My DD6 is being treated for her 4th UTI since March. She is on day 8 of her antibiotics, but she started having accidents again yesterday. It seems like she doesn't even know that she is going. :( I called the pediatrician's office today. They couldn't get her in, and the nurse said I should take her to the ER. Does this really warrant an ER visit? She has an appointment to see a pediatric urologist next Monday. She doesn't seem uncomfortable or painful, and she does not have a fever. She may be a little puny and tired, but otherwise seems fine.

This is very interesting. I write with a quadropod grip, but I have a large writer's bump on my ring finger from the pencil rubbing on my finger. It was worse when I was in school and writing a lot. I used pencil grips as a cushion so it wasn't as painful. I remember teachers trying to correct my grip as a child, but they were never successful. Both of my older DDs use the quadropod grip also. I tried changing my oldest's grip, but never had any success. To the OP: That's so frustrating!

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I just found this thread and realized that I never updated! I took a video of these episodes to her pediatrician. She was concerned as well. She started her back on prilosec (she was on it as a baby), because she said sometimes babies/toddlers will do strange neurologic-like movements to try to escape the pain of reflux. If that didn't work she was going to refer her to a neurologist. Luckily it worked! She went from having the strange crying episodes daily to only 1-2 times a month. It did get worse recently, but the pediatrician increased her prilosec and she is doing great again. :) Yes, she sees a pulmonologist for her asthma and LM. I was also told that she should outgrow it by a year, but she is 18 months and has shown no improvement. She still aspirates on thin liquids, still has wheezing/lung inflammation and reflux, all due to her LM. She also has a speech delay that we need to have her evaluated for. I'm not sure if that is related to her LM or not?

I don't know. That's what I thought was going on when she was having small amounts of stool in her underwear before I increased the Miralax. Now she is having these large stool accidents that are very soft. I don't know if that's the same thing? Maybe I will take her back into the doctor.

My DD6 has been on and off Miralax since she was 8 months old. She had a UTI in March and has been taking 1/2 capfull of Miralax daily since then. I know that she has a BM most days, but since she goes to the bathroom by herself I can't be sure she has been going everyday. Anyhow, last week she started having urine accidents again, which she does when she is constipated. She was also having a small amount of soft stool in her underwear a few times a day. I figured that she was still having constipation troubles, so I increased her Miralax to 1 capfull a day. She took this amount on Thursday and Friday, and had about 1/2 of her Miralax on Saturday when she started having large stool accidents. I have not given her any Miralax since Saturday, and she is still having these accidents at least once a day. She honestly has no idea that she has to go. Could this still be from the Miralax even though she hasn't had any in 3 days?

I just saw this while doing a search, but I wanted to recommend the book Food Chaining. (I have not read Just Take a Bite, but I will be ordering when I'm done posting here!) My DD6 is a reluctant eater. We had her in feeding therapy briefly last fall, but it was costing us quite a bit and I didn't really mesh personality wise with the therapist. I am hoping we can start her in therapy with someone else soon. Anyway, we did find out that DD has immature chewing patterns. Apparently, when she gets tired, she chews like a 2 year old. This is why she won't eat meats and raw carrots, for example. DD also has a flat top lip, which makes chewing more difficult for her. I would definitely recommend having your DD evaluated by a feeding therapist to get some insight into the cause of her selective eating.

How scary. I hope he heals quickly!

We saw the doctor today. I showed her the videos of our 15 month old DD's odd crying and head twitching that I posted about a couple of weeks ago. The doctor agreed that it isn't normal and thinks DD may have reflux, causing Sandifer's Syndrome. She put her on Prilosec to see if it would help. If the Prilosec doesn't work, we are supposed to take the video to DD's pulmonologist appointment next month. (When she cries like this, she seems like she is gasping for breath.) If the pulmonologist doesn't have any insight, the pediatrician will send her to a neurologist. I'm glad to have a plan and really hope the Prilosec works! And of course, when it rains, it pours. I ended up taking DD6 to the doctor today too. She has been getting stomachaches in the evenings, and it turns out that she has a bladder infection! DD4 was just there yesterday. Her asthma flared up this weekend, so she is on oral steroids for a few days. I feel like my kids are falling apart! :(

My mom was 22 when I was born, 24 when my brother was born. I was 25 with my first. DHs mom was in her 30s when her kids were born. DH was 24 with our first.

Thanks to everyone who responded. I agree about mommy instinct. That is how we found about about all of her other issues, because I just knew that there was something wrong. I kept taking her in until they figured it out. I will make sure to video it happening and address it with her ped. Hopefully it is nothing, but I do want to be sure. I do feel mental worrying about her! Glad I'm not the only one that has felt this way. :)

A little sad, but cool too.

Good idea. I will try that.

Sometimes when our 15 month old starts crying really hard, she acts like she is gasping to breathe in. She breathes out fine, but takes short little breaths in while she is screaming. I know babies will sometimes do this when they have gotten too upset, but this crying starts that way. The part that concerns me is that while she does this, she will twitch her head to the left 2 times. It seems involuntary, just 2 quick movements always to the left. It happens multiple times during her crying spell. My husband thinks it is normal, but it really bothers me. Do other babies do this? She goes for her check up in a little over a week, so I can ask the ped about it then. She does have laryngomalacia (a floppy larynx), "baby asthma" and silent aspiration in case that is relevant. I think the LM is what causes the gasping.

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I usually wear jeans, a long sleeved shirt and/or a sweater in the winter. I wear jeans and a t-shirt when it's warm enough. Basically, I wear the same things every day. :) Yoga pants are so comfy, but they don't make me feel dressed and ready for the day.

I had mine out when I was 30, because they were starting to decay. I have a small mouth, and even the hygienist had trouble getting back there to clean them. I wish I had had them taken out when I was a young and still living with my parents. It is much harder to deal with when you have small kids to take care of.

Phone calls from numbers I don't recognize make me anxious. Also receiving thank you letters makes me anxious. I'm not sure why, thank you notes are usually kind right? Watching movies that I've already seen before...I get anxious about what I know is going to happen, even if it is pretty harmless.

The plan was to have tacos tonight, but that is if I can get myself to go out in the cold and get to the butcher. Otherwise, I think we'll have pancakes.

Oh, I like to Motivated Moms app! I downloaded the free one. Thanks for sharing!

Okay, obviously I won't ask. LOL I appreciate the input. My kids do know that not every event is for every person. And for the record, I would never dump my children on anyone like in all of these stories! It's just that since both of my girls are friends with this girl, it doesn't seem right to leave one out. Oh well. This is why I have been worried about this so much. They are all friends. Actually, DD4 and the birthday girl play together more than DD6 and the bg. (And my DH says I like to worry. ;) ) There will definitely be hurt feelings. She won't be upset in a "but I want to go too" fashion. It will be more like "why does my friend not want me at her birthday party?" Explaining it by age might help though, thanks. Thanks, this is why I was so hesitant to ask. Maybe we will just skip the whole thing. It just makes me feel uneasy. This is exactly how our homeschool friends are and actually most of our other friends as well! I love it! I honestly don't know! I assume it is, but I need to find out.

My oldest DD (6) was invited to a birthday party. The birthday girl is also turning 6. Our middle DD (4.5) was not invited, and I feel so sad for her. We have been friends with the girl's parents since before we each had kids, but we have all been so busy that we don't see each other much lately. All 3 of the girls play when we do get together. They have known each other since they were born. The birthday girl goes to PS, and most of the other guests are in her class at school (so 5 & 6 year olds). I think that is why DD4 was not invited, since she is younger. Do you think it would be rude to ask if DD4 can come? Or should I just let it go? Maybe I'll just plan something fun for DD4 to do instead? (Part of me says, just ask! The other part of me thinks that she purposefully wasn't invited, so I shouldn't ask. Ack! I'm worrying about this too much.)

DD is a Daisy and selling cookies for the first time this year. She is excited to sell, and we practice at home a lot. When we go door to door though, she runs up, rings the doorbell then gets all shy when they answer. Most people just smile and ask her if she's selling cookies. We haven't had much luck selling door to door anyway. We went out last Saturday and again yesterday evening. Most people aren't home, and that is discouraging to her. We are lucky that she sold a lot of boxes (80+) just through my work. She also sold a bunch more (60+) to family and friends. Next year we will have 2 girl scouts, so it will be even harder for them to sell very many. Our troop only asks that the girls sell 50 boxes each.

I always wear both my engagement ring and wedding band. I never take them off.