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@catholic2001 I really liked the Bradley Method class I took. It can be hit or miss, but the best part of it was that its focus is husband-coaching… basically training your husband to be your doula. They go through things like relaxation techniques and reframing what “pain” is. e.g. pain is a...

@dojusnider Thanks! All of this is really good info and is pretty aligned with my values and everything I had expected to cover and teach her at those ages. People are obviously forgetting about COVID. Age seven is when I would have normally introduced some of these routes, but everything shut...

@brokenroad I’m not opposed to screen time as a general rule! She just has ADHD and screens is a slippery slope for her. She would do it to the exclusion of feeding herself or remembering to go to the bathroom. Our doctor insists she goes med-free in the summer (something I disagree with, but...

@maryandkate Great read! Thanks!!

@johanninescholar Thanks! The town is really trying to make the city align with climate change goals, and a big part of that is a reduction in car reliance. So, bike trails, relatively robust public transit (for its size), and defined neighborhood communities with accessible services. If we...

@marry See, this is what I struggle with too! No one else is doing this in our peer group, but this sort of thing aligns with my values. I want her to feel comfortable and confident navigating her world; getting used to maps, public transit, bike commuting, etc. And my own experience doesn’t...

EDIT It is not anxiety that made this post so long. I have ADHD and was raised in an abusive/neglectful home and am over-compensating as a trauma recovery process. I shouldn’t have to disclose my medical and trauma history in order for a question to be taken seriously - y’all have some serious...

@pastorgreg113 5, but he was 4 -young 4- when we started OT. I found the trouble with real chores is it turns into a battle of wills. I need the mess cleaned up, he’s overwhelmed with how big the mess is (think about how overwhelmed you get at a big mess, and you’re not a toddler), I need to...

@pastorgreg113 Oh, man! I’m not an expert and every kid is different in what they need! I never did go into YouTube, mostly because once we got in front of the therapist, it worked so well and so fast I didn’t need other ideas. Ok, there might be one thing that might help. My son (idk about...

@marie1227 So what we were told is that a tired child sleeps. What he needed was significantly more physical sensory inputs than what we were giving him. We basically turned big room in our basement into a gymnasium: got a single trampoline, a sensory swing, tumble mats, and giant foam building...

@pastorgreg113 Tossing it out there only because you said one meltdown was because he had sand on is feet: My son has a sensory processing… it’s not a disorder, but they call him “sensory seeking”. Which basically means he needs more than what people would call normal. More noise, more tactile...

@jesrdking Can someone who can read/understand these studies comment on whether this study had any data on whether children with low maternal affection at eight months could recover well enough not to experience emotional distress in adulthood if the mother reengaged sometime later. … for those...