It’s probably in the health food section of the store or the peanut butter aisle. I buy it at Costco in big bags because we go through it like crazy and it’s with the protein powder. The brand I buy is called PB2.
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There is also a brand of snack puffs that have peanuts as a main ingredient. They’re called Bambas. They melt in little mouths so also a good option for first exposures
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I feel like this is not something we will go through in quantity! It’s so strange that they don’t have it packaged in a baby size…
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I buy mine at the regular grocery store in a peanut butter-sized container. At my local Kroger/Ralphs it’s with the peanut butter.
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@noodle our pediatrician said there isn’t enough peanut in it for prolonged exposure so once you know your kid isn’t allergic you should include real peanut butter in their diet as well. But it’s a nice easy snack for first peanut exposure!
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Oh good! That seems more findable!
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This manufacturer has a few different nut powders for babies. I think they’re in Targets but also online. https://www.lilmixins.com/collections/shop-all-products?srsltid=AfmBOooV1ExWiKKgwkrlJN0-OrKWQDH09qg1qKK4PsaLoxBYdF14i1cC
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I recall a lot of discussions about loops earplugs in various folks’ journals. Which version would you recommend for something like a Chuck E Cheese birthday party? These indoor birthday parties have been too much lately and I feel soooo overstimulated.
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I have the “Quiet 2” and use them for church because I am sensitive to the band noise. I think they’d work, but you might want to level up to the “Engage” since they seem better for having conversations based on the description. FWIW I can participate in simple conversations with the Quiets in, but I don’t use them for that purpose.
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For regularly exposing baby you can also stir a bit of peanut butter in some warm porridge, which is easier to use up the tub for other people and also have on hand to keep up the exposure!
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I have both and would probably go with Engage for an event. Quiet is what I wore to try to sleep on an airplane.
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Definitely the engage.
I’m working on writing up reasonable rules for our HOA common areas regarding recreation and kid supervision. (I got saddled with this since someone without kids suggested prohibiting “all recreation” in the entire property.)
In general, how old do you think kids need to be to play outside unsupervised? Assume this is slightly more like a public park than a private backyard. California doesn’t have laws about minimum ages for kids being alone.
Obviously we have rules around parental supervision within the pool area. This is more for grassy/rocky/landscaped areas within a condo complex but assume that if kids are playing outside in the area their parents would not have a line of site or able to hear what’s going on because it’s a really big complex with buildings scattered throughout the property. There are also driveway/private access roads that have a lot of car traffic. Generally people are good at driving slowly but there are multiple blind corners.
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For a rule? Maybe 8. For a family? Could be anytime from about 6-13.
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I can’t remember where the two mean mom conversations were, but we are having a mean mom situation here too.
Is there anything a 4 and 6 year old will listen to instead of either pushing me to scream or getting into danger or both? We are now escalating to a neighbour walking us home because everything was terrible and danger yesterday, plus couple fights because it’s a disaster and one of us thinks this is normal child behaviour.
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This is kind of where I’m going too? 8-10 seems like the right rule, but for individuals it could vary widely. I played out of sight of my mom when I was like 6-7 with no issues… but I was a pretty thoughtful kid, and I always told her where I was. (And the apartment complex was generally very safe and full of kindly old people, in a very low-crime town in a low-crime county.)
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If you won’t pay attention to me when I say STOP you will have to hold my hand.
Somewhat more traumatically, when my oldest was about 4 and we lived in a big city with a lot of traffic, there was a dead cat by the side of the road for an unpleasantly long time and we had repeated talks about how Poor Kitty should not have darted into the street.
Dd wrote a poem about Poor Kitty as part of her senior project in college. Lol
W still prefers to hold my hand in the parking lot, so some kids are easier than others.
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Thanks - I was thinking 10 but that might be biased because we are having specific issues with a pair of kids (6&8) 
. Trying to be intentional that any new rule will apply for a long time and that even when these kids grow up they will be destructive and rude. (To be clear, I don’t blame the kids but the parents are absolutely a problem within our community)
The pool rule is with adult supervision until 14 but that feels too old to match for hanging out on the grassy area.
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Could you do something like 8, plus 3 specific complaints about the kid requires an additional year of supervision before trialing solo again?
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I have a tall child who is almost 4(!). She is still learning to ride a balance bike but the 12 incher is starting to look ridiculous, and I think she would benefit from a hand brake.
14" or 16"? Can you really take the pedals off? Do I really need to spend $500? Biking is admittedly important to me but yikes!
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