April 2006 Moms - Our babies are on the move!

[April'06Moms]

Welcome April 2006 Moms & Babies
A thread for those with babies due in or born in April 2006.

Threadmistresses: Jane&Andy, JenniferEC

Member Info:
CC Name:
DS/DD Name:
Real Name/Age:
DH's Real Name/Age:
Married:
EDD:
Birthdate:
Time of Birth:
Weight:
Length:
Other Children, furbabies, etc.:

Please post your stats and any updates in red. :)

link to our old thread (http://www.constantchatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19595)

[April'06Moms]

amygrrl
DD Name: malin elizabeth
Real Name/Age: amy 36
DH's Real Name/Age: dan 34
Married: 02/15/03
EDD: 4/19/06
Birthdate: 4/3/06
Time of Birth: 11:53 pm
Weight: 5 pounds 10 oz
Length: 19 in
Other Children, furbabies, etc.: Avery Elizabeth - born still 6/3/05

bctoledo
DS name: Benjamin Robert
Real name: Carrie, 25
DH name: Brian, 26
Married: May 24, 2003
EDD: April 22, 2006
Birthdate: April 21, 2006
Time of birth: 1:51 am
Weight: 8 lbs, 9 oz
Length: 22 inches

briamcd
DD Name: Mackenzie
Real Name/Age: Brianna 24
DH's Real Name/Age: Paul 28
Married: 8/04/2001
EDD: 4/20/2006
Birthdate: 4/04/2006
Time of Birth: 8:45pm
Weight: 7lbs 5oz
Length: 19.3 in
Other Children, furbabies, etc.: Cat- Sebastian, Chocolate Labs - Mudd & Mocha.

cagey
DS name: Benjamin Joseph
Me: Katherine, 33
DH: Judd, 34
Married: 10/12/02
EDD: 4/15/06
Birthdate: 4/20/06
Time of birth: 8:16 am
Weight: 7 lbs 4.8 oz
Length: 20 inches
Other children: Sammy the Dog!

ceallaigh
DD: Kyra Rose
EDD: April 8, 2006
ADD: April 7th, 2006
Birth weight: 7pds, 11 oz
Length: 20.5 inches
Hair color: was red, now she's bald!
Other babies: Conor 2

charissa
DS name: Logan Jacob
Me: Charissa 28
DH: 30
Married: 6/28/03
EDD: 4/10/06
Birthdate: 4/11/06
Time of birth: 7:31 am
Weight: 7 lbs 8 oz
Length: 19 inches
Other children: none... yet hee2

ginandchris
DS/DD Name: Deborah Sara
Real Name/Age: Regina/33
DH's Real Name/Age: Chris/33
Married: 5/22/2004
EDD: 4/19/2006
Birthdate: 4/12/2006
Time of Birth: 8:07 am
Weight: 6 lbs 15 oz
Length: 19
Other Children, furbabies, etc: none

Guinness
DS Name: Elliot Judson
Real Name/Age: Caroline/31
DH's Real Name/Age: Tom/31
Married: 4/25/03
EDD: 4/30/06
Birthdate: 4/18/06
Time of Birth: 5:54pm
Weight: 7lbs 7oz.
Length: 19 1/4in.
Furbabies: Guinness (black lab), and Kata (white lab)

hapahaole
DD Name: Kaylie Tate
Real Name/Age: Heather, 30
DH's Real Name/Age: Matt, 31
Married: June 28, 2003
EDD: I forgot already! Ummm April 2nd I think
Birthdate: March 14, 2006
Time of Birth: 4:45am
Other Children: John William (aka Jack), 2

Jane&Andy
DS: Joseph Andrew (Joey)
Name: Jane, 29
DH: Andy, 33
Married: May 24, 2003
EDD: April 2, 2006
Birthdate: March 16, 2006
Time of birth: 1:10am
Weight: 6lb 4.4oz
Length: 18.5in
Furbabies: Dog - Butter, Cats - Sebastian, Lucy & Figaro

jeeplover
DS/DD Name: Kyle
Real Name/Age: Holly, 30
DH's Real Name/Age: Jason, 31
Married: 6/19/04
EDD: 04/30/06
Birthdate: 04/05/06
Time of Birth:11:23 am
Weight: 7 lbs 7.5 oz
Length: 20 3/4
Other Children, furbabies, etc.: two cats, Hook and Tinkerbell

JenniferEC
DD Name: Marin Elizabeth
Real Name/Age: Jennifer 33
DH's Real Name/Age: John 36
Married: August 31, 2002
EDD: April 24, 2006
Birthdate: April 5, 2006
Time of Birth: 4:33am
Weight: 5lbs 13.9oz
Length: 18.5"
Other Children, furbabies, etc.: Caden 3-14-04

jrsygirl
DS/DD Name: Cole Robert & Paige Kelly
Real Name/Age: Holly 32
DH's Real Name/Age: Brian 33
Married: Sept. 2005
Birthdate: April 5, 2006
Time of Birth:5:11pm/5:22 pm
Weight: 5.6/5.7
Length: 16/17
Other Children, furbabies, etc.: Chocolate Lab: Brody

KB57
DD Name: Abigail Grace (Abby)
Real Name/Age: Kerri / 27
DH's Real Name/Age: Billy / 27
Married: 5/7/05
EDD: 4/6/06
Birthdate: 4/13/06
Time of Birth: 1:11am
Weight: 9lbs 10oz.
Length: 21 1/2in.

Kopper
DS Name: Jacob Alexander
Real Name/Age: Katie / 27
DH's Real Name/Age: John / 29
Married: 09/21/2002
EDD: 04/04/2006
Birthdate: 03/31/2006
Time of Birth: 5:51am
Weight: 9lbs 1.9oz.
Length: 20 1/8in.
Other Children, furbabies, etc.: Dog - Sally, Cats - Maxine, Bailey, Pipi

LittleStar
DS/DD Name: Harrison Campbell
Real Name/Age: 32
DH's Real Name/Age: 32
Married: 3/10/2001
EDD: 4/22/2006
Birthdate: 4/15/2006
Time of Birth: 3:26 p.m.
Weight: 7 lbs 9 oz
Length: 19 3/4
Other Children, furbabies, etc: 1 dog (german shepard) - 4 years old

Mel7dog
DS Name: Benjamin Gerard
Real Name/Age: Melissa, 24
DH's Real Name/Age: C, 23
Married: 1.15.05
EDD: 4.21.06
Birthdate: 4.26.06
Time of Birth: 11:42pm
Weight: 8lbs 8oz
Length: 21.25 inches
Other Children, furbabies, etc.: Dogs: Max & Carrie

Misty911
DS Name: Joshua
Real Name/Age: Misty 29
DH's Real Name/Age: Patrick 30
Married:07/06/03
EDD: 04/09/06
Birthdate: 03/31/06
Time of Birth: 11:17 a.m.
Weight: 8lb 6oz
Length: 19"
Other Children, SD Patricia, 10 DS Caleb, 2 DD Emily, 1

MMHinCA
DD Name: Ainsleigh
Real Name/Age: 28
DH's Real Name/Age: 30
Married: July 26, 2003
EDD: April 28, 2006
Birthdate: May 5, 2006
Time of Birth: 7:38am
Weight: 6lbs 11oz
Length: 20 inches
Other Children, furbabies, etc.: A 2 year old yellow lab, Bella

relly
DS/DD Name: Brycen Peter & Devon Elisabeth
Married: November 8, 2003
EDD: April 26, 2006
Birthdate: March 21, 2006
Time of Birth: 5:02 and 5:00 pm
Weight: 3 lb. 14 oz. and 4 lb. 7 oz.
Length: 15.5 in. and 16.5 in.

Sal03
DD name: Kate Lauren
Me: Rebecca, 31
DH: 36
Married: 6/15/03
EDD: 4/7/06
Birthdate: 3/23/06
Time of birth: 12:43pm
Weight: 7 lbs 15 oz
Length: 19 inches
Other children: Dylan Benjamin, 6/29/04

SaphirimalMei
DS Name: Finley
Real Name/Age: Marisa
DH's Real Name/Age: Phillip
Married: 9/27/2003
EDD: 4/22/06
Birthdate: 4/28/06
Time of Birth: 6:10pm
Weight: 8lbs 6oz
Length: 21.25 in
Other Children, furbabies, etc.: DSD Gaelyn 14, DSD Elizabeth 9, DD Jillian 1 3/4, Saint Cornelius the dog 6


Sevilla
DS: David Michael
Me: 23
DH: 25
Married: 6/14/03
EDD: 4/2/06
Birthdate: 3/28/06
Weight: 6lb 14oz
Height: 20in.

Shania0474
DS Name: Gabriel
Real Name/Age: 31
DH's Real Name/Age: 35
Married: 2002
EDD: 4/4/06
Birthdate: 3/20/06
Weight: 8lbs 0oz
Length: 21 in.
Other children: David, 18.5 months

Sully130
DS/DD Name: Thomas
Real Name/Age: 30
DH's Real Name/Age: 32
Married: June 2002
EDD: April 29, 2006
Birthdate: April 20, 2006 (induced after five months of bedrest!)
Time of Birth: 5:32 p.m.
Weight: 8 lbs., 4 oz.
Length: 21 1/4"
Other Children, furbabies, etc.: Our angel daughter, Hannah, born still at 23 weeks on 4/22/2005, and we have a precious chocolate lab who is about four

Uskiku
DS name: Anders
Me: 34
DH: 31
Married: 1/10/04
EDD: 4/24/06
Birthdate: 5/01/06
Time of birth: 3:38 AM
Weight: 7 lbs 11 1/2 oz
Length: 21 1/2 inches
Other children: nope

[April'06Moms]

March 14
Kaylie Tate (hapahaole)

March 16
Joseph Andrew (Jane&Andy)

March 20
Gabriel (shania0474)

March 21
Brycen Peter (relly)
Devon Elisabeth (relly)

March 23
Kate Lauren (Sal03)

March 31
Joshua (Misty911)
Jacob Alexander (Kopper)

April 2
David Michael (Sevilla)

April 3
Malin Elizabeth (amygrrl)

April 4
Mackenzie (Briamcd)

April 5
Cole Robert (jrsygirl)
Paige Kelly (jrsygirl)
Marin Elizabeth (JenniferEC)
Kyle Gregory (jeeplover)

April 7
Kyra Rose (ceallaigh)

April 11
Logan Jacob (charissa)

April 12
Deborah Sara (ginandchris)

April 13
Abigail Grace (KB57)

April 15
Harrison Campbell (LittleStar)

April 18
Elliot Judson (Guinness)

April 20
Thomas (sully130)
Benjamin Joseph (Cagey)

April 21
Benjamin Robert (bctoledo)

April 24
Anders (uskiku)

April 26
Benjamin Gerard (mel7dog)

April 28
Finley (SaphirimalMei)

May 5
Ainsleigh (MMHinCA)

[April'06Moms]

Our babies are growing like weeds! :) This is a comparison of our babies stats from well baby visits.

Joey (Jane&Andy)
Weight
Birth: 6lb 4.4oz
1 month: 7lb 10oz
2 months: 9lb 10z
4 months: 12lb 14oz
6 months: 14lb 12oz
7 months: 16lb
9 months: 17lb 7oz
Height
Birth: 18.5in
1 month: 19.5in
2 months: 21 7/8in
4 months: 24.5in
6 months: 26in
9 months: 27.5in
Head
1 month: 36.5cm
2 months: 38.75cm
4 months: 41cm
6 months: 43cm
9 months: 44.25cm

Anders (uskiku)
Weight
Birth: 7lb 11.5oz
3 days: 7 lbs 11 oz
8 days: 8 lbs 8 1/2 oz
4 months: 18lb 9oz
Height
Birth: 21.5in
4 months: 25in

David Michael (sevilla)
Weight
Birth: 6lb 13oz
6 wks: 10lb
6 months: 16lb 1oz
9 months: 19lb 6oz
Height
Birth: 20in
6 months: 27in
9 months: 28.75in

Finn (SaphirimalMei)
Weight
Birth: 8lb 6oz
2wks: 9lbs 6oz
4 months: 16lb 10oz
6 months: 19lb 4oz
Height
Birth:21.25in
2wks: 22.25in
4 months: 27in
6 months: 28.5in

Ainsleigh (MMHinCA)
Weight
Birth: 6lb 11oz
1wk: 6lb 13oz
1 month: 9lb 6oz
Height
Birth: 20in
1 month: 22in

Jacob Alexander (Kopper)
Weight
Birth: 9lb 1.9oz
5 weeks: 10.8lbs
2 months: 13lb
4 months: 17.2lbs
6 months: 19.4lbs
9 months: 22.5lbs
Height
Birth: 20 1/8in
5 weeks: 22.5in
2 months: 23.5in
4 months: 26 1/4 in
6 months: 27.5in
9 months: 30in

Benjamin (Mel7dog)
Weight
Birth: 8lb 8oz
1 month: 11lb 14oz
11wks: 15lb 4oz
4 months: 17 lbs 2oz
6 months: 18lb 13oz
9 months: 20lb 4oz
Height
Birth: 21.25 inches
1 month: 22.25in
11wks: 24in
4 months: 25.5in
6 months: 28in
9 months: 28.5in

Marin Elizabeth (JenniferEC)
Weight
Birth: 5lb 13.9oz
1 month: 6lb 15oz
4 months: 12lb 7oz
6 months: 14lb 8oz
9 months: 17lb
Height
Birth: 18.5in
1 month: 19.5in
4 months: 23 1/4"
6 months: 25in
9 months: 27in

Kyle Gregory (jeeplover)
Weight
Birth: 7lb 7.5oz
7 lbs 12 oz
8wks: 10lb 12oz
12wks: 11lb 10oz
4 months: 14lb 4 oz
6 months: 16lb 10oz
Height
Birth: 20 3/4in
20 3/4 in
2 months: 23in
4 months: 25in
6 months: 26 1/4in

Mackenzie (briamcd)
Weight
Birth: 7lbs 5oz
1 wk: 6lb 9oz
2 wks: 6lbs 9oz
3 wks: 6lbs 12oz
1 mo: 7lbs 4.5oz
6 wks: 8lb 8oz
2 months: 9lb 7oz
4 months: 12.2 lb
6 months: 15lb 1oz
Height
Birth: 19.3in
1 mo: 20 in
2 months: 23in
4 months: 24.5 in.
6 months: 27in

Kate Lauren (sal03)
Weight
Birth: 7lbs 15oz
10wks: 13.5lbs
4 months: 14lb 13oz
6 months: 15.14lbs
9 months: 19.2lbs
Height
Birth: 19in
10wks: 24in
4 months: 24in
6 months: 24in
9 months: 27.75in

Logan Jacob (charissa)
Weight
Birth: 7lb 8oz
4 months: 12.4 lbs
6 months: 16lb 8oz
9 months: 18lb
Height
Birth: 19in
4 months: 25in
6 months: 27in

Joshua (Misty911)
Weight
Birth: 8lb 6oz
Height
Birth: 19in

Kaylie Tate (hapahaole)
Weight
Birth: 7lbs 4oz
1 month: 9lbs 12oz
2 month: 12lbs 12oz
6 months: 18.5lbs
Length
Birth: 19"
1 month: 21 1/2"
2 month: 22 1/2"
6 months: 28in

Benjamin Joseph (cagey)
Weight
Birth: 7lb 4.8oz
Length
Birth: 20in

Brycen Peter (relly)
Weight
Birth: 3 lb. 14 oz
5 weeks: 6 lb. 4 oz
6 months: 16lb 6oz
9 months: 20lb 3oz
Length
Birth: 15.5 in
5 weeks: 19.5 in
6 months: 26in
9 months: 28.5in
Head
6 months: 43cm

Devon Elisabeth (relly)
Weight
Birth:4lb 7oz
5wks: 6lb 8oz
6 months: 16lb 3oz
9 months: 19lb 9oz
Length
Birth: 16.5in
5wks: 19.25in
6 months: 26.5in
9 months: 28in
Head
6 months: 44cm

Cole Robert (jrsygirl)
Weight
Birth: 5lb 6oz
9 months: 21lb
Length
Birth: 16in
9 months: 27.5in

Paige Kelly (jrsygirl)
Weight
Birth: 5lb 7oz
9 months: 17lb
Length
Birth: 17in
9 months: 27in

Thomas (sully130)
Weight
Birth: 8lb 4 oz
2wks: 9lb 8oz
1 month: 10lb
8wks: 13lb 2oz
4 months: 17 lbs, 8 oz
6 months: 20lb 2oz
Length
Birth: 21.25in
2wks: 21 3/4in
1 month: 23in
8wks: 23.5in
4 months: 26 inches
6 months: 27 3/4in

Kyra Rose (ceallaigh)
Weight
Birth: 7lb 11oz
1 month: 9lb 13 oz
Length
Birth: 20.5in
1 month: 22in

Deborah Sara (ginandchris)
Weight
Birth: 6lb 15oz
4 months: 25 3/4 inches
Length
Birth: 19in
4 months: 12 lbs 7 oz

Harrison Campbell (LittleStar)
Weight
Birth: 7lb 9oz
4 months: 14lb 14oz
6 months: 16lb 3oz
9 months: 19lb 12oz
Length
Birth: 19.75in
4 months: 25in
6 months: 26.5in
9 months: 27.75in
Head
4 months: 17 3/8

Elliot Judson (Guinness)
Weight
Birth: 7lb 7oz
2wks: 8lb 2oz
2 months: 12lb 13oz
4 months: 15lb
Length
Birth: 19.25in
2wks: 21in
2 months: 23.5in
4 months: 25in

Gabriel (Shania0474)
Weight
Birth: 8lb
4 wks: 12lb 5oz
2 mos 2 days: 15lb 8 oz
2 mos 12 days: 16lb 7oz
4 months: 19lbs 14oz
6 months: 22.5lbs
9 months: 26lb 6oz
Length
Birth: 21in
2 mos 12 days: 25.5in
4 months: 28 in
6 months: 29.5in
9 months: 31.5in

Abigail Grace (KB57)
Weight
Birth: 9lb 10oz
10wks: 13lb 1oz
4 months: 16 lbs
8 months: 21.4lbs
9 months: 21lb 9oz
Length
Birth: 21 1/2in
10wks: 25in
4 months: 26 inches
8 months: 30in
9 months: 31in
Head Circumference
10wks: 41cm

Malin Elizabeth (amygrrl)
Weight
Birth: 5lb 10oz
1wk: 5lb 13oz
12wks: 12lb
2 months: 9lb 10oz
Length
Birth: 19in
12wks: 23.5in

Benjamin Robert (bctoledo)
Weight
Birth: 8lb 9oz
1 month: 12lb 2oz
4 months: 18lb 12oz
6 months: 20lb 8oz
9 months: 22lb 5oz
Length
Birth: 22in
1 month:23.5in
4 months: 26.5in
6 months: 28.25in
9 months: 29.75in

[April'06Moms]

Elliot (Guiness)
http://ct.pbase.com/g5/60/577260/3/68553241.anRl8NrK.jpg

Joey (Jane&Andy)
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid223/pa6fbcfc4b137fd4844b79bfb7623f5af/eaf683af.jpg

Harrison (LittleStar)
http://static.flickr.com/112/286143636_57310dd873_m.jpg

Ben (bctoledo)
http://static.flickr.com/116/286368679_9d80d8cce0_m.jpg

Ben (mel7dog)
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k188/BensMom426/January/0023.jpg

[April'06Moms]

Jacob (Kopper)
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n118/Katie-John/DSC04288.jpg

[April'06Moms]

saved for even more pictures

[April'06Moms]

saved for a few more pictures

[April'06Moms]

saved for more pictures!

[April'06Moms]

one last one for pictures

[April'06Moms]

Car Seat Thread (http://www.constantchatter.com/showthread.php?t=573)
Sleep Thread (http://www.constantchatter.com/showthread.php?t=133&highlight=sleep)
Sling Thread (http://www.constantchatter.com/showthread.php?t=573)
BFing Thread (http://www.constantchatter.com/showthread.php?t=573)
FFing Thread (http://www.constantchatter.com/showthread.php?t=573)
C-section thread (http://www.constantchatter.com/showthread.php?t=573)
Baby Signing (http://www.constantchatter.com/showthread.php?t=573)

[April'06Moms]

Open for posting! :D

[Guinness]

Well didn't quite mean to be first - thanks for the new thread!! Here are stats and pics for the new thread. I am following along, but don't post a ton. Working takes too much time :o

6 month Stats:
Weight: 16lbs 10.ozs 50%
Height: 27 1/2 75%
I forget head but 25%

Here are a couple of the latest pics:) You can use any of them for the 1st page
http://ct.pbase.com/g5/60/577260/3/68553305.8AA3YkLB.jpg http://ct.pbase.com/g5/60/577260/3/68553241.anRl8NrK.jpg
http://ct.pbase.com/g6/60/577260/3/68976614.DMxtW3Cy.jpghttp://ct.pbase.com/g6/60/577260/3/68976650.nwxpfLQh.jpg

[Jane&Andy]

here's a new one of Joey
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid217/pbde064a59d17eb53b94c30bd9254f09e/ec53c1a1.jpg

Guinness - I can't see your pictures. :(

[Jane&Andy]

Guinness - I can see the pictures now, he's adorable! :)

[shania0474]

hi ladies! Yay for new thread!!! Thanks, threadmistress. :)

halloween we're not doing much (actually nothing really: tired lazy mom plus DH who doesn't like the whole witchcraft thing means it probably won't be celebrated until the kids are old enough to say, "why am I the only one without a costume, mommy?")

naps G has also gone to 2 naps: some days he'll take three one-hour naps but most days he'll take two 2-hour naps so he actually gets more sleep during the day with two naps than with three

sal David's talking so much now, thanks for asking! His vocabulary exploded overnight and he's actually putting phrases together and eating much better. EI is definitely working!!! :) When his PT saw G crawling at six months, he exclaimed, "wow, he's early! most babies start crawling at 8 months" I was like, "yeah well, David started crawling at 7 months and everyone said he was early and look how late he was with speech" so I have decided to just enjoy them without worrying too much about milestones.

QOTD Does everyone have AF back in full force? She's been around for months now and my milk totally disappears when she comes. I am finally giving up and introducing G to formula...

[jeeplover]

Thanks for the new thread!

QOTD-Yup AF came back as soon as I finished BFing at 4 months. Totally sucks!

[jeeplover]

Jane-Love the new picture of Joey!

[Jane&Andy]

thanks jeeplover. :)

QOTD - no sign of AF yet.

[LittleStar]

QOTD - Funny you should ask about that. I got AF back around 4 months pp, had 2 regular periods, but now I'm about a week late. I'm still nursing so I'm sure it's just that my hormones are still wacky.

Halloween - Can't remember if I've already said, but H is going to be a kangaroo. My goal is to dress him up and then hang out outside passing out candy til he has to go to bed.

Daylight savings - H was up at 4:30 a.m. (thinking it was 5:30), and got really fussy around 6:15 p.m. (thinking it was 7:15 and why wasn't mama putting me to bed?!) so he went to sleep around 6:45. Hopefully, it'll work itself out since 4:30 a.m. is way.too.early!

[Sal03]

Shania I was like, "yeah well, David started crawling at 7 months and everyone said he was early and look how late he was with speech" same with Dylan. but of course now I keep waiting for Katie to babble consonant sounds and she is not. I am going to be watching her speech so carefully. I can't help it! But Dylan has done SO well in EI. saying so many phrases and too many words to count. it is the best program ever!

QOTD no sign of AF. YAY! I think it returned around this time after Dylan even with exclusively nursing so I am figuring any day now.

Naps thanks everyone for your feedback. She took later afternoon naps the past two days so it worked out without the 3rd nap. Today she did NOT so she was a disaster by 5:30 :(

Hapa I wrote to you in LJ. I am trying to figure it out over there.

Lucky for us (sorry littlestar for your too early wake up call) with the time change both kids did not get up until 6:30am. But my poor little girl is a mess. She has a really runny nose and is getting her first two teeth. I see lots of white spots and the gums are a little red. BUT instead of the middle two bottom ones, it is the two on either side of those! So unless she gets the middle ones SOON, my baby is going to have fangs! :( I feel so bad she has a runny nose. Dylan did not get his first cold until a year when I started weaning. She just is getting all of his preschool germs. Oh well, nothing I can do.

[jeeplover]

Daylight Savings-Poor Kyle fell asleep at 6 pm last night thinking it was 7 pm but woke up around 8:30 but luckily we just changed him into his pajamas and he fell back asleep althoug this morning Kyle woke up at 5:30 thinking it was 6:30 augh-I hope this won't last too long! I totally sympathize with you littlestar!

[Jane&Andy]

Daylight savings - I kept Joey up 30min late on Saturday in hopes of easing the time change (and not waking up too early!). We were at my BIL's so I had to get him up at 11pm so we could head home. Normally he handles the late night transfers really well and sleeps in the car and goes back to sleep at home without a problem (he always wakes up a little, he's just not a sound sleeper). This time he stayed up for the entire hour drive home and then it took about 30min to get him back down at home. He was happy the whole time, just awake. He slept in a little Sunday and I put him to bed a little early. This morning he woke up early but went back to sleep on his own pretty quickly. So I think we're easing through the time change ok.

Joey is feeling much better now - much less congested. He's still got a few more days of antibiotics left and then we go back to the ped next week to recheck his ears.

I've been lazy about giving him the sippy cup - got tired of giving it to him to just have him play with it. He loves eating the puffs now (gets spastic when he see's the container) but hasn't mastered feeding himself smaller foods (will feed himself a wagon wheel).

still no teeth or any sign of teeth.

[jeeplover]

Teeth-Forgot to mention that Kyle got his fourth tooth this weekend! Now that explains him being grumpy and clingy on Friday.

[charissa]

daylight savings - I was worried about this at first, but on Friday we went to the Disneyland Halloween event, so we were out late anyway, and amazingly he stayed up till 10:30pm without getting cranky, I couldn't believe it. So he's right back on schedule b/c he was all messed up that day. He didn't even know what hit him :)

[JenniferEC]

Jane - Thanks for starting the new thread. I know I've been a terrible threadmisstress. I will try and help out more with this one. :) I'm glad Joey is feeling better, and I hope Butters is, too.

AF - Yep, she's here and I could do without. TMI - I haven't been able to wear a tampon since I had Caden and it's still uncomfy. I'm thinking I might make an appt with my OB because pads don't do the trick for me and I want to make sure that everything is ok.

daylight savings - Marin has done well. She's still taking two naps a day and is doing better at putting herself to sleep since starting to roll. Caden, on the other hand, was up at 6 this morning. I'm going to have to work on keeping him up later tonight.

I can't believe Marin will be 7 months on Sunday. She's getting so big and rolling all over the place. It won't be long before she's crawling. We're still waiting on hair and teeth, but I'm sure to dress her in some pink when we're out so people don't refer to her as a he. Even when she's been in pink with a pink blanket, I've had someone come up to me and ask if she's a boy or girl. :confused:

I hope everyone has a fun and safe Halloween. I will try and post pics of the kids on Wed.

[Jane&Andy]

Poor Joey - he just doesn't understand why I'm keeping him up so late. I kept him up til 5:45 again tonight. :rolleyes: (pre-time change we started bedtime at 6)

I caught him nibbling on his toes for the first time today. :)

Jennifer - don't worry about it, the thread isn't much work these days. Butter is better now - I've ordered a muzzle that he's going to have to wear when going on walks. He's the friendliest dog in the world but its the only thing I can think of to keep him from eating sticks.

Happy Halloween from Joey!
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid216/p59a3255800572131506f4591dd01b875/ec841ce4.jpg

and here's a better picture for the front page
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid217/p519e160699f8629d00ab66a806acc718/ec484e1e.jpg

[Sal03]

Jennifer I had heard that tampon thing from a lot of people and then it happened to me too. Sometimes I can wear one but most of the time it was pretty uncomfortable and I ended up in a pad. That is one reason I am dreading AF coming back. Hope you and the kiddies have a fun halloween! I am going to try and get a picture of both kids. I find it is easiest when they are in the double stroller.

I am having such a hard time this morning. I am such a wacko. I stood katie up at the learning table and she stayed. :( It was so sad for me to see my baby standing. It's funny how I got so excited about all this stuff with Dylan and I do for Katie too, but it makes me sad too how fast it is going with her. Dylan was SO excited to see her standing he came over to help and hug her from behind. It was so sweet. :)

[JenniferEC]

Thankfully it stopped raining just before trick or treating! (still need to fix the red eyes)
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n24/jeconrard/IMG_1788.jpg
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n24/jeconrard/IMG_1779.jpg

[Sal03]

Here are my kiddies... :) I think these are going to be big. sorry!
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f298/rebeccag202/Halloween2008.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f298/rebeccag202/Hallowe06_016.jpg

[shania0474]

what lovely pics! Dylan and Caden could pass as twin supermen! :) And Joey has such a beautiful smile!

sal I can totally relate. G is moving so fast (crawling, pulling himself up, etc) it is making me really sad and excited at the same time. And it makes me baby David more too because I feel like I missed out on all this with him because I was working such long hours and only got home in time to put him to bed. They are both loving all the mommy attention and are spoiled completely rotten!

More halloween pics please... :)

[JenniferEC]

Sal - That's funny we both had Supermans. I've been wondering how Caden even knows who Superman is since he's never seen him on tv, but he's a big Superman fan! Katie is adorable! Her costume looks comfy enough to sleep in. Hope you had a good Halloween!

[Jane&Andy]

Sal and Jennifer - adorable costumes!!!!

feeling sad - DH just uploaded some video clips of Joey starting when he was 4 months old - wow, my boy has grown up in just a few short months! He's at a great age now (very interactive and giggly) but I miss my cuddly newborn.

I kept Joey up until 6:35 last night! :eek: that's unheard of around here! But he still woke up at 5:15. I think its just a habit for him. If he woke up happy and ready to start the day at 5:15 I could deal with it - but that really is too early for him (and me).

He's been going to sleep without making a peep lately - except yesterday's morning nap - but he was fragile then b/c I had just vacuumed. And even then it was only a few peeps. I don't think I'm lucky enough for it to last long but I'll enjoy it while it does.

[relly]

Love all the Halloween pics!

Jane – thanks for the new thread. Joey looks so cute in his knit hat. I agree, I miss my little newborn babies. They grow up too fast.

Here’s my little lion and fireman:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid217/p8d3bd87f95f0e1d90ebe885243ad34cc/ec441e5a.jpg

[LittleStar]

So, I finally joined Flickr because I just had to post a picture of Harrison in his kangaroo costume...

http://static.flickr.com/112/286143636_57310dd873_m.jpg

(this can go on the front page threadmistress)

[bctoledo]

Ben was a lion for Halloween. I broke down and joined Flickr so that I could post a picture.

http://static.flickr.com/116/286368679_9d80d8cce0_m.jpg

Feel free to post this picture on the front page.

AF Mine came back a month and half ago but haven't seen it since.

[April'06Moms]

Updated to here :)

[hapahaole]

This must be just the cutest age ever. All our babies could be on the Gerber box. They're all sooooo cute and yummy!
hapa

[Sully130]

I love seeing all of the Halloween babies! Everyone is so cute!!

hapahole - I know! Sometimes I wish my DS could stay this age forever! :)

~~

I've been terrible about keeping up with this thread. I seem to devote all my online time to keeping up with my LJ. I'll try to do better.

Am about to try to go to bed early (before 10:30), but wanted to drop off a few pics while I had a moment (please don't post them elsewhere in the thread; I will remove later).

Photos removed. :)

Will try to come catch up more later!

[Jane&Andy]

hapa - I agree, this is a wonderful age. :)

Sully - he's adorable!

[Jane&Andy]

Joey is a big fan of Fall - he loves leaves
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid218/pffde0534a06fa91219909166a2e67553/ec2ee0d7.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid218/pc09583d85e63766719e051cc770be2dd/ec2edef6.jpg

[hapahaole]

I love the pics!!!
Quick Halloween costume drop off...

http://static.flickr.com/106/288065303_2929309a73_o.jpg

hapa

[jrsygirl]

Jane Those pics of Joey in the leaves are ADORABLE!!!!!!!!

[jrsygirl]

Happy Halloween!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/hbd511/bugs.jpg


The twins are 7 months old now. C-R-A-Z-Y how fast time goes!!! I have a hope that maybe by the time they are 10 or so they might actually sleep through the night since it seems like it certainly won't happen before they are two!

Last night was insane. I cannot even tell you how many times I was up with them. There doesnt seem to be aby rhyme or reason to when they wake either. We have been trying to ST but its hard with two ...and Paige let me tell you- that girl screams like there is no tomorrow when she gets mad! and she gets MAD when she thinks we're ignoring her. She's a tough cookie.

[Jane&Andy]

I love your little bugs jrsygirl!!!! One baby is enough work for me, but boy would I have a good time picking out costumes for twins! :p

hapa - cute costumes - I love the card!

[Sal03]

Jane adorable leaf pictures!!

Jennifer it's so funny - dylan has no clue who superman is. it is the only costume though that does not have a hood or mask. he would not have tolerated either!

jrsygirl they are SO cute!!!!

Hapa I love the pictures. it's funny, I still picture Jack as Harry Potter. it was the perfect costume for him last year.

Shania how's it going with MIL? is she still there?

Everything good here. Dylan is just in LOVE with his sister which is so much fun to watch. Katie really needs the third nap still but just won't settle for it so she is pretty much a bear by 6pm. Makes this lovely screeching sound. But I am happy to say she is really laughing now so that is the BEST. :) I gave her puffs for the first time today and she loved them. She just picked it up and ate it like she had been doing it forever. It was so funny. DH changed jobs and took two weeks off in between. That was just heaven. He went back yesterday and I am REALLY feeling it. it was so much help having him home!

[Kopper]

Where have I been? I just realized there is a new thread. Cute pictures everyone! :)

Things are going ok here. DH has accepted a new job that will require him to travel every other week to Salt Lake for 3-4 months and then after that once a month. I'm not thrilled but the position and raise were way too good to pass up. This is something he has been wanting to do for a few years now. I have no idea how I will cope since Jacob still doesn't sleep great. He was up 3 times last night between 6:30 and 10pm and then slept until 2:15am. I think he may be teething again. He is full on crawling now and very fast. I have to watch him like a hawk now that he is into everything. Last Friday he pulled himself to standing and is now practicing on everything. He is up to 20lbs now and in 9 month clothing. It's finally getting cold here in Texas so I have to find him a winter coat. Old Navy didn't have any in his size this weekend.

relly - Jacob had that same fireman costume from Kohl's. :D

[shania0474]

Jane sooo adorable! you take really good photos! every time I come in here, you have a new avatar with an amazing new photo! :)

hapa gorgeous! is that a card or photo collage?

jrsygirl cute bugs!

sully your cute pumpkin reminds me of my adorable chunky monkey. what a great laugh he has!

sal MIL is gone! Thank God!!! We went out to LA 2 weekends ago and by the time we got back, she was gone! I was kissing and hugging my walls, so glad to have my house back! :) Glad to hear Katie is laughing up a storm, it is really great, isn't it?

kopper congratulations on DH's promotion! sorry it has to take him away for a while, hope the time flies.

I am loving this stage so much! G is such a delight to be with -- he's cuddly and he laughs at the slightest thing plus I can put him down to crawl when I need to do stuff (not young enough to need carrying/rocking all the time and not old enough to run around and break everything)!!! I have to keep reminding myself that this is what happened the last time that I let myself get pregnant again when D was 8 months...

[Jane&Andy]

thanks Shania. :) I love taking pictures.

Kopper - that's a bummer about the travel but yay for the promotion!

Sal - that must have been wonderful having your DH home for 2wks but I bet its a heck of an adjustment getting back into the regular groove of things.

naps - most days Joey still takes 3. He's been getting up early (5:30 today) and when he does that he needs three.

[JenniferEC]

Jane - I agree. You take really good pics and Joey has such great facial expressions. You're going to have quite the photo album for him when he's older.

hapa - Great costumes! Love the cheeks in the Tigger costume. Does the jack-o-lantern have glasses?

jrsygirl - I love that you dressed them similar but not the same. I hope the sleep gets better soon!

sal - Glad things are going well. Is Dylan pretty much gentle with Katie? I find myself constantly telling Caden to be gentle with Marin. He wants to love on her, but is squeezing her hand or pulling on her legs.

Kopper - Congrats on your DH's new job. I hope the time flies when he is gone. DH used to travel a lot when it was just me and Caden. I hated being alone all the time, sometimes for 2 weeks at a time. Thankfully he got a new job 2 months before Marin was born and there is practically no travelling.

shania - Are you telling us there might be another? :)

Caden just got over a cold and now Marin has it. Her poor little nose is so congested. She tolerates the saline drops and suction thingy pretty well but she's having trouble breathing when trying to eat. I called her ped and they suggested some Pedia Care drops, so DH is going to come home at lunch with some. It sucks when they're too young to blow their own nose.

[Jane&Andy]

It sucks when they're too young to blow their own nose

yes it does! Joey is on his third cold now and he hates the suction thingy with a passion. Its nearly impossible to do it without DH restraining him.

thanks Jennifer. If I can ever get myself set up with a decent scrapbooking area I have a lot of scrapbooking to do with Joey's pictures! And then I just have to keep it up with baby #2 so that they don't ask why there are so many more pictures of Joey. :p

speaking of pictures - here's one from last night - his first lollipop
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid218/pf32aa0f2d4d66c28df82f90109f23173/ec234c72.jpg
he had a good time with it - kept banging it on the high chair. I know he doesn't need the sugar but its not like he has any teeth to rot! I only let him have it for a few minutes.

[uskiku]

Absolutely adorable photos, everyone!!! Cuteness galore!!! :D

Things are going OK here: A is doing great, he is such a big boy (at 6 months he weighs 20 lbs 7 oz and is 28 1/4 inches long) and is such a smiley, happy fellow. It's such a cute age! He is desperate to crawl (and gets MAD when he cannot - it's too funny to watch). Still not sitting up on his own, but seems to be more steady. We've started solids: sweet potatoes were not a hit, but he is doing better with bananas! He has 2 teeth now and boy are they sharp! :eek: Breastfeeding is still going strong, though he's a biter, so we've had a few battles there :( Unfortunately, my bad back has taken a turn to the worse and is now really bad. Nights are the worst. A does not take a bottle, and still needs to be rocked to sleep at night. I posted a new thread at parenting, but if anyone has any advice how to teach him to fall asleep on his own, please share it with me - we're getting quite, quite desperate...

[Jane&Andy]

uskiku - I'm sorry about the back problems. With Joey he was sleeping ok in the crib but taking all naps on me - so when I started putting him in the crib he would cry, I would go back in and pat his belly. Sometimes that was enough to get him to sleep, sometimes I had to go back a few times. We just kept working on it and now he goes down easily for his naps - but the best part was that only a few days into this he started wanting to go to sleep on his own at night instead of me rocking him to sleep and then putting him in the crib (instead of drifting off to sleep in my lap he'd get very fidgety). So it wasn't really a specific plan of attack - I'd just put him in the crib awake and then try to figure out from there what he needed (to be patted and shushed or to give him a few minutes on his own). You might want to check out the March 06 thread - I lurk in there and one of the Moms was recently describing her sleep training method - I can't remember it all but it sounded like a good method to me.

My Mom is coming today for a visit! Hope everyone has a good weekend!

[uskiku]

Jane Thanks so much for your reply! :) I just love the way you taught Joey to fall asleep on his own! Wish I'd pick your brain earlier, as A seems pretty set in his ways (i.e. nursing and rocking) now. I'll give it a try though. When did you start your "training" i.e. how old was Joey? I sooo hope it's not too late for Anders!

In other news: about an hour ago I watched my little man move forward about a feet!! He's not crawling yet, but he is *thisclose*! My goodness!!

ETA Jane - love the pic with the lollipop! We have the same Fisher Price Space Saver high chair - we finally decided to go with this one, and we just love it! :)

[Sal03]

Jane you were so smart to get that space saver chair. ours takes up our whole kitchen. I am definitely moving Katie to her booster soon.

Jennifer he is pretty gentle with her. sometimes he gets too excited and shakes the exersaucer really hard, but mostly he is good. They were just making me smile so much. They were both laughing SO hard. Dylan was making this spitting noise and Katie was hysterically laughing every time he would do it. Then Dylan would crack up. And this is a game started with me in the next room making dinner. They were just playing. I love it!

Uskiku not much time to post, but this is a perfect time. Most "experts" recommend sleep training after 6 months anyway. I forgot if you said this, but do you have a bedtime routine? we found that really helpful. Like Jane said, just be consistent and keep putting A down awake. Eventually it works! Even if you have to let him cry/fuss for 10-15 minutes at a time.

Shania your MIL posts crack me up!!

Now I know why Katie was a bear at sleep times last week. She got her first two teeth. Two at once! Her middle bottom two. :)

Quick question, how much solids are your babies getting? Katie gets about a 1/2 cup oatmeal for breakfast, a stage 2 veggie at lunch and at dinner usually a stage 2 fruit and either a stage 1 or stage 2 veggie.

[charissa]

uskiku - I was at my wits end with DS when he was 2 months old or so. So we started the "mild sleep training" then. We'd just put DS down after doing the usual bedtime routine (feed, warm bath, book) pop in his paci, say good night and walk out. It didn't fare so well at first, but after about a week of doing that, it works, they realize that oh, after all that, its time to say night night.

We used the modified Ferber technique. Going back in to soothe DS after progressively longer periods of time. We did 3 mins, go in and soothe, then 5 mins (if he was still in need of soothing). Then 10, then 15, but usually after the 5 minute soothing, he would fall asleep after that.

I recommend two books to all my friends who are new moms like us, The Baby Whisperer and Happy Sleep Habits, Happy Child. Not all of the adivce is good for everyone, as I've mentnioned before, I use a combo of both of these books and modify it to what works for us.

Now DS goes to bed at 7:45pm and wakes about around 7:00 am or later. We've had a few soothing sessions b/c of teething, which finally broke through today, yeah! But otherwise, even with disruptions to bedtime (ie disneyland and other late nights out) he still falls asleep on his own.

Good luck, it just takes patience, consistency, and time. Hope I helped a little, I know my saving grace was a friend who already went though it all, so I knew it had to work at some point :)

[shania0474]

jennifer another???? hmmn. DH wants one more and I keep telling him no way unless we're adopting. I've been either pregnant or nursing the past three years and it has taken a significant toll on my body (especially on the tummy and boobs)! BUT watching my lovely babies play with each other sometimes... I don't know... if there is another, it won't be until Gabriel is three!!!!!!! Sorry about the cold... when my mom is here, she sucks the mucus out of the kids noses with her mouth (yuck! but it works! they're so happy afterwards) she does it and spits it out so fast, it doesn't enter her mouth but still... yuck!

uskiku I agree with everyone. Consistency is key. If you have a bedtime routine that ends with him drowsy and being put to the crib awake, he'll eventually get it. There will be some tough days though... I finally had to let G CIO tonight because he was so tired but he wanted to continue playing with mommy so he'll fuss a little, laugh/babble a little, suck his thumb a little and then fuss again... finally I put him in his crib and jumped in the shower (drown out the crying and give myself and him some time). By the time I came out of the shower (10-15 minutes later) he was fast asleep.

sal I'm glad I have this space to come to vent about MIL since I can't really vent to DH too much (this has been tough on him mediating between his two precious women). One of his cousins called me yesterday and said "Just to let you know that you shouldn't take anything she does/says personal. It's not you, it's her. She annoys everyone she comes in contact with." I was very shocked because I had never said anything to her but I have a feeling MIL said something to her mom (they're very close and that's where she went to when she left our place). Couldn't resist repeating what she said to DH :p

[amygrrl]

updates....

sleep - malin is a champ. she's putting herself to sleep with minimal fussing, just requires we rock her to her song and give her the wubbanub and she goes down. she's also down to waking up once a night most of the time. occasionally, she'll wake up twice and every once in a blue moon she'll sleep through the night. she generally goes down at 6:30 - 7:00 pm and wakes up between 7:00 - 8:00 am. she's down to 2 naps a day and also goes down without a fight. we're feeling super lucky on the sleep front.

teeth - she's got 5! geeze she's got a mouth full!

developmental milestones - she's sitting up well. rolls all over to get what she wants. she's reaching for me. she's crying and screaming when she doesn't get her way (if i take something away from her or leave put her in her crib when she doesn't want to be there). she's saying 'mama' a lot. i don't think there's purpose to it, so i wouldn't call it a word... but it's really sweet to hear her say it.

solids - she's taken to everything we've given her (she's up to about 15 different things. she's doing 3 meals a day and LOVES to eat and LOVES water.

af - i stop EPing at 6 months so it's been about 1 1/2 months and still no AF. but i've had random spotting since about 4 months pp.

and the latest pic... (nope... her hair obviously never fell out!)

photo removed...

[Sal03]

just a superquick post to say amygrrl she is just absolutely PRECIOUS. I am so jealous you have a full head of hair to play with!

and I second Charissa's recommendation of Healthy Sleep Habits Healthy Child. We used Ferber with Dylan and that worked great too. But the overall tips in HSHHC I think are excellent

[Jane&Andy]

uskiku - I started with Joey at 5 months - the naps he was taking with me never lasted long enough so he was crabby a lot - I just couldn't take it anymore. The first week was the hardest - just stick to it and be consistent and he will learn to put himself to sleep. Once they master that skill its wonderful! And I'll third that book recommendation. :)

amygrrl - she's gorgeous!

[uskiku]

Thanks everyone so much!!! I cannot tell you how much appreciate your support and advice - you're the best!! :)

We do have a (very simple) bedtime routine, and I have to say that bedtime is the easiest in terms of getting him to sleep. We just do the bath-pj's-nurse-rock-bed thing.

Well, last night I took a deep breath and took the plunge... The moment he put his head in the crook of my arm and closed his eyes, I counted to 20 and put him in the crib. He moved around a little, got on all fours even, changed positions and then... FELL ASLEEP! :eek: I just about fainted in front of the crib!
Granted, the first waking was bad - it did not work at all then and it took DH and I 2 hours to finally get him back to sleep, but I'm so majorly excited that he CAN do it! oops fussy baby

[JenniferEC]

uskiku - Congrats on the crawling! I hope sleeping is getting better for you. Thankfully we didn't have to do much training with Marin. She's been putting herself to sleep for a couple of months.

Sal - Marin doesn't each much solid food yet. Most of the time, it's just one stage 1 food for dinner. I may try to get some oatmeal this week and start that for breakfast, but she still isn't very interested in taking a spoon.

shania - That is so gross. I know you said it doesn't go in her mouth, but still! Yuck! I have been cleaning out both kids' noses for a week now and after seeing what comes out, there is no way that stuff is going anywhere near my mouth. Your mom must have some special trick.

Both kids still have colds. Poor Marin wakes up with snot dried in her hair (the few strands she has). I thought Caden was better on Friday but he got sent home from school.

I was reading some other threads this morning and saw that one of the moms on this thread is pregnant again. I won't say who, but she doesn't post very often. DH mentions #3 at least once a week, but there is no way it's going to happen anytime soon, if at all.

[Jane&Andy]

A pg April '06 Mommy!!!? Wow, you have me curious - haven;t figured out who yet. But Congratulations whoever you are!

We plan to TTC#2 in August - aiming for just over 2yrs apart at the earliest. I;m very excited about the prospect (doesn;t help that I have a very pg SIL - makes me nostalgic for Joey's newborn days) but still so not ready to do it now.

My Mom just left this morning. We had a nice visit. We'll see her next week for Thanksgiving but it was nice to see her now without the rest of the family (my 2 sisters, their husbands and 4 kids will all be there for Thanksgiving).

Joey is trying to get up on all fours now. He's had a cold but seems to be getting better now. I think "Hi" might be his first word - he uses it purposefully but not very often. The other day he said it very clearly when I carried him downstairs in the morning and he saw Daddy.

ETA: I figured it out - Congratulations! :)

[Kopper]

Hi Everyone! I know the sleep advice was for uskiku but it has helped me to so thank you! :) We need a lot of work in that department. Co-sleeping is becomnig harder and harder since I just can't get comfortable with DS next to me. I wake up multiple times a night on top of the many times DS wakes me up.

Oh thanks everyone for the congrats on DH's job. They actually let him go early so he is off this week (paid) and next (unpaid). We are taking this time to "spring" clean our house and working on the sleeping situation. It's nice to have help during the day. I am not looking forward to the traveling though.

Solids - I only give him solids once per day. When does everyone starting giving them twice a day?
So far he has had:
carrots, peas, green beans, sweet potatoes, yellow squash and zuchini (together), summer squash, prunes, apples, pears, bananas, avacado, rice cereal and oatmeal

Milestones - No talking yet. He doesn't make many sounds anymore (babbling). I think the last two months he has been focusing on the physical milestones. In 6-7 weeks he learned to sit up, crawl, pull himself to sitting and pull himself up. He really wants to move all the time. We put him at one end of our hallway and he is down it in no time. We babyproofed some this weekend and will do more in the next week. He is into everything! Anything in reach is fair game.

#2 - I used to want 3 and had it all planned out before Jacob. They were going to be 18 months to 2 years apart. That all changed when he was born! :D Now I think we won't be TTC until Jan 08 or so. Some times I think he is going to be an only child. I just don't know how I will cope with two if the second is like DS. Wonder who the mystery preggo is... :) Congrats!

[LittleStar]

Hi everyone!

A quick update:
Milestones - H waves "hi" - but instead of waving at you, he turns his hand around so it looks like he's waving at himself - so freakin' cute!! He's also "army" crawling.
Solids - We've just moved to the next room at daycare, and it seems like they feed the kids all the time! In addition to bottles, they have breakfast, lunch, and snack! We just don't have time to feed H any solids when he gets home from school, because it's so close to bedtime. So, I think I'm going to have the school feed him oatmeal w/ a fruit for breakfast, a veggie for lunch, and then skip the snack (at least for now). That's solids twice a day.

So far, H has had rice cereal, oatmeal, bananas, carrots, sweet potato, peas, and winter squash.

#2 - We'll start ttc in June/July '07. I want the kiddoes about 2 years apart.

Congrats to the new pg mom!

[uskiku]

Jennifer Thanks!:) I'm not ready to call it crawling quite yet; sort of proto-crawling... He can move forward a bit, but he definitely needs to learn how to do it more efficiently and ahem... gracefully :p

Kopper Congrats on DH's new job!! I'm so glad all this great advice helped you! I've started a few threads over at parenting, check them out, there's some great info there. Our sleep training came to a halt: we realized that we're traveling next week (going to IL's for Thanksgiving), so it would have been a very bad timing. But then my parents will invade a few weeks after we come back from the IL's, and then I'll start working in January, so I don't know when we'll have a quite period with no stress...
Keep us posted on your sleep training! Are you going to move Jacob to crib?

Mystery pregnant mama Congratulations!!! :)

TTC # 2 Ehh... who knows... DH and I are both on the job market. Anders is not a great sleeper. But I really, really would like 2 kids... And at the ripe age of 34 there's not that much time left...

[Sal03]

Jennifer I am SO CURIOUS NOW!!! LOL I am trying to figure out who it is but I can't!

[Kopper]

I tried to figure it out too but I couldn't. Congrats to the pg momma though!

[Kopper]

Kopper Congrats on DH's new job!! I'm so glad all this great advice helped you! I've started a few threads over at parenting, check them out, there's some great info there. Our sleep training came to a halt: we realized that we're traveling next week (going to IL's for Thanksgiving), so it would have been a very bad timing. But then my parents will invade a few weeks after we come back from the IL's, and then I'll start working in January, so I don't know when we'll have a quite period with no stress...
Keep us posted on your sleep training! Are you going to move Jacob to crib?

Thanks. :) I am a bit embarassed to admit this :o but we are still swaddling DS (just his arms). The first several months he would wake himself up hitting himself. Now it has become a habit and he will not stay asleep if he is not swaddled. He also takes twice as long to go down. Our go to sleep routine is a bit of a nigthmare. For awhile he did really good and even slept 9-9.5 hours in his crib several times. Right now he goes down about 7:30 ish in his crib and then DH brings him to our bed when he wakes up 10:30 - 1:00am ish. He often wakes up 1-2 times in between though. It takes me about 40 min to get him down but most of that he is nursing. DH takes him when he wakes up before 11pm. I've told him that he should start trying to pat him back to sleep instead of getting him out of the crib. He still takes all of his naps on me. This morning I didn't swaddle him for his morning nap and he slept 35min. This afternoon I swaddled him and he slept 2.5hrs. Tonight we are going to try not swaddling him since DH doesn't have to work. I don't know how I am going to cope when DH is traveling. He takes all of his naps in my lap and it is really grating on me. When DH is working I don't get anytime to myself.

Good luck with your sleep training! Something has to work right? :)

[jrsygirl]

kopper dont feel bad we just stopped swaddling the twins last weekend. I figured I needed to break the habit now before I couldn't find something big enough to swaddle them with. Its been a rough week but I'm glad I made the decision to go cold turkey.

[Jane&Andy]

the pg mama - its in her signature. I'd given up my search and than ran across a post of hers in parenting.

for those dealing with sleep issues - good luck. :) We had it rough for awhile with Joey and he used to only nap on me. Once you get through the sleep training it is so nice to have that time on your own and not have to fight to get them to sleep. Don't give up - just be consistent and keep it up, they will figure it out. Today was the first time in a long while that Joey cried when I put him down for a nap - he's still a little out of sorts and overtired from my Mom and I keeping him out so much.

But I must say I do miss my cuddly baby - he won't sleep on me at all anymore. He's very much Mr Independent now. Which is nice, but I miss the cuddles.

Joey loves to sit up now. He spends so much time sitting up he hasn't really made any more progress towards crawling. Oh well. I don't think I'm ready for a mobile baby yet anyway!

teeth - Joey still has none. Is he the only baby left with none?

Kopper - my ped actually recommended solids 3 times a day from the beginning. I started out giving them once a day at the very beginning but quickly upped it to 2 and sometimes 3 times a day. Now he routinely eats solids 3 times a day.

[jrsygirl]

Jane- Paige has no teeth yet either..she got the hair -cole got the teeth!

[Jane&Andy]

Poor Joey doesn't have hair either. But his pudgy cheeks are too die for! :p

[Sully130]

Man I can't keep up in here. It takes all I've got to keep up with LJ. Must do better!

Jane - T doesn't have teeth yet either. I think maybe I might see some just below the gums on the bottom, but I'm not sure. I don't feel anything yet. But he has been unusually fussy the past two days so we'll see.

And Joey might not have teeth or hair, but he's absolutely adorable! You always have the best pictures of him!

Kopper - Congrats on your DH's job!

#2 - Ideally I'd like for them to be two years apart (so we'd start next summer), but honestly I can't imagine being pregnant right now or any time soon. My pregnancies have been unbelieveably complicated, so I just can't even think of going down that road again.

In fact, tomorrow is the one year anniversary of when my water broke with T's pregnancy (at 16 weeks!). I don't know who the mystery pregnant mom is, but congrats!

Solids question: I think I need to feed T more solids. How many ounces of solids do you give them at a sitting? I've been making my own, but I think the cubes are only 0.5 ounces, so that's all he's been getting at a meal. Then I looked at store baby food today and saw the containers have two ounces!

[uskiku]

Thanks. :) I am a bit embarassed to admit this :o but we are still swaddling DS (just his arms). The first several months he would wake himself up hitting himself. Now it has become a habit and he will not stay asleep if he is not swaddled. He also takes twice as long to go down. Our go to sleep routine is a bit of a nigthmare. For awhile he did really good and even slept 9-9.5 hours in his crib several times. Right now he goes down about 7:30 ish in his crib and then DH brings him to our bed when he wakes up 10:30 - 1:00am ish. He often wakes up 1-2 times in between though. It takes me about 40 min to get him down but most of that he is nursing. DH takes him when he wakes up before 11pm. I've told him that he should start trying to pat him back to sleep instead of getting him out of the crib. He still takes all of his naps on me. This morning I didn't swaddle him for his morning nap and he slept 35min. This afternoon I swaddled him and he slept 2.5hrs. Tonight we are going to try not swaddling him since DH doesn't have to work. I don't know how I am going to cope when DH is traveling. He takes all of his naps in my lap and it is really grating on me. When DH is working I don't get anytime to myself.

Good luck with your sleep training! Something has to work right? :)

Don't be embarrassed - we can form a support group for mamas of crappy sleepers! :)
I don't have much advice re: swaddling: we ditched the swaddle sometime around 10-12 weeks, but we did it gradually (it just worked out somehow that way). First, I left out one arm, and then, after a while, seeing how much he fought the swaddle, I just had a rather loose swaddle around his legs before I abandoned it completely. Lots of people have recommended sleepsacks. Though, come to think of it, they probably won't work for you, as the ones I've seen don't have arms.
I also nurse to sleep. What helped me greatly was the Gentle Removal Plan (from the "No-Cry Sleep Solution"). I simply - very gently - tried to de-latch him as soon as I noticed that he'd closed his eyes (then I knew that he was done, and what followed was just empty sucking). If he protested, I put him back and tried again after a minute. It really worked! Though it took me about 4-5 weeks to get to that point, so it's not a quick solution by any means...
Good luck tonight!!!

[Jane&Andy]

thanks Sully. :)

I give Joey two cubes of food at every sitting with a side of oatmeal. My two homemade cubes are maybe equivalent to one stage 2 jar. Although when I had him out last weekend for a few meals when my Mom was visiting he actually cried when he finished one stage 2 jar. So the next day I took one stage 1 and one stage 2 with me and he ate both plus oatmeal.

Now I've gotta figure out what the heck to feed him next weekend when we're at my Mom's. I'm not going to try to transport the homemade food that far - its enough to deal with just loading up our clothes, the dog and the baby and setting up the cats for the weekend alone. I figure I'll just give my Mom a list of basic baby foods to buy and if he runs out then I'll go buy more.

[Sevilla]

Sully: D isn't really eating many solids. He tries a few spoonfuls a week but isn't into it so I don't push it. Since he has allergies it's typical for him to not be interested in them until he's older (like a year+) and i figure it just makes life easier and less messy until he's ready! Just follow T's cues - if he wants more, then give it. If he's happy with what he's getting then no need to increase :).

[jrsygirl]

Solids Cole and Paige LOVE their solids..We re actually having trouble getting Paige to drink formula, The ped reco'd giving it to her in a sippy cut which worked but we still have to hold it. Guess she thinks she's a big girl now ..no bottles for her!

#2been there ;) I can't say we won't have #3 but I have this fear of ending up with another set of twins ... For now I'm set to enjoy what I've got and since we have a boy and girl if we dont have another everyone will be happy. I

[shania0474]

okay, I'm dying to know who this pg mama is! Congratulations!

solids G eats EVERYTHING!!! We hardly use jars anymore except sometimes in the morning when we mix in jarred fruit with his oatmeal. He's actually eating a lot better than his older brother -- spaghetti, rice, ground turkey, peas, potatoes, beans, name it and he eats it (and by the way he prefers when I DON'T mash or puree)!!! :confused: He won't drink formula either so I mix it with cereal. And he prefers to drink water from a real cup than from a sippy (the boy just wants to BE his brother)! :) I'm still breastfeeding him first thing in the morning and last thing at night. He sttn so no more middle of the night feedings (call me crazy but I miss that sometimes!) so he wakes up and ATTACKS my boobs... weaning him will not be easy!

milestones G says "hi" and "dada" but I think he just copies his brother and doesn't really know what he's saying. He still only has his two bottom teeth. He's crawling like crazy, he's also cruising (will pull himself to a standing position and take a few steps while gripping chairs, tables, etc and then get so excited about this that he topples over and lands on his butt)!!! The first time I saw him stand in his crib was a total shocker and I called DH at work that he definitely had to lower the crib to the lowest position. I took a picture of him standing in his crib and grinning mischievously as proof for DH (he finally lowered the crib last week). If I end up figuring out LJ (the Nov 04 mamas have been selling LJ to me because of the "incident of the book") I will post pictures there (sorry too paranoid about perverts--and now book authors--to post photos here).

#2 for us it would be #3. DH really wants another child but I think I'm done... however, maybe I'll have a change of heart if someone comes up with a way that guarantees me a girl "naturally" ;)

sleep training my heart goes out to those still struggling with sleep. I've been there with DS#1. In fact I still have to lie down with him in his big boy bed to get him to sleep (DH hates this because he thinks I'm spoiling him but its so much easier and faster than to leave him to cry because he will scream for one hour non-stop which means no sleep for G). He just never learned to put himself to sleep at night but once asleep, he sleeps through the night, thank God. So I don't mind cuddling with him (in fact I love it :p since he's such a big boy now he hardly wants to hug mommy anymore) and he's usually out within ten minutes.

[LittleStar]

What's the "incident of the book?" :confused:

[Jane&Andy]

someone wrote a book (Generation Me) and referrenced CC - she pulled out quotes from the board. Although one reference was actually from WC, she made some rather insensitive comments about a WC/CC member who's baby died. I haven't checked out the chit chat forum in awhile so I don't know if the thread is still active - but the thread about it is titled something along the lines of "do you ever start a bunch of really random threads in a forum all at once?" (the original topic of the thread was not the book)

[JenniferEC]

teeth - Still waiting on these along with some hair. Caden had his teeth at 6 1/2 months, so I was expecting them by now, but it doesn't even look like they're on the way.

milestones - Marin is just starting to sit by herself. She hasn't started crawling or pulling up yet. I guess I should be grateful she's not mobile and getting into things. She's way behind Caden in when she's reaching milestones, but she's still so tiny.

Jane - Good luck with your trip. That's a lot of stuff to pack and take care of.

Shania - Funny, I'd go for #3 if it would guarantee me a 2 hour uninterruped nap every afternoon and no laundry for 6 months. I feel like I'm doing laundry all.the.time. I've never figured out LJ. With the way things are going, I may stop posting photos here.

[bctoledo]

I'm struggling to keep up! Ben has an ear infection and a cold. He's required constant holding the past few days. He is feeling much better today, but I think we're going to keep him home from daycare tomorrow since that is the only day he'd go until after Thanksgiving weekend. I would hate to give the other kids what he has.

#2 I can't wait for the next one. :D We'll probably start trying around April.

Milestones Ben has been behind in the milestones. He is just a laid back baby. If he can't reach a toy, he doesn't need to play with it. He can sit when put in that position, but can't sit up. He has tried to get up in the crawling position, but just ends up going backwards. I'm not ready for him to mobile yet.

[mel7dog]

Wow I am so behind in this thread and it needed a bump anyhow!

At our 6 month WBV Ben was 18lbs 13oz and 28 inches long. So his height and weight flip-flopped percentiles!

His two bottom teeth popped through last week (at just over 6 month) and are about halfway in now. His upper teeth look like they could pop through any day now. I am bummed out, I miss that gummy smile!

Ben is starting to get around everywhere. No crawling on hands and knees yet, but he pulls himself all over the floor and is starting to get into things.

Solids are going well, though we don't focus on it a ton. 1 sometimes 2x a day of 1-2 cubes of food. So far he's had rice cereal, oatmeal, bananas, squash, a little apples, and recently sweet potatoes. Bfing is still going well and for that I am very thankful. Our goal is 1 year, but I'd love to make it to 2 years.

What toys is everyone getting there DC for the holidays?
We'd like to get Ben one nice toy that he will be able to use for a while, but I haven't started looking yet.

eta:
ok I am an idiot, I just realized there was a new thread :p

AF - Nope for me yet and that's fine by me!

#2 - We'll probably start thinking about this when DS is 2, so they'd be about 3 years apart. The throught of being pg again now freaks me out. I want to get my body back in some sort of shape first!

Here's Ben as a monkey
http://www.babysites.com/site6/benjaminlongley/myphotos/4photo2.jpg

http://www.babysites.com/site6/benjaminlongley/myphotos/4photo4.jpg
and a picture of Ben and Mom
http://www.babysites.com/site6/benjaminlongley/myphotos/4photo6.jpg

[Jane&Andy]

toys (these are not all from me!)
Peak a blocks
Leap Frog Leap Pad (http://www.amazon.com/LeapFrog-10090-Leapfrog-LittleTouch-LeapPad/dp/B000096R0P/sr=1-24/qid=1163785713/ref=sr_1_24/002-3457258-2464835?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games) and one game
FP Amazing Animal Choo Choo (http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-Amazing-Animals-Choo-Choo/dp/B000EULXA2/sr=1-3/qid=1163785713/ref=sr_1_3/002-3457258-2464835?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games)
Discovery Dome (http://www.amazon.com/Playskool-Lets-Play-Together-Discovery/dp/B000EULXNE/sr=1-28/qid=1163785786/ref=sr_1_28/002-3457258-2464835?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games)
A Leap Frog drum (http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2310732)
a Little People tugboat set (http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2265112&cp=2255956.2262937.2269724&pg=2&fbn=Character+Theme%7CLittle+People&f=PAD%2FBrand+Name+Secondary%2FFisher-Price&f=PAD%2FCharacter+Theme%2FLittle+People&fbc=1&categoryId=2269724&parentPage=search)
Little Tikes Handle hauler (http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2308763&cp=2273442.2274248&viewAll=topSellers&pmc=1&parentPage=viewall) (like the link but his is a circus car)


I want to get him this but I'm done xmas shopping so it'll probably be a bday present
FP Piano (http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-Interactive-Grand-Piano/dp/B000EULXAM/sr=1-27/qid=1163785786/ref=sr_1_27/002-3457258-2464835?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games)

I love the Weebles and FP Little People sets but I figure he'll be getting a lot of that stuff from other people for xmas or his birthday (seems like my in-laws lean towards buying toys).

Kohl's is having a big sale tonight/tomorrow morning. Their toy section is small but everything is 20-40% off and during the sale they're knocking off another 20%. So I might go check it out tonight. My 8th neice/nephew is due next month so even though I'm done with xmas the buying NEVER ends.

Joey still has no teeth but he's been fussy this week and running a low fever off and on - I'd sure like to blame it on teething but I see ZERO signs of any teeth coming anytime soon.

He tries to get up on all fours sometimes but now that he sits well he doesn't really like to play on his belly.

[Jane&Andy]

great pictures Mel. :) From the looks of it you're in better shape than I've been in since puberty! :p I'm just trying to knock off as much weight as I can before TTC#2 at the end of summer.

[jrsygirl]

mel what did you do to get back in shape? You look great!

He is super cute..Love his little matching sweater and hat!

[Sal03]

Jane I love that train too. That is on Katie's list. Definitely wait on little people. Dylan LOVES his now but really had no interest in them before 18 months except for the school bus. Right now his favorite is the animal farm.

Mel you look great! I absolutely love that little monkey costume and his matching hat and sweater.

Jennifer this CRACKED ME UP
Funny, I'd go for #3 if it would guarantee me a 2 hour uninterruped nap every afternoon and no laundry for 6 months. I feel like I'm doing laundry all.the.time. I am sitting here folding laundry AGAIN so I won't have to do it this weekend but who am I kidding? I'll have to by sunday I am sure. Everything Katie has on turns orange or green after a meal and with Dylan in school he comes home a complete mess.

Teeth Katie's first two are through! they are so cute! I am nervous for the top ones because I remember the first time I got bitten by accident while nursing it KILLED. those little suckers are sharp :eek:

Shania I can't believe all the stuff he is eating! Dylan does not even eat that much!

Katie sits so well now and tries to maneuver herself forward and back while on her tummy. she is nowhere near getting up on all fours but that is fine with me. Dylan crawled so early I want her to be my cuddly baby longer.

[Jane&Andy]

Last week when my Mom was visiting we had pictures done of Joey at one of those old timey places, they turned out super cute. Very silly, but fun.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid219/pf942e504da1d3594426c8829c785eb85/ec02bef0.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid219/p4b0790948c03eb8ab99ef549fe6e82e8/ec02bef2.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid219/pc8f48581da65a0cb6217b4596213861a/ec02bef4.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid219/p63f7c7eca537ab415cfd5320f29aea58/ec02bef3.jpg

[shania0474]

Jane I'm sitting here going "aawwww" those are gorgeous photos! He looks like such a big boy already :)

Mel You look fantastic! The last photo of you and Ben is my favorite. You have to share your secret...

Sal I know! David does NOT eat that much either. I really think DH made a deal with God to send me an easy second baby so I'll consider #3. David was not a good sleeper and G has been sttn (off and on) since 8 weeks! David is a VERY picky eater (today, I realized too late that the ground turkey he eats EVERYDAY with his pasta was finished and I tried to mix his favorite pasta sauce with corned beef as a substitute -- he took one whiff of the food, threw it on the floor and was inconsolable for 30 minutes) and G eats anything (he cried for the corned beef pasta mix his brother rejected and when I finally gave in and gave it to him, he smiled and licked his lips!!!)

holiday gifts I don't think we'll do toys this year... David got so many toys for his birthday on Saturday and since G only likes to play with whatever his brother is playing with.... he's all set too. I am thinking of a pb kids chair though since G pops out of his bumbo seat all the time and a toddler dining table and chair for David

So I'm trying to get serious about going back to work (yeah yeah you've heard that before ;) ) but I can't seem to tear myself away from the kids especially since they're growing so fast. DH saw G pull himself up and cruise along the side of the tub today as I was preparing his bath and he (DH) almost passed out ("he's walking??!!!") Obviously when I tell him this stuff, he just doesn't believe me until he sees it for himself.

ETA: Just came back to add the gifts David received over the past two years that are now both his and G's all-time favorites (sorry no links, not as organized as Jane!): FP Learning Home (we all love it!), LeapFrog Learning Table (one of the first things G used to pull himself up and play with for what seemed like hours just like David when he was this age) Playskool Wheels on the Bus... oops gotta go, bbl

[Txfish]

Came in to try and get caught up with you all again, and I see that someone's outed me LOL

It's me, I'm the nutjob who's gone and gotten pregnant again! I'm at about week 14. This is me for the first 12 of those: :eek: (as you can see from my sig, right?) We had been on the fence about #3, had just decided that 2 were all we needed, and were in the process of scheduling the big V (while I was nursing and on the pill), when... We're referring to it as cosmic humor ;) and just maybe we'll get our boy this time. The kids will be 13.5 months apart, and if you don't think THAT'S enough to scare the poo out of me, then consider that right when I'm due, Caroline will be getting out of school for the summer! Anyone need a summer nanny job????? PLEASE??? :p

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SO -- looks like everyone's babies are so beautiful, and doing pretty well (except for the sleeping maybe!) And we've got some really good eaters!!

Whitney has continued to be a really easy baby -- she still goes really well for daytime naps, 2x a day for about 1.5 hours each. Goes to bed at 7pm and is usually up between 6:30-7am, although lately she has been waking up more at night -- usually only once, and a lot of the time she self-soothes but normally if we need to go in it's a simple paci retrieval, blanket re-tuck and pat. (I know, we're horrible -- she stomach sleeps with a blanket on her.)

She is crawling and getting herself to sitting, and until about this past week was doing army crawl more than all-fours crawling but now seems to enjoy being up on her knees instead of dragging her tummy around :) She learned to pull herself to standing within the same week she started army crawling (gosh, about a month ago I guess) and is now constantly pulling up on furniture and trying to cruise. She doesn't go between two pieces of furniture, thank goodness.

She's also *very* chatty, and although we're not ready to call it a first word, she often says something like HI, and when she wakes up from sleep she usually "calls for" one of us -- in the mornings it's something like Dad, and every nap it sounds an awful lot like Mom. Which I think is great, because DH will be on the way out of the house, and she'll say "DAAAAH!" and he'll go get her up and change her. Sleepy bliss for mommy.

Drinking about 30 oz of formula a day -- she quit nursing completely when I got pg. Only eating 1x a day, dinner -- when I was adding more meals she was tanking her milk supply horribly. So I'm trying to get her back up to 2x a day slowly without going below 24 oz.

QOTD: How much is your kiddo drinking a day, with how much food? I'll admit to being lazy about pushing the meals, but I'm also worried about dropping the milk intake too much because that's still where most of her nutrition is. I saw some of you mentioning 3 pretty big meals a day -- how much milk are they still taking?

OK sorry for the novel, wanted to get caught up :o Will try to be so much better about checking in though! --Rebecca

[Jane&Andy]

Congratulations Txfish. :) :D And its good to hear from you.

drinking - Joey still gets a combo of breastmilk and formula so I'm not sure of the exact amount. He generally gets about 5oz of formula before bed (seems to be his preference, I don't do it to help his sleep and I don't think it helped anyway). Some days he takes another 4oz of formula and other days he sticks to BM all day. He still nurses frequently - before and after every nap and sometimes in between but he doesn't spend long doing it. When I took him in for his flu shot I talked to the Ped about solids - once he got used to them he LOVED them and would eat a lot - my ped said not to worry about the quantity and just follow his cues.

[Kopper]

Txfish - Congratulations! Hope you have a H&H rest of your pregnancy! :)

drinking - Jacob gets around 12oz of formula I'm not sure how much BM he gets b/c we are nursing. I give him one 4oz bottle in the evening and the other 8oz is with an at breast supplementer. Right now he is only getting solids once per day but once he is 8 months I'm going to up that to twice a day.

holiday gifts - We have a few things for him already. There are so many things I want to get him but I know MIL has already bought a lot for him and she won't tell us what. I know it's supposed to be a suprise but I want to try and avoid a lot of dupes. Some of the things I bought for him I already gave them to him b/c I couldn't help myself.

I'd like to get these
Amazing Animals™ Sing & Go Choo-Choo (http://www.fisher-price.com/fp.aspx?st=2341&e=detail&pcat=amazinganimals&pid=37219)
Roll-a-Rounds™ Drop & Roar™ Dinosaur (http://www.fisher-price.com/fp.aspx?st=2341&e=detail&pcat=buroll&pid=33158)

AF - Not yet. I've read that I probably won't get it back until I stop taking Domperidone since it increases prolactin levels.

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Oh guess what!! We are swaddle free 5 days now. The first two were not fun at all. The third night was great. He slept from 7:30pm - 3am! Last night he was down from 7-1am so that was good too.

[Sevilla]

Kopper - congrats on being free from the swaddle!

Txfish - congrats on the surprise of baby #3! When I was teaching there was a family at my school with 4 kids who were about 5 years apart *total*. The age spacing was 11 months apart, 18 months apart, and 2 years apart.

Jane - such cute pics of Joey! He'll have quite the baby book when he's older with all the great shots you get :).

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QOTD: DS nurses every 3-4 hours so I estimate he's getting 35-40 oz of bm per day. He just started being interested in solids this week so now i'm offering some once every other day or so. i don't have any plans to hugely increase his solids to several meals per day until he's past a year old or until he seems eager for it. As it is now the solids are more like a snack for him.

AF: nope, she's not back yet over here. I don't really expect her until after DS is over a year since he still nurses during the night and that's been shown to have a huge impact on prolactin levels.

[shania0474]

Congrats, TxFish!!! :D :D H&H pregnancy to you. My babies are 16 months apart and there are days I want to tear my hair out but when they play together (especially when they kiss and hug), it is the most beautiful thing in the world!!! :)

QOTD liquids Not sure how much exactly. I breastfeed every morning and evening (and before naps when I'm home). He doesn't like to drink formula so we mix it into his oatmeal cereal (One 8oz can a day). He also drinks about 2oz of water with each solid meal three times a day.

kopper congrats on becoming swaddle free!

[uskiku]

BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIG CONGRATS to Txfish on # 3!!! :D

Kopper Congrats on being swaddle-free!! How's it going otherwise? We're still trying to teach him how to fall asleep on his own: I try to rock him less and less every day and put him in the crib asap, so that he'd do the last bit of the process himself. We've had a few successful moments with this "technique", though he is still quite far from being able to do it all the time. Onward and upward, right...?:rolleyes:

AF Nope, not back yet! :p And that's very interesting what you said, Sevilla about night-time nursing and its effect on AF!

Liquids No freakin' clue, sorry! Though we are super-proud and happy to report that A has finally started taking the bottle - a major phew!! I'm going to be away for 2 days at the end of December, so I had been so extremely nervous about this, but looks like my little milk piggy won't be starving! :)

Thanksgiving We're off tomorrow - going to IL's, so wish us luck (nope, we're not flying Delta, but who knows... :rolleyes: )! Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!!!

[mel7dog]

Jane - Those pictures of Joey are too cute! Thanks for the toy info btw!

jrsygirl, shania LOL, I have no secret for getting back in shape, just lots of BFing and trying to keep busy so I don't eat all the time :p

Sevilla - I hadn't heard that about nursing at night. Sounds good to me! Even though DS wakes me to eat, at least I'm rewarded with no AF :)

Txfish - Congrats!

Liquids - DS nurses every 3-4 hours day and night, but I have no idea how much he's getting. For solids he takes 1-2 cubes usually 1-2 times a day. I only offer him the food after nursing, not to replace a BM meal.

[Jane&Andy]

not that you haven't seen enough pictures of Joey already but this one just shows his personality to a T so I had to share it...
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid219/p6502707cf6ff6e881a2ca6c06112d5f5/ebfba458.jpg

Happy Thanksgiving!

We're heading down to NC tomorrow for the weekend. My 2 sisters and they're 4 kids (ages 4, 3, 2 and 1) will all be there - should be total chaos! :p :D

[Txfish]

Thanks for all the congrats -- hope everyone has a fantastic Thanksgiving & be safe if you're traveling!

[mel7dog]

Jane - We're in NC too! In Charlotte at BIL/SIL house :)

[Kopper]

Boy it is quiet in here. Hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving and are enjoying the weekend! DH flies to Salt Lake City tomorrow to start his new job. I am happy for him but really scared to be by myself all week. The evenings are going to be tough. Next week we are going to go to SLC with him. It should be interesting flying with DS for the first time. Any tips?

[Jane&Andy]

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. :)

Mel - we were in the suburbs of Raleigh (Cary/Apex). I used to live there and went to NCSU for college - I want to move back so bad - its a great state. :)

Kopper - I've only flown twice with Joey so I'm not an expert - try to pack light and just stick to a few small toys to entertain him. I got really lucky on the first flight b/c I sat next to a very friendly lady who talked to him and helped entertain him. And he slept for a little while too.

Joey isn't crawling yet but he really wants to. When he sits he bounces so much that he often propels himself forward and lands flat on his face - poor baby isn't too pleased when that happens. He was great for the drive down and back, even when we got stuck in horrible traffic on Wednesday.

[LittleStar]

Whew! What a week. H was sick last weekend so we took him to the dr. on Monday and found out he has croup. Got started on medicine, but after almost a week, he's still about the *same*. I'm calling the dr. tomorrow to see what else to do.

H has been fussy all week and :eek: he went from Wednesday til today without pooping! We were really worried last night b/c he seemed to be really trying and in some pain, so I gave him some water in a bottle. He's gone a couple of times today, but not the blowouts I was expecting. Anyone know of any remedies for constipation? I made DH get on CC last night to see if there were any threads on the subject, and some suggest karo syrup or diluted apple juice, but I was wary of trying anything. BTW, he's a mix of breast and formula fed, plus some solids.

We had a nice Thanksgiving at the in-laws. H entertained everyone w/ his new tricks - waving bye and hi, and going from all fours to legs straight (almost like a tepee), and doing his "beefcake" pose (laying on stomach, pushing up with his arms, and turning to the side and putting one hand on his bottom - if that makes any sense). Still not crawling but oh so very close!

[JenniferEC]

Kopper - I hope this week goes by quick for you. Hang in there!

LittleStar - When Marin was constipated, we bought a small bottle of the Gerber apple + prune juice. We gave her half and she pooped within a few hours. She has only been constipated that one time, but it sure was great to not see her struggle anymore!

Marin is sort-of crawling. She can get up on all fours and then rock. Yesterday she did move one of her knees forward, but she still isn't moving. I've enjoyed not having to worry about where both of my kids are, so I guess that means we have to get some gates back out.

I have a Gymboree coupon for an extra 20% off your purchase if anyone wants it. It also has a code for online if you want to buy that way. Just let me know.

[Sal03]

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!

Kopper Good luck to DH and good luck to YOU! Just nurse or bottle on take off and landing, it really helps to have a separate seat for baby and if he is eating them - Gerber puffs were great when we flew with dylan when he was 9 months.

Jane LOL but poor Joey falling on his face. these babies are too funny

LittleStar if you have already started solids, the pureed prunes either on their own or mixed in with some oatmeal should do the trick.

Jennifer I know what you mean. It is so nice knowing Katie will stay where she is. I can't imagine the day when I have to run after both of them.

We had a nice thanksgiving with DH's relatives. There were 40 people there so it was insane. Katie was pretty overwhelmed but she was fine if I was holding her. Dylan had a horrible cough yesterday and it kept getting worse. We went to the ped this morning and turns out he has croup! was not expecting that. He is NEVER sick. :( Poor little guy sounds so pathetic. makes me so sad. I hope Katie does not get sick too.
Here is my lil princess on thanksgiving in her first mary jane's. boy is it fun having a girl! :D
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f298/rebeccag202/Thanksgiving2006_06.jpg

[Txfish]

We are so horrible -- we didn't take a single pic on Thanksgiving LOL Of course, by the time my mom and brother got done fighting about how to cook everything and we actually sat down to eat, it was 6:30, my older dd was in pajamas, and Whitney had a faceful of banana puffs just to keep her quiet long enough before bed. Nothing like planning ahead, right. :rolleyes:

Had a big exciting weekend though -- Whitney was working on cutting all four top teeth (yep, lots of crying), learned to clap and wave hi/bye. She also thinks my full name is "Mommommommom". And, we finally ditched the 10 year old p.o.s. (complete with a permanent unidentified squeal), and bought a Honda Odyssey. God help me, I'm a minivan mom. But you know, Caroline loves it -- a DVD! I'm partial to the wireless headsets that allow me to listen to music instead of Fairytopia from the backseat LOL

Hope all of the sick little ones are getting better -- poor babies! I can handle fevers, but I *hate* it when they have that horrible cough. There's just nothing to do for it.

Sal, Kate looks so cute in that pic!!

[Sal03]

txfish thanks. I hope you are feeling great! your little ones are going to be best friends :)

[JenniferEC]

Txfish - I forgot to say Congrats on #3 and I'm the one that saw it in your sig. Also, congrats on the new car. DH got one this weekend and I'm so jealous of the new car smell!

Sal - What a cute pic. Where did you get that dress? I love the shoes. She is looking so grown up. Marin has a pair of mary jane's from gymboree but she has only worn them once.

It's so nice out we went for a long walk. I can't believe it's almost December and in the 60s.

[Jane&Andy]

here's Joey on Thanksgiving Day (with Daddy passed out behind him)
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid219/p631e47d996be436980372a08ba4d49d3/ebe3d898.jpg
caught playing with his cousin's new doll
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid219/pb34c2fa355a814a71088b668f7771dea/ebe3d2a9.jpg
and with his cousins
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid219/pbf78997a5473e77a5995a57f5c73c810/ebe3cf90.jpg

My neices and nephews were sick so of course Joey and I are both getting sick now. My throat feels yucky and he has a nasty cough - but no fever.

Sal - great picture! she's adorable. :)

Txfish - congrats on the new car - I'm hoping that'll be my next car. We went with a CRV for now but its already a tight fight on long car rides with the dog and one baby. Although if my DH could just get a job in NC we wouldn;t need to make so many long drives!

Nothing much going on here. I'm hoping to get started taking some holiday card photos of Joey soon. I have a couple different things in mind that I want to try but I need him to be in a good mood for it!

Joey still has no teeth. Soon he will be the record winner among my neices and nephews (the 4 in the picture with him - those are all the neices and nephews from my side) for going the longest without teeth. Although my sister has them all beat - she was 1 when she got her first tooth.

He's saying "mamamamama" more and more and my Mom thinks he's using it purposefully. Although hi was his first word. My sisters didn't really believe me (b/c of his age) until he said hi to them. He doesn't say it often but when he does its crystal clear.

[charissa]

I really need to catch up on some thread reading, haha. School has kept me pretty busy. Its almost over, yeah!

everyone's babies are sooo beautiful, can't believe how fast they're all growing up.

Just wanted to drop off some of the latest pics we had taken... ignore my hideous hair, I'm still waiting for it to grow back, since I donated my thick waist length hair to Locks of Love (again) before it all fell out :(, I should be happy b/c its a good cause and my hair grows so fast, but that doesn't mean I don't miss it, sigh...

http://x3a.xanga.com/c5bd15e17533391992035/m64000927.jpg
http://x18.xanga.com/9bad00f31963291992056/m64000943.jpg
http://x12.xanga.com/491d31e11673591992059/m64000945.jpg
http://x87.xanga.com/614a8aea1973091992050/m64000938.jpg
http://xac.xanga.com/9fba80e01953091992041/m64000931.jpg

He was not having fun in that collander, haha, nor that skunk costume hahaha.

[jrsygirl]

Charissa those pics are Beautiful!!!

Jane where did you have your avatar pic taken!??? I LOVE IT!! So Cute!!

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Our first thanksgiving was pretty crazy. I cooked for the first time ever and if you can believe it I totally forgot to take pics of the twins. We also had their baptism this weeknd and had the party at our house so I'm still recovering.

Whats happening in our world:

Teeth: 1 (Cole)
Hair: Paige yes / Cole no
Crawling: Cole yes/ Paige started going backwards but no forward action yet
Talking: Paige says "Hi" and if you say "bye bye" to her she lifts her hand and sort of waves. Very cute. Cole said mama once but has yet to repeat it. He's the strong silent type.

Christmas: they are getting the Leap Frog learn and groove table, bath towels, My mom is getting them the Leap Frog Tad
Stockings stuffers so far : Puffs, Bath Mitts (to match the towels) links, sippy cups, ornaments (still trying to find the perfcet one). what are you all doing?

I'm still trying to find matching christmas pj's too.


mommy update:
I'm doing "ok". I'm still working FT but from home 2x a week. Not sure how long I'm going to be able to keep it up. I had a major melt down last week and just have been feeling crappy about myself. I need to do something about my weight )not eating cake and ice cream every day would probably help!) but my "twinskin" is another story...none of my clothes fit me and I just have a horrible self image right now. I need a major attitude adjusment.

[Sal03]

jrsygirl I am actually doing right now what a friend calls "project get cute" or something like that. I was feeling like total crap about myself. I have lost the baby weight but I just looked like hell all the time. So two weeks ago I went and got a great haircut. Mine was in a pony tail EVERY day and I cut it to my shoulders and put in layers. Then I made a resolution to not wear sweats to bed anymore and bought cute pjs. Also used some gift cards and got three new sweaters and a new pair of boots. Oh and I have been making sure to do my nails every week or go for a mani. So I have been doing a mini makeover and it is slowly making me feel so much better!

Jennifer My FILs wife got Katie that dress at a little specialty kids shop in NYC. She LOVES buying her clothes and always gets such beautiful things. She just got her a gorgeous hand knit sweater that I am so excited to put her in. Girls clothes are so much fun. Those mary jane's I actually got at walmart for $5! They were 6-9 month so i knew she would only wear them once, maybe twice so I got really cheap ones!

Charissa you always get the best pictures! and I think your hair looks great. :) this regrowth is hard on everyone, believe me!

Jane the cousins picture is so cute. But I can't get over the one of him with the doll. He looks like such a little guy, less baby face

eta an update to the holida gift list. Katie is getting board books, the FP animals choo choo
and these two things. I am sure there will be more! we already have baby tad and the leapfrog learning table and she loves both

Laugh and Learn Learning puppy
http://trus.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pTRU1-2789246reg.jpg

Parents Busy Zoo
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000H396VY.16._SCLZZZZZZZ_SS260_V40055991_.jpg

[jrsygirl]

Sal Those are great ideas!! It looks like from your avatar got the zooper too? Do you like it? I'm really liking mine a lot! The only thinkg that bugs me is the divided basket underneath..I have to work to get the diaper bag under there.

[JenniferEC]

Jane - Those pics are cute. I love the matching pjs.

Charissa - That collandar picture is hilarious. He looks scared like you're about to cook him!

jrsygirl - Sounds like you are super busy! I hope after the holidays you can slow down a bit and things will get better!

Sal - I love girls clothes. I never thought I would get into girl clothes but I love shopping for Marin. I think she has a wardrobe through the spring so I have to stop buying. But we are going to Florida at the end of Janurary so now I get to buy some warm weather things. I bought her a baby hair clip the other day and it didn't look right on her bald head so I will just have to wait.

matching pjs - I'm looking for these but can't find any I like. The Gap is disappointing this year.

Marin is getting some Fisher Price blocks, a toy from Babystyle that I can't find online and this:
http://content.costco.com/Images/Content/Product/100743.jpg
We found it at Costco and figure both kids would like it, although it will be for her. I'm not sure what else, but our house is overrun with toys as it is.

[jrsygirl]

Jennifer I saw that too and considered it but I figured it would be better for them in a year and since we're getting tready to do a major remodel on our house I dont have a lot of room to store it...but its super cute!

As for pj's they have some at : LandsEnd, Gymboree, BestDressedChild, The Childrens Place, LLBean that I've seen so far...but you're right..the gap had nothing!

[uskiku]

We're finally back from the IL's!! A did so well, he really was wonderful. DH and I were just amazed how well he coped with traveling and being stared at and poked at by dozens of people on a daily basis. But now he is tired and cranky, poor thing!

Kopper We've flown with A multiple times, including 2 flights overseas. I'd say, if possible, travel during the day and avoid late night flights - so much easier. If you plan to breastfeed then wear a buttoned shirt (I forgot this time around, and boy was I mad at myself! :p ). A has never had any problems at take-off or landing, though I do try to "time" our feeding sessions accordingly. Oh, and I flew solo with A when he was 2 1/2 months old: I was touched and amazed by how kind people were and how perfect strangers would offer to carry my diaper bag, help with the stroller etc. Speaking of strollers, I highly recommend getting an umbrella stroller - lighter and more convenient than the big bulky everyday ones!

Jrsygirl I second Sal's advice re: haircut! Chopped off the few remaining curls a week ago, and I feel so much better about myself (I had a shoulder-length haircut before and now I'm very happy with my short hair - A was getting to be such a pain with all that pulling and grabbing anyway!)! I'm back at my pre-preggo weight, but my flat tummy has said good-bye and moved on :( Maybe one day...

Sal I love that Busy Zoo er... cube?! Where did you get it from?

X-mas presents: we'll probably get A one present, but we haven't quite decided what yet. I love the Busy Zoo that Sal posted. The Leapfrog learning table is another top contender.

Charissa and Jane fabulous pictures!!! :D

[Sal03]

Let me tell you guys...croup SUCKS. may none of your little ones ever get it. Dylan is breaking my heart he feels so lousy and looks so pathetic. He also NEVER gets sick, always fights things off so I am not used to this.

jrsygirl LOVE the zooper. so happy I went with it over the maclaren. I really like the one handle bar so I can steer onehanded if I need to. but you are right, the basket is annoying. But I got the skip hop so that easily attaches to the handle bars which makes life easier.

uskiku glad the trip was a success! they have the busy zoo at target. the learning table is also great. I don't know which one I would pick if I had to choose. luckily we already had that from dylan.

Jennifer that bus is ADORABLE. I have never seen that!

[uskiku]

Sal Thanks! Poor Dylan... :(

[charissa]

thanks everyone on the compliments on the pics, we were really pleased this go around with the familly pics, since we wanted something to send out for Christmas.

6 month WBV (almost forgot to post these - well I did haha)

Weight 16.5 lbs
Length 27 inches

We have an appointment tomorrow for his flu shot. :(

rolling while changing anyone?? all of a sudden DS decides he'd rather crawl without a diaper on... so he just bolts as soon as I get him out of his dirty diaper, UGH... luckily he only does this on the floor, but its SO frustrating.

sal awww, hope DS gets better soon!! I'm dreading the first time DS gets sick.

uskiku yeah! for a good trip. I'm anxious about DS' first flight too, luckily anything we want to go to is pretty much within driving distance.

Jennifer that school bus is so cute! A friend of ours bought a sailboat sandbox thing from Costco, we're thinking of doing the same.

jrsygirl I hear ya on the self image... its tough to make time to take care of ourselves when we're sooo busy. Hang in there, I know we can get through it :)

jane LOVE the pic where Joey has the doll, haha. that is too cute

[Jane&Andy]

diaper changes - Joey doesn't crawl yet but he rolls over the second I put him on the changing table every.single.time.

charissa - gorgeous pictures. I think your hair looks fabulous. :) I've tried to grow mine super long but it always stops halfway down my back.

jrysgirl - I took my avatar picture myself - I threw a white sheet over the floor and couch and gave him a string of lights to play with. I did some other poses too. We're going to try again this weekend when DH is home to help to see if we can't get anything better.

self image - I look like crap. I'm a little below my pre-pg weight (thanks to WW - nursing hasn't done a thing for me weight-wise) but I still have more to my belly than I used to. And I'm pretty flabby there - that extra skin just isn't going to go away so I'm doomed. A haircut is a good idea, I really need one. I should work that in before xmas.

[Sevilla]

Rolling during diaper changes: oh yes! We've been dealing with this for awhile now. We change DS in his crib (he sleeps with us, so the crib is his changing station) and i've found that keeps him more contained so he rolls less than if i change him on the floor - and the ocean wonders aquarium is a miracle machine for keeping him focused and (somewhat)still. i also give him a 'changing toy' to hold and that helps. But sometimes I have to call DH over to hold his torso down while I change him no matter what. I've gotten good at putting his cloth diapers on while he's on hands-and-knees, lol ;).

[Guinness]

jane - Your avator has got to be the cutest picture ever. I might steal your idea for 8 month shots. I also hear you on the weightloss stuff. I am 10 below pre-preggo but have more to go and nursing is doing nothing for me. I nurse through the night and everything. AF just arrived too - so nursing was a bust on two fronts. Oh well. I guess just another confirmation that bodies work so differently!!

We try to roll during