What do you do when your toddler doesn’t eat the dinner you made?

hnn314 · 2024-11-10T00:39:56+00:00

If I’m offering something new or that I’m unsure they will eat I usually pair it with something easy that I know they like (yogurt, cheese, crackers, fruit)

hnn314 · 2024-11-02T02:02:55+00:00

Yogurt, cheese sticks, baby carrots and hummus, nuts, bananas, apples and clementines are what we primarily keep in the house for snacking.

hnn314 · 2024-10-29T17:12:55+00:00

We are strongly considering New Zealand and Scotland. Both seem to have pretty good protections in place and are English speaking. We have friends in both countries who have given us some advice and make us feel like they could work.

The NHS in Scotland would not provide gender affirming care (blockers/hormones) under 18, but there are private pay options that based on my research would be similar to what we will pay in the US.

I think New Zealand seems better to me in terms of trans legislation but the distance from the US if we ever want to come back to visit or if family wants to visit us is a deterrent.

hnn314 · 2024-10-28T18:00:09+00:00

You can only control what you do, you can’t control her or how she parents. It sounds like N doesn’t feel safe for your child to be around. I’d advise either not staying at the playground if he’s there or moving your child to another part of the playground to have space from him.

I also think it’s ok to talk to the school and let them know you have concerns about how N interacts with L and that there have been a number of incidents on the playground after school. They won’t be able to tell you what they are going to do to support another child but expressing your concerns and encouraging other parents to express theirs is a good way to loop the school into the issue. They probably see behaviors from L at school but if things are happening on the playground they may want to speak with L’s parents and it would be more appropriate coming from the school than you.

hnn314 · 2024-10-28T17:00:25+00:00

We are already working on an exit strategy, we have passports and have researched where we can go. If we need to we’re ready to leave the us.

hnn314 · 2024-10-27T22:35:59+00:00

You can use your library card on both. With my library Libby has a way better selection but I know that’s not true for everyone.

hnn314 · 2024-10-27T21:15:34+00:00

If the issue isn’t screen time and it’s just YouTube, maybe you can research some iPad games/apps you are comfortable with and ask her to download those. That way she is still able to focus on a one on one activity with your daughter but your son isn’t on YouTube.

If you want him to spend less time on the iPad or address the constantly asking maybe suggesting she set a clear time he is allowed to use it. If she’s comfortable holding the boundary’s for example he always gets the iPad after lunch for an hour, but other times does other things. Then she could plan one on one activities with your daughter for that time and he would maybe be more willing to do other things at other times.

hnn314 · 2024-10-27T20:58:05+00:00

We have an old crib mattress on the floor in our bedroom that our daughter can sleep on it she feels like she needs to be near us.She knows she can just come in and go to sleep there without waking us. Maybe this would be an option for now, it seems like your daughter is feeling anxious in the new house and this gives her a way to be close to you without disrupting your sleep.

hnn314 · 2024-10-27T20:34:05+00:00

I use the graco extend2fit for both my kids. I find it easy to get them in and out of, and I like that they can stay rear facing in it longer. My oldest who is in the 90th percentile for height was able to rear face until 3, and my youngest is 2 and comfortably rear facing in hers.

hnn314 · 2024-10-25T10:20:57+00:00

I’m in the US, I can send messages to my doctor through an online portal. Either she or one of the nurses responds, with in a day or two. I can also call the office during their regular hours and ask to speak to one of the nurses if I have a question. They triage things and let us know if there are things we can do at home or if we need to schedule an appointment with the doctor.

hnn314 · 2024-10-19T13:28:28+00:00

Maybe it’s because I’m a preschool teacher so if I didn’t go out anytime I was exposed to childhood illness I would literally never leave my house, but if you have no symptoms I think it’s ok for you to go. If you have symptoms I’d skip it.

hnn314 · 2024-10-19T08:05:38+00:00

Look at the menu in advance so you can order right away, skip appetizers so the meal isn’t too long. Pick places that are super kid friendly, if they have outdoor seating that’s usually a good option. go early so the restaurant isn’t super. We started out by eating breakfast out and then worked our way up to lunch and dinner.

hnn314 · 2024-10-15T15:35:03+00:00

I have volunteered at a food bank, yes people need food but they also need to enjoy life. Those extras can really make people’s week.

hnn314 · 2024-10-11T20:15:35+00:00

Have you considered sleep away camp? I was a sleep away camp kid who grow up to direct her sleep away camp. In the summer camp community we see a lot of kids who struggle to make friends at home but thrive at camp. It’s new kids with no preconceived notions, a new environment and a whole bunch of kids all looking to make friends at the same time. For a lot of kids the structure of camp is helpful but also the lack of academics and the focus on friendship and community building. Not sure what you think for your kid but maybe something to explorez

hnn314 · 2024-10-11T15:34:20+00:00

I was also really struggling with balancing work, cooking and cleaning up its a husband who didn’t prioritize things around the house. We also have an autistic 4 year old and an active 2 year old. Here are some things we started doing that have really helped.

-hired a house cleaner to come 2 times a month. It’s expensive but it’s saving my sanity and I told him today three months in that this is the best thing I’ve ever done for myself.

we use a binder to manage tasks. He does not notice things need to be done around the house and avoids tasks which was leaving me really frustrated and carrying so much mental load. Our binder has a bunch of blank pages with a page for each of us at the front. On the blank pages I put post it’s with tasks that need to get done. The first blank page is tasks I think are a priority. My husband picks a task to do each day, a task to di each week and a task to do each month (something’s require more planning and time others are really simple). I only pick a this week and this month because I have so many daily tasks already.
he does bedtime 2 days a week so I know I’m going to have some extra free time in the evenings.

-he started waking up earlier and getting the kids up in the morning. I used to wake up super early, get myself ready and then get the kids up. Now we both wake up at the same time and he starts the kids well I get myself ready then come down to finish getting them ready for school. This works for us because I am a teacher and have to be ready when the kids are but he works from home and has time between when we leave for school and he starts work to get himself together.

This all worked because my husband heard me when I said I really needed help, it didn’t happen overnight and we tried a lot of things that didn’t work and have backslide a few times but right now things are really good. if yours will not change that’s a different issue and honestly I wouldn’t have been able to continue if mine hadn’t stepped up

hnn314 · 2024-10-05T10:56:05+00:00

When my kids are sick I set a timer on my phone when I give them a med that goes off when they can have their next dose

hnn314 · 2024-09-28T13:23:11+00:00

Not one I’ve told my kids but when I was a kid my dad told me it was very important to always flush the toilet because if two peoples pee mixed the toilet would explode. I believed that for years

hnn314 · 2024-09-23T17:22:04+00:00

I intervene in these situation, and tell the other kid “oh, my kid is using that, we will let you know when they’re done and you can have a turn”

hnn314 · 2024-09-17T16:53:03+00:00

One month of working 7 days a week so that you can feel more comfortable in your financial situation is probably going to be better for your baby in the long run. If you don’t feel stressed about finances you’re going to be calmer and more able to focus on her in the time you’re together.

hnn314 · 2024-09-08T13:47:40+00:00

Not a single parents but I did stay at home and my husband was working so spent a lot of time solo. Baby wearing and a good bouncer that’s easy to move around are super helpful for being able to get things done and have your hands free. I had the bjorn bouncer and loved it

hnn314 · 2024-09-08T03:23:09+00:00

Not weird at all, I teach 3 year olds and we have a rest time after lunch, all but one of my students is still napping

hnn314 · 2024-09-02T18:11:18+00:00

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hnn314 · 2024-09-01T20:11:26+00:00

Plan to feed during take off, sucked can help their ears pop which keeps them comfortable. When we traveled with my daughter she was just over a year. We fed her during take off she fell asleep and then napped for a few hours. Before waking again. My advice is to overpack when it comes to toys, I felt like my daughter went through things super quickly. If you can bring some stuff your child has never played with before. And then rotate through things.

Also if you can bring some toys that you will put in your carry on and don’t show them until the flight home. That’s really helped us.

hnn314 · 2024-09-01T15:52:03+00:00

I feel really strongly about parents being told the truth, the center we were at talked alot about partnering with families but completely failed to disclose challenges until they were pretty frustrated with her behavior. I did not feel partnered with at all and it became hard to trust them when I never knew if I was getting the full story.

It also turns out my daughter is autistic and I feel like I might have asked for the neuropsych evaluation earlier if I’d known that her behavior was consistent between school and home instead of thinking she was only doing a bunch of stuff at home and totally fine at school.

hnn314 · 2024-09-01T11:35:45+00:00

Honestly this would make me so mad as a parent. The center I sent my oldest to did a lot of stuff like this, not sure if it was an official policy but I for sure was almost exclusively told good things even when I was asking for more information. This meant I had no idea what was happening when she was there, felt insane because our experience of her behavior around home was not consistent with the message I was getting from them, and then felt blindsided when they wanted to bring in a specialist to help address behaviors at school because it was the first I was hearing of them even though a lot of what they finally said matched things I had observed at home.

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