The Parenting Thread • Page 121

Is 7 months an infant? I have no idea it’s all a blur. At one point our pediatrician suggested it but she could have been older

 

I was under the impression of no honey till they’re a year old cause it can contain botulism or something like that

 

Asked my wife just now and she said yeah not supposed to give them honey during that time.

We also have been very adamant on not allowing our kids (9 and 4) no soda.

 

Yeah we have no soda too and no sugary juice and for the most part very little sugar although lately we’ve both been taking her out for ice cream probably too much because the ice cream shop is a nice walk away and she loves it

 

My kid is unfortunately a sugar fiend and it’s a source of argument between me and my wife because I think she gives him dessert/snacks way too much/too often/without extracting enough dinner eatin’ out of him. No sugary juice or sodas, but kid loves his cookies/chocolate. Loves carbs in general, like will eat bread off a burger and shit by itself lol.

 

Yeah we have this and have been using it. Normally she does ok with it but she's straight up not having a good time with it rn. There's nothing more traumatizing than having your kid look up at you wondering why you're betraying them while you suck their brains out through their nose

 

We give my daughter infant tylenol when she's going through a bug. You should ask your pediatrician for the dosage. There's also Zarbees, which is OK, helps a little but not as good as the tylenol.

On a side note, my daughter has an egg allergy, and the other day she had a mild reaction. We gave her benadryl and it worked like within minutes, I was amazed. The allergist told us we should switch to zyrtec though.

 

ugh her every cough kills me. My wife did get some cold medicine and Zarbee's. Gave her both and my wife held her and she immediately fell asleep and her breathing sounds better.

 

My daughter is very prone to, and also very sensitive to, mosquito bites and is a "picker" so especially in late summer she has little scabs all on her arms and legs (we've worked with her on it, got her counseling, etc. but it still happens). My wife just took all 3 kids for haircuts and they refused to give my daughter a haircut citing concerns about monkeypox. I get it, but it's also very frustrating.

 

Anybody with elementary aged kids ever had an experience of the teacher having a class Twitter account?

 

I’ve never heard of that, but our school is pretty small so the teacher can get away with emailing still

 

Get a nebulizer and give your kid a treatment before bed. Will help with chest congestion and coughing.

 

Not a Twitter account but they had a Facebook page

 

Yes, all my kid’s teachers have had a class Twitter account. And as someone who works as a Marketing Director for a school district, we encourage all of our teachers to have a class Twitter account. Very common for most school districts, at least in northeast Ohio.

 

Care to elaborate on why you encourage be the teachers to have a class Twitter? I'm very curious

 

Just another way for parents/community members to receive information. And most teachers use it in more of a fun-way, where they promote random classroom activities or lesson plans, where maybe it wouldn't call for an entire informational e-mail or newsletter. More like a 'hey, look what we're doing today!' kind of thing.

We have done parent surveys and nearly half of our parents have responded they enjoy receiving information via Twitter. In my opinion (for a school district) the more communication avenues, the better. As a Marketing/Communication person, it always irks me when parents say they 'didn't know about that' even though it's been communicated via e-mail, facebook, twitter, newsletters, etc.

If parents are uncomfortable with having their child's photograph/name appear via social media, newsletters, yearbook, etc, they can sign a photo release form. Out of 4,300 students in our District, we have a handful every year who do do that.

Also, this is nothing new, school districts have had teachers use Twitter accounts for like, a decade+ - it's very common around here.

 

Appreciate the insight. To be clear I have no problems with it but could see how some may. I just had never experienced that before and trying to figure out if it was common and/or something schools are moving towards.

Had to start a Twitter account just for all this! Haha

 

My girlfriend is a 1st grade teacher and has a Twitter account. I believe it's private and she posts pictures etc. Our school uses Bloomz which is basically what those Twitter accounts are intended for, but specifically made for that, and probably costs the school $$$,

 

Hot damn baby's skin is so sensitive. We went to the beach and our daughter was under the umbrella and/or wearing a sun hat 100% of the time and she STILL got sunburned.

 

Aaaand both of my kids have covid

 

How are they doing? My son had a fever for like four hours and that was it.

 

daughter tested positive the other day, first to show symptoms. Just a fever and felt lethargic which has mostly passed. I could tell her taste buds were off too. But today my son has a wicked headache, chills, and fatigue.

 

oh great another oasis fan

 

Congrats!!

 

Papa Patrick