Parenting 101

Baby boy yeast infection

2008-07-20T20:23:08Z

I'm hoping to get some advice or words of confidence. My DS had an ear infection and was given amoxacillin, after that he developed what the doctor said was a nasty yeast infection in his diaper area. He has had one before when he was about a month old and had thrush, but this is a hundred times worst. It has covered his whole diaper area and looks miserable. My poor little man (9 months old) has to have his bottom rinsed and doused with nystatin diaper cream with every change and hates it. We started giving him this treatment about a week ago along with a couple of teaspoons of yogurt a day. I'm not seeing any improvement, infact, it seems to be getting worse! It's starting to travel down his legs, he has a huge rash under each knee, and up his chest. I'm almost out of cream and I was just wondering if anyone has encountered this before. I wanted to wait and call the doctor in the morning, but was hoping someone could shed some light on the situation. He doesn't really seem to be bothered by it until I change his diaper, that does make me feel better.

TIA

(cross posted)

Sleeping

2008-07-20T18:59:59Z

I'm having a hell of a time getting E to sleep, and to stay asleep. It takes anywhere from a half hour to two hours to get her to sleep and even then, it's difficult for her to stay asleep. She's 6.5 months and I'm becoming increasingly frustrated. She'll take as many as 6 naps a day because she just can't stay asleep. Night time is even worse because that's when it takes 2+ hours for her to fall asleep. I know she's tired because she rubs her eyes, her eyes and all around them become red and she gets incredibly cranky.

Heeeeelp, please. Any suggestions are appreciated.

parenting101 @ 2008-07-20T17:04:00

2008-07-20T16:04:58Z

My 4 year old has just had chicken pox for the second time. She stops eating when she is ill and always looses weight, but this time she is now looking like a skeleton. I have managed to keep her hydrated and she has been having a small amount of fruit and vitamin tablets. The chicken pox has gone now but she is still very run down and her clothes are hanging off her. What I'm after is some good foods to help her put on some weight.

Affordable convertible carseats?

2008-07-20T15:49:46Z

Piggybacking on my last post, it looks like we'll be needing a convertible carseat within the next few months. Now I realize Britax is the best, but they are so expensive! I can't see Hubby spending 300 bucks on a carseat. Are there other brands of convertible carseat that people like, which cost less?

Just a Thank you..

2008-07-20T14:21:57Z

I just wanted to say thanks for all of the advice I was given on helping my 3 year old potty train. I am happy to report that he is now completely potty trained. I no longer have to ask him or remind him to get up and go, he is even pooping on his own which he would only do in a pull up or underwear before and he is even accident free through out the night.
So, Thank You P101.

Toddler fears

2008-07-20T05:10:59Z

My son (just over 2), has entered the "holy cow, some things are scary!" stage. If/When your kids went through this stage, what worked best?

My son is worried that the window air conditioner in his room will turn itself on in the middle of the night. So far he's not buying that it won't turn itself on. Tomorrow in the daylight I'll give him the remote so that he can be in control of it, but other than that, any suggestions?

Food Flingers

2008-07-20T04:22:06Z

When your kids got to the deliberate dropping-food-from-the-high-chair phase, what did you do? Forbid it? Ignore it? Adopt a dog to live under the high chair? We've been giving one warning and then ending his meal when the next piece drops. Are we expecting too much from a not-quite-one-year-old? He knows what "No-no" means and he stares avidly at our faces when he drops the food, to see what will happen. It helps to limit the amount of food on his tray to just a few bites at a time, but a lot of meals have been awfully short lately anyway. How long does this phase last?

ETA: If he hasn't eaten much, we do give the meal another try a bit later. He's also breastfed on demand. I'm not starving the kid.

Work-At-Home-Mom

2008-07-20T03:31:57Z

Hey All,

I recently found out that I'm pregnant, and my mind is just racing with all sorts of concerns! One of which being that I don't know when I will want to go back to work. My husband is in the military, so we have some income there, and I currently work at a bookstore, so I've been saving as much as I can. However, I am already feeling that once the baby is here I won't want to go back right away.

Does anyone know about legitimate opportunities as a work-at-home-mom? I'm doing a lot of research into this, but it's been quite a trial sifting through pyramid schemes and whatnot. I was just wondering if you had any input or experience on this sort of thing.

Thanks for reading!

Christina.

Developmental delays

2008-07-20T02:55:14Z

Are there are any other parent's in this cmty that have had a child diagnosed with a mild developmental delay w/ an unknown cause? I am wondering how that worked out, what happened, etc if you are willing to share with me.
Came from a neurology visit this past week with this diagnosis. Now I am supposed to work with my local school district on getting my 13 month old a speech, occupational, and physical therapist.
My guy can't sit up on his own, crawl, walk, or self-feed. It's been a hard month or so as we realize how behind the curve he is...

More Milk Allergy Inquiries

2008-07-20T02:05:58Z

So, I asked on here a month or so ago about how to do Disneyland with a baby. You guys all had great advice and we all had so much fun! It really is a baby-friendly place, and thanks for all the advice.

So, my next question is about my son's soy/milk allergy. He's on Nutramigen, but as soon as I can get him using less of it, the better. It's wicked expensive! He's starting solids and so that should help. However, has anyone ever used goat's milk with their soy/milk allergic child? How did they tolerate it?

TIA!

parenting101 @ 2008-07-19T18:59:00

2008-07-20T02:04:15Z

I'm looking to buy a sling/carrier for some traveling we will be doing within the next few months. And just to use when we go out and about.

What would you reccomend for a plus size woman.

And my little guy is almost 9 months and about 18 pounds. So I'd like to also get the longest use out of it as possible.

labor

2008-07-20T01:51:52Z

what did you mommas do to physically/mentally prepare yourselves for labor? i had an early scare and now im REALLY feeling the need to be ready for the real thing!

edit* 33 weeks!

parenting101 @ 2008-07-19T21:46:00

2008-07-20T01:46:20Z

Your 7-year-old son desperately wants a mohawk. Do you let him express himself by letting it happen or do you talk him down from this craziness?

Discuss.

Opposite genders sharing a room

2008-07-20T01:01:30Z

What are your opinions of letting children of opposite genders share a room?

Ok up to a certain age? Not ok at all?

Right now we're currently living in a 2 bedroom rental. Our goal is to buy/build our own home sometime next summer. We're planning on sharing our room with the new baby, so Xander sharing his room with her really isn't an issue at this point.

I'm just paranoid that we're never going to find what we want or decide what we want to do when it comes to the housing situation.

It seems like we've been searching forever....but have yet to find something we want that isn't ridiculously over priced.

:/

When to switch to a convertible carseat?

2008-07-19T22:11:46Z

Little Bit is in an infant seat right now. We have a Graco SnugRide. he's nowhere near the weight limit yet (15 lbs 13 oz as of yesterday's well check). But he's quite tall for his age (26 inches). How long will it be safe to keep him in the infant seat, and when should we switch him to a convertible seat? I would like to delay a purchase for as long as possible.

OK...you may remember my ? about cameras from before!!

2008-07-19T21:44:27Z

Since DD is having a bday in a few weeks we are going to have to buy a new camera. We could not figure out why our camera stopped recognizing the new xD cards we bought.

We have $150 and NOT A PENNY MORE...so...any recommendations on a camera model and WHY?

We are looking at an Olympus FE310 or Sanyo VPC-T850, any thoughts on those two?

Someone here had a husband who sold cameras! HELP!

parenting101 @ 2008-07-19T14:40:00

2008-07-19T21:41:34Z

The front seats aren't supposed to touch the back of a rearfacing carseat, right? What if they're just *touching*, but not pushing on the carseat? Would it be safer to have the front seat touching a rearfacing carseat, or to turn the carseat forward facing?

Parent-facing stroller or pram in the US?

2008-07-19T21:12:58Z

Someone on this community actually brought to my attention a few weeks ago that my stroller hatred is not all encompasing. That is to say, I'm not fond of the American style facing away from the parent strollers for a number of reasons, mainly I find them impracticle and I don't want to push my daughter around without being able to talk/interact with her. That said, I think I might like to have a parent facing stroller or pram for my 7 month old that hopefully she could use for a few years. Does anyone have any suggestions on something I can buy in the US for under $200? The only things I was finding online were either $500 or European imports at twice that.

TIA!

baby slings vs baby carriers

2008-07-19T20:56:26Z

by slings i mean those fabric tie-it-yourself thingamies and carriers are those of the likes of babybjorn...

which would be better in the long term for a bad back and a wriggly three-month old 17-pounder? i wouldn't use it for long walks (she goes in the buggy for that!) but i'd use it mostly indoors and on fairly short outings...

also, any recommendations?

p.s.daddy would probably want to use it too (when he's got a day off work, although that hardly happens these days!!)

parenting101 @ 2008-07-19T15:36:00

2008-07-19T19:37:56Z

I am just having one of those tired days..okay, to be honest, tired a couple of days..and my kiddos are getting to me more than usual. So, I was just curious, what do you all do when your crabby, your kids are crabby and you still want the day to go as peaceful as possible...

Sleeping arrangements

2008-07-19T17:53:20Z

My DD and I are going to be visiting some relatives who live about half a day's drive away from us next month. At the time my DD will be 11.5 months old and she is still nursing (I don't know that it makes a difference but just in case).

Where we are going does not have a crib and we are taking the Amtrak down and not driving so there isn't an option of carrying ours (we will be there for a full week). Those of you who have traveled with baby, how do you sleep? We do not co-sleep for many reasons; we all sleep better this way. I've thought about taking our Pack and Play (we have the small one) but she is way to long for it now, I believe. I guess we could put the bed up against the wall at night and I could sleep on the outside so she doesn't roll off, but I have never been able to sleep even remotely decent when we co-sleep. And what would I do for nap time? I don't want to have to lay with her while she sleeps or naps also. I would like to be able to get a brake and also spend some time with my family.

Any suggestions? We aren't looking to spend a ton of money on something special for the week because we might not use it again for a while and by the time we do she might be too big for it. BUT if it is really worth it we could look into it and we might want to use it more.

Thank you!

playtime!

2008-07-19T16:23:47Z

how much time should I spend playing with my three-month-old? i want to give her as much stimulation as possible without making it too in-her-face and overstimulating the poor babe.

also, i sometimes feel like I'm running out of songs to sing, faces to make and games to play with her. i've never been particularly maternal (certainly not with other people's children anyway) - i've even had to learn nursery rhymes from a children's CD! any suggestions for playtime activities?

and lastly, does anyone out there occasionally doubt how much they are bonding with their child? sometimes i secretly think that she likes daddy better because he's more of a novelty whereas i'm just the person who does the 'mundane' stuff like nappy-changing and feeding, and that makes me a wee bit sad! tell me i'm not the only one that feels that way?!!

Preparing for a new baby

2008-07-19T12:53:44Z

How do you prepare a baby for a new baby in the house? I have 3 children so far. My oldest is 4 years, 9 months, the next is 2 years 9 months, then the next is 11 months, and I am currently 22 weeks pregnant.

For my first child I talked to her about how mummy was having another baby and she would kiss my belly and feel for kicks. I don't know how much it really helped because she never had to share me before that and she took it really hard. The next time, she knew what was going on, and my second daughter never had me to herself so it wasn't as big of a deal. Once again, I talked to them about the baby on the way and they would kiss my belly and talk to the baby, and feel for kicks. This time it was a homebirth and they were at all the pre-natal appointments and were there everytime we listened to the heartbeat etc. They weren't there for the birth itself, but they were woken up soon after and came out and my oldest cut the cord (with help). Things were sooo much easier that time, and we never seemed to have any issues with adjusting to a new baby.

This time however, my little one is so young. She's still crawling and is more interested in putting everything in her mouth. I try to tell her about the baby, but she just finds something pretty to look at, and she's off. How do I get her to understand that there is another baby on the way? How do I get her ready for it? Do you think it will be an issue, or do you think she is just so young that she will adjust to it quite easily? She should be 15 months when the baby is born.

TIA and sorry the post got a bit long.

Transitioning to two children

2008-07-19T12:14:43Z

Hi,
I have a 16 month old son and a new baby girl (5 days old.)
How exactly is this done?
I need tips for how to psychologically adjust. (for all of us - me included!) I am an only child myself, so I have no experience with this sibling stuff. i feel like my toddler thinks I don't love him as much because I am giving love to another baby. He cried his eyes out when he saw me giving her a bottle (he still loves bottles - that'll have to be another post, LOL.) He runs over to me and holds on to my legs for dear life if I hold her.
And I feel very guilty because I am not giving the new baby as much attention as I did my son.
Hubby is helping right now with some things like taking my son out of the house and playing with him, ect, until next week when he goes back to work, but I can see this becoming overwhelming very very soon.
Anybody know of any resources for transitioning to two children or resources for having children close in age? I read "Sibling Rivalry" - excellent - but it was geared for children a little older.
TIA!!

Dr LJ...(because all random medical stuff happens on weekends...)

2008-07-19T10:15:02Z

Looking for ideas on the cause of a weird rash on a 3 year old...

My son Owen (3) has been having the strangest rash for the past few weeks. It's strange because it appears and disappears at random, is sometimes red and sometimes not red, sometimes bugs him and sometimes doesn't bug him, etc.

Typically, it just appears like hw has a bunch of white heads that are clustered at very points on his body (typically on his chest, shoulders, and bum, but have been seen pretty much everwhere).

My husband and I are thinking it is a reaction to something, but don't know what. We've tried changing detergents with little effect and the current plan is to get an even more sensitive skin detergent to see if it helps, and if not taking him to see a doctor (but as they disappear, we're currently working on taking pictures - not very easy with a wiggly 3 year old!). Because I'm paranoid, I'd though I would post it to get some other ideas on what it could be and what it could be treated with, because it makes his skin look terribly uncomfortable...

This was tkan yesturday morning - this was the best picture, but these were pretty much all over here yesturday: