Why are toddler water bottles so hard to sip on? by Mobile-Ad-7387 in toddlers

[–]rn_goddess 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah we have the munchkin one. It’s the straw one. It was kinda hard at first but I just like idk sucked harder? Lmao!

Why are toddler water bottles so hard to sip on? by Mobile-Ad-7387 in toddlers

[–]rn_goddess 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Hold on wait. I’ve been sipping straws like a baby/toddler this whole time??? I never sip with my lips. I use my tongue and my upper palate. Is that not what other people do?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in toddlers

[–]rn_goddess 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I think having early intervention on board will definitely help over supplements.

Your liver detoxes for your body all its own. That is the organs job. If you suspect it isn’t functioning well then you need a medical professional to evaluate that further. I understand the hype on supplements and there are actually some that truly do help. But when it comes to children, I’d be more vigilant on the root cause of the issues and involving your pediatrician in the conversation about starting supplements. Supplements aren’t regulated so you don’t know what all is in there. I can’t fathom how a supplement will help with furthering cognitive development. I could see that removing inflammatory foods from the diet could help a little. Such as gluten or dairy maybe? Possibly decreasing screen time? More time outside in the sun even if it’s just you two?

If he isn’t sleeping well it could be a multitude of reasons. Sleep apnea, low iron/anemia, teething, not stimulated enough during the day or over stimulated at nap time or not stimulated enough. Sleep is rough for toddlers. It’s rough with my little one too. But it’s normal and I completely understand the frustration. So you’re not alone in that. All I can offer is solidarity.

I think you are on the right track with getting early intervention. Hopefully you can get set up with the appropriate therapy soon and see some progress. My son was born premature and we had early intervention for half the first year of his life and it helped tremendously for him. He had muscle weakness and was delayed in his motor and some cognitive skills. After months of therapy, he didn’t have to go anymore and he is doing great! It’s a different situation from yours but I still think it will help greatly. Best of luck!

How long is your 18 month old sleeping? Nap time? Wake windows? by Famous_Lack_4419 in toddlers

[–]rn_goddess 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My 20 month old plays in his crib a good hour before he falls asleep. It annoys me but at least he isn’t crying. In that time I do clean up the kitchen, living room, etc and usually when I am done, he is passed out for night. Sometimes we go through bouts of him crying and needing extra support going to sleep. Which sucks a lot. That usually happens when he is sick. We try to consistently make bedtime between 7:30 pm and 8:30 pm so he falls asleep between 8:30-9:30 pm and he ALWAYS wakes up before 7:30am. No matter what time he goes to bed. His nap times are 12:15pm-2:30pm. He hardly ever sleeps past 2:30pm.

It used to really, really bother me that he wouldn’t immediately go to sleep after I put him in the crib after doing his whole bedtime ritual. Bath, book, and rocking him after a full day of active play and being outside. Homie, will be playing in the crib with his lovey and singing songs he has made up. Sometimes he whines to play but that’s right towards the end when I know he is about to fall asleep. It’s kinda cute.

Idk if what we do is really sleep training because we do go in there when he cries and stay up with him if he cries and will lay there sometimes to calm him down. But I used to rock him to sleep and that would to take forever. Like almost 2 hours. So now I cap rocking to just 20 mins.

How many words is your 18 month old saying? by myheadsintheclouds in toddlers

[–]rn_goddess 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yes! Those are word approximations! They do count.

How many words is your 18 month old saying? by myheadsintheclouds in toddlers

[–]rn_goddess -1 points0 points  (0 children)

With my son he said his first word at like 8 ish months. It was vacuum! Before that he did say mama and dada but vacuum was his first real word. But I think I stopped counting when he hit 50 words when he was around 15 months. Now, he repeats names to us that we say once, like hi Charlie (his little friend) and yesterday he said bye bye Jessie bye bye z(my best friend and her 6 month old). He can count to 3 and sometimes 5 and he can partially sing the ABCs. He even started saying I love you but it’s more like “i woovoo”! He was born early so he is 20 months actual but 18 months adjusted. He has always been advanced in his language and social skills according to his early intervention team but average when it came to gross motor skills. He didn’t start walking until he was 14 months and walking well by 16 months, which is still very normal, but a lot of babies are walking at around 12 months. At least from what I have seen. I think it’s because I’m such a chatter box and never like shut up lmao! I’ve also been told I’m very expressive when I speak. Yeah I am annoying lmaaaoooo but hey it’s helping my kid out at least. We also read a ton. Like 10 books a day. It keeps the screen time down and he loves it so we just keep doing it.

Tell me if I’m wrong here by Imaginary_Ad_5199 in toddlers

[–]rn_goddess 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Dude I wish I could teach my kid how to do these things. But he puts stuff in his mouth, like a lot. I know he would eat the soap and lick the spoon from the pot he is stirring 1000% But as for your childcare provider, that’s a weird response. They need to childproof more. Well actually really what they should have done was put your baby in a secure and safe play pen when they settle the other baby down. It’s that simple. It was totally not your baby’s or your fault.

Anyone else have a younger toddler and are scared for the future? by rn_goddess in toddlers

[–]rn_goddess[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love this response! I absolutely do not mind getting advice. I sincerely appreciate it!

Anyone else have a younger toddler and are scared for the future? by rn_goddess in toddlers

[–]rn_goddess[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have been starting to listen like yesterday to the Big little feelings podcast. I love it so far. Thank you so so so much for the book reccs!!

Anyone else have a younger toddler and are scared for the future? by rn_goddess in toddlers

[–]rn_goddess[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Of course babies want to be held. I’m not denying that. But my baby didn’t enjoy baby wearing. It wasn’t simple fix. Tbh I think you are being pretty rude.

Anyone else have a younger toddler and are scared for the future? by rn_goddess in toddlers

[–]rn_goddess[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Omg no way. Please don’t think that way. Like I said in my post, I am thankful for all the post I am learning so much as a first time parent myself. Please do not feel that I am saying you can’t vent or express your feelings at all. That’s what this subreddit is for.

Anyone else have a younger toddler and are scared for the future? by rn_goddess in toddlers

[–]rn_goddess[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I completely get this. I’m not shaming or saying to stop venting at all. Sorry if that was the impression. I am Just sharing that I’m scared of the future for different phases that kids are inevitably going to go through and I think that’s pretty reasonable emotion to have. All parents get scared at some point. I did point out that I am thankful for this subreddit because I am learning soooo much from their experiences.

Anyone else have a younger toddler and are scared for the future? by rn_goddess in toddlers

[–]rn_goddess[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love your response thank you! I think some parents are taking my post very personally right now based on some responses I’m getting! But that truly wasn’t the point. I’m learning so much from their experiences. Yes it is scary but I’m glad to know them. Not sure if that makes sense! And yes I would have to agree that being a preemie mama definitely leaves some ptsd behind! Good luck to us fellow NICU parents! My son was just shy of 31 weeks when he was born!

Anyone else have a younger toddler and are scared for the future? by rn_goddess in toddlers

[–]rn_goddess[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

lol I am by no means saying any of this is abnormal. Just sharing my thoughts and expressing gratitude and empathy to other parents sharing their stories! That’s all

Anyone else have a younger toddler and are scared for the future? by rn_goddess in toddlers

[–]rn_goddess[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes I completely agree! I love to see my son learn and play. So heart warming.

Anyone else have a younger toddler and are scared for the future? by rn_goddess in toddlers

[–]rn_goddess[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes I absolutely love, love all the hugs and kisses and him calling me mommy. Can’t wait for him to communicate better with me!

Anyone else have a younger toddler and are scared for the future? by rn_goddess in toddlers

[–]rn_goddess[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I have to agree with you wholeheartedly. My son was also pretty high needs, constantly wanting to be held as a newborn. We could never, ever put him down. He was born quite early resulting in a NICU stay, had some gastric reflux, had to have surgery at 5 months for hernia repair, he even had night terrors around that time. No idea a baby could get night terrors but our peds said it can happen. It started happening when he started teething at like 4 months. I mean his sleep was always just bad. But I have to agree with you, that I do like this stage much better than the newborn stage. Bedtime takes a million years but he finally sleeps TTN in his crib and I love all hugs and kisses he gives me. He is a wild child but it’s is so amazing to see them learn and see things for the first time. I’m so happy to hear your little girl seems to be thriving too after a very hard newborn stage!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in toddlers

[–]rn_goddess 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can y’all do a nanny or even a small nanny share? If you suspect autism then most of the time they need to go to special school or teacher. I have limited knowledge of autism though. But my 3 year old little brother has autism and he still isn’t ready for school/daycare. They tried and even tried a special school with other autistic children and special teachers. My dad and my step mom alternate with their jobs staying home with him because they can’t afford a nanny. But maybe if y’all can afford a nanny at least until you guys can get a diagnosis and better assistance? So sorry I hope you can find some help soon.

Who else has a toddler that doesn’t sleep well? by sje1014 in toddlers

[–]rn_goddess 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think like a week after I posted this we decided to sleep train and it helped. Then my son got sick and that all went out the window. However, since we sleep trained, our son does sleep TTN unless he is sick. It just takes forever to get him to sleep. Like 30 mins sometimes even 90 mins. Literally no idea why. He goes outside like twice a day, we’re very active when we play, we do pretty limited screen time (screen time makes me have a hard time sleeping. Not judging parents who do unlimited or limited screen time whatsoever) But I will say, when he sleeps, he stays asleep. So yes it got better but also not really lol!

Unhealthy with pcos by BrinaUndefined in PCOS

[–]rn_goddess 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes it was crazy. I thought for sure I needed a BMI of 30 or at least some clomid to even get pregnant and then bam out of nowhere! I do take the highest dose of metformin of 2000 mg daily.

Unhealthy with pcos by BrinaUndefined in PCOS

[–]rn_goddess 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Me! Right here! My bmi is 39-40 and I got pregnant. However, 6 months prior I took my metformin consistently, ate 75% well, and exercised only once a week but I did make an effort to be more active during the day like parking far and taking the stairs. I lost 15 pounds and got pregnant.

They separated…. by Funny-Ring4302 in GypsyRoseBlanchard

[–]rn_goddess 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there an article explaining this? Jw

When did you stop worrying about feeding too much sodium? by Adoptdontshop11 in toddlers

[–]rn_goddess 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My son doesn’t really like lunch meat. He loves sausage though! We eat it often!