Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
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S/O Poll: What are you LESS cautious about?
Mama2S-K-M
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What things do you see IRL friends or Bumpies being cautious about, but you don't think they are a big deal?
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Re: S/O Poll: What are you LESS cautious about?
I was going to say the same thing as pp about the germ-sharing at home
My boys constantly drink out of each other's sippy cup (I no longer stop them, nor care, now that DS2 drinks milk too), I constantly give them bites off my spoon, I drink after DH, etc. None of those things bother me.
Logan David 03.27.08
Jacob Riley 05.18.09
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Probably food. Obviously nothing that is choking related.
Naturally, I try to make sure DS has a pretty well-balanced diet but if he goes a day without eating a veggie, I really don't think its that big of a deal.
And my kid has had his fair share of fast food. All kinds because I don't discriminate, ha.
Oh and TV watching.
Germs - germs are actually your child's friend. A strong immune system is only created by trial and error.
Breathing Monitors for babies - Yes SIDS is scary. But I think that if you live to hear a beep, you are never really going to live at all. Not to mention they are so apt to go off incorrectly.
Expensive Baby Clothes - really, why would you spend hundreds of dollars on something that will be outgrown or dirtied w/in months (or even weeks)?
I'm not a germaphob and I do not use cart covers. My kid eats cheerios off of the floor, and he's also eaten things that he's held out to the dogs to lick (not ideal, but it can't always be avoided).
But- if you saw someone sneeze, hack into their hand, or wipe their runny nose, then touch a shopping cart handle, would you, yourself, avoid touching that same cart? I would. I do at least give the handles a quick wipedown with clorox wipes, especially at the grocery store. I've had packages of raw chicken leak on my hands while shopping, so you never know what kind of bacteria are sticking to everything.
Quite a bit. Germs, definitely. Never have used a cart cover. My kids are licked by the dog. I truly do not care if people take their shoes off in my house or not.
Choking. I'm not stupid about it, but I don't cut my kids food into teeny tiny pieces and puree things to within an inch of their life. Both my kids take bites out of regular food and do pretty well.
Milestones. I know what the normal ranges are, but I've had a kid who didn't walk until 18 months, so now I don't freak out if my kid is not doing something early or even late end of normal.
Fevers. People on here go to the freaking ER for a fever and it always makes me go "Huh?" Kids get high fevers.
Babysitters. I leave my kids with non-family babysitters all the time.
Like everyone else has said-germs. DD eats off of my utensils all the time, I kiss her on the lips, etc. Kids all over the world chew on sticks and grass and rocks, and live to tell the tale. (Have you seen Babies the movie?) And yes, I know all about how sharing utensils and kissing can cause LO's tooth decay....whatever....
We don't buy organic anything.
Food. DD eats well-balanced meals for the most part, but I don't worry or freak out about fat, salt, organic, junk food, etc. I'm just not overly concerned about it.
Falling and "ouchies." My DD fell at my mom's house the other day and busted open an existing sore on her knee. Blood was running down her leg. My mom was about to have a heart attack. Me and my sister (who works in a day care and sees kids fall all the time) pretty much didn't react. We of course cleaned her up, cleaned out the sore, put a band-aid on, and then I gave her snuggles and kisses as she cried. Every. single. time my DD falls, my mom gasps, which makes it worse cuz then DD reacts when maybe she wouldn't. When she takes minor stumbles, I usually just look to make sure she's ok. She falls every day, so I just don't worry about every single fall.
I know! This and falls. I saw someone on here who took her DC to the ER when she fell one foot off a mattress. It wouldn't even cross my mind to go to the ER for that.
Food- we don't buy anything organic. My kids do eat food off the floor!
Fevers- agree with PP, fevers happen. Even high ones. It just means the body is working correctly in fighting off a virus.
FWIW, I do use a shopping cart cover (have with the last 3 kids) and it's not so much for their hands, which you can wash when you get home or in the car, (assuming they haven't put them in their mouthes 50 time by then!) but for their mouthes when they are at the ages of wanting to chew on the cart handle....YUK! I believe they get enough exposure to germs in other ways based on how often my kids are sick in the winter, lol!
Our Angel Boy- m/c in 2007 @ 9wks due to Trisomy 17
Babyproofing around the house. We have plugs in the outlets, and I have latches on a couple of cupboards, but we haven't really had a need for much else. There are several cupboards that I allow DD to play in, and that seems to curb her interest in the other cupboards.
The toilets aren't latched, but she doesn't go in the bathroom alone.
So far, teaching her that the oven is hot and redirecting has been enough.
She doesn't have a bed rail on her toddler bed. She only fell out the first night, and it's like a 10-inch drop anyway.
My SIL literally has foam padding on all the edges of her furniture. She looked at me like I had two heads when I told her I wasn't going to put any foam padding on Lily's rocking horse. Different comfort levels, I guess!
My silly Lily is almost 4.