That’s what the wiggler got for his birthday! He liked the custard stuff but gave the clusters to D, who said they were hazelnut flavored.
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Thanks!
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We are planning to give the wiggler his own tablet (an old iPad). He’s only 4 but I don’t like the violent video games he’s been playing on D’s computer and think it will be easier to limit him to kid-friendly stuff if it’s his own device.
Any suggestions for games or other apps for him? I already have a bunch of kid-friendly-looking games including Fruit Ninja, Spore, and Angry Birds. I also seem to have a few solar system apps, which he will definitely appreciate.
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We have Starfall ABC but that might be too boring for a kid who has other options.
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How old of an ipad? We ran into issues with dune things not being supported if the iPad was to old, we ended up getting Kiddo a newer iPad but we were also using it for pandemic schooling.
I’ll see what we have on his after school drop off when I can use a real keyboard.
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I don’t recall exactly, but probably a first generation.
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Probably not all of these will work 100% smoothly but on the old tablet we have:
PBS Kids Games
Teach Your Monster to Read (we got it free during the pandemic but I think it’s a paid app, I would definitely pay money if it’ll function on your device cause it’s awesome)
Duplo trains (Lego)
Sesame Street
Alphabet Tracing
Khan Academy Kids (this one I remember not being able to get past the loading screen though on the old tablet)
On his more current tablet we also have:
Duo ABC (by Duolingo)
GarageBand
GoNoodle
ABCya! Games (this might have a log in required that we get through school? I don’t remember)
Edit: And Google Earth. That one’s been a surprise hit.
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Two people have now told me to look into Taking Cara Babies. Literally all I know about this woman is that she was vilified for being a Trump supporter? Or making a donation to Trump? Something like that. Is the program good? Sleeping is one of my major concerns about becoming a parent. It is a critical part of my mental health.
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I’ve bought all of her classes - they’re $$$ but we’re worth it for me when I was in the thick of it and couldn’t get my eyes to focus on the words in a book. Basically she talks through basic sleep advice (like - really basic) but in a really easy to understand way. But - since you haven’t had the baby yet - you can also get the same info in most classic sleep books
I’m also a fan of Precious Little Sleep but I wasn’t able to process the information in PLS until I understood sleep a little better.
Yeah I vaguely heard about her support of Trump. She and her husband donated something like $5000 to his campaign. She doesn’t use her platform to talk about her politics. It doesn’t bother me too much but I also use Amazon so your mileage may vary.
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I don’t know about the course, but also look into:
- Safe co-sleeping practices (you’ll need this when baby is sleeping spectacularly badly because of a cold or teeth even if you don’t intend to do it regularly)
- Bottles, pumping and formula, because you can’t sleep train before 4 months, it’s up to the whims of your baby
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So the entire internet was using them when I had my first, but I found a lot of the info was available free on her site or instagram or baby forums. I did like it for getting an idea of sleep wake windows and how those shift rapidly the first year, and what my goals needed to be for each wake window.
I didn’t buy the courses but also we mostly let our feral child live his feral life.
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This is another site that’s been well received by many parents and babies.
They have wake window information somewhere in the site. That was valuable to me when babies were tiny because it helps work with their natural rhythms.
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Will definitely see if I can pick up Precious Little Sleep. Seems like it’d be good to read something before baby is here and I’m exhausted. Thanks all!
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I preferred a mix of the huckleberry app’s nap prediction (from ~8-16 weeks) and precious little sleep
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Adding that I personally found PLS quite easy to digest at 3am with a fussy/nursing baby 
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I only know Taking Cara Babies’ stuff through IG and her website but I’ve always disliked her… I dunno, vibe I guess. Even before the trump stuff came out. I much preferred precious little sleep. But I did use some of her posts as trouble shooting resources sometimes, especially when I was out and about/couldn’t get my copy of PLS. I would only spend the money on a course instead of a book if I thought it would get more buy in from my partner. (Ex, I opted to buy the feeding Littles courses even though most of their stuff is on IG for free, it’s too piece meal and I was able to get my husband to do the course with me).
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We got a friends’ login for TCB, not sure how much longer it will work but I figure I’ll get whatever free content I can from the Trump fan and by then PLS should be available at the library?
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Honestly I’ve always been a big advocate of this approach. I’ve loaned a course login to several friends on the caveat that if they use it/find it useful, they go buy their own (and they always have!). There’s so much crap being marketed to parents all the time, you can spend a fortune feeling inadequate.
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Exactly. Not sure I’m going to know what I like this early anyway, but I figure the earlier I start at least exposing myself to the language and ideas the better?? I hope??
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Alexis Dubief (author of PLS) has also been doing these sleep clubs that are capped at something like 30 people for babies that are the same age. I did an older kids one and it was very helpful for troubleshooting with semi-individualized attention.
In case you couldn’t tell, I have a child who doesn’t sleep so I’ve tried just about everything. (Also - the snoo saved my life, but that’s really baby-dependent).
Edited to add - I’m telling you all these things but my child only sleeps through the night 50% of the time at age 2 1/2 so maybe don’t listen to me 
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