u/streptomycinn

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AITA for showing off my advanced gymnastics skills?

I (7 months, THREE teeth, pretty girl) am always getting showered in praise for my new skills, like saying the "muh" sound, standing with support, responding to my name, all kinds of good stuff. My mama (knees go crunch, F) and mommy (warranty expired, F) are kind of obsessed with me; it's honestly a little extra sometimes. So I wondered, if wiggling my booty a little in tummy time excites them this much, what will they do if they realize I have UNMATCHED OLYMPIC GYMNASTIC POTENTIAL?

What happened was, mama sat me down on the bed and turned her back on me to get dressed. Big mistake, mama! It's time for my surprise! I saw something very interesting on the floor and leeeeaned over to see and - oops! My 60th percentile head was no match for my 9th percentile body, and I found myself flipping through the air like a tiny Simone Biles! I did a whole rotation and landed on my back, I'm so naturally talented! It was super fun until the crash at the end, which was a little scary, so I gently started to scream as loud as I could to let mama know she needed to provide me with additional coaching on my dismounts. Mama also screamed, which I don't think is at all an endorsed coaching technique. I calmed down after about 2 minutes, but mama told me I must never do that again, which seems really unfair when I just need to work on my landings! She's even buying a new bedframe that's 3 inches off the ground, I think because she wants to hinder my athletic potential. Surely installing a foam pit in the bedroom floor like the US National Team uses would be more reasonable? IDK, what do you babies think?

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u/streptomycinn — 6 days ago

Blueberry pediatrics for recurrent ear infections?

I have a speech-delayed autistic 3 year old who gets recurrent ear infections. She has an incredibly high pain threshold so she often doesn’t start tugging her ear until her eardrums are literally about to burst. Her most recent infection, the only symptom was fatigue and a behavior/speech regression (which resolved with treatment of the ear infection).

Is Blueberry Pediatrics legit? Does the otoscope actually work? It would be much easier to just look in her ear ourselves rather than hemming and hawing for a week whether her behavior changes are bad enough to take her to the doctor to check.

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u/streptomycinn — 1 month ago