Weekly Randoms (7/11)

fourPsinapod · July 2016

Randoms for the week?

BumpasaurusRex · July 2016

Does anyone have any good veggie snack ideas for a picky kid?

By picky, I mean he tends to prefer veggies over most meat, which may be just a phase. But I feel like all he does is snack all day instead of a real meal. I've been giving him celery sticks with PB and raisins, which he loves and makes me feel better because he's getting protein from PB.

Xstatic3333 · July 2016

Have you tried hummus? I know it seems strange, but I have several friends with picky toddlers who will eat it. It's a great healthy protein source.

BumpasaurusRex · July 2016

Xstatic3333 said:

Have you tried hummus? I know it seems strange, but I have several friends with picky toddlers who will eat it. It's a great healthy protein source.

He does like hummus.

Maybe I can try to make him a veggie wrap with hummus on a whole wheat tortilla. He'd probably love that, thank you!

Partyof6? · July 2016

BumpasaurusRex said:

Does anyone have any good veggie snack ideas for a picky kid?

By picky, I mean he tends to prefer veggies over most meat, which may be just a phase. But I feel like all he does is snack all day instead of a real meal. I've been giving him celery sticks with PB and raisins, which he loves and makes me feel better because he's getting protein from PB.

Stuck in the box!

I have a friend who did muffin tin meals with her toddlers. Stack the cups with different things like veggies, hummus, cheese, etc, and call it a meal. It's still snacking, but concentrated and fun.

fourPsinapod · July 2016

BumpasaurusRex said:

Does anyone have any good veggie snack ideas for a picky kid?

By picky, I mean he tends to prefer veggies over most meat, which may be just a phase. But I feel like all he does is snack all day instead of a real meal. I've been giving him celery sticks with PB and raisins, which he loves and makes me feel better because he's getting protein from PB.

What about like broccoli and cheese egg quiches? Something where you can make it in a muffin tin and add as many different veggies and cheese as you want.

Xstatic3333 · July 2016

Another one I used to do a lot when babysitting was "fajitas." Put a little cheese (plus veggies or chicken or whatever he'll eat) on a tortilla and heat it up in the microwave for just long enough to melt it and then fold it half.

LouWho392 · July 2016

Does he do smoothies? If you are concerned about protein: add cottage cheese. Skim milk powder is also a good addin for getting more protein. And Greek yogurt. Does he like veggie dips?

BumpasaurusRex · July 2016

I've never thought of smoothies but that's a great idea!

These are all awesome ideas, I'm going to try them this week.

Momma0528 · July 2016

@BumpasaurusRex my daughter is the same way. She loves veggie burgers- they heat up fast in the microwave. I buy the ones with lots of beans for protein!

Gingersnap · July 2016

Jelly of anyone whose kid will willing eat a vegetable.
I have to bribe my kid to eat BLUEBERRIES.
Who DAFUQ doesn't like blueberries??

poofwok · July 2016

Mine does not willingly eat veggies either. It's a constant fight. I can get away with throwing veggies in tomato sauce or meat sauce as he doesn't care to go looking for them at that point.

I also make fruit + veggie smoothies. It usually goes over very well.

MrsDramaK · July 2016

Guys. I did a solid 4 hours of actual work today, that means I get the rest of the week to just Bump and FB at work, right?

CherryBananas · July 2016

MrsDramaK said:

Guys. I did a solid 4 hours of actual work today, that means I get the rest of the week to just Bump and FB at work, right?

Of course it does!

FerForShort · July 2016

I fell into the daycare rabbit hole today. ahhhh.

My work has a daycare, but it has had some issues this year. A couple of the teachers were let go and there was a TON of turnover. The tuition is cheaper than most places, but you also dont get the tax credit. The issue is also that I don't work close to our house. This would leave me with basically 100% of the responsibility of drop-off and pick-up unless something super unusual was going on.

If we went with something closer to our house DH could handle drop-off because he doesn't have to be at work until a little later than I do, and then I could handle pick up.

I'm not qualified to pick out a day care!

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angeltennis3 · July 2016

Gingersnap said:

Jelly of anyone whose kid will willing eat a vegetable.
I have to bribe my kid to eat BLUEBERRIES.
Who DAFUQ doesn't like blueberries??

Confession: I hate blueberries.

blush64 · July 2016

@FerForShort Is the quality of care equal? If both places are equal and price doesn't matter I would probably go closer to home so my husband could do the drop off and I could have more time to get to work. If price matters but everything else is equal I would choose the cheaper option. And of course if one place offers better quality care I would go there either way. Is there reason the turn over was high or why the teachers were let go.

PerraSucia · July 2016

@FerForShort wait is the daycare AT your work or just close to it? From my experience almost all day cares with children under 2.5 have a crazy turn around because they pay crap.

angeltennis3 · July 2016

@FerForShort while daycare teacher turnover is something that raises a flag and requires investigation - just about every daycare (unless it's one provider in home) is going to experience periods of turnover. The reasons behind the turnover is important.

In the daycare we are at now, we LOVED the director but we were so so on the infant room teachers at the time. Shorty after DD started, both teachers left (one voluntarily the other was fired). One of the women who replaced her I absolutely adore and I am going to request this baby be with her again this time around. So it worked out well for us.

Her current main toddler teacher is leaving at the end of the summer to get her masters in speech pathology and work in a school system, so her reason for turnover doesn't worry me although I will miss her. They have already hired her replacement and they are getting the replacement up to speed and slowly transitioning more to her. This also gives the kids time to adjust to a new adult in the room.

our daycare is great about communicating turnover and taking time to ensure a smooth transition (ex a floater may spend more time in a room before and after a transition to help/be a familiar face). The director and assistant director routinely take the time to play one on one with my daughter especially when she is having a rough day (poor sleep or when she is transitioning rooms) which I love.

It is also super amazing that our daycare has live cameras I can access via a secured site so I can watch her play all day.

FerForShort · July 2016

Thanks for the insight ladies!! Who knew daycare could be such a black hole! We are going to make some appointments to tour my work daycare along with a handful that are closer to home. Hopefully that will help with the decision.

@blush64 I'm not sure how equal the quality of care is. I have some good friends who have their kids at the work daycare and plan on getting some pretty candid advice from them. Obviously at the end of the day I plan on choosing the place where we feel our child will be the best taken care of, but if all things are equal is where I'm running into what would be more convienent.

@PerraSucia it is across the street, but it is 100% dedicated to kids of parents who work at my company.

@angeltennis3 it is my understanding that the teachers that were fired was because they were rough with some kids. I also know that a lot of the parents had some problems with the director. Since then a new director has been hired. I know that any daycare could have a bad teacher so I hate to make a judgement based on a few people, but gosh it's such a big decision.

PerraSucia · July 2016

@FerForShort not to sound like a boob pusher, but man if you're planning on BFing and were close enough to nurse a few times a day versus pump, I would drive my kid all over town with me. When DS was a tiny, it was a lot easier to have him near my office than the house because if I lagged at work and was 15 minutes late I knew I wouldn't be effed in getting him in time. H still did the morning things, like got the bag ready and took care of him while I got dressed, so I just used him to carpool. I don't know what you do for work, but it really worked out for me. Now he's older and in preschool near our house and I'm always freaking out about leaving on time to get him because I have a job where people will run into you in the hallway and ask a 20 minute question.

blush64 · July 2016

I finally heard back from the nurse. I have to stop the PIO injections for 2 days and use a suppositories/pills combination. I have started coughing for 5-10 minutes directly after my shot and she said it sounds like an allergic reaction. I actually had the same reaction several times but this week it has been every shot. I really hate the shots but I nervous to switch because the doctor really prefers them. I try the shots again on Thursday and if I am still coughing I have to return to the doctor.

Two weeks and 2 days can't pass fast enough to stop all of this and just continue a regular pregnancy. I am still so thankful I am not suffering like some are.

Xstatic3333 · July 2016

@FerForShort, I worked in daycares in a prior career, and bad director was the first thing that popped into my mind when you mentioned what your work daycare was like. In my experience, bad directors breed drama, and drama breeds turnover. Even though the pay is abysmal (a huge problem in our country for such important work), there are a lot of teachers who will stay put for a good director and a good situation. It's good that there is now a new one in place.

I would meet the director, ask about normal turnover rates, ask other questions about curriculum, scheduling, ratios, food policies, etc., and go with your gut. I think that if you're planning to nurse @PerraSucia's point is a really good one.

PerraSucia · July 2016

@blush64 do you have a nut allergy? A lot of people with nut or legume allergies have issues with seeds too

MommaBean · July 2016

Ugh I'm DREADING beginning the daycare search! And the $300 a week!!

BumpasaurusRex · July 2016

Ugh, when I think of the things we'd be able to do if we didn't have a daycare payment.

angeltennis3 · July 2016

BumpasaurusRex said:

Ugh, when I think of the things we'd be able to do if we didn't have a daycare payment.

Amen. We are going to be at nearly $400 a week for two in daycare for just 3 days. Part time rates are out of control.

PerraSucia · July 2016

I found out there is a lady at work named Anita Hooker.

Like that's her real name.

yogadevil · July 2016

My manipulative MIL lives 6 hours away. *Lived. I say that because she just sprung on us this afternoon....that she found a house and a job literally 2 miles from the house we are waiting to close on. 6 hours away was close enough!! Now she'll be all up in my grill to be "closer to the baby so she can help." Her version of 'helping' is waking a sleeping baby so she can hold him/her while I clean and cook for her. I'm now pulling out my hair and DH can't even talk about it he's so annoyed with this. UGH. There aren't enough expletives in the human language!!

Send help.

FishyMom · July 2016

PerraSucia said:

I found out there is a lady at work named Anita Hooker.

Like that's her real name.

She wins Randoms today!! Ded

blush64 · July 2016

PerraSucia said:

@blush64 do you have a nut allergy? A lot of people with nut or legume allergies have issues with seeds too

No allergies to nuts that I am aware of but since the 2nd week I haven't used that oil. I have been using progesterone in Ethyl oleate oil. They told me it was really unlikely to cause a reaction.

FishyMom · July 2016

blush64 said:

PerraSucia said:

@blush64 do you have a nut allergy? A lot of people with nut or legume allergies have issues with seeds too

No allergies to nuts that I am aware of but since the 2nd week I haven't used that oil. I have been using progesterone in Ethyl oleate oil. They told me it was really unlikely to cause a reaction.

My PIO is in sesame oil and I have had a hard time with it this round. I have a pretty decent itch constantly. I was going to switch to Ethyl but it was going to cost me 10x the amount so I am just sticking with the itch.

I am am switching to inserts in two weeks because my husband is traveling and I don't think I can inject myself.

I hoept pe the reaction stop for you. I, personally, prefer the PIO to the inserts.

blush64 · July 2016

@FishyMom thanks, I am hoping there no side effects on Thursday. I didn't even realize there would be a cost difference between the oils, I just take what they give me. I am lucky because I am not paying the costs. (I am a gestational surrogate so the IPs pay) It's really unfortunate how expensive this whole process is.

Injecting myself isn't as bad as I feared. Due to my husband's work schedule he isn't able to help.

Xstatic3333 · July 2016

So excited! I just logged into my insurance website to check on a bill I challenged, and learned that my year for OOP max and deductibles runs July-July. I can't believe it! I feel like I just "won" my yearly OOP max. It doesn't appear that my office does global billing so this is huge for me. Now the majority of the pregnancy, the delivery, and LO's first visits and vaccines will all be in the same "year" since we're already paying the family rate.

FerForShort · July 2016

@Xstatic3333 dude that's awesome!! It's the insurance jackpot!

Starfish113 · July 2016

yogadevil said:

My manipulative MIL lives 6 hours away. *Lived. I say that because she just sprung on us this afternoon....that she found a house and a job literally 2 miles from the house we are waiting to close on. 6 hours away was close enough!! Now she'll be all up in my grill to be "closer to the baby so she can help." Her version of 'helping' is waking a sleeping baby so she can hold him/her while I clean and cook for her. I'm now pulling out my hair and DH can't even talk about it he's so annoyed with this. UGH. There aren't enough expletives in the human language!!

Send help.

OMG NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo!! That sounds awful

ohstars · July 2016

Anyone find anything good on Amazon Prime Day? Theres so much to look at and I'm not super sure they are good deals vs things just discounted down to a competitive price.

scifichick09 · July 2016

Not sure how good of a deal it was, since I was running out of time to get the deal I couldn't do any research. But I got a pack of 6, 9oz "Fiesta" Tommee Tippee bottles for $17.19

BumpasaurusRex · July 2016

I'm not sure how great the deals are on Prime day. I think I've seen deals on diapers, which is always great.

But I keep running wish lists so I can always keep track if the prices go down and two days ago, things that were discounted have now jumped up in price. So I think they increase the price prior to Prime day and then put them on "sale".

silvercamaro77 · July 2016

There's a good deal on the 7-in-1 Instapot. I've been watching it since January and this is by far the cheapest it has been ($70).

My experience with Prime Day and amazon deals in general is that they are usually a good price, but the percentage you're saving is misleading because they calculate based on the suggested retail price and not the normal amazon price. I can understand why they do it since it a) makes the discount look better and b) the amazon price moves around so much it would be hard to give a good number from it.

For things I'm not as familiar with, I usually look them up on camelcamelcamel.com since it tracks the price over time. You should note that it doesn't record special prices like lightning deals or deal of the days. It just looks at the day to day purchase price on amazon.

poofwok · July 2016

A lot of us have had our first ultrasound by now. Do any of you have your anatomy scan scheduled yet? Curious to know if we all have similar dates!

Mine is set for September 20th. I should be 19 weeks and change by then.

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