Nice! Congrats, papa.Entering into a period where my girlfriend is gone some for work, a couple two and one five-day stretch before Thanksgiving. Currently in the first two-day, not the first time though, she was gone some a couple months back. Going alright. Enjoy that Coltrane with him: my girlfriend introduced an Elmo CD, and it's all over with the little dude's Aphex fixation for now I'm afraid. I still play a lot of music for him and we dance around but he'd rather practice singing with Elmo, which is ok, I'm just happy he is into music a lot. He's starting to say more real words and is really into making animal noises. He loves owls.Welp, time to get ready for pre-school here. Have a good day, moms and dads of the EA boards

OK folks, give up experiences with Pediatric Dentistry. The soon to turn 4 year old needs some rather extensive work. She nursed for almost 30 months and that did some damage to her front teeth. She also has a badly decayed molar that apparently needs a crown. She had a cracked molar that got a crown a number of months ago. That work was done using novicane and according to Mom she sailed through it. The second trip to that dentist was very traumatic because apparently the doctors didn't wait long enough for the painkiller to work before starting. The kid was so troubled the doctors bailed and said "not this trip". Momma took the kid to a new Pediatric Dentist today and, like the last one, this one would rather put the youngster out.Any experience with general anesthesia for a 4 year old? Momma is very concerned putting the kid out to get the work done and I'm not smart enough to know if it's a good idea or a bad one...

pediatric dentistrymine are 11 and 13 now, and we did a fair amount of pediatric dentistry. caps, extractions to 'make room' for new teeth, and at the time we were kind of unsure whether or not all of this work was necessary. now that they're older, and that tooth that needed to come out has made the tooth behind it wander all over, I'm fairly certain that most of it was a total waste of time and (insurance) money. there was super high pressure sales at the ped. dentist, and yes, there were some milk teeth that were starting to rot a bit, but after all this time and their baby teeth largely gone, I feel that it was a scam that parents of young children are susceptible to.

icing wrote:pediatric dentistrymine are 11 and 13 now, and we did a fair amount of pediatric dentistry. caps, extractions to 'make room' for new teeth, and at the time we were kind of unsure whether or not all of this work was necessary. now that they're older, and that tooth that needed to come out has made the tooth behind it wander all over, I'm fairly certain that most of it was a total waste of time and (insurance) money. there was super high pressure sales at the ped. dentist, and yes, there were some milk teeth that were starting to rot a bit, but after all this time and their baby teeth largely gone, I feel that it was a scam that parents of young children are susceptible to.Sounds about right. I d get a second opinion.

With my kids I just started giving them a little bit of baby rice mixed with milk, followed by milk as normal. The baby rice is a powder which mixes with the milk to make a milky paste, and you don't have to mix any more than you need.

prowler wrote:so what's the deal with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby-led\_weaning ?the pediatrician suggested the old mixing veggies into a paste and spoonfeeding method, but it hasn't really caught on. When we give her solid pieces, she at least has some fun putting them in her mouth. We also found a good compromise - there's a kind of lollipop that you fill with food, then when she munches on it the paste/juice comes out -- she seems to like that the best so farWe had great success with it. Starting around 6 months we'd give our daughter soft stuff like avocado to try -- or, on the other hand, a big chunk of pork that was too big to swallow so she could just gnaw on it. She loved it. She liked the lollipop thing, too.At some point we were told it would help later with verbal skills since the extra practice would strengthen her mouth. Who knows? Regardless, I recall no negatives.

so what's the deal with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby-led\_weaning ?the pediatrician suggested the old mixing veggies into a paste and spoonfeeding method, but it hasn't really caught on. When we give her solid pieces, she at least has some fun putting them in her mouth. We also found a good compromise - there's a kind of lollipop that you fill with food, then when she munches on it the paste/juice comes out -- she seems to like that the best so far

We just started the little dude on one-vegetable purées at six months and within months he was stealing shrimp off my pizza when I wasn't looking. He stopped breastfeeding during the day pretty soon thereafter without a co-ordinated effort.Night weaning at 14 months was tough but necessary for all involved and dads can choose to play a crucial role there by taking a solo co-sleeping week while mom sleeps on the couch before being re-introduced.Another thing you can get and add to the mix is a plastic little handle with a fine mesh net on the end of it that you can put juicy fruit inside, like orange slices, which they can then suck the juice out of. Makes for a nice treat.

Yesterday, while lasagna was in the oven, the 8yo foster child said that Garfield likes lasagna. I replied, Well, he hates tomorrow. When she asked why, I said, He's racist and tomorrow is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. I thought back to two days prior when she commented that I never get any sleep and I said, I'll sleep when I'm dead...next year. This drove her to tears and I had to tell her I'd be around for a long time. Back to yesterday, I said, Just kidding. Garfield hates Mondays.Dealing with children who haven't been living with your sense of humor since Day One is WEIRD.