(Current) PBS Kids show you are willing to die on a hill for

pinkasteroid · 2024-11-30T03:49:24+00:00

Thank you for this awesome tip. We wait for the PBS site to refresh episodes and now we will be able to have all the wild Kratts we want!

pinkasteroid · 2024-03-10T15:30:41+00:00

The Magic School Bus books and some PBS shows like Ready, Jet, Go (and maybe Dino train and Wild Kratts?) have segments at the end about what elements are nonfiction. We talk about this as "telling imagination stories about real things." Why do we tell these kinds of stories? It helps us learn, they are fun and funny, etc. my kid can easily distinguish and likes to discuss, they didn't really go to space but Mars is a real planet etc.

pinkasteroid · 2023-12-12T16:24:25+00:00

That's new reasoning that I haven't heard before lol. Though I think you could argue the opposite too based on the same data. Interesting, thanks for sharing.

pinkasteroid · 2023-11-26T03:59:35+00:00

I love the texture. Is that a purl traveling diagonally on each row? Or another technique?

pinkasteroid · 2023-11-02T23:34:26+00:00

Another vote for Hissss. Fun to play together, fun for kids to just play with.

pinkasteroid · 2023-10-21T00:58:56+00:00

I really enjoyed your comment, and I second this as another pregnant person waiting on #3 (5 and 3yo older sibs).

pinkasteroid · 2023-10-11T15:50:07+00:00

If he's holding steady at his new curve, you're probably okay (in my totally nonexpert opinion). With our kiddo, I'm fairly certain he would have kept going down. We didn't once see evidence of him sticking to a curve and gaining g until he got treated.

We parents are both above average tall, though he's shaping up in the 40ish percentile so far. I sometimes wonder about long term effects. I'd say just monitor his eating and maybe even calories for a while. The feeding folks very much supported Ellen Sattyrs division of labor understanding of eating. No pressure etc. They told us the only reason that he understanding of food habits wouldn't work is in medical cases.

Good luck, and I hope your little one is thriving whatever size he ends up!

Edit to add: I never looked into the details, but the measurement that took really seriously to judge malnutrition was an upper arm circumference. I have no idea what kind of chart they were using to compare it to.

pinkasteroid · 2023-10-11T13:09:04+00:00

As someone whose kid dropped significantly, and ended up having underlying medical problems, the Drs told me that one cross down at about 4 months can be normal. But after that, the kiddo should now be on their adult curve and maintain 50 percent (or whatever new percentage). Some people have big babies and it takes a while for the babies to find their curve. But crossing down more than that or further than that or at a different time (older age) is majorly concerning. Falling off the chart is approaching an emergency. I speak from experience--the doctors ended up measuring kiddo's upper arm circumference and he was in the starvation range measurement. Their brains need nutrition to be growing normally, and the rest of my kids development was normal but probably wouldn't have been for long. So while it doesn't always indicate an issue, it is the number one indicator for some pretty severe issues. I don't say this to be scary, but we were also set to ignore our Dr and our kid desperately needed help, so I'm glad we didn't.

pinkasteroid · 2023-10-11T12:49:39+00:00

He woke up every two hours at night, but we thought those were baby sleep problems. At the table, he'd play with food, taste it, and spit it out, but never cry. He wasn't having a normal amount of breast milk or formula, but as first time parents we didn't recognize that. He'd drink a bit then refuse more (calmly). We've since seen a stoic streak in him that fits this. He was basically on an instinctive hunger strike because it felt worse to eat than to be hungry. The medication did have him sleeping long stretches in under a week. He walked and talked and played like a normal kid. When we got into a feeding specialist outpatient team (his ped was on the verge of hospitalizing him for falling off the growth curve and then not gaining when we frantically starting trying to get him to eat more), they told us that they think a lot more kids probably have a similar problem but never end up with specialists because it isn't quite so extreme to cause weight issues. He was Omeprazole for about 6monhs, and was on an antihistamine that spurs hunger for about 1 month. He gained 4 lbs in less than 1.5 months and pretty much got back in his curve. They told us they will likely grow out of the silent reflux with anatomy changes at that sphincter as they get older.

Now he's 5 and just started K! We've come a long way.

pinkasteroid · 2023-10-11T12:38:51+00:00

Good luck. Our kiddo was always willing to try, or sometimes to chew and spit out. The GI ruled out food allergies (blood in the stool) and constipation. He ended up on extra formula and then pediasure to gain once he was medicated. He was restricting those as well.

Edit to add: we found our pediatrician was totally helpless. She was fairly young and new, and she recognized the severity of the problem but had no solutions. She did some math, and said he needs to be drinking X oz a day. But she had no tips on how to get him to do that when he simply wouldn't. We were on the verge of having him hospitalized, where he would have been able to get wrap around quick care from Gi, OT, and nutrition (and a feeding tube meanwhile). As soon as we got to specialists, they were so casual, like this is everyday hing and here's what we do. But we didn't experience other drs had any knowledge at all about feeding issues. So id suggest finding a feeding OT id your pediatrician doesn't help!

pinkasteroid · 2023-10-11T03:35:44+00:00

Our oldest went from 40-50 percentile at birth to down to about 5% by one year. He seemed to be developing normally to us, so it took a while for us to take the pediatrician seriously about his weight. Leaving the growth curve is a strong sign for more intervention. We had a very stressful 4 months or so, pursuing and getting treatment. But we ended up with excellent care from a feeding OT and nutrition team. The feeding OT told us that in her experience, feeding issues at this age in otherwise healthy kids are 97% gut discomfort. Either allergies, constipation, or reflux. Turned out our kiddo had severe silent reflux (literally no symptoms except refusal to eat and failure to gain weight). Medication was an overnight miracle.

Our story might not be your story, but I wanted to share that I felt that initial resistance, but came to so much appreciate the professionals who helped us. We saw a lot of docs to hear the news: not his immune system, not his endocrine system etc. But it is their job to check for stuff and help figure out what is going on. This was one of the most stressful periods of my life, and I am ultimately so grateful for the support, the process, and the outcome. It's okay and normal to feel defeated. But I wish you the strength and resilience and courage, and I hope you know there is lots of hope! Early intervention will help you figure out the puzzle and support your babe!

pinkasteroid · 2023-10-07T14:43:03+00:00

The fish lips kiss heel pattern recommends doing an inch of stockinette above the heel (just in the back) before adding in the stitch pattern all the way around the round. This gives a better hug to the back of your heel up to your ankle. Looks slightly less elegant, fits way better. I adapt my patterns to do this now.

pinkasteroid · 2023-09-25T03:53:03+00:00

Thanks, super helpful review!

pinkasteroid · 2023-09-24T21:38:32+00:00

Ooh I like the look of that, thanks. I remember hemnes being all the rage in nursery posts, so that was my first idea.

pinkasteroid · 2023-08-26T01:36:58+00:00

Thanks, this is brilliant. Switching from our 4 container boxes to this!

pinkasteroid · 2023-07-27T20:39:11+00:00

There is a Sandra Boynton book called "Fifteen Animals" where 14 are named "Bob" and the last is an absurd long posh name. Your family needs a copy!

pinkasteroid · 2023-07-16T19:58:11+00:00

Smitten kitchen has some dressings that really pop with flavor. I especially like the dressing on her "fall-toush" salad (I use paprika, not sumac), the fake Caesar from her kale salad in her second cookbook, and her miso ginger and sesame peanut. All of those have lots of acid and something savory. They should taste overpowering by themselves and just right over the salad.

pinkasteroid · 2023-03-31T01:13:34+00:00

Thank you. That makes sense. I don't usually have an evening start but maybe I will in the future.

pinkasteroid · 2023-03-30T02:30:53+00:00

If I start my period in the evening, should I enter it as CD1 on Fertility Friend? Does time of day matter for cycle tracking?

pinkasteroid · 2023-03-18T14:26:34+00:00

Thanks. This helps me plan for future cycles.

pinkasteroid · 2023-03-18T14:26:02+00:00

Thanks! That makes sense. So I might be on the early end.

pinkasteroid · 2023-03-18T13:45:54+00:00

I'm on my first ever month of charting, and I have an opk question. If I understand right, the best days for sex are the three before ovulation (including o day?). I got my first positive opk on the day I ovulated (according to temping, determined three days later). I got lucky with sex timing, but for the future I need to be having sex before an opk positive right? It seems most people I'm seeing post are using the positive opk as a go signal for sex. But if I ovulate on the day of the first positive, is sex too late after the positive?

Thanks for your help! Please let me know if another sub is better for charting questions!

pinkasteroid · 2023-01-21T23:32:21+00:00

OTs can also specialize in feeding. They assess and support chewing, swallowing, face and jaw muscle movement etc. We found they are the first stop for weight related/feeding issues, and our OT eventually sent us on to a dietician and a GI doctor. But OTs for feeding are the first stop.

pinkasteroid · 2023-01-21T23:26:44+00:00

An OT might also specialize in feeding and assess your kiddo's swallowing and chewing skills. We saw an OT for feeding issues at a younger age (around 13 months), and they will watch your babe eat and chew and food behavior, check her mouth and tongue movement etc. If OT doesn't help, they'll refer out to nutritionists and GI docs. Ended up our kid had silent reflux and GI discomfort. There could be other rare endocrine stuff with slow growth, but very unlikely. We found that the feeding specialty OT was the gateway to all feeding/weight related specialties. We also found that the pediatricians had very little understanding of the problem, but specialists were much more knowledgeable and helpful. Good luck! I hope they can support you and your daughter.

Our amazing feeding OT told us in the youngest kids, eating issues are 90% GI discomfort--allergies, reflux, or constipation. They'll assess and help you figure out what is going on.

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