'd give up a lot of things before I give up hgtv or tlc.
I was strict on screen time when DS1 was a baby (I used to turn him around in his bouncer so his back was to the tv, lol) and became progressively less so over the years, so that by the time DD was born we had no rules about it for her. If she was in the room with the boys while they were watching tv, she watched it too. *shrugs* She's the most advanced in terms of language and attentiveness of the three at this age. It doesn't seem to have had an adverse impact.
Just like with food and treats, everything is fine in moderation.
@bettyhomewrecker33, how does she phrase this entitlement? Like, what does she literally say to you? I am aghast. Does she just not back down when you say that you're keeping your stuff?
She just doesn't back down and has brought it up repeatedly. Again, it's super weird because 99.9% of what we have is gender neutral, so not only is she aggressive I can't really wrap my head around what she's aggressive about.
She'll say things like "We need to go through baby items for when we switch off!" and I'll respond something like "Oh, we're not thinking that far ahead yet. If you have any outfits that you like, I can set them aside for you." Then she gets kind of tense about it, and will respond with something about how we'd need different things for a boy. I don't know how many times I've phrased to her that aside from clothes, I can't think of anything major we would need since all of our items could go either way. She'll generally shut up about it then, but will always bring it up the next time we see her.
I'm pretty sure she's complained to MIL because MIL has echoed the same sentiments about how SIL wants a girl and MIL would like H to have a son and that we need to give SIL baby stuff for a baby girl.
Post by karinothing on Mar 11, 2014 7:15:34 GMT -5
Ah, sleep threads shouldn't be scary and I am saying this as someone who didn't STTN until 18 months. Really, it wasn't that big of a deal. I was tired, but meh whatever. Teething, we just did motrin before bed no big deal.
Oh no, I haven't seen that! It's mostly the sleep threads. I am terrified.
Sleep & teething threads make me want to curl up in a ball & cry. The 4MW scares the living shit out of me. '
and OMG, your sig, bunnybean. I die, she is the cutest! Also, I'm sending you mail soon... if I ever remember to go to the mailbox.
Here's the thing about the sleep/teething issues. When you are in the thick of it, everything sucks. The world is awful, you're questioning your sanity, you wonder what happened to your child, etc.
Then they eventually start STTN and it's slowly becomes a distant memory. And you think "I have a perfect angel" once again.
Well until something else blows that all up in your face. But for a while it's bliss.
Post by dulcemariamar on Mar 11, 2014 8:04:26 GMT -5
There are doing some construction work in the building where I live and I will go BSC if they wake up LO from her nap. I get it that you can make noise during the day but I am not a rational human being at naptime.
DS has been STTN since 9 weeks with reasonable reliablity. Even through illnesses and teething. The past 2 weeks he has been fighting going to bed ( goes right to sleep, just fights the whole bedtime routine) and waking at 2am EVERY NIGHT and SCREAMING until we go in. Once we are in, he makes ridiculous requests like a tissue ( when his nose isn't running) or something. Then he goes right back to sleep.
Also the other night at 10pm I looked at the monitor and he was sleeping UNDER his mattress. He had pulled it up and was sitting in a ball underneith it asleep with it hitting him in the head. I had to go in and fix his bed & put him on top of the mattress. He just said " Oh Thank You" and went to sleep.
He skipped his nap on Saturday too ( super rare, he loves naps).
I KNOW I am super SUPER spoiled when it comes to sleeping and STTN, BUT WAAAHHHHH! What happened to my STTN kid? Why is he doing this? Could it be a molar? Could it be DST? Could it be we are trying to take the binky away during the day ( he gets it at bed and naptime. ) WHYYYYY?? I mean he's 2 for fucks sake!
You guise I didn't even BRAG to my SIL... Why is this happening?
I feel like I need to create a PSA and tell people "Hey! If your first kid is an awesome sleeper, don't have more kids! Too risky. SAVE YOURSELF."
DD is an awesome sleeper and just about always has been. I keep telling DH we should stop with her because the odds will not be in our favor for the second.
Post by noodleskooze on Mar 11, 2014 8:26:49 GMT -5
Well this thread seems like a good place to confess that the ONLY sure fire way to calm Leo down is to let him watch the opening credits/theme song of Friday Night Lights.
There are doing some construction work in the building where I live and I will go BSC if they wake up LO from her nap. I get it that you can make noise during the day but I am not a rational human being at naptime.
We've had roadwork in our neighborhood SINCE JUNE! JUNE! 8 months of beeping trucks, tractors, yelling men.. Oh, it's been awesome. At least for the majority of the time i was still pregnant, but now.. I want to cuttabitch every time i hear beeping.. and my dogs bark at.every.single.thing.
Post by shellbear09 on Mar 11, 2014 8:48:47 GMT -5
[/quote]Here's the thing about the sleep/teething issues. When you are in the thick of it, everything sucks. The world is awful, you're questioning your sanity, you wonder what happened to your child, etc.
Then they eventually start STTN and it's slowly becomes a distant memory. And you think "I have a perfect angel" once again.
Well until something else blows that all up in your face. But for a while it's bliss. [/quote]
This is true I'm in the angel phase again so I gloss over sleeping threads. It's ignorant bliss lol.
@bettyhomewrecker33, how does she phrase this entitlement? Like, what does she literally say to you? I am aghast. Does she just not back down when you say that you're keeping your stuff?
I'm pretty sure she's complained to MIL because MIL has echoed the same sentiments about how SIL wants a girl and MIL would like H to have a son and that we need to give SIL baby stuff for a baby girl.
Do they know that it...doesn't work like that? lol
Lurker here, I have some confessions, I have 3 DD's. They are 6.5, 4 & 13 months. Confessions: 1) I turned DD1 to FF at 14 months. She was beyond the height of her seat, we had a smaller car and the RF car seat options did not fit. 2) I let the older 2 watch baby Einstein, Sesame Street and other shows like that from around 6 months. DD1 started talking at 1 year. By 2 she could say the alphabet and numbers in English, Spanish and German (I taught her German, though). She is reading at a 4th grade level in 1st grade. DD2 can say all the colors in English and Spanish. She also can speak passable Spanish in conversation. Screw the screen time wars. 3) DD3 still co-sleeps. She still wakes up 2-3 times a night. We have tried almost every sleep training method out there with no luck. She's just a crappy sleeper. (This started at 4 months. From 1-4 she was an awesome sleeper) 4) the dietician at our pedi's office has been hounding me to stop giving DD3 bottles. She only has them at nap time and one at bedtime. She will not go to sleep without it. So I am slowly weaning her, but I refuse to let a childless dietician dictate my kids. Unless she wants to come live with us and see how it goes, she can shut it. 5) the older 2 have always been small. Think 10-15% for height vs weight. DD2 had surgery to correct a heart defect a year ago and is now in the 50-75%. The dietician tried to force me to take her to nutrition classes due to the jump. I refused. She's finally gaining weight and growing. Her cardiologist is thrilled with her weight gain and growth. (7lbs and 4 inches in a year) Suck it. 6) our former pedi tried to guilt me every time I was there for "giving up" on breast feeding. I breastfed the older 2. I could not BF DD3. We tried for a month, she lost almost 2lbs. I gavr up, switched to formula and she has been in the 90-100% since. Pedi would not give up, so we switched providers. Never looked back. 7) I quit my job when DD3 was 5.5 months old. 12 weeks after coming back from mat leave. There were varied reasons, but I told work it was due to DD2 being diagnosed with a heart condition and having surgery when I was on leave so it was hard to find daycare/work around her appointments. (Our daycare we had before I had DD3 took advantage of knowing about DD2 medical issue and I ended up paying $7/hour more than I made to have the kids there) That was only half of it. I hated my boss and she was constantly on my case about nonsense. I didn't want to deal with her stress anymore. She didn't even put me back on the schedule for a week after I was supposed to come back from maternity leave, just to try to get me to use more of my PTO. Well, I ended up working for a coworker the whole week instead and she took a vacation.
Well this thread seems like a good place to confess that the ONLY sure fire way to calm Leo down is to let him watch the opening credits/theme song of Friday Night Lights.
For DS, the sure fire way to calm him down is to "sing" him the chant from Finding Nemo when Nemo is summoned to the top of the volcano in the fish tank. It goes "yah hoo wah hee yah ho ho ho." When DS gets worked up he'll calm for a moment and say "yah oh ho", asking me to finish the rest.
For DS, the sure fire way to calm him down is to "sing" him the chant from Finding Nemo when Nemo is summoned to the top of the volcano in the fish tank. It goes "yah hoo wah hee yah ho ho ho." When DS gets worked up hell calm for a moment and say "yah oh ho", asking me to finish the rest.
Sharkbait, ooh haha. (Love that movie!)
Welcome brother sharkbait! I love it too. We've been sick with the stomach flu, so we've all watched it at least 3 times in the last 5 days.
It's one of those movies I never get tired of. "Want me to tell you again? I never get tired of it! P. Sherman 42 wallaby way Sydney."
I feel like I need to create a PSA and tell people "Hey! If your first kid is an awesome sleeper, don't have more kids! Too risky. SAVE YOURSELF."
DD is an awesome sleeper and just about always has been. I keep telling DH we should stop with her because the odds will not be in our favor for the second.
Dude, me too. I don't think J realizes I'm dead serious about that.