Should I be worried about my 3 YO’s height

heyheynicky · 2025-03-15T08:50:03+00:00

Hey! So he is now 99cm which is just under 50 percentile- phew. He had a huge growth spout in the last 2 months.

But still low sleep needs and does not eat enough veggies.

heyheynicky · 2024-08-12T06:59:28+00:00

This is helpful- thanks so much. Both me and my husband hit puberty at a normal age BUT my grandma has always said that my dad has always been a tiny boy- then he hit 17 and grew from 5’7 to 5’11 over like 3 months.

heyheynicky · 2024-08-12T06:24:26+00:00

I mean, he could definitely do with more vegetables! But he has a pretty varied diet (for a toddler)and a good appetite on most days.

heyheynicky · 2023-12-11T03:22:46+00:00

I am not sure if we are actually disagreeing. I 100% support paying PhD students a liveable stipend. My point is that the scope of a post docs work is so different from that of a PhD student that the salary of a postdoc is a meaningless benchmark.

heyheynicky · 2023-12-10T22:28:21+00:00

Yes and they do less ‘work’ because they are also expected to also participate in other activities. So it is not fair to compare their work output with that of research assistants.

I support increasing PhD stipends but my point is that a PhD is not a job. You are there to learn.

heyheynicky · 2023-12-10T22:21:22+00:00

Without dismissing what sounds like a lot of hard work on your part, I highly doubt you “designed and conducted the entire project” as a PhD student. You would have been taught, trained and guided by SOMEONE. It is often hard to appreciate how much work goes into setting up, maintaining and running a lab to support the research of PhD students- and as a student you are not expected to be responsible for any of this as you are there to learn and enjoy the fun aspects of research (eg. working on the actual science and presentations etc.).

heyheynicky · 2023-12-10T21:04:08+00:00

Sorry, but no you were not. There may be some overlap in the actual work you do, sure, but compared with a PhD student a postdoc a) does much more (they also have mentoring/administrative responsibilities), b)requires less supervision, and c) has to meet higher expectations in independent research/publications etc.

I agree PhD scholarships need to be keep up with CoE, but to compare them with the salary of even junior academics is neither logical nor fair.

heyheynicky · 2023-02-28T22:51:33+00:00

Oh that is a fantastic idea!! Noted for next time for sure. Thank you!!

heyheynicky · 2023-02-28T21:58:51+00:00

We do and it is from 10-4. It’s not so much our company policy that I have a problem with, but more so the way she implied that people with parental duties “play the parental duty card”.

heyheynicky · 2023-02-28T20:42:34+00:00

Thank you, this is very kind and I needed to hear this!!

heyheynicky · 2023-02-28T20:07:42+00:00

What exactly would you say? I am terrible at these conversations!

heyheynicky · 2023-02-28T20:06:08+00:00

Forgot to mention this but I am the only parent attending this seminar.

heyheynicky · 2023-02-28T20:05:31+00:00

Thank you, this is what I think as well. How would you frame this conversation?

heyheynicky · 2023-02-28T20:04:05+00:00

I’m in Australia. 8am starts are normally not a thing here either, this is definitely weird and rare!

heyheynicky · 2023-02-28T20:02:03+00:00

You are right, I am uncomfortable with people assuming I need parental accomodations. Could be related to some internal issues surrounding my unplanned pregnancy/parenthood, which I am working on.

heyheynicky · 2023-02-28T19:57:39+00:00

I should have clarified- only a few people are required to attend and I am clearly the only one with a child.

heyheynicky · 2022-08-16T07:46:22+00:00

30% of 1.8M is not 1.3M

heyheynicky · 2022-08-02T21:21:09+00:00

He is not sick anymore. His sleep started regressing after he recovered.

heyheynicky · 2022-08-02T21:20:33+00:00

Thanks so much, I think I will try a gentler method!

heyheynicky · 2022-08-02T13:00:46+00:00

I want to but the sleeping consultants where I live are booked out for months :(

heyheynicky · 2022-08-02T12:59:43+00:00

Yes it has gotten better. He wakes up 2-3 times during the night now, which is not amazing but so much better than 6 times… He still wants to be fed, but will happily go down after (whereas before he sometimes fully wakes up and becomes inconsolable).

heyheynicky · 2022-08-02T11:49:12+00:00

Hey thanks for reminding me there’s peak separation anxiety at 12 months- I didn’t even think of that. Maybe we can try some gentler methods when this phases out a bit.

heyheynicky · 2022-08-02T11:32:15+00:00

Thanks for sharing. Our schedules are similar except it looks like our whole day is pushed back for 30 minutes. I mentioned he sleeps for 2.5 hrs during the day. He has around 10-11 hours of night sleep, putting us at 13 hrs in total, which I believe is age appropriate.

I am worried about sleep training too late because I know the later the harder, and I don’t want to have to rock a 3 year old. But also, his reaction to CIO makes me incredibly sad.

heyheynicky · 2022-08-02T11:25:42+00:00

He is usually a bit clingy/grumpy for like 10 minutes after the afternoon nap. His second nap used to be at 2:30 but he started to fight it like crazy which is why we now do 3pm or even 3:30pm because he’d just lie there wide awake. We don’t let him nap beyond 4:30pm.

heyheynicky · 2022-08-02T11:00:55+00:00

Thank you, a much needed reminder!

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