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My son is at the perfect age to watch the original Star Wars movies. He loves Lego Star Wars so he was over the moon when we said he can watch it. Watched Empire tonight and on the big reveal he didn't move a muscle. At the end of the movie, he told me he already knew because some kid told him during a random Star Wars discussion. Jimmies rustled.
 

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Quick recap since I can't find the last time I posted about this.

We found about about a year ago that my now nearly 3 yr old daughter has rheumatoid arthritis in her right knee . First prednisone shot lasted a little over 6 months, second about 4 months. We can't do more shots because it'll start messing with growth around the area. Today the wife took her to the specialist that we've been working with for the "now what?" talk.

There had been brief discussion before, but the main concern is that any drug options for long term treatment are immunosuppressants (Humira was prescribed) which sucks especially if it's your kid and of course there's also Covid.

Also, Humira is about $3,000 per month even with my insurance. Fortunately, I'll hit the family deductible pretty quick and it'll drop down to under $100. Looks like you can call AbbVie and potentially get some kind of discount.
 
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Quick recap since I can't find the last time I posted about this.

We found about about a year ago that my now nearly 3 yr old daughter has rheumatoid arthritis in her right knee . First prednisone shot lasted a little over 6 months, second about 4 months. We can't do more shots because it'll start messing with growth around the area. Today the wife took her to the specialist that we've been working with for the "now what?" talk.

There had been brief discussion before, but the main concern is that any drug options for long term treatment are immunosuppressants (Humira was prescribed) which sucks especially if it's your kid and of course there's also Covid.

Also, Humira is about $3,000 per month even with my insurance. Fortunately, I'll hit the family deductible pretty quick and it'll drop down to under $100. Looks like you can call AbbVie and potentially get some kind of discount.
Be sure to give the fine print on the discounts a once over. I have a discount for medication that takes it from $590/month to $10 but only covers up to $3500/year. So the difference in insurance price vs discount price goes toward your annual benefit. In my cast 590-10=580. So after the first month my annual benefit is down to 3500-580=$2920. About six months in I get stuck paying the full price.
 

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Is this a good idea?

Forcefully enhancing your babies muscles for no real reason? I’m going to guess no. Just make sure they’re getting a balanced diet.

Unless that kid has some kind of deficiency and muscular problems idk why anyone would do that. I could see China doing it for future Olympics candidates maybe.
 

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So my kid tested for advanced class again (They do it every two years I think) and he got 99th %ile for every category again. He’s in 1st grade, reading at a 6th grade level, getting close to 7th.

Hard to find books appropriate for him, age 7 reading books made for teens. He’s reading Percy Jackson now as his “main” book at night, and lots of lower aged stuff during the day. Pretty cool he can read Percy by himself and it keeps him entertained. I’ll probably try The Hobbit next, he read the lion the witch and the wardrobe but wasn’t as into it as Percy Jackson. I think he’s gotta have some action.

Get your kid some brain milk instead of creatine Araysar Araysar

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So my kid tested for advanced class again (They do it every two years I think) and he got 99th %ile for every category again. He’s in 1st grade, reading at a 6th grade level, getting close to 7th.

Hard to find books appropriate for him, age 7 reading books made for teens. He’s reading Percy Jackson now as his “main” book at night, and lots of lower aged stuff during the day. Pretty cool he can read Percy by himself and it keeps him entertained. I’ll probably try The Hobbit next, he read the lion the witch and the wardrobe but wasn’t as into it as Percy Jackson. I think he’s gotta have some action.

Get your kid some brain milk instead of creatine Araysar Araysar

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Bro, I got 2-3 cartons of that exact milk in my fridge at any time. My kid goes through it like water.
 
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So my kid tested for advanced class again (They do it every two years I think) and he got 99th %ile for every category again. He’s in 1st grade, reading at a 6th grade level, getting close to 7th.

Hard to find books appropriate for him, age 7 reading books made for teens. He’s reading Percy Jackson now as his “main” book at night, and lots of lower aged stuff during the day. Pretty cool he can read Percy by himself and it keeps him entertained. I’ll probably try The Hobbit next, he read the lion the witch and the wardrobe but wasn’t as into it as Percy Jackson. I think he’s gotta have some action.

Get your kid some brain milk instead of creatine Araysar Araysar

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Nice. My son is in kindergarten and mastered every sight word for the year by thanksgiving. By March 1 he had done all of the challenge lists as well so he’s moved onto 1st grade reading.
 
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So my kid tested for advanced class again (They do it every two years I think) and he got 99th %ile for every category again. He’s in 1st grade, reading at a 6th grade level, getting close to 7th.

Hard to find books appropriate for him, age 7 reading books made for teens. He’s reading Percy Jackson now as his “main” book at night, and lots of lower aged stuff during the day. Pretty cool he can read Percy by himself and it keeps him entertained. I’ll probably try The Hobbit next, he read the lion the witch and the wardrobe but wasn’t as into it as Percy Jackson. I think he’s gotta have some action.

Get your kid some brain milk instead of creatine Araysar Araysar

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My parents would just take us to the local shop to buy a book once a week, anything we wanted other than porn basically. If your kid is reading that well you may find that just nudging the interest and letting them choose is enough. There is plenty of older science fiction and detective stuff or fantasy that would fit the bill perfectly. The hobbit is a solid choice.
 
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Get your kid some brain milk instead of creatine

Really, really hard to overstate the value of books. I've religiously read to my kids basically every day since they were born. By the time they were in first grade they were reading independently 5-6 grade levels ahead. As soon as it made any sense I gave them each a kindle and an effectively infinite stream of material. My son is 10 and reads probably 75-100 books a year. The patience, focus, and increased vocabulary and language skills all feed into complex thinking and it really shows compared to some of his peers.

If you step back and think about it, the written word is some kind of time traveling mind control wizardry. Some squiggles on paper let you inject thoughts into the heads of whoever looks at it? Wtf?
 
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Really, really hard to overstate the value of books. I've religiously read to my kids basically every day since they were born. By the time they were in first grade they were reading independently 5-6 grade levels ahead. As soon as it made any sense I gave them each a kindle and an effectively infinite stream of material. My son is 10 and reads probably 75-100 books a year. The patience, focus, and increased vocabulary and language skills all feed into complex thinking and it really shows compared to some of his peers.

If you step back and think about it, the written word is some kind of time traveling mind control wizardry. Some squiggles on paper let you inject thoughts into the heads of whoever looks at it? Wtf?
Yeah, this is my main advice to new parents. Read every single day even when they’re a couple months old. There are tons of studies on word exposure and it’s the #1 factor for if the kid is smart later in life. There are certain cultures that just don’t do it and it shows. My sister works in Early Development out west and the Hispanic community is really bad about it. They don’t even really talk to babies cause they think well they can’t understand or talk back so why do it.
 
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We would also talk through things we were doing as much as possible when ours were little too. “I’m going to the fridge, opening the door, picking up the milk…” etc.
 

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My parents would just take us to the local shop to buy a book once a week, anything we wanted other than porn basically. If your kid is reading that well you may find that just nudging the interest and letting them choose is enough. There is plenty of older science fiction and detective stuff or fantasy that would fit the bill perfectly. The hobbit is a solid choice.

Thankfully they made a really solid hobbit comic book version many years ago. We started reading it to our 2 year old (not reading it but more looking at the pictures and narrate the general stuff happening), it also melts the heart when they get really into the worlds of fantasy of ones own childhood.

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Also echo the reading to kids, and also watching slow going TV cartoons and narrating what is happening to help them digest it.
 

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Thankfully they made a really solid hobbit comic book version many years ago. We started reading it to our 2 year old (not reading it but more looking at the pictures and narrate the general stuff happening), it also melts the heart when they get really into the worlds of fantasy of ones own childhood.

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Also echo the reading to kids, and also watching slow going TV cartoons and narrating what is happening to help them digest it.
Turn on subtitles when they’re watching shows. Subliminal reading.
 

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Is it just me, or is the pacing of modern animation utterly frenetic compared to our childhoods? My kids were watching Maya and the Three on Netflix and I found the editing so battering that I had trouble following it sometimes. It's like they had just excised all the pauses between dialogue and action beats. I felt like I was developing ADHD trying to follow. When I have them watch classics I don't get the same feeling. Maybe I'm just officially old now, dunno.
 
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Is it just me, or is the pacing of modern animation utterly frenetic compared to our childhoods? My kids were watching Maya and the Three on Netflix and I found the editing so battering that I had trouble following it sometimes. It's like they had just excised all the pauses between dialogue and action beats. I felt like I was developing ADHD trying to follow. When I have them watch classics I don't get the same feeling. Maybe I'm just officially old now, dunno.
Notice exactly the same thing… like they’re purposefully ocding our kids, most of this shit is unwatchable