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I have tomorrow off work, by myself, no kids. Curious what folks would do with a rare day off. My goal is to do something relaxing but not productive. We are in a heat wave so outdoor activities are not particularly appealing and I’m not feeling a spa treatment.

My current thought is leisurely brunch, wandering around some boutiques and art galleries, then maybe an afternoon glass of wine, some charcuterie, and a book . . . .

Hope I’m not too late to post this. My husband and I are considering pre-conception genetic testing due to family history and our own health history. I think we need some physical testing done and also to talk with a counselor of some kind. I have no idea how this works – can anyone point me to a good resource for understanding options? Do you typically start with your regular OB? I would likely need to get referred to a high-risk OB during pregnancy due to my medical history, but of course I don’t have one right now and I imagine that they don’t participate in the genetic screening stage much. Thanks in advance for any help – we live in the Bay Area (East Bay) if anyone has specific practices/groups to recommend.

Just venting. Kiddo is almost 2, and has just started refusing to sit in her booster seat at the table. She’s nowhere near tall enough to sit in a regular chair (and won’t sit there, anyway). She also refuses to sit in a higher kid chair, so it’s not the buckles on the booster chair that she’s objecting to. She’s clearly hungry, because she’ll run to the table, see her plate, say that she’s hungry and try to grab it, but then scream if we lift her into any of the seating options. Last night she ran around yelling “MAC AND CHEEEEEEEEEESE” (that’s what dinner was) and “I HUNGRY” but would not sit at the table with us until she was so tired she was practically falling asleep in her plate. No clue where she’d prefer to sit.

For an IEP for a kid who is ASD-1 and ADHD and is in regular school, is the IEP only for academic things? Kiddo is very socially behind after the pandemic. Lots of toe walking and stinking behaviors. Voice modulation and volume are often inappropriate or monotonous. Basically, kid is very autistic acting but is not struggling academically. Kiddo would benefit to better mesh with normal kids with speech pragmatic language work and physical and occupational therapy. The school is refusing anything but placement near the teacher in each classroom. Is this right? I’d do it outside of school but as a working parent that is hard to pull off and arrange, especially with a younger sibling who is at a different school.

Omg you guys… I have coxsackie. I feel like I’m walking on glass and I haven’t been able to consume anything but iced coffee and iced water in 48 hours. What do I do? How do I keep my kids from catching it from me (including a breastfeeding 3 month old)? My doctor was very casual and said I probably caught it from my kids even if they were asymptomatic, as they’re at camp all day and it’s rampant in the camp settings. Do I keep my kids home even with no symptoms? Covid totally messed up my sense of what to isolate for and what to power through.