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    WAG Another tiger paws question, sorry!

    does anyone have an experience with cheaper brands? Everywhere I've looked range from $75-$90AUD not including shipping. I've found "wrist-eez" for $30 for one, and technically she only needs one. Just wondering if it's worth it or to go with actual tiger paws?
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    Parents My kid has no taste. Ramblings of a CGM.

    Why oh why, when buying new Leo's, must my kid adore the most ugliest ones to choose from!? So many nice designs, yet she loves the ones that make me want to stab my eyes out with a fork. When choosing what to wear to gym from the ginormous selection in her closet, she chooses the multi...
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    WAG What do you guys in the US pay for meet entries?

    Browsing through instagram yesterday and saw a few pics of a meet where the top 3 AAers I each group received MASSIVE trophies. Like, almost as big as the gymnast themselves. They were SO COOL. But I'm guessing meets like these must incur a huge cost? Have total envy. We just get mostly...
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    Parents A really weird question about teeth...

    DD is scheduled to get a series of orthodontic work done during comp season. No one I know has braces and I have no one to ask about their experiences, is it likely to be something that will affect her? Obviously it will be kinda painful, but it's not her legs or arms or anything she needs, LOL...
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    Parents I need some positive OSD stories please!!

    Cause I'm at a point where im considering pulling DD from gym. She's been happily going to gym, but due to pain she's not been doing much besides stretching and conditioning, which frankly she could do at home for less than $75 a week :D Can someone please tell me the pain eventually goes away...
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    Parents Rocktape knee caps reviews?

    DDs OSD has been flaring up a lot lately and these were recommended to me. Has anyone's kid used them? Are they any good, or just another gimmick? Also interested in any reviews on the actual rock tape. It gets awesome reviews online.
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    Parents What are you getting your gymmie for Christmas??

    I am so so so so stuck for ideas for 11yo DD this year!! To make it worse, her birthday is 4 days before Christmas, so I'm double stuck. She has very little interests outside of gymnastics. But there is truly only so many Leo's / training gear I can buy. =\ So far I've gotten her a couple of...
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    Parents DD wants to quit....

    and I've always said if she's not enjoying it anymore then I would let her, I don't want to pay so much money for something she really doesn't want to do, but she loves it and her reasons are silly! She's just moved to level 6 and is struggling big time. Clear hips in particular, she is adamant...
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    Parents My kid got medals!!!!!! (Brag)

    So so so so pleased for my DD right now! First time she's ever medalled (she has a couple, but from comps where everyone got one :P ) and she walked away with 3 today! 1st place floor, 3rd place vault, and 2nd place team! Ironically she was considering scratching both floor and vault because of...
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    Parents Worst season ever.

    uuuuugggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. <---- just needed to get that out. This year has been so stressful. Unsure of whether DD would actually make comps due to her bars. Bars came along nicely and in the end it was her beam letting her down. Carry on. A massive fall between the first and...
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    Parents Clueless grip question

    DD mentioned her grips are feeling a little small, so I figured I'd get some new ones after states in 2 weeks, as I read they need "breaking in" (??) I didn't buy her current ones. Her friends mum measured and bought them. I had no idea there were even different kinds. So which part of the hand...
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    Parents Breakfast and early morning comps.

    DDs States are on at 7.30am this year. I figure it's my karma for laughing at other parents with kids with early morning comps, our earliest to date has been 10am. So we are going to have to leave by 6.30am, what do you all do for breakfast that early? We are not morning people. I can't stomach...
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    Parents Lacking consistency

    So Monday night I watched DD do the most beautiful bar routine I've ever seen in my life. Wednesday night she couldn't even connect her kip to cast and fell on every squat on. This is the pattern in every single one of her events. 50% of the time she nails it so beautifully and the other half...
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    Parents Telling the difference between the drama queen and the really injured..

    In my ten years as a parent, I've never been good at telling the difference as to whether dd is actually hurt, or whether she is overreacting. She is a massive drama queen. Should probably consider a career in the performing arts.. She apparently hurt her foot yesterday doing sole circles, I've...
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    Parents Can someone tell me how to hand wash a Leo?

    I currently have no washing machine (kill me now) and have run out of clean Leo's. I'm embarrassed to admit I have never hand washed anything in my life. I read in the other thread that someone mentioned GK says not to hand wash their Leo's as they bleed? How can I avoid this? Please give me...
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    Parents Does anyone else's child wear contacts?

    DD has awful eyes, current prescription is +6 and getting worse. My dodgy genetics fault. :D she's been asking for contacts for awhile for gym, but I wasn't sure if she was too young, until talking to another mum who's dd has had them since she was 8. DD is 10. She's been going to gym had...
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    Parents Does anyone else's child wear contacts?

    DD has awful eyes, current prescription is +6 and getting worse. My dodgy genetics fault. :D she's been asking for contacts for awhile for gym, but I wasn't sure if she was too young, until talking to another mum who's dd has had them since she was 8. DD is 10. She's been going to gym had...
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    Parents Is ther a general chat thread?

    is that allowed? I don't really have anyone IRL to talk general "my DD did xyz today" and other random gym musings. Do you guys do that? Lol.
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    Parents Does anyone else feel the financial pressure?

    or is it just me? This sport seems to be not for those with shallow pockets... (ie me). Took all my effort not to burst into tears his arvo when the coach told me this years Comp Leo would set me back $150.. I was already wondering how I was going to pay next terms fees. Arrggghhh anyone have...
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    Parents Sad for DD

    DD's coach asked to talk to me after practice today (always a little scary, felt like I was being called into the principles office..) to talk about the massive mental block she is having on bars. She flat out refuses to squat on/jump to the high bar, a very necessary part of the routine. Bit...

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