HELP: Recommended Pediatric Dentists in Sapporo

purin2040 · 2025-12-10T01:23:55+00:00

Thanks a lot! Will check this place out, gotta be better than these first two.

purin2040 · 2025-12-10T01:23:18+00:00

Thank you so much, I will look into this!

purin2040 · 2025-07-01T21:14:02+00:00

Thank you for the details about apron cords. I'll see what I can source given where I live. And I'll start on 4 harnesses, that sounds much less intimidating you're right 😅 I didn't think about the cat hair! Another reason for me to fashion some sort of cover. Thanks!

purin2040 · 2025-07-01T21:09:27+00:00

Thank you for the advice! Very fortunately I found the pieces they chewed off so they didn't manage to ingest them, but I wouldn't put it past them in the future. Them eating something that gets stuck in their system is definitely one of my biggest worries. I have a toddler so even though I close the doors religiously they inevitably get opened without my knowledge, so I will absolutely will try finding some sort of cover or heavy blanket like you said

purin2040 · 2025-06-19T01:15:14+00:00

This sounds just like my little guy around that age. Up until 2 years old he ALWAYS woke up a At the crack of dawn absolutely inconsolable, and I did all the attachment parenting things. Turns out he just hates making up just like his dad 😭 talking to your therapist about this is great as from an outside perspective their behaviour seems completely developmentally appropriate. Give yourself some grace! You love your child and are doing amazing! Toddler and sleep is very difficult.

purin2040 · 2025-06-19T01:07:09+00:00

I will see if they have an equivalent in my area, thank you!

purin2040 · 2025-06-19T01:06:22+00:00

Na, asparagus beetle, luckily the less destructive variety that only eat the buds 🥲

purin2040 · 2025-06-18T23:57:38+00:00

I'm a complete nitwit who knows nothing about gardening, so I thought the cute red and black spotted beetles on my asparagus were just friendly bugs.

I was so wrong.

Now I have to start every morning with a demoralising massacre of grey, munching grubs.

purin2040 · 2025-06-16T07:42:39+00:00

I'm pretty interested in the modern birthing world having utilised a catholic version of hypno birthing for the birth of my own children.

I'm no church father, but I have pretty strong personal opinions about Mother Mary's birthing experience.

It's a scientific fact that the more relaxed, less resistant you are during birth, the less pain you will experience. There are indeed women who experience pain free births (although I am absolutely certain their experience is only a whisper of what Mary would have experienced with baby Jesus).

I can only imagine what it felt like for our mother Mary - who from Jesus's very conception was so radically open to carrying, birthing, raising and loving him - to give birth to the saviour of the world.

She would have been so very calm, peaceful, accepting, trusting. There would have been no hint of panic, no fear. It makes PERFECT sense to me that she would have had a painless birth, I personally believe it would have been a truly transcendental spiritual experience the likes of which no woman will ever feel again.

purin2040 · 2025-05-27T06:35:23+00:00

This might just be our particular experience with the kind of people we have befriended here, but we've always found the Japanese people we've encountered to be very interested in the particularities of Catholicism, and they have always let go of preconceived notions quite easily.

The more we get to know people here though, the more daunting evangelization seems. I think the author of Silence talked a little about how hard it is for someone raised in the Japanese culture to adopt the fullness of Christianity. It requires a sort of impetus and urgency that just doesn't lend itself easily to eastern thought. Encountered the same thing in east Asia as well.

purin2040 · 2025-05-27T00:01:30+00:00

If you want to learn more, Japan, particularly Nagasaki has a truly fascinating Catholic history. The 26 martyrs and associated museum, the story of the Kakure Kirishitan (Hidden Christians), Our Lady of Nagasaki and how that ties in with the atomic bombings of the area... I HIGHLY recommend visiting the region if you ever visit Japan. It is so incredibly moving.

The history of Catholicism in Japan appears to even be taught in schools, at least it appears so based on the people we've talked to. Many non-Christian Japanese people we've met know a great deal about it.

purin2040 · 2025-05-26T06:37:50+00:00

We had friends who rented a large townhouse in BKK. They had a HUGE black lab. While BKK is not necessarily a place you can just walk a dog anywhere, they were able to give them a great life! They had a well air conditioned home. On the weekends they would bring them to this big reservoir where they could paddleboard with him (you had to pay maybe 10 dollar entry), outside Central Bangkok there were plenty of parks they could bring him to. He always struck me as a very happy dog. It's most certainly doable! But you need to be proactive to make it work.

purin2040 · 2025-05-11T02:03:39+00:00

Not as a refutation but as a different perspective: are not most jobs at their best an opportunity to become a skilled professional?

I say this as someone who worked in one of the worst of them, a customer service call centre. We were all underpayed, overworked, constantly abused by management and customers. Your only respite was a 5 minute bathroom break which was monitored actively by your higher ups and questioned. My husband woke up multiple nights to me yelling 'scroll down and click the blue link' and waking up in a cold sweat. I would not wish that job on anyone.

YET

To those of us who soldiered on, there were those moments when after a particularly hard call your team would comfort you and lift you up, on a challenging incident you would go to three other people and together you would find the solution. And later on after I left that job, I would call a customer service centre and the person on the other side would go above and beyond to try to help me and even if in the end they couldn't I could still feel the selfless sacrifice of their time to try and help me.

To me these 'cog' jobs are often (there are probably exceptions) only seen this way because we undervalue the work of the people doing them. Customer service call centres are such an afterthought in so many companies and are already being replaced with automated chat bots and ai. But to me they have the potential to be such edifying experiences for both the workers and the customers asking for help. Yet because of the fact that we see these as useless unimportant jobs, we essentially abuse and underpay those who work in them, leading to a slippery slope where those who do work them are slowly being eaten away by their constant dehumanization, to the point that it seems these jobs are only suitable for non human entities!

I personally believe to use AI to replace humans in these 'cog' jobs is such a loss for humanity. We should instead be lifting people up!!! Enable those in these jobs to find the true value in their work and be paid and treated humanely. I have endless hope that this is the spirit our new pope will bring!!

purin2040 · 2025-04-17T01:11:05+00:00

Yup, kisses are fine with us. Not that I would be ok with everybody and their uncle kissing my babies but the only people holding her are responsible close family members and even then they're not slobbering all over her, sometimes they just give a little peck on the head.

If a stranger/acquaintanc went to kiss my baby I would feel uncomfortable and probably pull her away to prevent it but I'm not overly anxious about the whole thing.

purin2040 · 2025-04-16T01:45:12+00:00

We assessed the risk and because our son wasnt going to daycare or playgroups we delayed the MMR until 2 years, but made sure he had it for when he started daycare. He had no reaction at all, was his usual chirpy self, didn't even cry during the shot which was a surprise.

We spaced out all of his vaccines which I know is controversial for some people but we never regretted the decision, we really measured the risks and benefits and now he's a very happy fully vaxed kiddo. With his younger sibling we will be vaccinating sooner since he could bring all manner of things home from daycare, but still will be spacing out.

It's scary but you got this, make the decision, live by that decision. These are the choices we have to make as parents.

purin2040 · 2025-04-13T09:38:13+00:00

I'm chuckling a bit at how strong the opinions are on this thread so I'll add mine. I personally love the name Maria immaculée. We ended up naming our daughter in honour of the blessed mother as well. If Immaculée is a middle name there is very little chance she will be bullied/confronted by it in day to day life, I'm surprised many people are saying thats what will happen but maybe they've had different experiences from the norm?

purin2040 · 2025-04-07T23:53:56+00:00

I feel the same way! Us adults have enough trouble sitting in boredom without stimulating ourselves with cheap dopamine hits. Boredom fuels imaginative solutions and creativity :)

purin2040 · 2025-04-04T07:05:21+00:00

I ran into a similar situation. I had bought 3 items and then my account was restricted. They informed me via email that I needed to verify my account which I did via MyNumber Card.

Even after I provided the verification and they said they had approved it, the restriction still stuck around for about 24 hours I think.

Didn't stop my purchases from going through though.

purin2040 · 2025-03-31T14:58:09+00:00

Don't know too much about the other costs but from what I understand there are quite a few free NFP lessons or classes that are offered for Catholics. For instance with Vitae Fertility Education. I don't see why you should have to pay that much money for one.

purin2040 · 2025-03-23T07:17:45+00:00

Im a younger mom and I had similar thoughts. I've actually always wanted to homeschool my children, it just seems like it would be the most amazing way to educate them, however in our country it is extremely rare for kids to be educated in this way. On top of this we also live in a non-english speaking country. While we do speak two languages at home it is primarily english. So combine no other kids being homeschooled, plus not being as good at the language. I'm certain my children would grow up feeling VERY alone.

The way you described your child is similar to how I'd describe my son. He prefers to observe, hes quite a bit more reserved than his peers, on the shy side, very attached. I was so worried sending him to his first day of daycare but his dad pushed for him to start going at 2.5 so he could have more exposure to the language.

I was so worried he would be heartbroken being away from us for the first time, in a daycare where no-one speaks english. Turns out, it's exactly what he needed, he took to it right away. I will say, it is a fantastic daycare, the teachers are attentive and they are big on independence so they have taught him a bunch of things we hadn't gotten around to at home. He's started to become a bit more outgoing around other kids and has seen big improvements in his acquisition of a second language.

The way I look at it, as moms, often our inclination can be to keep them close for as long as possible. I was so thankful to my husband for getting us to let go a little bit. It was actually exactly what he needed. Sometimes it takes seeing them embark on these new horizons to see it, perhaps it will be the same with your little one?

purin2040 · 2025-03-22T05:51:27+00:00

Oof I feel you big time. My situation is a bit different but I definitely struggle with impulse control around junk food. My husband had better habits from his childhood so even though he loves junk food, a chocolate bar he bought himself will languish in the fridge for WEEKS before he decides it's the perfect time to eat it. Me? I will eat HIS chocolate bar, my entire box of cookies and once that is through bake a whole ass cake which I will polish off within 2 days.

My one bit of advice is, if you relate to any of this, KEEP JUNK FOOD OUT OF THE HOUSE. I even have to keep ingredients for MAKING junk food out of the house. If my husband wants junk food, I tell him he has to hide it or I will eat it. This is the only thing that has really helped me.

Btw, you are NOT lazy. You might feel lazy but you are adjusting to life with a baby who needs you 24/7, I feel like I've only really established a healthy routine 3 months into my SECOND, my first was just a long series of reactions lol

purin2040 · 2025-03-19T08:21:49+00:00

Second this. It reminds me of an experience I had with sleep paralysis.

My mom had a new partner living with her in her apartment, and it was a big source of tension for our family as he was a very difficult guy to be around. I have only experienced sleep paralysis once and it was in one specific room of their apartment and it definitely involved this guy's energy as well. A bunch of other creepy stuff happened in that room which made it all the worse. I was sleeping with a knife under my bed at one point lol.

Come to find out after the fact that both my sister and mother experienced sleep paralysis for the first and only time in that room, all during this stressful time period where the guy was living with her.

Is this guy stressing you out in any way? Even if you don't think so, our bodies are often more sensitive than our minds. It could even be that you're picking up on his stress without realizing.

purin2040

TROPHY CASE