u/Castironskillet_37

Im expecting my 3rd, first two were primarily formula-fed, I expect low to no supply with this 3rd nugget, and anotjer primarily formula fed baby. I am from the US, first born was born in the US but now living in Latin America, second born + raised in latin america, 3rd will be born here in Latin America and outside the US.

Sorry for big explanation but anyone in here a bit knows we frequently get questions on heating formula to kill germs in the formula. Then, cooling the formula before serving.

For my firstborn and second born (both full term) I have never heated formula to kill any bacteria in the formula. But hear me out, as years pass I feel like formula cleanliless is going down the tubes? Ive been having babies since 2018.

The formula my second-born took had a grave recall just after I weaned him off. The US politics have endangered formula babies with reducing regulations. The formula we get here is not imported from the US but I see so many nasty recalls, US based or not! Im considering getting a pitcher to heat the water and then mix formula with heated water for this 3rd baby for peace-of-mind. Am I crazy or are others feeling this too? Just wanted to know others takes on this.

My son's pediatrician says its not necessary but Im the parent who is noticing the rise in bacterial contaminations and am responsible to advocate for my kiddo so... Yeah... Thinking of doing what ive never done before in this upcoming formula journey. Any others thoughts are appreciated if I need to be talked off a ledge lmk

This is my third pregnancy and the worst first trimester Ive ever had.

My first baby I at least had food cravings that tasted good and would feel better after puking.

Second baby basically slept the whole first trimester

This baby I literally have to hobble around daily feeling as title says. Im achy, nauseous but cant puke, no food sounds good, eating doesnt make me feel better, not eating doesn't make me feel better, Im gassy, Im exhausted, I have 0 cravings whatsoever, even drinking water is not pleasant.

Im on week 9 and hoping to be free of this feeling a month from now. This is our last baby so thankfully, NEVER AGAIN. if you felt better from a rough 1st tri, what week did it happen? Send me hope - thanks a bunch

Out of all the automatic bottle washers, which one in your experience adapts to the wide-neck bottles best? From what I understand, the Brezza is best for Dr Browns and I don't use Dr Browns bottles

Thank you!!

As title says, curious to explore others' weekly routines. We are fresh out of the first year and Im gathering my thoughts on how to keep going through the summer and into next year.

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Ive found once we get the ball rolling on something, its easier to keep chugging along. It's hard overall to just get started each day. Once I have momentum, that's the key, which makes me just want to keep going. Transitioning between subjects is disruptive. (My kiddo is ADHD, Im supposedly ADD, and my husband is ADHD). We also have a toddler in the mix. Quite disruptive.

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Its like covering a variety of sujects each day is throwing us off.. its weird because thats how traditional school works. Traditional school you cover a big variety of classes each day.

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What works for your family? Any other ADD fams find subject transitions disruptive? I suppose at the end its about doing what works that you can keep consistent with. Im considering less traditional approaches to schooling because we fell off the bandwagon quite a bit last year.

Sharing my wash routine to try to sort how to tweak.

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My kiddos prefolds are keeping stained after the full wash routine so something is off (18 months old)

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I do a nightly hot quick -wash at the end of the day, tub 1/3 or 1/4 full, (14 kg washing machine) with line 3 normal tide liquid. I adjust water level according to the small load

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When I have a full load of Diapers I do a long hot wash utilizing almost a full cap of the detergent my son tolerates. Its almost a full drum. My son doesnt tolerate Tide in the final wash (gives him a rash)

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I dont have hard water. What could I tweak? More detergent on the first wash? His Osocozy prefolds tend to absorb more waste and hold stains. His flats are less troublesome and wash out better. Ive bleached before and am not opposed to bleaching regularly. Thanks for input on this wash routine

**Noting that we dont have access to unscented tide here. I am not in the US

In any subject, if your child is getting exceedingly frustrated and melting down, what do you personally do?

We are using Right Start Math B and I reached a point with number patterns and multiple digit addition that my son was having meltdowns every 2 minutes the whole lesson.

I regrouped and we went back in the curriculum playing games, doing reviews and going back over the material. He is doing great reviewing and not struggling.

We made it to the subject he struggled with, and hes back to constant meltdowns. My little guy is also a perfectionist and very competitive, he always wants to win and doesnt handle getting any problem wrong. He wants to get 100 points each test or hes very angry.

Im moving slowly and for now went back to playing some review games trying to sort out next steps but in any subject when you hit a point like this, math, reading... how do you personally handle it? Should I push forward but very slowly, taking multiple days per lesson?

I already had a discussion with right start via email as they have a support staff. but that was more curriculum planning. Im just now wondering if its not the material as much as a personality thing for my kiddo, that hes struggling to cope with a challenge. Thanks for all input as I reasses and try to resolve

My primary goal of homeschooling is to teach my little humans how to human. I get it that they need language arts and math etc and we are studying and not ignoring the educational standards. But I want my kids to have frugality, handiness around the home, social skills, finance skills... Home economics strengths. Nature knowledge. Etc, lots of skills that arent grammar or addition per se. I had to teach myself how to cook, for example. I want them to be taught by me so they dont feel lost.

Im hoping for more ideas up this alley of projects we can do on the side with my 7 yr old as he grows. So far I have,

Sew old socks into sock puppets

Plant seedlings in an egg carton

Create a planter from an old water bottle

Patch a tire on his bicycle

Lubricate squeaky door hinges around the house

Help with painting a room

Sand down and paint some wooden blocks for baby brother

If anyone else is doing similar stuff, Im looking for more ideas of side projects to build handiness and DIY knowledge into life. The kids will keep growing and growing, so open to ideas for when they are older as well.

For 2nd/3rd grade phonics in particular, those who incorporated Phonics Pathways, what ways did you turn into lessons?

We'll utilize a whiteboard, have my son read some directly from the book, both participate in spelling out words (I write first half he writes suffix etc), have him illustrate some sentences, pick sentences to write out, read him the lesson when there's explanations.

Idk about like writing parts of words on notecards and seeing what words he can create like a puzzle. Im hoping for some other ways to apply this material if anyone has used this book. Its a little bit open-ended. Thanks in advance for any ideas.

*This is NOT the full language arts course for next year**

**Solely phonics portion of our language arts, I have 2 other books Im using to round out + a booklist**

My 18 month old has always had loose stools. Ive cut dairy for him but his whole life its just, not been fun to deal with. Cutting dairy hasn't resolved

Liners help, but dont contain the mess. I stepped away from cloth a week ago when teething exacerbated the problem and frankly Im not looking too much into returning due to this. He frequently goes more than once daily if not 3-4x, often getting onto the prefold + cover, Im left hand cleaning a big mess before washing

I really dont know why its this way. My first child always had constipation so Im grateful this baby is not constipated but perhaps, 3rd times the charm and we'll have a 3rd with perfect poops and I can enjoy cloth

What solutions could there be if its not lactose intolerance? I dont want to constipate my kiddo. He eats tons of rice bananas and apples and still its like this. Hmm