Family Friday: Non-Skid Kids’ Socks
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If you’ve bought little boy or little girl socks that have the little rubber grips on the bottom, you may have noticed that they can be kind of hit or miss online. I have to say that we’ve had nothing but good luck with Old Navy and Gap brand socks. They stay on, they’re affordable, they don’t get holes, and they hold up to machine washing. So if you’re looking for something easy to buy online, I definitely recommend these socks. Many are on sale right now, too — for example, a 6-pack of non-skid crew socks for toddler/baby (pictured) is $8. Old Navy Non-Skid Socks
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Just starting to pump – for those with Spectra S2, what setting do you use and for how long?
I just want to say that IT IS FRIDAY and I have checked a lot of unpleasant/procrastinated work-related tasks off my list today (everything from problem-solving efforts that required large amounts of brain power and effort, to unpleasant forms I needed to fill out). Just have to make it through my son’s baseball game tonight (and the uncomfortable interaction with my ex-husband) and I have officially survived the week!
Thanks to everyone who gave me advice about being more straight forward with the doc re: all the vomiting the world. They said the ketones aren’t a worry because I’m gaining enough weight so to just keep doing my best with hydration and hope it passes as I get further into second trimester. I also took ya’lls’ advice and took my phenergan at night and it definitely made me feel better until about 10:30 am this morning, which allowed me to gain momentum with the previously-mentioned work tasks.
He blew through the Diary Of a Wimpy Kid books about 2 years ago so i think he’s past that point now, reading-level wise. Same with Captain Underpants.
Book recommendations please – recipient is a 9 year old boy who just devoured the Harry Potter series (and loved it) and is quiet but into robots and sports.
Help! We’re having my daughter’s birthday party this weekend with 20 family members, 7 of which are kids. I need ideas for feeding a crowd with realllly basic tastes in food (both kids and adults).
I had originally planned on doing a big “Sunday dinner” type meal with meatballs and a baked potato bar. However, I’m a “do as much ahead of time as humanly possible” type of hostess, and my DH is working tomorrow. Waiting until Sunday to do all the cooking would stress me out a lot, and so would prepping a big meal tomorrow while taking care of both kids.
Is it a total cop-out to grill burgers and hotdogs and have picnic food? It doesn’t seem very special, but mama knows her limitations.
Is anyone else having trouble with the Old Navy website? (I’ve also had a lot of issues with Gap & BR lately too…) This could be on my end of course!
Is it common to have imbalance in pumping output between the two sides? I’m pumping both sides (second day at office) and this am, I got 1.5 ounces one side and 3.5 ounces on the other. I’ve alternated feeding both sides I think pretty equally at night, but perhaps I fed from the side where it’s lower. Baby is going through sleeping regression, so we’re snacking like every 1.5 hours at night. Should my afternoon pump be pretty equal since I’ve pumped both sides this am?
Also, I’m sure this varies drastically for many reasons, but I got about 5 ounces total this am. I pumped with the spectra for about 7.5 minutes. Is this normal? How much output per pump session should I try to get for a 4 month old? She usually only eats 2 to 2.5 oz from a bottle every 2 hours or so..
The last day in the life featured a mom who had her parents watch the kids, which leads me to my question: For those of you who do or considered using parents or in-laws for childcare, would you recommend this or do the potential cons outweigh the cost-saving pros?
We are in the position to potentially have my dad watch our toddler son a few days a week and decrease our daycare days (and thus, the cost!) to 3 days a week. We initially thought this was a brilliant idea and even proposed it to my parents but now are having second thoughts. I love my dad and he is super responsible but he and I are very similar personality-wise and he tends to bring out a lot of my own anxieties. I am afraid that if he were here more often, he would be more in our business in terms of rearranging our food, furniture, son’s toys etc. and commenting on our parenting choices. Which, I totally get, he’d be doing this for free basically, so he should be able to feel comfortable. But… it would annoy me! I don’t want to ruin our relationship by resenting him and I also don’t want to change the relationship between our son and him, and make it more of an obligatory responsibility vs. the fun grandparenting role. The other concern is finding coverage for him when he is sick, traveling or can’t make it for some other reason (he’s a 45 min drive right now). My mom is still working so not in a position to help during the week – she is usually the ones who talks him down and keeps the peace between us.
For those who’ve been there – did you find the above concerns to be true for you? Did the cost-saving make up for this? FWIW, we can afford 5 days a week at daycare and still pay our other bills, contribute to retirement, some savings, etc. This would just allow us to save more, and possibly get our house downpayment faster.
The other consideration is that we’d like a second child in the next few years. I think 2 would be too much for my dad, but we would then also be in a position of paying for full-time daycare for 2!
Thanks in advance.
I’m not sure whether to be happy or anxious that it’s Friday. I came back from some super intense overseas work travel to a home renovation project, school starting, my husband leaving for his own long stretch of work travel, and my son inevitably got sick (and got me sick as well). We’re both on medication and on the mend, but I am REALLY not looking forward to a weekend of solo parenting, and all of next week without my husband to boot. And with the antibiotics tea is the strongest thing I can drink…yay. I foresee A LOT of screen time over the next 7 days and begging other parents for play dates so I can have some adult conversation.
Does anyone have experience with pediatric neurology referrals for milestone delays? My 9 month old is not sitting up or crawling. He is very small on the growth chart, though he is gaining slightly (started at 3 percentile for length and weight, now in the 5th for length, 20th for weight). He will put pressure on his legs, but he is not standing. We got a referral today, which I am grateful and happy for, just wondering what to expect.
Totally agree on Old Navy socks! They’ve been my go-to for years.
I posted this on the main site, but ON has a bunch of cute stuff in the toddler girl section. And I’m kind of in love with the color palette and want it for myself.
We really weren’t trying to be competitive by not sharing our plans, and we would actually have had to reach out proactively to share with this family because they were out of town when we decided to have her test. Our MO has always been not to volunteer information about our educational decisions because we have made a lot of unconventional choices that could make us sound obnoxious or lead to resentment or bullying. We don’t withhold information when directly asked, but we don’t like to draw attention to things. Everyone eventually finds out anyway.
To avocado (no threading on phone, please fix this, Kat!) –
I actually think that in the context of acting competitively with a view toward the selective high school, your having kept this quiet suggests more competitive angling than this family’s reaction. No, they’re not “entitled” to the information, but if you’re used to sharing plans around the girls’ activities and such, I’d feel a bit threatened if I were the other family about how competitive you’re being!
I say this as someone who’s been there / done that on keeping my “strategy” for getting into some highly competitive programs (high school, summer programs, top tier college) very quiet so that I wouldn’t be one of half a dozen girls in my school with the same credentials when it came to applying to (or even knowing about) these programs. It paid off, but I know people caught on at times and it alienated some folks. Tradeoffs.
I know there was a recent thread about pumping while traveling and a cooler that worked really well – does anyone remember which one it was? Thanks so much!!
Speaking of socks … has anyone found socks that are relatively easy for kids to put on? My 3.5 year old twins otherwise get themselves fully dressed in the morning, but socks are a constant struggle.