Not important to anyone here but me...
 

Happy Birthday little Brazenette!! What are you doing for the birthday? One of those books on child rearing (What to Expect....) said don't throw a big party b/c it will scare them and only serve carrot cake. I did the opposite and had a big gooey cake, a petting zoo, ponies, magician and a balloon-making clown (who it turned out was really hot). It was a blast. One year old is a great age!!

Have a wonderful birthday weekend.

Vietmom.

Not important to anyone here but me...
 

Yah, screw that. The baltspawn had a great time at the giant combined party for them and their cousin, at least until four hours of total sensory overload and a bunch of sugar caused a meltdown of biblical proportions, followed by a three and a half hour nap.

Happy birthday, Brazenette!

Not important to anyone here but me...
 

Didn't do the rest of the stuff, but a gooey chocolate cake is a tradition in my family. Yeah, it was a while ago, but you can PM me if you want to see some truly spectacular pictures of Magnus completely coated in chocolate (if you were on the FB back then, you might have already seen one of the pics during an FB Foto Friday).

tm

More TV For Tots
 

A study discussed on Yahoo/Reuters claims that an increase in one hour of daily TV viewing between age 1 and 3 increases the risk of ADHD by up to 10%.

The frenetic nature of kids' TV lately makes me believe this.

More TV For Tots
 

Yeah, 'cause you grew up on H.R. Pufnstuf and turned out totally normal.

More TV For Tots
 

Dude. Witchypoo used to scare the crap out of me.

But I doubt that I ever watched TV before age 3.

Vitamins
 

I dread having to tackle the Babe with the dropper filled with brown stinky liquid. But she did not go for the chewable kiddie Centrums today. Before I go broke trying every brand, did anyone have success with the gummy bear vitamins (or any advice on a flavor of vitamins that fussbudgets find ok?).

Vitamins
 

Ruth Bader Ramone is older than the Viet Babe (3 1/2), but the gummy vitamins are a hit with her.

Vitamins
 

Chewable Flintstones have always worked for us.


Even my kid likes them.

vietmom, good call on doing the research. my 4 yr. old has happily chowed down chewable flintstones, rugrats, "zippy zoos" from rite aid, etc. etc. Naturally I assumed I was fine in picking up the 10,000 unit jar from Costco of "dino vitamins" and - surprise, surprise - he doesn't like them.

they are literally indistinguishable to my taste from any of the others and I'm now doomed to eating them myself for the next 17 years.

Heh.

Next jar of Flintstone vitamins you buy, mix in some of those dino vitamins and see what the reaction is. If there's a question, you can always say that Dino was just having a bad hair day or something.

(No) More TV For Tots
 

I saw this. Strangely enough, I had cut the Lexling off TV completely a day before it came out - with protests from Mr. Lex. Hubby then saw the news report and has been snapping at me if I even have the tv on with the baby in the same room (ie. turned away fromt he tv in his bouncy chair).

He's 21lbs and has 2 teeth now - and not on solids yet, though he has practiced chomping my hand a few times to try out the new choppers. My little sumo-baby!

-TL

p.s. anyone want to babysit while I'm in court next week? @#$%ing jury trial didn't settle out and now I have to do some work!

(No) More TV For Tots
 

Holy Moley TL! He weighs more than the Brazenette, who at her one year check up was 20 lbs and 30 inches.

We are up to six teeth. Sharp ones.

And I'll be happy to babysit, but the commute will be a bitch!

adhd
 

Speaking of adhd and add how are these being treated these days? Is the focus still on medications or are other efforts being made? If it is on medications what kind are being used?

Any thoughts?

L

adhd
 

There are many options other than medication -- but depending upon the specific manifestations of the adhd, they may or may not be effective. Some "alternative" therapies include talk therapy (which, in my opinion, is a joke for a kid under age 9 or 10), occupational therapy, special "shadow" teachers -- a teacher to follow a kid around his classroom, and group behavioral therapy.

As for medications, there are many of them too. Dexadrine, Ritalin, Concerta, and similar. This class of drugs has a long history of pediatric use; it is one of the oldest pediatrically prescribed class of drugs, and has been extensively studied in pediatric patients; the long-term effects are well documented.


PS re: baby size. My m-i-l told me over the weekend that the "average" is 21 lbs. for a baby at 12 months. My "baby" (almost 19 months now) was 28 pounds at his 18 month checkup, which works out to a 1-pound-per-month gain since birth. It seemed to me he had a mouthful of teeth really early (compared to my older boy), but I'm probably just misremembering.