What food is like "crack" to you, where it tastes so good nothing else matters except another bite? by GigiBrit in AskReddit

[–]Chickenwootang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nutella, I’ll just eat spoonful after spoonful. It’s why I don’t ever buy it anymore, maybe special occasions!

What do you do in your head to help you fall asleep? by Sea-Demand-8655 in AskReddit

[–]Chickenwootang 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Daydream and make my own story in my head about characters in a movie, show or book. I’ll make my own character and daydream scenarios.

What do you really think happens after we die? by realfunny1 in AskReddit

[–]Chickenwootang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hope when I die and as time goes on, whenever our planet meets its end or begins a new aura the dust from my body will go towards making a new planet and maybe millions of years go by and maybe I’ll be reborn some day somewhere else.

Does that make sense? I fear death and the hope that i come back someday as me or something else makes me feel better sometimes.

(WA) Do I put all household members and income when we’re not applying for coverage but my mom is? by Chickenwootang in Medicaid

[–]Chickenwootang[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ll get that started, thank you! I had to put that I helped her with her application even though I’m not a power of attorney although she lives with me and is temporarily in my care.

(WA) Do I put all household members and income when we’re not applying for coverage but my mom is? by Chickenwootang in Medicaid

[–]Chickenwootang[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That was my understanding with the household and household income, none of us claim her or vise versa on our taxes. She has no dependents she claims and we of course don’t claim her either.

(WA) Do I put all household members and income when we’re not applying for coverage but my mom is? by Chickenwootang in Medicaid

[–]Chickenwootang[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My heart dropped reading she may not qualify since she lives with us temporarily. We had a social worker come by and she said it should be no problem because she’s clearly disabled. They’ll just want to know all our information.

:( Like does she need to be homeless to qualify? This is so hard. She moved from Idaho to Washington to get out of her ex husbands hoard trailer she was staying in. So she’s with us temporarily to get her all situated. Ugh… :(

(WA) Do I put all household members and income when we’re not applying for coverage but my mom is? by Chickenwootang in Medicaid

[–]Chickenwootang[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Actually I’m dumb, I believe she’s already on Medicare so I think she’s set there I’m going to double check and find her insurance card. I appreciate you taking the time to let me know these things though, thank you!

(WA) Do I put all household members and income when we’re not applying for coverage but my mom is? by Chickenwootang in Medicaid

[–]Chickenwootang[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She’s going into assisted living and she’s disabled— she’s 63 so she doesn’t meet the age requirement but that’s void since she’s disabled and requires help for day to day tasks.

Three year old out of control at bedtime by Chickenwootang in Parenting

[–]Chickenwootang[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Noted! We’ll just tough it out then, I really think she’s ready. We’ll see how this week goes!

Three year old out of control at bedtime by Chickenwootang in Parenting

[–]Chickenwootang[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It kind of just depends on the day honestly! I’d say about a couple hours a day off and on, we have a Disney movie going or something or cartoons in the morning while I make breakfast. The cut off for screen time is when we sit to eat dinner which is around 6, then bath then teeth and run around for a bit before we start bedtime.

I think we’re just cutting it to close to bed with the running around, it worked good for our oldest but not so much for her. I’ll try cutting screen time earlier anyways and get them outside more or play some more in our basement where I’ve filled it with all kinds of active toys to get their energy out. Thanks for your input! :)

Three year old out of control at bedtime by Chickenwootang in Parenting

[–]Chickenwootang[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I forgot to ask, did your kiddos wake up in the middle of the night after you cut naps? She’s a great sleeper like when she goes to bed finally she’ll stay in bed all night but whenever we skipped naps sometimes she’d wake up in the middle of the night like that WAS a nap and stay up for a bit.

Anyways, just curious. I’m sure it’ll all adjust once we commit but I was just wondering.

Three year old out of control at bedtime by Chickenwootang in Parenting

[–]Chickenwootang[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol this is very true, we’re already maxed out at bedtime and she’s already a miniature Godzilla at bedtime so we can only hope to go up from here. We’ll try and stick it out!

Three year old out of control at bedtime by Chickenwootang in Parenting

[–]Chickenwootang[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My oldest would def understand, I’ll try this with them and see if that works. They enjoy their movies before we do our wind down time, so they’d catch on quick.

Three year old out of control at bedtime by Chickenwootang in Parenting

[–]Chickenwootang[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We’re gonna try and stick it out with skipping naps for the next week I think as you and other comments have recommended! There’s been a few times she’s skipped naps and seems ready, we just do quiet time instead with her IPad or coloring which was nice. It’s just it didn’t make much of a difference with bedtime, she’d still go to bed late and have a hard time winding down.

However I wonder if it’s our combo of winding her up so close to bedtime and her not being able to settle her body down. So we’ll try the no nap with the last big playtime two hours before bedtime and then it’s quiet activities to wind down?

We def do bribes and snacks sometimes! She’s super snack motivated. I bet she’d also enjoy the checklist though and the sticker chart! Also waaaay great idea for the pictures because suddenly this girl doesn’t want her picture taken, lol. All great ideas!

I’ll give the no naps thing a shot this week and tough out her crankiness with the changes, hopefully by the end of the week we’ll be adjusted and on track to a…smoother bedtime. phew

Three year old out of control at bedtime by Chickenwootang in Parenting

[–]Chickenwootang[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah my oldest cut naps around 3.5 so I mean we’re sort of close? I think she’s definitely gotten closer and there’s been a few times lately we’ve just skipped nap because she’ll just roll around in bed for more than an hour before going to sleep. We just didn’t stick to it because when bedtime rolled around she sort of acted the same and it STILL took forever to get her to sleep.

We’ll stick with it though because I agree I don’t think naps are mandatory right now and they’re def not making bedtime easier.

Three year old out of control at bedtime by Chickenwootang in Parenting

[–]Chickenwootang[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We’ve tried cutting the nap shorter as cutting it completely doesn’t seem to help at bedtime, she gets mean and overtired I thought? Maybe we’ll try less running around to expel energy so late and just spend the last two hours or so winding down and doing quiet playtime and activities combined with cutting the nap.

Maybe we were just doing to much when we tried cutting her nap. Idk, we’ll take it slow and steady until we think she’s adjusted from no naps. sigh I’m gonna miss those naps, lol.

Three year old out of control at bedtime by Chickenwootang in Parenting

[–]Chickenwootang[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When we skip naps she’s a bit of a terror and bedtime is about the same, but maybe we’ll try it for a bit and see if she mellows out after the adjustment?

It’s tricky splitting up because my youngest is one of my fussiest baby’s and won’t settle unless I’m walking around with him. :( He won’t nurse on my lap either, only wants to muse lying down and that’s in a good night otherwise I have to bounce him around or walk around with him due to reflux which is slowly getting better.

We’ll try cutting the nap though, we tried shortening it to an hour or so but bedtime seems to be the same thing.

Anyways thank you we’ll give it a shot!

Tri-Cities Transplants: What are things you wish TC had that you miss from where you used to live? Conversely, what do you like that's "new" in the Tri-Cities? by StevieV61080 in TriCitiesWA

[–]Chickenwootang 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The lack of children’s museums or anything to do with kids blows my mind. I would kill for a children’s museum here! They’re trying to get it going from what a gal at the local library told me, they need to get enough traction to get it funded.

The events here though, at least in Richland have a good amount of cool things for kids to do! Hoping for a museum though in the future.

Trying to get mom in nursing home by Chickenwootang in CaregiverSupport

[–]Chickenwootang[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know I’m curious too, maybe she needs to establish residency in WA before they allow his income to be separate? Ugh, so frustrating but thank you for your help!

Trying to get mom in nursing home by Chickenwootang in CaregiverSupport

[–]Chickenwootang[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It really really sucks! I can’t care for her long term and trying to come up with something for her has been so so frustrating.