MayJune05Moms & Babies - Counting Down to Birthday #1!

[MayJune05Moms]

Welcome to the May/June 2005 Parenting thread!

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Baby's Stats: Weight & Height (at Birth)
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MayJune05Moms Thread Archive (CC Threads):
Nearing the 6 Month Milestone!(CC - Vol III) (http://www.constantchatter.com/showthread.php?t=9575)
NEW! May/June '05 Parenting Thread - OPEN FOR POSTING!(CC - Vol II) (http://www.constantchatter.com/showthread.php?t=5147)
MayJune05Mommies (CC - Vol I) (http://www.constantchatter.com/showthread.php?t=664)

May 2005 Thread Archives
Vol VI - 45 Peas in a Pod!! (Vol VI) (http://boards.weddingchannel.com/thread.jspa?threadID=489050&tstart=50)

Vol V - 45 Peas in a Pod! (Vol V) (http://boards.weddingchannel.com/thread.jspa?threadID=484869&tstart=50)

Vol IV - 45 Peas in a Pod! (http://boards.weddingchannel.com/thread.jspa?threadID=479932&tstart=75)

Vol III - 42 Peas in a Pod, Due 5/05! (Vol III) (http://boards.weddingchannel.com/thread.jspa?threadID=477234&tstart=75)

Vol II - 42 Peas in a Pod, Due 5/05! (Vol II) (http://boards.weddingchannel.com/thread.jspa?threadID=473349&tstart=75)

Vol I - PG & Due in May 05! (Vol I) (http://boards.weddingchannel.com/thread.jspa?threadID=469446&tstart=75)

June 2005 Thread Archives
3rd trimester - Junebugs 2005: Welcome Sierra, Matthew, Liam, Parker, Sarah, Dean, & Kevin! (http://boards.weddingchannel.com/thread.jspa?threadID=486105&tstart=0)

2nd trimester - Junebugs: The Next Generation! The Second Tri... 12 Boys, 13 Girls and 8 Surprises (http://boards.weddingchannel.com/thread.jspa?threadID=477403&tstart=120)

1st trimester - Junebugs: The Next Generation! *32* due in June 2005 (http://boards.weddingchannel.com/thread.jspa?threadID=471862&tstart=165)

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52 members so far!!! :D

ahavnes
Me: Alicia (30)
DH: Scott (31)
Married: 2/21/04
DD: Gabrielle Kathleen (Abbey)
Born: 5/29/05 (7lbs 9oz, 20.5 inches, 5:11pm)

alienhost
Me: 36
DH: 42
Married: 8/02
DD: Katherine 4/27/05

allyray231
Me: Allyson, 31
DH: Brad, 30
Married: 11/23/02
DS: Aiden Harrison, June 10, 2005

Aunt Liv
Me: Olivia, 28
DH: Adam, 31
Married: September 2, 2000
DD: Maia Sophie, 5/14/05

BAM 9-21-02
Me - 26
DH - 25
Married 9-21-02
DD - Emma Mary
Born 6-12-05
Weight 7lbs 6oz
Height 20 3/4 inches

bamboo
Me: Bre (27)
DH: 30
Married: 7-10-04
DD: Julia- 5-1-05, 6lb 12oz, 19 inches

Brandian
Me: Brandi- 22 almost 23!
DH: Ian- 24
Married: 10-18-2003
DD: 5/5/2002 Kalena
DS: 5/28/2005 Corbin
Baby's Stats: 9lbs 6 oz and 21inches long; two weeks early

BridalLace
Me: Heather, 34
DH: Cristian, 32
Married: 7/6/02
DD: Elodie Cristine, born May 7, 2005
8 lbs 2 oz; 19.5"

BTB
ME: 27
DH: 28
Married: June 29, 2002
DD: Evelyn Christine, born April 13, 2005

Carissa
Me: Carissa, 26
DH: Eric, 25
Married: August 17th, 2002
DD: Grace Elizabeth May 15th, 2005
6lbs. 3oz 12:34 p.m. 18"

chrisandjensluv
Me: Jen 25 will be 26 in august
DH: Chris 25
Wed: August 9 2003
DD: Juliana Eva, Born June 23rd 2005
7lb 4oz at 1:25am

christy1010
Me: Christy, 35
DH: Curt, 34
Married: 10/10/98
DD: Sarah Elizabeth 5/21/05 5:39pm
7lbs 10oz 20inches

Chylynn
Me: Chylynn (27)
DH: Dave (30)
Married: September 22, 2001
DD: Rebecca Ainsley, Born April 2nd, 2005

Coccinelle
Me: Lesley, 23
DH: Mike, 24
Married: 7/10/2004
DD: Lily Janette - May 9, 2005
Baby's Stats: 6lbs 12oz, 20.5"

cynder
ME: 29
DH: 29
Married: May 25 2002
DS: Samuel Basil May 19, 2005

Dally
ME: 36
DH: 39
Married: August 18, 2002
DD: Annalie, May 12, 2005

December27JJB
Me: Jessica
DH: Joshua
Married: December 27, 2003
DD: Parker Alexandria 6/13/05

diedra1027
Me: Diedra, 31
DH: Blake, 34
Married: August 24, 2001
DD: Avery Jene born May 5, 2005

DisneyGirl
ME: Jenn, 29
DH: Eric, 29
Married: June 15,2002
DS: Brandon 9/30/03
DD: Nicole 5/10/05

Dreshny
Me: Roseanne, 31
DH: Daniel, 31
Married: 9/30/01
DS: Asher Isaiah 5/31/05

EMsMom
Me: Hope, 29 - 30 on 12/8
DH: 34
Married: 5/18/03
DD: Emma Kathryn 5/17/05 10:05 am
Baby's Stats: 8 lbs 3 oz 20 inches

Ferris
Me: 28
DH: 29
Married: 7/13/02
DS DOUGLAS 5/21/05

golfer_girl
Me: 36
DH: 36
Married: 3/05
DS: Ethan 6/9/05

happy1nuv
Me: 30
DH: 31
Married: 8/21/02
DS: Nic - 5/18/05

HedgeGirl
Me: Shann, 31
DH: 34
Married: Aug 17, 2002
DS Brady: June 22, 2005
Brady's Stats: At birth 6 lb, 12 oz and 20 1/2 inches

hub1176
Me: Kate 28
DH: Bruce 33
Married 7/20/02
DD: Rhiley Beatrice, June 1, 2005

IrishEyes
Me: 32
DH: 33
Married: April 26, 2002
DS: Brody, born 5/25/05

jbird
me:31
dh:33
married: june 30, 2000
DD: Lola Raquel, born May 15, 2005
(8 weeks and 3 days early)

Jenyfer9
me: Jen (31)
DH: Tom (31)
Married: 10/26/02
DS#1: TJ 10/23/03
DS#2: Will 05/03/05

Jessiesmama
WC Name: Jodie25
Me: 32
DH: 34
Married: June 8, 2003
DD: Jessica Alexa
DOB: June 8, 2005
Time:8:29pm
Weight:8 lbs 3 oz
Length:21 1/2 inches

jmvan74
ME: 31
DH: 28
Married: July 24th, 2004
DS: born June 13th, 2005

jrdhbunny
Me: 33
DH: 35
Married: 7/26/03
DS: James Edward, 4/26/05

kelseyledare
Me: 27
DH: 36
DD: Ava Victoria
6/10/2005 10:59 AM
6 lb 6 oz, 20 in

KGif
Me - Kelly 32
DH - Mike 36
Married May 3, 2003
DS, Jack, born May 16, 2005; 7 lbs 13 oz; 21 inches

kimthebride
Me: Kim, 30
DH: Tom, 30
Married: 10/18/03
DS: Thomas Ryan, June 3, 2005

ladybug0525
ME: Judie
DH: Jason
DS: Jack Campbell born 5/16/05
Married: 05/25/02

lattee22
Me: lattee22, Jaime, 29
DH: Brian, 27
Married: September 21, 2001
DD: Noelle, born May 2, 2005
Baby's Stats: 8lbs., 3 oz., 20 inches

LIZNKEITH
Me: Liz, 26
DH: Keith, 35
Married: July 28, 2001
DD: Caroline Elizabeth, June 15th

mama915
Me: Cyndi, 27
DH: Shawn, 33
DS: Chase Alexander, 3 (12-11-01)
DD: Sierra Nicole, born 6-15-05

Megande
Me: Megan, 25
DH: Derek, 25
Married: June 15, 2002
DS: June 27, 2005

Misty911
Me: Misty, 28
DH: Patrick, 30
SD: Trisha, 9
DS: Caleb, 21 months Born Dec. 23, 2003 8lb 9oz 22" Long
DD: Emily, 5 Months Born May 9, 2005 6lb 13oz 19" Long
Expecting Again, April 9, 2006

Mrs.Chappy
Me:29
DH:29
DS: Benjamin born 6-8-05
7.15 oz 20.5 inches.

Natrat80
me-Natalie 25
DH-Keri 26
Married 05.25.02
DD: Addison Grace, born 06.14.05
6 lbs 6 oz 18 1/2 inches

njnewyearsbride
Me: 30
DH: 31
Married: 12/31/03
DD: Hazel - 5/26/05
7lbs 4.8oz 21.5"

Pam27
me: Pam 28
DH: Ryan 27
Married: July 27, 2001
DD: Taylor Louise January 10, 2002
DS: Colin George May 4, 2005

portlandbride
Me: Brandi, 31
DH: Preston, 30
Married: September 16, 2001
DD: Brynn Pamela, May 12, 2005

psusna
Me: Becky, 28 (PR Manager, Internet Bank)
DH: Doug, 32 (Project Manager, International Energy/Automation Company)
Married: 9/22/01
DS: Jackson (5/3/05)
Stats: Birth--7lb. 7oz., 21" 9mo WBV--22lb., 31", 18 3/4 head (WOW!) Teeth--2 (center bottom)

rancherswife
Me: Kim 25
Dh: Brett 26
Ds: Landon Joseph 6/4/05 7lbs. 4 oz. 21 1/4 inches

sabrinag
Me: Sabrina, 27
DH: Jody, 32
Married: 7-7-02
DS and DD: TWINS born on 6-10-05: Madison Hannah and Logan Mackenzie

Sasha
Me: Sasha, 29
DH: Greg, 35
Married: Nov. 3, 2001
DD: Sarah Elise, born May 16, 2005

September2002
Me: Carolyne, 34
DH: 32
Married: September 7, 2002
DD: Samantha, born December 19, 2003
DD: Grace, born June 2, 2005

Sherah
Me: 25
DH: 26
Married: 12/5/03
DS: Arik, 5-11-05

tgray99
Me: 28
DH: 28
Married: 11/15/03
DD: Aidan Christine - 5/09/05
8lbs 3oz 20"

tgr68
Me: 25
DH: 26
Married: 6/1/02
DD: Shylah Ryann
Born: 6/18/05 (8lbs 0.8oz, 19 inches, 10:44am)

traciann
Me: Traci (30)
DH: Timothy (35)
Married: 11.23.02
DD: Mary Kate 4.26.05

usafwife
Me: 28
DH: 39
DD: S
born 6/05
8 lbs, 7 oz.

wendstress
Me: Wendy, 29
DH: Jon, 34
Married: 4/28/01
DS: James Jack, born May 10, 2005

WinterBride1253
Me: 31
DH: 31
Married: 12/6/03
DS: Cole Robert, June 15, 2005

yooper
me: 30
DH: 31
Married: 10/5/02
Peter James "PJ" born 6/1/05
8lbs 3oz 21.5"

[MayJune05Moms]

Birthdays listed by date, and their Mommies... :)


4/2/05
Rebecca Ainsley...Chylynn

4/13/05
Evelyn Christine...BTB

4/26/05
Mary Kate...traciann
James Edward...jrdhbunny

4/27/05
Katherine...alienhost

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5/1/05
Julia...bamboo

5/2/05
Noelle...lattee22

5/3/05
Will...Jenyfer9
Jackson...psusna

5/4/05
Colin George...Pam27

5/5/05
Avery Jene...diedra1027

5/7/05
Elodie Cristine...BridalLace

5/9/05
Aidan Christine...tgray99
Lily Janette...Coccinelle

5/10/05
Nicole Elizabeth...DisneyGirl
James Jack...wendstress

5/11/05
Arik...Sherah

5/12/05
Annalie...Dally
Brynn Pamela...portlandbride

5/14/05
Maia Sophie...Aunt Liv

5/15/05
Grace Elizabeth...Carissa
Lola Raquel...jbird

5/16/05
Sarah Elise...Sasha
Jack Campbell...ladybug0525
Jack...KGif

5/17/05
Emma Kathryn...EMsMom

5/18/05
Dominic Jeffrey (Nic)...happy1nuv

5/19/05
Samuel Basil...cynder

5/21/05
Douglas...Ferris
Sarah Elizabeth...christy1010

5/25/05
Brody...IrishEyes

5/26/05
Hazel...njnewyearsbride

5/28/05
Corbin...Brandian

5/29/05
Gabrielle Kathleen (Abbey)...ahavnes

5/31/05
Asher Isaiah...Dreshny


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6/1/05
Rhiley Beatrice...hub1176
Peter James...yooper

6/2/05
Grace...September2002

6/3/05
Thomas Ryan...kimthebride

6/4/05
Landon Joseph...rancherswife

6/8/05
Benjamin...Mrs.Chappy
Jessica Alexa...Jessiesmama

6/9/05
Ethan...golfer_girl

6/10/05
Aiden Harrison...allray231
Ava Victoria...kelseyledare
Madison Hannah and Logan Mackenzie...sabrinag

6/12/05
Emma Mary...BAM 9-21-02

6/13/05
Parker Alexandria...December27JJB
Collin Todd...jmvan74

6/14/05
Addison Grace...Natrat80

6/15/05
Caroline Elizabeth...LIZNKEITH
Cole Robert...WinterBride1253
Sierra Nicole...mama915

6/18/05
Shylah Ryann...tgr68

6/22/05
Brady...HedgeGirl

6/23/05
Juliana Eva...chrisandjensluv

6/27/05
Dean Andrew...Megande

6/05
S...usafwife

[MayJune05Moms]

For New Mothers:
The Happiest Baby on the Block :
The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your
Newborn Baby Sleep Longer
by Dr. Harvey Karp
http://a1055.g.akamai.net/f/1055/1401/5h/images.barnesandnoble.com/images/5920000/5926051.gif


Baby's First Year Journal : A Day-To-Day Guide to Your Baby's Development During the First Twelve Months
by A. Christine Harris PhD

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0002RTV4C.01._PIdp-schmooS,TopRight,7,-26_SCMZZZZZZZ_.gif


The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night
by Elizabeth Pantley, William Sears

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0071381392.01._PIdp-schmooS,TopRight,7,-26_PE32_SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg


*space reserved for books on parenting*

[MayJune05Moms]

Repeat Offenders:

hub1176
EDD: August 7, 2006

jennylou
EDD: August 6, 2006
It's a GIRL!!! :D

Misty911
EDD: April 9, 2006

portlandbride
EDD: September 24, 2006

*more later!* :) (we know you're out there! let us know!!! ;) )

[MayJune05Moms]

reserved for pics.

please let us know if you want us to post your latest pics here. please provide a URL for us, and crop pics so they aren't too large (5"X7" is probably maximum size.) thanks.

[MayJune05Moms]

9 month well baby visit stats

Alienhost
Katherine:
15 1/2 lbs
27 inches
two bottom teeth poking through

allray231
Aiden:
19 lbs 3 oz
29 1/4 inches
18 inches head

Aunt Liv
Maia:
weight - 16lbs 9oz (10-25th percentile)
height - 28 1/2" (75th percentile)
noggin' - 17 1/2" (75th percentile)
teeth - 2 bottom ones, but I think her 2 top ones will be cutting through very soon.
crawling - nope! But she loves to stand.

BridalLace
Elodie: 20 lbs
27 3/4 inches
OFC 45.30cm
- 2 teeth popping through
- walks several steps at a time now!

Carissa
Grace:
Weight: 19 lb 8 1/2 oz
Height: 27 1/2 inches

christy1010
Sarah:
Weight: 14lbs. 1 oz
Height: 25 In

Dally
Annalie:
14lbs 7oz (>1% down from 3%)
27 5/8 inches long (50% up from 35%)
1 bottom tooth, with another nearly through

Diedra1027
Avery
weight: 14lbs 13oz (< 5%)
height: 26.5" (10-25%)
head: 43.5 cm (25-50%)
4 teeth - 2 on top, 2 on bottom

Disneygirl
Nikki:
19 lbs 8 oz
27 inches
Two bottom teeth

happy1inuv
Nic:
Height: 28 1/4"
Weight: 19 1/2 lbs
One bottom tooth poking through

Jenyfer9
Will:
Weight: 21 lbs, 14 oz
Height: 29 3/4 inches

kimthebride
WBV: 9 Months
Thomas:
20lb 6oz
29 3/4" long (though he was smooshed, so I call it 30")

Misty911
Emily Grace:
17.6 lbs
27 inches
4 teeth on top, two on bottom

njnewyearsbride
hazel: 9month WCV:
21 lbs
29" long

portlandbride
Brynn:
Weight: 18.7 lbs.
Height: 29 1/8 inches

psusna
Jackson:
9mo WBV--22lb., 31"
18 3/4 head (WOW!)
Teeth--2 (center bottom)

Sasha
Sarah:
Weight - 19 lbs, 3 oz (50th percentile)
Height - 29 3/4 inches (off the chart!)
2 lower teeth coming in

tgray99
Aidan:
21lbs (95%)
28 inches long (75% )
she has 1 bottom tooth that has barely broken through the gums

Traciann
Mary Kate:
20lbs 14.5oz (75 % down from 95%)
29 inches long (97% )
she has 2 bottom teeth, and this week 2 more have broken through.

[wendstress]

Ooh! First Post!

We've been so busy.... Here's a James Update:

Solids - LOVES everything! He's like a little bird - you put food near his mouth and he opens up. He has been through lots of the Stage 2 foods, although I don't plan on doing the desserts, or things like Mac&Cheese. He's also had tastes of chocolate, whipped cream, iced tea (my mothers doing, I wasn't pleased, but kept my mouth shut), bread, crackers, pancakes....the list goes on and on. Haven't really found anything he doesn't like yet. He hasn't had any meats yet, the pureed meats are such a turn off to me that I haven't been able to bring myself to buy any! Milestone: He can self-feed himself the veggie-puffs! He's not perfect yet, but definitely is getting the hang of it! Doesn't really find much use for the sippy cup, though. I guess it's a great chewing toy!

Sitting up - Still not yet :( I know he's behind since he was a premie, and every baby is different, but I'd really like him to learn this one! He'll sit for a few moments at a time, but is just so much more interested in standing.

STTN - Finally, knock on wood, this one is solved. It took some sleepless nights in "Operation Take Back the Night", but it was successful. He's now sleeping about 10 hours in a row. I'll hear him sometimes overnight, but he can now get himself back to sleep. How we achieved this, for those of you still having night time wakings.... I cut down nursing to 1 minute sessions. Enough to let him know that I was there, but not so much that he'd nurse back to sleep. The first night he cried on and off for 2 hours - it was torture, but he was only getting up more and more during the night, not less! The next night, was only about 20 minutes of "complaining". We've had some backslides along the way, but I've been consistent in my 60-second or less nursing, and it has worked. Oh yeah, and he still loves us!

Christmas - like the rest of you, I'm sure, he was thrilled with his gifts of paper to eat and boxes to chew on! :) Family went crazy, as was expected. He got lots of clothes and toys. I only gave him 3 gifts, though, a blanket, the FP Aquarium thing for the crib, and a Baby Leap Pad Book (Baby LP came from Grandma).

Momma's Boy - I'm by far his favorite right now. He gets really PO'd if I leave the room, and he'll calm down immediately if I hold him. Anyone else dealing with this? While it is nice to a degree, DH is going to have a tough time when vacation is done and I have to go back to work (tomorrow!).

Gotta run - have to clean some more before he wakes up from his nap!

[tgray99]

Glad I went hunting for this thread when I couldn't find my subscription for the old one!!

[rancherswife]

Thanks for the new thread!

Though, I must say, the title is bitter-sweet:(

Happy New Year!!!

Dh woke up yesterday morning and said "Landon was born last year!"lol:p He's just as bad as me!;)

Just got back from his re-check on the bronchitis. It's all cleared up, thank goodness!

So, he had about a weeks worth of great sleeping and on Friday night, we're back in the o'l wake to just have a quick taste of the boob trick! Ughh...I was really enjoying my sleep! It's crazy, he'll wake I won't nurse him, he'll fuss, fuss, fuss, I'll whip the boob out, he'll suck for two seconds and be right back to sleep. What gives?

[Natrat80]

I'm so glad to see a new thread....now I won't be behind! ;) We just got back from 10 days at my parents' house. My brother/SIL and their 9 month old were there most of the time and we had so much fun. They live in Tennessee so we only see them once or twice a year so we tried to pack lots of bonding into this week to last us until the summer!

Christmas We only got Addie 3 gifts, but other people of course went crazy. Both sets of grandparents were very good...just got her small things. It was the great grandparents that went a little overboard. Oh, and DH's sister gave us a huge Leapfrog learning table that her MIL gave her...her DD got way too many toys so they passed that one on to us!
solids Addie's had solids for about 2 weeks and still isn't too interested. She HATED rice cereal and now that we've tried oatmeal she tolerates it little bit better but still doesn't eat much. I'm going to make her baby food, so I've got to get to the store and start cooking tonight. I think I'm going to do sweet potatoes first.
STTN Addie has been doing this for about a month but any time we aren't at home she gets back into bad habits. At my parents she was up 3 or 4 times a night!!!! :eek: I felt like I had to get her when she cried because I didn't want to want up my nephew or the rest of the family. Needless to say last night (our first night back home) was a little trying. She cried and wanted to get up after being asleep for only an hour. Hopefully she'll be back to STTN soon!

Off to undecorate Christmas stuff, clean, and grocery shop!

[Ferris]

Momma Boy here too Dougie screams when I leave the room, tears flowing and all. Once I pick him up he's fine!

wendstress I might take your advice on nursing, DS has gotten so much worse. If he's still sleeping horrible after he has gotten a tooth, I will try the 60 second nursing!!

[Jenyfer9]

Wow... I was just taking a look at our original thread on WC. MAN that seems like a long time ago!

Subscribing...

[tgray99]

We have a tooth!!

DH was bathing Aidan last night and saw a little tooth poking its way up through the gums.

OK, am I crazy, did I post this last night in the other thread? I'm having deja vu.

[alienhost]

Thanks for the new thread! My new year's resolution - to try and keep up with this thread!

Two new milestones here, one good and one bad:

self feeding - DD loves to feed herself Gerber puffs or "stars" as DH calls them and Cheerios. She's been on the puffs since the week before Xmas and Cheerios since the day after Xmas. It's amazing how quickly she got the hang of it. Some still end up on the floor or in her high chair, but mostly in her mouth. It's so fun to watch her eat those.

First cold ok the bad one is that she caught her first cold. Stuffy nose, cough. The other night she woke up every 2-3 hours. Last night (knock on wood) she slept from 7-3:30 and then until 7.

Sippy Cup still not too much progress here. She does put it to her mouth but chews on the spout. With her cold, the ped recommended some clear fluid so she's been taking water in a bottle. And she started holding it herself to drink. Funny b/c she hates BM in a bottle...

First Birthday Party the title got me thinking that it's almost time to start planning the first birthday party - has anyone started thinking about it? At least it is a nice time of year (i.e. no snow). I'd love to hear peoples ideas, I have been to the thread in parenting but I'm always up for more info.

[diedra1027]

Just subscribing to the new thread. Happy New Year!!

[Sasha]

Happy New Year Everyone :). New thread looks great, thanks for setting it up.

We've had quite the busy day here. Has anyone tried taking their DC with them when they had to take their pet to the vet? Not easy to carry 17 lb baby and 15lb cat (plus carrier). I had quite a scare this morning as Sarah and I were sitting on the couch when my older cat had a seizure. This has never happened before and it scared me to death. I had to rush him to the vet, but there was no one around to help me out (DH is working today), so I'm trying to get the cat in the carrier and out the door along with Sarah and diaper bag. Not an easy feat! As for the cat, they don't know what caused it but put him on some meds. Poor guy will definitely get some extra TLC. We have to go and pick him up shortly - of course, there is still no one to help, so I get to repeat this fun process again.

[happy1nuv]

happy new year all!! thanks for the great new thread!

mama's boy ~ oh yea. big time. when he's in a good mood, he'll go to anyone... otherwise he wants me. if he's happily playing with dh (or anyone)and i walk into the room, he starts balling til i pick him up ... then he gets this im with mama smirk on his face.

:)

[kimthebride]

NEW THREAD
Thank goodness. There's *no way* I would have caught up with the old one! lol!

SITTING UP, CRAWLING BACKWARDS, FOOD FOOD & MORE FOOD
Thomas is sitting up on his own now, which pretty much makeds me weepy every time I see it.
He's also crawling/scooting backwards which is SO CUTE but he pisses himself off by backing into things and getting stuck. This makes cribtime not so fun!
He's eating a lot now, too. Here's an idea of what he's doing after only eating solids for 1 month:
breakfast: 2.5oz applesauce, 1 1/2oz BM & 1 1/2oz formula mixed with 3TBS Whole Mixed Grain cereal
lunch: 2.5oz veggie (so far he's had sweet potatoes, sweet peas, carrots), now mixed with a little oatmeal
dinner: 1 1/2oz BM & 1 1/2oz formula mixed with 3TBS Rice cereal
Plus all the BFing in between

SLEEP
Still a touchy issue since getting alllllll screwed up over Xmas. Will discuss once I am actually getting some.

SEPERATION ANXIETY
Thomas now will freak if I leave his side. What a mama's boy!

NEW YEAR'S EVE
we went to a friend's party - she has an almost-1 year old so a bunch of us had our babies. Thomas stayed up the whole party (he loves a crowd!), then we went home, toasted the new year with gingerale since I gave our champagne to the party host, and he went to bed.

TEETH
None yet, but still loads of drooling.

KING KONG
I was chomping at the bit to see this, did all the arranging for Tom to watch Thomas while I RAN to the theater today and it was sold out. :( Now since he's going away I won't be able to go again for at least 2-3 weeks. i *totally* miss being able to go to movies whenever I wanted! I hope it's still in theaters by then, it's been murder trying to avoid seeing ads for it!

WEIGHTY ISSUE
Still a little flabby, and DS will be 7 months old tomorrow. MUST find a way to hit the gym. Anyone else still soft around the edges??

[tgray99]

WEIGHTY ISSUE
Still a little flabby, and DS will be 7 months old tomorrow. MUST find a way to hit the gym. Anyone else still soft around the edges??
Ugg...yes and it's making me nuts! Ryan and I took Aidan and Sully (our dog) on a long walk today and then stopped off at the neighborhood playground for Aidan's first visit. It's so hot down here, I wore a tank and capris and still sweated! Anyway, since I can't afford Weight Watchers or a gym at the moment, I'm trying to get the tonnage off myself. I've lost 40 since she was born (I got up to 202!!) but I'm still not happy with my body. Size 14s fit me well, 12s are a little tight. I'd like to get down to at least a 10 or lower by her first birthday.

First birthday: Heck yeah I've been thinking about it! I know I want a princess theme (her nickname is "The Principesse") and I want the colors to be baby pink and chocolate brown. I'm currently looking for invitation ideas and decoration ideas. I scoured the web for Italian birthday supplies that said Principesse but no luck...apparently they're not as into children's birthdays as we are. Anyway, we'll do them ourselves. I'm starting to collect ideas in my journal and from magazines at home. DH thinks I'm nuts but my mom is helping me plan it already!

[Dreshny]

Pulling up: So Asher decided to ring in 2006 by pulling himself up completely to standing on my parents' sofa yesterday. :eek: DH got it on video, since I missed it the first time, but since then, he's been trying to pull up on everything.

It kind of makes me sad, though. I keep thinking about how he won't be a baby for too much longer, which inevitably makes me want another baby, which is not something we'll be able to do for another few years.

[tgr68]

Checking in and subscribing!! :D

[Jenyfer9]

Nothing will do here but cruising. Forget about crawling... all my kid wants to do is stand up and walk (by holding onto any and everything he can, not on his own... yet)! I'm SOOOO not ready for this. We've gotten somewhat lax with the babyproofing around here, and I'll have to start looking around again to see what I need to fix... :eek:

[Brandian]

Me: Brandi- 22 almost 23!
DH: Ian- 24
Married: 10-18-2003
DD/DS: DS-5/28/2005 Corbin
DD-5/5/2002 Kalena
Baby's Stats: 9lbs 6 oz and 21inches long, two weeks early

I can't believe how big all of our babies are now! I was just going through some infant pictures and I can't even believe how big my DS has gotten! Here are some things about him that I see others of you have posted about yours.

Rolling over: Still hasn't really done it, I don't know why. Lazy I guess :)
Sitting up: Corbin has been sitting up for about 6 weeks now, he loves it!
Food: He is a little piggy, he eats a stage two jar of food + 4 oz in one sitting! He is still super skinny though, I don't know why, he eats and eats and eats, but he is still so tiny! He is super long though.
Crawling: Not even close, I thing its going to be like the rolling over thing, he might just be too lazy or content where he is to try.
Talking: I can't believe some of you kids are saying words! Corbin definitly babbles a lot, but no real words.

I too have already started planning birthday parties! My DD will be turning for on May fifth and she is having a luau and my DS is having a rubber ducky themed party, I found the cutes bath tub cake and rubber duck candle idea and I can't wait to make it :)

[KGif]

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

I can't believe it is now 2006! Wow.

Stat change -- Can you please change my age to 32 and DH's age to 36? THANKS! Also, I noticed that my son's birthdate says May 16th, 2003. Can you change that to May 16, 2005? THANKS!

[KGif]

Baths -
After I removed the infant "sling" part of our tub Jack started to HATE baths. It was rough for a while. Now we do baths in the kitchen sink and he really enjoys it! I think he just feels more secure in there. We do the bath part in the smaller part of the sink where we soap up and play. Then we move to the bigger part of the sink for the rinse off "shower" with the faucet. Like a car wash for babies! :)

Sitting up/Crawling/Rolling/Standing
Jack can sit up like a champ now! No crawling but he rolls ALL OVER the place! It's so funny. If he needs to get something, he just rolls to it. He has such strong legs and is always trying to stand. I think he might skip crawling and go straight to wallking. Yikes.

Food
I guess we could switch to Stage 2 foods now. We just haven't made the leap yet. Still on Stage 1 fruit and veggies. Here is Jack's typical day:

7:30 a.m. - 6 oz bottle
11:30 a.m. - 6 oz bottle
1:00/1:30 p.m. - One jar veggies and one jar fruit
3:30/4:00 p.m. - 6 oz bottle
6:00 p.m. - 2 oz formula mixed with rice cereal. One jar veggies.
7:30 - 8:00 - 6 oz bottle

[ahavnes]

Sleep? What sleep? Abbey is getting up every hour or 2 for some reason. WTH? She was sleeping so nicely before the holidays, but now she just cannot seem to stay asleep for very long. Even my old trick of bringing her to bed with us is not working. She just lays there and parties. :rolleyes: Any ideas? We've tried a little CIO, but she gets so upset that she vomits. I just cannot take it. Help!!

Sitting Up- Literally could not do it in the morning, but was sitting up one afternoon! It's so cute watching her play and look around from her new vantage point.

Food- Thanks for posting your schedule Kgif. I'm wondering if Abs is getting enough food. She usually only eats one jar per meal. Do most of your babies eat more than one jar?

rancherswife- Glad Landon is feeling better!

Sasha- So sorry about your cat! Was it the black one? (I don't know if you remember, but I have a black cat with "issues" too. ;))

Welcome Brandian!

[Jessiesmama]

Hi everyone - Happy New Year!

First Birthday Party
I'm obsessed with this - I've already started calling places. I could do it in my house but I put a list together and I really have a lot of people and I doin't want to have to clean up after all of them. I was thinking a "Princess" theme for the first - or a "Think Pink" theme. I can't wait to hear what everyone eles is doing!

First Tooth
Jessica got her first tooth on December 30th - she did well through the whole thing. It didn't disturb her sleep but she woke up last night at 5 - I think the next one is coming and it's annoying her.

QOTD
This may be tmi to ask but I'm asking it anyway - for those of you trying to avoid pregnancy - what type of birth control are you using. I was thinking of going back on the BC pill - but I got pg on the pill last time. The Dr. gave me a new pill but I thought I'd ask everyone before I started it.

[tgray99]

Do most of your babies eat more than one jar?

Yes, we recently started giving Aidan a stage 2 veggie and a stage 1 fruit because she would fuss when we finished the veggie. We figured she wasn't being satisfied so we added the fruit and she's a happy girl again!

[cynder]

Well I am back home... feels strange to be in my house with just DH and DS. I miss my family and worry about my dad but it is nice to be with my little family unit.

So here is my question. I can't see any presence of teeth but I would like to start finger foods soon. Has anyone started Cheerios (I am not a fan of Gerber) with their gummy babies or other finger foods. DS is eating everything in sight so thought it would be fun for him to try but not if it's too early. DS has a stage #1 jar and cereals for breakfast and dinner and 1 veggie and 1 fruit for lunch. He's only 17 lbs but his gut is getting big and he feels so heavy after lugging him through the airport.

He is starting master the sippy cup. The beginner sippy cup was a total failure. MIL gave him a sippy meant for older kids where water flows pretty freely. That's helped b/c now he knows what to do when we hold any sippy. Totally can't do it on his own though.

Our sleep is going well (knock on wood) and I just called the daycare and he napped though they're not his usual 2 hr naps. He is sitting on his own though we have to put him in that position. Is that normal. He rolls and goes on his stomach and then waves his appendages like he's swimming. I wish there was something I could do to help him b/c he really wants to crawl. Hopefully seeing the other kids will help.

[Jenyfer9]

QOTD: I've been getting the depo shot since September (I think that's when I started). It's SO nice not to have to think about taking a pill. I just get my shot and I'm done for approx. 3 months. I haven't had too many side effects with it either... kinda nice! After ds#1 was born I tried using Nuva-ring and I HATED it! So we just decided to use condoms for a while. Then that got old :rolleyes: and I thought we should try for #2. :o

I'm staying on this shot until we're ready for dc#3 in a couple of years.

[Natrat80]

qotd We just use condoms....I hate the pill! DH really hates condoms and they aren't my favorite either, but we don't want to get PG again right now. Once I get AF back I'll chart and use condoms.
teeth No teeth yet. Over Christmas Addie was drooling like crazy and biting everything in sight. We put a wet washcloth in the freezer for a few minutes and she loved chewing on that!
solids Well I made sweet potatoes last night for Addie. She wanted nothing to do with it! I thought I'd let her experiment, so we stripped her down to her diaper and let her go crazy. I don't think much of the sweet potatoes made it into her mouth, but she had fun and it was a great photo op.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6df22b3127cce960d8a845c6600000025118AbMnLlm4ctH
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6df22b3127cce960d8a8fdd5d00000016108AbMnLlm4ctH

[BTB]

Though, I must say, the title is bitter-sweet

Holy man, you're not kidding. My heart skipped a beat when I saw that! Although I guess "counting down to..." isn't so bad. I mean, WCers had tickers for things that were still way far away - like weddings in two years - right? Right? :eek:

STTN - knock on wood, that is one thing this child is really into. Naps - that's a different story. But at least she seems to know what night is for. :D

Food - we're super slow here, at eight and a half months DD has breastmilk, cereal, a couple of different veggies and a couple different fruits. Big changes ahead - we're going to start meats when she hits nine months. And we just bought sippy cups yesterday! Very exciting and fun to see her try new things.

QOTD - condoms here too. And charting again, once I have something to chart. Anybody else rejoicing that AF has still left the building?

Birthdays - oy vey, I've no idea. We were hoping to be in our new house (which we haven't even started looking for) by her first birthday in midApril, but since we don't even find out until the end of this month what city we'll be moving to, I think that might be a bit ambitious. Still hoping, though.

Question on birthday cakes - anybody else who's cautious with food figure out what to do about a cake? I'm in no rush to give DD dairy and eggs, but am not a good cooker/baker and am not sure if a cake can be made or bought that doesn't include either. I mean, a cake with no butter?

[jmvan74]

Teeth: Collin got his 2 bottom teeth 2 days after Christmas.

QOTD:No BC here. I went off the pill years ago and will never go back. I'll start charting again once AF returns, but for now...taking our chances. :o

Birthday:Haven't even thought about it. :rolleyes:

Food: 8:00am BF
8:30am 2TBS oatmeal with 3-4oz of fruit
11:30 BF
12:00 2TBS cereal with 3-4 oz veggies/fruit
3:30 BF
5:30 2TBS cereal and 4oz veggies
6:30 BF
BF once during the night

Cynder I've tried some fruit puffs, but DS didn't like them. I am thinking about starting cheerios, too. I think as long as you break them up in to tiny pieces it should be fine, even if there are no teeth.

Nat: Addie looks like she had fun. :)

[christy1010]

Subscribing to the new thread.

Theadmistress, can you change my husbands age to 34? Thanks!

Happy New Year to all mommies and babies! I can't beleive that our babes just celebrated their first Holiday Seasons!

Welcome Brandian!

TeethNo teeth here! DD cried out several times last night, so don't know if this is the start of teething. I feel nothing on her gums.

QOTDI am taking the mini pill. Had some problems with low estrogene because of the breatfeeding and need the mini pill. Hate the pill with a passion, I have mood swings and acne. Will stop the pill after I am done breast feeding and chart and we will use condoms as well.

Sitting up/Rolling/Standing Sarah is getting really close to sitting on her own. Still only rolls from tummy to back, if I stand her up and make sure she has her hands on something to hold herself she will stand for a few minutes!

SolidsDD is eating cereal once a day, and a fruit or veggie another time during the day, I am going to try another fruit or veggie in the evening!

SleepDD has always been a great sleeper and continues to be that way. If we get the memo in the house I will be mad at myself for bragging!

Birthday PartyI have thought about it a little bit. Sarah's birthday is the weekend before Memorial Day and in Indy the month of May is Indy 500. I think we may do a party the weekend before Memorial Day with friends and a family party the weekend of Memorial Day. Themes either something related to the 500 or Princess since that is what Sarah means.

[Sasha]

Teeth - Still waiting for them to break through :rolleyes:. There are two very large white bumps that refuse to break the surface. She had a really bad night last night and I was hoping the reason would be the teeth came in, but no luck.

Sleep -I've started a bad habit and need to break it. Sarah goes down by 8pm and sleeps just fine until around 5am. Then she starts fussing and basically groaning, but it's in her sleep. After 15 minutes, I just can't take it anymore and just let her sleep next to me. She goes immediately back to sleep once she is in our bed, and sleeps til 7am.

Food - My ongoing battle with her daycare teachers. I just spent 6 days in a row with her so I thought I had a good idea of how much she needed, but today they told DH that she needed more for lunch. I really think she eats differently there than she does at home! Anyway, our schedule is like this:
7:00am(ish) - 7oz. bottle
10:15am - 3TBS oatmeal mixed with half jar of fruit, 4oz bottle
1:15 - Jar of stage 1 veggie (going to up it to stage 2 jar now), 4oz bottle
4:15 - 6oz bottle
6:15 - about 1/2 jar of veggie, 1/2 jar of fruit - the amount she takes varies every night.
7:45pm - 7oz bottle
I know she could go longer in between meals, and figuring out an eating schedule is so hard for me. I'm very curious to see whether the rest of you are feeding your solids at the same time as BF'ing/bottles or at different times? A lot of the other babies at Sarah's daycare don't have bottles at the same time as solids, but they are all a few months older than her.

QOTD - I'm back on the pill, although I really hate it. When I went off BCPs last time, my cycles were really wacky, and I had low progesterone levels. But after discussing it with my Gyn, it seemed like the best solution, though not my favorite.

Alicia - Yes, the black, 3-legged cat. They put him on valium and the poor guy is all drugged up! I feel so bad for him.

I started my new job today, it was so nice! They are genuinely happy to have me there and the atmosphere is so much better. And in Sarah news, apparently she pulled herself up for the first time at daycare today. Kind of bittersweet for me because I didn't get to witness the first time she did that :(.

[tgray99]

Question on birthday cakes - anybody else who's cautious with food figure out what to do about a cake? I'm in no rush to give DD dairy and eggs, but am not a good cooker/baker and am not sure if a cake can be made or bought that doesn't include either. I mean, a cake with no butter?
I bet you can find recipes, vegans don't eat milk or eggs right? Maybe do a search for vegan cake recipes on Google. I bet you could find something.

QOTD: Anybody know how to get poop out of the seat of a Graco Quattro Tour stroller? :o At Sears today I attempted to change Aidan's diaper in the stroller and we wound up getting poop on the seat of her stroller which had been in pristine condition until that moment. :rolleyes: Is the seat cover removable so I could put it in the washing machine or am I going to have to spot clean it? TIA!

[alienhost]

Cheerios DD has no teeth and eats the Cheerios without a problem. She just gums them to death. She gagged on her first one but now seems to "know" to gum them a while first. They get mushy pretty quickly. She also loves the Gerber veggie puffs. At first she made a face when they went in her mouth but that passed after about a week.

Natrat too funny! I love that bib and need some more "wipeable" ones, may I ask where you got it?

QOTD condoms here...the mini-pill seemed too unreliable (taking it at the exact same time and all.

poop maybe try spot cleaning with oxiclean? I've used that to get dog poop out of the carpet and it worked like a charm.

[MayJune05Moms]

stats are updated! :D welcome new member Brandian. :)

[Natrat80]

alienhost Thanks, I love that bib too. It was a gift I think. The tag says "Mullins Square Kids". I did a google search and found a few places that carry that brand.
BTB I'd like to make a semi-wholesome cake for DD's birthday too. It seems like I saw a recipe somewhere....maybe What to Expect the First Year....hmm, I'm off to search now.
jmvan Oh yeah, lots of fun. Let's just say we went straight to the bathtub afterward! :D

[BridalLace]

QOTD: condoms? BCP? what's that? why do you need it? huh? LOL. j/k. so far, 'not having time' seems to be the method of choice around here. well, i exaggerate a bit of course, but uh........you want another good method? co sleeping. heh heh.

so our kiddos are ready for Cheerios and things like that? man. i kind of look forward to Elodie trying that, she got a lot of stuff for Christmas from her aunt and uncle that they said she is ready for...(they have three kids). like these sausages for babies that are super soft, they said. huh, i dunno. Cheerios i suppose i believe, although i thought they were supposed to wait til they had teeth, for some reason? i really need to get on the ball. i feel so out of touch..........i totally back pedaled a few weeks ago when Elodie started exhibiting major reflux signs...that was alarming, to say the least, and we are still stuck on just cereal and mashed bananas. *sigh* guess we'll have to get more adventurous.

no teeth here. will be interested in seeing them poke through someday....

sleep...Elodie seems to sleep just fine. DH and I are still trying to transition her to the crib, but its totally a no-go. i suppose we need to develop some backbone and not give in when she cries. but i can't stand to hear her cry. :(

just a few more days of vacation left...hope i can post a few more times til then! :)

[tgr68]

Welcome, Brandian!!

1st Birthday Party~I have some random ideas, but nothing really set in stone or to any planning stage yet. LOL! One of my friends is doing Harley-Davidson for her DD's 2-year-old party!

Jodie~Congrats on the first tooth!

BC~We're charting, sort of. ;) My thermometer's batteries are dead, so I haven't been that diligent with it.

Cynder~Glad you are back home and able to spend some time with DS and DH. Yeah for mastering a sippy cup and the good sleep!! One of my friends (an April mommy) said her son was doing the exact thing you are describing shortly before he started crawling, so I bet it's just around the corner!

Nat~LOL! Cute photos!

Stain Treating~I would suggest just a quick spot treat. We us LOC (Liquid Organic Cleaner) from Amway. It takes literally everything out. For clothing and washable items, I use a Shout stick. I cannot even count how many outfits this has saved!

Well, gotta get!

[alienhost]

so our kiddos are ready for Cheerios and things like that?


I just wanted to say that I didn't start DD on Cheerios until she was 8 months (she is one of the older babies on this thread). I was actually terrified of Cheerios and choking. I started her on the Gerber veggie puffs just shy of her 8 month birthday and she did so well with them, actually getting them in her mouth and they really do disolve that I decided to try some Cheerios myself. Put it on your tongue and it does get mushy pretty quickly. So we moved on to Cheerios. It's really fun actually to see her purposely pick them up, put them in her mouth and make chewing motions with her toothless little mouth. Of course we egg her on my moving our mouth as if chewing while she is doing it. :D

[cynder]

Ack lost post.

Cheerios - I am going to hold off. He doesn't need it and he still gags on heavy oatmeal.

Sasha The same thing happended to me when I picked DS up. I felt like bad mommy for not giving enough food so I sent stage #2 jars. This kid gets like 6 tbs of cereal a day and 4 jars of food along with 5 bottles. I give bottles about an hour after his meals.
5:30 - bottle 7-8 oz
7:30ish - cereal and veggie
9:30ish - bottle
12:00 - veggie and fruit
1:00- bottle
4:00 - bottle
5:30 - cereal and fruit
7:30 - bottle

BTB I have a few recipes but a word of warning - dairy free cake is really gross. DH had an allergy so our wedding topper was dairy free. Blech. Luckily we had the rest of the cake normal. I understand where you are coming from. We are avoiding eggs until 3 but I am making bday cake an exception. I am usually not like that but see DH's face when he finally ate real cake was priceless and I would love to see Sam eat cake.

bday party No real ideas. I would like to make it low key just close family and friends in a park since it will be May and nice outside. I know later bdays will be a big hoopla with a lot of kids so I want to make the first one more intimate. I am hoping that my dad will be ok so we can make it a joint celebration.

[wendstress]

Cheerios/Veggie Puffs - We do 'em here. They have been a lifesaver in restaurants, or even driving in the car when he starts to get a little fussy. They give him a little something to do until we're done with our meal, or whatever. We've primarily given him the veggie/fruit puffs.... I broke them up pretty small to begin with, but now he will easily do a full one at a time.

Last night was rough.... James had been doing so well at nights, but last night wasn't good. Woke up at midnight and fussed/talked for about 40 mintues. Then he really started to cry, so I went in to try to soothe him. Don't know what the deal was, but I ended up having to hold him for an hour, before I could put him down. Every time I tried, he would scream. This is so unlike him at night. Now I have a mongo headache, and no steam.

[tgr68]

Feeding schedule
7:30ish ~ 6oz bottle
12:00 ~ 4oz jar, 2Tbsp cereal, 4oz bottle
3:00ish ~ 4-6oz bottle
5:00 ~ 4oz jar, 1Tbsp cereal 4oz bottle
7:00 ~ 4-6oz bottle
8:30ish ~ 4oz bottle before bed

She does a lot of her playing right when she gets up in the morning, and then takes a 1.5-2hr nap around 10am. In the afternoon, she take another short nap between 2 and 3pm.

Sleep~Ugh! I am so tired. DD decided to wake up 3-4 times between 1 and 2am last night. We finally gave her a bottle and she went back to sleep. This is the second night she has gotten us up. DH thinks she's going through a growth spurt and is more hungry, so tonight we are going to give her an extra 2oz before we put her to bed and see if that helps.

[wendstress]

I just love your avatar of Shylah!

Our feeding schedule is approximately:

~6:30 AM - awake, and nurses
~10 AM - DH feeds 2 jars of fruit/veggies, sometimes a little EBM
~12 PM - Nurse if I'm at home, otherwise a bottle closer to 1 PM
~4 PM - Nurse when I get back from work
~5:30 PM - 1 jar of fruit or veggie, and some cereal, finish up with nursing
~7:30 PM - Nurse before bedtime

[allyray231]

Where did I miss the new thread!!

BC I am on the pill. However, our "time together" seems to be few and we hardly ever do it. Also sharing a bedroom with your child doesn't help. Gotta get a bigger apartment!


Feeding is still a little nuts. We are getting back into the solids world after being sick for so long. I just started lunch a few times. Usually it is


7:30 AM - awake, 4-6 oz bottle
9 AM - cereal with fruist
10:30 AM - 4-6 oz bottle
depending nap he might have a jar of fruit
1:30 PM - 4-6 oz bottle
4:30 PM - 4-6 oz bottle
5:30-6PM- Jar of veggies
7:30 -8PM - 4-6 oz bottle and bed

sleep anyone know a good book to weane a paci I have to start getting Aiden out of the habit of waking for it--any ideas>

[ladybug0525]

Very neat to see everyone's schedule:

6-6:30 - BF
8:30 - Baby Yogurt
10 - Bottle EBM
11:30 - Veggie and Cereal
1 - Bottle EBM
3:00 - Fruit and Cereal
4 - Bottle
6:30 - BF right before bed

I make all of Jack's baby food and seeing how some baby's are eating two jars at a sitting I am wondering if I am sending enough. Jack started on Cheerios this past week while we are in Mexico. It took him about a week to master and really only ends up eating a few because he drops most of them. I am staying away from the Gerber puffs and will probably do some rice cakes or egg yolk for the next "snack".

allyray231 - We are having too good of sleep to wean from Jack's paci but I have a good friend who took her DD away and she said it was one bad week of sleeping and then everything was back to normal.

Birthday - OH we are going all out! I have already started buying stuff, I know I have issues. It is going to be an under water theme complete with everyone wearing blue. I am planning on doing subs sandwiches, gold fish, etc.

natrat - adorable pictures! If she didn't like eating them at least she had fun!

BC - Umm we are just winging it. I was on the mini pill for a little bit but kept forgetting to take it so lets just not have any ooopps.

ETA: A few picture of our recent trip to Puerto Vallarta. My family goes every year for Christmas. Wasn't a huge fan of the ocean or pool, took some getting used to!

TOOK OUT PICTURES!

[rancherswife]

ahavnes: Landon is getting about the same amount as Abbey. I have wondered the same thing, too. I asked the ped. and he said, no worries, he's fine. He's just not into food at all. Cereal is fine, he likes applesauce and pears, and squash, but that's it, we've tried to other veggies and his lips are tightly shut! I was glad to read that BTB was in the same boat w/ the slow start on foods.:)

B-day Party:Well, seeing that I'm in denial that today ds is 7 mos. old, I'm surely not ready to think about the BIG day!;)

BC:Condoms, we totally hate them. I can normally tell where I'm at in my cycle, so we are kinda playing russian-roulette. If I'm in the "safe zone" we go w/ out. Risky, I know!;)

Drool:Landon now has four teeth, top and bottom, but MAN is he a drooling machine. Seriously, this is NO JOKE, we go through about 15-20 bibs a day! Is that normal?:confused:

Ok...off to grocery shop..ughh..:rolleyes:

[ahavnes]

Drool:[/B]Landon now has four teeth, top and bottom, but MAN is he a drooling machine. Seriously, this is NO JOKE, we go through about 15-20 bibs a day! Is that normal?:confused:

Oh my gosh, that IS a lot of bibs! I have a friend who went through a lot also.

Feeding Schedules- Thanks to everyone who posted their schedules. I don't even know enough about Abbey's schedule to comment! I always forget what they write on her chart at school. :rolleyes: Lately I've been giving her a little more solid food for dinner if she doesn't seem full. Although the other day, she picked up her paci and put it in her mouth while I was feeding her. I guess she had had enough of that! :p

Ladybug and Natrat- Cute pictures!

[tgray99]

Birthday - OH we are going all out! I have already started buying stuff, I know I have issues. It is going to be an under water theme complete with everyone wearing blue. I am planning on doing subs sandwiches, gold fish, etc.

Your pics are adorable!

I'm so glad to see someone else is starting to buy stuff. I was at Target today and they had some of the cutest pink things in the Dollar Spot that I was so tempted to buy. I'm getting $50 for helping a friend this Saturday so maybe I'll go back and get some stuff for her party! :D

[rancherswife]

Oh my gosh, that IS a lot of bibs! I have a friend who went through a lot also.


I KNOW! I'm wondering if I should ask the Ped. about this, I always forget when I'm in there.:rolleyes: What do you guys think? (I know I probably sound stupid asking this!;) )

[happy1nuv]

Hello all...

So, we've had a few fun days here with solids. We started brown rice the other day and totally constipated poor Nic. It was really painful for him (if your child has diarhea, the web suggests the BRAT diet ... bananas, rice, applesauce, toast. I knew bananas were firming, but I had no clue about applesauce or rice... and guess what Nic ate for the 3 days before he got totally constipated...ahuh...) So, after a really rough night where the poor child strained/cried through very little, umm, output... called the ped and she said to give him 1/2 oz prune juice with 1/2 oz water (by the way, according the web... 4 p's for constipation are prunes, pears, plums, peaches) ... So, in addition to giving him a bunch of pears before calling the ped, then giving him the juice... he was still straining/grunting ...so we gave him baby food prunes for dinner. Today has been the day of diarhea, poor child... (we overdosed on the pears/prunes). Gave him some rice and he seems to be doing better...

Food schedule: He has none. He gets 2 meals a day during the week, and 3 on the weekends..roughly whenever we eat them... (no time for breakfast on the weekdays with work/daycare). He generally eats between 3-4 oz at a time, although he lets us know if he's not done by crying for more (it's a weird cry...used only when the bowl is empty and he isn't done). He gets a sippy of water with every meal at home (don't trust daycare with the sippy cup since he still doesn't get it) ...

Baby food question: I bought baby food prunes (just couldnt stand to make them...ugh). I think they were a stage 1 food maybe... is all the food the same consistency? They were REALLY runny... I make Nic's food a LOT thicker than that. He has a much easier time eating it.... We haven't tried cheerios or anything, but i did try mincing a banana and seeing if he could feed himself the tiny pieces. He didnt have a problem eating them if we gave them to him, but he didn't get the whole pick it up and put it in his mouth himself, so I guess we arent there yet. Although, he is VERY serious about his food.

BC ~ Nope, not using any.... but, I would LOVE to wake up one morning and find out I'm pg again. (Nic is a clomid baby though, so I have very little hope of it happening).

First Birthday ~ Have starting thinking of it, but nothing concrete yet. I know we're going to have 2 parties (our house is too small for one) ... one with family, one with friends. And, I know we're going to have to coordinate the date well, since we have 2 friends with May babies also... And yeah, not sure about the cake thing. I know one of our friends has a baby who is allergic to just about everything ... she got him an oatmeal cookie for a cake. I don't know if she made it or bought it, but I know it didn't have any eggs or dairy in it... and it was really YUMMY!

Oh... and my main good news that I was coming on to post... I gave my 2 weeks notice today WOOHOO!! My boss was disappointed, but... I need to do what is best for my family.. My last day will be Jan 20th, and I am ECSTATIC!! I will miss my colleagues, and I have a wonderful boss who doesn't care how often I work from home ... but, the early mornings were killing dh (and making him VERY grumpy)... Nic hated daycare and 5 out of 8 times we left/got there, he would be crying ... so, its definitely a good thing! And, I'll still keep in touch since dh works for the same company.

Baby Weight ~ The scale says that I'm within 3 pounds of my pre-pg weight, but my body is so not the same shape it was before. I'm really hoping that once I am home, I'll be able to start somewhat of a consistent workout and get back into shape...

ranchers ~ Nic drools a ton too... We keep a bib on him at all times... and I'm really bad about changing it til he soaks it through and starts to leak to his shirt beneath... Ive asked our ped, and either she thinks I'm exagerating and blowing me off, or its totally normal. Nic hasn't gotten any teeth yet but he's been working on some for MONTHS...

[Dreshny]

rancherswife: Asher is like a snail--he has a constant stream of drool coming out his mouth, crawls right through it, and leaves a wet little trail. DH keeps a bib on him, and I usually just change his whole outfit if he gets too wet. As you can see, he's even drooling in my avatar.

happy1: Congrats on joining the ranks of the SAHMs! Sounds like both you and Nic will be a lot happier. Maybe now you can even come to another get-together.

Birth control: Exhaustion. Co-sleeping. And, oh yeah, condoms.

[Dreshny]

Some of Asher's 6-month pro pics (I'll post three here and three different ones on the June Moms board):

http://ashermodell.com/photos/asher_proofs/Picture-6.jpg

http://ashermodell.com/photos/asher_proofs/Picture-4.jpg

http://ashermodell.com/photos/asher_proofs/Picture-3.jpg

[tgray99]

http://ashermodell.com/photos/asher_proofs/Picture-3.jpg
Tee hee, you can see a little droplet of drool in this shot! How adorable is that? :D He's precious, Dreshny!

[alienhost]

So, we've had a few fun days here with solids. We started brown rice the other day and totally constipated poor Nic. It was really painful for him (if your child has diarhea, the web suggests the BRAT diet ... bananas, rice, applesauce, toast. I knew bananas were firming, but I had no clue about applesauce or rice... and guess what Nic ate for the 3 days before he got totally constipated...ahuh...) So, after a really rough night where the poor child strained/cried through very little, umm, output... called the ped and she said to give him 1/2 oz prune juice with 1/2 oz water (by the way, according the web... 4 p's for constipation are prunes, pears, plums, peaches) ... So, in addition to giving him a bunch of pears before calling the ped, then giving him the juice... he was still straining/grunting ...so we gave him baby food prunes for dinner. Today has been the day of diarhea, poor child... (we overdosed on the pears/prunes). Gave him some rice and he seems to be doing better...

I apparently did the same thing by giving DD applesauce and carrots yesterday. I didn't realize those two were binding as well (I new about rice and bananas). She was straining in her highchair and turning bright red. I heard a poop noise so I went upstairs to change her diaper and no poop! Later in the day we had one small "turd" that was firm - like soft playdough - with dark parts to it.

I spoke to the nurse at the ped's office and she said to stop with the binding ones until she "gets flowing again". Apparently the "Ps" are non-binding, with the exception of sweet Potatoes - we are sticking with pears, peas, peaches here - I'm afraid of the prunes! I guess in the future I will have one binding/one non-binding during the day. Like Peach/Carrrot or Applesauce/Peas. Oh well live and learn.

Solids are so confusing! I really wish we received more info on this. I feel like it is trial and error - when to feed, how much, what.

[alienhost]

Last night was a nightmare. DD was up at 11:30/2:30/5 then 7. She has been crying when attempting to poop. We had several more of the Hershey kiss sized, formed, playdough like poops...

I haven't had any luck in finding the prune babyfood. I've looked in several local grocery stores. What's the deal with that? I was trying to have them on hand for times like this.

As far as prune juice goes, do you just buy the adult kind, they don't make baby prune juice do they? Also what do you end up doing with the rest of the bottle if you only use an ounce? Can you freeze it for a latter use?

Ugh, let's hope those pears kick in soon....

[alienhost]

Seriously, this is NO JOKE, we go through about 15-20 bibs a day! Is that normal?:confused:

Wow I don't think we own 15-20 bibs, DD isn't much of a drooler.

pics/professional picsGreat pictures everyone! DD doesn't want to smile much lately. She is too busy looking around or trying to get to something to smile for me. Also am I the only mom that hasn't taken her DC to have prof pics taken? I wanted to wait until she was sitting up well and then I just haven't gotten to it. Am I a bad mom or what? :o I do take a ton of digital pics though.

happy1 congrats on becoming a SAHM!

Also I think some stage 2 items are thicker than stage 1. I've noticed so far that the stage 2 peas were much thicker than stage 1 (but it was two different brands). The stage 2 was like pudding. The fruits (apples, pears, peaches) seem the same between the two stages. Mostly I heard that the difference between stage 1 and 2 is the amount. Stage 1 is 2.5 ozs (Gerber Tender Harvest) and stage 2 is 3.5 (gerber plastic packs) or 4 (beechnut).

[happy1nuv]

i found prunes at shoprite ... gerber plastic packs...but 2.5 oz ... we also used adult prune juice but watered it down. was looking for any kind organic, but gave up on that one...

So, new question... what foods are binding? i bought a bunch of stuff to add in to nic's diet that i thought was not binding ...carrots being one of them. i was thinking they were neutral, no?

roseanne ... those pics are gorgeous!! and... would love to meet up again. maybe asher can encourage my content to sit in one spot will just fuss fo a toy he cant reach nic to crawl...

alien ~ we havent done pro pics yet.. i don know that we will *(we are going to do extended family shots with a pro) but for monthly shots, i just take them myself and use winkflash to order them.

forgot to share ... nic has started to talk. everything is da da dad... no mama yet, but he cant stop talking about daddy...

[alienhost]

So, new question... what foods are binding? i bought a bunch of stuff to add in to nic's diet that i thought was not binding ...carrots being one of them. i was thinking they were neutral, no?

The nurse told me that carrots are binding, I really thought they weren't. She said for DD not to have bananas, carrots, sweet potatoes and applesauce when constipated. So I'm thinking squash, peas, green beans are OK? I'm going to surf around the net today to see what I can find, I'll post back if I find anything.

[alienhost]

happyHere's some info on constipation: http://www.wholesomebabyfood.com/constip.htm

[allyray231]

Good to know about the binding food--Aiden had bananas and carrots yesterday but pooped twice and pooped once already today. Interesting!

Bibs Aiden drools but isn't too bad--however he is a messy eater

night Aiden was sooo tired last night he was falling alseep in his highchair. And his new thing now--my baby who used to fall aleep in the crib-SCREAMS when I put him down

Great pros pics!!!

[Sasha]

Rancherswife - Sarah is a drooler too. As soon as she gets to daycare, the first thing they do is put a bib on her!

Dreshny - What gorgeous photos! Asher is one good looking little boy!

Happy1 - Congrats on giving notice at your job. Sounds like it will be a much better situation for you.

Pro pics - We have them done twice and in retrospect, I should have skipped the ones we did at 9 weeks old, what a waste :rolleyes:. The ones we did at 6 months however were wonderful. Had them done at different place and it was much easier to get a good shot at that age. I'll have to see about having DH scan them in at work so I can post them.

Binding foods - I had no idea carrots were binding! There have been times when she has had harder poops and I bet I gave her two binding foods without even knowing it.

Ugh, so last night Sarah was such a joy :rolleyes:. She slept for all of 45 minutes at daycare and was a mess when we got home. She immediately took a nap and slept for 45 minutes. I tried to give her dinner then (at about 6:45pm) and she screamed until her face was red. Wanted no part of her highchair or solids. Ended up putting her to bed about a half hour earlier than normal because I knew she was just overtired. I was bummed because it meant I spent practically no time with her yesterday, but I knew she needed to sleep. I need her to sleep better at daycare, how do I do this? :confused:

[happy1nuv]

oh, and another note from a friend (havent seen this in real life) is that if they eat too many carrots/sweet potatoes... they'll turn orange... and that beets produce dark red poops... ain't solids life grand? ...:)

[allyray231]

The orange thing is true--happened to a friend of my moms--all her kid would eat was carrots-she started to turn orange

[tgr68]

Wendstress~Thanks!!

Ally~No advice here, but the waking in the middle of the night for the paci is becoming a regular occurence here as well. :(

ladybug~Cute pics!!

rancherswife~I have seriously given up on bibs catching the drool. I figure I'd just let her drool all over her top layer (usually a hoodie), then pull it off when it gets very wet.

Happy1~Poor Nic! :( Congrats on being able to stay home now!! Yeah for talking!! Has he called you "dada" at all? DD never did, but she would look at me with a huge grin.

Dreshny~LOL at the BC!! I totally understand the exhaustion! :p Adorable pics of Asher! I'm lovin' the drool in the last one!

Solids~You know, I really don't pay that much attention as far as binding/non-binding foods. :o We did notice she had a REALLY good poo though with chicken & broccoli! I did have to chuckle as I have a jar of plums & apples. I guess they just cancel each other out there!

I heard the thing with foods turning skin orange, but never that beets cause red poops.

Sleeping~So the extra two oz did not work last night. I did let her cry for a good 15min though before going in and giving her the paci, and she did not wake up again until this morning. I'm going to keep giving her the larger bottles at night to see if it will work. Ugh! What I would give for a full nights sleep at the moment!

[happy1nuv]

Ok, I knew I had another question last night for you ladies.. and please don't judge me for asking... so, nic has started "kissing" (open mouth, slobber on whoever) back, but he'll only willingly kiss daddy - and he's a huge mama's boy. (I can get a kiss on the lips if I sit there asking like 5 times - never on the cheek) ...but daddy says give me a kiss, and leans in (cheek towards nic) and nic turns and kisses him on the mouth - instantly. He LOVES kissing his daddy... Is that weird?

[diedra1027]

happy1 - Avery only kisses me and some of her stuffed animals. Always on the lips. DH usually gets denied, but I think it's a matter of timing with him. She's a big mama's girl especially right before bed time. DH gets home right before she's ready to go to bed and she just wants nothing to do with him by then.

Solids - Do I have the only baby that still isn't interested AT ALL in solids?? We're starting to worry! She seems interested right up until the food is in her mouth and then you would have thought we were trying to poison her or something :rolleyes:.

[ahavnes]

I've had a great morning! DH threw away all of the milk I pumped yesterday. He thought it was "old." :mad: I was so angry I cried and am still not over it. That leads me to another question...I pump 4 times a day and only get about 5-oz total. My supply has steadily been decreasing for a while due to work stress and less opportunities to pump. I'm wondering if I should just quit??? :confused: It's such a pain to pump, but I still like that Abbey gets one full bottle of EBM in the morning. What would you ladies do?

Happy1- Congrats on the 2 week notice! I am about to be a SAHM also (in early Feburary). Are you a little nervous as to how you'll fill the days? I just keep thinking it will be so different, but in a good way. :)

Sasha- Glad to hear you are liking the new job. Sorry about Sarah's naps at daycare. I have no advice. Wish I did, we have the same problem when Abbey is home with us.

Dreshny- Adorable pics. Is Asher sleeping any better? Abbey is still up a lot at night. Not sure what to do about that...

Diedra- Abbey is just now getting into solids. It took about a month.

[tgray99]

Ally~No advice here, but the waking in the middle of the night for the paci is becoming a regular occurence here as well.
Aidan does this as well. She usually wakes up 3-4 times, cries out, one of us plugs it back in and then she goes straight back to sleep. Occasionally she's laying on it. I have no idea how she does that!

She's started getting fussy when I put her down and raises her arms for me to pick her up when I walk by. She's also started doing this annoying whiny cry. Ugg...not sure what phase this is but it's kind of annoying.

[DisneyGirl]

Just checking in to say Hi.

[happy1nuv]

Alicia ~ Nope, not worried at all about filling the days... I definitely plan to join a group (no moms groups around that I know of, but I'm thinking of joining a la leche league if its not too late...) and I had found a stroller strides class... so, i plan to join those for adult conversation, and nic is a lot more fun to play with now, so I think our days will be pretty full... As far as pumping... how long did you want to b/f? If you were holding out for a year... maybe see if you can hold out til Feb when you are a sahm again and then make a decision?

I'm supposed to be working from home today so i can take nic to the drs, but dh locked my purse in the car. So, no keys to take nic to the dr for his well baby visit. And, no key fob to log into work from home... oh well. can't say im too disappointed. :)

[rancherswife]

drool:thanks for answering my question about Landon's excessive drool! I think my ped. would blow me off about the question too;) .

ahavnes:I have a friend who pumps 3 x's a day @ work and gets a crazy amount of milk. She takes an herb called Fenugreek, you can buy it at GNC or any place like that. The LC's at the breast center at the hospital I had Landon at reccomended it. They say to take 2, 3x's/day and within 3-4 days your milk supply should increase a lot. So, if you do want to keep pumping, maybe give that a try!:)

baby weight:At my annual appt. in November, Dr. said I was 11 lbs. below my pre-preggo weight. HOWEVER....My body is still quite flabby. Will it ever go away?:confused:

dreshny: Darling pics. of Asher. Impressive, up on all fours!:) And crawling.

Landon is pretty content sitting and playing, and fussing when a toy is out of his reach, too!;)

solids:We had bananas for the first time last night. Now I'm nervous he's gonna get bound-up. Don't want a bad night like some of you are talking about. He's not a great sleeper to begin w/ surely don't want to add in constipation pains!:rolleyes:

[Natrat80]

ahavnes You can try fenugreek--that's worked for some people that I know. Also, oatmeal in all forms is supposed to increase your supply. You can try mother's milk tea (also at GNC or health food stores). Oh and drink more water. That's all I can think of now, but check out the breastfeeding help and support thread for more info. Good luck!
happy1 yeah for getting to stay home with Nic!
diedra1027 My DD is very uninterested in solids too. I'm about to give up and try again in a week or two. Do you still try every day? I wonder if the refusal means she's not ready?!?
teething I think DD is going to have 2 teeth pretty soon. She woke up in the night very fussy and I gave her tylenol.
carrots Yep, my brother turned orange! :rolleyes:

[ahavnes]

Sorry, I should have clarified. I can't take the fenugreek. I tried it and it gave me horrible shooting pains in my breasts. Ouch! I've tried the tea and didn't really have much success. I wasn't crazy about the taste either. I originally said I wanted to bf for 6 months, so I've passed my goal, but still...

tgray- Abbey is doing the annoying cry also. Kinda like a whine. Hmph!

[rancherswife]

originally posted by natrat:
My DD is very uninterested in solids too. I'm about to give up and try again in a week or two. Do you still try every day? I wonder if the refusal means she's not ready?!?


Landon is pretty uninterested as well. I've tried taking a break from it and starting again a week or so later, but evertime I do that, it seems like he hates it even more??? I think there are just some kids who don't enjoy baby food. :confused:

[Sasha]

She's started getting fussy when I put her down and raises her arms for me to pick her up when I walk by.
Tgray -Sarah does this too sometimes, especially when I put her down for naps.

Alicia - You need to do what's best for yours and Abbey's situation. Speaking as someone who had to stop pumping/bf'ing well before I wanted to, it was such a hard decision and I cried and cried over it. But I knew I had to do what was best for us at that time. I think there is this enormous pressure to BF, I know I felt it. You have done great giving Abbey EBM for so long and if you can keep doing it, then wonderful. But if you feel you can't, don't beat yourself up.

[cynder]

Talking and kissing back are so not happening here. I kiss DS ALL THE TIME in hopes that he will kiss me back - nothing. Even a little girl in his class comes over and kissed him on the end and nothing. He babbles but we are nowhere near "Dada or Mama".

I am so glad that some of you post what your babies are doing. I know that our children all range in age and that each child progress at their own rate. But I get kind of excited for you all when something cool like kissing or saying mama for the first time.

ahavnes I was there 2 months ago. No right or wrong answer but I stopped. The endless pumping for less than a bottle was so stressing both me and DH out. I still feel pangs of sadness about it but I know that I tried as long as I could. I also feel much more informed when the next child comes.

[rancherswife]

ahavnes: Ditto to what Sasha and Cynder wrote. You have made it so far and given Abbey such a good start, if it's time, then follow your instinct. Honestly, I have such admiration for all working moms that have been bf'ing/pumping this whole time. That's a huge commitment, and kuddos to all of you.:)

I adore bf'ing Landon, when I have to pump to give him his cereal or go somewhere and we leave him for a couple hours, it's hell. I couldn't imagine doing it daily!:o

[ladybug0525]

dreshny - Adorable Pictures!

ahavnes - Oh my I would be LIVID if my DH threw out my milk. I pump all the freaking time and might have to supplement soon but have not had to yet. Are you getting your period or have you? This is the one time of month I really struggle because my milk takes a dive. Today in three pumpings I probably will get 9oz compared to normal 13oz. I also pump after Jack goes to bed before I go to bed to get additional oz. Good Luck and whatever decision you make - you did a darn good job!

Food - Nothing seems to plug Jack up which I am thankful for. We have done a bunch of everything and seems to be going OK - now lets hope I don't jinx myself.

Paci - I have limited only to the crib and sleep is going great so not going to stop for awhile. I usually put 3-4 paci's in the crib at night so he can find them during the middle of the night. Please again let me not be jinxed.

Solids - Jack loves them but have a friend that DS was born 3 days before Jack and will have nothing to do with any food what so ever!

[allyray231]

All of a sudden Aiden is having a hard time napping--he used to sleep for anywhere from 1-2 hours, now it is 20-30 minutes. And a lot of times he walks up crying.

Could it be teething? Ear infection?

[rancherswife]

ally:My guess would be teething. Now that Landon has gotten his top two and bottom two, he's been napping soooo much better. Now we've just got to work on the night time sleeping issues!;)

[tgr68]

Happy1~I don't think it's weird. I would be totally jealous though if it was me in that situation! ;)

Alicia~Ack! I would be so frustrated had DH done that! Just wanted to echo what everyone else has said, you have done a great job to stick with it this long. If it still works out for you to pump, do it. If not, give yourself a great big pat on the back for doing a great thing for your daughter!

tgray~not sure what phase this is but it's kind of annoying Ditto! I've been pretty exhausted the last few days.

Baby Weight~Still struggling over mine as well. Since getting new clothes in the right size for Christmas, I've been much more comfortable with how I look. Don't think I don't have my smaller sizes stashed away for future use though! ;)

Nat~Yep, my brother turned orange! Hehehe! My best friend's DS did, too, and he's got red hair! :eek:

Ally~Do we have the same child or something?? DD usually naps for a good 1.5-2hrs in the morning with no waking. Today, she woke up after 30 minutes! :( She's only fussing at night though. :confused:

Not much going on here.

[Traciann]

ahavnes i guess it would depend on me if I were breastfeeding or just pumping for the one bottle. If I was also breastfeeding, I would probably continue because you will be a SAHM in a month or so...so it migth be worth it to continue. On the other hand, if you are pumping just one bottle, and its stressing you out, I would quit. You have already passed your goal, and I think that is somthing to be proud of!

tgray DD does the same whiney cry. plus she now follows me, and scales my legs and just waits there until i pick her up. she is like my little shadow. i love her, but sometimes mama needs a break!

[allyray231]

Ahh the whine cry-Aiden does this when he is trying to get to sleep

[diedra1027]

Do you still try every day? I wonder if the refusal means she's not ready?!? I don't try everyday. I'm not sure if the lack of consistancy is a problem or if she's just not ready. I just cant stand to waste that much food so I gave up trying every day. I've actually had the most sucess offering her small pieces of soft food (bananas, pears, rice, etc) - she'll at least consider eating those. The purees...forget about it.

[jmvan74]

Orange: So funny. DS has yellow/orange around his nose and eyebrows from the yellow fruits and veggies. hehe.:D

arms out: I love this. When DS wants to come out of his exersaucer, he puts his arms up for me to pick him up.

Words: More babble than actual words, but lately I'll hear a "ba" or "ma". :p

[Dreshny]

ahavnes: I'll echo Traciann here, if you are nursing as well as pumping, it's probably worth it to stick it out until you are a SAHM and can exclusively nurse. A local Texas LLL could help you with suggestions to get your milk supply back up for nursing.

Talking: We have "mama" here! :) But often I think it just means he's tired.

Thanks for the compliments on the pictures. A lot are good, but a lot don't "look like Asher." It's amazing how well we all know our DC's facial expressions and can weed out pictures that don't have our kids' typical expressions. Still...there ARE a lot of good ones (from over 70 proofs!), and at $8 for a 4x6 print, it's going to be hard to place an order that's not waaay expensive.

[ladybug0525]

Sasha - I thought about your napping post some more. Jack takes awful naps at daycare compared to what he takes at home and it bugs me but it doesn't effect his mood. One thing we did while on vacation was hang sheets/towels around the PNP so Jack couldn't see out. Could you do this at her daycare so she focuses on napping and not the other kids?

[alienhost]

For those of you concerned about serving binding foods, I should mention that I think DD's cold is contributing to the issue. I'm not sure her fluid intake is up to par which I'm sure isn't helping. She's eaten "two binding" items before and not had an issue.

Anyway I found the Gerber prunes today. I wonder how much to give her.

Beechnut had "Prunes with Pears", I laughed at the grocery store thinking "now that's an explosive poop waiting to happen!"

ahavnes I give you a lot of credit for sticking with the pumping. I only pumped at work for one week before I left my job and it was a lot of work. I agree with others that maybe if you are still nursing then try to keep it up. Either way you are doing a great job.

[tgr68]

I laughed at the grocery store thinking "now that's an explosive poop waiting to happen!" ROTFLOL!!!! :D

[Misty911]

Hi, It has been awhile since I last posted! I've been very busy with work and the family. Emily just got two teeth! Both teeth came in at once. It is funny she is alway rubbing her tongue across them trying to figure out what they are. She has become very active. Crawling all over the place. I can't keep her out of anything. If it has to do with paper she is right there with it. She finds the smallest things on the floor too. I have to vaccum twice a day so she won't eat anything. It seems my two year old likes to leave her things on the floor. Anyway, I'm going to continue to read the postings. Just thought I would check in. Here is a picture of Emily on Christmas.

http://images.snapfish.com/3459756%3A5%7Ffp338%3Enu%3D3267%3E353%3E868%3EWSNR CG%3D3233443595637nu0mrj

[kimthebride]

FIRST BDAY
Yeah, I was recently told tha we have a wedding in June and I was like YEAH well if they fall near DH's 1s bday they're OUTTA LUCK. ;) Oh, and I found a cake recipe in "Feed Me I'm Yours"

Puddle Cake
1 1/2c flour (white or 1/2 white 1/2 wheat)
1 c sugar
1 tsp baking soda
3 TBS cocoa or carob powder
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp vinegar
6 TBS cooking oil
1 c water

Sift flour, sugar, soda & cocoa into ungreased 8x10" cake pan. With mixing spoon, make 3 holes in dry mixure. Place vanilla in 1s hole, vinegar in 2nd, oil in 3rd. Pour water all over and sir wih fork to moisten dry ingredients. Do not beat. Bake a 350 for 35 minutes.

Okay, now who's gonna make this and let us know how it tastes? I am severely allergic to chocolate so I'm out...

SIPPY CUP
He was taking it, now he jus plays with it.

SITTING & CRAWLING
I dont recall if I menioned this, but in the last week Thomas began confidently sitting on his own for long periods and also crawling backwards.

CRIB PUSH-UPS
He's been doing this for a while - he'll be super tired, but roll around until he's in a baby push-up position and CRY LIKE HECK. He knows how to roll back over...whats going on? Is he trying to look out over he bumper??

SLEEP
Ugh, was getting better but he got this wet cough yesterday and he's regressed AGAIN.

SOLIDS & POOPING
I think I finally have a good balance now and Thomas is better at pushing, so the Poop Situation is way better. He only eats the Earth's BEst whole grain cereals, 3 different kinds a day. And he eats fruis & veggies every day in different combos of binding and non-binding.
Oh, and I was at a NYE party last weekend and a mom was there with her very fair daughter who is just getting over being orange, lol! She OD'd on the carrots, and it showed...

PUFFS/CHEERIOS
How long were you feeding DC solids before trying these? How old was he/she at the time?

MAKING FOOD
I bought a microwave steamer thing the other day at Bed Bath & Beyond to quickly steam fruits & veggies for Thomas, and I also want to freeze the extra in empty/clean babyfood jars. Anyone have any tips?

DISINTEREST IN SOLIDS
Are your wee ones independant types? My friends daughter prefers to feed herself solids, rather than let mom feed her. Whatever she can pick up wih her fingers or scoop up off the highchair tray will get eaten right up. But God Forbid taking it from a spoon. Also they have these self-feeding things, either those mesh bags or they have these flat plastic utensils the baby can dip into foods and lick off. Maybe try those??

HAPPY1
YAY for being a SAHM! When are we getting together for a Little Me shopping trip? :)
As for prunes, I think I was told that if I was to use them, to just add a spoonful of the baby prunes stage 1 to another food.

ALIENHOST
Thanks for that helpful websie!

AHAVNES
I honestly have no idea how working moms manage to pump anything! When I am rished or stressed I get nothing. That being said...
How long did you want to get BM into the diet? Because what I am doing is pumping and freezing 1oz increments of BM (which it sounds like is reasonable for you to manage). Then I use 1oz in his morning cereal and 1oz in his evening cereal, added to the formula. I hope to be able to get enough stash so by the time hes weaned totally, I'll have enough in the freezer to keep him getting 2oz of BM a day for the rest of his 1st year.
I would love to pump 6oz daily, which is 3 days worth. Doesn't sound like much, but think of it this way: 6ozx7days=42oz in the freezer per week. That's 21 days worth. See how you can kind of stretch it out?
Just thought I'd throw it out there for you. I know it's not a full bottle per day, but you've already done so so well, and it's an option to still have a little BM for a little longer.

[ahavnes]

Thank you ladies so much for all of your advice. I've given it a lot of thought, and I've decided to stop pumping gradually over the next few days. I am not breastfeeding anymore anyway. If I were, it would definitely be a different story. That, combined with the fact that I absolutely dread pumping, has helped me make my decision. It would be one thing if I hated pumping, but was still able to get a few ounces each time (like I was a month ago), but now it's just not worth it. It's a very emotional decision, but I think it's best for us as a family. Besides, I think it would be even harder to pump when I'm a SAHM with an active baby. :o

Misty- Very cute picture!

Talking- Abbey "says" Dada and Baba and sometimes Mama, but I don't think she realizes what she's saying. It's so cute though. She is very vocal. She talks way more than the other babies in her class. I think she's the class clown...like her mommy was. ;)

[alienhost]

making food I've been thinking of doing this but I can barely get DH and I fed at night. :D If I didn't spend so much time surfing the net maybe I'd have more time... check this thread on Parenting http://www.constantchatter.com/showthread.php?t=4950

puffs/cheerios We started rice cereal at 5 months and fruits veggies at 6 months. It wasn't until DD was around 7 1/2 months that she really did well with the pureed foods. So that being said we tried puffs a week before she turned 8 months and she did great with it, actually picking it up and putting it in her mouth so we tried Cheerios a week later. We are pretty slow on the solid front.

[Natrat80]

kim I'm making Addie's baby food. I steam, boil or microwave then puree in the blender. Freeze it into ice cube trays. When fully frozen take the cubes out and put them in a ziploc bag in the freezer. Now if only Addie would eat what I make. If she doesn't start eating DH and I are going to be eating sweet potatoe popsicles! :rolleyes:
ETA there is a homemade baby food thread....I'll bump it up for you!

[Sasha]

Alicia - Not an easy decision, I know. But it sounds like you are doing what will be best for you and Abbey.

Ladybug - Thanks so much for thinking about my situation and suggesting an idea. Sarah is a terrible napper in general, it's just even worse at daycare because of all the stimulation. Basically, she loves all the playing and doesn't want to miss out on the action. They say they try putting her down but she just won't go to sleep. At home, I have problems too, but I also have the time to dedicate to getting her to sleep, and will let her cry for a few minutes until she falls asleep. Even at home, she only sleeps for about 30 minutes at a time, generally 3-4 times a day. At daycare, she generally only takes two 30 minute naps. I have a feeling they wouldn't drape a sheet because they are very anal about things there. I asked them to prop her crib mattress up for her reflux and they would not do it until I brought in a doctor's note! But I definitely appreciate the thought :).

Talking - Sarah babbles all the time. She also says "baba" and "dada" but I don't think she says it in reference to DH. He got excited at first until he realized she also said it while looking at the cats, her bottle, food, me, her toys.... ;).

Food - I tried giving her meat (a chicken noodle meal) for the first time last night and she hated it. Just gagged. She took two bites and wouldn't open her mouth again. Made me think about trying to make my own but I just don't know when I would have the time to do that.

[rancherswife]

ahavnes: Sounds like you are doing what's best for your family. You should have no regrets and be proud of how well you did, for 7+ months w/ pumping, working and STRESS! :)

Ttalking:Landon doesn't really say much, he's always doing his little high-pich screams and he babbles a lot, but no vowel-consenent sounds yet. Is he the only one that's not?:(


misty:darling pic.:)

[cynder]

rancherswife We get babble here but even then it's not a whole lot. He's more into making raspberry sounds and since he's been born, he's an observer. So I wouldn't worry about it.

Food I am getting back in the swig of things and will be attempting to make baby food from "Super Baby Food". I'm basically going to cook sweet potatoes and see if he takes it. I think I am going to send Beech Nut to daycare and and keep the homemade stuff for when at home. I plan on using ice cube trays and then popping them into tuperwares.

[tgr68]

Well, while I was at a crop and DH ran in to work, ILs watched Shylah. FIL thought that she had a fever, and when DH picked her up he said there was some yellowish gunk running out of her nose. By that time her temp was normal, though, so we may have the beginnings of a cold. :( She has not wanted to go to sleep until just a second ago, and it's after midnight. DH is making her a bottle. Then, we'll try again to put her to bed.

[happy1nuv]

So, I think we have Nic's digestive issues temporarily resolved. I think in part it was because I was making his food too think (like the consistency of mashed potatoes) and I was over feeding him... so, we've watered his food down and started giving him less (which he is not too crazy about, but by that point, he's easy to distract). Hopefully this will keep his tummy in a good balance...

Kim ~ Anytime after Jan 20th is good for me :)

Question for those who have already transitioned from your room to the nursery... How did you do it? So far, the only successful places we have gotten Nic to sleep is in bed with us, or in his Amby baby hammock. Once I quit, we want to transition him to the crib in the nursery. Is it better to start him taking naps in there, or just go cold turkey? (He could probably stay in the hammock for a while longer, but we'd have to order another spring for it soon.. I'd rather not if we don't have to...

And.. I never did share when I hopped on the lights picture bandwagon...
http://www.winkflash.com/photo/imagew2.aspx?i=39315195&c=1276470&z=0&v=14278627cf7b107bf11edf8c45327588bfb949b66fbacb2c 422d94155b3f2dbde17a97386f94d248

[allyray231]

Too funny that we talked about binding food becuase Aiden was sooo constipated today!!!! I think it was the barley cereal? That was the only different we gave him recently. Anyway I sat him on his back and cycled his legs and when he seemed ready to go I pushed his legs in for him. Poor baby spit up his milk while trying to push out the poop! But he did poop 4 times today-that is a lot for him!

bedroom wish I could help-we live in a one bedroom :)

[alienhost]

So, I think we have Nic's digestive issues temporarily resolved.

Same here, thank goodness. One tablespoon of stage 1 prunes yesterday (along with pears and peas) morning allowed her to poop easily all day today. Definitely a better "consistency" - the poor thing yesterday was crying everytime she pooped. Although she pooped so many times, I hope it goes back to once a day - that was a lot easier! OK that's all I have to say about poop today!

[diedra1027]

Question for those who have already transitioned from your room to the nursery... How did you do it? We're working on this right now actually. About a month ago we moved the crib mattress next to our bed. I would lay down with Avery on the crib mattress instead of in the bed. This worked really well for naps, but night time was a different story. At the beginning of the year we moved the crib mattress back into the crib and I started putting her down for naps. I expected a big struggle since I have been nursing her to sleep since she was a few weeks old, but she took to it right away. For naps at least. Once we've done the nighttime bedtime routine (bath, play, book, nursing, to bed) that crib has suddenly turned into a bed of nails coated in hot lava :rolleyes:. She hasn't been able to go down in the crib at night without a major struggle yet, but we've only been working on it for a week. I actually don't mind if she continues to co-sleep with us, but I'd like her to be in the crib for the first part of the night at least.

[tgray99]

We moved Aidan to her own room and bed at about 7 weeks old. We just did it cold turkey and she was perfectly fine, it was harder on me than her. My advice is to just do it quick like a bandaid.

[tgr68]

We did the same as tgray!

So, DDs gunk has turned from the yellowish color to clear, so I'm not too worried. She's still coughing like crazy, but no fever or anything. DH's allergies started up really bad the last couple of days, so I'm thinking it may be this and not a cold after all. We're still keeping an eye on things though.

[wendstress]

I try to keep up, but just have resigned myself to the fact that it isn't going to happen.

Moving to Crib - we moved James at about 2 weeks old. Our bedroom was too tight for the bassinet, and we found he simply slept a whole lot better in his own crib.

First Birthday / Solids - No plans for a 1st BDay yet, here. But to comment on the dilemma for a 1st BDay cake, I can tell you that James has already had some Chocalate Cake and survived. In fact, he's probably had a little bit of everything we've had (except for meats) and loved it all....he's so interested in food that we almost always give him a taste. He's even had decaf. iced tea and whipped cream, thanks to my mother (I chose to not comment, for risk of hurting her feelings).

I admire all of you that are taking the time to make your own foods. I had originally thought I would, but when push comes to shove, there isn't enough time left in the day!

Baby Weight - 2-4 lbs less than pre-PG weight. Yippee! It is slowly going down, too, as we continue to BF. I should probably buy smaller jeans for the first time in many, many, years. I have a feeling that James is going to be a baby that will want to BF for a long time. I think my limit is 18 months.

Talking - nothing recognizable, but he has lots to "say" about everything. He is very communicative, but not making any sense (to us, anyway) yet.

Pooping Babies - sounds like lots of poopy babies around here! Ours is no exception! Does it make me an awful Mommy that watching James poop makes me laugh hysterically. He clenches his jaw, grunts, and turns red. LOL - he was pooping last night during dinner time and Jon and I were practically rolling on the floor! He hasn't seem to have had any problems getting it out, though. He's a litte chow hound - he'll eat as many as 4-4once jars of baby food a day. It was making him poop a ton, so I'm cutting back.

Puffs/Cheerios - Yup. Doing it here, although he doesn't show all the signs of readiness, per the puffs container. He loves them, and is getting much better at self feeding. At first I was paranoid about the size so I broke each puff up into 3-4 pieces....now he takes the whole puff just fine. We keep some puffs in the diaper bag to provide some distraction while we're out.

We are successfully STTN, here. The memo has been revoked. We've had lots of 10 hour nights, which makes me feel like a new person. Except that the weather has been so dark and drab around here that we're all suffering from the winter blues...

[usafwife]

A new thread. I don't have much time to catch up right now but hopefully later today or tomorrow I can catch up.

[happy1nuv]

ok... we're back to having issues here. i have no clue what we're doing wrong. he gets an oz of prunes a day (wont take prune juice, and im done ruining shirts tying to force it) ... but loves the prunes. we've cut down the amount of food he gets per feeding (hes not too happy bout that) ...he's had TONS of pears, and nothing constipating ... yet he's STILL constipated. every time we think its licked, it comes right back. dh went to cvs to get liquid glycerin drops (wannabe suppository) for the next time he strains ... i think dh and i are going to write up a timeline as best we can, yhen going to the ped tomorrow... argh!

[allyray231]

happy Oh man I am so sorry--maybe it is just something that else?? I gave Aiden a little banannas after his peas today and the kid pooped easier then he has in days! SO go figure! Maybe he is just getting used to the solids in general? Maybe give him some water??

[tgr68]

Wendstress~LOL about watching DS poop! DH and I do the same thing! ;)

Happy1~Sorry DS is still having trouble. :( Not sure what to do. Ally seemed to have some good ideas though.

Milestone Alert~Shylah has starting waving back to people! She still hasn't made the connection between "bye-bye" and waving though.

[Traciann]

happy if I notice that DD is straining more I give her the entire stage 1 prunes or the prune combo in stage 2. She eats it no problem...and that fixes it. How about you try more prunes? Also, if I feed DD a binding food at one meal, I try to give her one that is not at the next meal to even things out. :) Don't you love talking about poop?

[jmvan74]

Happy: We had constipation issues this weekend. Collin didn't have a good poop for 3 days and was fussy and not sleeping well. I gave him pears with every meal and some watered down prune or pear juice during his morning and afternoon meal. He finally went, when I decided to do the old, thermometer trick! I tried to take his temp and out it came! LOL! This morning he finally went on his own and it was ton. I think he lost 5 lbs. :p Good luck.

[kimthebride]

HAPPY1
Sorry if you said this, I have a cold and am delirious right now: Regarding the poop troubles, are you feeding Nic whole grain cereals? Earth's Best (sold at BRU & grocery stores) cereals are whole grain. I use the Mixed Whole grain for breakfast, whole grain Oatmeal for lunch and the whole grain brown Rice for dinner - Thomas is successfully pooping up a storm. :) Every little bit helps, ya know?
Email me when you're ready to shop and are an official SAHM. ;) fun!

COLDS
Thomas has another cold.
I got the same cold.
Yuck.
However, I found out that ZICAM is totally okay for BFing moms and I am now taking that every 4 hours to shorten this. I was taking it over Xmas when DH & DC were both sick and I never got what they had then. I have 2 humidifiers in the bedroom - one on DC one on me, and since DH is away for the week for work I can just focus on getting us rest. That sounds bad, but when DH is away theres no need for me to stay up past Thomas' bedtime, lol.

[Sasha]

Happy1 - Sorry about Nic's tummy troubles. Speaking from experience, the baby glycerine drops will work. Hope the doctor can help Nic out today.

Colds - I am on the verge of getting one and am also using Zicam, aka "miracle drug" ;). Sarah has been sneezing a little, so I am just praying she doesn't get yet another one. I wish there was infant Zicam!

New QOTD - In a 24 hour time period, how much would you say your DC sleeps (night and naps). I just read this article that said babies at this age should sleep 13-14 hours a night and 2-3 hours of naps. Please tell me I am not the only one with a baby not near this mark! Sarah generally sleeps about 11 hours at night, and then maybe 1.5 hours worth of naps (can be less on some days!) So in total, she is doing only getting 12-13 hours of sleep a day. She naps terribly, should I be putting her down earlier in hopes of her getting more sleep?

Tried giving her some Cheerios cut in half this weekend. Did not go over very well, lol. She would pick it up, try and put it in her other hand and then drop it. Did not understand putting it in her mouth (unusual, since she puts EVERYTHING else in her mouth). So I put one in her mouth for her and she made the worst face and spit it out. Guess I'll wait another week or so before trying again.

[allyray231]

Sasha I say that article too--give me a break-my kid doesn't sleep that much either. On a great day-he will sleep 3 hrs-on a OK day-about 1.5 hrs. And he sleeps about 11 hrs at night

[tgr68]

Sleep Schedule~DD usually sleeps from about 8:30pm-7:30am (11hrs), then takes a nap at 10:00am (1.5-2hrs) and another nap around 2:30 (1hr). If she's really cranky, she'll snooze for another hour in the evening, so total that's about 13.5-15 hrs a day. :eek: Wow! That's a lot more than I expected!

PPD~I finally gave in and called my dr this morning, and she was able to get me in this afternoon. Most of the time when this comes on, it's around AF, but according to my chart I just now ovulated. I definately can't handle another breakdown this soon! I know part of it is that I'm totally frustrated with DH, but there is so much going on right now that I feel like everything is crashing down on me. :(

[alienhost]

happy I agree with what everyone has said here so far. Prunes, pears and water seem to help here, also peas.

Sleep schedule generally 12 hours at night. AM nap is 1.5-2hours at least two other 45 minute naps during the day if we are home. She loves to sleep - I'd say 14-15 hours a day.

[ahavnes]

Abbey has thrush. :mad: I saw it in her mouth this weekend while changing her. I wonder how long she's had it, since I've had it since I delivered her! She hasn't been on the breast for about 2 months, but I guess it's in the milk I've been pumping? Does anyone know how to get rid of it? Or does it just go away??? I feel like such a deadbeat.

Sasha- There is no way Abbey sleeps that much! She sleeps maybe 10 hours at night and another 2-3 hours during the day (on a good day). She's generally happy though, so I'm not too concerned. Now if we could only get her to sleep through the night!

tgr68- I'm so sorry you're feeling overwhelmed. Do you have a mommy club or a close friend you can vent to? Or, there's always us! :) Please let us know what the doctor says.

Happy1- Abbey is having the same tummy problems. I am going to try to thin out her oatmeal like you suggested, and switch to whole grain I guess.

[Traciann]

Kim good to know about the whole grain cerals...I will pick some up next time I am at the store.

QOTD I think DD sleeps around 10-12 hours at night and usually a 2hr nap and a 1 hour nap is her usual. But sometimes she does sleep less. I read somewhere that some babies do sleep a little less than others. I wouldn't worry so much about time, but how Sarah is feeling. Is she cranky, and tired and you feel like she needs more sleep?

[cynder]

QOTD About 10-11 hrs at night and when in daycare about 2-3 hours of napping and when at home that can go up to 4 hours. Since he seems to be content, I don't obssess over the number any more. I am just glad that he is still rubbing his eyes when he wants to sleep. It's sooo cute and a great way to tell us that we need to put him down.

Crib Cold Turkey at night. Went pretty well. Much harder for us than for him.

Great weekend with our smiley baby. He still doesn't giggle a whole lot but man, he was in a great mood all the time. I had a hard time going to work today. Our biggest problem was that DS likes to blow raspberries while eating. Anyone else experiencing this and have any tips. We have tried to distract with everything. I draw the line at playing the TV so that's the only thing we haven't tried.

ETA to add that Beech Nut does make a Plum/Apple combo in Stage 2.

[Jenyfer9]

Can someone change my age to 31 please? Today is my birthday!

Sofar it's been pretty non-different from normal. And no, I don't feel any older. We got our order of gDiapers today (see thread in parenting), and they are super cute! Will is TRYING to take a nap now, so we'll see how they do...

[Jessiesmama]

First Ear Infection
Jessica has an ear infection - She had a terrible cold last week, but everything that was coming out of her nose was clear - then all of a sudden on Wednesday night I saw yellow - we were at the Dr. on Thursday. He said she had a cold but also an ear infection and put her on antibiotics. She's feeling better now but still congested.

QOTD
DD sleeps about 10-11 hours a night - her naps are inconsistent - sometimes she'll sleep and hour or more in the am - but sometimes only 20 min. She takes a late afternoon nap - but usually only for 20 min - so she's getting much less than the standard - but she's quite happy - so I'm not going to worry.

Crib
We put her in the crib in her nursery at 6 weeks -she's been there ever since.

Work
Any other working moms just had it with work? I have a good job but it's really tough to balance everything. My commute is about 2 1/2 -3 hours round trip a day, add that to an 8 hour work day and then coming home for the mommy shift, taking care of the laundry, house, etc - it's tough.

[Natrat80]

tgr Sorry you're feeling down. I hope your dr. is supportive!
sleep Addie sleeps about 12 hours at night and maybe 3 during the day. She takes 3 one hour naps (usually).
crib DD has always been in the crib. She was in it in our room for 10 days then in her room ever since.
poop No suggestions here. I don't know if Addie is constipated or if its just her "new normal" to only poop every few days....but when she finally poops....WOW! It's a lot!
reluctant eaters I had a bit of success today (hope I don't jinx myself). I went back to making cereal really watered down with breast milk. Then I used the little dipper. I dip it in the cereal and she'd open wide (usually she clamps shut with the spoon). She still didn't take much, but it's progress right. I'm going to back off on everything except for cereal until we see an improvement. This is one of the first baby issues I've really been stumped about what to do!
OH, here's the little dipper!
http://www.gerber.com/content/usa/assets/prodcats/5566/productSm.jpg

and in other news...
I feel a tooth! It's just beginning to break through! :)

[wendstress]

and in other news...
I feel a tooth! It's just beginning to break through! :)

Could her lack of wanting to eat be related to teething? I think that is supposed to be one of the teething symptoms. Maybe she's been working hard at teething....now that it's broken through, perhaps she'll get more interested in food?

[diedra1027]

Happy Birthday Jenyfer!!

Sleep - Usually ~12 hours at night. She still wakes to nurse at least twice. Ped advised us not to cut back on night feedings since she's such a light weight (still only 14.5 lbs at 8 months :eek: ). She's taking 3 naps a day that last anywhere from 45 minutes up to 2 hours. We try to stick to the two hour rule as much as possible and keep a close eye on her sleepy signs. She also started sleeping SO much better once her bottom teeth broke through - it is amazing what a difference that made.

Reluctant eater - We've had some sucess here as well! DH took over this weekend and just started shoveling some bites of baby food in her. We decided to try everyday and she's already getting better. Today, I got her to eat about half a jar of oatmeal w/apples & bananas. And that was real eating as opposed to me putting it in her mouth and her smiling to let it all dribble out (that was yesterday's technique :rolleyes: ). It's still a struggle, she doesn't want to open her mouth for the spoon at all. I found that if I give her something to play with she's a lot more willing, it also keeps her from grabbing the spoon!

Dieting and BF-ing - I'm about 40 pounds heavier than I'd like to be, so I started the South Beach Diet about a week ago. I've been off sugar and carbs and I've lost about 10 pounds already. That's the good news. The Bad News is that Avery seems to have lost a few ounces too, so I think I'm cutting back too much?? If anyone has any dieting while nursing resources they can share, I'd love to check them out.

[usafwife]

Sitting Up ~ Yes, DD is able to sit up on her own.

STTN ~ Most nights it happens. If we are away then getting her to go to sleep is definitely not easy.

Kissing ~ DD started doing this a couple of weeks ago. First it was just me. Then my mom got to have kisses. DD still doesn't give kisses to her daddy though.

Pictures ~ Adorable pictures everyone.

Crawling ~ We are on the verge here. DD can rock back and forth and can go backwards. She also does the push ups.

First Birthday ~ We have given it some thought. We are going to make her b-day cake. In fact we bought the Winnie the Pooh figurines over the weekend. My mom has a ton of cake decorating supplies (the tips, bags, colorings, a ton of different shaped cake pans, etc) as she used to decorate cakes.

Teeth ~ No teeth yet but there are a couple of nubs on the lower jaw. They have been there a few weeks. We have a ton of drool and chews on pretty much everything in reach.

Seperation Anxiety ~ I'm pretty sure that we have it going on here. DD is a big momma's girl (I suppose it's because I'm with her all day long and she has gotten used to me being here). She'll cry if I leave the room or simply can't see me.

Crib ~ We moved DD to her crib a few months ago. I don't remember the exact age she was right now (I have it wrote down). The transition was really easy though. I started putting her down in the crib during the day to take naps in there so she would get used to it. We usually try to rock her before we put her in the crib for the evening. We have put her to bed in the crib and she has gone to sleep a couple of times on her own.

Sleep ~ DD will sleep for about 10-12 hours at night. She takes a couple of naps during the day (usually between 1 and 2 hours in length).

[Dreshny]

Happy Birthday, Jenyfer! The gDiapers look cute. I'd love to try them, but I don't trust the plumbing in our old (built 1922) apartment.

Sleep: Asher sleeps maybe 9 hours at night (but not at one time) and during the day sleeps anywhere from 1 hour (total) to 3-4 hours. I'm not stressed about it. He's a happy guy.

Kim: Sorry to hear you're both sick. It's probably my fault. :o Hope you feel better soon...

[DisneyGirl]

Crib NIkki started sleeping in her crib when she was about 4 months old.

QOTDShe sleeps about 11 hrs at night ans about 2 hrs during the day then somtimes she takes another 1 1/2 nap.

teethno sign of any here yet.

[tgr68]

Well, my dr appt went pretty good. The weighed me, and I am back up to almost my max pgcy weight. :( My blood pressure and pulse were good, and they drew blood to test my thyroid. She did give me a mild anti-depressant to see if it would work. She also said that I have to get out of the house 15-30 minutes a day for a relaxing activity. I am really going to struggle with this one because part of my stress is the house cleaning, and when Shylah is asleep I try to get housework done. Plus with DH working Tuesdays and Fridays 9am-9pm, it is going to be very difficult to get away on those two days. I honestly don't know where I'll get out too with it being winter and the nearest mall/large store is in the next town, but I am going to try my best to do so.

[tgray99]

Oh gosh, tgr68 (sorry, can't remember your name), that really stinks. :( I wish there were something I can do. Maybe you can bundle up, grab the baby monitor and take a walk around your house for 15 minutes? Do you have a neighbor you trust to leave Shylah home with so you can maybe go for a drive or take a walk or do something?

I was on anti-depressants before I had Aidan. I didn't even think it was depression, I actually thought it was hypothyroidism and had bloodwork done. I was gaining weight and had no energy and would cry at the drop of a hat. My doc finally had me see a counselor and it helped me so much. I took Effexor too and that helped. I recommend seeing someone in addition to taking an anti-depressant...they work well together.

Hope everything goes back on the upswing for you soon.

[Natrat80]

tgr I struggle to get out everyday too. We live in the suburbs of Dallas, but on the very outskirts. Our tiny town has about 2 fast food places and a post office. Not too exciting. To go see friends, go to Target, etc. I have to drive at least 30 minutes just to get there. Plus I hate to waste gas just because I want to get out. But I do notice that I feel much better on the days that we do something. So I've started taking DD for a long walk in the stroller everyday. I know our climate is very different from yours (especially this year-this weekend it was 80 here), but could you bundle Shylah up and walk around your neighborhood? If I don't need to go anywhere but want to leave the house sometimes I'll just go to Sonic and get a coke, then at least we've left the house, KWIM? Do you have friends you can visit or a playgroup you and Shylah go to? I can't remember if you are working or not...hmmm....I hope you find something that works for you!

[cynder]

Deidra I suggest that you talk to your doctor but I remember from my post pregnancy nutriton class that if you are nursing you should avoid diets like Weight Watchers and South Beach. I know Weight Watchers Online won't even let you sign up if you indicate that you are nursing. This is not say that you can't watch what you eat but espeically the low carb dieting can decrease your caloric intake which should be around 1800 cal/day if you are nursing. I would try waiting until DD is taking solids really well and maybe limiting yourself to phase II instead of phase I.

Good luck on the weight loss.

[allyray231]

[B][tgr68/B] I am so so sorry. Is there neighbor or something that could watch her for a little while? Do you have anyone around the area that has a young child who wants to babysit? Hang in there!

Well we gave Aiden prunes to get things going and I think it worked too well!!

[Sasha]

Tgr - I hope the medication works for you. I second the idea of going to a counselor or someone you can talk to. If you have some friends or neighbors who could watch Shylah for a little bit, that would be a perfect solution to being able to get out for a few minutes, baby-free.

Jenyfer - Happy birthday!

Crib - We started having her sleep in her crib around 10 weeks old. I wanted her to get used to a crib before she went to daycare and would be sleeping in a crib there. Started out doing it with naps and then transitioned it to nighttime. She never really had a problem with the transition. Course there are plenty of nights that she starts fussing at 5am and I put her in bed with us so I can get some more sleep ;).

Well I'm glad to see I'm not the only one with a DC not getting the "reccommeneded" amount of sleep. Sarah is happy and loves to play, so I'm not too worried. I do wish she would take more than 2 half hour naps a day, though. The only real problem is that around 6:30, she will sometimes get grouchy and act like she wants to sleep. Sometimes she will take a quick nap, sometimes not. I've tried putting her to sleep for the night earlier, but she doesn't want that. So, we will make do.

[tgray99]

Deidra I suggest that you talk to your doctor but I remember from my post pregnancy nutriton class that if you are nursing you should avoid diets like Weight Watchers and South Beach. I know Weight Watchers Online won't even let you sign up if you indicate that you are nursing. This is not say that you can't watch what you eat but espeically the low carb dieting can decrease your caloric intake which should be around 1800 cal/day if you are nursing. I would try waiting until DD is taking solids really well and maybe limiting yourself to phase II instead of phase I.

Good luck on the weight loss.
Actually Weight Watchers is one of the only diets that you can go on when you're breast feeding. It gives you additional points to make up for what is burned in the BF process. Check it out, I've lost 10 pounds on it (although I'm not BFing anymore).

[ahavnes]

I've tried putting her to sleep for the night earlier, but she doesn't want that. So, we will make do.

(Nodding head. ;)) Abbey ends up waking up about an hour later ready for action. I just don't get it. :confused:

Can anyone please help me with the Thrush thing? I've looked online, and some sites say to call the doctor, some say to wait a little bit. I'm not sure what to do. We're going out of town this weekend (to Houston to see my friends who just had babies!) and I'm not sure if I should take her in beforehand or not. I'd like to avoid a trip to the doctor if at all possible.

tgr68- I agree that getting out of the house does help, if possible. Also, is there any way you could hire a housekeeper to come periodically? I was so stressed about my house too, but now we have someone come every 2 weeks and it's made SUCH a difference!

[allyray231]

ahavnes Can you call the ped? maybe they can tell you what to do without having to go in. However, with me, when in doubt I would get it checked out

[Sasha]

Alicia - Can you just call the ped's office and ask if you need to come in or if they can prescribe something over the phone? I wish my boss's wife (Sarah's ped.) was in our office today so I could ask her for you, but she's at her practice today :(.

[ahavnes]

I know if I call the ped, they will tell me to come in. It's guaranteed. I'd like to avoid that if possible, b/c Abs always seems to get sick after a visit. (Thanks for the offer Sasha!)

[cynder]

tgray99 I think you may be right. All I know is that when I tried to sign up online to do the online program, if I selected "Breastfeeding" it would not let me sign up. I think it said something about the in person meetings being tailored for nursing moms.

Congrats on your weight loss! That's so awesome. I am at pre pregnancy weight and now my goal is pre wedding weight and to get rid of this belly flab. I started eating less and now I just need to start excersing more.

ahavnes No idea. I do know that DH got really sick when he was by himself last month and one of things he had was thrush in his mouth! Don't even ask me how, they are still trying to figure that one out.

tgr Take time for yourself even if it's for ten minutes at 10:00 pm when your husband is home.

[diedra1027]

Thanks for the diets advice. I picked SBD because I hate having to 'count' anything (points, calories, whatever). I just like the list of things to eat aspect of it. I read on kellymom about skipping phase I, so I will go ahead and start phase II a few days early. Avery can not afford to be losing weight along with me!

Anybody else have a Pincher? Avery is always pinching us now and it is getting very old very quickly. She can pinch hard enough to break the skin! My bbs look like they've been in a cat fight (she pinches A LOT while nursing) and she always goes after DHs face and neck. I try to keep her nails as short as possible and we are trying several things to try to get her to stop. She mostly just laughs at us :rolleyes:...and so it begins...

[tgr68]

Thank you all so much!! I'm doing a little better today, and I think most of my "bad feelings" are due to a lack of sleep. My medication ended up wiring me! :( DH took some decongestants and was awake the whole night as well. Shylah, of course, slept with no problems at all. :rolleyes:

tgray~There's not a whole lot of people in our neighborhood. I may bundle the two of us up after my lunch settles and walk around out in the snow for a few minutes before going to work!

Nat~Our tiny town has about 2 fast food places and a post office. Not too exciting. To go see friends, go to Target, etc. I have to drive at least 30 minutes just to get there. Plus I hate to waste gas just because I want to get out. This is exactly my predicament! We have a three day weekend coming up though, so maybe we can take off for a day trip if the weather is nice.

Ally~My sis is available pretty much at the drop of a hat until she gets a job. Then I may start babysitting her little one (18 mos.) who is actually a pretty good help with Shylah.

Sasha~Thanks. My dr gave me a list of counselors in the area. She also suggested trying to make an appt with our pastor.

Alicia~Oh I wish there was a way to hire a housekeeper!! I have two friends who do it for a living! But, part of what sets me off is our financial situation. We are currently putting approx $500 a month on credit cards just to be able to afford groceries, diapers, etc. :( The only reason we ahve the internet is that DH needs it for his job.

Cynder~10 at 10 sounds good! ;)

Diedra~I don't have go much of a pincher, but DD loves to grab that delicate skin right under my eye and pull! :Eek: Ouch!!

[happy1nuv]

Diedra ~ YES YES YES... Nic is a HUGE pincher. Its awful! I try and grab his hand when he starts... and cut and file his nails as often as I can, but mostly I live with the scrapes. If you find anything effective, let me know...

tgr68 ~ So sorry you're feeling so poorly. Definitely take care of yourself as best you can... maybe try momsclub.com to see if there's a group near you?

Sleep ~ Nic sleeps from about 7 - 7 (not continuosly) and then he'll take 3-4 30-45 minute naps if he's home with me. So, not too bad with the amount of sleep... as long as he's happy, I don't really care about the number. When he needs sleep, he turns into a total grouch really quickly, so its not too hard to tell when he's overtired...

ahavnes ~ Did you try posting your thrush questions in the breastfeeding thread? Maybe get Marisa's opinion?

Crib Transfer ~ Thanks for all of the replies... we'll be trying that in a few weeks once I stop working and we get Nic back on track tummy-wise. Baby steps, yanno :)

So we went to see the dr yesterday. We had an double ear infection followup/7 month well baby visit set for Thursday, so with Nic's tummy issues, we moved it to yesterday. Ped said that once they're constipated, it can take up to a week from the last binding food to resolve... ugh. She didnt really have any new advice that I hadn't heard from you guys, random internet surfing, etc. (although she did say that pear nectar would work as well as prune juice... nic is HATING prune juice altho he likes prunes) ... He's either 16 lbs, 7 oz or 17 lbs 6 oz .. .I can't remember. He's just above 50th percentile in height, high 20's for head/weight... and that everything else looks good. (Love the checklist they go over with ya... ugh.)

:)

[ahavnes]

Happy1- Good idea, I had totally forgotten about the BF thread. Thanks!

[usafwife]

Namaah ~ I know it isn't easy to get out of the house by yourself with all the baby gear. How are you liking the snow? It's really coming down here and been like that all morning. I heard the sleet hitting the house last night. If you ever want to talk, feel free to email me. You still have it right? If not, send me a PM.

Pinching baby/b] ~ YES! DD loves to grab anything with her hands and squeeze. I had 3 lovely scratches under my left eye after she got me there. She loves to grab cheecks, lower lip, and my hair right now. I try to keep her nails short as possible but it still doesn't seem to matter.

[b]Weather ~ Well, it looks as if we are finally having some winter weather. We got some snow back in December a couple of times but I think today's snowfall is going to be more than those two combined.

[BridalLace]

tgr68 i hope you feel better!

on pinching - yes. Elodie pinches, but not too hard yet. i try to gently put her hands elsewhere when she pinches me. or i give her my fingers to pinch, which doesn't hurt too much.

Elodie also gets mad at us now! i have to wrestle with her sometimes to get her diaper fastened around her and to keep her from getting poop everywhere ...it freaks me out if i go out to a public place and the changing table is waist-high or higher (its really high at BRU)....if we're at home, i do what my sister does now, which is hold her shoulders down with my feet (GENTLY) while i change her, i hope that doesn't sound too harsh, but she is actually mostly quiet now if i do that, and sits still b/c she realizes she can't get away. she wiggles all over the place otherwise! she gets really mad and frustrated if she tries to reach for something (like the fresh diaper before i put it on her, or the diaper wipes box) and i tell her No (which she seems to know now) and she will go HMMMMM!!!! in this really mad voice and give me this mad look. its kind of funny, kind of cute. LOL. :)

hope you're all making it through the week ok!

[allyray231]

Shots at 6 month WBV
Did anyone not get all the same shots at the 6 month WBV as the other visits? When I took Aiden in he didn't get one if them -I think it was the Pneumoccocal one (I have to go look at his book at home). Is that right?

[usafwife]

ally ~ DD got Pneumococcal, Hepatitis B, Hib, DTP, and Polio. They were out of the flu shots so we couldn't get that. Hopefully with DH and I both having the flu shot that will be enough protection.

[Aunt Liv]

just popping in to say hi! I've been away for a while, so I'm way too far behind already to catch up. Hope everyone is doing great!!

[tgray99]

(to Houston to see my friends who just had babies!)
You're coming to Houston? Wanna get together? PM me.

[allyray231]

Thanks usawife I think I figured it out--it was the Hib. I looked at the CDC website and they said if a certain kind of vaccine was used that they didn't have to give it at 6 months. I will ask when he gets his other flu shot

Thanks!

[DisneyGirl]

TGRI am so sorry to hear you are feeling a little down. I know exactly how you feel! I usually would not comment on things like this, but I could have written your post about always making sure the house is clean, DH working long long hrs as mine leaves every morning at 4:45 AM and returns home every night at 9:00 PM. I know how it feels to not want to leave the house because there no place to go or the closest place/mall is 15 min + down the road. I too feel so overwhelemd with things and I know I need to get out more often but its winter here too and soemtimes i just don't feel like bundling up my kids to go out and walk the mall. Plus my 2yr old thinks thats less than fun. Plus on top of being overwhenlmed with a 8 month old that is HIGH needs and a 2 yr old thats is learning/getting into things it seems like I have no time to be "me". I just moved to a new state and I know no one and my closest friend/family is 2 hrs away. I sometimes want to bang my head again the wall and scream in hopes that i will feel better. Maybe like some of the other on here said..Maybe I should look into a play group or something. I just find it harder in my situation because i do have a 2yr old as well who would rather not be around 5-8 little "babies". I wonder if I should call my Dr..I have talked to my DH about this, but he says how hard could my day be I stay home and how could I feel overwhelmed, exhausted and lonely at times. So part of me will not call the Dr. because maybe hes right am I just over reacting . Sorry this ended up so long. It actaully felt nice to talk/write to someone who kinda feels the way I do and to see I'm not the only one. I hope the meds you were given helps you feel better very soon.
Jenn

[happy1nuv]

Disney ~ If that is how you feel, that is how you feel... totally VALID. (esp since there are many others on this board that share those feelings). Go ahead and tallk to your dr...

(and, where in Jersey are ya? I'm in Jackson, near Freehold...)

[jmvan74]

Jenn (disney) I can totally relate to moving to a new place and not having people near by. Not having a strong, local support system is so difficult. We moved when I was 7 months pregnant and I still don't really know anyone. I was feeling the same way and I did talk to my DR. It has been so beneficial for me and my son. We are both so much happier now. Please don't feel like you are overreacting. Being home all day with not just one, but 2 children has got to get overwhelming. Maybe your DH should be left home for a week by himself to see how he feels. I know that it took a lot of discussion and crying to get my DH to understand how serious this problem was for me. I'm about 3 hours from central Jersey or I'd stop by and give you a hug. :)

[tgr68]

Disney~It's funny that we KNOW that other people have dealt with this, but when it's someone we regularly talk to, it's seems to be totally different. It helped me to know that my dr (also a first time mom) dealt with it too! She said after DS was born, her OB (also mine) nearly hospitalized her because her PPD was so bad! :eek: That was what made go ahead with the meds because I figure that if she couldn't get through it without them, having the knowledge and understanding she does, there was little chance that I probably would!

[allyray231]

I am so sorry you ladies are all feeling down. It sucks--my family is 4 hrs away and I wish I had their support. That is why we want to move back so bad

(((HUGS))) to all of you!

[DisneyGirl]

Thanks Happy1,jmvan,Tgr &Allyrayfor reading my post and sending hugs my way. TGR is so right when she says If you talk to Dh, Parents, friends about it they all look at your like your nuts and that you are the only person to have ever felt that way or they assume that you hate being a perent or they think the worst thoughts ever. It is actaully quit nice being able to talk to people who have or do feel like i do. (Thought, of course I wish none of use felt this way.)

Happy I use to live in NJ near East Brunswick but i just moved to PA and My DH still works and attends school in NJ so thats why I'm home so much by myself. I try to go to NJ as much as possible.. Since you live near freehold have you ever gone to that wemrock(i think thas the name) farm to apple, punpkim, peach pick. I use to go all the time with my DS before we moved.

jmvan Where do you live?

Thanks everyone for listening.. Jenn

[ahavnes]

Tgr68 and Disney- I am so sorry you're both feeling overwhelmed. I agree that it is easy to feel isolated when you're home with a baby (or 2!!) all day. Disney- A lot of moms that I know with 2 kids joined a moms group according to the older child's age. That way the toddlers can play and you can still meet other moms.

I think I've found a remedy for Abbey's thrush. A woman from work suggested acidophilus, so I got some for babies at Whole Foods. She started it this morning.

And here's a little vent...before having Abbey, I never ever had cramps. I am now having my second visit from AF and have terrible cramps! What's with that? So not fair. :mad:

[Sasha]

Tgr & Disney - ((Hugs)) to both of you. I'm sorry you both feel this way. Completely understandable as to why you would feel overwhelmed. I hope your DHs both understand and can support you and your needs.

Alicia - Hope the remedy works! My condolences on the cramps....

My ILs babysat Sarah last night because as part of our Christmas gift, they gave us tickets to the Billy Joel musical, "Movin' Out" (highly reccommend it!) Originally MIL said they'd be over early enough so we could even go out to dinner. So when I asked her when they were coming over, she did not say a time that would allow us time for dinner as well. Well not only that, but she then ended up coming over 35 minutes late so DH and I had to do about 80mph to get there in time. I was annoyed because what was supposed to be a nice evening out for the two of us turned into both of us being p!ssed and rushed. Once the show started, we were able to enjoy it, but it was very aggrevating up until that point and definitely not your ideal date night (esp. on a Tuesday night!)

[rancherswife]

I'm a tad behind, but I'll do my best to catch up.

QOTD: Landon sleeps about 11 hours at night, with of course a few wakings in between there, only for brief periods though, and naps are usually about 2 hour and a half naps and one evening power snooze to get him through until 8-8:30.

crib:still working on the transition, but I've been following what kim filled me in on a few weeks ago, and it seems to be working well. He naps wonderfully in his crib, I think the night time is more of an issue for dh and I than Landon!;)

solids:I think we're finally starting to get the hang of this. Just this past weekend he really started getting into it. He'll now eat rice cereal in the a.m. and a veggie and a fruit for dinner. Much better than weeks past!

tgr:So sorry you're dealing with ppd. I can't imagine what it must feel like, but...feel free to vent to us anytime, we're all here for you.

teeth:Landon now has 6:eek: teeth! They are coming in like crazy all of a sudden! He's got the bottom 2, and four on the top. They're so cute. He's pretty gentle w/ the nips too, so far! (I'm sure he'll bite the crap out of me, now that I'm bragging about him!:rolleyes: ) Funny story. We took him to see my g-ma this weekend and she was inspecting his mouth full of teeth, then looks up at me and says "well, you know what that means, don't ya?" "When a baby gets this many teeth before a year old, there's gonna be another baby on the way within the year!" Nice, thanks grams!:rolleyes:

Happy Belated b-day Jenyfer!

dieting and bfing:I've been doing WW and it's so easy and breastfeeding friendly! I'm not sure how the other diets are.

talking:Of course, right after I posted that Landon wasn't saying much, the very next day he woke up babbling and hasn't stopped since. He says "dada and baaabaaa" and is making a "fffff" sound, lord help us my husband has SUCH a potty mouth!:o

ahavnes:I've had my period back since Landon was 2 months old, and my cramps have been HORRIBLE! I'm having one hell of an AF as we speak! Sorry, no help, just sympathy!

I think I've caught up...

[happy1nuv]

Wow, this thread has slowed (or, maybe now that I've given notice and am checking at work... I'm just keeping more on top of it...)

Disney ~ We went to Wemrock for our pumpkin and some apples for Halloween this year :) I really wanted the pumpkin patch pictures, but next year...we're going to just pick up a pumpkin someplace, go apple picking there and take a few photos in the pumpkin patch... we ended up paying almost $20.00 for a few apples and a pumpkin (I wanted a big pumpkin) ... UGh!

So, Nic has been having the WORST nights the past 2 nights. He got DTaP on Monday. He had a fever after the first dose, and was a bit fussy - I don't remember the details. BUT, he's had a low grade fever (under 100 degrees) Tuesday night through today ... could this still be a reaction to the vaccine??? He seems ok during the day, but nighttime comes, and watch out... (he's never been a good sleeper, but man... I miss how good he was! We were up every half hour last night!)

[diedra1027]

happy1 - Any chance Nic is working on some teeth? Avery's sleep always gets wacky when teeth are about to push through.

[rancherswife]

happy:I agree w/ diedra, maybe it's teeth. Our nights are hell when Landon's got chompers coming in.:rolleyes:

[tgr68]

Not a lot going on over here. Just hanging out with my sis & niece. Hope all is well!

[allyray231]

Well nothing like a scare tonight. I got home and Aiden seemed a bit upset. Bibi (my nanny) said that while he was in the swing today at the park (they have those baby swings and he has beenn going in them for months) that he was leaning foward holding on to the swing chain and his body weight shifted back and he was still holding on. He got scared a bit and started to cry so she took him out and he was fine. She put him in the stoller he was fine and when she got home and took off his jacket he started to cry again. She put him down to change his diaper and every time she touched his left hand he cried. That is when I came home.

Of course I got all scared and told the ped I was coming right over. He cried a little bit when the doc was looking at him but he gripped fine and played fine sitting up, laying down, and on his tummy. They said he seemed fine but just to keep and eye on it to make sure it didn't swell or wasn't using it.

He of course was totally fine once we got home and was playing like normal. Bibi called 4 times while I was at the ped to make sure she was ok. I left my cell phone in the car. She was so upset she was going to try back to my house and make sure he was ok. She is sweet

Kids are funny that way

[Sasha]

Ally - Hope Aiden is feeling ok today. Sounds like you have a nanny who really cares a lot for Aiden.

Happy1 - My guess would be teething too. LOL, not that I would be an expert on that, we are still waiting for Sarah's teeth to make an appearance :rolleyes:.

Not too much going on here. Sarah did the cutest thing this morning. When I dropped her off at daycare, one of her teachers was wheeling up three of the other kids in the buggy they use to transport them. Sarah sees the other babies and starts smiling and waving at all of them. Her teacher and I just started laughing, it was adorable to see her so excited to see her "friends" :).

[allyray231]

Happy to report that Aiden is doing well. I know kids will get hurt but it is so hard to see them like that!!

Sasha How sweet! Aiden does that when he sees the nanny in the AM--so cute

[happy1nuv]

well, no sign of teeth yet, but i think that was contributing a bit. he's always chewing on stuff, but hes way more outta control with it lately... no teeth yet tho.

i'll be a lot happier when nic can tell us he hurts. this guessing stuff sucks. anyone trying to teach thei baby sign language? we are, but nic hasnt signed anything back yet... anyone know the sign for all done? i want to teach that one too, but dnt have time to run to the library to look it up...

[jmvan74]

Ally: Glad Aiden is okay.

Happy: We've been doing a few signs, but I need to be more consistent. The sign for all done is waving both hands in front of you (fingers spread). Kind of like pushing it away. Does that make sense? Here's a link..(It's actually the word "finish").
http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm
Online ASL dictionary.

[tgr68]

Ally~Glad Aiden is okay!

Sasha~I think it's so cute when they start to really recognize people! DD is just now starting to wave, and she blows kisses to her Ggma when I drop her off!

Signing~Here's another link too: Sign With Me (http://www.signwithme.com). It will give slight variations that are easier for young kids, but still accepted in ASL.

[Dreshny]

Julie: What a cool website!

Asher doesn't wave yet. Maybe it's because we don't make a production of waving to him.

[rancherswife]

ally:Glad Aiden is OK. Sounds like you've got a really good Nanny!

Asher doesn't wave yet. Maybe it's because we don't make a production of waving to him.

Landon either. I'm guessing it's for the same reason. How cute though, that the babes are getting excited about seeing their friends! They're getting too big, too fast!:o

Just running around trying to get all my errands done. We are leaving for my cousins wedding tomorrow morning, she's getting married at a resort in the mountains this weekend, snow and all. Should be fun though.

Anyway...off to finish my errands and get back home so Landon can have a good long afternoon nap.:)

Have a great weekend everyone!

[BridalLace]

just checking in. too busy to post much but am'a-lurkin'. hope you all have a nice weekend and if you have three days like me, woot!!! :D

Heather

[cynder]

Blah - we got hit with a stomach bug yesterday.Yesterday I was in charge of an interview so I dropped DS off even though he was not 100 %. To make it better the fire alarm went off twice during this guy's interview. I rushed over to pick up DD after the interview where he puked down my blouse and again in Walgreens picking up Pedialyte. The pooping and puking is one thing but hearing my baby whimper is just so saaaddd. He's doing better but still pretty lethargic. I hope none of your babies get this.

Have a good weekend

[allyray231]

Aiden learned to clap!!! He has been trying to do it for a few weeks--but he usually hits with on hand closed. The he started clapping our hands and today he clapped his hands. I HAVE to get it one video!

cynder hope things get better soon!

[tgray99]

Aiden learned to clap!!! He has been trying to do it for a few weeks--but he usually hits with on hand closed. The he started clapping our hands and today he clapped his hands. I HAVE to get it one video!

My Aidan recently started clapping too. It's absolutely adorable. She holds one hand still and hits it with the other one. Too cute. She's also started trying to play with Sully, our dog. She holds one of his toys and he play tugs on it (he's extremely strong so he doesn't pull for real). We've been trying to get it on video but when we get the camera out they both stop and stare instead of play.

We had a major poop explosion today. We were at Ryan's aunt's house painting and when I went into the family room where she was playing I smelled something horrible. Ryan went over to check and she had poop running up her back and all over her clothes. We stripped her (of course I didn't have a change of clothes for her!) and put her in the tub. I turned the shower on, thinking it would spray down (like ours does) but it went out and caught her right in the face. Yeah, I felt like an incredibly crappy mom. She started crying, Ryan turned the shower off so we could get her out of the water. :rolleyes: We eventually got her bum washed off and into a diaper but she had to sit around in Ryan's shirt until we got home because we had no clothes. Oy. What a day. There I was all smug thinking that foods wouldn't affect Aidan's BMs. Nope, peaches and pears on the same day were a bad move!

Have a great weekend everyone!

[happy1nuv]

No time to catch up, but wanted to post a quick note... Spent the day shopping and Old Navy is having a really good sale! Onesies for $1-2, sweaters between $3-5 .. some really cute stuff. I bought a HUGE bag of clothes for him AND me for $60.00 (no pants, but thats only cause he has plenty in his current size, and I couldn't find any jeans in the next size up) ... It's all long sleeve type stuff, but they have great sweatshirts, etc. I got Nic a spring coat for 6.00 ... (their clearance stuff is all 50% off the clearance price.)

[happy1nuv]

Ok, I'm back...and caught up!

jmvan and tgr68 ~ Thanks so much. those websites are AWESOME! :D exactly what I needed...

Clapping ~ Nope, not doing it, but... we don't really do it much around him either. I do play this game where you start at his feet, and walk upwards, ending in tickling... and, the second I start, he starts smiling/laughing in anticipation :) too too cute...

:)

[Jenyfer9]

No clapping here, just waving. It's so funny, because the three of us (me, dh, and ds#1) will sit and wave at ds#2 until he waves back. We must look so dopey. :p

[alienhost]

teeth (well tooth) We finally have a tooth coming at 8.5 months old. I decided to check and see if she had any teeth coming and I put my finger in her mouth - she bit down and wow that thing is sharp! It's on the bottom ad just the tip is through. I suppose that is why she has been waking at night. Also others who have gone through teething while doing solids, did your baby lose interest in solids while teething? The past several days she has not been interested in cereal or veggies/fruits - the only thing she wants to eat is Cheerios. :confused:

clapping/waving not really. I haven't been enouraging waving, need to get on that. Clapping - I do patty cake and she loves it but when I go to clap her hands together, she makes two fists. Oh well.

Old Navy Now I have to go back. I went when it was 30% off sale stuff and got some good deals (a pair of PJs for her for $1.30). I'll have to check it out again.

[alienhost]

QOTD how long have you been using size 2 diapers? We've been in size 2's since September. I'm surprised she's been in them this long since she is probably 16 lbs and the "limit" is 18 and we usually switch to the next size way before the weight limit. Just curious what others have experienced. And am I crazy, does the size 3 Cruisers not seem that much bigger than the size 2 swaddler? How long do you think you will last in the size 3s?

[wendstress]

Way behind.... sorry...

James has apparently received a new memo. It goes something like this:

Dear Child:

As you have previously lulled your parents into a nice routine of easy bedtimes, and finally sleeping through the night, it is time to mix things up a little. From hence forth, you are to act very tired starting at approximately 6 PM. During the regular bedtime ritual, fall asleep during your last feeding... Then, when Mom gently eases you into the crib, wake up crying. Now, you have 2 choices from here:
1. Cry on and off until midnight, or
2. Sleep, but only while being held

Stick to this memo until new instructions arrive.

I really hope it is teething, but James has been majorly screwed up all week. He's been up until 10 or 11 for 3 nights in a row, refusing to go to sleep as normal. He's asleep now, but only because I gave in and rocked him and then held him for 30 minutes. He really needs a good night sleep, as do I. He's showing every sign in the book for teething, so I hope this passes soon.....

[Jenyfer9]

Yeah, we aren't sleeping very well over here either... last night he was up 4x! Ugh. I'm saying it's due to teething, because there's 3 that are on their way in right now.

QOTD: size 2's? OMG, we haven't seen those in forever. We're in size 4 Cruisers, but I'm making the switch to gdiapers (flushable). I love them.

[alienhost]

QOTD: size 2's? OMG, we haven't seen those in forever. We're in size 4 Cruisers, but I'm making the switch to gdiapers (flushable). I love them.

I know, DD is a peanut. Anyway, Jenyfer, at what weight do you think you switched to a size 4? I'm afraid I stock piled size 3 too much and won't get through them since they don't seem too much larger than 4. Thanks!

[Misty911]

Clapping, Has been doing this for the last month.

She has another tooth coming in. I can't believe this will make her fourth one!

She doesn't seem interested in baby food anymore. When she sees me eating she wants whatever I have. Anyone else having this problem?

Also, I can't keep her away from my outlets or my door stoppers. It seems like she is getting into a lot more things now. She also finds the smallest things on the floor and it goes directly in the mouth.

[tgray99]

QOTD how long have you been using size 2 diapers? We've been in size 2's since September. I'm surprised she's been in them this long since she is probably 16 lbs and the "limit" is 18 and we usually switch to the next size way before the weight limit. Just curious what others have experienced. And am I crazy, does the size 3 Cruisers not seem that much bigger than the size 2 swaddler? How long do you think you will last in the size 3s?
We were barely in size 2s for any time. We moved pretty quickly into 3s and figure we'll be here for a while since they go up to 28 pounds and she's been hovering around 20 for nearly a month. I felt confident enough that we'll be in size 3s that I bought a big box of 124 at Target ($26!) recently!

[tgray99]

gdiapers (flushable). I love them.
Huh? Must fill me in. Where didst thou acquire these? ;)

[DisneyGirl]

flushable diapers??HMm never heard of them..I swear i live under a rock..LOL

[DisneyGirl]

Oh yeah i went to Old Navy today too and they were having a great sale. I really didn't find to much for DD or DS but I was able to buy a few B-day gifts. Tomorrow I'm going to the ON that always has a ton of sale stuff because its in the "sticks" and no one goes there..

[Sasha]

Old Navy was also having the sale online, but I totally forgot about it until just now. Would love to stock up for some stuff for next "winter" - I say that jokingly because winter is all of one week here in SoFla ;)....what size will these kiddos be next winter - 18mos??

Clapping - Sarah does something that resembles a hand jive, lol, that we think is clapping. We are trying to encourage it. Waving, I must admit, was taught to her by daycare.

Diapers -We were in Size 2's for awhile and we only made the switch to 3's less than a month ago. She's in the 17lb range, if that helps.

[diedra1027]

Teeth - 4 here! Bottom front came in while we were on vacation the second week of December. Top front came in right around Christmas time. I keep checking to see if any others are going to make an appearance soon, but I don't see anything yet.

Clapping/Waving - Haven't worked on either of these yet, but I will now ;). There is a baby in our workout class who is a month younger and she waves, so I'm sure Avery would pick it up quickly if we started waving at her.

Diapers - We're in the peanut club and we just started wearing the 2s in the last month or so (she's only around 14.5 lbs). I've found that I need to move up to the next size when Avery gets within a pound of the maximum. I'm going to have a massive stockpile of coupons for the Cruisers by that time!

Thanks for the heads up on the ON sale. Maybe we'll take a little trip there today!

[portlandbride]

I'm in shock and I don't know who else to tell - so I thought I'd share with all of you!
I'm pregnant:)
We weren't trying, but we weren't not trying, so I guess you could say I'm happy. What really sucks though is that I'm still breastfeeding and my milk production when I pump is aready half of what I had before. This makes me very sad.
Anyway, just thought I'd share the news!
Back to lurking. ;)

[tgray99]

Congrats Brandi! :D

[BridalLace]

woohoo!! another Repeat Offender. when are you due? can i add you to the RO post?

congrats portlandbride!!!!!! woot!!! :D

[Dreshny]

Congrats, Brandi! :)

[allyray231]

Congrats, Brandi!

[KGif]

CONGRATS BRANDI!

Teeth
Jack is 8 months today and no teeth yet!

Diapers
Jack has been in size 3s since about September I'd say! We went from size 2 swaddlers to size 3 cruisers and the transition went well. Love the cruisers -- not a fan of "Baby Dry".
Oh and for anyone who was asking about the flushable diapers someone (can't remember who!) mentioned -- I found a website:

Flushable Diapers - gdiapers.com (http://gdiapers.com/)

Clapping/Waving
Not yet! But he loves it when I slap the top of my legs with my hands and he always does it when I do.

Question --- STANDING
Is anyone else's baby obsessed with standing??
Jack can't stand on his own of course --- but assited by a prop (like our leather ottoman) he can stand on his own for about 5 seconds. Assisted by mommy or daddy (we hold out our two index fingers and he pulls himself up and holds onto them) he can stand forever. And does. And he crys when we sit him back down again. I don't know how he doesn't get tired -- he just wants to stand all the time!

[tgr68]

Congrats, Brandi!!

Well, I've been making an effort to get out a little each day, since my dr's appt on Monday.
Tuesday~Work in the afternoon
Wednesday~Friend came over in the morning/work in the afternoon
Thursday~Shylah's dr appt in the morning
Friday~Sis's house in afternoon/Sis came over in the evening
Saturday~Annual dinner for work & over to sis's house in the evening
Sunday~DH and I went for a walk late afternoon

I broke down again yesterday. I wasn't feeling well and was uber tired. DH brought me some ibProfen and my pill with some water. I started to feel a little better, so I got up and made lunch. After we ate I felt like a whole new person!!

[jmvan74]

Congrats Brandi!

diapers: We've been is size 3 cruisers for quite some time now. I need to check out the gdiapers. I tried cloth for about a week and they just weren't for me.

Teeth: We have two bottome teeth and have had some sleepless nights, so I think there are more on the way!

Old Navy: I love those huge sales. As far as stocking up for next year, I have no idea what size I would by. DS is already in between 6-12 and 12-18. :D

Disney: I'm going to PM you to answer an earlier question. ;)

[Sasha]

Congrats, Brandi!

KGIF - Sarah is also 8 months old today and we have no teeth here either. I think they are as butted up to the gums as they can be without actually pushing through!

tgr - That's great that you have been able to make it out every day. I hope you are feeling better and glad that lunch helped out out yesterday.

Standing - Yes, Sarah loves it too. She has pulled herself up a few times in her crib at daycare but we've yet to see it at home. They did take pics of her doing it at daycare, so we do have photgraphic proof, lol. But she loves it when we pull her up so she is holding our fingers or her LeapFrog Learning Table and she can stand on her own for 5-10 seconds.

My MIL is watching Sarah today. Sarah's daycare is closed because of the holiday and DH had taken the day off to be with her but decided to do some work on his parent's house, so he took Sarah over there and MIL is watching her while he works. I'm a little nervous cause she is fully mobile now and their house is not babyproofed. Also, since Sarah generally only naps for about an hour a day, I'm not sure that MIL knows what she is in for ;).

[tgray99]

After we ate I felt like a whole new person!!
This makes me think that maybe you have a touch of blood sugar issues, too. Your sugar gets low and you get out of sorts. Would this be accurate? You might wanna keep track if you're discovering this is a trend and let your doc in on it. Blood sugar can have a lot to do with moods.

[alienhost]

Congrats portlandbride!

standing DD has loved to stand for a long time. She doesn't pull herself up but if we hold her in the standing position by her hands she can do it for a long time.

ON thanks again for the heads up, I bought some stuff a week ago at 30% off and I went in for a price adjustment and got $13 back so I bought some more stuff. How can you resist a hooded fleece zip up for baby for $2?

[wendstress]

After we ate I felt like a whole new person!!

This is my husband. The second he starts to get agitated, I get him eating and he feels better. We both know it is a problem for him, so we work to keep him fed!

LOL - when we were dating we were driving up to visit my parents.... The first 2 hours in the car he complained about everything; job, friends, family, etc. Then we stopped and ate dinner. For the next 2 hours he was so pleasant....life was wonderful, he was so happy with how his career was going, etc. Jekyl and Hyde. We still laugh about that.

Anyone dealing with Separation Anxiety Issues?? I think it is either that, or teething, that has turned getting James into bed into a TERRIBLE TERRIBLE experience. In the past, the whole process (diaper change, change into sleeper, eat, read a book, and into his crib) was 15-20 minutes. For the last week, it's ranged from 2-4 hours each night!!! He's fine and happy up until the moment I put him in his crib....then he starts to scream bloody murder. So I end up rocking him to sleep....and if I try to put him down to soon he cries again and we have to repeat the whole process. It's been so terrible, I am absolutely beginning to DREAD bedtime. I am out of ideas!!! ANYONE! HELP FROM A DESPERATE MOMMY!

Old Navy - got to go shopping!

Diapers - solidly in size 3, starting to wonder if he's getting ready for size 4...we've started to have more and more leak throughs in the past couple weeks. He's probably 21 lbs or so?

Standing - Loves it. Favorite past time.
Sitting - finally finding a use for it. He can sit with minimal support (Boppy) for quite awhile, and is sitting unassisted for about a minute at a time.

Teeth - None. Nada. But they've gotta be just about there.

Clapping/Waving - Nope. Didn't really do it, though. Now, I am clapping more and he always gets a great big grin on his face.

[KGif]

Old Navy
Went shopping today at lunch. They didn't have much tho .. seems like they might ahve been cleaned out over the weekend. You also have to factor in the amount of baby boy clothes they have to begin with -- WHAT is up with that!? They have racks upon racks for baby girls .. then like one small corner for baby boys.
On the plus side I spend way less $$ clothes shopping having a boy :)

I did get Jack 2 little polo shirts tho. 2 for $12.
Come to think of it, I got the whole family polos! They had mens polos 2 for $20 as well as women's polos 2 for $20.

Sasha
I didn't know that Jack and Sarah shared a birthday. Very cool!

[tgr68]

Diapers~We are still in size 2's. Although, she can still wear 1-2's, we bumped her up due to numerous blowouts. I have a feeling it will be a while before we are in size 3.

Old Navy~Must go check out this sale!

tgray~I think I may have mild blood sugar issues, but my emotional breakdowns aren't consistant with my eating patterns. I can definately ID the difference between the two.

wendstress~LOL about Jekyll and Hyde. Somedays I totally feel this way!

Well, I start babysitting on Thursday!! DH and I watched the little girl today for about 3 hours. I thought it would be good to have a trial run on a day that DH is off. ;) Then, I'm going to watch her again on Wednesday while her mom does laundry for about an hour by myself. She is definately more needy than DD, but I think I can handle both. They seem to play together really well!

[cynder]

Diapers Well I have seen my fair share of them over the last few days. We're still in 3's and I was thinking about moving up to 4's but we lost so much weight after this stomach bug that I think we're sticking with 3's for awhile.

So the bug continues...poor guy is just miserable. We were finally able to get him to eat his bottles and some food. My fat little weeble is so tiny now, it breaks my heart. On top of this, he has finally started teething - we think. The worst is hearing him moan. We are on the mend and I am getting a handle on the laundry.

Standing Nope.

Clapping Nope.

Crawling Nope.

Talking We got "dada" in a fit of anger. Oh and he sit like a champ.

Question - For those using Avents, what size nipple are you all on. We just switched to 3 and I am kicking myself for not doing it sooner.

[tgray99]

Well, I start babysitting on Thursday!! DH and I watched the little girl today for about 3 hours. I thought it would be good to have a trial run on a day that DH is off. ;) Then, I'm going to watch her again on Wednesday while her mom does laundry for about an hour by myself. She is definately more needy than DD, but I think I can handle both. They seem to play together really well!
Wanna fly to Houston 3 nights a week? Oy. I have never had a harder time finding someone that can come to my house 3 nights a week to put Aidan to bed and stay with her until 10. I go to a church with over 2000 members, someone is bound to babysit! :grr:

Avent Bottles: We use a mix of size 2, 3 and 4. She can handle all of them...it's pretty much whatever I pull out of the pantry. ;)

[rancherswife]

congrats, Brandi!

diapers:We've been in size 3 cruisers since the end of September. He's still got a while in them, I think!

clapping:Loves for me to do patty cake, but won't do it on his own.

standing: He's just started enjoying this, w/ assistance.

teeth: He's got 6, actually 5 1/2;) . One ins't completely in, and it's really bothering him, I'm so ready to get that one done and over with!

crawling:nope. Just last night, he started getting on all fours from the sitting position, he's been doing it non stop since. Especially if we put something (like the remote control) in front of him. Typical man, he's obsessed w/ the remote? Wants to play w/ it constantly. :rolleyes:

[njnewyearsbride]

diapers:we've been in size 4 cruisers for about a month now i think?

clapping]:not yet.

standing: all hazel wants to do is stand stand stand i think she thinks she can run around :) shes almost trying to pull up on stuff.. and she can stand forever with our assitance.

teeth: we got the bottom 2 on thanksgiving..and i think we're getting more.. shes been chomping on her hands and everything else she can get ahold of..and we had a sleepless night last night ;(

crawling: almost -- she's doing an army type crawl.. she hasnt figured out that getting her belly off the ground will help :)

brandi congrats!

waving - we're on the verge -- its hit or miss.

[ahavnes]

So far behind here...

Abbey was great on the plane this weekend. This was our third trip with her and she has a great track record for flying. I think it's b/c we get her a seat and clip the Britax right in. However, she was soooo fussy once we got to Houston. Would NOT take a nap all 4 days. The good news is that she slept from 10pm to 10am each night! I told DH that we are moving into the Marriott. :)

Congrats Brandi!!

Talking- Abbey started saying "mama" this weekend! She'll say "mamamama" when she's tired or wants to be picked up. If DH picks her up, she'll keep saying it until he hands her to me. It's so cute!

Waving- She does this about 50% of the time. I'm still not sure she knows what she's doing.

Standing- LOVES to stand. She can't pull herself up yet, but she'll stand with support (like on the ottoman) or if we hold her hands.

Crawling- Nope, but she's getting closer to getting her knees under her. I hope she waits 3 more weeks until after the move. I don't want to babyproof 2 houses! :)

Teeth- 2 bottom ones and no others in sight. Still lots of drool though.

Diapers- We've been in the size 3 cruisers for about a month. I think she weighs about 19 pounds now. :eek:

[happy1nuv]

Hello all...
Brandi ~ Huge Congrats!! H/H 9 months to you... :)

QOTD ~ How much food are you feeding your baby at a time?
My <sarcasm>LOVELY</sarcasm> daycare has told me that I need to send more food with Nic. I told them that I was hesitant to give him more at one sitting, but that if they would feed him twice I would send him with two sets of food. In the course of our conversation, she said that she'd hate to have to give him babyfood jars but that she would if it came to that because he's just too hungry to not. UMMM... I respect that she's run a daycare for a bunch of years and thinks she knows kids...BUT, wtf. Who is paying who??? Her people skills need serious work! (Besides which, if you give my kid food without my permission???) ... UGH! I am so glad he will be going there a total of 3 more times! My last day is Friday... my exit interview is at 10, so he'll really only be there 2 1/2 more days! I wonder if we'd chosen a different daycare if I wouldn't be quitting ... oh well. OH (apparently I'm not done venting yet... ) And, I don't notice him being hungry at home. It's just daycare. UGH! I called my mom, who watched Nic yesterday while I ran to old navy to pick up some 18-24 mos/2T clothes for next year ... she fed him, and said he wasn't even interested in all that I sent. UGH! Thanks, that feels SO much better! (Feel free to tell me that I'm insane and should listen to daycare if you think it...I KNOW i have NO perspective whenever the owner talks to me... not after the whole starting solids debacle...)

Standing ~ Nic loves to stand too. He also loves "running" when you hold him up and walk him around the room. His feet move so fast, he looks like he's running. Loves to kick his balls/toys around. The only thing is that he has no trunk muscles, so he's more of an L shape walking than upright. Too cute though!

Teeth ~ Still none, although the drool couldn't be more intense!

The Memo ~ Yeah, got the memo here. I have a very special pair of gloves for the originator! (Wanna bet its a vindictive mom somewhere... "Just wait til you have kids...") Ugh! He was actually better last night, but over the weekend he was up every 30 minutes, quicker if you even attempted to put him down... :(

Diapers ~ Still in size 3's at around 17 lbs. Hoping we're in them for a while, cause we just bought a huge box and il's gave us another one. :) Must check out these flushable ones tho.

Nic turns 8 mos tomorrow. WHERE does the time go????

[allyray231]

QOTD Aiden still isn't eating a ton of food-he has anout 1 1/2 tablespoons of cereal with fruit in the AM, and a stage 1 size feeding in the afternoon and evening. Sometimes he will eat more of the jar -but if it is a stage 2 he usually eats half. I guess it isn't a big deal--I just wonder when he will start comsuming more. He stil has about 25-30 oucnes of fomula a day.

teeth still none!

sitting up still not all the time by himself but he is getting better

happy that place sucks! LOL Thank god you are getting Nic out of there

talking I get a lot of dede which I think is daddy--and a lot of ah bas and sometimes mama

diapers still size 3 but I have a feeling after we are done with the box we just got we will be moving up

[vegasgirl]

ahavnes - i read your post about bringing your britax on the plane with you. I am flying alone with dd in a few weeks. we are flying to NJ from Vegas and i plan to bring her Marathon as i bought her a seat. i am nervous about setting it all up by myself. I purchased a cart that you can attach the car seat to and you can use it like a stroller. I am going to do that in the airport and then just baggage check my stroller. I plan to use the car seat on the other end too - i am just concerned because my DH won't be with me and i have never removed my carseat from my car!! Any tips would be great!!

[Sasha]

Rancherswife - Sarah also loves our remote control so we took the batteries out of an old one and let her play with it.

Happy1 -I went through a similiar discussion with our daycare. They told me that I should send a Stage 2 jar of food for lunch, but I wasn't so sure because she didn't seem like she would eat that much for lunch at home on the weekends. So I decided, ok, we'll test it out one day and see what happens. Of course she ate the entire thing. Sent it again the next day, ate it all again. So I start sending stage 2's every day for her lunch. On the weekends, she will never finish a stage 2 jar. I swear she eats differently there than at home. Maybe it's because she's around the other kids who are eating, I don't know. But I do think it's possible that they get into different habits at daycare than at home. Luckily, it's a moot point for you since you'll be leaving what sounds to be a horrendous daycare situation. To answer your question however, Sarah gets 2.5 TBS of oatmeal mixed with 1/2 container of Stage 2 fruit for breakfast, one stage 2 container of veggie for lunch, and the remaining half of the stage 2 fruit and 1/2 a stage 2 jar of either veggie or a meat (just started trying, not going over very well) for dinner. Plus 28 oz. of formula.

Alicia - Great that Abbey is such a good little traveler! We're traveling again next month and we got Sarah a seat again. I think that does make a difference.

[diedra1027]

standing - Yes. Loves it. I thought she was really close to crawling since she was working on getting up on all fours about two weeks ago. She's dropped the all fours for now and just wants to stand (and bounce) all the time. I'm sure she'll go back to working on the crawling sometime!

Amount of food - We just got Avery to start taking babyfood in the last two weeks, so she still doesn't take much. Maybe about 1-2 tablespoons at each feeding.

[BridalLace]

anyone else here have a climber?

Elodie scared the **** out of me yesterday. i put her in her exersaucer and turned away to get something out of a cabinet - we move the exersaucer from here to there whenever we need to put her down for a minute or if she is eating with us, we will use it rather than the high chair, which we haven't started using yet. well, apparently her little legs weren't all the way down in the leg holes, because she used one of her feet to push herself up and STAND on the edge of the exersaucer! i turned around to find her standing on the corner of the exersaucer and her little hands on the table (she was trying to reach her bottle i think.) i almost screamed, i think my hair turned gray for one second....i was so scared....i'm so glad i was an arm's length away and that i could get to her before she toppled over. she would've hit the table, wooden chair, and then the hard floor. OMG, i wanted to cry.

i guess nothing is safe! nothing. :(

[happy1nuv]

Wow Heather!! Yikes. Ya turn away for a second... Glad nothing happened!

I've been blessed with a baby who is content to stay put for the most part, so I know I've been lax with watching stuff like that. I'll be in for a rude awakening when Nic does get mobile...

[rancherswife]

Sasha: Yeah, Landon now has is own remote, that's been cleaned and the batteries have been taken out. Too funny! All these toys and they want an old remote! Go figure.:)

food: Well, this is an on going battle at our house. We have days where he'll eat cereal and fruit in the A.M. and a fruit and veggie in the evening. HOWEVER, it's been totally hit and miss. For the last three nights he's completely refused solids, tight lips and all. I don't force it. But, I'm glad to know we're not the only ones struggling.:rolleyes:

ahavnes:Glad to hear Abbey was such a good traveler!

[alienhost]

Especially if we put something (like the remote control) in front of him. Typical man, he's obsessed w/ the remote? Wants to play w/ it constantly. :rolleyes:

That's funny b/c DD loves the remote too! That's her main motivator to attempt to crawl.

Bridal Lace wow that's scary. I was wondering the other day why they say that the babies toes should only be touching the bottom of the exersaucer (not totally flat foot) maybe b/c they can get out if the whole foot is touching? Do you think that's true? I think I need to adjust DD's.

[ahavnes]

Vegasgirl- If you have trouble with the seat, just have a flight attendant help you clip it in. I haven't traveled alone with Abbey (yet, am doing that next month, eeek!), so DH always puts the seat in. He's never had a problem though. As for putting it in the car at the other end, I would recommend practicing at home. I had to do it alone on this last trip and it took forever. I was really wishing I had practiced. :) Seriously though, it's soooo much easier when they have their own seat on the plane. You'll be glad you brought the car seat.

[tgray99]

Y'all's babies are into remotes, my little chatterbox already wants her own cell phone. I swear, anytime she sees mine she's after it. Luckily I have a flip phone so I can give it to her and not worry about drool getting on the keys or anything.

Standing: Aidan LOVES to stand up ('Tan up!) She sometimes forgets she has to hold onto things tho and drops back on her little bum but she's learning!

[rancherswife]

Y'all's babies are into remotes, my little chatterbox already wants her own cell phone. I swear, anytime she sees mine she's after it. Luckily I have a flip phone so I can give it to her and not worry about drool getting on the keys or anything.

OH...Landon is sooo into the cell phones. That too is a big crawling motivator. We have nextel and ds LOVES to hear dh's voice on that and respond back. It's too cute.:)[QUOTE]

[ahavnes]

Remotes and Cell Phones Oh my gosh yes!! A toddler on the plane with us had a little "cell phone" by Parents Magazine. His parents were able to record messages on it for him and it looked like a real phone (in fact, the flight attendant asked the dad to get off the phone!). I'm thinking of getting one for Abbey for her b-day. I have also seen a toy remote that was cute.

Ok, seriously getting back to work now. ;)

[rancherswife]

Remotes and Cell Phones Oh my gosh yes!! A toddler on the plane with us had a little "cell phone" by Parents Magazine. His parents were able to record messages on it for him and it looked like a real phone (in fact, the flight attendant asked the dad to get off the phone!). I'm thinking of getting one for Abbey for her b-day. I have also seen a toy remote that was cute.

Ok, seriously getting back to work now. ;)

Yes, they have them at Target, they are too cute. I need to get Landon one. He's got the remote, but doesn't enjoy it as much as the real thing. Parents Mag. also makes a really cute little MP3 player.

[vegasgirl]

ahavnes

thank for the tip on the seat. i am going to practice at home. i am actually using the marathon that is in my car for the trip. i wish we had an extra car seat but alas we don't at this point. i am so stressed about travelling alone but i know i have to do it if i ever want to see my family - my DH can't take off from work all the time!! I actually bought this gadget called go go kidz - it a wheeled thing that converts a britax car seat into a stroller (like a sit and stroll but you use your own car seat and only works with britax) I figure i can use that in the airport and just carry my diaperbag. I will just check my stroller with my bag. I can see it now. i will be standing in the Newark Airport parking lot with my dad for hours trying to get the car seat in...

FWIW - we did this trip when DD was 4 months old and we DID not buy her a seat and the way there was fine as there were extra seats and we brough on the bucket seat however the ride back from JFK was 6+ hours on a totally full plane with a sleeping infant on my lap. UUGGH. never again. I was so uncomfortable. I am sure that since i actually purchased a seat, there will be tons of empty seats but i won't risk it!

[Dreshny]

Standing: Oh, Asher LOVES to stand. For over a month now, I've been standing him up in his crib whenever I have to run to the bathroom. And now he pulls up to standing by himself.

The big drawback to being mobile, though, is that he's constantly clonking his head on things. I mean, you'd think he'd know not to LET GO of the crib bars, but he doesn't. :rolleyes: We put the bumpers on over the weekend (they were never on before because we got the crib when he was already 6 months old), but he still manages to hit his head on the wood somehow.

[DisneyGirl]

VegasgirlWhere in NJ will you be staying? (town)

Diapers we are still using size 3

Nikki loves to stand, but hasn't pulled herself up yet.

[tgray99]

Remotes and Cell Phones Oh my gosh yes!! A toddler on the plane with us had a little "cell phone" by Parents Magazine. His parents were able to record messages on it for him and it looked like a real phone (in fact, the flight attendant asked the dad to get off the phone!). I'm thinking of getting one for Abbey for her b-day. I have also seen a toy remote that was cute.

Ok, seriously getting back to work now. ;)
Wow, totally gonna have to look into one of those...where might one purchase one of those?

ETA: Nevermind...I need to learn to read further down. ;)

So, they have them at Target? Not in the baby section are they, I haven't seen them before.

[vegasgirl]

disney girl - i will be staying in Sayreville, where i grew up!

[cynder]

tgray They have the Parents toys in the Infant section of the main toy section. Does that make sense. Or you could try online. I was looking at the MP3 player the other day because I work with iPods and thought it would be cute. But I try to stick to my budget and refrained. Plus DH would kill me if I brought in another "iPod."

DS loves our remotes and rather play with grown up stuff. He's also really into textures. He pets everything to feel it.

vegasgirl Traveling alone freaked me out too. I hope it goes well for you. The one thing I noticed is that people and airline staff are way more helpful when they see that you are by yourself.

[tgray99]

tgray They have the Parents toys in the Infant section of the main toy section. Does that make sense. Or you could try online. I was looking at the MP3 player the other day because I work with iPods and thought it would be cute. But I try to stick to my budget and refrained. Plus DH would kill me if I brought in another "iPod."

DS loves our remotes and rather play with grown up stuff. He's also really into textures. He pets everything to feel it.

Thanks! I hadn't looked in that section yet. Thought it was all toys for bigger kids.

Aidan loves to pet textures too (her daddy is the same way, loves it when I wear soft fabrics). Oddly, she's not too into her taggie blankets. Hmmm...

[tgr68]

Remotes, cell phones, etc.~DD hasn't shown any real interest on her own. Sometimes I'll put the phone down by her when DH is on it, and she'll lunged after it trying to eat it. :rolleyes:

Naps~DD has been "asking" to go down for naps about half an hour earlier in the mornings, and yesterday she took a 4-hr nap. Then she slept fine at night. Has anyone elses little ones done this? She's had a cold, so I wonder if it could just be that catching up with her.

Not a whole lot going on here. I am babysitting this morning, and then I have work in the afternoon.

[allyray231]

phones and stuff Aiden has his own remote and goes nuts with the phone. Aiden has the Parents keys--he loves them. My friend has the cell phone for her little one--he loves it

time to lower the crib Anyone do this yet? Since Aiden sleeps on his side he is rolling over and putting his hand on the top of the rail. Also he is pulling at the bumper. Crazy man

[vegasgirl]

yes, i lowered the crib last week when i came in to pick up DD from her nap and she was sitting up and holding onto the top of the rail. we lowered it that night. not sure she can pull herself up yet but didn't want to risk her launching herself over the side.

[KGif]

AHavnes/"Parents" cell phone
I got Jack one for Christmas and he really likes it! Only issue with it is that the button you push to "record" your voice is right on the side of the phone. And you dont' have to push and hold it or anything to record - you just push it once. So Jack is constantly pussing the button by accident and thereby re-recording over my voice. Not sure why they put the record button there like that!!!

Lowering Crib
Yep -- we did this last week.

[Sasha]

Lowering the Crib - We lowered it the the lowest setting two weeks ago, after she pulled herself up in her crib at daycare. She hasn't done it at home, but I don't want to take the risk. Of course for all 5'4" of me, it is a bit of a reach for me to grab her or put her in, especially when my 6-foot tall husband doesn't lower the rail!

tgr -Whenever Sarah is sick, she always takes longer naps. It's one of the signs I use to gauge if she is sick.

And speaking of sick...we're going to the doctor today cause I think Sarah may have another ear infection. If so, this would be her fourth and her doctor already told me if she gets six in one year, we would need to discuss tubes :(.

[kimthebride]

WOW this thread is moving I haven

[Carissa]

hi guys i'm back finally! we've been gone since the 28th, home is a nice place to be. Hope to catch up. Grace did awesome our longest day was New Years Eve trying to get to California from Nevada I-80 was closed so it made for a very long but interesting day. She is getting around these days by scooting on her booty and she has become very verbal recently. Af showed up for me on our trip so we will see how long it takes for another cycle to start.

phone Grace loves phones remotes you name it. We got her a phone for Christmas and she loves to play with it.

[happy1nuv]

Ok, totally need to vent. Went to visit Nic at lunch today like I normally do. They told me yesterday he needed more food. (I don't think I believe them - he eats that amount at home just fine... only difference is that at home he gets a sippy of water. So I sent him 2 meals with a water sippy...)

I get there today and he's up in the owners office. Apparrently he cried his eyes out and kept opening his mouth and was inconsolable cause he was "hungry". I said that I sent him with amount our ped suggested... didn't think to ask if they bothered to try and oh, pick him up and see if he turned happy. Anyway, I said that I was a little hesitant to send him with more since our ped suggested the amount (actually I lied about that, but our ped knows what we're doing and says were doing fine... and believe me, my kid does not look starved) ... I just think that the daycares philosophy is all unhappiness is solved with food -- and that is NOT what I want Nic to learn. Oooh, I'm tired - lets eat. Oooh, I'm bored, lets eat. Um, NO. So, basically the lady told me that I was bordering on neglect and that she "fears for him once he leaves my facility" . WTF??? If she calls dyfus on me... Well, lets just hope she doesnt open that can of worms. My roots are Sicilian, and I take vendettas seriously (ok, serious character flaw that, but... I would enjoy telling as many people as I can and getting them to tell as many people as they can that their facility SUCKS!!! )

Ok, now I'm gonna go back and actually catch up on the thread. I just had to vent, because it's 2 hours later and I'm STILL ticked off about it. And... why is it that you can think of such great comebacks after the fact, but that at the time all I could do was sit and simmer....

(My sister is going to watch Nic tomorrow, and he'll only be at daycare for the 2-4 hours it takes me to complete the exit interview/good bye process here Friday...)

[ahavnes]

Happy1nuv- Oh, I would be so mad!! "Bordering on neglect?" Those are some serious words. I agree with you that babies shouldn't learn that food solves all problems. Those are habits that extend into adulthood and are hard to break. I would definitely think of what you want to say to the owner and address it the next time you see her. If anything, it will make you feel better. :)

[allyray231]

HappyWTF!!! That is just totally insane. And for the woman to even say that is totally out of line. I agree with the food thing--something you do not want him to learn. Oh and I am Sicilian too-so I KNOW what you mean.

Hope your days gets better

[kimthebride]

OMG happy my blood just started boiling reading your post! Thank GOD he's outta there soon.

[portlandbride]

Thanks for all of the congrats everyone! I'm still in a bit of shock. :D

I've been reading up on the "2 under 2" thread and it seems other people make it work, so I should be able to, too. I am just so sad that my milk production has taken such a hit though. Almost everything I read said that your production usually goes down after three or four months, but mine went down the week after I conceived. I kid you not, the next week my milk went to half of what it was. Oh well, at least DD is not at all a comfort nurser and has taken to formula well. I know I care about this waaayyy more than she does.

Anyway, while I'm here I thought I'd answer some of the questions people were throwing out:

Waving - no, but we don't really practice that one much.

Diapers - size 3 Huggies. No blow outs, knock on wood. She's been in these for a few months now.

Crawling - all over the place!

Standing - oh yes! She crawls over to the ottoman, the couch and the coffee table and pulls herself up. The only problem is she can't get back down so sometimes she cries. It's really cute in the morning to go into her room and have her standing there peering over the the of the crib at you with a big smile! :)

Crib Lowering - speaking of standing I am going to have DH lower the crib when he gets back into town. He's a pilot, so we have a lot of "alone time" here.:D

Bath Time - I'm embarrassed to admit that I have actually been bathing with DD since she was about 2 months old. And we take a bath every night. Now that I am pregnant I am going to get her one of those little seats that go in the bathtub. That way she can sit and play with toys while I am right there next to her. My friend has one and loves it.

Eating - she eats about 1 jar a day and some Veggie puffs, so not too much. I'm okay with that though. Whatever she wants to do. My ped (Dr. Sears) is super relaxed with that type of thing, so no pressure there.

Happy1nuv - I just want to say that I am outraged for you! So glad that this is your last week and you won't have to deal with that anymore!

[Jenyfer9]

Brandi: Congrats! Yes, it's kinda tough (especially at first), but since I never really got out of "baby mode", it wasn't that rough of an adjustment. I didn't have to deal with a kid that was jealous (since he was too young to really show that), reversing of any potty training (since there was no way that at 18.5 months he could have been pt'd), or anything like that. The biggest thing was transitioning ds#1 to his "big boy bed", but even that really wasn't a big deal. If you want to talk or have any questions (I don't visit that 2 under 2 thread since ds#1 is over 2 now), just pm me.

[alienhost]

happy1 how awful! Maybe she is just being spiteful b/c you are leaving the daycare center...thank goodness you and DS are out of there!

[Sasha]

Happy1 - OMG, what a terrible thing to say! If I were you, I would absolutely say something to this woman on Nic's last day. And definitely spread the word about what a terrible center they are!

Bad mommy alert alert :o. Sarah and I were playing in her play area when she crawled over to a nearby chair and tried to pull up on it. She couldn't quite do it and fell, smacking her face on the bar in between the legs. She got a big bump under her eye, a black and blue mark and a scratch. I felt horrible, I just couldn't stop her in time. Bad, bad mommy :(.

At least it turns out she did not have an ear infection...

[happy1nuv]

Thank you for all of the outrage on my behalf. DH was on the fence (saying her people skills sucked, but maybe he was hungry while there)... so I was starting to doubt myself...

Brandi ~ I'm so jealous that Dr Sears is your ped. I love his books and website, and totally trust his advice! I'm forever doubting my ped, but only because we sorta randomly picked ours (interveiwed her, but no one with kids close enough to get recommendations from.)

We are going to travel to my closest friends ped, to get a second opinion on Nic's digestive issues. He spit up yesterday and I'm not positive, but I'm pretty sure I saw traces of blood in it. And, we did give him kiwi as his new food on Tuesday, so we knew there would be black seeds in his poop, but there were also black ribbons running through it which *might* have been blood... She LOVES her ped (actually, the practice is the same one her husband went to as a child) and she told me which dr I shoudl request... :)

:)

[tgr68]

Lowering the Crib~Nope. Still on the highest setting here.

Kim~Cute pics!!

Carissa~Welcome back!!

Happy1~Nic could be more hungry there, but she has no right to accuse you of neglect and say that she fears for his safety. :mad: Glad you are getting out of that center! I would definately say something on your last day.

Sasha~Glad Sarah doesn't have an ear infection. Don't worry about the bumps and bruises. I'm sure we'll all have lots of them as our kids start walking.

NOt a lot going on here.