Post by redheadbaker on May 15, 2014 8:51:24 GMT -5
Tomorrow is picture day at daycare. Putting aside the question of why daycare does picture day, the 2-year-old room doesn't get their pictures taken until 11. Do I send him in play clothes and ask them to change him into nice clothes for pictures (is this even feasible if all 14 kids in his room all for this)? Send him in picture clothes and hope they stay nice until picture time?
Also, I got an email this morning from Molly Bears. They will be working on my Benjamin bear in June 2014 -- a year after we lost him.
Tomorrow is picture day at daycare. Putting aside the question of why daycare does picture day, the 2-year-old room doesn't get their pictures taken until 11. Do I send him in play clothes and ask them to change him into nice clothes for pictures (is this even feasible if all 14 kids in his room all for this)? Send him in picture clothes and hope they stay nice until picture time?
Also, I got an email this morning from Molly Bears. They will be working on my Benjamin bear in June 2014 -- a year after we lost him.
I've found at ours that you can stay and just put your kid in the line so as to keep them nice for pics. I actually love it because it saves me a trip to the picture place twice a year.
Could you do something a little nicer than regular play clothes? Like a polo and twill shorts?
J had a bad week last week, culminated with a couple truly terrible nights Sat/Sun (Sat Carl bedshared most the night, Sun we were up 7 times). We have been trying to break him of the RNP and swaddle since Easter, it'll go ok for a few nights and then to hell and right back we are.
So the plan was to rip the bandaid this weekend and put him flat, unswaddled, and sleep train.
Now he's slept great (RNP, swaddled) the last few nights, only up once to eat. This is why I'm afraid of sleep training is he's totally inconsistent. He'll do fine for several nights, but he always falls off the rails again. I've read Ferber, but I can't figure out what his problem is.
The problem is Carl goes out of town Tuesday, and we leave for camping the following Friday. I know the book says it should work that quickly, but in my years on TN/GBCN I've seen differently. So do we wait until we're back? I will feel totally ridiculous with an almost 9 month old swaddled in a RNP, and he's rapidly approaching 25lbs.
Tylenol isn't even touching it, either. It took down the fever but he was a miserable mess all night. Wouldn't sleep unless being held. I was up with him from 12-2 and 4-6.
Ooooh, I had another mean mommy moment. I didn't let DS2 go to a birthday part the whole class was invited to. To see the new Spider Man movie in the theater. It's PG13, maybe I'm a stick in the mud, but I'm not taking my kindergartener to a PG13 movie!!!
Ooooh, I had another mean mommy moment. I didn't let DS2 go to a birthday part the whole class was invited to. To see the new Spider Man movie in the theater. It's PG13, maybe I'm a stick in the mud, but I'm not taking my kindergartener to a PG13 movie!!!
I would have done the same thing, there is no way my 5 or 6 year old is going to a pg-13 movie. I might have caved on the field trip thing, but I absolutely applaud you for sticking to your guns. Letting your kid deal with the consequences of their mistakes while they are minor is how they learn. You deserve serious kudos!
Could you do something a little nicer than regular play clothes? Like a polo and twill shorts?
That's a good idea. I may run to Kohl's or Target tonight. We've only been able to find a handful of his summer clothes from last year, and he's still wearing the same size. I have no idea where they could be hiding.
Ooooh, I had another mean mommy moment. I didn't let DS2 go to a birthday part the whole class was invited to. To see the new Spider Man movie in the theater. It's PG13, maybe I'm a stick in the mud, but I'm not taking my kindergartener to a PG13 movie!!!
yeah, no.
I would've done the same thing re: tennis, too.
I've decided this week that toddlers are assholes 75% of the time, decent human beings 25% of the time. Good Lord almighty has DS given me a run for my money this week. I've stopped putting wine in the fridge since I'll be tempted to down the entire bottle at night.
Tylenol isn't even touching it, either. It took down the fever but he was a miserable mess all night. Wouldn't sleep unless being held. I was up with him from 12-2 and 4-6.
UGH, that sucks
I called the pediatrician's office this morning like "HE TURNS 6 MONTHS NEXT WEEK. WHAT IS THE IBUPROFIN DOSAGE???!"
The receptionist gave me virtual head pats over the phone and marked my message urgent.
Ooooh, I had another mean mommy moment. I didn't let DS2 go to a birthday part the whole class was invited to. To see the new Spider Man movie in the theater. It's PG13, maybe I'm a stick in the mud, but I'm not taking my kindergartener to a PG13 movie!!!
yeah, no.
I would've done the same thing re: tennis, too.
Yup. Ditto. I'd be like "You don't get your shit in one sock, you pay the consequences."
The problem is Carl goes out of town Tuesday, and we leave for camping the following Friday. I know the book says it should work that quickly, but in my years on TN/GBCN I've seen differently. So do we wait until we're back? I will feel totally ridiculous with an almost 9 month old swaddled in a RNP, and he's rapidly approaching 25lbs.
What the what! BoyLiu hasn't hit 18lbs yet and is in danger of dropping off of his growth curve altogether (4%). You must tell me your secret!
I wish I could help you with sleeping, but I have a damn near 4yo who still wakes up at night, so....
Boy B started puking at 12:30 this morning and didn't stop until 3:30a. It was such a sad state of affairs. I was covered in puke, he was, I just kept leaning him over the bathtub. Today he seems perfectly fine and currently crawling around my office floor as I wait for a few reports I need in order to work from home later. Fingers crossed my other two don't get it.
The problem is Carl goes out of town Tuesday, and we leave for camping the following Friday. I know the book says it should work that quickly, but in my years on TN/GBCN I've seen differently. So do we wait until we're back? I will feel totally ridiculous with an almost 9 month old swaddled in a RNP, and he's rapidly approaching 25lbs.
What the what! BoyLiu hasn't hit 18lbs yet and is in danger of dropping off of his growth curve altogether (4%). You must tell me your secret!
I wish I could help you with sleeping, but I have a damn near 4yo who still wakes up at night, so....
Share the secret with me too. Boy E is 18 lbs but Boy B is 16lbs. The 16lbs took him from 1% at 6m to 4% at 9m so I guess we're heading in the right direction though.
Tomorrow is picture day at daycare. Putting aside the question of why daycare does picture day, the 2-year-old room doesn't get their pictures taken until 11. Do I send him in play clothes and ask them to change him into nice clothes for pictures (is this even feasible if all 14 kids in his room all for this)? Send him in picture clothes and hope they stay nice until picture time?
Also, I got an email this morning from Molly Bears. They will be working on my Benjamin bear in June 2014 -- a year after we lost him.
At my kids daycare they will change them in and out of picture clothes if you want. Especially considering that with 11 pictures they will probably eat a snack before their picture time.
What the what! BoyLiu hasn't hit 18lbs yet and is in danger of dropping off of his growth curve altogether (4%). You must tell me your secret!
I wish I could help you with sleeping, but I have a damn near 4yo who still wakes up at night, so....
Share the secret with me too. Boy E is 18 lbs but Boy B is 16lbs. The 16lbs took him from 1% at 6m to 4% at 9m so I guess we're heading in the right direction though.
B was like this. He went from 50% at 2 months to 10% at 4 months to 5% at 6 months.
The only thing that stopped the free fall, near as I can tell, was starting solids. He bounced back up at 9 months to I think 25%. I would feed him lots of high calorie, nutrient dense stuff. Kid ate a ton avocado those first few months.
ETA: She (our pedi's assistant) also said we could use Ora Gel. Which I KNOW is a "no-no".
See, at the risk of coming off like an anti-vaxxer, I have no patience for this kind of stuff. I trust fully and completely in science and doctors and modern medicine. There is no magic to 6 mos vs 5 mos 3 wks. The insistence on hard and fast rules to CYA drives me insane.
I've always seen the dosing on the bottle with ibuprofen? I would go by weight.
It's acetaminophen that has something against giving dosing on the bottle like your pedi has some magic information and isn't reading the exact same damn chart that is totally legible to parents. 'Cause I like to hear my baby scream in the MOTN while I try to get someone on the phone to tell me something I could read myself. We use this chart, which does say 2.5mL to 17lbs assets.babycenter.com/ims/Content/acetaminophen_dosage_chart.pdf.
Of course feel free to listen to your doctor's advice and ignore me, but this topic gets me angry.
meshaliuknitstwotrue Sadly, I think my trick is genetics. Carl was 99th %ile as a kid. J isn't even eating much solids, he's just a freaking tank. Unfortunately they are so far favoring me in height, so they are boulders. Both are off the charts for weight vs height. And you can see A's ribs. It's bizarre.
ETA: She (our pedi's assistant) also said we could use Ora Gel. Which I KNOW is a "no-no".
meshaliuknitstwotrue Sadly, I think my trick is genetics. Carl was 99th %ile as a kid. J isn't even eating much solids, he's just a freaking tank. Unfortunately they are so far favoring me in height, so they are boulders. Both are off the charts for weight vs height. And you can see A's ribs. It's bizarre.
BoyLiu is a blackhole that sucks ALL THE FOOD into him. His legs get SO ANGRY if you're eating and not sharing with him. And yet, there he is trying to fall off the charts. BabyLiu was never a big eater (still isn't) and yet she never had this problem.
I called the pediatrician's office this morning like "HE TURNS 6 MONTHS NEXT WEEK. WHAT IS THE IBUPROFIN DOSAGE???!"
The receptionist gave me virtual head pats over the phone and marked my message urgent.
C was above the weight curve, and the pedi let us start about 2wks early too. I may or may not have used the old JD on the gums trick since Orajel made him scream more and I was terrified of using it, and Tylenol is always pointless. Hope you get an answer soon!
My doctor always gets out her calculator and measures the exact dosage Andy is allowed to have based on his weight. Something to think about--its a per pound/ounce ratio.
Molly had her tonsil/adenoid surgery this morning. It went very well amd she's feeling good. Actually she's really bored and asked to go play on the playground. She still has an IV and will have it until they discharge us tomorrow.
ETA: She (our pedi's assistant) also said we could use Ora Gel. Which I KNOW is a "no-no".
See, at the risk of coming off like an anti-vaxxer, I have no patience for this kind of stuff. I trust fully and completely in science and doctors and modern medicine. There is no magic to 6 mos vs 5 mos 3 wks. The insistence on hard and fast rules to CYA drives me insane.
I've always seen the dosing on the bottle with ibuprofen? I would go by weight.
It's acetaminophen that has something against giving dosing on the bottle like your pedi has some magic information and isn't reading the exact same damn chart that is totally legible to parents. 'Cause I like to hear my baby scream in the MOTN while I try to get someone on the phone to tell me something I could read myself. We use this chart, which does say 2.5mL to 17lbs assets.babycenter.com/ims/Content/acetaminophen_dosage_chart.pdf.
Of course feel free to listen to your doctor's advice and ignore me, but this topic gets me angry.
Yeah, both charts say the same thing.
I'm also like 90% sure the PA just called back without consulting the pediatrician.
OK, I just talked tothe PA and she's a flaming idiot. I told her my confusion over the difference in what I was seeing online and what she told me. Here's the conversation:
PA: "Are you looking at infants or childrens?" Me: "I thought they re-did the infants to make it the same mg/mL across the board" PA: "They did, but the infants uses a syringe and the childrens' uses a cup." Me: ^o) "That shouldn't matter. 2.5 mL in a syringe is the same as 2.5 mL in a cup." PA: "What does it say on the box?" Me: "The BOX says to call my doctor. The chart I'm seeing online though says for his weight to go with 2.5 for his weight, which I think was 16 lbs. But I'm wondering if you have different info." PA: "Oh, well, just go with what you're seeing then." Me: :? "Ok. Well. Thanks."
See, at the risk of coming off like an anti-vaxxer, I have no patience for this kind of stuff. I trust fully and completely in science and doctors and modern medicine. There is no magic to 6 mos vs 5 mos 3 wks. The insistence on hard and fast rules to CYA drives me insane.
I've always seen the dosing on the bottle with ibuprofen? I would go by weight.
It's acetaminophen that has something against giving dosing on the bottle like your pedi has some magic information and isn't reading the exact same damn chart that is totally legible to parents. 'Cause I like to hear my baby scream in the MOTN while I try to get someone on the phone to tell me something I could read myself. We use this chart, which does say 2.5mL to 17lbs assets.babycenter.com/ims/Content/acetaminophen_dosage_chart.pdf.
Of course feel free to listen to your doctor's advice and ignore me, but this topic gets me angry.
Yeah, both charts say the same thing.
I'm also like 90% sure the PA just called back without consulting the pediatrician.
OK, I just talked tothe PA and she's a flaming idiot. I told her my confusion over the difference in what I was seeing online and what she told me. Here's the conversation:
PA: "Are you looking at infants or childrens?" Me: "I thought they re-did the infants to make it the same mg/mL across the board" PA: "They did, but the infants uses a syringe and the childrens' uses a cup." Me: "That shouldn't matter. 2.5 mL in a syringe is the same as 2.5 mL in a cup." PA: "What does it say on the box?" Me: "The BOX says to call my doctor. The chart I'm seeing online though says for his weight to go with 2.5 for his weight, which I think was 16 lbs. But I'm wondering if you have different info." PA: "Oh, well, just go with what you're seeing then." Me: :? "Ok. Well. Thanks."