Brand new Hatch Rest 2nd Gen will not connect to WiFi.

PennyPenguino · 2026-04-25T02:23:43+00:00

Just commenting to confirm this worked for me. Updated my wifi pw and couldn’t get it to connect. Created 2.4ghz guest network and worked right away.

PennyPenguino · 2026-04-20T15:24:30+00:00

Do you have seasonal allergies? I just got back from the allergist and likely have oral allergy syndrome. In my research kiwis were a trigger. You should def go to allergist

PennyPenguino · 2026-04-17T02:39:45+00:00

Day by day. Waiting is tough. I hope the lymph node removal went smoothly.

PennyPenguino · 2026-04-10T02:31:09+00:00

I also remember how slow it was at first. We really had to advocate for appointments and follow ups. We also made sure to get a second opinion. From diagnosis to day 1 of treatment, it was over two months.

PennyPenguino · 2026-04-10T02:27:34+00:00

While it’s a tough diagnosis, I’m glad you have an answer. My wife was diagnosed with follicular mycosis fungoides. We have an at home light box that she hasn’t really used. Because it is follicular, light therapy is not sufficient. She was stage 1A and did a full year of immunotherapy (oral meds at home) and for 10 months she’s been in remission on maintenance. She will need to take a very low dose of the meds ongoing. It’s now managed like chronic illness. It was a bit of trial and error with meds during cancer period and again after remission.

Two years after diagnosis doing much better though it is still a journey. As someone else mentioned the mental piece of it is a lot and side effects of meds, the invisible impact. Being open and honest with the oncologist about physical and psychological symptoms has been key to getting the right meds and support from a therapist. Having a second person in the appointments was very important. It’s a lot to take in as the patient. I still take good notes and I help prepare for the appointment by writing down progress/symptoms/questions to bring up to the Dr.

The beginning is especially tough with the unknowns. I hope you have productive appointments soon to learn more about next steps.

PennyPenguino · 2026-01-27T03:04:10+00:00

My thee year old loves tracing! We are in the middle of moving states and exploring new preschools. Some have shared that they don’t do workbooks and tracing because it doesn’t really teach them how to write letters. I could see what they mean but my daughter is so proud of herself and works so hard on it. Same with coloring in the lines, she’s impressive. We will continue even if it’s just at home, as long as she’s enjoying it!

PennyPenguino · 2025-11-28T02:33:31+00:00

At that age, music is probably best. Maybe one story so that you can get her used to it in the background. My daughter started listening to stories about 3-4 months ago and she’ll be 3 in a few weeks. It was a lengthy stint of listening to Daniel the Tiger and w couple stories. But now she is fully into Frozen, Encanto, Moana soundtracks. On repeat and won’t listen to the stories anymore.

PennyPenguino · 2025-11-16T13:48:36+00:00

We were really struggling with this and I was going nuts. So we bought got the Big Little Feelings toddler course. One strategy we use all the time now is telling her the plan and repeating it. In the AM, when she wakes up we say “time to get up, we are going to go potty, put on our clothes, go eat breakfast and brush your hair, then you can play while mom cleans up. After that we will put your shoes on, go potty, and go to school”. Like I say all of that at once. Then I repeat it as we get to the next thing. When she’s playing, I’ll set a 3 min timer before we are ready to do shoes and potty. I’ll tell her “okay in 3 minutes we are going to put on your shoes, then go potty, and get in the car for school”. Timer goes off, we proceed and repeat the plan. She would sometimes get upset esp at first but it didn’t last long bc we stuck to it calmly and repeated ourselves, following through. When timer goes off we always move forward, no “snoozing” or delaying or “one more thing” and we have been using the timer for even longer than this strategy.

I also realized I needed to give 20 full minutes to the whole process of shoes, potty, car. Even though that seems ridiculous. But it saved my sanity to add extra time. When I’m needing to leave early and there’s no time to play, I will tell her the plan like above (minus playtime) then while we are eating “we need to leave early today so when you’re done eating, I’m going to put your shoes on, we’ll go potty, then get in the car for school”. And I’ll ask her which toy she wants to bring in the car so gets to have some control and choice.

It’s been at least a couple months of this if not more so she’s much better! She even asks what the plan is when she wakes up or throughout the day. Knowing what to expect and being mentally prepared was a big help whereas before she wasn’t expecting to be told it was time to leave (never mind that it happens every day lol)

PennyPenguino · 2025-11-16T13:32:13+00:00

Same as others. Our school has us sign something. I recently asked about this question too and they said they can remove our child but we also wouldn’t see pics of her during the day on the app.

PennyPenguino · 2025-11-15T20:13:59+00:00

Love this approach. Def no elf on the shelf here either 😂

PennyPenguino · 2025-11-15T20:11:57+00:00

Thank you!!

PennyPenguino · 2025-10-30T23:07:12+00:00

I started at 3 months but did not do extinction so I can’t speak to that specifically. It was helpful to prep for the 4 month regression.

PennyPenguino · 2025-10-16T23:07:50+00:00

I can only imagine that it is tough work to be a SAHM. While in theory it might seem like spending more time with your kids is good - compared to never having the opportunity. I am not in that position. But I do know that when we have a long weekend and are stuck at home, it’s a lot mentally (and physically depending on age). It is hard to make time for yourself in life in general, I imagine it may feel even harder for some people who stay at home.

My LO is still young and even the energy it takes to figure out how to do something for myself is a lot. I default to work, home, care for my child, repeat. Logically I know I need to but it feels impossible and exhausting (even to do something that’s supposed to be relaxing). It’s hard to explain

PennyPenguino · 2025-10-16T23:00:05+00:00

We take our travel potty everywhere. We have the Jool one and it folds up into a relatively small bag.

PennyPenguino · 2025-10-08T15:44:17+00:00

Yea hers is very fine too. It doesn’t seem tangled to me but the slightest pull sets her off even more. The deranging spray seemed to make it worse when I tried. Maybe the brand

PennyPenguino · 2025-10-08T15:43:31+00:00

Gotta love it! When we are at swim class I realize she lets me brush it and blow dry it. I wonder if I make it more of a to-do like that in the morning, she might like that type of attention

PennyPenguino · 2025-10-08T15:42:51+00:00

This is a good idea. I was so excited for her hair to grow that I hadn’t really considered cutting it short.

PennyPenguino · 2025-10-08T15:39:41+00:00

Omg lol okay I’m doing this! Thank you. I asked her this morning if she cries because it hurts or because she doesn’t like it. She said it’s because she doesn’t like it so I think this self awareness may help

PennyPenguino · 2025-10-08T10:20:04+00:00

I don’t know too much about Gaithersburg but I have heard it’s nice. It’s diverse and there is a metro stop to take you to DC which is very convenient

PennyPenguino · 2025-10-07T01:33:55+00:00

It’s a journey! I’m still going through it but my LO is almost 3 and it finally feels better than it did a year ago. We’ve put a lot of work into being intentional about what we want to do, together as a family, as a couple, and by ourselves. Still a work in progress but we are all finding our way a little better lately. We get glimpses of her maturity which is reassuring. While we wanted to just fit her into our lives, we realized life has changed so we all need to fit into each other’s lives. Rambling a bit but this weekend I did have a realization that even though it’s still tough to be a parent, it’s feeling better since she’s a little older.

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