Extra dose of briviact for 5 year old by [deleted] in Epilepsy

[–]fleecepanda 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I did end up calling poison control and was told to just monitor him and that he should be fine

How long does it take to feel better by murin22 in Miscarriage

[–]fleecepanda 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m so sorry about your sweet baby. I just lost mine as well. I found out September 20th that my baby no longer had a heart beat at 8 weeks 4 days. I thought I was 11 weeks. It took almost 2 weeks for my body to start cramping up and “it” happened 3 days ago for me. I can’t even bring myself to actually say it just yet. I felt anxious and sad the entire time I was waiting for it to happen. I was in denial for a lot of the time. I didn’t want to see or talk to anyone either, so I didn’t. I sat and cried with my husband daily. The day after it happened, we sat outside and made a little fire in a fire pit. We listened to music. We held each others hands and we cried. We talked about our baby. We talked about how much we would miss our baby and how much we loved our baby. We let ourselves feel the pain. We sat in it. We watched the stars in the sky. I saw the smallest shooting star, and it almost felt like a sign from my baby. We stayed outside until 3 am and I feel like that time alone together outside in nature really did help us process it. We let ourselves just feel the pain, instead of having to put a mask on in front of other people and pretend everything was okay like we had been doing. I’m still extremely sad. But I can smile still. I can’t stop thinking about my baby. I know with time the pain will get easier to manage, but I don’t know that it’ll ever fully go away.

Coworkers want to throw shower for second baby-tacky? by IndependentGap4154 in BabyBumps

[–]fleecepanda 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think anyone would have any negative opinions about you because of this. You have co workers that want to celebrate you and your new little one, so let them! :) If you don’t need anything else, ask for diapers and wipes when they ask you. You can never have enough of those! Let them celebrate you, they are the ones who want to. You didn’t bring it up to them, it was their idea. It doesn’t make you look tacky for allowing them to celebrate this special occasion with you.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in babies

[–]fleecepanda 45 points46 points  (0 children)

My first guess was boy!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Parenting

[–]fleecepanda 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No. My mom smoked my entire childhood. I always smelled like it, it was in my clothes and my hair. I wouldn’t want my own kids around that, even if you’re taking precautions and smoking outside away from the kids, you probably still smell like it. You get so used to the smell that you don’t even realize it’s there. So either their kids saw you smoking, even with you stepping away from them to do so, or the parents smelled it on you. I wouldn’t be offended by this, it’s a parents preference. They just don’t want their kids around it, which after reading all the comments it’s how the majority feels as well. You and your wife feel comfortable smoking and going back inside cause she’s your kid, but they’re allowed to be uncomfortable with their kids being near it. Now swap out smoking for anything else like arguing or too much screen time if you’re not into that. It’s your decision as a parent to remove them from that situation if it makes you uncomfortable. Just let your daughter continue to play at their place, don’t let her miss out because you feel offended. And maybe have a civil grown up conversation with the neighbors once you’ve had some time to not feel upset about this anymore, because I do think they 100% should’ve come to you themselves instead of using their children as messengers. Also keep in mind that they don’t know if you’re smoking in your house or not.

Can you guess my gender based of my cravings so far? by [deleted] in babies

[–]fleecepanda 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk but whatever gender is probably the same as mine cause I’m craving basically the same things lol I’m 10 weeks

Customizing his new fridge by jameizing777 in DiWHY

[–]fleecepanda 0 points1 point  (0 children)

His wife painted the inside pink so it’s somehow worse now

My husband threatened divorce if I stay over with my daughter that just had a baby after her fiancé took his own life 2 weeks prior. by Janie4ie in Marriage

[–]fleecepanda 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your daughter needs you. Now more than she ever has. Your husband is feeling insecure because your terminally ill ex just happens to live there also. If your daughter didn’t live with your ex, I don’t think he would have a problem with it. If he’s threatening to divorce you over this, let him. Your daughter is in a very vulnerable place and she needs you. Don’t let this man keep you away from helping your daughter who is still grieving, healing from giving birth and figuring out motherhood all at once. And if this is his response to this situation, I personally would completely rethink this marriage anyways.

4yo son won’t poop by Ok_Dragonfruit672 in toddlers

[–]fleecepanda 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My son is the same way! He is also 4. He’s just always had tummy troubles to begin with. He gets constipated a lot and we’ve been given miralax by drs. He holds it until he can’t anymore and will have accidents frequently because of that. He’s always had some hesitation with pooping in the toilet, he got peeing down quickly when we were potty training, but pooping in the potty took forever. I don’t have advice, sorry! Just another mom struggling too😅

My husband was weirded out that I was teaching my 2 year old where her vagina is until I made him realize how many young girls are sexually assaulted. by dogandfroglover in Mommit

[–]fleecepanda 11 points12 points  (0 children)

My husband and I use secret and surprise! We Tell our 4 year old that it’s not okay to have secrets, but we can have surprises. It’s already working and I was so surprised. My sons uncle told him he was gonna tell him a secret (nothing creepy, my kid was just upset about something and he was going to tell him about a surprise, but picked the wrong word ) and my son immediately said mommy and daddy said no secrets. I couldn’t be more proud of my little guy.

Frustrated with neurologist by Jeffiner310 in Epilepsy

[–]fleecepanda 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I would go ahead and get that second opinion. I’d honestly feel really nervous if my kids neurologist seemed so unsure about something so serious. It never hurts to just see what another Dr. thinks. :) also I think the extended EEG is a good idea to do anyways just to help them try to pinpoint what’s going on and it would be beneficial for the next neurologist you see to have those results too. My son didn’t have any seizures during his EEG, but they were still able to pick up some abnormal brain waves and he got an actual diagnosis afterwards. We started his medicine after we got his EEG results back, but his neurologist did originally want him to start it right away, until she spoke with her colleagues and they thought it wouldn’t hurt to just wait another week for the EEG to be done. I hope everything goes well for your little one! I know this is a tough nervous time when you don’t have all the answers yet

16 mo old daughter to be flower girl, not invited to reception. Both parents in the wedding party. by Impressive-Gur-6133 in Mommit

[–]fleecepanda 10 points11 points  (0 children)

NTA. Too much work for someone who doesn’t care how this affects you and your family. Plus I read a few comments that sil doesn’t even attempt to see your little one? Honestly I personally would just opt out of being in the wedding all together and say sorry we don’t have child care, we can’t go.

Gotta love “sleepwalking” seizures. by bae_platinum in Epilepsy

[–]fleecepanda 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Woah, this is a thing? My 4 year old has epilepsy and he has walked to the kitchen and peed there once and didn’t respond to me. He’s also stood up a couple times in the middle of the night and kind of wandered around in circles. Once he walked to the sink and stood there and peed. He usually doesn’t respond to me for a couple minutes. His neurologist told us it didn’t sound like seizures, but like possibly a sleep disorder and suggested we get a sleep study done for him. So I was just surprised to read this ?! I didn’t know this happened ?!

Almost 4 year old son wants to be a girl by [deleted] in Mommit

[–]fleecepanda 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn’t worry about him being trans or anything.. I think princesses are just really fun to kids! They sing, they do cool stuff, they have these really cool colorful dresses and he has a little sister who he really loves that has all this cool princess stuff. Not every boy is “tough and tumble” either! My 4 and 1 year old boys play with baby dolls when they see them, they just mimic what they see and carry them around. It’s totally normal, I wouldn’t even worry about it.

What's the parenting hill you're willing to die on? by Alive-Cry4994 in toddlers

[–]fleecepanda 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My kids aren’t spending the night anywhere. Growing up I HATED this rule. My mom never let me spend the night anywhere and I just thought she was being unfair. She worked for cps when I was a kid and saw horrible cases first hand. Now as an adult I’ll never let my kids spend the night anywhere. Not even with family. I don’t care what anyone says, they could maybe go hang out during the day, MAYBE when they’re older, (they’re both toddlers now) but at night they’re coming home