u/Playful_Language_422

Don’t laugh too hard at this question… I’m desperate… 😂

What are your best tactics for getting (or convincing) your kids to sleeping in later? We have a 4 year old who loves getting up between 5-5:30. Curious if anyone has found creative ways that make a difference!

(If you want more details he goes to bed at 7PM, just dropped his nap, hates to be alone with no one else awake when he gets up, and shares a room with his older brother who prefers to sleep longer)

Has anyone made the switch to carrying Neffy instead of EpiPens? I plan to talk to my kids pediatrician but wanted to hear about others experiences as well.

From quick research Neffy seems to be equally as effective but with longer shelf life, lower cost, and no needles.

My doctor suspects I have endo/adeno due to my super heavy periods, pain, etc. I went on the pill (Blisovi) for one year and it seems to have made an enormous improvement for my pain, and my periods are very light now. I am really grateful for that.

Ideally I don’t want to be on this pill forever and I’m starting to wonder if the side effects of the pill outweigh these improvements. It would also be an interesting “experiment” to help confirm if I do have endo. I have made a lot of lifestyle changes that improve my health and reduce stress, so hoping other factors may improve things too.

So wondering if anyone can share their experience going off the pill and whether you are glad you did it!

I turned to this subreddit a lot over the years trying to understand if my younger son’s tantrums, sleep issues, fighting transitions, etc were normal or similar to others. It felt exhausting to navigate at times and I was often worried.

I don’t know if anyone needs to hear it but it gets easier! Transitions, outings, reacting to not getting his way, playing with others have all gotten easier. We started to see a slow and steady improvement around when he turned 4. I know all kids are different and have different timelines (including my own kids).

Anyway, writing a message that I would have been a bit relieved to see a year ago hoping it might help someone else ❤️

Realized way too late how effective it is to just turn every difficult transition/request into a game. It’s tiring but a lot better than the alternative and leaves everyone happy.

Examples:
- brushing teeth: pretending they have something in their mouth that must be brushed (like smaller dinosaurs after playing dinosaurs)
- getting dressed: saying “whatever you do, do not get dressed…” for xyz funny made up reason
- timing them or turning things into a race
- pretend they are feeding various hungry “monsters” when cleaning up toys

What other games do people use to move things along more easily?