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Post by taz157 on Dec 26, 2018 13:17:52 GMT -5
At times, her cough sounds different and other times, it sounds "normal"...
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Post by tcu2003 on Dec 26, 2018 13:50:53 GMT -5
Croup has the barking seal cough sound. If her breathings becomes stridor breathing, take her in ASAP. That’s not usually as big of an issue in older kiddos, but something our pediatrician always warned us about.
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Post by chen35 on Dec 26, 2018 14:22:09 GMT -5
If it's croup, you'll know immediately. Here is a good example of the sound. In my (limited) experience, it doesn't come and go. Every cough sounds like this: croup sound
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Post by taz157 on Dec 26, 2018 14:35:18 GMT -5
tcu2003 - Her breathing doesn't sound weird. chen35 - She doesn't sound like the video you'd linked. Currently, she's upstairs playing on her iPad and has a humidifier going full blast right by her too.
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Post by raeoflyte on Dec 27, 2018 11:15:38 GMT -5
tcu2003 - Her breathing doesn't sound weird. chen35 - She doesn't sound like the video you'd linked. Currently, she's upstairs playing on her iPad and has a humidifier going full blast right by her too. How's she this morning Taz?
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Post by taz157 on Dec 27, 2018 11:30:23 GMT -5
tcu2003 - Her breathing doesn't sound weird. chen35 - She doesn't sound like the video you'd linked. Currently, she's upstairs playing on her iPad and has a humidifier going full blast right by her too. How's she this morning Taz? I don’t know as I’m at work. When I saw her briefly because she had a bad dream, she seemed ok. I wasn’t hearing any coughing. She’s home with DH and I haven’t gotten any worrying phone calls so I’m assuming she’s better. I’ll find out when I get home. Thank you for asking. 🙂
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Post by TheHaitian on Dec 27, 2018 12:57:40 GMT -5
Being 2 and fearless.... lord have mercy on us!
This girl is about to give us all a heart attack : flips and cartwheels on the bed, on the sofa, on her chair with no concern for physics, space or the chance of breaking her neck.
Santa was really good to her and we actually had to take a break in between opening gifts... her second gift was 12 Mickey Mouse books and she lost interest in everything else. She just went to seat down in her chair to read her book.
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Post by andi9899 on Dec 27, 2018 15:37:23 GMT -5
Being 2 and fearless.... lord have mercy on us! This girl is about to give us all a heart attack : flips and cartwheels on the bed, on the sofa, on her chair with no concern for physics, space or the chance of breaking her neck. This is how we ended up in the ER getting Thing 1's face sewn back together. Word to the wise, only let a plastic surgeon touch her face if it ever needs to be stitched.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Dec 27, 2018 15:42:38 GMT -5
Being 2 and fearless.... lord have mercy on us! This girl is about to give us all a heart attack : flips and cartwheels on the bed, on the sofa, on her chair with no concern for physics, space or the chance of breaking her neck. This is how we ended up in the ER getting Thing 1's face sewn back together. Word to the wise, only let a plastic surgeon touch her face if it ever needs to be stitched. My oldest has a scar on his face from a broken glass Coke bottle in the trash he was swinging upward to get in the trash can when he was about 10. I should have said yes when they asked if I wanted a plastic surgeon to do it.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Dec 27, 2018 15:45:36 GMT -5
Or have the local Children's Hospital handle them. I regret not taking C to Children's instead of letting the Urgent Care do it. Children's is set up to deal with freaked out kids. UC, not so much.
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Post by andi9899 on Dec 27, 2018 16:12:40 GMT -5
This is how we ended up in the ER getting Thing 1's face sewn back together. Word to the wise, only let a plastic surgeon touch her face if it ever needs to be stitched. My oldest has a scar on his face from a broken glass Coke bottle in the trash he was swinging upward to get in the trash can when he was about 10. I should have said yes when they asked if I wanted a plastic surgeon to do it. I was never given the option and being only 21, I had no idea I could ask for one. My poor baby has to live with the scar. It's not a huge one or like she's disfigured or anything, but had I known I would have insisted on a plastic surgeon.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Dec 27, 2018 16:31:46 GMT -5
My oldest has a scar on his face from a broken glass Coke bottle in the trash he was swinging upward to get in the trash can when he was about 10. I should have said yes when they asked if I wanted a plastic surgeon to do it. I was never given the option and being only 21, I had no idea I could ask for one. My poor baby has to live with the scar. It's not a huge one or like she's disfigured or anything, but had I known I would have insisted on a plastic surgeon. Honestly, I'm surprised I was given the option, of course it was with the "I can do the stitches, it's not that hard" spiel too.... Guess which I chose? What got us out of there sooner.
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Post by tcu2003 on Dec 28, 2018 13:30:12 GMT -5
Can I just say I hate toddler eating habits??? M seriously hates nearly every vegetable, and frankly, most meats. She does eat fruit, and sometimes pasta. Oh, and dairy - girl loves cheese, cottage cheese, and yogurt. And carbs, naturally. At home, she gets a variety on her plate, including what we’re eating, plus at least one thing that I know she usually eats. I seem to throw a ton of food away, but she’s not asking for snacks, so whatever. All of that is just background info for the daycare update that made me LOL. M LOVES her room teacher, Miss E. Like practically runs away or leaps out of our arms to go to her each morning. Miss E tells us that her M is perfect - which we just laugh and say, no she’s not. So those two adore each other. Today, M didn’t eat much lunch (a little of the chicken and rice, and none of the fruit or vegetable), so Miss E also gave her a whole wheat tortilla since she didn’t eat much, which of course she ate (because carbs!). That girl of mine has Miss E wrapped around her finger. And seriously - peer pressure at daycare to eat what the other kids were eating worked for C. Why won’t it work for M?
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Post by raeoflyte on Dec 28, 2018 13:43:28 GMT -5
Frustrated with sil. Christmas with my in-laws was insane. It was already planned to be a late night--not eating until 530, and opening gifts after dinner, but at 715 the meat was still like 110 degrees. We finally convinced them that if they wanted to watch the kids open gifts we needed to do it before dinner. Dh and I for whatever reason had an overly tired nephew for gift opening and our kids were a bit crazed and across the room at that point. We didn't see who any of the gifts were from and while I pieced together most of it, there were a couple things I'm not positive on. The kids have been doing thank you cards and I called sil to confirm what they gave E and she hasn't responded. She barely responds to anything I send her anymore. I got a voicemail from her a week ago that her new years resolution was to be a better sister, call more, hang more, etc. I just want to make sure my kid doesn't thank her for the wrong gift yo. I would totally let her move on from the friendship but I can't because we're related and we're stuck together at least for some things and it's frustrating and awkward and I'm so over it.
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Post by tcu2003 on Dec 28, 2018 13:47:16 GMT -5
That stinks, rae. Can you ask your MIL/FIL if the gift(s) came from them to help narrow it down since SIL isn't responding?
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Post by raeoflyte on Dec 28, 2018 13:47:29 GMT -5
Can I just say I hate toddler eating habits M seriously hates nearly every vegetable, and frankly, most meats. She does eat fruit, and sometimes pasta. Oh, and dairy - girl loves cheese, cottage cheese, and yogurt. And carbs, naturally. At home, she gets a variety on her plate, including what we’re eating, plus at least one thing that I know she usually eats. I seem to throw a ton of food away, but she’s not asking for snacks, so whatever. All of that is just background info for the daycare update that made me LOL. M LOVES her room teacher, Miss E. Like practically runs away or leaps out of our arms to go to her each morning. Miss E tells us that her M is perfect - which we just laugh and say, no she’s not. So those two adore each other. Today, M didn’t eat much lunch (a little of the chicken and rice, and none of the fruit or vegetable), so Miss E also gave her a whole wheat tortilla since she didn’t eat much, which of course she ate (because carbs!). That girl of mine has Miss E wrapped around her finger. And seriously - peer pressure at daycare to eat what the other kids were eating worked for C. Why won’t it work for M?[img src="http://syonidv.hodginsmedia.com/vsmileys/idunno.gif" class="smile" src="//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/huh.png" alt=" "] I'm with ya. I hate kid eating habits. I don't remember as many issues with them as toddlers but there are days now that I just want to throttle them when they act like I'm a monster when I say they need to eat some vegetables to get more of something else.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Dec 28, 2018 13:47:48 GMT -5
If she won't answer I'd send a generic thank you.
If she bitches I'd point out she never answered her phone.
A generic timely thank you is still better than none. Not sure if Emily Post would agree but whatever. Less hassle.
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Post by chapeau on Dec 28, 2018 13:48:05 GMT -5
Frustrated with sil. Christmas with my in-laws was insane. It was already planned to be a late night--not eating until 530, and opening gifts after dinner, but at 715 the meat was still like 110 degrees. We finally convinced them that if they wanted to watch the kids open gifts we needed to do it before dinner. Dh and I for whatever reason had an overly tired nephew for gift opening and our kids were a bit crazed and across the room at that point. We didn't see who any of the gifts were from and while I pieced together most of it, there were a couple things I'm not positive on. The kids have been doing thank you cards and I called sil to confirm what they gave E and she hasn't responded. She barely responds to anything I send her anymore. I got a voicemail from her a week ago that her new years resolution was to be a better sister, call more, hang more, etc. I just want to make sure my kid doesn't thank her for the wrong gift yo. I would totally let her move on from the friendship but I can't because we're related and we're stuck together at least for some things and it's frustrating and awkward and I'm so over it. If she doesn't respond, let C do the generic "thank you for the Christmas gift, I really appreciate the thought that you put into it" note. The ability to sound grateful for something you're iffy about (whether you're iffy about how much you'll like the present or what on earth that thing is) is a learned skill. May as well start now.
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Post by raeoflyte on Dec 28, 2018 13:56:08 GMT -5
That stinks, rae. Can you ask your MIL/FIL if the gift(s) came from them to help narrow it down since SIL isn't responding? I probably should. I just don't want it to become a thing and it seems like everything always is with them. I'm tempted to just let E write the card and if its for the wrong gift? Oh well. It's the thought that counts and she should have called or texted me back. I was trying to entertain her kid so she could take pictures of him open presents. Hence me having no idea who gave my kids what.
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Post by raeoflyte on Dec 28, 2018 14:05:39 GMT -5
I know what they got C, because we bought it. I knew they'd like the idea of giving the kids books and we gave them book suggestions. I don't know if it was driven by sil or by dh, but dh bought books at the school book fair to give to C from sil/bil. I even wrapped and labeled it. So that was easy, and who knows. They could be doing that from us to nephew in a few years when he wants something that seems unheard of.
E's thank you cards are so adorable though, they really have to have an object. They don't even say thank you, but "I like" or "I love" and she draws pictures of her playing with them.
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Post by alabamagal on Dec 28, 2018 14:14:55 GMT -5
If someone bitches about a kid thank you note, that is beyond petty.
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Post by raeoflyte on Dec 28, 2018 14:20:41 GMT -5
If she won't answer I'd send a generic thank you. If she bitches I'd point out she never answered her phone. A generic timely thank you is still better than none. Not sure if Emily Post would agree but whatever. Less hassle. She'd never complain about any thank you card. She might laugh about it for years, but never bitch about it to me or E. She's very kind and I adore her. She's just not very responsive. I really am sad that outside of the family relationship our friendship has run its course or at least is on a hiatus and is more of a chore for her than anything else. Different life circumstances though which I get. Her son is 18 months old, they want another one which I'm sure they're trying for and they're just very different than dh and I.
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Post by raeoflyte on Dec 28, 2018 14:27:49 GMT -5
I just re-read my posts to make sure I didn't say that sil would bitch about the card, and I don't think I implied that, or at least I didn't mean to. I'm complaining that she hasn't called/texted ME back, because I feel like my friend who happens to be my sil doesn't want to be friends anymore. And my in-laws and holidays with my in-laws are insane. /end rant
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Dec 28, 2018 14:45:34 GMT -5
Can I just say I hate toddler eating habits??? M seriously hates nearly every vegetable, and frankly, most meats. She does eat fruit, and sometimes pasta. Oh, and dairy - girl loves cheese, cottage cheese, and yogurt. And carbs, naturally. At home, she gets a variety on her plate, including what we’re eating, plus at least one thing that I know she usually eats. I seem to throw a ton of food away, but she’s not asking for snacks, so whatever. All of that is just background info for the daycare update that made me LOL. M LOVES her room teacher, Miss E. Like practically runs away or leaps out of our arms to go to her each morning. Miss E tells us that her M is perfect - which we just laugh and say, no she’s not. So those two adore each other. Today, M didn’t eat much lunch (a little of the chicken and rice, and none of the fruit or vegetable), so Miss E also gave her a whole wheat tortilla since she didn’t eat much, which of course she ate (because carbs!). That girl of mine has Miss E wrapped around her finger. And seriously - peer pressure at daycare to eat what the other kids were eating worked for C. Why won’t it work for M? an you ask the teacher to enthuse to M about how much she loves g, q and z foods that you already cook for meals?
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Post by alabamagal on Dec 28, 2018 17:27:28 GMT -5
I just re-read my posts to make sure I didn't say that sil would bitch about the card, and I don't think I implied that, or at least I didn't mean to. I'm complaining that she hasn't called/texted ME back, because I feel like my friend who happens to be my sil doesn't want to be friends anymore. And my in-laws and holidays with my in-laws are insane. /end rant Sorry your friendship seems to becoming to an end. One of the things that makes good family relationships is accepting people for what they are. My in-laws and extended family are high drama and seem to take offense at every little thing. Where my family is easygoing and we all mostly get along (showing my bias here). I didn’t have a sister, so always looked forward to having a good sister-in-law. But I am 0 for 3. DH and his sister barely speak, so that is no-go. One brother married a real piece of work and they have been apart for a while. Other brother’s wife and I get along, but far from friends - total different views on most things, age difference plus even bigger age difference for kids and live far apart.
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Post by TheHaitian on Dec 28, 2018 18:30:34 GMT -5
DD 2nd Birthday is around the corner and DW is stressing... not sure why because same as last year it will be family only.
We have a small house and it is not very entertainment friendly for big crowds (so thankful for that)... and really both our families are large enough that inviting friends or acquaintances just takes up space that we do not have:
Besides that, turned DD crib into a toddler bed and she LOVES it! She has been climbing in and out of her crib, now she can simply get in... and the minute she got in she started jumping on it and doing cartwheels.
We need to bring down her book shelves... they are floating shelves and we have caught her twice now climbing onto her dresser to try to get to the books to read, even after we make sure to leave enough books on the side table. So we are taking them off the wall to remove the temptation and trying to find a kid friendly bookshelf that does not take much space (remember small place).
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Post by raeoflyte on Dec 28, 2018 18:50:04 GMT -5
Are there any good kid/family movies recently out worth renting/buying? I'm just not finding much.
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Post by azucena on Dec 28, 2018 19:10:14 GMT -5
Are there any good kid/family movies recently out worth renting/buying? I'm just not finding much. Peter rabbit and corduroy are somewhat recent and made our whole family laugh.
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Post by tcu2003 on Dec 28, 2018 20:44:05 GMT -5
Are there any good kid/family movies recently out worth renting/buying? I'm just not finding much. C loves Incredibles 2.
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Post by chen35 on Dec 28, 2018 21:30:08 GMT -5
Okay, change of plans. We are both on board for trying for baby #2 in 2019. I’m also applying for a new job, so I’ll wait to see how that works out before we decide on timing.
We’re crazy, we are too old for this!😜
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