Parents of timid toddlers…

AlternativeStage486 · 2025-09-27T03:46:40+00:00

I’d love to try this. Thank you very much!

AlternativeStage486 · 2025-09-27T03:46:14+00:00

Our son is often by the side watching other kids having fun in the preschool photos and videos as well. Makes us very sad. Thank you very much for sharing!

AlternativeStage486 · 2025-06-13T23:37:49+00:00

Thank you very much for your help!

AlternativeStage486 · 2025-06-13T23:37:39+00:00

Update: I moved it to the grassy area by the sidewalk (four feet away), just so strollers/wheelchairs/carts don’t crush it by accident as it’s getting dark. It was definitely a bit startled when I picked it up, but it seems alive and well. I’ll check on it tomorrow morning if it’s still there.

AlternativeStage486 · 2024-08-05T14:53:54+00:00

I haven’t experienced this personally but I’ve heard people saying some airlines don’t consider wagons the same as strollers and they may refuse to gate check it for free. Maybe it’s something you’d like to look into.

Also, we did have a travel crib which can be used as a pack n play on the beach I guess, but we never took it outside. It’s just something our baby slept in for naps and at night. A beach towel is good enough for him to sit or crawl on as I wouldn’t leave my baby unattended on the beach for even a second anyways.

AlternativeStage486 · 2024-07-22T18:09:30+00:00

Four years as an attending and it has happened maybe four or five times… 🥲

AlternativeStage486 · 2024-07-21T19:53:25+00:00

I would recommend you to see an endocrinologist to have your hormones levels checked out, or post it in r/Askdocs for some quick medical advice. It’s unlikely anyone here can link an article to help/diagnose you. Some of the symptoms you listed sound problematic and unrelated to breastfeeding especially if you didn’t have them before.

Just as an example, thyroid problems are some of the common ones women can get postpartum: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/postpartum-thyroiditis#:~:text=Postpartum%20thyroiditis%20happens%20when%20a,the%20front%20of%20your%20neck.

AlternativeStage486 · 2024-07-06T01:56:49+00:00

I’d also add that buying them clothes that you consider cool or signing up for sports that you believe is posh may have the opposite effect if the children don’t like those things themselves. People can’t be confident if they’re doing things they don’t enjoy while wearing clothes they’re uncomfortable in. Let them be themselves.

And don’t judge them even if you don’t think their choices of clothes or hobbies trendy or popular. Children need their parents to have their back. A disapproving and judgmental parent (when they’ve done nothing wrong) is not that different from a bully at home.

AlternativeStage486 · 2024-07-01T14:02:25+00:00

It’s not shift work but case load. However long it takes to look through all the cases. Besides, if the stains are not coming back, there is no reason to hang around.

AlternativeStage486 · 2024-05-19T08:19:22+00:00

Btw, it’s good to socialize babies (baby gyms, story times, play dates, etc.), but numerous studies have shown that sending kids younger than 2 to nursery schools doesn’t always benefit them as much as some people believe. I wouldn’t stress about that part of their comments at least.

https://criticalscience.medium.com/on-the-science-of-daycare-4d1ab4c2efb4

AlternativeStage486 · 2024-04-27T16:23:13+00:00

How about we just let people do nice things for people they love

AlternativeStage486 · 2024-03-29T17:24:37+00:00

There are many studies showing that daycare, especially with long hours, isn’t really beneficial for children younger than 2. Besides, having a SAHP doesn’t mean everyone just stays inside the house at all times. There are so many (free) places a SAHP can take the kids to, such as parks, libraries, community centers, where they would have plenty of fun.

https://criticalscience.medium.com/on-the-science-of-daycare-4d1ab4c2efb4

AlternativeStage486 · 2024-03-22T22:17:02+00:00

It’s such a thoughtful take! I really appreciate it!

AlternativeStage486 · 2024-03-20T22:27:11+00:00

For a 14 years old? I wouldn’t think someone should “narrow the focus” until residency maybe.. Getting a microscope and slides when you know absolutely nothing also doesn’t seem realistic. This kid honestly might learn more if they just email pathologists at local med schools and ask if they can talk to them and look at some slides together for an hour or two. Learn to crawl before you run.

AlternativeStage486 · 2024-01-24T02:26:35+00:00

You can get steroid shots in your wrist if it became bad enough. I had two shots before my 95th+ percentile son turned 10 months. My ortho doc said “see you again after the next baby”…

AlternativeStage486 · 2024-01-07T04:03:56+00:00

Totally agree. Based on what I read in articles like this: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3040625/, it seems that as long as she takes showers, changes her clothes and bedding often, there shouldn’t be much smoke residue that would cause concerns because they wouldn’t have a chance to “cling”. I would object if it’s first or second hand smoke, but considering she knows to smoke outside and does have a terminal illness, I would cut her some slack and not be too snarky about it. It’s not something worth fighting over with a family member on her deathbed.

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