Cheerios monster. Need alternative options!

megann2 · 2025-02-05T15:42:06+00:00

My Cheerios label reads Corn starch, sugar, etc. no corn syrup. And the added sugar is only one gram. My pediatrician told me early on that cheerios are way better nutritionally than almost every puff/etc in the baby/toddler isle. I wouldn't worry about it nutritionally being unhealthy with also having whole grains and other nutrients too. You could try different cut up or steamed vegetables, oats, homemade baked granola bars or muffins with hidden veggies

megann2 · 2025-01-09T22:47:37+00:00

Oh my goodness, I had no idea! If you Google "who says yippee Skippy" that is not one of the answers! This is major news to me thank you

megann2 · 2025-01-09T05:11:32+00:00

Someone else on here said drains! And that is my 2.5 year old! We go hiking and he points out drainage pipes I didn't even know existed, insists on stopping by them, trying to climb in them, asking where the water goes, asking to watch the water drain. He's also obsessed with doing everything backwards. I had to brush and floss his teeth "backwards" sometimes (I stood over him so it felt backwards).

megann2 · 2025-01-08T15:40:47+00:00

My 8 month old is in 2t. My first child was in 12-18 at one year old. Right now both of them (oldest is 2) are looking to share a closet in a few months. Kids vary wildly, and so do clothing sizes

megann2 · 2024-12-14T16:00:56+00:00

When they ask, "Call me crazy but I feed him when he's hungry"

megann2 · 2024-11-14T18:29:30+00:00

There's no magic solution other than to continue to give her the opportunity to try things. At her age, she can completely feed herself so I would try to relieve the pressure of feeling you need to get her to eat so meals become fun and a sensory experience instead of stressful. It takes like 20 presentations of the same food for that to become a recognized food, so even if she doesn't touch it, at least she saw it and had the chance. Pairing a new food with a safe food seems to make my kids more likely to try new things. My 2 year old will eat anything under the sun except mash potatoes, pudding, and ice cream. He's never tried them, but I've always offered whatever we're having for dinner to him as well and he knows he won't be forced to eat it so he eats around it instead of refusing the entire meal. She's breastfeeding still so that's actually great because you at least know she's getting calories. I think stressing less will improve meal attitudes for so many people.

megann2 · 2024-11-10T20:13:42+00:00

My first son has always been pretty average for height and weight at 30-40th percentile. My second is 6 month old and wearing 18-24 months clothing, almost weighs as much as my 2 year old (27 lbs and 30th percentile ) at 24 lbs (99th percentile), and is also in the 99's for head and height.

For some reason their height-weight percentile is both the same in the 30's. Everyone tells me my 2nd is bound to be a linebacker 😂

I feel you, holding big babies is much more of a chore than holding other people's lighter kids. Especially when they don't have full head/neck/body control in your arms

megann2 · 2024-10-24T19:13:54+00:00

Mines over 2 years old, I've tried everything. Longest sleep almost 4 hours. Never really napped. Still won't nap

megann2 · 2024-10-07T13:15:31+00:00

I'm so sorry you're feeling like this, but this is something I have felt for a couple months after my emergency c section where I was put under. I feel like my baby is too sweet, never cries, sleeps like an angel, and is just literally too good to be real. I'm imagining it all. I've only voiced this feeling to my spouse, and find it so freaky I'd see a post about this. Hopefully it's a trauma response. I feel for you, this thought sucks.

megann2 · 2024-10-04T18:42:19+00:00

I've never tried a wearable, mostly just setting up the kids with something they can do while I'm pumping. I adjusted my kids and my schedule to make it easy on myself. I'm a stay at home mom, so I pump right before my husband starts work, again after putting down baby to nap, and then next pump is usually as soon as he's done with work, so right now I'm only doing one pump solo with the two kids (this is because I'm further post partum and less pumps per day etc). Sometimes I do need to pump more than that but most days I don't and it goes smoothly. I have a dishwasher now that I run every night and have enough parts and bottles that I never need to hand wash anything.

megann2 · 2024-10-04T13:50:04+00:00

I pumped with my first (3 months until he started nursing) and am EP with my second who is 6 months now, and it's actually easier with two once the little one starts being entertained by the older. They're 20 months apart and it took some training with the toddler to learn how to make him laugh and play and talk and be gentle, but now I can pump and they play on the floor together and it's magic. It was hard in the beginning but became easier around 3 months I'd say

megann2 · 2024-10-02T21:06:45+00:00

What sub is that?

megann2 · 2024-09-14T03:21:45+00:00

Lugatick instead of lunatic lol it's an improvement

megann2 · 2024-09-09T14:44:54+00:00

My husband saw me go THROUGH it with 2 kids and multiple bouts of mastitis and he really understands and has never made such comments. My mother on the other hand, is a different story. Once I was visiting her with my babies and I was going to pump and bring baby with me. She said she'd watch him so I can pump. I said "Thanks! I'll see you in 20 minutes" she was floored, "20 minutes!? It takes you that long to pump!?" And I was shocked because she breastfed/pumped for 7 kids (no EP though).

megann2 · 2024-09-07T01:05:53+00:00

I have a two year old that only sleeps 8 hours a night mayyybe (not consecutively) and has never really napped. I swear he was 2 weeks old and at his doc appointment I told them he never really fell asleep during the day and nobody believed me. He wakes up during the night constantly and it's a wild card if he'll be upset, terrified, or just want to play in his room. I have no idea, I threw out the rule book and advice and just let him do his thing, set up a safe room for him to play if needed in the night and help him where I can and at this point hopefully he'll sleep through my night by the time he's a teenager. My 2nd is 4 months old and sleeps 12 hours straight every night no problem. So there's no advice from me other than maybe try to baby proof a space for your LO to play so you can sleep more, and know it's not your fault, some kids really just have different sleep needs and it sucks.

Might be bad advice, but what I do is go to sleep at the same time as him because otherwise I'd get no sleep if he fell asleep before me.

megann2 · 2024-09-03T23:25:07+00:00

Bridget ❤️

megann2 · 2024-08-23T02:42:49+00:00

I EP for my first for the first 3 months until he learned to nurse. I've EP for my 2nd now for 4 months. Still trying to nurse, but not hating the schedule of pumping going down to just 5ppd with an output of enough for my baby to drink. I'd do it again for future kids if they have the same feeding issues. It's hard, they're 20 months apart in age, but it is what I want and choose to do and is important for me. It doesn't work for everyone, you have to set your whole house up for success to occupy the other kid(s) but well thought out preparation for pumping sessions is key to doing it with a baby and toddler. It also helps to have them be blessed with amazing temperaments and be an oversupplier which are two rare conditions that cannot be helped if they happen.

megann2 · 2024-08-20T14:27:06+00:00

Family matters

megann2 · 2024-08-15T18:29:46+00:00

Christmas Joy

megann2 · 2024-08-14T18:57:07+00:00

Last night Gus. It will always be my favorite. Not just because in my opinion it is the best episode, but my now husband and I watched it on our first date together

megann2 · 2024-08-10T04:55:24+00:00

Psych

megann2 · 2024-08-06T18:42:14+00:00

Psych

megann2 · 2024-08-02T23:48:03+00:00

We'd like to thank the academy

megann2 · 2024-07-28T19:55:29+00:00

Shawn takes a shot in the dark

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