We are looking into Orion for TK, and we understand there is parent participation but I can't find any details about it. Is it a weekly/daily/monthly commitment of hours? Or how does it work? Could someone help me with details please?
We just bought the membership for my whole family this year and have really enjoyed it so far. We want to attend the camping october night but I wamted to get some info if you can help me with that:
We are a family of 3 with 1 yo, when we sign jp for it, do we coun the baby too? So is it 3? Or just 2 adults?
I thought our membership gave us free access to that night (maybe I am wrong), but when I try to sign up, it charges $50 per person, what is it for?
Since it is in October, do you think it is a good idea to go with the baby? Will it be too cold? We plan on taking blankets and a small inflatable bed for them, will that be enough?
I am not sure if this is the right channel to post in, but feel free to delete if it isn't.
I got a bill for my daughter's medical visit on 07/02, it was around $500 which was weird because we had met her deductible already. I paid the bill in full on monday. I checked my insurance claims on wednesday, and it says that this claim has been covered and all I have to pay is $30. So I overpaid $470.
I sent a message to the billing department on wednesday about this issue, but haven't heard back. I will call on monday but do you have any tips on how to handle it? Will they refund me the extra money? If not, how could I escalate it?
Edit to add: I live in CA, and the medical visit happened in CA.
I am not sure if this is the right channel to post in, but feel free to delete if it isn't.
I got a bill for my daughter's medical visit on 07/02, it was around $500 which was weird because we had met her deductible already. I paid the bill in full on monday. I checked my insurance claims on wednesday, and it says that this claim has been covered and all I have to pay is $30. So I overpaid $470.
I sent a message to the billing department on wednesday about this issue, but haven't heard back. I will call on monday but do you have any tips on how to handle it? Will they refund me the extra money? If not, how could I escalate it?
Edit to add: I live in CA, and the medical visit happened in CA.
Please delete it if this is not allowed, making this on behalf of my partner since they don't use reddit . My partner and I were laid off late last year, but he has just found a job for a startup, they are happy to refer anyone interested in any of the open positions.
The company prefers hybrid based in NYC, but are open to remote for a good candidate.
I will share the link in the first comment. Please DM me you resume if you are interested.
I bought a brand new Xtrail 2 months ago, it was all good up to a few weeks ago when I took for a complimentary maintenance (review). After that maintenance, the alert for the backdoor open while driving keeps triggering all the time, the radio does not work, and once the car didn't recognize the key. I took it back for review, they scanned it and found no issues. The problem keeps happening though. What could've happened? What could've been messes up for this to happen?
My daughter (18mo) is learning english (dad, native) and spanish (me, native), and she is doing great. She can say words from both languages, understands everything I say to her in spanish, but mostly responds in english (working on this, any tips?).
I was thinking about introducing Italian to her too, I was fluent in it until I was 6, but have pretty much lost it by now. I can understand most of it still, but my speaking is mot fluent anymore and it takes me a while to string sentences together. But I would love for my daughter to learn it too, I could try picking it up again and practicing together but not sure if right now wouldn't be the best time since she is alreadh learning 2?
I started given her 5 mins screen time with an Italian kids show, I try to repeat the words back to her, but she mostly likes the bright colors of the show.
What do you think? Do you think it's a good idea to introduce it?
Edit to add: we live in USA, so tons of english and spanish speakers to practice with, not many italian ones.
Teething toddler not eating
I know this is normal and super common but I am so concerned, I just want tips or reassurance that it will get better.
My 18mo daughter was a great eater up to age 12mo. After that, teething got bad, one tooth would take 6-8 weeks of discomfort for it to pop out. And during that time, she won't eat at all. She has 5 teeth now, waiting for the 6th one, she has been in pain for 5 weeks now and the 5th tooth popped out 3 days ago, I hope the 6th one pops out soon. But for 5 weeks so far, she has eaten NOTHING, I offer 3 meals and 2 snacks. A good day is half a toast for breakfast, dinner is 1 bite of toast, and in between 2 strawberries, 1 mandarine and a handful of blueberries. She drinks 18oz of milk throughout the day. That's it. Whenever we put food in front of her, she does the "all done" sign, and we get her out, having eaten nothing. I would think she should be starving by now, she has lost weight, her cheeks are thinner, but her energy is good and she is happy and super playful.
Am I right to be concerned? Or maybe I am overreacting and this normal? Or maybe I am doing something wrong? Please help.
The extra annoying thing is that when she is done teething, we have 1 or 2 weeks when she goes back to eating a little better, then teething starts again. The teething weeks are way longer than the non-teething weeks.
My baby is 18mo, my family says that we shpuld start weaning her off the diapers and into underwear. I am ok with that in general but I don't understand what the end goal at this age is? She can't say "potty" or "pee" or "poo" yet, so what is rhe expectation? Let's say she is in her underwear, then what is she supposed to do to tell us she wants to go potty? That is something I don't understand. Should I just start potty training once she has those words in her vocabulary?
I couldn't find an answer to this question in the sub (maybe that is the answer 🫠), but is it possible to take maternity leave with multiple jobs? I have 2 FTE jobs, one contributes to CA SDI, and the other to CA VDI. Is it possible to safely claim maternity leave from both? If so, how?
This has been a bad habit that started since they were 7 months. I have tried everything to break it, but nothing seems to work. I really need some tips. There are 2 main scenarios:
Scenario 1: high chair, even if they still want to eat, they will toss everything to the floor, ask me to pick it up, eat some, toss it again, and repeat. I have tried ending meal time when this happens, keeps happening though. They also toss food when they are done, so not sure what to do here.
Scenario 2: when we are outside (park, mall, etc), they will ask for their sippy cup, take 2 sips, toss it harshly to floor, and move on. I do not know what to do in this scenario other than pick it up, and give it back to them when they ask, it's not like we can leave it on the floor. A couple of glass bottles have been broken from doing this (my bad for giving her glass bottles outside).
I am at a loss, I don't know what to do.
It feels like I am posting every day but Reddit is honestly our only souce of tips, zero family help, so really appreciate your support 🙏.
My 17mo baby started with tantrums, tantrums for nothing and everything. The one in the morning before breakfast happens every day like clockwork. What we have noticed is that if my husband is there, my baby will not calm down, they will demand that he picks them up and will cry desperatily until he does. Since yesterday, I started asking him to leave me alone with them during a tantrum. The baby calms down in 30 seconds, all I do is sit next to them and offer some toys to play, and they start laughing, as if nothing happened. If my husband stays, the baby can go on having a tantrum for at least 15 to 20 minutes.
Ever since we realized this, he feels awful, he hates that he is the reason the baby can't regulate alone, and that he isn't a calming presence. I do understand why it happens, I love and play with my baby but I am usually also handling logistics (food, clothesz etc), and he is usually playing with them during that time, so I think the baby feels closer to him maybe (stab to my heart 🥲)?
He wants to also help them.to calm down but what can he do? How can he be a calming presence for the baby during tantrums?
My baby is 16mo and just started with tantrums for nothing and everything, throwing themselves to the floor, crying histerically, etc, fun times. My husband and I have different ideas on how to handle and we are not sure which or if either is best so really looking for tips.
My approach is if they are clean, fed and safe, I will just let them have their moment, I'll be close but not intervene. Eventually they calm down and we continue with our day. I was alone with baby for 4 days (husband on business trip) and they only had 1 tantrum for 10 minutes.
My husband's approach is to try to pacify them let it be trying to hold them (they try to break free), walking them around, offering distractions, etc. Eventually they will find something ti catch their attention and will move on. He has been back for 2 days now, and baby has had 6 tantrums, they look for my husband and he goes along with his usual way to handle them. Baby doesn't care I am there, they look for their dad. After a while (15 mins or so) we managed to move on with our day. I know he does it out of love but even he is tired of this.
He thinks my method is too harsh on the baby, I think his method is too exhausting and not really helping.
Maybe I am wrong, maybe we are both wrong. Any suggestions?
Extra details: we are first time.parents with zero support from family so not really anyone else to ask for tips 😅
Are there any parks (MTV or south bay anywhere) where I could take my small portable propane grill for a BBQ? The ones close to me have a sign specifically saying no personal BBQs.