A few random questions

[tribute17]

I have a few random questions that I need a little mom help on.

1. What do you give your kid to keep him from getting constipated when potty training?
2. How do you send their milk for daycare of there is no fridge?
3. Do you still cut up your kids food?
4. Where can I find non-character backpacks?

Tia!

[aimeefarrahfowler]

Aug 30, 2015 8:28:57 GMT -5 tribute17 said:

I have a few random questions that I need a little mom help on.

1. What do you give your kid to keep him from getting constipated when potty training?
2. How do you send their milk for daycare of there is no fridge?
3. Do you still cut up your kids food?
4. Where can I find non-character backpacks?

Tia!

1. We use Miralax when A has a tough time going.

2. You could get an insulated cup. I think ours is Foogo brand. Or there are the Horizon milk boxes that don't need refrigeration.

3. Not everything, but still cut most things into bite-size pieces because my kid doesn't know how to chew.

4. Land's End, Pottery Barn kids, LLBean. I think Old Navy has some too.

[bantyrooster]

1. Miralax
2. ?a cooler? With ice packs
3. I don't cut things except his meat. He cuts his own fruit and cooked veggies.
4. Target

[britbratjf]

Aug 30, 2015 8:28:57 GMT -5 tribute17 said:

I have a few random questions that I need a little mom help on.

1. What do you give your kid to keep him from getting constipated when potty training?
2. How do you send their milk for daycare of there is no fridge?
3. Do you still cut up your kids food?
4. Where can I find non-character backpacks?

Tia!

1) Dagny is rarely constipated but if she hasn't gone in a couple days I use Miralax
2) we do preschool but she takes her lunch - I just send water. Would he be able to access it at all times or just have his milk with lunch? It should be fine in his lunch box with ice packs I would think.
3) We have a skip hop one - Barnes & Noble. You should be able to find a non character one at Target

[starfishy]

miralax
cooler?
Depends on what it is, but he usually just pulls it apart anyway.
I say target. I saw non character ones there.

[justbeth]

1. Miralax- 1 tsp.

2. We just send water and do milk at home before school and at dinner.

3. Only grapes and meat.

4. We have an Oh Mint brand backpack from Etsy. Stephen Joseph makes cute ones as well. Skip Hop from target, or a sporting good store.

[junkytrunk]

1. Idk, we've never had that problem.

2. If you got a lunchbox with an ice pack, it should be able to keep it cool all day.

3. Very rarely these days. Depend on the food. I can either feed him a hot dog the regular way, or if he doesn't want a bun, I cut it up. Or I make sure to cut of large pieces of fruit, but he is pretty good about just taking bites of things vs shoving the whole thing in his mouth.

4. Anywhere they sell backpacks. Target also has Jansport and I'm sure other brands, I would think Walmart would as well.

[cookiesandwine]

Aug 30, 2015 8:28:57 GMT -5 tribute17 said:

I have a few random questions that I need a little mom help on.

1. What do you give your kid to keep him from getting constipated when potty training? Juice

2. How do you send their milk for daycare of there is no fridge? .... Lunchbox with a thermos and an ice pack maybe?

3. Do you still cut up your kids food? Yes because she will just swallow her food whole.

4. Where can I find non-character backpacks? We have a skip hop one, I think from target. Llbean or PBK would have plain ones.

[Riverdong11]

Aug 30, 2015 8:28:57 GMT -5 tribute17 said:

I have a few random questions that I need a little mom help on.

1. What do you give your kid to keep him from getting constipated when potty training?
2. How do you send their milk for daycare of there is no fridge?
3. Do you still cut up your kids food?
4. Where can I find non-character backpacks?

Tia!

1. We don't have that problem, but we do give him a fiber gummy after his pedi recommended it to us.

2. His school provides all food and drinks but I would think an insulated lunchbag and ice packs would work.

3. Not all of it, but a good amount. He still puts a lot in his mouth at once so it makes me nervous.

4. I bought a cute Olive Kids backpack on amazon. It does have a design (construction trucks), but it's not a character.

[MissMusic]

Aug 30, 2015 8:28:57 GMT -5 tribute17 said:

I have a few random questions that I need a little mom help on.

1. What do you give your kid to keep him from getting constipated when potty training? A small amount of Miralax into her water. Its the only thing that keeps her flowing and is pedi-approved.

2. How do you send their milk for daycare of there is no fridge? Hmm we don't have this issue, but can you put a big ice pack into an insulated lunch bag with the milk in it?
3. Do you still cut up your kids food? Yes
4. Where can I find non-character backpacks? I wish I knew--following this post!

Wait wait--try sporting goods stores!  I know I've seen backpacks that are just 1 color or a color pattern and not with characters!

Tia!

[sarasansh]

I don't have answers for the first two, but:

3) Yes, most foods. Robin has become very anti-eating with his fingers, so we also end up cutting up foods like pizza so he can eat it with a fork.

4) We got Robin a SkipHop backpack on Amazon. It's an animal but not a character.

[sarahandeddie]

Aug 30, 2015 8:28:57 GMT -5 tribute17 said:

I have a few random questions that I need a little mom help on.

1. What do you give your kid to keep him from getting constipated when potty training? We've never had an issue but both my girls eat lots of fruit.
2. How do you send their milk for daycare of there is no fridge? I use a thermos fountainer for preschool. The milk is only out for an hour and a half before snack time. I out the thermos in the freezer at night so it's also cold.
3. Do you still cut up your kids food? Yes - even my almost 5 year old. My friends 4 year old son choked to death (on a prescription medication) so I am overly paranoid.
4. Where can I find non-character backpacks? Pottery barn, JC Penney (think jansport or north face).

Tia!

[roo1582]

1. We've never had this issue so no help here.
2. We only send water with her to daycare. She gets her milk before and after daycare.
3. I only cut up her meat and if her veggies (like broccoli) are really big.
4. I got Kayleigh a non character backpack at Target.

[tribute17]

Thanks everyone. I've looked at target and kohls but they didn't have any mini backpacks without characters. What size backpacks are you using? 10"? 14"? Normal size?

[tribute17]

Thanks everyone. I've looked at target and kohls but they didn't have any mini backpacks without characters. What size backpacks are you using? 10"? 14"? Normal size?

[sarasansh]

It looks like the Skip Hop ones are 12" tall.

[sarahandeddie]

We use full size backpacks because they have to be able to fit a folder and library books.

[samelly]

1. Lots of fruit at snack time - strawberries, watermelon.  Lots of water throughout the day.
2. Get a lunch box and icepack
3. Sometimes, it depends on what it is.
4. Try a sports/outdoors store.  I'm sure you could find something on Amazon too.