MayJune05 Babies - Passing the 18 month mark!

[MayJune05Moms]

Welcome to the May/June 2005 Parenting thread!

To join, please submit a post to this thread with the following information:

Me: AGE (including real 1st name is optional)
DH: AGE ( " " " " " )
Married: Date
DD/DS: Birthdate (can include multiple stats here if you have more than one child - if you prefer)
Baby's Stats: Weight & Height (at Birth)
any other information provided is also optional. :)



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45 members, WOW!!! :D

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

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

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

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

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

BridalLace
Me: Heather, 35
DH: Cristian, 33
Married: 7/6/02
DD: Elodie Cristine, born May 7, 2005
8 lbs 2 oz; 19.5"

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

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

christy1010
Me: Christy, 36
DH: Curt, 34
Married: 10/10/98
DD: Sarah Elizabeth 5/21/05 5:39pm
7lbs 10oz 20inches

Chylynn
Me: Chylynn (29)
DH: Dave (31)
Married: September 22, 2001
DD: Rebecca Ainsley, Born April 2nd, 2005

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

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

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

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

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

Dreshny
Me: Roseanne, 32
DH: Daniel, 32
Married: 9/30/01
DS: Asher Isaiah 5/31/05

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

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

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

IrishEyes
Me: 33
DH: 34
Married: April 26, 2002
DS: Brody, born 5/25/05

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

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

jrdhbunny
Me: 34
DH: 36
Married: 7/26/03
DS: James Edward, 4/26/05

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

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

kimthebride
Me: Kim, 31
DH: Tom, 31
Married: 10/18/03
DS: Thomas Ryan, June 3, 2005

kphillips4
Me: Kimberly (26)
DH: Chris (29)
Married: 3/13/2004
DD:06/17/2005
Baby's Stats: 7pds. 9 ounces and 20 inches long

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

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

LIZNKEITH
Me: Liz, 28
DH: Keith, 37
Married: July 28, 2001
DD: Caroline Elizabeth, June 15th

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

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

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

njnewyearsbride
Me: 32
DH: 32
Married: 12/31/03
DD: Hazel - 5/26/05
7lbs 4.8oz 21.5"

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

portlandbride
Me: Brandi, 33
DH: Preston, 31
Married: September 16, 2001
DD: Brynn Pamela, May 12, 2005

psusna
Me: Becky, 29 (PR Manager, Internet Bank)
DH: Doug, 32 (Project Manager, International Energy/Automation Company)
Married: 9/22/01
DS: Jackson (5/3/05)
Stats: Birth--7lb. 7oz., 21"

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

Sasha
Me: Sasha, 30
DH: Greg, 35
Married: Nov. 3, 2001
DD: Sarah Elise, born May 16, 2005

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

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

tgray99
Me: Tara 29
DH: 29
Married: 11/15/03
DD: Aidan Christine - 5/09/05
8lbs 3oz 20"

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

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

usafwife
Me: 29
DH: 40
Married: 4/17/04
DD: Sarah Olivia
born 6/28/05
8 lbs, 7 oz.

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

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

[MayJune05Moms]

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


4/2/05
Rebecca Ainsley...Chylynn

4/13/05
Evelyn Christine...BTB

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

4/27/05
Katherine...alienhost

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5/2/05
Noelle...lattee22

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

5/4/05
Colin George...Pam27

5/5/05
Avery Jene...diedra1027

5/7/05
Elodie Cristine...BridalLace

5/9/05
Aidan Christine...tgray99

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

5/11/05
Arik...Sherah

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

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

5/15/05
Grace Elizabeth...Carissa

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

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

5/19/05
Samuel Basil...cynder

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

5/25/05
Brody...IrishEyes

5/26/05
Hazel...njnewyearsbride

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

5/31/05
Asher Isaiah...Dreshny


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

6/2/05
Grace...September2002

6/3/05
Thomas Ryan...kimthebride

6/4/05
Landon Joseph...rancherswife

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

6/9/05
Ethan...golfer_girl

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

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

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

6/14/05
Addison Grace...Natrat80

6/15/05
Caroline Elizabeth...LIZNKEITH
Cole Robert...WinterBride1253

6/17/05
Haley...kphillips4

6/18/05
Shylah Ryann...tgr68

6/22/05
Brady...HedgeGirl

6/28/05
Sarah Olivia...usafwife

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[MayJune05Moms]

15-18 month well baby visit stats

ahavnes
Abbey:
15-month Stats
Height: 32 inches, 90%
Weight: 23 lbs 2oz 60% (this dropped from 75% at 12 mos, but doc says that's ok)
Head: 48 cm 95%

Alienhost
Katherine/18 months:
weight 19 lbs 10.5 ozs
Height - 32.25 inches
head - 18.75 inches
12 teeth total (6 top/6 bottom - including 4 molars)

allyray231
Aiden:
22 lbs 8 oz -between 25-50th percentile
33inches-90th percentile
2 teeth

Aunt Liv
Maia:
15 month WBV:
20lbs, 6oz - 10th percentile
31 1/4" - 75th percentile
18 1/2" head circumference - 75-80th percentile
Teeth - has 12 teeth (6 top, 6 bottom, including 4 molars)
started walking on 08/02/06

BridalLace
Elodie: 18 mos.
weight: 24 lbs 8 oz. (51%)
height: 32" (56%)
OFC: 50cm (99%)
- 8 teeth in front: 4 bottom, 4 top
- 3 molars now popping through! (11 teeth total)
- saying tons of words!
- walking since March '06

Carissa
Grace:
15 month WBV
height: 30'
weight 22lbs and 3 1/2 oz
4 teeth and 2 more on their way down!

christy1010
Sarah:
15 month Stats
Weight 17lbs. 14oz
Height 28 1/4''
Head Circumference 43
Teeth: One with two more on the way

chylynn
Rebecca/18 Months:
Weight 23.4lbs
Height 32"
HC 18.7"
Teeth 14

cynder
Samuel:
15 month
Height: 30"
Weight: 21 lbs
Head: can't remember but it was 90%
Teeth - 4: 2 on bottom, 2 on top
Shots: MMR and CP (DH is all for infection control so no delay)

Dally
Annalie:
Weight: 17 pounds
Height: 29 inches
Teeth: six

Diedra1027
Avery:
Weight: 16lbs 12oz
Height: 27 3/4"
Teeth: 6 - 4 on top, 2 on bottom.

Disneygirl
Nikki:
18 month stats: 24.5 LBS 31 inches

Dreshny
Asher/18 month stats:
Height: 32 in (38%)
Weight: 22 lbs, 11 oz (12%)

happy1inuv
Nic:
18 month well baby stats:
Height: 33"
Weight: 25 lbs 4 oz
Head: 19"
One bottom tooth poking through

IrishEyes
Brody:
15 month WBV stats:
35 inches tall (>97th percentile for 16 month olds)
28 lbs (90th percentile)
14 teeth

Jenyfer9
Will:
Height: 30.5 inches (75th percentile)
Weight: 23 lbs, 7 oz (65th percentile)
Head: 18 5/8 inches (80th percentile)

jessiesmama
Jessica:
15 month WBV
Weight: 20 lbs. - 10%
length - 30" - 50%

jmvan74
Collin:
23lbs 3oz
31 3/4 inches
18.5 in. head
15 teeth

Jrdhbunny
James:
18-month well visit stats:
Height: 33"
Weight: 24 lbs
Head Circumference: 19"

kimthebride
Thomas/18 months:
Length 33.5" 90%
Weight 27lbs 75%
Head ?? 75%

Misty911
Emily Grace:
Weight 20.4
Length 28"

njnewyearsbride
Hazel: late 18 month wbv
height - 34 7/8" 95%
weight - 26lbs 14oz 75%


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

psusna
Jackson:
18mo WBV Stats
Weight: 31.2lbs
Height: 34.5"
Head: 19.75"
all were 95%

rancherswife
Landon:
18 mo. WBV:
Height: 34" (90th percentile)
Weight: 25 lbs. (25th percentile)
Head: Can't remember (but it was 75th percentile)

Sasha
Sarah 18 months:
Weight - 25.10 lbs (75th %)
Height - 34.5" (although I think it's more like 34", off the charts either way
HC - 18" (15th %)
2 lower teeth coming in

tgray99
Aidan:
15 Month Stats
Weight: 24 lbs 8 oz 75 percentile
Height: 31.5 inches 80 percentile
Head Circumference: 18.5 inches 80 percentile
Aidan now has 4 teeth and 2 more are breaking through

tgr68
Shylah:
15-Month WBV
Height: 31.25 inches
Weight: 21lbs 10oz
2 teeth

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

usafwife
Sarah:
18 month stats:
Weight: 25.4 lbs
Height: 32.5 inches

wendstress
James Jack:
Height: 32.5" - 48%
Weight: 27.2# - 63%
HC - Don't remember the number, but 96%

[MayJune05Moms]

Repeat Offenders:

Congratulations to these Mommies and their newest additions:

Misty911
Joshua Holden on March 31, 2006

hub1176
Mia Angeline 7lbs 4ounces 20 inches long at 9:50 July 31st.

jennylou
Eleanor (Nora) Grace 7 lbs 9 oz, 20.25" August 10th

portlandbride
Addison September 24, 2006 at 8:28 pm.
7 lbs. 9 ounces; 19 3/4 inches long.

Carissa
Jonah Eric December 7, 2006 at 10:04 am
6 lbs 14 oz; 20 inches long

jmvan74
Brady Newell 9:31 on Jan 17, 2007
7lbs 14oz and 21 inches long

usafwife
Alexander Thomas 1:39 PM on January 19, 2007
7lbs 6 ozs and 19 1/4 inches long

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Currently Expecting:

njnewyearsbride
It's a Surprise!!
EDD:2/19/07

rancherswife
It's a Boy!
Reece EDD: 2/27/07

ladybug0525
It's a Boy!
EDD: 3/20/07

happy1inuv
It's a Boy!
EDD: 3/31/07

diedra1027
It's a Boy!
EDD: 4/4/07

wendstress
It's a Boy!
EDD: 4/8/07

kimthebride
It's a Girl!
EDD: 4/18/07

DisneyGirl
EDD: 9/1/07

*more later!* :)

[MayJune05Moms]

Thread Histories: these links are now working! yeah! :D

MayJune05Moms Thread Archive (CC Threads):

Walking, Talking, Getting into Everything! (http://www.constantchatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25186)
Toddlers Already?! (CC-Vol VII) (http://www.constantchatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23037)
Happy Birthday to You! (CC-Vol VI) (http://www.constantchatter.com/showthread.php?t=19988)
Almost 1 Year Old!(CC-Vol V) (http://www.constantchatter.com/showthread.php?t=17367)
Counting Down to Birthday #1!(CC - Vol IV) (http://www.constantchatter.com/showthread.php?t=13352)
Nearing the 6 Month Milestone!(CC - Vol III) (http://www.constantchatter.com/showthread.php?t=9575)
NEW! May/June '05 Parenting Thread - OPEN FOR POSTING!(CC - Vol II) (http://www.constantchatter.com/showthread.php?t=5147)
MayJune05Mommies (CC - Vol I) (http://www.constantchatter.com/showthread.php?t=664)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[MayJune05Moms]

stats were updated for:

usafwife
rancherswife
tgr68
Sasha
happy1inuv
kimthebride

has anyone heard from njnewyearsbride?

thanks,

Heather

[Dreshny]

Subscribing.

I know that njnewyearsbride isn't finding out the sex of DC#2, if that's what you're asking...

[jmvan74]

Thanks for the new thread! I can't beleive we are on the way to having 2 year olds! :D

[psusna]

Thanks for the new thread -- it seems like we just started the last thread! Our little ones are growing so fast.

[DisneyGirl]

Thanks, for the new thread Heather!!

Talk to everyone soon!

[tgray99]

I love seeing all of those ROs...can't wait to join them and add another boy. I think I might be imagining things but I feel full in my lower belly. I know it would be insanely early to feel anything much less know anything but here's hoping. We're BDing our little hearts out. I've got a newfound appreciation for doggy-style (we're trying for a boy). Sorry if TMI! :o

[portlandbride]

Thanks for the new thread!
Can you please update my age to 33 and Preston's to 31?
Thanks!

[usafwife]

Wow, a new thread! I can't believe that my little one is soon to be 18 months old (but not until the end of December) and baby #2 is only about 9 wks away from making his appearance.

We had a good Thanksgiving and even got some shopping done on Black Friday. The rest of the weekend wasn't much fun though. Saturday morning our husky mix was having seizures. We took him to the vet. She tried to stablize him but didn't have any luck. She thinks he was poisoned but we didn't get to have any blood work done because he was never stable enough to get it drawn. Sunday morning he was put to sleep. :(

He was just 3 years old. He was a rescue dog who had been abused by his first owners (among other things they kicked him in his knees to the point where they weren't sure he would be able to walk normally). Thankfully with joint meds he was fine and had no ill effects.

There sure are a lot of little boys in the RO list. 2007 must definitely be the year for little boys!

I'm anemic so hopefully the iron supplements will work. Guess that's the reason for my extremely low BP, dizziness/lightheadedness, and being so darn exhausted all the time. I've also got some swelling in my legs and ankles. It isn't going away with rest and staying off my feet. So I'm probably looking at bedrest in the near future. Guess I won't get to avoid that this pregnancy either.

Dealing with a nice winter storm now. We've had freezing rain, sleet, and snow today. We've got at least 8 inches of snow on the ground and it's still coming down like crazy. Hope the roads are better by tomorrow afternoon as we have be gone this weekend.

If anyone hears from njnewyearsbride please tell her to stop by the Feb 2007 group and give us an update. We haven't heard from her in a while. We have her listed as having a surprise baby.

[rancherswife]

I've got a newfound appreciation for doggy-style (we're trying for a boy). Sorry if TMI!
LMAO!!!

You are too funny, tgray! I hope all that hard work pays off! ;)

Thanks for the new thread!!! Passing the 18 mo. mark!!! Do we have to???? I'm sad!

[DisneyGirl]

USA Oh, I am so sorry to hear about your dog and that you were unable to get some answers as towhat the heck happen. HUGS to you and your family. Its such a terrible loss.
AND, you are getting SNOW! ACKK...thank god i'm vacationing in FL where its in the high 70's..

[kimthebride]

If anyone hears from njnewyearsbride please tell her to stop by the Feb 2007 group and give us an update. We haven't heard from her in a while. We have her listed as having a surprise baby.
She's keeping it a suprise, but don't worry - I am working on her! ;) She's been pretty busy and doing some travel. I think she checks in here to read when she can.
On Sunday Dreshny & I will see her and demand an update on your behalf. :D

tgray
Seriously, you are a sharer aren't you? LMAO!!! Oh geez. Now I look like the boring missionary housewife, since I'm the only one having a girl. ;)

[jmvan74]

I've got a newfound appreciation for doggy-style (we're trying for a boy). Sorry if TMI! :o

LMAO!! You are too much! You better get your boy! hehe.:D


Winter Storm: Not here, but I hope all of you ladies dealing w/ the snow are keeping warm and safe! ( I am a bit jealous of the snow...okay more than just a bit):o

[happy1nuv]

Ok..since we're sharing..I'm confused. I thought girl on top made girl...missionary made boy. No?? (although, in the interest of tmi...BOTH apparently make boys for me)

[kimthebride]

OMG I can't believe what I am learning about you all!

I always went by the timing more than the position: girl sperm live longer, so give them a long trip to the egg (a few days before Oing or I guess a longer...um...vaginal journey) and you increase your girl odds. Boy sperm die quicker so get them as close to the egg as possible (DTD the day before and day of Oing and get them as far inside as possible - maybe this is where doggie-style comes into play?).

And if you want to be rather explicit here, it doesn't hurt to orgasm AFTER DH finishes so your cervix dips into that pool of baby-makers and increases your odds even a bit more....

I can vouch on the timing.

With DS we were so exhausted from DTD when I wasn't actually Oing (stupid temp charting doesn't work for me) that the one time I did O we DTD one time on that day and got a boy.

With DD it was a few days before Oing - which is why we were so suprised...I want to say it was 4 days before, then I got a migraine on the day I O'd so there was no hanky panky going on that day. I O'd much earlier than usual, so when it came it was a suprise - we thought we had more time.

[kimthebride]

PRODUCT REVIEW
Just had to share this: we hit BRU yesterday and I picked up:

Gerber Scoopin' Spoons
http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/kidsstuff_1911_4563136
DS is feeding himself his Yo Baby right out of the container this morning for the 1st time! He can hold this spoon better than any others I tried, the bowl is deep and flexible, and the end of the handle and a lip on it to keep it from sliding into the bowl when you rest it. Ingenious!

[Dreshny]

I always went by the timing more than the position: girl sperm live longer, so give them a long trip to the egg (a few days before Oing or I guess a longer...um...vaginal journey) and you increase your girl odds. Boy sperm die quicker so get them as close to the egg as possible.

OTOH, you could be me. You could DTD (girl on top) 3-4 days before O'ing, and STILL have a boy. So it's just about the odds, not a guarantee.

[usafwife]

Thanks for the new thread!!! Passing the 18 mo. mark!!! Do we have to???? I'm sad!
We'll get our second chance in just a few months.

USA Oh, I am so sorry to hear about your dog and that you were unable to get some answers as towhat the heck happen. HUGS to you and your family. Its such a terrible loss.
AND, you are getting SNOW! ACKK...thank god i'm vacationing in FL where its in the high 70's..
Thank you. Yes, it is a terrible loss but he isn't suffering anymore so that brings us some comfort. Yes, we got TONS of snow here. We have well over a foot and was all DH could do to get out to go to work this morning. It was so deep that even with a 4-wheel drive truck he still had trouble getting out. The snow drifts are several feet deep in places on our property.

She's keeping it a suprise, but don't worry - I am working on her! ;) She's been pretty busy and doing some travel. I think she checks in here to read when she can.
On Sunday Dreshny & I will see her and demand an update on your behalf. :D
Believe, I understand being busy. We'd just like to hear how she's doing. Some days there isn't enough time in the day to get everything done that needs to get done and I wonder how they'll ever get done with two kids around. Especially during those first few weeks/months. I'm starting to panic just a little.

Winter Storm: Not here, but I hope all of you ladies dealing w/ the snow are keeping warm and safe! ( I am a bit jealous of the snow...okay more than just a bit):o
Julie ~ Believe me, we have more than enough that we can spare some for you. The morning low at around 7:15 was a whopping 5 degrees according.

Our dogs are loving the snow but the horses could do without it. The cats wanted in last night so they spent the night in the house. They haven't even wanted out yet this morning. DD was thrilled to have them in the house last night. She's been having a blast playing with them.

Teeth ~ Last night DH was able to see that DD is getting a molar. I'd suspected it due to her mood and behavior.

Non-toys ~ Another one who loves to play with credit cards. Of course billfolds/wallets are high on the list as well. Remotes have been a favorite for many months now.

[psusna]

Combine the theories of Kim and Happy and the result is our J-Man.

Same J-Man who had a fit of all fits when I put electric candles in the windows last night so they went bye-bye. Same J-Man who let out a big WOAH when we turned on the tree :)

Good tip on the spoons Kim. DS fed himself an entire YoBaby as well the other night. Any tips to keep the cartons (same for applesauce, etc.) from sliding all over the table other than holding it for him?

Sending warm thoughts to those of you braving the winter storm!!

[diedra1027]

I thought girl on top made girl...missionary made boy. No?? (although, in the interest of tmi...BOTH apparently make boys for me)Not true for us ;). Like Kim, I understand it to be a matter of timing, but it's not 100% guarantee (yeah, what Dreshney said!).

Thanks for the tip on the spoons..might make a good stocking stuffer :).

[Sasha]

LOL about all the info sharing on having boys vs. girls. :p

Kim - Those spoons look great, much better than the Take & Toss ones we are using now. Thanks for the tip, definitely going to pick them up.

usafwife - So sorry about your dog. ((Hugs))

So Sarah is all about taking her shoes off now and daycare isn't too thrilled. They asked DH yesterday if we had other shoes she could wear. Her main two pairs of shoes are both velcro, she can take both pairs off. :rolleyes: I really do not feel like trying to find super duper shoes that don't come easily, mainly because they'll probably be harder for me to get on and off her too! Anyhoo, any shoe suggestions for me?

Hehe, Sarah and Alicia's Abbey are going to have a playdate on Sunday since they are in town. The two girls are so much alike, it should be fun. :)

[tgr68]

tgray~LOL! Good luck with that! ;)

Meri~Please be careful traveling this weekend!! DH decided to go to work today (F.S. just north of us). It took him about 45 minutes to get there. He said almost nobody came into work, and most of them live in that town! :eek: Our lab is loving the snow too, although the belly flop off the porch this morning caught her by surprise! :p

Disney~It was in the 70's here too on Monday/Tuesday. Then BAM! probably a good 10" of snow on Thursday! Aaaah! Gotta love KS weather! :rolleyes:

Kim~LOL! Hey now! Woman on top makes girls too! ;)

Julie~I tried to get a picture of the snow for you, but it was too dark last night.

Timing & Gender~We DTD 2 days before O when I got pg with DD.

Sasha~What about a pair of zippered boots? Shylah likes to take her shoes off as well, and she rarely tries when I put her boots on her.

I got all the Christmas gifts I've bought wrapped last night!! Now I just need to put the final details on our family newsletter and pull out the store bought cards. My goal was to have them in the mail today, but I don't think that's going to happen. Oh well! Better than last year when we sent out Happy New Year newsletters! :eek:

[cynder]

Sasha We had the exact same problem and our teacher also asked me to find something else. I had a pair of Chuck Taylors that I bought more as a novelty but they work the best, double knotted. PITA to get on but at least he can't take them off.

Boy/Girl Damn, I think we've veered into weird territory that I don't need to know about all of you! :D :D :D

[allyray231]

you guys crack me up!!! Kim I might have to get those spoons.

Last day of my job today-crazy stuff. We move next week so if you don't see me around for a while (who am I kidding! I am a internet junkie) I will be back once we are settled in!!

[happy1nuv]

ally ~ good luck with the move! :)

usa ~ sorry about your dog... I can't believe I missed that the first time around... We have a husky too. {{HUGS}}

DH's cousin plows snow in NJ...he's said that for the past 3 years, on the same day in early Dec, it's snowed here. I forget which date it was... but... I'm hoping for a 4th year in a row :)

[Chylynn]

Popping in to say "hello"- man, it has been forever! I can't believe we have so many RO in this thread! Congratulations to all that are expecting. We are not going to talk about #2 until Rebecca's second birthday.

18 Month Stats
Weight 23.4lbs
Height 32"
HC 18.7"
Teeth 14

Spoons and forks - We use the take and toss for Rebecca and she feeds herself really well with them. We have not been able to feed her since she was 14 months old (she pushes our hand away) and does really well with silverware now.

Talking - We have about three words. Pediatrician is okay with it since she fully understands and follows directions really well.

Jumping- She gets airborn now and it scares the crap out of me! I am so afraid she is going to jump off of our deck in the backyard and get hurt. We have such a little tomboy on our hands!

Tree- We are decorating it tonight, but we have had it in the house since Sunday and she touches it and stares at it, but so far has left it alone. We will see after this weekend how it goes. She has left all of our other holiday decorations alone.

OMG, you all are cracking me up with boy/girl things!!

Please update my age to 29 and DH age to 31

[usafwife]

Sasha ~ Thank you. I can relate about the shoes. It's become one of DD's most favorite things to do. Usually it will happen when we are in the car. She's never been one that likes socks or shoes. She can untie her one pair and the others are velcro which are easily removed by her.

Naamah ~ We will. DH thought that they would cancel it this weekend but I knew they wouldn't. Things are not that bad there (considerably less snow). When DH got to work there were only about 5 or 10 people there and those were all out of town people like us. Several of the people in town got stuck getting out of their driveways. Doesn't surprise me...samething happened back in December 2000. I've got some pictures and plan to take more tonight after DH gets home from work. He said he wanted to take them so he could prove this weekend just how bad it was here.
Glad that the snow didn't happen last Thursday or we would have had a fun time going to kc on Thursday morning. Yeah, 70 degrees last Thursday and barely 20 degrees this Thursday. Gotta love that Kansas winter weather! ;) Looking forward to them getting the highway done. Those 4 lanes will make the trips even shorter.

ally ~ Best of luck with your move. Hope it goes smoothly. Last time we moved I was pregnant with DD and I swore I'd never move again when I was pregnant.

happy1 ~ Thank you. We have a full husky (red and white female) and a malamute (black, gray, and white male) besides the husky mix we lost. Our other husky that we lost in August 2005 was a silver/gray and white male with ice blue eyes. They are both loving the snow and cold weather (and are the only animals we have that are....the rest look like they are anxiously awaiting warmer weather to return).

[Jessiesmama]

Non-toy toys
All of the above mentioned. But this has been the best non-toy toy for DD....
A giant cardboard box. My parents used the box from the car seat. The floor is the bottom part and the top is opened. My dad cut a door into one side and a window on one side. She LOVES playing in the box. She and her grandpa color the box regularly - inside and out with crayons. She brings her toys in the box, etc. big hit!

[rancherswife]

LMAO!!! At the conversation we've got goin' on in here! Too funny. I have to agree, I think it's more of a timing thing, than anything else, we were missionary w/ Reece and lord only knows w/ Landon! Had a lot more time to get "creative" before kids! lol I know people that swear by both theories, the timing one just seems more logical to me! ;) Too funny! I needed a good laugh today!

Landon has bronchitis again second time in a month. Lovely! He's on Zithromax, haven't had to take this stuff since his first case of bronchitis a year ago, it's been amox., but this stuff kills it quick! Thank goodness. We go back next Thursday for his 18 mo. WBV! Never fails, my kid always gets sick a few days shy of going in for a WBV! :rolleyes:

ally: Good luck w/ the move!

ahavnes and sasha: Hope your playdate is fun. Take pics.! I'll be interested to hear how the two little "twinsee's" play!:)

Dh is home waaay early today, it's like noon here, and he's called it a day. He's gonna hang the x-mas lights on the house. Landon will be thrilled to wake up from his nap to find both his daddy home AND x-mas lights on the house! He totally digs the x-mas lights on houses! We'll get our tree tomorrow night and I'll decorate it when he goes to bed! ;)

[usafwife]

I've posted some of the pictures I've taken of our snowstorm in my journal if anyone is interested.

[alienhost]

thanks for the new thread!

can a mod update her 18 mo stats? I never update the # of teeth when I submitted it. TIA!

12 teeth total (6 top/6 bottom - including 4 molars)


usafwife I'm so sorry to hear your dog had to be put down. {hugs}. It's been almost 6 months since we had to put down our dog and I still think about her all the time. I still haven't put away her cookie jar or cleaned out her cabinet in the kitchen. I need to donate the food etc. but I just haven't been able to do it.

snow for those with snow storms, stay warm and safe!

Sasha and ahavnes enjoy the play date.

disney have fun on your trip, I'm so jealous you are in Disney World! I want a full report when you get back!

ally good luck with packing and the move

cufflinks thanks to those who responded to my ? on the cufflinks. kim that is a neat idea of doing DD's initial - still up in the air on what to do.

how to make a boy/girl talk you ladies are funny!

fever last night DD woke up at 12 and she was so hot. Her temp was over 101. I gave some tylenol and she went back to sleep (after 45 min of rocking). I don't notice any other symptoms. Strange. She feels a little warm again tonight and she asked to go "night night" for a second nap.

Have a nice weekend!

[alienhost]

usafwife wow that's quite a storm! It's in the 60s here in New England, so unseasonably warm for December, jeez, I cannot believe it is December already!

[rancherswife]

usaf: WOW! It's very pretty to look at, but I can imagine the pain that it is too! It sure does look like x-mas though!!! :) Thanks for sharing.

[psusna]

usaf: So sorry about your dog :( Rancher is right -- it looks like Christmas...so pretty.

Ally: Good luck!! I hope your last day went well and that you have a safe move.

Rancher: My DS ALWAYS gets sick after a WBV -- I hate going to the ped. Even if they do have "sick" and "well" waiting rooms it doesn't matter, he still gets sick. I hope the little man is feeling better. Glad the new medicine is working.

Disney: I can't wait to take DS to Disney World! Can't wait for a recap and pix :)

Teeth: Can someone remind me how many teeth the kiddos get initially -- 16 or 20? I think we are almost done with molars leaving just canines. I'm anxious for a break :)

[tgr68]

Here's further proof as to the craziness of Kansas weather Meri and I have been alluding too!

Last Friday (http://www.dropshots.com/videolink.php?userid=32398&cdate=20061124&ctime=183353&showVideo=1)
This Friday (http://www.dropshots.com/videolink.php?userid=32398&cdate=20061201&ctime=184005&showVideo=1)

[jmvan74]

Naamah: I love it!

teeth: There are 20 baby teeth. We're just waiting on the secondary molars for a complete set. ;)
Speaking of teeth.... DS has a gap between his front teeth. Is this normal? I thought it would close up as his other teeth came in, but it hasn't. I just don't want there to be a problem w/ his permanant teeth.

[happy1nuv]

teeth: I'm not sure how many nic has... 8 fully in and we're waiting for probably 10 more in various states of in... Speaking of which, when ya taking dc for their first dentist visit?

:)

[kimthebride]

As soon as my gag reflex dies down I am taking myself & dS to the dentist (his 1st trip). He's got a lot of teeth and I figure it's about time.

[LIZNKEITH]

Thanks for the new thread. I can't believe how many RO's we have!! Can you please change mine and DH's ages to 28 and 37? I guess it has been a little while since I've updated my stats. LOL!

Kim,
Thanks for the advice on the spoons. I'll have to pick up a pair. DD loves feeding herself, though it's usually with little success.

Boy/Girl
LOL...you all are hilarious. To further confuse matters, with DD we DTD on O day in missionary. Now I feel like I'm playing Clue: It was Professor Plum, in the library, with the revolver.

Meri,
I'm so sorry to hear about your dog. That's such a horrible thing to go through. Didn't you suspect that two of your dogs were poisoned when you were pregnant with Sarah? Are you still living in the same place with the same neighbors? I can't believe you are having to go through this again. (((HUGS)))

Weather
Man, what I'd give for some snow. It's been in the 60's and 70's here. It is about to take a turn though. They're predicting it to get down to the 20's tomorrow. Still no snow though. :(

Dentist
Ugh...I've been struggling with this. I just had to re-enroll for our healthcare & dental insurance for next year. I went back and forth on whether or not to incude DD on our dental and finally decided against it. My dentist recommended her first visit be at age 3. She's still only got 5 teeth and I don't foresee her having to go yet. I guess if worse comes to worse I can always have my dentist neighbot take a peek.

[BTB]

So happy to see the new thread, I've been behind for so long but have missed you all! "Seeing" y'all takes me right back to pregnancy, hard to believe that was 2 years ago now! I am so proud the May/June mommies from '05 have stuck together!

Wonderful threadmistresses... could you please update my age to 28, and DH's to 29?

Ok..since we're sharing..I'm confused. I thought girl on top made girl...missionary made boy. No?? (although, in the interest of tmi...BOTH apparently make boys for me)

Agreed with Dreshny - timing of intercourse and position of intercourse may slightly tip odds to favor one gender or the other, but really in the end you're not far from 50/50 no matter what you do, assuming you're both healthy. (there are rare d/o in which a woman can only make eggs capable of admitting x sperm, or conversely only capable of admitting y sperm; likewise there are men who can only make healthy x's or healthy y's. But all this is quite rare indeed.)

I can't reappear in this thread and NOT spout some random biologic fact... tried to resist... couldn't. ;)

Kim and the gerber spoons: we have a bunch of these, I second that they are great. :)

Teeth: Evie has 6 on the bottom, and 6 on the top, at 19.5 months. Not bad for a girl who just got her very first tooth 7 months ago! A good friend from undergrad who's now a dentist assured me we can delay her first official office visit until 2, but warned me to start brushing early so the child gets used to it, so we do that twice per day.

QOTD: What have you done/will you do with DC that is wintery? Will you go sledding? Try to teach DC to make snow angels? Walk around the block to look at lights?

[cynder]

Teeth 12 teeth and we seem to be in a lull which I love b/c I am not looking forward to the other 8. We're brushing with water and my friends a ped dentist and said she doesn't want to see him until 2 which isn't too far away.

Wintery stuff Well it was 70 here this week and today it's 60s and sunny. So not whole lot but we're planning on driving around to some Xmas Wonderland place. BTB You guys should go to Candy Cane Lane on the south side.

Witty Ladies I christmas shopping online. I thought this would be cute for DS to wear Christmas Eve but can you guys come up with some witty to monongram. I was thinking "Naughty and Nice" ?

Red Long Johns (http://www.redenvelope.com/re/gifts/product_display/product_information.jsp?nc=30884&BV_SessionID=@@@@1315923087.1165088140@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccekaddjhmimlhhcefecefedfgfdfmh.0&refPg=%2fproduct_display%2fgift_results.jsp&bct2=occasion&bcp2=1&bcm2=1%24%24-8031&bct4=holiday&bcp4=3&bcm4=1%24%24-8731&bct5=best+bets+under+%2450&bcp5=4&bcm5=29$$%2Foccasion%2Fholiday%2Fbest+bets+under+% 2450@@30$$-12489@@35$$12489&catOid=-12489&oid=20929519&nc2=1)

ETA- Stupid site has a mega photo so here's the link.

[jmvan74]

Dentist: We'll hold out until 2, but we do brush everyday. Collin loves his toothbrush. When I turn the water on to brush my teeth, he runs to the bathroom w/ a smile waiting for his turn.

Wintery activities: I would love to have some snow to build a snowman in. We will probably take a walk around the block to see all of the lights.

[psusna]

Ok, cool, 20 teeth -- we are getting there....he has 12 right now. Ugh.

DS and DH are at FIL watching Army/Navy (GO NAVY, BEAT ARMY!) so I've decorated the house and trying to kick this majorly insane sinus pressure and headache. Blech.

DS and I set up his Little People Nativity set today and he loves it. He just sits and plays so nice, kisses the baby Jesus and plays the music. We set it up in front of the fireplace instead of under the tree -- he already took 3 ornaments off the tree so we want to keep him away.

Wintery activities: Definitely looking at lights both in the neighborhood and other 'hoods, going to our church's childrens events, dreaming of snow....

Cynder: What a cute idea! I like your monogram text idea :) You could also do "Silent Night?"

[HedgeGirl]

Spoons: I'll third the recommendation for the scoopin' spoons. We've managed to lose both though so we've been using regular adult spoons and DS is doing good enough with those. I did put utensil sets on his Xmas list...I figure it will be good to have a kid sized set.

Dentist: We passed on adding DS to our dental insurance this year too, but I plan to take him once sometime in the next year (adding him was more expensive than just paying out of pocket for a visit or two). I have heard that it is good to get them used to the dentist in case they have a teeth damaging accident. DS has 10 teeth in now.

Winter Activities: We won't have snow here either (we got hail once last winter but that isn't likely to reoccur this year). We are planning to spend the dec 26-31st in the snow though so I'm interested to hear what to expect of our kiddos in the snow from those that have snow already.

[rancherswife]

BTB: So great to see you back in the mix! You've been missed! :)

dentist: We'll go at two. He brushes twice a day. Would brush more if he had his way, he loves the tooth paste! ;)

wintery activities: Well....since it doesn't snow here, snow angels and snowman building are out for us. He loves the x-mas lights though. Since we're on a ranch, we normally don't hang x-mas lights, although since we built this house 2 1/2 years ago, I've told dh, we're on a hill where our home can be seen from a pretty busy road, so it does make sense to hang exterior lights...he never went for it, until this year, when he saw how DS LOVES all the lights around town and in my parents neighborhood..so, needless to say...daddy was on a ladder all afternoon yesterday hanging lights! :)

Ok...better get, trying to p/u my toy-ridden house before we go get our tree this evening. Landon's napping at my parents right now...it's soooo tempting to lay down and take ten, but knowing myself, my ten would turn into two hours! ;)

[kimthebride]

Wintery Activities
Will get him a good coat and bib pants so we can explore the snow. DH & I are complete cold wimps, but we'll tough it out for DS! I figure show balls, angels, maybe get a pull-sled at target and drag him around a bit once we get snow. I don't think I should be sledding anytime this winter ;) .

And of course, pick out and decorate our tree next weekend.

[tgray99]

Wow, I had a lot to catch up on...we just got back from Florida. We had a wonderful time!

Boy/Girl Talk: Sorry to be so graphic, y'all! :o We read something about rear entrance sex depositing the sperm closer to the cervix (it also mentioned timing but I don't chart so we pretty much BD'ed every day this past week). We had Aidan with me on top which I heard was one of the hardest ways to get pregnant since gravity works against you. <<shrug>> Who knows! I just hope I have an announcement to make in 2 weeks! :D

Snow: Aidan will see her first snow this Christmas when we fly to Colorado. We want to make snowmen, snow angels and have snowball fights...maybe we'll walk around MIL's neighborhood and see the lights too. :D I can't wait. I am nervous that her coat and stuff won't be enough for her but it's pointless for me to buy something huge and heavy for 1 week...maybe she can borrow from her cousin that lives there and is 6 months older.

[happy1nuv]

BTB... So good to "see" you again!! We've missed ya round here... ;)

Winter stuff: Well, we went to pick out a tree today... we just tagged it though, didn't bring it home yet (we're putting that off til the weekend of the 17th... it'll be a shortlived christmas tree, but I'm thinking thats better for this year...). Mostly I wanted to go for the photo op... I'm still clueless about what to do for christmas cards this year... ugh! (and winkflash's discount days are ticking away)... When we do have snow, we'll bundle nic up in snow pants/jacket/etc. and let him play away... I'm hoping to build a snowman (we'l see... I have a feeling nic will just want us to make snowballs for him to throw...) ...

Dentist: I missed the chance to add Nic to our dental plan, but I'm thinking since the consensus seems to be 2 (or later) for the first visit, that we'll probably save money by paying out of pocket for this year...

:)

[tgray99]

Dentist: We'll be taking Aidan to the dentist probably in late January/early February. I don't believe in blindly picking a dentist and my mom will be coming into town to work with a dentist for a week in January so we'll go based on her recommendations once she's met the doctors she's working with. I need a cleaning and Aidan needs to get an initial visit.

[IrishEyes]

Dentist: I want to take Brody to the dentist around his second birthday, but this kid won't even let me in his mouth, let alone a stranger! He's got at least 15 teeth, maybe 16.

Holiday decorations: So far, Brody is only obsessed with trying to bat around the ornaments on the tree. We didn't put any on the bottom of the tree, but there are some in his reach. Over the past four years, MIL has bought us the plush snowmen singing items, like this:
http://www.hallmark.com/wcsstore/HallmarkStore/images/products/gifts/nplpr1509_xl.jpg
Brody loves to play and dance along to the music.

wintery: this year, DS needs to get a snowsuit. Hopefully, we'll get some snow here! Some years, we only get a dusting or two, and then every three years, it seems, we get socked with a good snowstorm.

[rancherswife]

decorations: Surprisngly, he wants nothing to do with the x-mas tree. I think I put the fear in him yesterday morning when he woke up. On Sat. night, we went and got the tree, brought it in the house and he was so excited, running around like a crazy man (as usual ;)). Dh and I waited until he we put him to bed, then decorated it. Yesterday morning, when he woke up, he came out and looked at it, I turned the lights on and he said "oooh" and I told him, "no touching, it's hot!" (I know, bad mommy for fibbing!) He's scared to death of the fire place, so I knew that would work. So far so good, he stands and admires it from a distance, but that's it. He has a slight obsession w/ "NeeNo's" that's what he calls snowmen, not sure how he got neeno out of snowman, but we crack up. I have quite a few little snowmen decorations out around the house, which he loves to play w/ and my parents have a 6 ft. blow up snow man on their front lawn. He about had a heart attack when we went there for dinner last night!

[Sasha]

Cynder and tgr - thanks for the shoe reccommendations. Unfortunately, boots aren't an option right now, since it is still 80 degrees. ;)

BTB - Glad you see you here again!

Dentist - Sarah only has 6 teeth (4 top, 2 bottom), so we're not going until at least 2 years old. But we do brush teeth every night, which she loves to do herself. Sigh, I hate how much teething we still have in front of us!

Wintery Stuff - Well, not exactly any wintery stuff to do in South Florida, but I hope we'll get some snow when we visit my mother in Phila. in February. Actually, DH wants it really badly because he has never seen snow in his life (and he is 35). Poor guy has even been all the way to Russia and didn't seen snow there. So more for his sake than Sarah's, I really hope we get some snow!

Holiday decor - We put up the tree last night, so when Sarah came downstairs this morning, there it was. She didn't seem terribly interested, but we didn't turn the lights on either. And I'm very glad that my cats didn't express much interest in it...I had visions of one of my cats trying to scale it and it crashing down at 2am last night. :p

[happy1nuv]

sasha ~ Do you think she might keep something like preschoolians on? (They look more like slippers than shoes to me (but, they're definitely easier to take on/off..) ....preschoolians.com for styles, but they're soft styles that you wear outside... maybe you can trick her into thinking they're like socks so they'll stay on?

http://preschoolians.com/images/ItemImages/Small/Adorable%20Cream%20Orange%20Flower_IWB.jpg

[njnewyearsbride]

i'm still here :) lurking around!

30 weeks today - and yes it is a surprise!
hazels 18 month WBV is scheduled for january

Dentist - no plans yet -- we only have 10 teeth so far... when we have some more

Holiday decor - none yet -- we'll put up a tree evenutally just not yet :)

[Dreshny]

Holiday decor: We're Jewish, so none here, BUT we went to a tree-trimming party on Saturday that I was sure would be a disaster, but Asher had no interest at all in the tree. So maybe your kiddos will surprise you.

[Carissa]

Thanks for the new thread Heather :)

What a week and weekend it has been for us, we got hit by a huge ice storm and have been without power for 4 days, just got power back on this afternoon, it was awful fighting contractions and keeping an 18 1/2 month old in one room of our house to stay warm. We lost pretty much everything in our fridge but we did put our meat outside in the cold so it would stay frozen. What a week!

[psusna]

Carissa: Oh my gosh! I hope you are feeling well and that the contractions have subsided a bit. You get a big ole merit badge for thinking to stick the meat in the frozen tundra, and surviving that situation without pulling out your hair :)

[rancherswife]

carissa: You poor thing! Glad the power is back on. And....contractions????? Oh my goodness, you are getting SOOO close. Keep us posted! I can't remember, was Grace early???

sasha: How was the playdate w/ Alicia and Abbey?

Oh..I'm tired, I've been out test driving double strollers all day. Well, not all day, I did some other shopping too. ;) But let me tell you, these suckers are A LOT harder to push around than our nice little single strollers. But, I know I can't live w/ out one. kim, I left you a message in the double stroller thread, re: the duette, I test drove it today. Among many others. ;)

Ok...off to play w/ Landon...

[wendstress]

Just dropping in with 18-Month WBV stats (although we're actually at 19-months!)

Height: 32.5" - 48%
Weight: 27.2# - 63%
HC - Don't remember the number, but 96%

He jumped up in the weight percentile a little (was around 50% last time), but staying right in-line with the others.

Dr. was very impressed wtih James' vocab. I stopped counting a month ago, I figure we're at 100+ words.... He said typical is somewhere between 3 and 20 words.

On the food front, he re-iterated that this age is picky and appetite is variable. He said, "It's not uncommon for a toddler to only eat 2 green beans one day, to be followed by 50 chicken nuggets the next." Obviously an exaggeration, but point taken. He said it's important to look at nutrition from a weekly perspective.... In any given week, is the child getting a variety of fruits, vegetables, proteins, etc.

Funny little story before I drag myself to bed.....

We're living in molar-hell right now. Cranky, cranky, cranky. James woke up at 10 PM last night, inconsolable. Said he wanted to eat, but then wouldn't. Wanted everything he couldn't have...."MINE!" Whined and cried for the next 2 hours.... Around 11:30 PM, amidst a whining spell, I happened to toot, as in pass gas. James stopped whining, looked at me and exclaimed, "TOOT!". Then, he took a deep breath and picked up with the whining exactly where he left off. Funny how those little minds operate!

On another note, please keep jeggink & ali_ohli in your thoughts and prayers. Both are April 2007 mommies that just lost their little girls around the 20-week mark.

[rancherswife]

wendstress: LMAO at your cute little story. These kids are too funny these days! Hope the molar-hell lets up on you and your household very soon. That is NO fun to deal with.

Keeping the two April mommies who recently lost their babies in my thoughts and prayers! :(

As I mentioned in previous posts Landon's getting over a pretty bad case of bronchitis right now, so he's been in our bed since last Thursday. I just feel more comfortable hearing how his breathing is when he's sick like that. So, tonight was his first night back in his crib, dh and I thought for sure it was going to be a cry-fest, but nope, he went right in and went to sleep...we'll see what the night brings! ;)

[happy1nuv]

Carissa ~ HUGS... You poor thing!

[Carissa]

rancherswife Grace was 10 days early at my 36 week appt I was already 1cm dilated and 60% effaced, my Dr thinks Jonah will arrive a little early as well.

Keeping the April Mommies in my prayers.

[cynder]

Carissa I was totally thinking of you on the way home when I heard about the outages near MO/IL. I cannot believe what a trooper you are. We had a 5 day outage 4 years ago and I nearly lost it. Hope you are able to rest up nicely before Jonah comes (love that name!).

[happy1nuv]

Holiday question for you all... So, last year we said that we were going to start spending christmas day at home from now on and that everyone was welcome to come spend as much of the day as they wanted with us. My family came en masse with presents and we all opened presents christmas morning - then il's came for dinner and my family left immediately following dessert so they could have some "alone time" with us (it's a big deal to il's, don't know why)... Anyway... this year, bil's daughter is with them (she lives in ga with mom, she comes for every other christmas). BIL is taking daughter to mil's for christmas. What would you do? I want Nic to see all his family for christmas (we belong to the same church as my parents, and we'll see them for christmas eve for sure) ... BUT, I also want Nic to have christmas at HOME. My parents always put their foot down and said no visiting for christmas... if you wanted to see us, you came to us (but all family was 3+ hours away, so there was no we'll see you for xmas, other side for xmas eve). I always felt sorry for friends who got to open presents only to be yanked away to go visit family for the rest of the day ... not that christmas is about presents, but we used to spend most of the day in our jammies... and after dinner it was always family game time... sorry for rambling... families are so confusing sometimes... so...what would you do?
:)

[jmvan74]

Happy1nuv: I'm in a similar situation. I really wanted to stay home ALL day this year. Then SIL and her family announced they were coming in from TX. So now, we'll be having dinner at the IL's to spend some time w/ SIL and family. Luckily, they don't have dinner until 4pm, so I can still lounge around all day. :rolleyes: I would probably compromise on the issue.

Carissa: Sorry about the contractions and no power. Uggh.

rancherswife: I hope Landon is feeling better soon.

Wendstress: I'm glad to hear your ped's advice on eating. It's a battle here that I don't often win.

April mommies are in my thoughts. :(

[happy1nuv]

I forgot to add that if we don't see them for christmas, we'll spend the day after christmas at mil's, since that is where my niece will be (and, we'd see her for longer the day after). We'll see bil/sil the weekend before christmas, since we're going out to dinner for sil's birthday (w/o nic). So, its not like we wouldn't see them at all... would that make a difference to you? (I am kind of hurt about this too though...if bil doesn't care about niece not being at HIS house, why wouldn't they come to OUR house? As far as he's concerned, we're just as far away as mil's house, maybe a lil closer. And, they're leaving niece there til wed, so its not like they don't want mil/fil driving her around). UGH...

[Sasha]

Carissa - How terrible! Glad all is ok now. I will never forget the ordeal of living with no power for 11 days after Hurricane Wilma last year, but I can't imagine going through that while pregnant too!

Happy - Well, since you are going to see them the next day, it probably shouldn't be too big a deal. But if it is going to cause some sort of family issues if you don't see them on Christmas day, then I would find a way to compromise. Oh, and thanks for the info on Preschooltarians. I think Sarah would master the art of taking them off too, since she can get her socks off as well. I'm not sure what shoe she wouldn't be able to take off at this point!

sasha: How was the playdate w/ Alicia and Abbey?
Unfortunately, Abbey got sick, so we cancelled it. Hopefully the next time they are down this way, we'll be able to try again.

Keeping those two April 2007 moms in my thoughts.

So Sarah got a little more interested in the tree last night, mainly because we had bought some Sesame Street ornaments. Once she discovered Elmo, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, etc., it became much more interesting. But she was so sweet, saying "night night" to the tree and all of her ornaments before we went upstairs for bed. :)

[psusna]

Sasha: DS also tells the tree "night night" -- so cute!

happy: I agree that the day after is a great compromise. That's the way we always did it -- Christmas was just us plus mom's parents at our house and the day after was dad's family at Gma's house. This year I agreed to go to Il's hosue for dinner on Cmas day -- I'm starting to regret that decision but it was the only way I could be sure DS would be home Cmas eve to go to bed on time and do the whole milk/cookies thing. Holidays are a pain.

My heart is breaking for the April moms :(

[jrdhbunny]

Happy- Hmmmm...that's a tough one. It's a shame BIL won't come to your house, maybe he feels like he'd be imposing too much- I don't know. If no one would be offended if you didn't spend Christmas at your MIL's then I would just stay home and see BIL/niece later. But if there will be hard feelings, I would try and compromise.
We usually have Christmas Eve at MIL's and that's where the families open most of their gifts, but this year my SIL's family is going to her MIL's so we'll probably have a more low-key Christmas Eve at home and open presents on Christmas morning. (We're invited to her MIL's, but neither DH nor I want to go. :o) Christmas day we're going to SIL's for dinner.

So sorry for the April moms. :( :( How incredibly sad.

So I was about to post a desperate plea for help because for the first time in 3 weeks, James cried when I put him down for his nap and has been crying for the past 20 minutes :eek: But I think that he's finally sleeping. But in case he starts crying again, what do I do? How long should I wait before going in to soothe him? I admit that when he started crying I went in after about 3 minutes because I was worried he was hurt, but he was fine. So I sung him some lullabyes and put him back in his crib. Was that bad? We were so blessed that he adapted so well to the sleep training that I don't know what to do when he cries for such a long time.

[tgray99]

Aidan had her 18 month WBV today...I can't get to the stats...I'll get them later. She got 2 shots, Hepatitis A and the flu shot. She goes back in for a flu shot booster in 30 days and the 2nd Hep A shot in 6 months.

Pics: We're having Aidan's Christmas pics taken this Sunday. I still need to find her black patent leather Mary Janes!

I'm in the 2WW and over-analyzing every potential pg symptom...this is craziness! ;)

[rancherswife]

tgray: Keeping my fingers crossed for you!!! How much longer do you have to wait?

sasha: Oh! That stinks. Poor Abbey!

[tgray99]

tgray: Keeping my fingers crossed for you!!! How much longer do you have to wait?

AF is due 12/15 so about 10 days. I have a test all ready and waiting! :D

[tgr68]

Julie~I thought you might appreciate the videos! ;)

Dentist~Our dentist said definately not before two unless we have a major concern that our ped is not equipped to handle. They also mentioned to check with our insurance provider because some will not cover dental before the age of 3. I do though plan on taking her to my check up in March to let her see the office and let her see the dentist working on my teeth.

Winter Activities~I've taken her out in the snow a couple of times. I tried out the sled, but she couldn't hang on and ended up falling over in the snow laughing. :) I also showed her how to make snow angels. She didn't get it then, but now whenever I lay her down she moves her arms as if she's making one! We wanted to build a snowman, but the snow was too powdery for it. :( When it gets a little closer to Christmas, we may drive around and look at all the lights!

Teeth~Still at 5 here. Two bottom, two front top teeth, and one top canine.

Cynder~I'm sure it's too late for a suggestion, but what about "No peeking!"

Decorations~DD likes telling us the colors of the lights on our tree (blue and white). She also like to take the bulbs off, bring them to me, and say "Balls no-no" because she knows she's not supposed to touch them. :rolleyes:

Carissa~I PM'ed you with a quick question. Sorry you've had such a crazy few days.

Wendstress~LOL! Isn't crazy what will randomly catch their attention!

Keeping the April mommies in my prayers! :(

Happy1~Ugh! Tough situation. I can't offer any more advice than what you've already received, but I hope you are able to find a plan that works out best for everyone.

jrdhbunny~How did James's nap end up going? I hope he stayed asleep for you!

tgray~Thinking positive thoughts for you!!

Well, I've gotten all of my Christmas cards addressed with return addy labels on them!! I just finished our family newsletter finished/printed and purchased stamps today! I now need to decide on a picture to send out of Shylah since we didn't get a family one done in time! Maybe I'll dress her up tomorrow and see if I can get a decent one in front of our tree. Otherwise I think I'll be going with this one (http://www.dropshots.com/photos/32398/20061201/182745.jpg)! I'm hoping to get them all in the mail by Friday!

[Carissa]

Naamah I pm'd you back!

[happy1nuv]

thanks for the advice ladies... we still haven't decided what to do. i think dh wants to go just to keep peace, but i think we'd both RATHER stay home. ah well... we'll see. we were both grumpy last night, so we mutually decided not to talk about it... we'll see what tonight brings...

[ahavnes]

We're finally back in town and I am so glad. I'm not even going to try to keep up with what I missed...I lost you all somwhere around DTD on top vs. bottom. ;)

Thank you all for the well-wishes. Unfortunately, Abs was a total crank for most of the trip and hardly ate at all on Sunday, which had us very worried. We also had to cancel our playdate with Sasha and Sarah. :mad: It's probably a good thing though, b/c I now have Abbey's flu. Thanks Abbey. :rolleyes:

Hope everyone is doing well!

[rancherswife]

ahavnes: You poor thing, I think everytime Abbey gets the flu, you get it too! I'm sorry! Glad you made it home safe and sound! Hope you're feeling better soon.

Ok...I took my 1 hour GTT yesterday and am totally freaking out that I'm going to fail it. I don't know why, when I was pg w/ Landon, I never even thought twice about it. WTF? I think because there are so many ladies in the Feb. 07 group that have failed it. God, I hope I'm not one of them! I swear, I always have something to freak out about! I just pray I don't get a call from my OB!

[happy1nuv]

rancher ~ relax. There is nothing you can do about it now... and the worst that happens is you have to re-take and possibly alter your diet... which is probably healthier anyway... So, take a deep breath and relax if possible... (easier said than done i know)... This time around, I'm finding i freak about the weirdest things... strange yes!

[jmvan74]

Ok...I took my 1 hour GTT yesterday and am totally freaking out that I'm going to fail it. I don't know why, when I was pg w/ Landon, I never even thought twice about it. WTF? I think because there are so many ladies in the Feb. 07 group that have failed it. God, I hope I'm not one of them! I swear, I always have something to freak out about! I just pray I don't get a call from my OB!

I'm sure you did fine. I failed and am on a "modified diet," but it really hasn't been bad. After the initial shock, I'm eating better and not gaining much weight! LOL!:D


Ahavnes: Hope you feel better soon. :(

[Sasha]

Alicia - Ugh, I'm sorry you got Abbey's bug now. Same thing happens here - everytime Sarah gets sick, I always get it as well. It sucks.....feel better soon!

Rancherswife - I hope the test result comes back ok, but if not, it's not the worst thing that can happen.

Food Question - Does anyone else have a DC who refuses to try new food? I'm getting so sick of our food battle with Sarah. We are totally in a rut of the food she will eat because she refuses to try new foods. I mean, screams her head off, cries, throws a temper tantrum when there is something on her plate that she doesn't want to eat. Last night I shredded some chicken and put some BBQ sauce on it for her, she had a total fit. Fine, gave her some deli turkey, which is hit or miss these days. She ate one bite and then the tantrum ensued. Ended up just giving her cheese and strawberries. I'm sick of being a short-order cook on the days I don't make mac & cheese, pizza, Perdue chicken breasts or meatballs for her. Any advice or suggestions, please?

[jmvan74]

Food: We have the same problem. If I put something new in front of Collin, he throws it on the floor and says no. :rolleyes: It's so frustrating. He has even been refusing cheese, which has always been our standby. Occasionally, if he sees me eating something he will ask for some, but he will still spit it on the floor or give it back to me if it's not what he thought. :o

[cynder]

Food Well it's ongoing war in our house but I've really adjusted my attitude. We make one meal (generally of foods that he likes) that hits all the food groups and if he doesn't eat it, that's it. Dinner over, case closed. If we are trying something new and he refuse, I'll offer a standby which he if also refuse, we end dinner.

I haven't bought this books but have browsed, Child of Mine: Feeding With Love and Good Sense and How to Get Your Kid to Eat. Basic idea is that it's the parents job to provide good food and it's the children's job to decide how much to eat for his or her needs.

[alienhost]

hi everyone, I've been trying to read along this week. I have a very sick kid on my hands, fever since Monday night, horrible cough etc. Tuesday night she woke up every 2 hours or so and I had to rock her for 1 hour. Last night she just got up once. Anyway we are going to the ped this afternoon, keep your fingers crossed for me that it isn't anything horrible.

To top it off we are having 30+ people at our house on Saturday for our annual holiday party. I hope she is better by then. I'd do shout outs but I have to go finish cleaning/decorating/baking for the party.

[psusna]

Alicia: Feel better!!

Food: We do exactly what Cynder posted. On nights where he eats next to nothing I'll give him an extra cup of milk or some raisins (dried fruit, etc.) before bed to help tide him over.

Alien: Oh no! I hope everything goes ok at the doctor today. Fingers crossed.... Hang in there!

Rancherswife: Fingers crossed for your test. I'm sure everything is fine.

Speaking of sickness...DS finishes his antibiotic tonight and I started ZPack and ear drops yesterday for a sinus and ear infection while DH started potent antibiotics for an infected lymph node in his mouth. That one's got me worried but the ENT said it wasn't anything major but would need to be removed if the drugs didn't work. It's always something.....

Tomorrow is the holiday dinner for DS' school at 6pm and the temp w/ windchill is to be 0!! Remember, I live in GA so people are freaking out! Watch them cancel the dinner b/c of the weather :)

Ally: If you are out there and reading along -- good luck with the move!!!

[ahavnes]

Thanks for the well wishes ladies. Geez, what is it with this thread? We are all sick, all the time! :o

I hope Carissa doesn't mind me sharing, but baby Jonah is here! :) No other details, I just saw it in her LJ. She was like 3 weeks early. Lucky dog.

rancherswife- Fingers crossed on the GTT. That was one thing I never worried about with Abs, but you're right, it's always something. ;)

Alien and Psusna- Hope you and yours get healthy soon!

[tgray99]

Yay! Congrats, Carissa! :D Welcome, Baby Jonah!

[usafwife]

ranchers ~ It actually surprises me how many of the Feb 07 mommies have failed the one hour test. I was worried myself but only because I dreaded the 3 hour test. It was all I could do to keep the one hour down. I couldn't imagine having to fast for 8 hours prior to the 3 hour. Oh the joys of dealing with m/s. That is one thing I don't miss about being pregnant. I love most everything else (even though my pregnancies are never easy, I've learned to cherish every little thing that happens during them).

Food ~ Usually if DD sees us eating something she'll at least try it. Most of the time she'll go ahead and eat it but hamburger at home is something that she refuses to eat. We don't press and usually if we are having beef I'll have some chicken for her (which is her favorite). Funny thing though, she'll eat hamburger from a local resturant though. And helps DH eat his soybean burger :shudder at the thought: for lunch when he has them. Now if only I could keep the grandma/great-grandma from giving her sweets things would be even better.

I've found that some days she wants to eat and other days would rather drink more milk than eat food. So on those days she eats most of her stuff in the form of milk. Every now and then she'll decide that it's more fun to throw everything off her tray rather than eating it.

alienhost ~ I hope that your little one is feeling better and that it wasn't anything very serious. DD is the midst of teething her molars so we spend an good amount of time rocking at night as well. I'll never be so glad as when we are totally through with teething (and that goes for this little one as well). Some days I want to pull my hair out. Hope everything goes okay for the party.

psuna ~ Hope everyone in your house is feeling better soon. Tell them the temp with a windchill of 0 is nothing. I'll let them have some of our 20 inches of snow with 4 feet drifts that we got a week ago that is still on the ground. Bet they wouldn't like the blizzard conditions we had last Thursday. But I know how people in the southern states freak when cold weather hits (DH and I lived in Mississippi for about a year and they freaked when it got the least bit chilly).

Carissa ~ Congrats on little Jonah's arrival!!! I was just lurking in the December thread to see if there was any news on Sophia. I saw where you mentioned that you didn't want to be in the hospital in labor over Christmas so I guess you got your wish. Congrats again. Thanks to ahavnes for letting us know.

Coworker Vent ~ Not sure if it was hormones or not but a coworker offended me rather rudely today. Someone had asked about how the weekend had went and how long it took us. I told them and then mentioned how the rest of the weekend had went. Well, said coworker apparently didn't give a care and said some rude things. Being a blonde I don't always get the punchline in jokes sometimes so I didn't get it at first but finally figured out that her comments were directed about my talking about the weekend (TOO LONG and TOO WINDY). Then a little while later she states that it was BORING, NO ONE CARED, and something else. Some of the other ladies stuck up for me and said her comments were uncalled for. If she didn't want to hear she didn't have to listen or respond. Then she called her remarks were made in a joking manner and we just didn't see it that way.

So if someone made those comments in regards to something you said, would you be offended? Seems that some of the ladies felt the way I did and others felt that it was quite fine. I don't feel they were fine to make and if she had a problem she should have came directly to me about it.

[kimthebride]

Hellooooooo JONAH!!! Welcome to the world!

(Sophia you must be soooo jealous...when exactly will you be delivering your 2nd DD? ;) )

[psusna]

Congratulations Carissa and welcome Jonah!

[jmvan74]

Congrats Carissa! Welcome Jonah!

[diedra1027]

Congrats Carissa and family! Welcome baby Jonah!

Food - Hit and Miss here. Some days (seems like most days lately) we have 'the battle'. We've talked about using the technique that cynder is using, but I don't feel comfortable with the idea yet since Avery is so underweight right now (18lbs at 18 month WBV - about 5 lbs under 5th percentile). Some days I don't have a choice, it's not what I'm offering - she just won't eat anything period.

[Sasha]

Congrats Carissa, and welcome Jonah!

Ok, glad to know I'm not the only one still going through food battles. :o

[ahavnes]

Developmental Milestones- I was just reading on the AAP website about what your child should be able to do by 2 years. Under the "Developmental Delays" section, it said to contact your pediatrician if your child doesn't say 15 words by 18 months. Does that seem kind of weird to anyone else? Abbey says just about 15 words, but she signs all kinds of stuff and understands almost everything we say (follows directions, answers yes or no, etc.) Plus, most of the babies I know IRL through playgroups and such don't speak nearly that much. I don't know, just seems strange. Thoughts?

[happy1nuv]

Food ~ As long as Nic eats one good meal a day (and by meal I mean one good sitting whether it be a traditional meal time or not), I don't sweat it. If he wants to eat what I offer, he can. Or, he can play with his food and go hungry. I no longer play short order cook. Dr. Fuhrman's book addresses picky eaters and his advice was that kids will eat when they are hungry and just to have a lot of healthy snacks on hand so they eat good stuff when they are hungry (so don't let them fill up on junk food in between meals) so they might night eat dinner, but if you give them carrot sticks and frozen peas to snack on... what does it matter. He did caution though, that if child gets one set of snacks, mom/dad should snack on that too. Like, feeding your kid carrot sticks and mom eating brownies is heading straight into food problem territory. (I am trying to eat healthier but so far all I've managed is to eat healthy in front of nic and snack on taboo stuff when he's asleep)
(However, we don't have any weight issues to worry about, so... although its easier to post than to practice really)

Congrats Carissa!! Welcome to the world, baby Jonah!! :)

Developmental milestones ~ When we went to our 18 month wbv, the dr wasn't concerned that nic said only 2-3 words since he could follow directions and point to stuff, and he babbled different sounds. He's slow to speak, but he is understanding what you say, so she said we'd just watch it and make sure he's just lazy (my phrasing, obviously)... I think it would be different if he wasn't showing comprehension at all.

[tgr68]

Alicia~How are you feeling today?

racherswife~Crossing my fingers that you passed the GTT.

Food~DD will eat just about anything, but we have a rule similar to what cynder posted. I put in front of her what I cook, and if she flat out refuses, I'll offer cheese/banana/apples (any of her standard favorites). If she still refuses, she is done.

Alien~Hope DD is feeling better!

Congrats, Carissa!!! Welcome to the world, Jonah!!!

Meri~Now if only I could keep the grandma/great-grandma from giving her sweets things would be even better. When you figure this out, PLEASE let me know how you pulled it off! ;) GMIL insists on giving Shylah twinkies when she visits! :eek:

Developmental Milestones~I generally use those things as a guide rather than the rule. I think if your child is communicating with you (follows directions, signs, speaks, etc.), that is the most important thing.

Well, I picked up our Christmas card photos this morning. They are really cute!! So, my cards should be going out with today's mail, with the exception of about half a dozen, which I still need to get international postage for.

[kimthebride]

...it said to contact your pediatrician if your child doesn't say 15 words by 18 months
LOL! My kid is 18mo and barely says 5 words...I'm not worried at all. He knows what I am saying, follows direction etc so I just think he's more physical than verbal. Men! :rolleyes: ;)

[Dreshny]

Eating: Yesterday my kid ate one blueberry newton, half a banana, a slice of cheese, five grapes, sucked on an apple core, an olive, ten peas, and 5 bites of Annie's mac and cheese. Today so far he's eaten an Asher-size handful of pretzel goldfish and a muffin. Does it worry me? A little. Every once in a while he has a day when he eats a lot, and then he's back to next to nothing. He's thriving, though, and he does eat when he's hungry.

Welcome, Jonah!

[jrdhbunny]

First, huge congrats to Carissa!!!

Alicia and psusna- Hope both of you and your little ones are feeling better!!

rancherswife- Hope you passed your test and hope it's not stressing you out too much!

usafwife- OMG, how incredibly rude. I would be completely offended. I can't believe she was so mean.

Food- I feel like I'm always talking about food issues, but we've still got 'em. I haven't had the "courage" to start putting other food in his baby food jars, but I am encouraged by the fact that he's starting to ask me for food that I'm eating, even though he usually will hand it right back. He's also started biting into fruit (and some veggies- the avocado didn't go over too well ;) ).

Developmental Milestones- DS has started repeating words more clearly and says a few more on his own, but we're not at 15 yet and there are no multiple word phrases. But he understands almost everything, can point to all his body parts, and follows commands. I'm still concerned, but will wait until he's 2 to really panic. :p

Uh-oh, James is awake. More later...

[cynder]

Dev Milestones I agree with kimthebride. I think DS is way more physical than verbal and he's a boy. I take those statements as guidelines. DS had maybe 10 words at 18 months but the ped said that his receptive language and social skills were fine.

Hello to Little Jonah!!

Sasha Heck no we're not done with food battles! I'm fully prepared that this kid is going to get even pickier based on how my older nieces are now. I've just given up worrying about it and being a short order cook. :rolleyes:

[rancherswife]

so I just think he's more physical than verbal. Men!

Uhhh...I totally agree, I have a very physical little boy and he's got about mmm...15-20 clear words, he understands everything directions, etc. so I'm not concerned.

18 mo. WBV Stats:

Height: 34" (90th percentile)
Weight: 25 lbs. (25th percentile)
Head: Can't remember (but it was 75th percentile)

Dropped in the weight percentile, but ped. said not to worry, we talked about the milk issue, he said as long as he's getting dairy in other forms, he's fine (just as I suspected). Not much other than that. Said he's "doing great!" And told us hopefully he wouldn't be seeing us until we bring little brother in, in a couple of months! (That would be nice!) Sometimes, I feel like we live at the ped! lol

Congrats Carissa and Welcome to the world Baby Jonah!!!
What a lucky dog! I of course will go three weeks OVER DUE!!! ;)

Thanks for updating us, alicia!

alien: Hope dd is feeling better, and good luck w/ your holiday party. I'm hosting our monthly "girls night Bunko" at our house next Friday, it's hard enough getting everything ready just w/ a toddler, can't imagine doing it w/ a sick toddler!

Ok...better go see what kind of mess Landon is making, he's waaaay too quiet~ ;)

[wendstress]

Congratulations Carissa! Welcome to Baby Jonah!!! Hope Grace gives lots of kisses to her baby brother!

Dev. Milestones - We just had our WBV and the Ped said that anywhere between 3-50 words is typical at 18 months. The other point he made that was interesting was that by 24 months, 50% of what the child says should be understandable to an outsider.

They all develop in their own way.... James didn't crawl until after he walked, and he was one of the last to walk from this group. I worried a little. On the talking front, he is ahead of the game....so I guess it all evens out.

Milk Drinking - I think I mentioned it before.... When James was only drinking 2-6 oz of whole milk/day we figured out by accident that he loved chocolate milk. Now, we put a squirt of Hershey's syrup in every sippy cup and he downs it. Probably drinking 20-30 ounces/day of milk and no juice. Nice improvement from 2-6 ounces of milk, and way too much juice!

Food Battles - sometimes yes, sometimes no. Depends on the phase of the moon, I guess. :rolleyes: Tonight he didn't stop eating. Strawberries. Spaghetti. Blueberries. More Strawberries. Milk. And then he asked for Cheerios.

How's everyone's DC doing with the self-feeding? James has really seemed to get it in the last week and will barely let me feed him anymore. He does make a mess, but the majority makes it into his mouth. He practiced a whole lot with cheerios and a spoon and perfected his technique. Now he wants a spoon for ANYTHING he eats!

[kimthebride]

Ditto on the self-feeding, wendstress! I got those new Gerber scoopin' spoons and now he wants nothing to do with me. Fine by me! I can check out my email/CC while he eats. :)

Food Battles
He's normally pretty good about trying anything, and has a lot of likes. Thank goodness.

BTW: anyone interested in an announcement...head over to the June 2005 Moms thread to see the latest delivery....

[psusna]

Self-Feeding: Agreed. The last two weeks he has done awesome with fork and spoon.

Thanks for the get-well wishes! DS and I are doing better and DH is hanging in there. It's always something.

Alicia: How are you feeling?

oohhh.....going to check on Kim's tip in the June thread.....

[diedra1027]

Self Feeding - I was just thinking about this in relation to the food battles. Letting Avery feed herself has been one great technique that works for us to get her to eat something (or to eat just a little more than usual). We tried the scoopin' spoons last night and she downed about a 1/3 cup of mashed potatos! That's like a feast for her :). I usually have to help scoop, but she handles the rest.

[Carissa]

Jonah Eric made is arrival December 7th at 10:04 am, my water broke at 3 am and I labored for 7 hours.
He weighed 6 lbs 14 oz and 20 inches long, he is a little cutie!
We just got home today so I will catch up later.

[rancherswife]

Oh, congrats again Carissa, sounds like you had a pretty fast L&D!!! Can't wait to hear all the details and see a pic. of the little man! I'm also interested to hear how big sister Grace is handling things! :)

Ok, so in true Landon fashion, (I swear this kid's gonna give me a heart attack by the time I'm 30) ;) we had a HUGE scare last night. Did anyone watch GMA yesterday morning, about the little two year old who got a spinal cord injury when he was 18 mos. old from falling either off the couch or the bed, I can't remember? Yeah, well I watched it and was in tears and could not get it out of my head the rest of the day/evening. In fact, my mom came out and had dinner w/ us last night since my dad was out of town and I was telling her about it and how it bothered me so much. Not an hour later, Landon and I are laying on the bed reading a book and he gets up and starts "marching" on the bed. I went to grab him to have him sit down (since he wasn't minding my plea to "please sit on your bottom!" Go figure!) and as soon as I reached for him he jerked the other way and went (from standing) head first off the bed neck going one way, body flopping the other. I have seriously never been so scared! He was screaming, which was a good sign, but white as ghost. I was f.r.e.a.k.i.n.g. out as was my mom (Brett had gone to get ice cream). He cried and cried and was grabbing his head/neck and just so upset. I finally got him calmed down and checked him all out, after my mom took him away from me, as she said I was white as a ghost myself and she wsa affraid I was going to pass out! WTH? I called the dr. and by the time they called me back, he was running, jumping and talking, as usual. So freakin' scary though, esp. after just seeing the GMA episode that morning. Nurse said to watch for pailness to come back, vomiting, stumbling, wake him up every 2 hours for the next 48 and make sure he's responsive, etc. We've been through all this head injury mumbo-jumbo several times, when he was first learning to walk on the aggregate! ;) So, of course, he was in our bed last night, miserable for dh and I but Landon slept until 8:15, when I woke him up! It still makes me sick to my stomach to think about what could have happened. Oh, these kids, girls....they move SO fast!!!

[jmvan74]

Rancherswife: OMG! That is so scary! I'm so paranoid about head injuries... Collin is a climber! He climbs and runs on the couch, chairs, whatever. I'm so terrified he's going to fall head first on to the hardwood and break his neck. Ugghh.:(

[tgray99]

I did my Christmas shopping today and all I can say is :eek: Toys R Us was a madhouse (as was Target)! There were screaming kids, it was hot (inside the store) and there were grouchy people pushing their carts without regard to anyone else around. Thank goodness I left Ryan and Aidan at home, they would've both hated it. Luckily, I found everything I wanted to get for Aidan. I thought I wasn't going to be able to find the Barbie Lil ATV ride-on that we wanted to get her. I went to the display and of course, only the display and a ton of the little boy ride-ons were there. I asked 2 different employees if they knew where more were, if there were Barbie ones somewhere and if there weren't would they sell me the display. All of them said no, they didn't know where more were, no, they didn't know if there were Barbie ones elsewhere, and no, they wouldn't sell me the display. :rolleyes: Yay. So, I get her about $80 worth of stuff (the cost of the ride-on) to make up for not getting her the ride-on. I get up to the front to check out and lo and behold, there's a huge stack of them at the very front of the store. So, I take out the extra stuff and got her the ride-on. Then, while checking out, they wouldn't accept my check because my checks have a GA address while my DL has a TX address. I freaked for a moment, then got irritated because I'd just gotten paid. Then I figured out the problem...stupid for them to do that in an Army town. So, I'm all finished shopping for Aidan. Tomorrow we're going to Macon to Picture People to have her pictures made for gifts for all of the grown-ups.

[rancherswife]

tgray: Ughh..I had intentions of running into target this morning, but only made it to destination maternity ;) All I needed from target were personal hygiene items and I figured I'd be out and about this next week, when it's a little quieter, I did NOT want to fight any mad x-mas shopping crowds, when all I wanted was toothpaste, deoderant, etc. type stuff!lol Glad to hear you got Aidan taken care of!

jmvan: Little boys are SO physical and busy! I'm ultra paranoid as it is, w/ our aggregate in our entire house (thank goodness not in the bedrooms!). I really don't know what we were thinking when building this home. Between pull-handle door knobs, aggregate, a huge hearth fire place (in which he LOVES to climb on) and so many other non-kid friendly things, I am nervous all the time! After it all calmed down last night, my mom said "honey, he's going to try to do all the naughty stuff while you're trying to nurse Reece, in a couple of months!" Yeah, thanks for pointing that out to me mom! ;) I hadn't thought about that! (right)

[psusna]

Rancherswife: Oh no! I'm so glad that he's ok and feeling fine. DS did something simliar last month off of a chair in our bedroom -- I don't know how he wasn't seriously hurt. I'm just always on pins and needles when he's running around and playing hard. Luckily they are so resiliant at this age.

Tgray: Uh oh. You give me no hope for my pre-planned Target run this morning :) I definitely need to make it in and out before 11. Congrats on getting your little girl's list all crossed off.

DS had a little playdate lunch with a buddy at our house yesterday. They had a blast and were so cute eating lunch together. They exchanged Christmas gifts and luckily they didn't want what the other got, but were so excited by their own gift :) He had a blast at his school party Friday evening. He got to play with some older kids that he normally doesn't get to hang with so he thought he was big stuff.

Today I make my Target run, wrap and plan my Cmas eve menu. I can't believe the big day is coming up so fast!!

[happy1nuv]

rancher ~ OMG...how scary. Glad everything turned out to be fine. :)

[ladybug0525]

Congrats Carissa and Welcome Jonah!

rancher - Glad he is OK I have a Jack story from this week too! Let's just say we made our first trip to the dentist!

Eating - Jack goes through phases and right now it is a not much eating phase, then again his diet has been a little altered due to his fall this week.

So Jack feel with a toy in his mouth at school and we had to make a first trip to the dentist. I work from home and it was the one day my boss was in town so DH had to deal with it all. They dentist believe the tooth will fall out but we haven't seen any signs of discoloration, etc. yet. It was very tramatic for Jack having x-rays and having the dentist try to put the tooth back in place. It is twisted slightly but thank goodness nothing happened to his permanent teeth. We go back in 2 weeks for a re-check. Rancher, like your son Jack is ALL boy!!

[tgr68]

rancherswife~I'm glad he's okay!

ladybug~Ouch! Poor Jack!

[ahavnes]

Oh my goodness! What a scare rancherswife! Glad everything is ok. If it makes you feel better, Abbey fell off the bed last week at my parents and landed on her head on their tile floor. :o I felt like the best mom ever, especially while waiting for her to build up to that first big cry. :rolleyes:

tgray- Hah! That sounds just like one of my shopping trips, what with all of the confusion and roadblocks. :)

psusna and tgr68- I am feeling much better, thanks.

Off to Picture People to finally pick out our Christmas cards...

[tgray99]

Oy, don't mention Picture People! :rolleyes: We drove almost 100 miles today to Macon to go to have Aidan's pictures made for Christmas today. We got there early, they fit us in around 1 instead of when our appointment was for (at 1:40). They told us to come back at 3:15. So we go eat, wander around the mall, etc, and came back at the appointed time. "Sorry, our printer went down, come back in 30 minutes." So we do. Same story again. So we wait. We finally got to see our pictures at 5:30 and the girl showing them to us wanders off, no upsell, didn't tell us anything...she just left. So I took my pics back up to the counter and said, here's what I want. ANOTHER 30 minutes to get the additional prints made. I was ready to scream, Aidan WAS screaming while my ever patient hubby was calm as usual...just mildly annoyed. Calming but irritating at the same time. We got our pics and got the heck out of there...finally got home at 8-ish...we left here at 11am. :rolleyes: What a day.

[rancherswife]

Thanks for the sympathy. I think in the end, I'm more traumatized by the whole ordeal, than he is! Figures! Glad to hear mine's not the only to quote my husband "balls-out" kid around! ;)

ahavnes: So glad you're feeling better, oh, and so glad Abbey wasn't hurt on your parents tile floor. That's scary!

ladybug: Poor Jack. Hope the tooth is OK. At least it wasn't a permanent tooth!

tgray: Sorry for the mess at PP, that does not sound like a good time, but sounds completely like something that would happen to us! You've had a rough weekend, between Target and PP! It's a train wreck anywhere you go this time of year though, really!

Speaking of which....I am OFFICALLY D.O.N.E. with my x-mas shopping. I of course waited until the last day to order my calendars and get the discount, but I managed to get them done. Our computer is on its last leg and we're just trying to limp it along until our new one gets here in a couple of weeks. I had to order the calendars from my moms, which means, she knows about them, but, that's ok, she'll act surprised on x-mas morning! ;) Moms are good like that. Besides waiting for my pkg. to arrive in a few days, all I have to do is wrap. I am hosting our monthly Bunko at my house on Friday night. Just have to do some cooking/baking this week and I'll be set. I hope it goes as well as I have it figured. Celia (my cleaning lady) is coming tomorrow, she's been on a vacation for a month and thank goodness she's back! She'll be busy tomorrow morning! ;) I've warned her!lol It feels so good to have my shopping done, though I do need to find some shoes for Landon to wear on x-mas day but I'll most likely order those online, to avoid going out to the mall!

carissa: Thinking about you and hoping you and your family of four are settling in nicely!!!

Ok...time for bed!

[psusna]

Sleep help: Ever since Thanksgiving his sleep has been totally wrecked, specifically wake up time. He has consistently been up between 5:15 and 5:30. Normal wake up time is between 6 and 6:15 weekday and 6:30 on weekends. I didn't think anything of it at first b/c he had the double ear infection so I attributed it to that and then 2 weekends ago he slept until 7 and 7:30. Now he's right back to this 5 crap and it stinks. He'll call out for one of us and you can tell he's standing in his crib. I'm so worried he's going to climb out (eventhough he has never climbed out) if we don't go to him that I hesitate to let him go too long. We've tried a slightly later bed time, we've tried putting a soft book with him so he has something to do when he wakes, nothing is working. Ideas? Suggestions? Help?!?!?

Tgray: Boo PP
Ranchers: Yay for no more shopping! Are you interested in long-distance, freelance shopping for others? :)
Ladybug: Aye! Poor Jack. Let us know what happens with the tooth!

[jmvan74]

psusna: Sorry about the wake-up issues. Collin has been waking around 5:15-5:30, too. However, I refuse to get him until 7am. Luckily, he's been going back to sleep around 6am and sleeping the extra hour until 7am. I don't know what I'll do if he starts to get angry, instead of playing. :o

rancherswife: Hooray for being done shopping!

tgray: What a nightmare! I would have gotten myself some free pictures out of that situation!

ladybug: Yikes! So glad his permanant teeth weren't damaged. How scary.:eek:

[rancherswife]

psusna: I do exactly what jmvan does. Some days, if dh is still here when he wakes up, he'll bring him into bed w/ me and he'll go back to sleep if I just ignore and let him flop around and get comfy. Is your crib setting on the lowest one? I know what you mean, I think about him trying to climb out every morning, luckily he hasn't, and it would take a lot of work for him to, not that I'm saying he couldn't, this child shocks me daily w/ the things he can climb, etc.!lol
As for the freelance, long distance shopping, if I weren't almost 30 weeks pg, I'd take you up on it, I do enjoy shopping, however, it just doesn't appeal to me this year! ;)

[Carissa]

rancherswife How scary! Grace loves to jump and climb and it freaks me out.

Well Grace is being such a big sister she even tried sharing her french fry with Jonah. It is a little chaotic, she wants to help so much she puts the blanket over his haed and wants to hold him all the time. She get's about 6 inches from his face and just chatters to him and he just listens, I have a feeling they are going to be double trouble when Jonah is older. She is adorable around her little brother, we are loving watching her.

[rancherswife]

oh, how sweet is that Carissa? I would imagine it is completely normal to have pure chaos, that's what I'm expecting 100%!lol Hope you're able to get some rest, when you can. Is that even possible w/ two...umm...maybe don't answe that, I might not want to know what the answer is!!!lol Thanks for checking in!

[happy1nuv]

psusa ~ Sorry, no help for ya here... I was coming to post another sleep question.

So... Nic's been waking at night (no suprise, he ALWAYS has)... but, he doesn't open his eyes. He just kind of grunts/whines.. he doesn't want me, he doesn't want his pacifier. Usually by this time, we're co-sleeping. It usually happens sometime between 3-5 in the morning. If I pop 2-3 Hylands teething tablets in his mouth, he'll turn over and go back to sleep. (If you look in his mouth when he's laughing, you see spots of white all along his gums...I think ALL the rest of his teeth (he has his 8 front teeth, 4 top/4bottom completely in) are at various stages of coming in...but they have been for a while now.
He thinks the teething tablets are candy...LOVES them. He tries to grouch around for them in the am as well, but i think thats faking... this sounds mean...but, you dont think hes wise enough to pull this faker thing in the middle of the night, do you? (he's always woken in the night, but usually settles back down when you replace his pacifier... not sure if i created a monster when i started doling out hylands..)

[cynder]

Rancher I think my heart would have def. stopped in that situation. Thank god, he's okay. And yay you for getting your shopping done.

Tgray Count me in as another person who hates Picture People. You would think that if you're a person working at this type of place, you would at least be friendly with kids! I didn't even bother with waiting for the proofs so wish me luck today in getting those.

psusna Have tried putting him to sleep earlier. We're were having the same problems and decided to adjust his new 7:45 pm-ish bedtime back to 7:00/7:15 and it totally got us back to 6:30am wakeups. He's even playing in the crib for a solid 30 min where before he would cry for us. He's used to be like this so it's great to see it back again.

carissa Hooray for big sisters. (I am one! :))

happy1nuv I would cut out the tablets. I've never been a big fan of them but it's worth a try.

[Sasha]

Rancher - How scary, I'm glad he is ok! The foundation I work for deals with spinal cord injuries, so it's something I am very sensitive about. Sounds like you handled the situation very well.

Tgray - My patience would have been totally shot!

Carissa - Aww, it sounds like Grace is a very good big sister.

psusna - What about something like the FP A