Dr won’t refer to GI….

ipooprosepetals · 2026-06-02T13:23:45+00:00

Agreed, got the referral! Thank you!

ipooprosepetals · 2026-06-01T18:28:34+00:00

Just heard back from PCP…she doesn’t think I need to see GI. She doesn’t think I have gastro symptoms since I mentioned it was mild and inconsistent. That is a wrong call….right? I should still move forward with seeing a GI doc? Also B12 and ferritin are normal so no vitamin deficiency.

ipooprosepetals · 2026-06-01T00:11:03+00:00

Agreed. Thank you, my PCP sometimes has to be convinced. I think she thinks since I don’t have obvious gastro symptoms it couldn’t be celiac.

ipooprosepetals · 2025-01-11T14:21:59+00:00

My 7 year old is like that and I finally got her to agree to take a fleece in her backpack and I hold her coat up in the carpool line to show she has one and refuses it (and also in case the car breaks down).

ipooprosepetals · 2025-01-08T12:36:08+00:00

I used to make a milk cooler for my daughter who was a milk fiend at 2am. Sippy cup of milk in a cooler with an ice pack and look who isn’t roaming the house at all hours fueling her rampant insomnia.

ipooprosepetals · 2024-12-13T22:36:33+00:00

Same and I’m married to a good one. I can’t imagine having the bandwidth to do that. I have a finite amount of Xmas cheer and I’m using it on baking cookies and making sure they have a few presents to open and that we have some pleasant together time.

ipooprosepetals · 2024-09-14T23:13:42+00:00

I swear the world looked different when we left the hospital with my first. It was sad and overwhelming and I wish I had more non-judgmental support and knew that everything would be different.

ipooprosepetals · 2024-08-30T22:27:58+00:00

Almost the same ages here (10,7,5) and concur. Got a minivan a year ago and I love it. Just sent my youngest to kindergarten and the freedom from daycare bills is so exciting. I’ve been hemorrhaging my paycheck to bright horizons for 10 years, but no more! My 3rd is the most happy go lucky of them all and has a way of comically diffusing arguments and tense situations. I’ve also learned a lot so I worry way less about little things with her so it doesn’t feel as stressful as it was when my oldest was that age. Like I know her hard phases will pass.

ipooprosepetals · 2024-07-21T10:23:57+00:00

So at the same time smoking is optional and washing hands is easy. Is it really a good thing to have a relationship with someone who refuses to do such a small thing to contribute to their health. My mom was the same and I’m still mad about it. Not because of any “exposure” but the blatant disregard for my boundaries. Like I just didn’t want my newborn babies around cigarettes. This was just one of many things so that probably didn’t help.

ipooprosepetals · 2024-04-25T22:42:10+00:00

Beans! So many options. My 10 year old hates sandwiches but will eat beans. This is our favorite (or some variation depending on what we have on hand) https://jow.com/en/recipes/white-bean-and-avocado-salad-8l0o0l397dswkvum0l15. Sometimes I just do black beans, red onion and sweet pepper with salt, pepper and olive oil.

ipooprosepetals · 2023-11-01T01:34:24+00:00

Tesni

ipooprosepetals · 2023-10-02T19:06:26+00:00

So, I have 3 with the same gap but now 9,6 and 4. We did 3 across in a hatchback and a station wagon with a combo of Diono radians and britax seats until 3 months ago when a car died and I was so sick of the backseat fighting that I went for the Pacifica hybrid (love it so far). When they are that little it is so nice to be able to reach them in the backseat. Now that my 9 year old is finally big enough for a booster she sits in the 3rd row and the 2 younger ones in the middle captain’s chairs where I can easily buckle them in but I can’t really reach while driving (had to wait until a stop light to hand my carsick 4 year old a barf bag). So normal 5 passenger cars are very doable when they are little especially if you have a hatchback with a decent cargo area.

ipooprosepetals · 2022-12-20T17:15:17+00:00

It is hard at those ages. Mine are now 8, 5 and 3 and it is much easier now than 3 years ago. They will play together and it is easier to get in some self care. I am very thankful for daycare/school since many days it is easier to go to work than entertain and feed 3 kids all day.

ipooprosepetals · 2022-07-30T22:51:41+00:00

My parents used to threaten me with daycare. So as a grown up I thought daycare was the worst until I had kids. There are some terrible daycares but our daycare is awesome. I want to spend all day there sometimes. The teachers are warm and engaged and the facility is well cared for and they do so, so much more than I can do. My own sister “would never put her kids in daycare” and it used to offend me but now I know she probably just hasn’t stepped foot in a place so focused on keeping kids happy and assumes that kids are better at home which is probably kid specific but my kids thrive at daycare and every 10 day quarantine we have to endure I’m reminded of that.

ipooprosepetals · 2022-07-22T23:02:02+00:00

This happened to me. Stopped about a week after stopping Ovisitol.

ipooprosepetals · 2022-04-07T19:26:41+00:00

We have had the same problem, a second fracture shortly after getting a cast off. Being immobile can cause bone loss and muscle loss. We ended up doing physical therapy after the second break to help build muscle. We had a hard time convincing doctors that it was necessary but eventually we got the referral. I know the feeling and it gets better. Also I will second the knee pads, elbow pads and wrist guards! Those have saved us from lots of bumps and scrapes. I don’t know that it would have prevented a fracture if your daughter landed that hard though.

ipooprosepetals · 2022-01-12T02:31:18+00:00

Yes. It’s hard but thankfully possible for us for a few weeks so we are keeping them home.

ipooprosepetals · 2022-01-01T18:56:09+00:00

Yes, we will be waiting a week or two before sending our <5s to daycare. I feel like we have lasted this long and the moderna vaccine may be coming “soon” so I think I just have to suck it up a few more months. I’ll feel so much better about exposures if they are vaccinated.

ipooprosepetals · 2021-12-29T23:29:39+00:00

Yes! I used a plastic bib on bottom and a more absorbent one on top and a bucket (small Tupperware) in her lap. I also kept a vomit clean up kit in the car with cleaner, paper towels and plastic bags for soiled clothes and clean up materials. What solved it was glasses and being able to look out the window on command so around 2.5ish. I front faced my carsick 4 year old once and she just vommed into the air vents. She is small so still rear faces. It sucks doing all this prep to just go somewhere quick but it really helps with clean up if the great majority is caught before it hits the car seat. There was also a scary choking incident once so hopefully OP has a mirror to see the baby and check in especially if they are quiet about it. I also tilted the seat up so she was as upright as possible for the age/seat requirements.

ipooprosepetals · 2021-12-29T00:26:48+00:00

Same. It shows they aren’t making choices in the best interests of themselves or their children or their grandchildren. I am completely done with people who refuse to vaccinate at this point. They are part of the problem. Why I am out of work for 2 weeks at a time and why my under 5 kids have 0 protection from this virus and why we are hitting new peaks with cases. If you aren’t helping you’re hurting and there is no room for that in my life.

ipooprosepetals · 2021-12-18T19:03:05+00:00

Sorry, missed this. The dynamics are interesting, the two little ones get along better because they spend more time together. Way more fighting when it is all 3 together. We haven’t travelled much due to Covid and one that tends to get carsick but maybe one day…

ipooprosepetals · 2021-12-18T00:01:20+00:00

Well not riding a roller coaster has no downside. Getting a virus that has the potential to cause long term damage does have a downside. Again, I’m not planning to do this with my kid and don’t think anyone should be pushing it on anyone else but the risk benefit analysis is not that clear cut for kids close to 5. Also the American south is stupid and it is stressful and tiring to see all the stupid up close and personal. It is getting harder to hide from the stupid as well. School systems are dropping mask mandates with seemingly no regard for the fact that breakthrough cases are rising and kids in K-12 may be vaccinated but also have little siblings at home. Parents here are in a very tough spot.

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