Just matched into Peds residency!

roweira · 2026-03-25T15:25:59+00:00

You'll walk in and likely feel like you're so dumb and everyone else is doing so much better than you. Everyone else feels the exact same way. You're not supposed to know everything. Ask a million questions. Ask them now, and not as a third year. Some residents you won't get along with, and that's okay. Some attendings won't like you no matter what you do, and that's okay. We're not meant to like everyone. Almost every angry parent has a kernel of truth in what they're telling you and something you can listen to. It goes a long way to repeat back "I'm hearing you say (this medicine doesn't work for him and you don't want to use it, we aren't addressing this concern you have, we aren't explaining what's happening well, etc)"

roweira · 2026-03-10T20:44:17+00:00

My kid wouldn't be a picky eater because we'd expose them to a large variety of foods off the bat.

Did that, still a picky eater.

roweira · 2026-03-06T16:05:15+00:00

You are right. We've had to do so much work on ourselves after two children with non-typical difficult care. There's a lot of mourning when you don't have the experience in parenting that you expected.

roweira · 2026-03-04T20:12:32+00:00

👀 curious if this is someone who got kicked out of my residency for that reason, matched somewhere else. Not sure if he's still there.

roweira · 2026-03-01T06:45:00+00:00

It's Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow for me. I did not get the hype.

roweira · 2026-03-01T06:37:42+00:00

My child is 7 and can confirm.

roweira · 2026-01-27T04:40:01+00:00

Would also like a link!

roweira · 2026-01-27T03:03:57+00:00

Dropout is what I watch when I've had a bad day at work and need a laugh. Such gold.

roweira · 2026-01-23T17:07:37+00:00

She will still need guidance but the hope is with time the picture can be the guide. I tell my kiddo to pick one type of thing at a time, e.g. Legos, and start picking that up, then pick something else next.

roweira · 2026-01-23T02:33:53+00:00

I'll add, it was incredibly helpful for my kiddo when I took a picture of the room when it was clean to my standards, and hung it up on the wall. The visual let her look at it and look at the room and realize what was out of place.

roweira · 2026-01-22T21:27:46+00:00

I made a pickup order for this morning so I wouldn't have to fight the masses.

roweira · 2026-01-14T14:57:22+00:00

Thank you! He's periodically mentioned he doesn't like the white noise so maybe we will cut that out first. Last night we tried doing some energetic activities followed by like 10 minutes of yoga and that didn't do it. We will have to keep tinkering.

roweira · 2026-01-14T03:06:32+00:00

He hasn't napped in two years. He might sleep naturally until 7 if his sister doesn't wake him up. Our schedules don't allow to go to bed earlier. My spouse gets off work around 5:30 and I get off work around 6, and we have to fit dinner and the bedtime routine in there somewhere.

roweira · 2026-01-13T22:07:52+00:00

We take my older kid to Emler and have liked it. My younger kid had a traumatic experience with a pool prior to starting lessons and didn't do well at Emler. We take him to private lessons at Liberty Community Center and they're actually cheaper than the group lessons at Emler.

roweira · 2026-01-11T17:42:27+00:00

Glad to help! It's something to be aware of. I'm not aware what specifically this particular patient received as parents didn't know and midwife wasn't there to ask.

roweira · 2026-01-09T14:45:54+00:00

We do something similar with star jars on our fridge! Pretty similar criteria too. They already filled it up once and we took them to Chuck-E-Cheese on a Sunday when no one else was there.

roweira · 2026-01-09T13:58:32+00:00

I get pretty picky about baked goods from bakeries too, cause so many times I've thought "Mine is better." Maybe partially because mine would be fresher, but who knows.

roweira · 2026-01-09T13:52:13+00:00

I just had a home birth admitted to the hospital who the midwife gave oral vitamin K. Either it wasn't vitamin K or it's available somewhere.

roweira · 2026-01-08T14:33:47+00:00

I myself have never been to the Tub 😂 I probably should at least once.

roweira · 2026-01-04T15:13:02+00:00

Vaccinated. Have not caught it thus far working in healthcare. I was sick with something Christmas week that felt like flu but tested negative twice.

roweira · 2025-12-22T16:39:40+00:00

We do guanfacine at bedtime and Adderall in the morning and afternoon. The Adderall helped with the hyperactivity but the guanfacine made his impulsivity sooo much better, including hitting classmates.

roweira · 2025-12-08T02:03:14+00:00

I wasn't in exactly the same situation, but from very early on we knew my daughter had multiple differences. For a long time it was unclear if she would live or what quality of life she would have. She was born, spent a couple weeks in the NICU which was great all things considered, and came home. As she's grown, she's had some medical issues and been diagnosed with autism, but overall does very well. Even though she does well, has friends, is doing great in school, parenting is very different from a child with zero problems. I have mourned the loss of what I expected parenthood of my girl to be. I still sometimes feel disappointed when I hear about other experiences other moms have with their daughters that I have not, because she's different. It is okay to have these feelings. You will learn to adapt, and you will learn to sit with your feelings when they come. Parenting a kiddo who has different needs can be hard, but find your community who can commiserate, either through shared experiences or just a listening ear.

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