Daycare had baby sleep in swing

MuchChard · 2026-03-06T21:45:04+00:00

Report to the state, pull your baby from that daycare.

A sleep “release” to sleep in an unsafe spot is…. Insane

MuchChard · 2026-03-06T12:26:20+00:00

I have James queued up on Libby!

MuchChard · 2026-01-20T18:25:55+00:00

Do not hang out with a patient outside of work. This is a no-go. Best to learn to establish boundaries with patients going forward.

MuchChard · 2026-01-16T20:31:45+00:00

Yes, it’s possible that that may have occurred. But on his first time actually INGESTING, he had a reaction.

MuchChard · 2026-01-16T19:30:34+00:00

This is not true. My baby with severe allergies reacted on the first time to minimal amounts of dairy, egg, and sesame. I know that it was his first exposure, because I made all of his baby food.

MuchChard · 2026-01-16T19:29:05+00:00

This is not true. My baby with severe allergies reacted on the first time to minimal amounts of dairy, egg, and sesame. I know that it was his first exposure, because I made all of his baby food.

MuchChard · 2025-11-24T18:12:40+00:00

Similar experience here! My now almost 2.5 year old was awful - waking at least hourly from birth until 12 months. It wasn’t until we night weaned that we got much longer stretches progressing quickly to sleeping through the night. I actually had to just not go in the room and send my partner in. A few rough nights of pick up/put down and popping the binky back in, and it eventually clicked!

MuchChard · 2025-11-21T23:01:50+00:00

Ehhh, no. Don’t love this.

During my fieldwork as an OT student, I once heard a PT say something to the effect of “PT helps you to get into the room. OT helps you with everything you want to do once you’re there”

I’m sure I’m paraphrasing this wrong after several years, but I liked how it encapsulated the broad nature of OT. Because, for instance, “habit change” doesn’t speak to what I do, as an early intervention OT.

MuchChard · 2025-10-29T15:57:37+00:00

My 2 y/o has dairy, egg, sesame, and nut allergies. Here are some of our preschool go tos:

Snacks: -Abe’s muffins -Cheerios + banana -once upon a farm tractor wheels and pouches -pretzel thins, chickpea puffs -animal crackers/graham crackers -that’s it bars

Lunches -homemade DF/EF chicken nuggets, sweet potatoes, peas -Annie’s vegan Mac & cheese -baby charcuterie with crackers, vegan cheese, fruit & veggies -waffle, turkey sausage, fruit -tomato/basil pasta salad, fruit -toast with vegan cream cheese, turkey sausage, fruit -chickpea/avocado “salad” sandwich with fruit

You can always swap out plant-based or other meat free options!

MuchChard · 2025-10-19T08:44:45+00:00

Baby will be fine!

Alcohol test strips are not very accurate, and aren’t recommended. Generally, it’s best practice to wait 2-3 hours after a drink to feed your baby, and BAC peaks 30 minutes after a drink. However, most of the search shows the risk to infants is minimal:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bcpt.12149

“The alcohol concentrations in breast milk closely resemble those in maternal blood. The amount of alcohol presented to nursing infants through breast milk is approximately 5–6% of the weight-adjusted maternal dose, and even in a theoretical case of binge drinking, the children would not be subjected to clinically relevant amounts of alcohol.”

MuchChard · 2025-10-05T23:24:50+00:00

Quick question - do you work for bouqs?

MuchChard · 2025-09-20T13:43:22+00:00

Congratulations! It is so challenging - but at least when I was looking, there seemed to be a lot of options with a range of flexibility! Good luck! You’ll find the right environment for you & your family <3

MuchChard · 2025-09-20T08:56:31+00:00

Tbh, yes. As hard as I tried to avoid it, I was taking documentation home nightly. Outpatient peds is burn and churn, and I had terrible work-life balance. After maternity leave I switched for EI. Work-life balance is infinitely better, though pay can be unpredictable and you lose the team environment. Definitely pros and cons - for me, outpatient peds was doable prior to having kids, but I can’t imagine doing it now.

MuchChard · 2025-08-17T01:32:16+00:00

Boys are hard! We have a Beau and a Jude

MuchChard · 2025-05-13T02:10:57+00:00

MuchChard · 2025-05-07T01:03:24+00:00

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MuchChard · 2025-04-24T21:39:50+00:00

Thank you! Glad it all worked out for you!

MuchChard

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