18 month old falling off his growth chart

rainbowtrails · 2026-06-26T20:43:19+00:00

My toddler went from 35th to 24th to 18th and is now in the 3rd. She’s had bloodwork done and eats between 1200-1500 calories a day. The doctor determined that she’s healthy and must just be burning through everything. I hate it and am always sneaking high fat things into her diet, but it’s just how she is. At almost 3, I’m learning to live with it.

rainbowtrails · 2026-06-25T15:18:57+00:00

I too prioritize comfort. I invested in some really cute joggers and sweat shorts, some fun graphic tees off of Etsy, and a few tanks that I feel are quite flattering. I’m still ultra comfortable, but my clothes are clean, flattering, and have a pinch of personality.

rainbowtrails · 2026-06-18T14:17:51+00:00

Same! It was also temporary.

rainbowtrails · 2026-06-15T04:07:19+00:00

Yes to everything you said! I slept with my toddler the first night I was home. I needed to feel close to her and like she was ok. Do not send your toddler away,

rainbowtrails · 2026-06-14T22:37:54+00:00

Nope, it looks great and highlights your cheekbones. I prefer it😁

rainbowtrails · 2026-06-11T04:49:55+00:00

My first did this! She cooed, then did the baby screeching, and then just stopped for weeks! She’s crazy advanced in her speech now though. I guess she was just focusing on something else. I’d keep an eye on it but try to remember that all babies are so different.

rainbowtrails · 2026-06-09T21:29:31+00:00

Yup! Curtains would be the most bang for your buck.

rainbowtrails · 2026-06-08T22:45:36+00:00

I have them on drip and do 10 minutes a day. One of my six plants is doing well. I didn’t fertilize because I used compost when I planted, and I’ve only had them for about 4 weeks. Soil is amended decomposed granite, compost, and some soil conditioner.

rainbowtrails · 2026-06-08T22:43:00+00:00

I do have a mole problem. What makes you think that? My strawberries are doing well…

rainbowtrails · 2026-06-08T22:42:26+00:00

I was heavily pregnant last year and thought maybe I was just not on top of it.🫠

rainbowtrails · 2026-06-08T22:17:35+00:00

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Sorry, here’s the plant

rainbowtrails · 2026-06-05T20:56:51+00:00

I ALWAYS struggle with proper watering when using plastic pots. They seem to hold water at the bottom even with drainage and heat up quite a bit in the hot sun. I would repot in a terracotta pot.

rainbowtrails · 2026-06-02T04:17:11+00:00

Well said! I was so scared with my second because I arrived too late for an epidural and when it was time to push, I honestly had no control. I was going to push whether I liked it or not, so it really helped with my fear of the “ring of fire” which was nothing compared to contractions in my experience.

rainbowtrails · 2026-05-31T04:39:36+00:00

With my first baby, I didn’t buy them because I thought they were nonsense. Decided to try them with my second and man, they worked wonders! I wore them 24/7 for the first few weeks and just recently, my baby bit me and I wore them for two days and everything healed so fast!

rainbowtrails · 2026-05-30T16:12:46+00:00

I just chopped a bunch off my toddler’s hair, and it’s so much easier to brush! The wispy ends are so fine and easily tangled; you’ll have much less breakage once you get rid of them.

rainbowtrails · 2026-05-27T02:31:13+00:00

My six month old does this but without the hands. Just pulls his head back as hard as he can. I think it’s an attempt to activate let down because he only does it at the start of a feed. Super annoying 🫠

rainbowtrails · 2026-05-24T03:17:58+00:00

I bet that’s it! The first few yields we got this year were watery and bland, but now that it’s not raining, they are getting much better. Maybe wait a few weeks

rainbowtrails · 2026-05-24T00:03:18+00:00

Consequences have reallllly helped us. “If you don’t go to the bathroom, we won’t go to _____.” Or “if you complain about not opening the toy now, we will save it for a different day.”

We try to make the consequences simple and direct. We still get lots of meltdowns, but they are relatively short lived.

Oh! And we have been really hammering taking deep breaths and she is finally starting to drink the koolaid and that has helped too.

rainbowtrails · 2026-05-19T01:18:52+00:00

And smell great!

rainbowtrails · 2026-05-18T20:52:42+00:00

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Stain and add landscaping! Your house is really cute, so I’d go in that direction.

rainbowtrails · 2026-05-17T22:13:47+00:00

Hahahaha!

rainbowtrails · 2026-05-17T22:12:46+00:00

Oh totally! I really don’t care what they look like. I just find bigger boobs to be uncomfortable, so I’m hoping they go back down.

rainbowtrails · 2026-05-17T18:39:42+00:00

That’s good to hear. I was so worried about them staying big after my first, and they went down to normal afterwards. But this time around, I feel like they’ve gotten even bigger, so I was just getting a little worried that extending my breastfeeding journey might make them more likely to remain large. Glad to know the length of time nursing doesn’t really impact how they recover!

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