MayJune05 Babies - Our Little Ones Are Almost 2!

[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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YOUR THREAD MODERATORS ARE DISNEYGIRL and ALIENHOST


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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, 32
DH: Brad, 31
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%

LIZNKEITH
Caroline/18 months
Weight: 22 lbs, 3oz (25%)
Height: 31 inches (30%)
HC: 46.5 cm (30%)

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

njnewyearsbride
North Phelps 12:20PM on February 23, 2007
10 lbs 1oz and 22 inches long

rancherswife
Reece Carter 4:03 p.m. on February 26, 2007
7lbs. and 20 1/2 inches long

ladybug0525
Cooper Joseph born on March 14, 2007
9 lb 8 oz and 20 1/2 inches long

happy1inuv
Joseph Charles 4:14pm on March 23, 2007
8 lbs 2 oz and 20 3/4 inches long
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Currently Expecting:

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

Aunt Liv

*more later!* :)

[MayJune05Moms]

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

MayJune05Moms Thread Archive (CC Threads):

MayJune05 Babies - Passing the 18 month mark! (http://www.constantchatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27434)
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]

saved...just in case

[MayJune05Moms]

Welcome to the New Thread. I think we are up to date on the stats. Post away ladies!!!!


-alienhost

[allyray231]

Hi!!

[LIZNKEITH]

I don't guess I posted Caroline's last stats:


18 months
Weight: 22 lbs, 3oz (25%)
Height: 31 inches (30%)
HC: 46.5 cm (30%)

[LIZNKEITH]

Posted in the last thread just before it was locked:

QOTD- Shoes
I've always bought velcro shoes for Caroline, but lately she's gotten in to the terrible habit of taking her shoes and socks off wherever we are. I go to daycare, she's hobbling around on one shoe. On the ride home, she manages to strip off a shoe and sock. At the grocery store. At restaurants. You name it. Do any of you use lace up shoes? I thought they'd be a PITA, but I'm thinking they may be better than our current situation. What do you all think?

[MayJune05Moms]

LIZNKEITH 18 month stats added


please let us know if anything is missing or needs to be changed!

-alienhost

[Sasha]

Alien - Thanks for the new thread. :)

Shoes - We switched to lace up shoes for that very reason and it has made a difference. She can still take them off by just pulling at them, but it doesn't happen nearly as much anymore. I thought they would be a bigger PITA too, but they aren't really.

I saw the toddler bed that Tgray posted in the last thread (which is gorgeous, btw!) and I am wondering if all toddler beds convert to regular beds? And is it to a twin or double? I really no nothing about toddler beds versus just getting a twin bed, so any insight would be appreciated. I'm just starting to think ahead.

[alienhost]

usafwife I'm so sorry to hear about your friend. {hugs}

tgray I'm sorry that your DD is having such a tough time. I hope it gets better for you soon. BTW that bed is really cool looking.

beds I really don't know much about toddler beds either. We got a crib that converts to a toddler bed (but not a regular bed), it has a 1/2 rail. After she is done with that I'll put her in a double bed. In hindsight I wouldn't have bought the convertible crib but the saleslady pushed the rail (which was like and extra $50) and it seemed like a good idea at the time. Oh well.

Shoes We still use velcro. She used to take them off all the time but I think the novelty wore off. I had one pair of shoe lace shoes a while back and they worked OK, if I double knotted them she couldn't untie them.

still sick last night DD developed a fever/slight runny nose and cough. WTH? :( We haven't left the house in a week b/c of the stomach bug and now this. I have a call in the ped. I hope I don't have to spend another week in the house!

[allyray231]

I have to add the 18 month stats too

Aiden 18 month WBV
23 lbs 6 1/2 oz (10-15%)
33 1/2 inches (70-90%)

[LIZNKEITH]

Toddler beds
Not all convert. Some are just toddler beds. That's how my nephews was, at least. I think if they do convert, they convert to fulls. In it's current position, a twin mattress would be too long so the bed frame would have to be based on the backboard, which happens to be full sized.

Alienhost,
Oh no!! Seems like January has been a rough month for everybody. I hope DD feels better soon.


Caroline got her first shiner yesterday. At daycare they have a small indoor climber with a slide. I guess she tried to go down the slide face-first and wiped out. It's more of a carpet burn than it is a bruise, but it's definitely swollen. It looks so sad! I told daycare I'm so happy it happened on their watch and not mine. ;)

[Dreshny]

Asher is going to bed later and later! Last night, he finally fell asleep at quarter to 1. This is despite a bath, books, a dark room, quiet music, and nursing. I was beside myself, and finally told him I was going to sleep and he had to, too, and I laid down in my bed with him and he passed out on me. I think DH moved Asher into his own bed after I fell asleep. I really, really hope this is just a phase and doesn't last too much longer, because I can't take it.

He has the cold/fever that's going around, so that may be part of it. But mostly, it just seems like his brain is racing and he can't turn it off. He'll close his eyes and lie down, but pop back up again singing and talking, asking for music and his friends... He's slept in a toddler bed since the summer when we stopped co-sleeping full-time (now he starts the night in his bed), so he can climb out and run around the apartment when he can't sleep, and then we have to keep corralling him.

[kphillips4]

Ok...I am still catching up on everyone in this thread to see what I have been missing out on! I had a few comments I wanted to drop off though...
Alien- Thanks for adding me to this thread...I think it's going to be a great place to get/share advice!!! Sorry to hear that your daughter is sick...that's no fun :(
Meri - I hate to hear that you lost a close friend to cancer. That is a really hard way to lose someone and I know that you must be going through a hard time. {{{HUGS}}}
Tgray - You are so brave moving up to the "big" bed. I have been contemplating moving Haley up to a big girl bed but haven't quite got the courage up yet. I know it's going to be a process!!! I'm interested to know how you keep her from getting out of the bed...I know you said you shut the door and she cried and then went to sleep...did she go get back in the bed to sleep or what?? Good luck with the "big" bed!! We're almost there!
Tgr - If you don't feel comfortable with letting your daughter go stay with your mom then I wouldn't. I would just say your not comfortable with the distance and the amount of time. Maybe you could go up there and see your niece and they could spend time that way!!!
Thanks for the welcoming words..I'm looking forward to getting to know you girls!!!

[kphillips4]

Opps...I forgot to post about shoes!!
Liz - Haley used to wear velcro shoes until she reached the point where she was taking them off. Now I primarily buy either lace up or buckles. She can't seem to get those off nearly as easy!! So far it's worked...the velcros are so much easier to get on them though!! Good luck with it...I know what your going through!

[DisneyGirl]

Alien: Thanks for starting the new thread!!

[cynder]

IZNKEITH We can't do velcro for that very fact. DS mostly wears Chuck Taylors, double and triple knotted. We only buy lace ups.

tgray I hope the toddler bed solves the problem because that is a beautiful bed.

[rancherswife]

Welcome kphillips!!! Sorry I missed you yesterday! :)

Ok, I'm just going to pretend that I didn't read the title of our new thread! :(

dreshny: Sorry about the sleep situation with Asher. Not good times. Maybe it has something to do with his cold??? I hope it doesn't last though.

crib battles: Well, night 1 of putting Landon back in his crib went OK....um, until he woke up at 1 a.m. and dh went to go put him back down, the next thing I know, he's in bed with us. I knew when dh said he'd "handle it" that this was going to happen. So, he lasted until 1 o'clock this morning, had I gone in there, he would've gone the whole night, I'm sure...note to self: Don't let dh "handle it" tonight! :) Needless to say, I'm so tired my eyes are on fire and I have a horrid headache, however Landon is full of energy this morning! 4 more hours till nap time! ;)

[cynder]

meri I am so sorry for your loss.

Dreshny Did you get rid of crib. I remember that you had it at the side of the bed right? Is it possible to try that.

What is going on with all the sleep acrobats!?!

[DisneyGirl]

tgray I love that toddler bed! I really have to start thinking about a toddler bed sooner than I wanted to. I had all the intenion in the world to keep her in her crib until she was 4(LOL not really), but looks like I will need it before then. Off to look into that toddler bed you posted.

[psusna]

Welcome kphillips!

Tgray: That bed is awesome! I hope she did ok on the mattress last night once she got settled down.

Dreshny: I’m sorry. Could he be in a developmental spurt to beat all developmental spurts? How is his leg doing?

Ranchers: I had to laugh b/c that is exactly how DH “handles it” too :)

Meri: I’m so sorry for your loss.

Alien: I hope DD is feeling better and you can soon catch a break. Thanks for the new thread!

Shoes: Still Velcro. He knows if he REALLY wants them off how to get them off but I mostly beat him to the punch by just taking them off as soon as we get in the car from school.

DS has been very chatty this week. He used two new phrases last night – bye bye Wiggles and mommy’s towel. Earlier in the week I was putting his coat on at school and he pointed to mine and said mommy’s coat. He just chatters constantly – most of it is understandable and you can tell new words when they are taking shape. I just like that he can tell me if something hurts now!

Busy weekend ahead. We are having friends over for lunch tomorrow, date night tomorrow night with another couple and DH leaves for CA Sunday afternoon. He is picking DS up from school early today to go on a play date – DS is going to be so surprised. He loves when daddy picks him up at school!

[jmvan74]

Holy Moly a new thread! I've been reading along, but not too much free time. I'm sure things will settle down here, soon. ;)

[alienhost]

jmvan I hope you are doing well!

ranchers I hope you get some rest today. My DH "handles" it by shoving me while I'm asleep so I can go take care of it. :rolleyes:

Dreshny wow you do have a night owl! I hope it gets better.

chatty DD is also very chatty these days, popping out new words every day/hour. She is really repeating everything we say. Her new phrases are "here you go" if I ask her to get me something or "here it is" if I ask where something is. She loves saying "bye bye XXXXX" to everything, Elmo, Cookie, Mama, chair, cracker, you name it she says bye bye to it if we leave it, it goes away or she drops it. And my favorite when she says "yes please". :)

[ahavnes]

Shoes- Velcro all the way baby! If I had it my way, she'd be in them forever. I am so lazy. :rolleyes:

alien- Hoping things improve for you.

tgr- I'm late chiming in (as usual), but I agree with the others that you should tell your mom that you can't bear to be away from DD for a whole week. Honestly, even if you had a great relationship with your mother, I still think that's somewhat of an unreasonable request. A week is a long time in the life of a toddler. :o

dreshny and tgray- Sorry you all are fighting your little ones with sleep. To me, that is the most frustrating part of being a parent. Probably b/c I reaaaalllly like my sleep. :)

rancherswife- Don't worry about getting Landon into his crib. You know Reece is going to be 3 weeks late anyway. ;) Sorry, couldn't resist!! (I really do hope that doesn't happen though.)

usaf- Very sorry to hear about your friend.

Welcome Kphillips!

[tgr68]

Shoes~We've used both velcro and lace up shoes. DD has managed to get both off, so we bought her a pair of zip-up knee-high boots thikning she couldn't get those off. The second time she wore them, she yelled "shoe off" from the back seat and sure enough one was sitting beside her in the back seat. :rolleyes:

LIZ~Ouch!! Poor C!

Chatty~OMGosh! Yes! I don't think this girl stops talking. :p She's also "reading" too. We read her "Maxis Ride" by Rosemary Wells, and after a few times throught he book, she sat down, opened it up, and said "Go, Max, Down, Max, Stop!" :D She also "reads" severa of the Super Chubby books by Neil Ricklen!

Thanks for your insight about the situation with my mom. We'll probably just tell her that we are not comfortable yet with Shylah being that far away from us. She's stayed away from us for 2-3 days before, so that's not really the issue. It really is a trust issue with me. I don't like the idea of her being left unsupervised with my mom for ANY amount of time. I'll email her back and ask about what week their Spring Break is and see about DH and I taking a day to run out there.

ETA: Alicia~Honestly, even if you had a great relationship with your mother, I still think that's somewhat of an unreasonable request. A week is a long time in the life of a toddler. The thing is my sister will drop her DD off with family and has no qualms about leaving her for days at a time. :( When she lived down here, we practically forced her to spend time with her own DD. Basically my mom has gotten used to this type of behavior and thinks it's normal for parents to leave their children with family for days on end whenever family requests they do so.

[rancherswife]

rancherswife- Don't worry about getting Landon into his crib. You know Reece is going to be 3 weeks late anyway. Sorry, couldn't resist!! (I really do hope that doesn't happen though.)


LOL! Real funny, alicia! ;) Hey, it wouldn't surprise me!

[happy1nuv]

shoes ~ I RARELY put nic in shoes... it's just too much trouble unless he's going to be walking somewhere (lazy, i know...i really have to stop that now that its actually gotten cold) (he's not allowed to walk in parking lots and i dont see the point if he's only gonna ride in a stroller/cart...or, like if we go moms/friends house where shoes come off as soon as you get inside). Nic gets excited about his shoes - and upset if you take them off (which made shoe shopping the other day fun. laughed as he tried one on, screamed when i took it off). So, no advice on how to keep shoes on... I could put slip ons on this child and it would be bloody murder to get them off.

roseanne ~ holy cow! I would've gone insane. Nic shows the same behavior, but earlier (he used to go down at 7 ---OH how i miss those days ---and now he's up til 9 or later... I thought THAT was bad...He11, I go to bed no later than 10...)

And.. you guys are starting to worry me with your word explosions (not really. The rational side of my brain says he'll talk when hes ready, but the other side of my brain is really leaning towards calling early intervention and having a professional tell me that) ... Nic babbles CONSTANTLY and very LOUDLY...but its all just sounds. His favorite are dadada and bay-beee.... repeat ad nauseam. (He says dada and dog ... those are the only two real words i've ever heard from him)

Great new thread alien...thanks...BUT, did you HAVE to remind me that our lil babies are almost TWO??? (note to self: must start thinking party...)

[Dreshny]

Dreshny: I’m sorry. Could he be in a developmental spurt to beat all developmental spurts? How is his leg doing?

Gosh, I hope it's only a developmental spurt and not a new pattern! He cannot stop talking. Just now, he banged his head, looked up at me and said "I bumped my head on the table." :eek: It's rather insane how articulate he is. (Sorry, happy1, not trying to alarm you. My brother didn't talk until he was older than 2, and he's at MIT now...)

He's also obsessed with the music from his Music Together class right now, and it seems to be occupying a lot of his brain space. He keeps demanding we play the CD, sing the songs, show him pictures of guitars, etc. In fact, the other night, he had a whole conversation with me about guitars at 1 AM.

Thanks for asking about his leg. He was doing much better at the beginning of this week, then suddenly started complaining his leg hurt, so I took him to the orthopedist yesterday. He x-rayed it and said it was completely healed, which is great, but then why does his leg hurt? The nurse practitioner at his ped practice suggested that maybe the cold/fever he has was making him achy, so maybe that's it.

Cynder: Yeah, the crib, converted to a toddler bed, is still attached to our bed, and that's where Asher's supposed to sleep for as much of the night as he can.

ETA: I've stopped putting shoes on Asher since his accident. It's Robeez until the spring, unless it's warm enough to walk outside, which it isn't right now.

[alienhost]

Great new thread alien...thanks...BUT, did you HAVE to remind me that our lil babies are almost TWO??? (note to self: must start thinking party...)

I know, sorry...please anyone chime in if you'd prefer a new title, I couldn't think of anything else. ;) Really if someone is more creative, I'll request that it be changed!

happy I was looking at my YMCA brochure and the one by me has an open gym once or twice a week for 2 hours (basically a toddler playground with balls, small Step 2 Type climbing stuff and such). It says members are free but "community members" can pay $5 each time. I'm not sure what a community member is but that might be just anyone who lives in town? You might want to ask your Y if they have something like that if you don't want to commit to a membership.

[rancherswife]

shoes: Right now, Landon is either in his slippers around the house, his cowboy boots when he goes with Brett, or his Robeez. We haven't done laces really, his x-mas shoes were laces and they were a pain, he was constantly pulling on them!

[wendstress]

tgray - do you have a Toys R Us? We just bought a Toddler Bed there for $49. This is it:

Toddler Bed at TRU (http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2309214&cp=&pg=2&f=Taxonomy%2FTRUS%2F2254197&sr=1&origkw=toddler+beds&kw=toddler+beds&parentPage=search)

http://trus.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pTRU1-2871811reg.jpg

It's not terribly fancy, but for a short-term piece of furniture, it fits the bill.

We got it up last weekend and it's been a hit! Our plan was to let him get used to it for a few days before asking him to sleep in it. He loves to crawl in it and say "Night night". I'll try naps this weekend. I assume it'll take a few weeks for a full transition.... Just as long as it happens by the time #2 is born!

Shoes - We had velcro, now we have a pair with laces. He can get either off equally well. When he's in the mood, he can have both shoes and socks off before we even leave the parking lot! His newest obsession, though, are his boots. He's constantly bringing them to me and asking me to put them ON. The other night, he got mad at me because I wouldn't put them on over his pajamas.

Chatty - Yes. All day is a running commentary on the things he sees. He's also starting to sing along with music! This week I was taking him to daycare and I had a Norah Jones CD in. He started singing along with her as she sang "Who-who-who-who". It was so stincking cute! Plus he was pretty much on pitch, which is impressive!

[DisneyGirl]

usa Sorry to hear about your friend..You have really had a hard last month or so and I truly hope things begin to get calmer over there.

shoes I have always bought Nikki shoes with laces. I really don't care for velcro for some reason. Though they are much easier and quicker to put on.

[Carissa]

Boy I can't keep up with all y'all!

[Traciann]

happy if it makes you feel better, mary kate is also not much of a talker. i would say maybe 15 words? she has started talking more in the last month that she ever has. she is a very busy girl...so i think she is just busy with other things to talk.

[Sasha]

Thanks for explaining a little bit more about the toddler bed. I guess my question is, why do a toddler bed instead of a twin (or double or whatever) with bed rails?

Meri - So sorry to hear about your friend.

Chatty - Talking up a storm here. Alien, Sarah also has to say bye bye to everything when we go somewhere (and she has to have a purse and keys too! :p ). Even if we are just going upstairs to her room to change her diaper, she still has to say bye bye to our cats, LOL. She is really big into identifying things, like "mommy's shoes" or "daddy's seat."

Dreshny - Wow, I am amazed at Asher's verbal skills! I hope for your sake these aren't Asher's new sleeping hours and this is just a growth spurt thing.

Welcome kphillips!

[ahavnes]

Toddler Bed- Abbey's crib converts, but I think I'm just going to get her a twin bed when the time comes and do some bed rails. The toddler bed looks funny to me b/c it's so low. If we're blessed with a second child, I'll just re-use Abbey's crib for him or her.

Sasha- LOL, Abbey says "bye bye" to everything too, including her toys at bedtime. But she is ob-sessed with having a purse. During the ice storm, she took a small shopping bag and filled it with all of the lotions in my nightstand and spent the better part of the day carrying it around like a purse. Now her daycare teacher has made her a "real" purse to bring her lunch in, but heaven help me if I try to take it away to actually put her lunch in it! :eek:

Chatty- Not to worry ladies, Abbey probably only has about 20 words also. She babbles a ton and understands about 95% of what we say (seriously, hence the s-word use lately ;)), so I am not worried at all.

tgr- That's really sad about your sister and her DD. I still think you could use that excuse though. I would just say "I know sis is totally cool with dropping her DD off, but DH and I would really miss Shylah if she were away for that long." Or, you could always blame separation anxiety of Shylah's part. ;)

[rancherswife]

toddler bed: Landon's crib converts to a full bed, so when the time comes, we'll do that.

[psusna]

Eye goop question: DH picked DS up early from daycare today to go to the park. He brought him by my office. DS had greenish yellow goop blobs in the corners of both eyes and DH said his eyes were watering. Does it sound like a normal cold (his eyes have never done this with a cold before) or more like the start of a pink eye type thing? -- ETA: His eyes are not pink and he was not acting like they were itchy or anything and he does not have a full blown cold right now.

[LIZNKEITH]

Thanks for all the input on the shoes. Maybe her next pair I'll get laces.

Eyes
DD's does the same thing when she gets a bad cold, not with all colds. Word of warning, after it goes to her eyes, it usually goes to her ears so be proactive with the decongestant.

[psusna]

Liz: Great tip. Thanks!!

[alienhost]

Since happy1 brought up the topic about a 2nd birthday party I need some advice.

Last year I had two parties, one for her "playgroup" on her actual birthday (Thursday) and one for family and other friends on Saturday. I'm trying to decide what to do this year.

I was thinking of skipping the playgroup party but I talked to another mom who's DC's birthday is two weeks before DD's and she is thinking of having a party. I was kind of hoping people weren't planning on throwing parties. I certainly don't HAVE to throw a party b/c she is, here is my dilemma:

1) Last year I had 12 kids from 6 months to 1 year in my house and they really made a huge mess. The moms were so busy chatting amongst themselves that their kids spilled cheerios everywhere (not a big deal) but they also left their drinks where kids could reach them. Some of the kids dumped them on the floor and in some of DD's toy containers. Most moms didn't even know this happened. :confused: I ran around trying to pick up drinks before this happened.

2) This year I'd invite the same playgroup and it is probably 14-16 toddlers (18 months to two years) which just seems like a nightmare to handle. Do I have the party from 9:30 to 11 and not serve a lot of food, maybe just some cake and not so messy munchies?

3) I could have everyone over for one party with family but I don't want my parents, his parents and other guests to feel they have to watch out for these other kids (the kids parents would be coming obviously) since some of the parents really get distracted. I kind of wanted a relaxful party for family, just immediate family and maybe one or 2 neighbors with kids that we see often.

I guess my dilemma is that I don't want my playgroup friends to feel excluded from her party but at the same time it is a lot of people to include family and 14-16 toddlers and parents.

What would you do/suggest? Thanks for letting me get this out, sorry it's so long!

[kphillips4]

Thanks again ladies for the welcoming comments...I am learning so much already!!!
Alien - could you do an outside party with your playgroup? Maybe at a park or something so that it doesn't make a mess of your house? Just a thought...then you could have family get-together at your house and a playgroup party somewhere outside?? We did Haley's party primarily outside last year and it worked out very well and eliminated my house becoming a DISASTER area!!! WOW, I can't believe it's already time to start talking party #2!
PSUSNA - I agree with Liz...Haley has been prone to EI's and they have occasionally made her eyes goopy. I hope you DS's eyes get better and that it's not the oncoming of an EI!!! Those darn things are NO FUN!!
Chatty - Haley is a chatter-box. She seems to pick up on any and every word that comes out of our mouths. She babbles sometimes but mostly talks and we can understand about 95% of her words :)
Beds - After joining this board it has made me want to go out and get a toddler bed. It seems that now might be the most appropriate time to make the transition.
One last question that I just posted in my LJ: (By the way...I am kphillips4 over there if any of you would like to friend me!)
Playgroups
I am wondering what type (if any) playgroup/classes you do with your child. I am considering signing Haley and myself up for Kindermusik and possibly a Bouncing Bunnies Gymnastics class through the YMCA. We are definitly going to do swimming lessons this Summer but I want to do something now!!! Tell me your experiences with any type of group like this...pros/cons. Does your little one like it? Thoughts?

[allyray231]

shoes only went outside. In the house he is in slippers or socks or bare feet. He has stride rite shoes

[Dreshny]

alienhost: We're probably doing two parties again, one at my parents' house, but that's mostly because my family is out of state.

I hated to do it, but I woke Asher up at 4:00 after about two hours of his nap. He probably would have slept another hour. (And I would have put him down earlier, but I was busy trying to find a my cell phone--a certain toddler made off with it and it's still missing.) Let's hope he goes to bed at a reasonable hour tonight. At this point, 10:00 would be fantastic...

[wendstress]

Toddler Bed - we chose to go with a toddler bed due to space constraints. We will be fitting 2 kids in one room - the toddler bed allowed us to juggle things around to keep the rocker and the bookshelf in the room.

Goopy/Watery Eyes - James always has runny eyes, even when he doesn't seem to be sick. Sometimes they get a little goopy, but not too bad. He doesn't have EI problems, either. I've asked his Ped about his watery eyes and he said that as long as they weren't irritated, it was OK.

As far as pink eye, Google it and look at a few photos. Goopy eyes are a LONG WAYS from pink eye!!!!

[psusna]

Thanks Kim & Wendy. We'll see how it looks in the morning but I don't think it's pink eye and he has only ever had one EI so it might be a little allergy or something.

Roseanne: Glad to hear Asher's leg is ok. He's an amazing little boy!

Sending positive sleep vibes out tonight for everyone :)

[happy1nuv]

alien ~ I really like kimberly's suggestion to have an outside party. The only other suggestion I have is can you host playgroup that week and just have a cake - do a VERY informal "party" ?

roseanne ~ Sending sleepy vibes Asher's way.

We do an aardvarks class (like music together) that is a lot of fun. Nic tends to be a bit shy in class, but he picks up on stuff cause he does it at home. I haven't made any mom friends from the class, but I like that it gets us out of the house and that he learns a few new skills.

[usafwife]

Where do you buy the nipple shields? Any specific brands?

[rancherswife]

usaf: I know medela makes them and I'm pretty sure you can get them at BRU. I remember they had me use one the first night in the hospital after Landon was born and it was medela, they may even sell them at Target, but I'm most positive they do at BRU!

[Jessiesmama]

Hi ladies!
Haven't been around much but have been trying to keep up by skimming the threads.

I have a problem and I vaguely remember you guys talking about it a week or 2 ago. Night Wakings....

Jessie was Ferberized at 14 months. It went so well. She went from waking 3Xs a night to STTN.

Here's my problem - She has been waking up in the middle of the night for the last 3 nights. She is not sick, it's not cold in her room, no teething. The first night she woke at 4:14am and I let her cry for an hour (when I Ferberized, night wakings were 30-40 minutes at most and she put herself back to sleep). at 5:15am I brought her in bed with us and we went back to sleep (well, she did). The next night she woke at 3:45am and cried until 4:15 when I brought her in with us. Last night she woke at 4:30am and I brought her right in. Not sure if this is going to become a habit or if it's just a growth thing.

Should I let her cry it out in the middle of the night? Should I just go to her and bring her in with us? DH and I sleep so poorly when she's in with us. I'm so upset! She did so well for almost 6 months! I don't do well when I'm tired either.

Any mom's who just went through night waking - any advice? I'm so tired....

[Jessiesmama]

USA
I'm so sorry about your friend. Congratulations on the arrival of Alexander! He's just beautiful!

Jmvan
Congratulations! Brady is precious!

Rosanne
I feel for you. Jessie used to go down super late and it was so tough. When you put him down, what happens? Did you say he was in a toddler bed? Jessie is similar to Asher on the verbal front. Understands/says everything and has full conversations.

Shoes
We do shoes with laces and she always manages to get the right shoe off. Strange. It was fun yesterday in the 14 degree weather - having to find the sock and shoe and put it on before getting out of the car. Good times.

Rancher
I love the room you did for Reese! It looks amazing. I must have missed it way back when when you posted pix of Landon's room. I'm dying to see it now!

Kim
I hope the sick has left your hone!!!

[cynder]

jessiesmama Have you tried a nightlight? When the light went out in ours we realized that DS gets up around 3:00 and likes to reassure himself as to where he is. We fixed it and did well but he did have a phase of a week of nightwakings after that. Never could figure it out but DH slept on the floor next to the crib because nobody slept well when we brought him into bed.

Hang in there.

[diedra1027]

usaf - Medela makes them and you can get them at Target. If you haven't talked to an Lactation Consultant, you might want to do that first or in conjunction with getting the shield. Using a shield can decrease your milk supply (it happened to me!!).

[happy1nuv]

usaf ~ You can definitely get nipple shields at babies r us too. :) Good luck!

jessiesmama ~ A few weeks ago, nic was waking at night and inconsolable. I'm not sure what it was (it sort of coincided with him getting a yeast infection, but Im not convinced that that was why he was waking up cause the wakings didn't stop once the yeast infection was cleared up) ... At the worst of it, we actually took him out of his room and downstairs to play for an hour before he could settle himself back to sleep (and this is a kid that cosleeps most of every night). I think this might have gone on for 2 weeks or so (not every night straight) ... I want to say that he was having nightmares or really bad seperation anxiety or something... (Now we're having issues with going to sleep, but the bad night wakings have stopped, knock on wood)

[BTB]

Glad to see a new thread, but am sure it won't be long until I'm behind again. ;)

Usaf: congrats on your adorable son!

Shoes: we do Stride Rite too, and have only used velcro shoes so far. DD only, but always, takes her shoes off in the car. Socks, too. She keeps them on at daycare, and at home we never wear shoes, so the car's the only oddity.

Toddler Bed: I'd been under the impression that "toddler beds" use crib mattresses, but since some of you have conversions to twins obviously they've come up with some newfangled things. DD is a very low flight risk, but even so I plan to keep her in her crib for the forseeable future. She's used to it, she's a great sleeper and I don't want to muck with her routine, and I'm too darn lazy to rearrange her room. Plus, I refuse to admit to myself she's a "big girl" until sometime after her second birthday. :)

[ahavnes]

jessiesmama- We periodically have the same problem with Abbey. Like you, we were taking her to bed with us, but I think that was encouraging her to wake up more b/c she likes to sleep with mommy and daddy (but we don't sleep very well with her). So, since the new year, I have started going up to make sure she is ok. I take her out and rock her for 5 mins (the length of the song on her FP aquarium) and then put her back in the crib. Period. She also has a night light. At first, she would cry for up to an hour, but now she is doing much better and rarely wakes in the middle of the night. I have no idea what caused it either. I have stopped trying to figure her out! ;)

[psusna]

Eye goop: none today. I'm thinking it may have been a little allergy thing or just some randome deal. Whew.

jessiesmama: Ditto ahavnes. We went through a similar deal in December and it was a nightmare. We just had to go back to CIO like in the good old days, but it worked great.

toddler bed: The crib converts to a full size bed so that's what we are doing. We'll put one side of the bed next to the wall and get a rail for the other side.

DS is sleeping over at ILs for the first time in a long time tonight so we could go out to dinner with friends. I miss him SO much :(

[Dreshny]

Man, Asher will NOT go to bed (it's 9:30 here), and I don't know what to do. I can't blame it on a long/late nap because he didn't nap late: he fell asleep in the car, and we managed to transfer him to his bed, but he woke himself up coughing 20 minutes later. So all told, he napped maybe 40 minutes today. At 7:30 he looked like he was going to fall asleep in his highchair, and at 8:30 he DID nurse down, but 5 minutes later he coughed so hard he threw up, and that woke him, obviously.

It's so frustrating. I'm tired myself, but DH and I were planning to watch a movie tonight, and now it's too late for that. I can't stay up too late because I still have to deal with Asher's 1-3 nightwakings.

He went to bed last night at 11:00, and I was just glad it wasn't after midnight, but today he barely napped, and he STILL can't sleep. WTF? He's both sick and teething, is that why?

ETA: Out at 9:50! Woo-hoo!

(Sorry to vent. I choose to co-sleep and nurse, so I deal with nightwakings. But the late bedtime too is just too much for me.)

[rancherswife]

dreshny: vent away! i'm glad he finally went down for you. now, go get some rest! ;)

The furniture is all in Reece's nusery and it looks great. Landon "helped" daddy put the crib together. That was a huge under-taking with a 19 mo. old assisting the whole time. Dh said "I don't remember it being this big of a deal with Landon's crib" (mind you, it's the same furniture, just a different color) and I told him, no I don't think it was, because we didn't have a 19 mo. old "helping," sounds like fun huh? But, alas, it's done and tomorrow, I'll put the bedding on and start stocking the changing table with all the goods! Then we're set. Can I just say how wierd it feels to have two full blown nursries in my house. Very exciting, though! Landon was asking to go "night night" in Reece's crib (of course).
Our Feb. 07 thread is booming with mommies going into labor, it's crazy! I can't believe this is all coming so fast!

I'm just hoping that Landon last longer tonight before he wakes up screaming his head off for someone to come rescue him. I caved last night and when he woke up, brought him to bed with us. A lot of good that does! Maybe tonight, I'll be stronger, it's just so hard when you're so freakin' tired yourself, ya know? Sounds like there's a lot of us dealing with the fabulous night wakings these days!!! No fun!

[LIZNKEITH]

psusna,
Yay! I'm glad the goop has left the building!!

Roseanne,
Vent away! I'm sure it has to do with sick/teething. C never sleeps well when she has a cough. Hopefully it passes soon.


Our First Trip to the ER What an awful day. Caroline woke up with breathing difficulties: wheezing, retracting, etc. It's so weird because she's been fine. A slight runny nose, but nothing more. We were on the Ped's doorstep when it opened. They checked her oxygen levels and it was extremely low. Did a breathing treatment, checked again and it was even lower. With that, they hooked her up to oxygen & called an ambulance transport her to the children's hospital. They were able to remove her from the oxygen once we arrived at the hospital. After 5 hours of observation & x-rays, she was diagnosed as having Bronchiolitis, which unfortunately there isn't much they can do for it (it's viral). They've got her on an oral steroid for the next two days and breathing treatments around the clock.

I've never been so scared in my life. She looked horrible and what's so scary is how fast it came on and how quickly it affected her breathing. Her O2 levels got down to 86 (they don't like to see anything below a 92) and her temp spiked to 102 at the hospital. Her breathing has stabilized and sounds relatively clear as long as she gets her treatments every 4-6 hours. I just did one at 3:00 and she sounded pretty rattley when I went in there. That was after 6 hours so i think we'll do the more frequently over night. Otherwise, her fever has broken, she's eating and drinking again, and is actually back to playing.

[happy1nuv]

liznkeith ~ YIKES... glad you made it to the peds when you did. It's scary how kids can be fine one minute and sick the next...

psusa ~ Have fun with your night out!

roseanne ~ VENT AWAY!!!

Well, I jinxed myself by posting the other day... Nic actually went to bed at 8 last night, and I turned over night duty to dh cause i was sooo tired. Well, when nic went down, he was very itchy (belly/butt mostly) I'm pretty sure we cured the yeast (there no red anywhere anymore -- well, except where he scratched himself so hard he drew blood) ... He woke at 12:30 wet - dh changed him but he just wouldn't stop crying - gave them a few, and when he still wouldn't stop I went in (dh is good, but when he starts his crying jags he gets frustrated very easily and then the two feed off each other... good times)... Nic was up from 12:30 til 4 am... He wanted to sleep, just couldn't. He'd close his eyes and roll over and itch and whimper...very sad. I finally took him down to watch sesame street and lay on the couch and it distracted him from itching, but he didnt fall asleep... so afterwards we went back to the nursery where he itched a few times but eventually curled up and passed out. He seems fine now (and, the itching is never a problem during the day...only at night...) Ugh... any ideas?

[DisneyGirl]

liznkeithOMG! How freaking scary. I am so glad that Caroline is Ok and is receiving treatment and hopefylly will be getting better with each treatment.

[rancherswife]

liz: That is so scary!!! I'm glad you got her to the ped. when you did. Nothing's worse than a baby having a hard time breathing. With Landon, I noticed he'd get really bad at night if we didn't do the treatments every four hours, but during the day, we could go a little longer. I think it's because maybe they're up moving around during the day, but at night, it just settles. I dunno? I'm glad she's doing better though. You poor thing! :(

[Carissa]

Liz Oh no I am so sorry to hear that! How scary.

[tgr68]

Need some advice! (http://www.constantchatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=29450) I am so indecisive. :(

[jmvan74]

rosanne: Hugs! I hope Asher is feeling better and letting you get some rest.

So scary, Liz! poor Caroline. I hope her breathing is more stable tonight.

Happy: Uggh. Sorry Nic was not feeling well and up all night. I hope you found a way to help him soothe the itchies.

Rancher: I bet the furniture looks great in Reece's room.

We are still settling in to a routine. Life will be more hectic when DH goes back to work on Wednesday. Yikes! I'm a little nervous about that, but I'm sure we will work it out.

[Traciann]

tgr68 my main question to you would be where would your DD go? Daycare, home care? I guess my main concern would be the amount of money you would be making vs how much child care would be per week. would the amount left over be worth working for? Mary Kate just recently started 2 day a week daycare because my classes are during the day and I think its wonderful for her.... You could always do try it and if its not working..quit.

[tgr68]

traci~DH would be at home with her for the most part, and on Thursdays, she spends the day with her great-grandparents. The only difficult days to find something would be when DH is substituting. Daycare costs are attrocious here for part-time. They only knock $5-$10 bucks off their full-time fees, and even at that, we'd most likely have to pay full-time costs to make sure she has a spot for the days DH is subbing.

[psusna]

Liz: Oh my goodness! I can't even imagine -- I'm so glad the ped was proactive in the treatment. I hope she is resting easier tonight.

Dreshny: Vent away! I hope Asher can find a new bedtime soon.

jmvan: I know you'll do great this week with your guys. Does Collin like to "help"?

tgr: That's a tough call. I hate how part-time doesn't get the part-time price. That's what is truly keeping me from going part time. I hope you can find a good solution for your family.

[Dreshny]

Tgr: I would apply for the job. There's no guarantee that you'll get it, and if you do, you can make a decision then.

Julie: I imagine it's really hard juggling the needs of two, but I'm sure you'll figure it out.

Liz: Poor Caroline! I hope you are all having a better day today.

My crazy kid fell asleep at 7:00 tonight! We were leaving dinner with my brother, and he passed out in the stroller, slept all the way home on the subway, continued to sleep when DH carried him upstairs. DH and I watched all of The Illusionist--I kept thinking he'd wake up in the middle, but he didn't.
He is up now, and DH is changing him into pajamas before I try to get him back to sleep.

I have no idea what's going on, and I'm sure he'll be up at an ungodly hour tomorrow morning (I've been spoiled by his 9 AM wakings), but I actually got to watch a movie with DH!

[rancherswife]

Just got back from Landon's first trip to the ER this evening. He somehow learned how to scale our barstools and with dh standing right there, took a header off of it, while dh reached for something from me. I don't know who was worse, Brett or Landon, his head looks awful, my poor baby, I know I've said this a million times, but I'm going to say it one more...I HATE THIS FREAKIN' AGGREGATE!!! Seriously! It's the WORST! We only had to wait about an hour and a half in the ER which was shocking, and he got checked out, no concusion, thank God, but we've got to follow up w/ the ped. tomorrow. Of course, after we left from his clean bill of health check up w/ the pneumonia last week, I was SURE I wouldn't be back until I had Reece with me! Oh well...

and you guessed it, he's in our bed! we've gotta wake him every two hours. Fun times! At this rate (even if he's 3 weeks late alicia ) ;) this kid's gonna be in our bedroom along with his baby brother!

[happy1nuv]

What is with all these babies?!?
ranchers ~ OMG...glad it turned out to be nothing, but still scary, the lil daredevil!

tgr ~ I would apply and see what happens. Also, can you find a mothers day out program that would take her on as needed basis so you'd only need to pay by the day? (you can always quit if it doesn't work and you only lose a few weeks...)

roseanne ~ YAY for getting to watch the movie. :)

[alienhost]

LizNKeith goodness, how scary. I hope C is doing better today and her breathing treatments are helping her.

rancherswife another "goodness how scary". I hope L is doing OK, poor little guy.

Dreshny I'm glad A has gone down a little easier the past few nights. I can't imagine DD being up that late at night!

psusna That's great that J's eye goop is gone!

tgr Like others have said, I think you should apply for the job and continue to think about if you want to do it. You can always turn them down if you change your mind. If daycare costs isn't an issue then it sounds like a good solution to help you our financially. Good luck in deciding.

happy1 I'm sorry to hear N is so itchy. Are you using a new detergent or anything? It's strange though that it is only at night. I hope you find out the mystery soon.

kphillips4 and happy1 thanks for the suggestion of an outdoor party. I'd love to do that (our backyard would work) but since her b'day is actually late April it's a little iffy in our area as to if the weather will cooperate. That might be a good back up though - go outside if it is nice and only be inside if it is cold/rainy.

STILL sick well DD was diagnosed with a double ear infection on Sunday. She started having a fever Thurs night. The ped said on Friday to come in if it continues on Sunday. She seemed better on Sat (appetite back and fever not as high) then BAM, Sunday she was burning up (102.5) and miserable. It looks like at least another several days stuck at home.

MEDICINE question DD is fighting us all the way in taking the amoxicillan (sp?). Does anyone have any tricks? Last night with DH helping, all three of us were covered with the sticky pink stuff. I try putting some in her mouth and blowing on her face to get her to swallow. She pushes it out with her tongue and is screaming bloodly murder the entire time. Then she ends up choking on it too. I'm afraid she more is ending up on her than in her.

[Sasha]

Yikes, too many ER visits for our kiddos!

Liz - I hope Caroline is doing better today. I can totally understand how scary that was for you. I know when our ped rushed Sarah over to the Children's Hospital those two times, I was freaking out. Poor Caroline and poor you!

Rancher - I'm glad Landon wasn't seriously hurt. You have got quite a daredevil on your hands.

tgr - Like everyone else has said, I would go ahead and apply, you have nothing to lose by just taking that step and seeing what happens.

Dreshny - Hope Asher fell asleep again quickly and last night was better. You can always vent here!

Medicine - No advice here really because somehow I got blessed with a child who enjoys taking medicine. We've been doing some cough medicine plus Motrin before bed a lot lately since she is getting so many teeth in and she actually asks for it after her bath. When we aren't giving her any, she still asks for it and we put water in the dropper and pretend to give it to her because she really wants it!

Sleep woes hit our house last night. I've been sick with a never-ending cold so I had already been up for well over an hour because I couldn't breathe through my nose. Then at 4:30am, Sarah was up crying for us and since I really wanted to sleep, I just brought her back to bed with us. Ha, sleep, yeah right. She fidgeted, sat up, back down, played with my hair....it took probably 45 mins for both of us to fall asleep. I so wished I had stopped at Starbucks on my way into work this morning.

[allyray231]

No more ER trips guys!!

Alien No tips-but with Aiden I hold his nose so that he has to open his mouth :)

I don't even want to say this but Aiden seems to be sleeping better. I think he was cold at night. I started putting a bigger blanket on his at night.

[kphillips4]

Sleep - Wow, it sounds like lots of us are having sleep problems with our little ones. I wonder if it's a growth spurt? Haley has been a great sleeper and then boom she has been waking at least once a night for the past week. Where did my good lil sleeper go? I don't know but I sure wish she would come back!!!
PSUSNA - Glad that the eye goop is gone and there is no sickness. You are probably right...maybe an allergy or something. Either way...I am so happy to hear that is is GONE!!!
Liz - Poor C- I can't believe that. How scary to have to go in an ambulance and everything...WOW! I hope she is getting better and is over this bronchitis very soon...poor thing :(
Rancherswife - I am glad Landon is ok after his ER visit. Geezzz....how scary! I can't believe you have 2 nurseries now...how crazy is that! I am still trying to catch up on everyone but how exciting your new lil babe will be here soon!!!
Tgr - That's a tough call. I think I would turn in the resume just to see what happens...BUT if the daycare costs are going to outweigh the benefits of you going back then I wouldn't take it. Do you know anyone that could be a back-up sitter for you? Possibly another SAHM? This is a really tough decision to make.
Alien- Ughhh....double EI = NO FUN AT ALL...poor thing :( I hope your DD's ears heal very soon. As far as the medicine goes...the blowing in the face usually works for us but I have heard of people putting a little bit of yogurt or something that the child is familiar with in the syringe with the medicine so the familiar taste outweighs the medicine. Hope this helps :)
Playgroups - Thanks for all of the suggestions on different activities that you do with your little ones. I am a WOHM so I would like to find something special that Haley and I can do together. We usually get together on the weekends with other kiddos but I think I may try a Kindermusik class if we can find one to fit our schedule. This Spring we are doing a "mommy and me gymnastics class". I think that will be LOTS of fun!!!
Sending good sleep vibes to everyone!!!

[DisneyGirl]

rancher Wow scary! I am glad there was nothing wrong with Landon and hope hes doing well.

[alienhost]

thanks for the medicine advice ladies. It went pretty well this morning. I had to wake her up at 9:15 b/c I really wanted to get more amox in her before it got too late in the day. I gave her 1/2 the dose before breakfast, let her eat something then the 2nd 1/2 of the dose. She kept pushing me away and screaming but I managed to get it all in with very little spillage.

She must feel terrible b/c she asked to go back down for a nap at 10:15 (only up for 1 hour) :confused: Hopefully the addtional sleep makes her feel better.

kphillips4 about the activities/playgroups. We have a weekly music class/playgroup that was started by one of the mom's I met at a new mom's group. We meet once a week for about an hour. We do our own singing in a circle type stuff. It was a way for us to get together. Now it is more of a playgroup where the kids play and we try and sing a few songs. I've never done Kindermusik but I've heard good things about it. I also have her signed up for a "sticky fingers" art class at the local community center. They have tables with play dough, easels with paint, crayons, rubber stamping and stickers. We've only been to one class but she loves it and I love that I don't make a mess with paints etc at home! The class is 45 minutes. I also have her signed up for a "toddler time" class which is basic gymnastics and running around an open space. That hasn't started yet but I think she will love it. It starts after the art class is over. That gym class sounds great! I think this age is great for these types of classes.

eta: Sasha I'm sorry about your lousy night's sleep. I hope tonight is better for you and Sarah.

[jmvan74]

Rancher: Uggh! I'm glad Landon is okay. Too many accidents in here lately! :(

psusna: Unfortunately, Collin tries to ignore the baby and gets mad at me when I'm holding him. :rolleyes: I'm sure he'll come around. He's started to look at Brady and say "hi". So that's something.

alien: Sorry about DD's EI. Poor thing. I hope she is on the mend soon.

Sasha: Hope you are feeling better soon and Sarah sleeps better tonight.

[Jessiesmama]

Last night she went down at 8:20pm, woke at 11:50pm. I let her CIO until she fell back to sleep at 12:20am. She slept until 4:10am and I brought her in my room at that time. Gave her some milk and she went back to sleep until about 7:30am. She used to sleep from 8/8:30pm until 5:30/6:00am and sometimes fall back to sleep until 7am. Not sure if I should let her CIO when she wakes anytime before 5:30am. Any suggestions?

Cynder
We do have a nightlight and a chandelier on a dimmer which I keep on low when the nightlight is out. I have been told that the nightlight helps some kids but it hasn't helped in this new round of night wakings....:rolleyes:

happy1nuv
I feel the separation anxiety increasing lately too - and she does seem to have nightmares sometimes... not sure how to handle this...

ahavnes
Sounds like we have twin issues! When I Ferberized I did not go in for night wakings and she settled down and got with the program pretty quickly. Not sure if I'll have to attempt that again. What is Nik itching from?

Psusna
Did you go in at all or just went with strict CIO?

Liz
I'm so glad Caroline is ok - just reading your post had me in a panic! I hope she's feeling better!

Rancher
What a weekend for mayjune mommies in the ER! I'm glad Landon's ok. Where was the bruise?

[alienhost]

Last night she went down at 8:20pm, woke at 11:50pm. I let her CIO until she fell back to sleep at 12:20am. She slept until 4:10am and I brought her in my room at that time. Gave her some milk and she went back to sleep until about 7:30am. She used to sleep from 8/8:30pm until 5:30/6:00am and sometimes fall back to sleep until 7am. Not sure if I should let her CIO when she wakes anytime before 5:30am. Any suggestions?

I missed your post before about night wakings...If my DD is not sick and cries before 5:30 or 6 am I generally let her CIO. She normally doesn't get up before 7AM so those hours are very early. Sometimes I go in and rock her and convince her to go back to sleep at that hour (keep the curtain closed etc) and tell her it's still dark and time to sleep. I hope your nights go better. DD did the same thing before about a month ago maybe? I thought it was the cold weather waking her up. I cranked up the heat a bit at night and she seemed to sleep a little better.

[psusna]

Jessiesmama: the first night we went in after 10 minutes then after 5 minutes and then he stopped. The second night we went in after 10 minutes and decided to let him go another 10 (instead of 5) b/c we felt we were just getting him wound up that night by going in. He stopped crying with 90 seconds to go :) He’s been waking early the past two days with teething pain, but has been doing well during the night for the past month. Ever since we strapped on the crib tent and did the modified CIO he’s been great.

Ranchers: OUCH! Poor Landon. I hope he did well last night, and is feeling ok today.

Back later with more SOs. Need to go pick a grout color for our new tile floor.

[LIZNKEITH]

Happy,
Poor Nic! That sounds miserable. What all are you doing for it? Some suggestions that come to mind are hydrocortisone cream and maybe a little Aquaphor to keep the areas moisturized. That sounds terribly uncomfortable.

Naamah,
I'm so sorry that it has to come to this. It's so hard for anyone to make a decision for you. You have to do what's best for you and your family. Have you looked in to child care at churches in the area? They generally have more reasonable rates for PT. I read your post in ES...it sounds like the job is perfect for you and is at least something to keep some money rolling in to make ends meet in the meantime until DH finds something else. (((HUGS)))

Roseanne,
Ugh...I'm so sorry that Asher's sleep schedule is so messed up. He's got to be hitting a developmental milestone or something.

Ranchers,
Ahhhh...not Landon too! What is with all these ER trips are babies are taking? I'm so glad to hear that he is okay. My heart would have been in my throat. Good news that the pneumonia is all cleared up. Doesn't it seem that if it's not one things it's another?

Alien,
No real suggestions, but for us it was in the presentation. She used to fight when we'd give her medicine and it would literally take one of us to hold her down and one of us to squeeze her cheeks a squirt it in. It was brutal. But when she was about a year old we changed our approach and made it out to be extremely yummy. We put the syringe to her lips and squirt a tiny bit in. She likes the taste of it, so she welcomes more. Then, we gradually squeeze in the rest. Slowly. We realized that we no longer needed to use force and she takes meds like a champ. In fact, she'll often bring us an empty syringe, begging for it. I hope she feels better soon...double EI's are no fun at all.

Sasha,
Sorry for the rough night. I know...I could use an IV drip of Expresso myself.

Jody,
Hmmm...that is a tough one. If Caroline wakes before 6:00, I generally will let her CIO for 5-10 minutes. I can generally tell by her cry if she's going to go back to sleep or if she's up for good. If she's still crying, I'll go in and replace her paci and gently pat her and "shhhh" her. Sometimes it work, sometimes it doesn't.



Thank you all for your kind words and good thoughts for Caroline. It's been a really rough two days, but we're making progress...I think. Yesterday morning she seemed to be doing better, but 30 minutes after I put her down for her afternoon nap I could her her rattling over the monitor. Got her up to give her a treatment and she was burning up. Took her temp and it was 102. Gave her some Tylenol and put her back down. She slept for 3.5 hours and probably would have kept going if I let her, but she was due for another breathing treatment. She woke up in the best mood though and seems to be doing better since. We've been fever-free for 24 hours now, so I'm hopeful we're at the tail end of this thing. Her breathing sounds MUCH better. I can't even detect any wheezing. Her nose is running really badly now and the ER Dr. said we can't do anything but saline and suction for it. Yeah...fun. I've got a call into her Ped to see if she wants to see her today. I hope she's doing as well as I suspect she's doing.

[usafwife]

Thanks for letting me know where I could get the nipple shield. We also plan to talk to A's doctor about his eating at his appt today. Still doesn't have many clothes that he can wear even after going shopping this weekend. None of the stores had many preemie or newborn/just born things. We did find some onesies that were just born but the were short sleeve and we really need long sleeve around here right now.

We went and saw a friend of ours whose son was born the same day as A. He was about 4 1/2 lbs when he was born even though we were due within a couple of days of each other. She had a few more complications during her pregnancy than I did (even though I had my share of them). There really isn't that much difference in the little one's size really (we all said it). They even have almost the same color of hair and are about 5 hours apart in times that they were born. They said they had the same trouble finding clothes that would fit him as well. They hope to go home this week. She's had a few issues with the doctors who performed her c/s (they really messed up and even dismissed her the day after surgery) and they are seeing what their options are right now.

Thanks everyone for your words about A. We think he's pretty special, cute, adorable, and everything else as well. I still can't get over how small/tiny he is (and everyone who sees him says it as well). DD was never this tiny and none of the other babies that we've been around have been this tiny.

DD as a big sister ~ S is just loving being a big sister. She hates it when he cries though. She wants to hold him all the time. She helps when he needs to be changed, dressing him, and feeding him. She loves to just sit and look at him. And she showers him with kisses. It's really cute. DH said yesterday that she's going to be another mother hen (we already have one niece that is that now). She's already started saying his name as well (well she says Al right now) and calling him her bubby. She loves to hold his hand as well. I can't believe how much she's grow up since A got here. I can definitely see the changes in her. I didn't even recognize her last Sunday when we got home. She looks so much older than 2.

Liz ~ How scary!! Glad everything turned out just fine though.

alien ~ I hope the ear infection starts getting better soon. I know just how difficult it is to get them to take the abx. I had to fit S to get her to take hers back in late December/early January. I almost called the doctor's office and asked if they could give her a shot to help because I knew she wasn't getting much of the abx down each time. I couldn't give S the meds unless DH was around because it took us both (one had to entertain and the other to give her the med).

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Me ~ I had my one wk PP visit last week. I'd been noticing some swelling in my right calf (and only there) a few days prior. It kept getting more sore/tender/painful each day. My OB looked at my incision and said it's doing great. She removed the steri strips (which caused an allergic reaction/burn on my skin so now I've got the itching from that). Then I showed her my leg. She didn't like the looks of it and ordered a doppler/ultrasound on my leg to make sure there was no blood clot. We went to the hospital immediately after my appt for the scan. We waited until they called the report to my OB and then she wanted to talk to me. They didn't see any blood clot at this time but there was a lot of deep soft tissue swelling which most likely meant I had a major infection going on. She gave me a script for some abx that will hopefully make it go away. It's still very painful now and S loves to sit on my leg so that isn't helping. She also gave me something to help with milk production so we will see if it increases my milk supply.

And we also talked about the issues before. She understood what was going on, how I was feeling, why I was feeling that way, worrying about the weather, and other things. DH had talked to her after A was born as well. She knew we weren't mad at her and that I was just plain miserable. After she saw the position of the baby, my uterus and other things she knew what had been going on as well.

[happy1nuv]

alien ~ Ugh on the ei... no real advice on the medicine thing. I tried mixing something really yummy to Nic (bananas - this kid NEVER turns down a banana) in with it ONCE, and when Nic refused to eat that it was even HARDER to get it down his throat... we do the two person tussle to get it in him...

[ahavnes]

jessiesmama- LOL- Nik is Happy1nluv's baby. :) Abbey is mine.

rancherswife- Scary central! I'm glad Landon is ok, but what a trauma for you and Brett.

Liz- What a terrible scare! The same thing just happened to our neighbors with their 3-year-old son. So scary. I hope the fever stays away and that Caroline recovers soon.

tgr- I was able to find really good care for Abbey by calling an agency in Austin that provided me with a list of all the area day cares and MDO programs. There were sooo many on there that I didn't even know about. Maybe you could google and see if your area has something like that? I hope everything works out and I'm sorry you all are going through this.

alien- EIs suck! There's no other way to put it. :rolleyes: I have seen a thing called "The Medicator" (sounds ominous, right?) at Walgreens. It is a paci that you can stick medicine in. Maybe that would work?

[rancherswife]

Back from the ped., everything looks good. No bleeding behind the ears, etc. Glad to hear that. He's napping now, and I think I'm going to join him!

Liz: What type of breathing treatment do you have to do with Caroline? I'm just curious, w/Landon we had great luck w/ treatments while he slept, he didn't fight us got a good dose of the meds., etc. Just a thought???

[Dreshny]

rancherswife: So glad to hear that Landon is officially OK!

[LIZNKEITH]

Meri,
Good luck at the Ped today!

ahavnes,
Ug...seems like the respiratory illnesses are off to a late start this year. I was counting my blessing because C hasn't had to be nebulized since June, then WHAM! Hits us like a ton of bricks. I hope your neighbor's son is doing well. This Bronchiolitis stuff is no fun.

rancher,
So glad to hear that Landon passed his inspection. ;) What a relief!! Caroline is on albuterol treatments. For the most part, she does very well with them and I can't complain. I guess she got used to them last year (she was on them about 5 times, once for an entire month). Now that she's starting to feel a little better, she'll fuss a couple of times during the session but quickly submit. During her middle of the night treatment, she sleeps entirely through it.



Talked to the Ped who said it sounds like C is doing so well that she doesn't want to see her until Saturday, barring any further complications! What a relief!!

[rancherswife]

liz: Oh that's good. That's how Landon was too, once he started feeling better, it was a fight, with no submission! ;) It's always a good sign when they start to fight it!!! :)

Not much going on around here today, I got a nice nap in with Landon. I feel much better. He woke up with LOTS of energy, which is not a surprise. ;) I have my OB appt. tomorrow, first time he'll check me...that's always a good time! ;) Not expecting much though!

[psusna]

Ranchers: So glad Landon got a good report today. Good luck at your appt. tomorrow!

Alien: I hope things are going better and the tide is turning with the EI.

Sasha: Here's to a good night!

Need some advice. For the past few weeks DS has been futzing with his right arm. At first it was like he was figuring out how it works, trying to bend it like a pretzel, etc. Now I'm concerned. He was telling me tonight that it was hurting in his upper arm and into his arm pit and then he would grab his wrist and fuss. He could squeeze my hand HARD with that hand and showed no pain. He has no bruises or marks at all. Now is rate of accuracy for telling us that something hurts when it really does hurt is 50/50. While he was complaining about his arm he was also complaining about his tummy and wound up going on the potty. Do you think that is something I should take him into the ped? I don't want to put him through a battery of tests, xrays, etc. if it's not necessary. Today was the first day he really seemed to be complaining about it in a week or so. I just hate going to the ped b/c he always gets sick.....all input is welcome!

[happy1nuv]

psusa ~ Hmmm.... no clue. Has he fallen on it, or bumped it at all lately? I'd give it a day or so and see if he's still complaining about it... cause I'm with you about taking him to the ped...

Sleep issues: So, every night is a battle to get Nic to sleep. It's not a big deal when its my turn to put nic to sleep, but dh just can't deal with it. He wants to cio, but I KNOW that won't work for Nic and I'll just end up stopping what I am doing (right now, nic's big boy room stuff) and take over... which only will work for another 2 months anyway since then we'll have 2 kids to deal with... Anyone have any advice?

[rancherswife]

happy: hmm..sounds a little familiar! No advice, but I'm interested to hear what others have to say, as we're somewhat in the same boat, however dh can't handle the CIO, it kills him. Now, mind you, I'm not a huge fan of it myself, but it did work for Landon when we were getting him to go to sleep on his own. Now everything's just all screwed up and like I said in a pp, I'm just going to resort to the fact that I will have two babes in my room with DH and I here in a couple of weeks. I just don't know what else to do at this point???? So, I sympathize my friend.

ahavnes: Hey...You watchin' Miss America? ;) or am I the only one??? Don't let me down girl!

psusna: I'm such a freak, I take Landon to the ped. over any little thing, and yes, it sucks running the risk of him getting sick, but better to be safe than sorry, he could've hurt it and you may not have even known it happened, you know how these little guys are! I'd take him in, just to be sure, esp. if he's still complaining about it tomorrow. But by him squeezing your hand, that is a good sign!

[tgr68]

Thank you all so much on your input on my SAH/WOH decision! I went ahead and took my resume by the campus today. I also learned about another position opening up across campus that is paying $1 more per hour. The second position though really fits DH's skills better, although we are both very qualified for it. DH suggested that we both apply for it, and that will boost our chances of the position going to support our family! :p

Dreshny~Glad Asher gave you and hubby some time to yourselves! I hope he continues to sleep well for you!

Rancherswife~Poor Landon!! :eek: I'm so glad he's okay!

Happy1~I'm not sure of anything like that around here. I'm going to double check what the campus has to offer. I know they have a preschool. I'm unsure about a daycare though.

Alien~How are you giving her the medicine? Our dr gave us a syringe-looking dispenser, and we just shoot the medicine right into the back of DDs throat. I hope your little one starts feeling better!

kphillips~I do have a very close friend who is staying at home; however, she just had her third a couple of weeks ago, so I don't really want to ask her.

Jessiesmama~This probably sounds bad, but if I'm not ready to get up yet, I leave DD in her crib. Of course, if there is something truly wrong - hurt or sick - I'll go in and check on her.

LIZ~I'm no sure of any churches that do daycare during the week. I'll keep that in mind though. As I mentioned to Happy1, I'm going to check and see what the campus has to offer as well. I'm glad Caroline is feeling better.

Meri~Your new avatar is so sweet! I'm so happy that S is adjusting well to being a big sis! Sorry about your leg. Hopefully the abx will do the trick!

ahavnes~The only place that I know of that could give me a list around here is SRS. I really hate to get them involved if I don't have to. They've been nothing but a nightmare to deal with for my sister. :(

psusna~No clue. DD has been complaining about her leg in a similar manner. In her case, though, it's just been for attention. I would keep an eye on it, and if you see any changes or if you notice him complaining about it more often, a trip to the dr couldn't hurt. :confused: I hope it's nothing.

Ok, I'm starting to get really tired and still have 2 loads of laundry to fold, so I need to get off of here.

[psusna]

Thanks for the input on the arm/hand situation. I asked his teacher today if she noticed anything or if he’s fallen on it and she said no. She said she’ll pay attention today if he plays with it or complains that it hurts. I’m kind of thinking that it may be like tgr suggested – wanting attention. We’ll see how it goes today.

Ranchers: I watched Miss America :) I can’t not watch every year, and I don’t know why. I’m bummed that Pennsylvania didn’t move onto the top 5 and somewhat surprised by the winner, but not the top 3.

Liz: So glad C is doing much better! Was she able to go back to school today?

Tgr: Great news about the second job opening! I’m sure that you’ll be able to find a great solution for your family. Good luck to you and DH! I can’t imagine going against DH for the same job – he’d kick my booty.

Happy: DH was totally against CIO in the beginning too, but once he realized that it led to more sleep for him he had no problems. He has no patience for crying of any sort, but can handle it if he knows that in 5 or 10 minutes he will have either stopped or we’ll go in to comfort him. I hope you can find a solution.

Tgray: How is the sleep situation going in your house?

[happy1nuv]

Not to be full of issues... but, is anyone else rejecting breakfast? I'm trying not to worry about it cause Nic eats well the rest of the day but even when I make his favorites, he won't touch them... ah well. I just feel bad cause I know if i dont eat breakfast, I feel awful... (all he wants is his milk...like 2 sippys full... and I've tried giving him water instead...he still won't eat so i figure milk is better than nothing).

[LIZNKEITH]

psusna,
I would take him in, just to be on the safe side. Or call and tell them about it and see if they think it’s something they’d like to have a look at.
Was she able to go back to school today?
Nope. The ped wants her to stay home until tomorrow at the earliest. She should be fine to return tomorrow so long as she doesn’t develop a fever between now and then.

Naamah,
Ooooh…everything crossed that one of you lands one of those jobs.

Happy,
It depends. Sometiems breakfast is her biggest meal of the day and sometimes I'm lucky if she eats a few bites. I'd imagine as long as he eats well during his other meals, there is nothing to be concerned about.

[Dreshny]

happy1: Asher's not really a breakfast eater, either. Sometimes I can convince him to eat most of an Earth's Best cereal bar or a few bites of yogurt, but mostly I just carry lots and lots of snacks with me wherever I go (we don't stay home much) and offer them throughout the day.

Strange question, just because I'm thinking of it: I have an old friend with an 11-month-old, and we're not nearly as close as we used to be. When her baby was born, I went to visit her and brought a bag of Asher's hand-me-downs, which she appreciated, but I've only seen her once since. I don't like to force hand-me-downs on people because I know everyone has different taste, but since she and her husband play/sing in bands, at Christmastime I mailed her one of my favorite outgrown Asher outfits: a little hooded one-piece that said "Rock Star." And she never called me or emailed me to tell me she got it! I understand that she's REALLY busy--she teaches high school full-time and plays weekend gigs and has a kid, but how hard is it to write a two-line email? I know a hand-me-down isn't really a gift, but am I being unreasonable?

It's just that I really loved the little outfit I sent and would have kept it for a future baby if I didn't think she would enjoy it. And her DS's picture is on my fridge, so every time I open the fridge door, I wonder why she never acknowledged the outfit.

[Sasha]

Rancher - Glad to hear Landon got a clean bill of health from the ped!

Liz - Hope C stays on the road to recovery.

tgr - Good luck to both you and your DH with those jobs.

psusna - Can you call the ped's office first and tell them the situation before just bringing him in?

Happy - Sarah never eats a lot for breakfast. As long as she gets some protein, fruit, etc. in the rest of the day, I don't stress over it. If he eats well otherwise, I wouldn't worry.

Alien - Hope DD is feeling better today.

Toddlers & Pets!! - Please tell me Sarah isn't the only one who is into terrorizing pets these days. :o She is into pulling our cats' tails, grabbing them, pulling on them, etc. When she does it, I remind her how we nicely pet the cats and show her, using her hand to do it and saying "nice, nice." She knows this is how we pet the cats, but it doesn't seem to stop her from trying to grab their tails all the time. She can be very sweet with them too, like trying to feed them with a spoon or her sippy. But the rough housing with them is happening more and more often. Anything else I can do?

[LIZNKEITH]

Roseanne,
That sucks…a gift (be it brand new or hand-me-down) deserves an acknowledgment. Not everyone has time to do formal Thank You notes, but I think a short phone call or even an email is a proper acknowledgment. Especially since it was a thoughtful gift that you knew she and DH enjoyed.

Sasha,
Thanks! Each day she seems to be getting a little bit better.

It Starts With Small Animals
Yup…I feel so sorry for our poor dog. The torture alone is enough to terrify any creature, but our poor dog had massive surgery last week and her patience isn’t at its peak right now. Last night while I was cooking dinner, Caroline was twisting and contorting poor Lucy’s ears. I kept saying “No” and threatening time out, but she kept doing it. Finally Lucy escaped to another room. It’s gotten pretty bad, and only in the past week or two. Every time I look up Caroline is pulling at her, hitting her, or throwing something at her. I have to keep a constant eye on the two of them

[Jessiesmama]

ahavnes
Sorry! The sleep issues in my house are obviously taking a toll on me too. I can't see/read straight.

Dreshny
I would give her a call to make sure she received it. Make it look like you're calling to make sure she got it... This kind of calls her out on the lack of response to your gift without being obvious.... It would tick me off if I sent something to someone and they didn't acknowledge it! I think it would irritate me more if it was something of DD's as those items are more special to me than something I would buy from a store. Being a mother herself, I think she would get that.

Last Night Sucked
Put Jessie down at 8:30pm - she was great - went right in, hugged her stuffed animals... I turned on her music, zipped the tent and said good night. 5 minutes later she is screaming. This is very unusual behavior for her. She cried for 30 min. before falling asleep. Woke at 3:30am. I let her CIO. She would cry for 15 min, lay down for 10 - this went on for an hour. at 4:30am she was finally asleep. She slept in the crib until 6:30am (which is late for her). I of course, was up from 3:30am to 5:30am and am now at work loading up on caffeine. ugh! I hope the CIO works quickly. I really feel this is a separation anxiety thing. I hope I'm doing the right thing... Thoughts?

[alienhost]

LizNKeith I hope C continues down the road to recovery. That's great that the ped thought she was doing well.

rancherswife I'm glad L got a clean bill of health, that must be a relief!

usafwife I hope your leg is feeling better and you are settling in. It wounds like S is a great big sis.

psusna I think asking the teacher to keep and eye on him is a good idea. There are so many viruses going around the ped these days being it's winter I'd try to avoid it if you are comfortable with that. Does your office have a nurse you can talk to? Maybe the nurse can give you some advice on what to look for etc.

tgr that's great about the 2nd job posting. I hope one (or both) of you get it!

Dreshny I'd be annoyed, although I'm a stickler about thank you notes. I think people should at a minimum pick up the phone or e-mail when they received something. A small acknowledgement is not unreasonable. I'd do what Jessiesmama suggested, drop her a line and see what's going on and casually ask if she received the outfit.

Thanks for the well wishes for DD. She was still burning up with fever last night (102) but woke up at 4AM and was hungry! So we went downstairs for some crackers and milk. It is 9:45 and she's still sleeping...Oh I hear her now, must run and see how she is doing.

BBL with other SOs.

[rancherswife]

happy: We have days when Landon will eat and eat at breakfast other days, I can barely get a piece of toast down the hatch. He's never really rejected it all together, but he sometimes doesn't eat nearly enough for my liking. However, this is the kid who rarely eats a great "meal" and grazes all throughout the day on "apple apple," cheese, crackers, grapes, etc. I'm just happy when I can get him to eat good full meals!

dreshny: Um, no that's totally rude to not send you a quick thank you (email, or card) how can you NOT acknowledge something someone has given you? You are so not over-reacting.

Ok...off to get ready for my OB appt. gotta "groom" myself real good, instead of just guessing, ya know? ;)

[happy1nuv]

roseanne ~ It's rude of them, but I wouldn't sweat it yet. Not exactly the same situation, but I got a bunch of hand me downs from a friend for both boys and girls. When I found out we were having a boy, I sent the girl stuff to a family friend (our moms are good friends) who was due in early December. I JUST got a thank you note from her yesterday or the day before... and I sent her the stuff in november. Have you talked to your friend since?

ranchers ~ good luck at the appt...

I'm not glad that these kids won't eat, but I'm glad nic's not the only one being a pita about it.. overall he eats plenty so I won't worry :)

tgr ~ Good luck on both jobs! For you AND DH!

animals ~ we have a 60 lb husky and nic is convinced he's a step stool for the couch (dog likes to lay right in front of the couch... you'd think HE would learn to lay elsewhere). Sometimes he can be the cutest, hugging the dog, etc. and sometimes he's a holy terror. Luckily the dog takes it all in stride... probably because the only people food he gets is from nic either deliberately giving it to him or just randomly throwing it... so they're pretty good friends. Nic's not really a tail puller, but he loves to pull out luc's hair (he sheds really bad). So far, we've just told him to be nice to the dog and if he doesn't, i seperate them (easy since we have a ton of baby gates still up, and luc loves it outdoors in the fenced in yard)

[allyray231]

Roseanne that is rude. She should have at least sent your an email or something.

So sorry about eveyone and the sick kids/pets! hang in there!

[alienhost]

well DD seems much better this AM - still coughing up a lung but the fever seems to be gone. I was able to give her the meds but she still is clamping her mouth shut and screaming, I guess I'll just have to deal with it. At least she is swallowing it.

breakfast Sometimes I find DD doesn't want to sit in the highchair and eat immediately after waking up. Sometimes I let her play for 10-15 minutes to sort of wake up and get her wits about her. Usually she eats well at breakfast but I wouldn't worry too much about it. I read somewhere that you should look at their food intake over a week and if they've eaten well over that period of time then it's OK, so one "bad" or small meal a day shouldn't be too much of an issue.

speaking of not acknowledging "gifts" Back in the fall we did a photo shoot with all the cousins. SIL had a bunch of her two kids that she liked, but she only ordered 2 poses along with the group shot. The studio offered to sell me the digital images for a great price after the New Year. I purchased a bunch of DD's shots throughout the year and got my SIL 3 different poses of her kids as a surprise. I sent her an e-mail and attached one of the pictures and told her I left a CD with all the photos at MILs (I also had copies made for her). Well she never responded to my e-mail. SIL called last week and really didn't mention it. I then asked MIL who said she gave them to her. Ugg, why do I bother? She really could have thanked me don't you think? Just a verbal "thanks for doing that for me" would have been nice. Sorry for the vent but this actually has been bugging me for a while now. So much time has gone by it seems silly for me to even mention it anymore.

[allyray231]

breakfast this is how my kid how HAS to have routine does :)

Wake up have milk
about 10-15 minutes later have some dry cheerios
then about an hour after he gets up we have breakfast. I usually let him tell us he is ready. In the morning we read book, watch tv and play a bit before we eat. Sometimes he eats a ton, sometimes not so much

[psusna]

Ally: That schedule is EXACTLY like Jackson's morning habit! As soon as we go into his room it's "milk, milk, milk" until we get it for him. Followed by "yummy, yummy, yummy" (his word for snack which equals O's) and then breakfast around 8 (typically toast with jam or a waffle). He's never been big on breakfast so I don't push it. I'm not a breakfast person either.

[Dreshny]

I didn't really expect anything more than a quick email, but to hear *nothing* is weird. I'll probably take the suggestion to email her to make sure she received it It's just sad when you have a long history with someone, and gradually you just feel like you're only a 4th or 5th tier friend, you know?

[Traciann]

dreshny I can't even imagine being a teacher with a young child and weekend gigs how much work she has on her hands. could be she has received and thought of it, and has felt bad for not responding so quickly she is embarressed? just playing devils advocate here not taking sides. i can understand how you feel, and I guess i would let it go, and in the future just keep the stuff for your next child. i have a friend that went back to work, and our relationship has changed...i guess its just the nature of things.

[Dreshny]

Traciann: That's the thing, I'm kind of embarrassed to email her because I KNOW she's incredibly busy (this is someone who told me regretfully that she intended to BF but was quite literally just too BUSY), but on the other hand, I honestly don't know if she ever even got the outfit because she didn't say anything. And then I really do get the feeling that though I've known her for 10 years now, we're drifting further and further apart as time goes by, and next time I just won't make the effort. It was meant to be a kind little gesture to say I was thinking about her, but now it's making me second guess our friendship. Blech.

[alienhost]

Dreshny It sucks when you drift apart from friends. It also is hard if you are the only trying to keep the friendship alive (like if you are the only one initiating the calls/e-mails). Maybe give her another chance by just asking her if she received the outfit and see if it leads her into asking to get together or what not. If you've been friends for 10 years, it might be worth it. But I totally know how you feel.

[allyray231]

Rosanne I would totally email her and just see if she got the outfit.

Friends drift-it sucks but it happens. I would try one more time to reach out and see what happens.

[DisneyGirl]

Ok...off to get ready for my OB appt. gotta "groom" myself real good, instead of just guessing, ya know? ;)

Your a piece of work..LOL LOL:D

[jrdhbunny]

Ack- so behind!!

Hope all the sick and injured kiddos recover quickly!

usafwife- Oh goodness- take care of yourself!! It's great that DD is such a great big sister!

jessiesmama- Sorry to hear that you're having sleep issues. We had a rough patch a while back; we traced it back to a movie he'd been watching and once we cut it out, he started sleeping again. The past few days I've had issues with naps- I've been letting him CIO. He's usually asleep within 20 minutes.

tgr68- Best of luck with the job!

dreshny- No matter how busy a person is, she/he should really take the time to at least acknowledge a gift. It could be though, as PP have said, that so much time has passed and now she's either forgotten or is embarrassed. Or maybe she never got it. I think an e-mail to make sure is fine. I remember a friend of my MIL's sent us a wedding gift that we never received so it is possible.

breakfast- It's usually the one meal a day that I can count on; I feed him about 30-45 minutes after he wakes up. We're still trying the adult food thing and it's the one meal where he gets something he's more familiar with (Kix cereal or baby muesli w/ pureed fruit). And I don't let him have any milk before or else he won't eat. The rest of the day he snacks on raisins, cereal, and dried apple bits- lunch and dinner has been pretty much yogurt because he still freaks out at the table food. :rolleyes:

Potty training- He knows what goes in the potty, but he still won't do it. And unfortunately he's started to be a little manipulative with it, for example, last night he didn't want to get in his bath so he kept asking to sit on the potty. Of course we let him; then two seconds later he was up and running around naked! We'd put him in the bath and he'd start grabbing his penis saying "potty" and pointing to it. After about ten times of this, we made him stay in the bath.

[ahavnes]

Thank You Notes- I am a total stickler about this. I write them religiously, so I expect everyone else to also. ;) I figure that I'm a pretty busy lady (between work, Abbey, extra-curricular, and my CC addiction ;)) and if I have time to jot one out, so should other people. I further think that if they're rude enough not to at least acknowledge by email, it's ok for me to be rude and ask if they got it. :p However, I do always tell them that I'm only asking so that I know if it's been received.

Breakfast- She only eats a decent breakfast about 30% of the time. I don't sweat it b/c they give her a healthy snack at school around 9am.

jrdhbunny- Hah! I just now got the meaning of "Team Pam." I thought it was for an Avon walk or something until I saw your avatar. I am on "Team Pam" as well. :)

Sasha- Abbey could care less about the dog (that makes 2 of us), but we refer to the cat as "baby crack." She LOVES Minx! Thankfully, she is still pretty nice to Minx and it helps that Minx has the patience of a saint. :)

rancherswife- Damn it! I didn't know it was on last night or I would have watched it while folding our zillion loads of laundry! Keep me in the loop next time! ;)

[diedra1027]

Breakfast - Like jrdh, breakfast is typically the only meal I can really count on Avery eating all day. She went to bed last night after eating a fantastic dinner of 3 small pieces of romaine lettuce and about 5 crutons - and that's been normal for her for a while now :(.

Pets - Our cat is a thug, so Avery avoids her like the plague.

[rancherswife]

Ok girls...don't get too excited...I'm a whole freakin' fingertip dilated at 36 weeks!!! ;) I've got a long road to hoe! Oh well, plenty of time to make progress, oh, and I am softening. He did bring up inducing at 39 weeks again today, so ahavnes we may be in the clear with the extra 3 weeks this time girl! ;)

No other news to report. Landon and I took a long walk this afternoon, he's now getting a bath from daddy and then going to bed, so mommy can watch Idol! :)

kim: I'll pm you and let you know the scoop on todays test drive! ;)

disney: Glad I can make you giggle, but you SO know what I'm talking about, my friend! ;)

[HedgeGirl]

Pets: Brady loves to terrorize our cat by screaming at him and chasing him down the hall until he leaves the house.

Thank you: I admire all of you who are prompt with thank yous, but I'm downright awful. Doesn't mean I don't appreciate the gift or think of writing an acknowledgement, but it just doesn't usually get done in a timely way. I've got a few gifts I'm definitely embarassed about writing thank yous for now. Hmmm, speaking of which, I should probably get my act together and write some thank yous for Christmas, eh? Shame on me.

Breakfast: Some days DS does better than others. He hasn't been eating much at breakfast (like he's forgotten how) since he was sick all last week with a stomach virus, but then he's been getting really crabby. At least he was better today and I eventually got him to eat a whole waffle.

Sleep Issues: DH has been taking over night wakings since we are slowly working on night weaning. It started out well, but after inconsistent behavior for various reasons (sick, travel), DS has been pretty vocal about it recently. But I'd still say it is going pretty well. We had a few rough days where DS was clearly tired but was fighting his nap. Today we went to the park after music class and naptime went SOOO much better. I guess he wasn't getting exercise. It helped that it was nearly 70 today...a beautiful day.

Roseanne: I find it very sad when friendships start feeling unbalanced and fading like that. Hopefully you can touch base and reconnect. I'm with the other folks to call her to see if she got the outfit and enjoy the conversation while your there.

Ranchers: Wohoo on a fingertip...gotta start somewhere :)

[happy1nuv]

Ranchers ~ you've got plenty of time...relax - i hope you dont need inducing an you go on your own :)

pets ~ I forgot to mention that when we go to a friends house that has 2 cats... Nic totally tries to terrorize them. (thank goodness they're faster)

sleep issues ~ I got the no cry sleep solution for toddlers and one of the things they do say is that poor sleep could be caused by lack of exercise...and if i think about it, the days we stay in and veg are the worst for sleep...

[Sasha]

Ummm, almost couldn't find us with the board reorganization!

Ally & psusna - Sarah also has to have her milk within 5 minutes of waking up. We don't do breakfast right away, it's usually a half hour or so after she gets up.

Rancher - Wow, a whole fingertip! ;) Seriously, don't worry about it, your due date is still a few weeks away. With Sarah, I went from barely dialated to labor within 3 days.

Dreshny - It does seem like she is busy, but she still could have made a quick thank you phone call or email. I would call "just to see if it got there." I have a lot of friendships that have drifted apart lately due to all of us having our own things going on, and it makes me sad. Too many times I seemed to be the only one making an effort (and I know how busy I am!) so I've just let them go at this point.

Knock on wood, sleep woes have left the building. However about two times a night, she will whimper/talk in her sleep for us. LOL, last night at 4am, she cried out for our cats! But it's definitely a talking in her sleep thing, she never wakes up. I, however, am still not sleeping well because I am STILL battling this cold....not happy that!

[DisneyGirl]

AHHH, I almost could not find where they put our group!!

Rancher I would also like to know how you likes the stroller that Kim bought. I just would like another opinion. thanks


Dreshny I have a friend that is exactly like yours. I have tried like yourself so many time to reconnect with her and she like your friend can't find time to make a quick phone call or e-mail. To me if I am making all the attempts to keeps the friendship alive then the heck with it. I think there comes a point where you jsut ahve to put a period at the end of it. I feel nobody can be that busy..its impossible IMO.

[tgr68]

Thanks for the well-wishes on the job.

Rejecting Breakfast~Actually, I'm delaing with the opposite. Yesterday, she ate a piece of toast, a piece of bacon, a whole banana, and a breakfast bar. Then she wanted DH's cereal! :eek:

Toddlers & Pets~Yes!! Our poor cat, Racer. I'm both surprised and relieved he hasn't scratched her yet! She's laid on him (to give him a hug), pulled his tail, stepped on him, chases him, etc.

Thank yous~I admit that I am awful about them. :o My parents never made me write them growing up, so it's been hard for me to get in the habit. I do write them now, but oftentimes it a couple of months down the road.

I think DD is teething. She has been just a joy to be around :rolleyes: and is chewing on everything like a maniac. Add that to the fact that she has gotten two teeth at a time up until this point and is currently sitting at an odd number (7), she got to have another one just about ready to break through!

[LIZNKEITH]

Ranchers,
Woo Hoo!! Hope things progress quickly! Were you dilated at 36 weeks with Landon?

Reorganization
I know...call me naive, but I fist looked for us in the Infant Groups. I'm having a tough time coming to grips that my baby is a toddler. :(


Well, we kept Caroline home from daycare again today. She woke up with a 99.6 "fever" which I know isn't much (and if it were any other situation I'd probably send her anyway). I'm just so nervous after saturday and want to be assured that she is okay before i send her back. Not to mention, a fever may indicate that she is still infectious and I'd feel horrible if any of the other kiddos came down with this horrible funk. DH called the Ped to give them an update. They want to see her at 1:30. I hate that she still isn't feeling well. It breaks my heart. I just want her to feel better. :(

[kphillips4]

Dreshny - I would totally e-mail her and ask her if she got the outfit! Then maybe she will take the initiative to want to get together. You can just say you wanted to make sure she received it.
Ranchers - Glad you made a "little" progress!!!! You still have time...you'll get there!
Liz - I sure hope C- gets a clean bill of health today at the ped. Keep us updated!

[happy1nuv]

Pre-baby friends ~ I've had a few friends who have sorta disappeared. The saddest thing was doing my christmas card list and noting a few people that I used to be really close with, but since we haven't talked since LAST christmas, we are now christmas card friends (one in particular that doesn't even know I'm about to have a second child - and probably won't until I send her a birth announcement). It's sad... but, I won't write them off...it is what it is. I leave the door open, but stop trying... maybe one day we'll be close again...

liz ~ good luck at the ped today :)

tgr ~ What is it with these kids and laying on things to give them hugs? that is how nic "hugs" his stuffed animals...

[ahavnes]

rancherswife- Hey, I was a fingertip 2 days before my water broke with Abbey (which was still late, but hey!). You never know...;)

[alienhost]

ranchers hey some progress is better than none right?

LizNKeith I hope C is doing better and the ped gives her a clean bill of health.

Sasha I hope you feel better soon. I too now have a horrible cold. Bummer. :( Will my household ever be healthy again???

[LIZNKEITH]

Thanks for all the good thought ladies, but you won't believe this. We found the source of C's fever...an EI. Can you believe this poor child's rotten luck?? The Ped presribed some abx and Pulmocort to add to the nebulizer (she still heard a little wheezing as well). She did give her clearence to return to school tomorrow as the fever is more likely from the EI.

There is a threat of wintery weather tomorrow. I'm really hoping it happens so I can keep her home another day.

[usafwife]

My leg is still very sore so I'm trying to stay off of it as much as possible. My backache seems to be back as well. So I'm back to taking the 600mg of ibuprofin my OB gave me. I'm not taking the other pain med unless it just gets so bad I can't stand it (it's starting to get that point now though so I may take it soon). I'm trying to BF A still but I don't think he's getting very much since when he's done nursing he wants to eat again. We are using some formula but he doesn't like it very much (either won't drink it or spits it back up). We will see what the doctor says today (our appt on Monday had to be rescheduled due to a few things). We finally found some clothes that he can fit and that don't just swallow him up.

Not looking forward to getting out in the weather though. It's been snowing since early this morning and is still coming down now. I'd like nothing better than to just stay at home, pop in a good movie, drink some hot chocolate, and have some pancakes or chili.

Liz ~ Hope the winter weather doesn't get too bad for you. I saw where they were talking about it for your area.

toddlers and animals ~ DD loves our Tigger cat. She really loves all of our animals but took her a while to come around and not be sort of spooked by the horses. I think it was just their size that bothered her the most. Since we have three young horses now maybe they won't seem as big. She also loves our husky and malamute. Last night DH spotted our adopted kitty that we took in last year but has been living in the neighbors barn for the past few months. I couldn't believe how big he'd gotten. He definitely hadn't missed any meal and looked like he'd been eating plenty of mice as well. Sarah and Ringo used to be best buddies but he wasn't as friendly as he used to be. I think it was just because he hadn't been around people for so long.

My mom's cat (who is a brother to our Tigger) doesn't really like Sarah all that well. In fact he usually runs in the other direction when she's around. If they do get close then he'll usually hiss and/or growl at her. And she hasn't done anything to him at all.

Thank Yous ~ I'm very good about writing them. I made myself get ours out after our wedding within a wk. My hand hurt afterwards but I felt much better at being able to get them out in a timely manner. I did the same thing with the thank yous for the baby shower. I took a little more time with the ones after she was born but that was because I was just plain worn out and exhausted. I did get them out by the time we sent the announcements out. I haven't gotten them sent out with this little one yet but we also haven't been overrun with gifts yet. It actually surprised me that we haven't gotten more things. Maybe people just don't realize yet or think that we have everything. Not trying to sound greedy but we haven't gotten everything we needed. Most of the major things with the exception of the crib and a few other furniture pieces we already had from Sarah and will just use them again (stroller although we have talked about getting a double stroller, carseat, swing, high chair).

Friends ~ Most of our friends have either already had their kids (are in school), are around Sarah's age, or are just having kids. One of the joys of starting a little later in life to have kids. I have a friend from school who have tried for years to have kids. Unfortunately it hasn't worked yet but they are still holding out hope. I watch what I say and don't flaunt pictures of the kids around her because I know it isn't easy being in her shoes (wanting kids very badly but can't have them). I also have another friend from school whose DD is 4/5 months older than Sarah and they are expecting their second in May. We talk more often since we can share pictures and stories of our kids.

[happy1nuv]

liz ~ Poor C!!! I hope you get your winter weather and it lets you both stay in one more day... hopefully she catches a break soon!

usa ~ I hope you feel better soon! It's really about time... :(

[usafwife]

Ped Appt ~ DS has gained a whopping 2 oz in almost 2 wks. I wasn't very pleased with that but we will see if he continues to grow or not. We have to go back in the morning to have them look at an area on his left groin. It's either an infection or diaper dermatitis. We have some powder that we have to use at each diaper change. If it isn't better in the morning then we will go a different route. My luck it's going to be the bacterial infection which isn't good for a newborn his age. To make matters worse we found out when we picked up the powder that DS isn't added on to our insurance. At first they weren't going to let DH pick up the prescription until he told them we needed it tonight since he has to go back in the morning to see if the powder is helping. DH turned in the paperwork to add A on the Monday he returned to work after his birth. He's going to call them tomorrow and see just exactly what the problem is.

happy1 ~ Thanks. I've decided that I'm not having another spinal as long as I live. My mom said my grandma said the same thing after her spinal when she had my aunt. She had a lot of trouble over the years after that spinal. I hope that I don't have that much trouble though.

[psusna]

Liz: Oh no! Poor Caroline :( I hope that the icy mix they are calling for here will give you an extra day at home with her tomorrow.

usa: I agree with Happy -- it's time for you to feel better and get the spring back in your step. I hope A starts to eat a little better for you.

Get well wishes for all of the sick mom's and kiddos!

[tgr68]

LIZ~Sorry about C's continued sickness. :(

Mommy Friends (or lack thereof)~There were so many people in my life that seemed to disappear after I had DD. I'm not sure what happened. I know some of it had to do with my suddenly busy schedule taking care of a newborn, but you would think those that had kids would understand that phase was just temporary.

Meri~I'd like nothing better than to just stay at home, pop in a good movie, drink some hot chocolate, and have some pancakes or chili. This sounds absolutely heavenly to me. *sigh* I'm sorry your leg isn't feeling any better. Ouch! Poor A. Hopefully it isn't an infection and that you guys can get some answers from the insurance company soon!

[LIZNKEITH]

Bah Humbug.

No snow today. Just lots and lots of rain. The good news is, C wasn't running a fever this morning and seemed MUCH better. Hopefully her first day back at daycare will go off without a hitch.

Meri,
Poor little guy. :( I hope he starts chunkin' up soon and his rash clears up.

psusna,
I just realized you are in GA, too. Anything out by you? We're south of I-20. We had some sleet at 1:30 last night when I got up to give C her breathing treatment, but it had turned over to rain this morning.

[psusna]

Liz: I'm so glad C is doing better and no fever today!! We are home today. We live in Gwinnett but J's school is in Forsyth and closed today. We have a lot of sleet on the ground here. I'm glad we can stay in today -- until we need to attempt to go by my office (which is in Forsyth and open) later this afternoon. Boo work!

[IrishEyes]

Ugh, so sorry to hear about all the sick kids around here! I'm the evil one that brought a cold into our house--I had it two weeks ago, then DS got it and now DH. Both DS and I got rid of it in 3 days, but poor DH wound up getting bronchitis!

Usafwife: I hope you heal up soon and get A gaining weight! I had to laugh at your comment:
One of the joys of starting a little later in life to have kids because you're younger than me, and most of my friends here haven't had kids yet and a lot of my college friends also waited until their 30's to start having families too.

It's not easy for us, because my two girl friends that live here don't have kids. When they want to get together, they don't usually consider an activity that's kid friendly. So usually DH stays home while I get a girls night out at the bar. So maintaining those friendships are a little more difficult than it used to be.

[LIZNKEITH]

psusna,
Lucky! We live in Coweta, but I work in Buckhead. The drive in this morning was miserable. I always hate driving in when it's pooring that heavily and it's still dark out. Boo work!

[Sasha]

I stand corrected...sleep woes are still here. :( We put her down at 8:15 last night and she didn't fall asleep until after 9:30. Then she was up at 4:30am, and I was ready to let her CIO for a bit, because I could tell how tired she sounded, but DH couldn't take it and he went in their and fell asleep with her in the glider. She is napping a lot better in the new room at daycare (like 1.5 - 2 hours...remember, she is the notorious 30 min. catnapper!) so I'm wondering how much that is coming into play here. But she always naps well on the weekends for us and sleeps well at night, so I don't know. All four molars are coming in, so I know that is definitely coming into play. But man, I just want a night of continous sleep! :o

Meri - Ugh, I am so sorry you are still dealing with the leg pain, plus A's weight gain and infection issues. You so deserve a break.

Liz - Glad C is doing better today!

[Carissa]

Thank yous I have been bad about writing TY's since Jonah has been born I am still trying to get them all out from our shower and gifts we have received since he has been born but I figure it's better late than never. My expectations are very low on receiving them from people since I never got a thank you from m SIL and bro for a fundraiser I did for their adoption.

Sleep issues Grace has been having sleep issues since she started teething her molars. AGH it's rough with two little ones that won't sleep.


Pets
We have 3 dogs and Grace only really plays with 1 and really doesn't torture her.


I finally got a laptop so maybe I'll get to drop in more often :)

[usafwife]

Ped Update ~ We went back this morning. Doc thinks the area is looking better so we will continue with the powder until it's cleared up. Be it two wks or just a few days. Then continue 3 days after it's cleared up. We can save any remaining powder for the next time. We also made his 2 month appt :eek: as well as Sarah's 18 month appt. I told him that we hadn't gotten around to getting her back in since I had all the problems arise just after the first of the year, I didn't want to make an appt and then have to cancel it while we were on the way to the hospital, wanted her to be over the EI and finish the abx, then she got a cough and runny nose, as well as dealing with everything else that happened. So Sarah goes next wk for her check up. She won't like it as I know she'll get at least one shot but hopefully she'll continue to be the trooper she's been in the past.

Insurance ~ DH talked to them yhis morning and found the did have the poaperwork to ADD A to the policy but they simply hadn't gotten aound to it yet. The woman said she'd put a rush on it but it may still be a wk before he gets added. We were telling the office about it and they couldn't believe they hadn't gotten him added yet. As the doc said you have 30 days to get them added and otherwise yhey still are covered for those 30 days under mom.

psusna ~ Thanks. I'm hoping to get back to myself very shortly.

Namaah ~ Thanks. We ended up having chili last night and watching a movie on one of the movie channels. How much snow did you all get? We have about 3/4 inches. Heard we are suppose to get more over the next few days. Guess winter decided to make up for the past few years.

Liz ~ Thanks. Glad to hear that you didn't any ice to deal with. There are still people south of us that are still without electricity from the ice storm we had back in mid January. My uncle just recently got theirs back on. They kept warm by sitting and sleeping in front of the fireplace since it was usually below 40 degrees in their house.

IrishEyes ~ Thanks. My comment regarding waiting to start a family was directed more at our mutal friends since DH turned 40 this past November.

Sasha ~ Sorry to hear about the sleep issues still happening. I bet the molars have something to do with that. I know when Sarah was teething four teeth at once I thought I was going to pull my hair out.

Carissa ~ Yay for the laptop. Mine has major problems so I'm hoping that I'll get a new one very soon. I miss it.

[happy1nuv]

usa ~ yay for the powder working :)

sasha ~ boo on sleep. I can relate...Nic's started pushing his naps later, and that causes a mess at bedtime. Yesterday, he wouldn't nap before 1:00 so I stopped trying and he just skipped it. Yes, he was way overtired, but bedtime at 7:00 was a BREEZE... (and, no matter what we do..this kid gets up between 6 and 6:45 ...whether he goes to bed at 6pm or 10pm so I dont care how early he goes... of course, i wanted him to sleep yesterday at 6, but just didnt get there...)

[alienhost]

LizNKeith Wow I can't believe C has an EI too, poor thing, I'm glad she seems better today though.

usafwife I hope you feel better soon. That's good that DS's rash is better and I hope he is eating better for you too.

sleep deprived mamas and babies I hope it gets better soon!

getting up in the middle of the night DD has been waking a lot at night, I know it's b/c she is sick and all. But at 4 am (two nights now) she has woken up and wants to eat. This poor girl is so skinny since she's been sick. She really looks like we've been starving her. So I let her have a snack at 4AM - fun! She really needs to get back to better eating habits. She still just wants to munch on crackers, Earths Best cookies, toast, raisins and grapes all day. Her milk intake is definitely down too. I hope this 4 AM thing doesn't become a habit though! She does go back to bed after the snack but today she asked for TV after her snack, umm no thanks. :confused:

afraid of the ped? I noticed the past 3 times I brought her in for sick visits/weight check that she is fine in the waiting room but when we get to the exam room she freaks out and screams "bye bye" and "all done" the entire time. I think she remembers the shots from her 15 and 18 WBV too well (the 18 mo was the worst since she was screaming to leave and had shots). Any one else's DC doing this?

[Dreshny]

Afraid of the doctor: Yes, totally. He screamed at the last two ped visits (18 mos and a sick visit a few weeks ago.) Last week at the orthopedist, he was fine in the waiting room, then yelled, "No! Outside! All done! No! NOPE!" when the nurse called us in. (The "NOPE!" made me crack up...)

[diedra1027]

afraid of the ped? Any one else's DC doing this?Yes and it's not just the ped. She flips out when she sees anyone 'doctor-ish'...including everyone involved in my prenatal care (she's screamed at u/s techs, nurses, the blood draw people, and my doctor). Pretty much anyone in scrubs, white jackets, or holding a stethescope. Ped said it's completely normal (and expected) at this age.

[Chylynn]

afraid of the ped -Yes! I heard after 18 months, it gets hard until they are about 3. Fun times! DD screams and tries to disappear into me everytime we are at the pediatrician/other dr's she sees. I feel so bad for her!

Shy Kid -Okay, I have to share this because I am so excited! DD was always a shy kid and anytime any little kid would come near her to play/touch her, she would run the other way petrified! I had no idea how we were going to get her used to other kids as I already have her in a playgroup, go to parks daily and play with two other kids about 3 times a week. Then, we decided to try out Gymboree. OMG, what a diffrence it has made in our DD! She is no longer shy, actually plays with other kids now and stands up for herself now. We are so excited! It was expensive...but well worth it for us! I'm already trying to talk DH into enrolling her again when this session expires in the beginning of April.

Sleep woes -non here, thank goodness! But, I feel for you Mamas going through it right now.

Sasha -It was great meeting you the other night! We will get together soon...

[ahavnes]

Brushing Teeth a Battle?? Abbey will NOT let us brush her teeth. She screams and clamps her little mouth closed while thrashing from side to side. :mad: It's quite a sight I assure you. The problem is that her breath is kickin!! Any advice?

BBL for SO's

[kphillips4]

Afraid of the ped - Aghhh yes...I am glad to hear that this is normal. Haley is terrified of the ped. Really anyone that even remotely looks like a doc!! It's horrible!!
Brushing teeth - no advice here...we have the same problem. Haley clamps her mouth shut and I have to pry it open to get a toothbrush in there. I am interested in any advice on this as well.

[Dreshny]

happy1: Have you tried singing Nic to sleep? The past two nights, I've tried singing while nursing ( :o ), and it does help Asher to wind down. He went to bed at 10:30 the past two nights (hey, it's better than 11:00 or midnight.)

brushing teeth: DH is in charge of this one, but it used to be a battle until he started saying things that made Asher laugh while brushing ("oh, look, there''s a kitty cat in there! Meow! And a doggie! Woof-woof!" or "here come the train! Choo-choo! And here it comes over here, too!" etc.) Now Asher happily opens his mouth.

[Chylynn]

Brushing teeth -Have you tried an electric toothbrush yet? DD used to steal my toothbrush every morning, and did not want to use hers (which was a childs electric toothbrush). We ended up purchasing a toothbrush that looks just like mine and she will happily brush her teeth for 3-5 minutes morning, noon and night. Also, have you tried regular toothpaste? That helped bigtime in our house- DD hated toddler toothpaste and our pediatrician said to try the regular toothpaste to see if it made a diffrence. We barely scrap the brush with it and she loves it! No more stinky breath. :)

[rancherswife]

ahavnes: LMAO!!! I thought my kid was the only one w/ kickin' breath if we didn't b the t's first thing in the morning, and let me tell you, when he wakes up from his nap, his breath is funk then too. WTF? No advice on the lack of brushing, Landon would brush his teeth all day if I let him walk around with his tooth brush in hand...we'd seriously go through his toothpaste weekly if he had anything to do with it! I just had to laugh about Abbey's breath though, that is SO Landon too. ;)

sasha: sorry about the sleep situation. we're in the same boat over here, his newest trick is waking up several times yelling out for "waaaawer" (water) it's fabulous in the middle of the night! He sounds terribly parched, like he's been to the Sahara or something.

scared of ped: Not a bit. Landon loves his dr. hugs him and sits on his lap. It's nice, since we seem to live there. ;)

usaf: Glad the powder is doing the trick and it's not an infection. Insurance people are SUCH a PITA to deal with, and don't you love how they work at their own pace?

[rancherswife]

Yo Disney: This QOTD was posted in my Feb. mommies thread....and um, it kinda freaked me out...what did you do?

QOTD2 RO's: What are you doing for your older kids to prepare them? What are your plans for keeping the older ones happy while you are nursing or feeding or putting the babies down for naps and such? I'm starting to freak out about all this, really.

Sorry girls, most of you could careless about this crap, but I need some help here! ;)

[happy1nuv]

ranchers/Disney ~ Please do share. I'm freaking about whats going to happen the week dh goes back to work too... cause Nic is in LOVE with sesame street, but not back to back all day long (which is really all I've come up with on my own)...

roseanne ~ Nah, never once thought to sing him to sleep... we do play music though. I'll have to try it...

brushing teeth ~ Are you guys using toothpaste? What kind? I've just been using water (luckily, nic's breath hasn't been kicking too bad yet) ... He doesn't get it. He LOVES his toothbrush and will happily "brush" his own teeth, but me getting in there... ummm, yeah. dh holds his hands and I try but I don't get in there nearly as well as I should... (bad, i know)

scared of ped ~ Yeah. Nic is all sorts of into exploring in the waiting room and exam room UNTIL the ped or nurse come in... then all he wants to do is crawl into my shoulder.

[LIZNKEITH]

Meri,
Glad to hear the area is getting better with the powder. Hope it clears up soon! Ugh...I can't imagine being without heat for that long. That is by far the worst part of losing power, I think.

Chy,
Woo Hoo! Glad to hear you found the solution for overcoming Rebecca's shyness. Go rebecca!

Scared of Ped
Yup...and can you blame the poor girl? It started with her 18 month appointment. She'll be fine in the waiting room, but as soon as the nurse opens the door and calls us back, she goes in to a fit. She's pretty good with the Ped, but despises the nurses (there actually the ones that do all the toturous deeds).

Brushing Teeth
She doesn't like for us to do it and will fight us. We'll do what we can and then hand the brush over to her. She likes that much better. She still can't brush very well and pretty much just sucks the toothpaste off the brush. :rolleyes:

[Sasha]

Brushing Teeth - She loves to brush her own teeth. Of course that mostly consists of her sucking on the toothpaste and chewing on the brush. It is most definitely a battle for her to give up the brush and let me or DH get a few good swipes in there. For toothpaste, we we Orajel's toddler toothpaste.

Afraid of Ped - Sarah is pretty good about going to the ped. I mean, she tries to leave the room all the time while we wait, but that's just because she doesn't like to be contained to one place for too long. It really surprises me that she is as good as she is considering her two hospitalizations, multiple doctor visits, etc.

Chylynn - It was great to meet you too! We definitely need to get together again. :) Congrats on Rebecca overcoming her shyness!

She was up again at 4:30am, but I didn't go in there. It's not like she is up crying, it's more like she is moaning in her sleep for us. But kind of awake because she kept turning on her FP Aquarium. At 5:00am, I was about to go in there and give her Motrin because it has to be because of teething, right? But that's when she fell back asleep for good. Sigh, I hate teething.

[cynder]

Hey guys, I am reading everyone's postings but not posting much just because there is not a lot going on in our neck of the woods.

Brushing Teeth If anyone is interested, one of my good friends who is a pediatric dentist sent me a long (and unsolicited) email about dental care at this age to me. Just PM me or if you guys really want I can post it here, but it's long!

ranchers/Disney - I have a couple of friends in LJ and IRL life that have 2 under 2. Besides getting extra help from family and friends for the first few weeks, a lot of them stacked up on new activities or toys that can be worked on while you nurse. Another thing is to involve them in taking care of the baby but this can sometimes get in the way. :) I think people like Disney know way more than I do!!

[Chylynn]

cynder -I am interested in reading the email about dental care!

Liz -It is so funny, she is a diffrent child now!

Sasha -Maybe in a few weeks when things quiet down on my weekends, we can meet up with the girls!

Ugh, Rebecca has a cold now. She came home from my in-laws yesterday with a runny nose and sneezing like crazy. She feels fine, just has a runny nose.

Anyone have any new things they do with their kids when you are stuck indoors?

[allyray231]

Man I am so far behind!

Brushing Teeth loves it and will do it himself

[LIZNKEITH]

Cynder,
I'm interested as well. Lets face it...it's a rainy Friday anyway so I'm sure my boss wasn't planning to get any work out of me anyway. :rolleyes:

Caroline had her first visit with the dentist a couple of weeks ago. It pretty much consisted of an oral exam to make sure everything was coming in alright (using a toothbrush for the exam), instructions to not let her fall asleep with a cup of juice or milk (don't do that anyway, brush twice daily, and begin flossing between 2-3 y/o. At 3, she will begin having cleanings.

[rancherswife]

sasha: ugh..teething sucks! hopefully those teeth pop through quickly and you can resume your normal sleep patterns! :)

cynder: Thank you for the suggestions. We are planning on getting him a little newborn Cabbage Patch boy and giving it to him when he comes to meet Reece at the hospital. I also need to stock up on more stickers, new books, etc. Those stickers are truly a life saver at times...though they may be all over my back door, hey, it's nothing a little windex can't remove! ;)

[alienhost]

Sasha ugg I hope S's sleeping gets better for you

Chylynn that's great the R has overcome her shyness!

teeth brushing we let her do it while she gets dressed into pjs/dried from the bath. Then I take over, she sometimes is OK with it sometimes not. I'm also only using water b/c I couldn't find the baby toothpaste last time I went to CVS. So Cynder, I'd love the info too!

indoor activites man we've used up everything here since we've been in the house for 14 days now. I did take her with me to the grocery store yesterday but that's been it (other than a ped visit).

- lots of coloring/stickers, if I have to draw Elmo one more time ;)
- playdough
- pretend play (tea parties, cooking in her play kitchen etc.)
- lots of books
- I put out bread/crackers for the birds on our deck and we watch them eat (and the squirrels, or "mice" as she calls them)

I need some fresh ideas too....

Night waking last night she was up from 1 to almost 2:15. Yikes, I know she is still a bit sick but she needs rest. I had to let her CIO b/c it was crazy, I couldn't rock her b/c she wanted to get down and run around the upstairs. :confused:

[happy1nuv]

cynder ~ Yes, please post the dentist email...would love to read it!

Indoor activities... So, I have to finish, but for the most part the bottom shelf of the pantry is just cans/closed boxes/etc. Nic LOVES to rearrange this shelf, and can keep himself occupied for an hour or so rearranging, stacking, etc. He does dent up the cans, but I'll deal.. He also loves playing with the spices. I put them in a container or on a pizza pan, and those can also keep him busy. When hes done playing with them, we smell them all... (he LOVES this). A variation on the pantry thing is I'll load up a grocery bag with an odd assortment, and he LOVES to "put away the groceries" (makes grocery shopping SO much fun)

We actually tried playdough and goop (cornstarch and water -- i thought it was cool) My don't-let-my-hands-be-dirty son (WHO's child is this???) wasn't so thrilled. (although he did taste both... i'm glad i made my own)

[kphillips4]

Cynder - would love to read the information.
Happy1nuv - I just LOL when I read your comment...Haley hates for anything to be on her hands...she just continues to say ewww....ewww...ewwww until I wash them!!! Funny!!!

[Chylynn]

Thanks for the tips on diffrent things to do indoors. I am going to reorganize my pantry now so she can play with the bottom shelf! Oh, and I totally love the idea of feeding birds and such on our deck. When we were at the park this morning she kept chasing the birds or as she says "ird ird"!

This morning we ended up making a "pie" out of playdough and we currently have it out to dry so when Daddy comes home Rebecca can present him with her masterpiece.

[IrishEyes]

Ped: totally afraid, and like some of the other kids, is scared of many strangers like the photographer at Picture People. But of course he'll turn on the charm and talk to anyone in the grocery store!

Teeth: he's not a big fan of the toothbrush, but he uses it a little and plays with it.

Meri: good to hear the appointment went well. And ugh, insurance is such a pain. And I totally forgot your DH was 40, I just looked at your age! I am jealous, though, that you have friends with kids. That would have been so nice for me to have had someone to talk about kid issues with.

[ahavnes]

I love the fact that I get a zillion spam emails for Viagra refills, but not my CC notifications. :rolleyes: I don't want Viagra, and I don't want Scott taking it either!

Mommy, Mommy, Mommy! I am feeling really bad for Scott. Abbey is just all about Mommy lately and screams if Scott even tries to hold her while I am in the room. Furthermore, she'll be in a great mood, but once the excitement of Dada coming home wears off she gets very jealous. If I hug Scott or try to talk to him, she pitches a fit. It's only when I am around though, b/c I went to the gym for 2 hours last night and they had a great time without me. But the look on Scott's face is just killing me! I am hoping this is just a phase, right?

Brushing Teeth- Thanks for the feedback ladies. Sounds like we are all in the same boat. Abbey loves to "brush" also, but (like everyone else) she just sucks the toothpaste off and chews on the brush. Cynder, I would also be interested in reading the info from your friend if you have time to post it. :)

[psusna]

Afraid of the ped: Yes. It’s much like the rest of you have described. He’s fine until we sit him on the table and then it’s meltdown city. He’s ok with the doctor being in the room, he just doesn’t want to be examined.

Brushing teeth: We have good days and bad days, a tlot like what others have posted.

Indoor activities: We were inside most of the day yesterday. The two things that were the biggest hits were 1) baking a cake and 2) making a fort out of our quilt rack with blankets. He took a bunch of books into the fort and played in there for over an hour. Heaven! I set him up with a little flash light and he was just in there chattering away. The cake thing he asked to do, I'm not sure why. We made a white cake together and it was fun! Anything that doesn’t involve the mixer he’s ok with. We just mixed it by hand and it turned out ok.

New car seat: So I bought DS a new primary car seat today. He is creeping up on the 40lb limit of his convertible Alpha Omega, non-Britax seat, and he is not ready for a booster. Learned my lesson on this one! Then again, I never figured I’d be raising a future linebacker. Anyhow, I got the Fisher Price Safe Voyage (made by Britax) with a 55lb limit from Albee for $149 delivered. Not too shabby. I’ll be using it in my car and with the gogo kidz attachment when we fly to PA in a few weeks. I’m excited to give it a go as it’s gotten great reviews on the CC car seat thread and in product reviews on merchant sites.

We are halfway through DH’s trip to Cali. He comes home a week from today and just cancelled his two-week return trip b/c he got everything accomplished on this trip. Yippee!!

[cynder]

Sorry for the length. ETA - She is expecting her first baby. I wonder how she will feel about flossing in the future because there is no way I could floss DS without him having a fit!

#1. aim for brushing 2x/day, with fluoridated toothpaste. (although don't stress if you're not, you'll work up to it). After the age of 2, fluoride is safe for kids, but use just a tiny amount on the toothbrush because most kids are better swallowers than spitters until they are about 5 years old. He can take a turn and then you should take a turn (this seems to work best if there's a conflict about brushing, if not, feel free to do it all)

Make sure to brush the outsides of the teeth WHILE HE BITES DOWN. (If he's open, you won't reach the outsides on the top properly). Make sure to make small circles, going over the gumline (the plaque tends to collect most on baby teeth at the gumline). Remember that the majority of plaque removal has very little to do with the toothpaste and mostly comes from the physical action of the bristles against the tooth. Start in the front, then either wiggle the toothbrush into his cheek while he's biting or, have him open, push the cheek out with the toothbrush, then have him bite down and make circles from back to front on both sides. Then have him open, and you can brush the
insides.

Depending on how close his teeth are together, you'll probably want to floss. The more often you floss, the better (the bacteria that cause cavities are less likely to cause them if you disrupt their environment). Make sure that you attempt to scrape the plaque off (unstick the bacteria) with the floss, don't just get in there and wiggle it around.

#2. Cavities have 3 major contributing factors: Diet, Plaque, and Genetics.

We've just talked about how to remove plaque.

Genetics:
How closely his baby teeth are spaced: This puts him at higher risk for cavities simply because the toothbrush is unable to clean inbetween the teeth. How hard or soft the enamel is: even if his enamel appears normal, that doesn't mean that he won't get a cavity. How strong his cavity "bugs" are: If either of you have or had a lot of cavities growing up or as adults, it's important for your dentist to know, because you guys pass your bugs on to him, and he will be at higher risk for cavities.

Diet:
Everyone knows sugar is a big part of causing cavities. The way this works is: the bacteria that cause cavities have evolved to use sugar as their fuel. Any time there is sugar in the mouth in any form, they produce acid, which over time will weaken the structure of the tooth and dissolve it away. All you really have to do is be smart about how you consume sugar and what kind of sugar you consume.

#1. Try to stick to DISSOLVABLE sweets. That means, stay away from the fruit snacks, fruit roll-ups, all those gummy and sticky things that stick to teeth and stay there. The longer the sugar sticks to the tooth, the longer the cavity bugs are producing acid, and the more vulnerable the teeth become. Chocolate is dissolvable and a great alternative to gummies. Ice cream, cakes, cookies are all better.
Dried fruit: I'd serve it to my kids, but never by itself, and never more than a couple of times a week . . . always try to serve it with something that will naturally help to cleanse the sticky bits off the teeth (i.e. celery, crackers, nuts, etc.)

#2. Try to consume sweet treats and sweet drinks (soda, juice, chocolate milk, sweetened milk) at mealtimes and snacktimes only. The cavity bugs produce their acid every time you eat anyway. Afterward, your saliva will help wash the extra acid away. Drinking water only in between meals also helps a lot to wash acid away. For example, if you're sipping on juice all afternoon long, or drinking milk after your last toothbrushing of the day, these liquids activate the whole acid cycle every time you take a sip. So every time you take a sip, the teeth become more vulnerable and could be wearing away.

Finally, make sure your kiddo is drinking lots of milk and fluoridated water. Calcium is important not only to growing bones but also to growing teeth! Baby teeth were developing in utero, grown up teeth are developing NOW, and have been since birth. Try to brush or wipe down teeth after that last glass of milk at night, and NEVER anything but water in the bottle/by the bedside at night. Fluoridated water helps to make developing teeth strong as well, and more importantly, more resistant to decay.

[jrdhbunny]

Thanks for posting that cynder! I have a history of tooth trouble so I want DS to get the best start possible and this really helps.

[usafwife]

I can't believe that my little guy turned two wks old just a few hours ago. That does not seem possible! :eek: I noticed another spot that is beet red in his groin area. If it's still like that when I change him soon we'll be calling the doctor to see what he wants to do. I don't want to take the chance that it's something more serious since we are at the weekend.

Afraid/scared of the ped ~ Not really. She rarely cries for more than a minute after getting her shots. She went with us to the doctor each time this week and had no problems at all. She loves my OB and the nurse at the office as well. She even takes my OB on walks and goes with her around the office. Can we say she's not afraid of anyone. And that is starting to bother me just a little.

Brushing teeth ~ We have a toothbrush that DD got from Santa but we haven't been using it very often. I would have had I not had all the problems in early January with DS. I worry about how our kids teeth will be because DH's side of the family doesn't have the best of luck with good teeth genes. I hope they got mine because I've had one cavity in 29 years so that's pretty good. DH and his brothers each have dentures (we'll DH is in the process of getting his lower ones now). It's not new in their family as FIL had dentures by the time he was in his 20s. And it wasn't because he didn't brush his teeth as DH's grandma made him do it religiously. I have already said if they need braces we'll do Invisalign. I had the metal braces and remember how bad my teeth hurt. The stupid ortho didn't keep my appts after I got them off and now my teeth have moved again. So I'm looking at needing a retainer for the top and doing Invisalign for the bottom. And our kids will definitely not be going to the one I went to for my braces. I wouldn't even take a snake to him (and I can't stomach a snake).

She isn't very good about opening her mouth and will usually just clinch it shut when we try. She does this same thing when I'm trying to see if she's got anymore teeth coming in (but she's always done this for about a year now).

ranchers ~ Thanks. Yes, insurance people are one of my most favorite people to deal with (sorry if any of you work in that field...nothing against you). And yes, they love to take their own sweet time entering information. Reminds me of the military saying that we've become used to over the years.....hurry up and wait.

QOTD2 RO's: What are you doing for your older kids to prepare them? What are your plans for keeping the older ones happy while you are nursing or feeding or putting the babies down for naps and such? I'm starting to freak out about all this, really. ~ Ranchers, we took DD to a sibling class that was offered by the local hospital. I'm not sure if the hospital where we actually had DS had a class or not but I knew our local one did so I got her enrolled as soon as I heard back that she wasn't too young to attend. They just asked that we stay with her during the class. It never even crossed my mind to just drop her off but I guess some people would. I wanted to stay so I could see what they taught and suggestions they had to offer to help the transition. They gave us a list of books from the local library that we could check out, gave us some tips on what not to do, etc. The one I didn't even think about was that they said for neither one of us to be holding the baby when DD came to see us.

We also got her a baby doll that she could feed and take care of. So far everything has been great with her transition. It's actually been better than I imagined. She loves to help out, wants to hold him, kiss him, and everything else. And she absolutely hates it when he cries or is fussy (but that only happens when he wants to eat usually).

Since I'm recovering from a c/s, DD has usually gone to my mom's or DH's grandparents at least a few days a week. I hope this continues for a little while longer as she can kick in the area where my incision is and it hurts. Plus I'm trying to let my leg and back heal some more as well. I'm getting around better than I did after DD's c/s but it's still not back to normal yet. Plus I think my thyroid is out of whack again (which would explain why the BFing isn't going quite so well). I'm exhausted (not to the point where I was after DD's birth though). They are going to recheck my levels at my 6 wk appt so just four more wks to go.

Liz ~ Thanks. Yes, it's one of the joys of living with an ice storm. When we had a tornado go through a few years back we were without power for several days. Needless to say we lost a bunch of things in the refrigerator and deep freezers. Not to mention it happened the Wednesday before Easter so trying to buy things to eat for Easter and then to prepare a meal was interesting to say the least. We were also without power for about three days the last time we had a major ice storm here because our meter got pulled off the house and we had to find an electrican before we could get our power turned back on.

Chylynn ~ Hope Rebecca's runny nose goes away soon.

Stuck indoors ~ This has been us for all of January and most likely the rest of February.

~ I'll put in one of her favorite movies/animated show.
~ Look at/read books or play with her LeapPad.
~ Now that DS is here that entertains her for a while as well.
~ Seeing babies on the TV
~ I've gotten some coloring books but still need to get the big fat crayons. We have the smaller ones but she can break those. She loves colored pencils as well.
~ Paper and pen to scribble on. She's even taken to starting to carry around a notebook. I think she's gotten this from her youngest cousin who is a MAJOR Blue's Clues fan and he carries around a notebook whenever he goes.
~ We bought a Crayola Activity station for both kids at Christmas. I won't let her have the markers out of it just yet but she loves to play with the Playdough.
~ She loves stuffed animals
~ Playing with her Little People sets.
~ Playing with lids, pots, pans, and canned goods in the kitchen. She found DH's cans of Dr. Pepper one day and I had to clean up the mess she made. Let's just say that the cans found a new home in the basement now (she threw one of the cans and it sprung a leak all over the kitchen floor....nice and sticky for me to clean up).

Definitely looking forward to what the others have to say. Hmmm, baking...this would probably be high on DD's list of things to do but I don't really allow her in the kitchen when I'm cooking/baking because I'm worried about her burning herself on the oven. Stickers sound like a good thing. We may have to invest in them. She's a big fan on tatoos though....she came home with two on her after spending time with her cousins after DS arrived.

IrishEyes ~ Well, somedays I feel like I'm 40. ;) I had some friends from high school that already have teenagers. And there are others from school that simply haven't started having kids yet. Most have kids somewhere around DD's age though. But then again we don't hang out as I wasn't part of the 'in crowd' during school. I sort of wonder what the next reunion will be like (last year was our 10th). I'm suppose to be on the organizing committee but the ones who did the last one haven't ever said anything to us (addresses, information, etc) so it's sort of like the blind leading the blind.

alicia ~ I've gotten the opposite of mommy, mommy, mommy as DD only wants daddy now. She even throws a fit when he gets out of the car to run an errand or something. It used to be the opposite and she only wanted me.

[b]

[tgr68]

Carissa~Curious to know what kind of laptop you got. How do you like it?

Meri~I think we ended up with a couple of inches, but it's hard to tell since we still have a couple of inches of ice in our yard! :eek: DH and I were just talking about we haven't had a winter like this since we were probably in middle school. I'm starting to get tired of it, but we need the moisture so bad. I'm glad to hear you are doing a little better this time around with your recovery!

Afraid of the ped?~Nope. Not at all. She likes to show off for the ped. :rolleyes:

Brushing Teeth~Count us in on the nasty breath! I don't know how to get rid of it. We brush twice a day, including her tongue. She loves having her tongue brush and sometimes won't let me get to her teeth until I do her tongue.

Speaking of brushing teeth....are any of you still using the finger brush? DD just had tooth #7 break through, and she hates the regular toothbrush.

Indoor activities~DD loves to read books and color, so we have books and toddler appropriate art supplies out at all times around here.

Alicia~LOL at the viagra emails! Same thing happens on our family email account! Spam gets through, and the emails from our actual relatives get lost. :rolleyes:

Favoring Mommy/Daddy~Over here, it's all daddy. :( We dropped her off at great-grandparent yesterday, and she didn't want me to even kiss her goodbye but cried when daddy walked outside.

[alienhost]

New car seat: So I bought DS a new primary car seat today. He is creeping up on the 40lb limit of his convertible Alpha Omega, non-Britax seat, and he is not ready for a booster. Learned my lesson on this one! Then again, I never figured I’d be raising a future linebacker.

psusna wow almost 40lbs! My little 20 pounder will be in her roundabout until she's in 6th grade at the rate she is growing! ;) Yeah for your DH coming home soon.

cynder thanks for posting that info, very useful!

rancherswife I need some tips from you. DH and I are going to a party next weekend and the theme is "cowboy/girl". Any ideas on what I can wear? It's casual and you don't have to "dress-up" for the theme but a lot of people do. I'm in New England and wonder where I can find something cowgirlish that I can still use again later. Any thoughts you have would be appreciated. I'm thinking something that I can wear with jeans....

[kimthebride]

OMG there is no way i can catch up! Let's try a little though...

RO's Preparing #1 for #2
Ummm....nothing. :o
He does get exposure to 'new' babies because so many of my friends are having them, and honestly he's a really independant kid so I am hoping for the best.
Maybe I'll do the whole practice-doll thing...?

Tooth Brushing
We had a toddler brush, and I usually only remember to do it at night. So bad but trying to get better at it!
He finally got all 4 of his canines in (so much worse than molars!) but I didn't even get a week off because I think now his 2nd molars are ocming in on the right side. Poor guy.

Ped
He likes ours, both of them. They are very quick and good with him.

favoring
Usually me...but when he spends more time with DH on the weekends he will go to him more for a couple days.

Man I am so tired...sorry, off to bed!

[psusna]

alien: yea --32lbs. Want to trade? :) It's more of an excuse for me to get the gogo attachment to make our trip easier through the airports since I have no need to take a stroller.

cynder: Great information! Thanks for sharing.

tgr: We use a regular brush. I'm not sticking my finger in there with this teething machine :)

Jackson has his first class at My Gym today. I'm interested to see how it goes.

[happy1nuv]

mama, mama, mama ... hmmm, I've always had a mama's boy... although only when I'm around. When I leave and dh has him, they have a ball... occasionally he'll get really excited when dh gets home, but its not the norm. (poor dh)

cynder ~ thanks for dentists email :) (no way we'll be following it in this house...flossing, ummm. yeah, right.)

Well, that's TWICE that nic has powercycled my laptop..I'm guessing he wants some mama time. BBL to finish posting...

[Chylynn]

Does anyone know how of any otc things to get rid of a yeast infection for Rebecca? I thought she had a bad diaper rash, but it is not going away and I read up on it and it sounds like it is a yeast infection. I believe some other Mom's in our group went through this before? Help!!

[BridalLace]

Does anyone know how of any otc things to get rid of a yeast infection for Rebecca? I thought she had a bad diaper rash, but it is not going away and I read up on it and it sounds like it is a yeast infection. I believe some other Mom's in our group went through this before? Help!!

clotrimazole will work. its usually sold for athlete's foot...gets rid of diaper rash/yeast infections in Elle within a day or so. we used it on the advice of our ped., and it works great.

[alienhost]

clotrimazole will work. its usually sold for athlete's foot...gets rid of diaper rash/yeast infections in Elle within a day or so. we used it on the advice of our ped., and it works great.


Chylynn clotrimazole is the stuff...CVS has generic brand or you can get a brand name like LOTRAMIN. I put it on with every diaper change when it is at its worst, really rub it in, then cover with a layer of Desitin to seal it in. I got that tip from a mama here. I've also used Aquaphor to try and seal it in. You can also try some baking soda in the bath, that seemed to help too.

[Chylynn]

You guys rock! I was afraid nobody would be checking CC and I was going to be out of luck until Monday. I am heading to the store to pick up some Lotramin. Thanks alot!

[happy1nuv]

Hmmm.... so lotramin only takes a day or so to clear up a yeast infection? Anyone take longer? Nic had a yeast infection (diagnosed by dr) a few weeks ago, and he STILL has red itchy yeast/diaper rash? on the higher part of his butt...(his front/bottom of his butt is fine now). we were prescribed something else and went through that, and then supplemented with the lotramin. I haven't wanted to take him back to the ped just to hear its STILL a yeast infection cause there's just waaayyy too many bugs going around and the only time it seems to bother him is bath time (or sometimes in the middle of the night). Now I'm wondering if it could be something else...

[wendstress]

Happy - we saw major improvement in 24 hours, but it still took several days to clear up totally. How often are you using it? We used it 3-4 times/day, especially at his night time changing.

Other things that helped:
*lots of bare naked baby time, yes there were a few accidents!
*Desitin all over, at every change (much better than vaseline, which I'd previously been using)
*baking soda in his bathwater; baths every day if not 2x per day
*changing the diaper way more often than usual - normal is probably around 5-6/day, when we were fighting the diaper rash we were probably using more like 8-10/day.

Also, do you use baby powder?? While it can be great for drying a healthy bum, it is made up primarily of cornstarch, which has nearly an identical molecular structure to sugar. Both cornstarch and sugar are excellent food sources for microbiological beasties (ie, bacteria, fugi, yeast, etc).

Good luck!

[wendstress]

Public Service Announcement - GREAT SALE AT TARGET!

Target has their brand (Cherokee) of winter clothes on clearance right now. Jeans were $3.50 to 4.99 depending on the style, and shirts (lots of Polos and Bodysuits) were in the same range.

They were getting pretty picked over, so hurry in!

I bought a bunch of 24 month/2T, and am thinking of going back to stock up on some 3T for the future!

[rancherswife]

BIG NEWS.....Landon POOPED on the toilet this afternoon! Shocked the heck out of me and he was just in awe of himself, stood there just looking into the toilet and did NOT want to flush it! I had put him on the potty during a diaper change because he said "peepee" so we hurried and got him on and about two seconds later, we heard the plop! It was QUITE exciting!

alien: Gosh, I wish I could be more help in the wardrobe dept. but, as I've mentioned before, we are about as "non-cowboy" as they come, though my home is very rustic and western, etc. I DO.NOT wear western attire and the only time dh does is while he works....otherwise, you'd never guess we came off of a ranch! ;) How bout a cute little pearl button up for dh, Brett has lots of "trendy" paisely (sp?) pearl button ups, they're pretty easy to find anywhere...but as for you...hmm..let me think and get back to ya! Sorry girl!

[happy1nuv]

Another quick question ... when you bake with dc, what do you let them do? How involved are they?

wendstress ~ THanks! We were doing 4 x's per day, but now its just twice... (i'm getting lazy and we keep it upstairs... stairs are NOT my friend these days)

[psusna]

Baking: He gets ingredients out of the pantry, gets bowl, spoon, towel, etc. all things that we need. He helps me measure dry ingredients (each time he puts something into the mixing bowl he gives a hearty TA-DA!) and helps to mix. He is great at putting muffin papers into tins :) Once it's ready for the oven, he's done. He knows the oven is hot and not for him. Then we repeat and he helps me clean up while we sing out clean up song. Of course, he's the official taste tester too :) It definitely takes longer to accomplish the complete task when he helps, but it's so much fun!

Wendy: OOHHH!! Thanks for the PSA :)

Ranchers: Yes! I find that DS does better at pooping than peeing on the potty. I think it's because he can tell a little more in advance when he needs to go. Landon is rockin' the potty!

Kim: Any luck selling the condo yet?!? Hope you are feeling well!

My gym was a hit yesterday, once he figured out what was going on. Yay! It's a perfect response to his requests for "park" when it's below freezing and blowing like a tornado.

[kimthebride]

Kim:[/B] Any luck selling the condo yet?!? Hope you are feeling well!
Thanks for thinking of me! :) No sale yet, but we still have 73 days before DD's due date to sell it ;) . Otherwise, I will be frekaing out since how the hell will I be able to viewings and Open Houses with such a cluttered, full home?
I have been feeling better. About a week ago I started getting abit nauseous at night again, but I take a small OTC remedy dose daily and it helps.

Baking
Ha! The kitchen is all off-limits to DS since he can easily reach the burners and tries to crawl into the oven or broiler if given access.

ranchers
Yay for the poop!!

wendstress
Lol - DH will not be thanking you for telling me that. :D

[happy1nuv]

psusa ~ Hmmm, I KNEW nic could help out more than I let him when "we" bake. So far, all I've let him do is play with similar stuff (same bowls, spoons, etc. but i get food in mine and he gets air) and then lick the bowl/spoons if there was no raw eggs in what we made. I'll have to try and get him more involved next time (and since we're out of cookies, it will be soon :) )

[Sasha]

Baking - I'm not exactly Betty Crocker, I don't really do too much baking. ;) And I shudder to think of the mess Sarah would make with that one!

Target PSA #2 - They also have their Circo brand shorts and tees available for $3.99 each. They are perfect for daycare so I stocked up!

Rancher - Yay for Landon pooping in the potty! LOL, so far, Sarah has peed on the floor after getting up from sitting on the potty.....twice. :rolleyes:

Question on repeated misbehavior - I'll preface this with the fact that Sarah only napped 30 mins yesterday, so she was a grouch. Last night, she kept climbing, standing and jumping on the couch, which she is not allowed to do. I first went over to her, told her to sit down and then actually sat her down. She did it again, and I warned her that she would get a timeout if she did it again. She did, so she went to a 1 min. timeout. Cried the entire time, but said she was sorry. Immediately back to the couch, she does it again. Now DH comes over and we do the same thing all over again. Back to timeout for 1 min. DH was pretty much fuming (Sarah had been just a nighmare for the entire afternoon) and just took her to a TO immediately. Clearly the TOs were having no effect, so I said we needed to re-direct at the point, which worked fine. DH was at the end of his rope and kept wanting to do TOs. How do you guys handle repeated misbehavior like that? I honestly don't do a lot of TOs with her and do much more re-direction usually. But what do you do when they keep doing the same thing over and over again?

[allyray231]

baking I really want to get Aiden to help. So far all he has done is cut christmas cookies. When I cook or my mom cooks he usually wants to sit down and play with a pot and pan.

Not sure if I updated how we are doing in a while so I will now :) The move has been great. I love my new job and DH is having a great time staying home with Aiden. He does have 2 interviews this week and even though we are excited for him to get a job, part of me wants him to stay home with Aidne forever :) We have daycare all set for Sept, but we will need to find something between now and then ( the center he is signed up forin Dec doesn't have openings right now). So we are not sure if we will do a inhome place, or find another center with a spot. So hard!!

Aiden is THRIVING being with my parents and Brad. He has been such a happy kid and our time together it great!

So that is my mini update! :)

[Dreshny]

Ally: I am so glad the move turned out to be for the best.

Sasha: I'm no help because we don't use TOs here. We just completely redirect, over and over again, if necessary. If he's very persistent, we take him out for a walk or to the grocery store, or something.

rancherswife: Yay for Landon pooping on the potty!

potty training: I can't even get Asher to sit on the potty at all. He's "all done!" as soon as he sits down, and cries if you try to persuade him.. This morning he woke up dry (big fluke, probably because he threw up before bed yesterday), so I tried to get him to sit and pee, but he wouldn't. Not two minutes later, his diaper was soaked. :rolleyes: He likes to hear the potty books we have and brings them to me to read, but I get the distinct impression he's not ready to train yet. Not that I really expected him to be ready, but some kids are, so I thought I'd try...

[jmvan74]

Baking: I think this would be fun, but I know it will be a huge mess. I think we will attempt to make Valentine cupcakes together. ;)

Potty: Does it count that he pees in the same corner right before he gets in the bath tub! LOL! I really need to get a potty in there.

repeated misbehavior: We're struggling in this area. I am planning on starting TO b/c redirecting just isn't cutting it anymore. Collin just smiles and continues to do what he's doing and if we try to physically move him, he throws a tantrum. It's ashame he got his mommy's tempremant.

psusna: Glad my gym was a hit!

Rancher: Hooray for pooping on the potty! Go Landon!

[cynder]

Just got back from a 4 family, 5 kids under three weekend trip to Myrtle Beach. Total blast and because all the kids handled it well, we planning a fall trip to the mountains. I was shocked but the three hour car ride was handled very well by DS.

repeated misbehavior - I think in that case considering she had a bad nap and the first TO didn't stick, I would have cut my losses and tried redirection (I stashed a bunch of Xmas loot away for this) or change of scenery/room. We're not doing TOs yet because I think DS is too young to understand the punishment and a stern 'NO' for really bad behavior is enough to make him feel sorry.

Right now DH and I are trying to be consistent with whatever we do and also picking our battles. If there are certain things (throwing toys because he's bored) or if we have the time (ie weekends) to make a point, we will sit and work on it. But if there are factors like teething or no napping that are contributing to bad behavior, there is very little return in me trying to discipline. It ends up making everyone frustrated. If I do pick the battle, I get at his eye level and talk to him about stopping the bad behavior, never shouting though. I also look stern and ignore him when he tests me out. It's a work in progress but after the testing out, he'll slowly stop and when he does I get super happy and animated.

[psusna]

Behavior: Almost idetical to what Cynder wrote. I find that getting down on his level, getting him to look at me and talking in a firm but not loud voice works the best. Redirection works well too. Now if I could just get DH to try the eye contact, firm voice we would be set. He just isn't getting it. I've made some big strides in lots of areas with DS since DH went on his business trip. I don't want him to undo it when he gets home..........

BBL for SO's.

[ahavnes]

Potty- Does it count that Abbey took a poo on the floor this weekend? :o Note to self: get a potty for Abbey's room for the 2 minutes when she runs around after her bath. Oy vey.

Baking- You are all very brave women. There is no way in heck I would try that with Abbey. But then again, I'm no Martha Stewart myself. ;)

Behavior- I wish that Cynder and psusna's way worked for us, but Abbey just laughs at us. Seriously. It totally infuriates me, so I have just decided to stick with redirection for now. That seems to work best. I will say that Abbey is pretty good about not doing something once she is redirected. Our problem here is the temper tantrum when we take something dangerous away. Now that's another story all together. :mad:

[cynder]

Behavior Ha! Don't worry ahavnes, we get our share of laughing in our face. And infuriates me too. I watch way too much Supernanny so I just breath deep and don't let it show that it infuriates me. Way easier said than done. Actually way easier typed than done. ;)

[Sasha]

You know, it's funny because like I said, I almost never use TOs with her. But I think DH and I had both just had it up to here with her because she had been so difficult all afternoon, that the words just came out of my mouth. Normally I do re-direction and once my head cleared, that is what I did and that is what worked. Sarah is just like how Alicia described Abbey...she laughs and smiles at us if we try getting down to her level and talking to her, which is pretty much what happened last night. But it's great to hear what you guys are doing in situations like these.

[alienhost]

Hmmm.... so lotramin only takes a day or so to clear up a yeast infection? Anyone take longer? Nic had a yeast infection (diagnosed by dr) a few weeks ago, and he STILL has red itchy yeast/diaper rash? on the higher part of his butt...(his front/bottom of his butt is fine now). we were prescribed something else and went through that, and then supplemented with the lotramin. I haven't wanted to take him back to the ped just to hear its STILL a yeast infection cause there's just waaayyy too many bugs going around and the only time it seems to bother him is bath time (or sometimes in the middle of the night). Now I'm wondering if it could be something else...

DD had a yeast problem for over a week. The lotramin helped with the itching but she would scratch herself while in the bath and jiggle her butt in her diaper when itchy. It was probably 10 days to clear it up and I think it helped that she was sick and pooping less. I used Lotramin based on advice from the ped at every diaper change. Were you prescribled Nystatin? That helps too. Try the baking solda in the bath. I couldn't let her stay in there long b/c should would scratch herself too much. I hope it clears up for Nic soon!

baking haven't attempted that yet...I should though.

potty just in the past week she has been sitting on it with her clothes on and saying "pee pee potty" but I can't get her to take her clothes off. At least she is getting used to it.

repeated misbehavior I haven't tried TO yet. I usually have to ask her to stop multiple times. What I've heard/read is that you might have to tell them repeatedly not to do it b/c they are testing boundaries. For example, you tell DC not to stand on the couch at 1PM. Well they sort of get it but later that day they do it again b/c they are trying to figure out if it is OK now to do it, or maybe if it is OK to do it when Daddy or Grandma are around and just not OK when mommy is around. I think it is normal for toddlers to keep testing the waters so you have to keep explaining not to do it etc. Consistency and a united front are probably also helpful.

ally I'm glad things are going well for you, DH and Aiden!

ranchers Yea for L pooping in the potty! And thanks for looking at my ? about outfits, let me know if you think of anything outfitwise for my party!

psusna I'm glad the gym was a hit!

[alienhost]

Target thanks for the PSA, wendstress and Sasha We had the Circo shorts last year and loved them! I think her shorts might still fit her this summer...but I'll have to hit target this week anyway!

[Dreshny]

Friend situation: (in case anyone is interested) I emailed her to ask if she got the outfit, and it turned out that she and her DH and baby were in the process of moving, so that explains a lot. But she said she loved the outfit, and her DS already wore it to one of her gigs.

[Chylynn]

Roseanne -Glad it worked out with your friend situation. I was wondering what you ended up doing with it.

Oops, R is up, got to go.

[jrdhbunny]

dreshny- Glad you were able to get an answer and that your friend liked the outfit.

ally- How great that things are going so well! DH loved being a SAHD too.

rancherwife- Yay for pooping on the potty!

Repeated misbehavior- Most of the time we use cynder and psusna's approach of getting on the floor and talking to him. He doesn't laugh, but he does get really squirmy because he knows he's in trouble. There are certain things that he does, like hitting, where all I have to do is give him "the mommy look" and he ducks his head and gives me a big "I'm sorry" hug. It works pretty well for the most part, but we've definitely had our fair share of tantrums and defiance.

Baking- James won't usuallt play with his own baking utensils because he's too interested in what I'm doing. I usually hold him and let him pour the dry ingredients into the bowl. He's way too fond of the oven though so once the cookies/cakes are in the oven, I take him out of the kitchen.

Did anyone put the Puppy Bowl on for their kids last night? We were too into the Super Bowl, but we TIVOed it and I let him watch a little this morning. He absolutely loved it!

[usafwife]

We had a good weekend overall. We went to BIL & SIL's house for the Super Bowl party last night. We were there on Saturday as well to see our niece play in her last basketball game before they move. She was so excited because she got to start the game. Just before we left to go to the game we were getting A changed and DH noticed a mark on his nose. About the same time I noticed a mark above his left eye (on his eyelid). Appears DD scratched him rather good. We told her that he'd make up for that in a few years when he got strong.

His rash appears to be getting worse in his groin area. He's now got two places that have raw skin/peeling skin. I'm keeping an eye on it and if it still looks bad I'm calling the doctor's office. I'd rather it not be an infection.

My leg is still rather sore from the infection. I finished the antibiotics but it's still a little swollen and red. I'm going to show it to the doctor when we take S in this week for her belated 18 month visit and see what he says.

A's cord fell off last night when I changed his diaper. I knew it was just a matter of time yesterday because it was just hanging by a small area on the right side.

Pictures ~ I'm posting pictures of A and S in my LJ journal. Let me know if you'd like to see them and I'll friend you.

[LIZNKEITH]

Repeat misbehavior
Ditto. TO worked effectively for a while, but know that is even becoming ineffective. Yesterday I repeatedly told her to stop abusing Lucy. redirected her, etc. I finally put her in TO. The little bugger laughed in my face. When I firmly told her it wasn't funny and she saw I was serious, she laid her head down and pretended to cry! She covered her little face and would peer out of the corner of her hands periodically to see if she still had an audience. Such an actress!

Potty
We haven't started yet. I'm not even sure if she's ready. She doesn't have names for the functions yet or identifies with going in the toilet. I have no idea where to begin with this. While I really look forward to the end product, everything in between terrifies me. At daycare, there is a little toilet in the room. They said as she shows interest they will place her on it. Maybe seeing her older peers will spark some interest for her.

Baking
Would love to as I loooove to bake. But with DD's allergy, it really limits us. I do have one rollout recipe that is eggless that we did at Christmas but it's kind of a PITA.

[tgr68]

Rancherswife~Yay for Landon pooping on the toilet!!

Baking~Haven't had DD help that much. The only thing I've let her do is mush the bag of Amish Friendship Bread batter. I'm wanting to do cookies with her though on Valentine's Day!

Repeated Misbehavior~We swat DD after we've tried stern voice and/or redirecting, depending on the situation. For example, last night she tried to scribble on some library books, and I told her to put the pen down. She did and then picked it right back up, so I asked her to bring the pen to me. She refused but she put the pen down. I very sternly told her to not touch it again intending to get it myself and put it out of sight. Well, before I could get the pen she picked it up again, so I swatted her hand. Whenever we have an exchange like this, I give her a minute or so after swatting her to work things out. Then I always give her a big hug and tell her I love her.

Dreshny~Glad you got the situation with your friend worked out!

LIZ~I've got a little drama queen as well! She'll wail at the top of her lungs with her face buried in my shirt. Then she'll stop crying and look up to see if anyone is watching. :rolleyes:

[ahavnes]

Liz- Oh my gosh, that is too funny! You have a future Oscar nominee!

[DisneyGirl]

dreshny Glad to hear you heard back from your friend and that she loved your outfit.

usa I finally joined LJ and I would love to see your pictures..name on LJ jenibear615

[happy1nuv]

I've finally joined lj and would love to see your pics usa ~ I'm happy1nuv over there too :)

roseanne ~ Glad your friend had a good excuse! :)

liz/tgr ~ How funny (well, i'm sure its not to you) but i'm getting a good chuckle (don't worry, I know my days are numbered before nic figures that one out)

[allyray231]

USA I am on LJ too! allyray231. Happy I added you

Rosanne-so glad your friend got in touch with you!

[Sasha]

usafwife - I'd love to see the pics, I'm Sasha76 on LJ.

Liz - LOL about your little drama queen!

[kelseyledare]

Meri - I'd love to see photos of your new little guy and Sarah. I'm kelseyledare over on LJ as well.

Roseanne ~ Glad you finally heard back from your friend... at least you can stop wondering if the outfit got lost en route or something.

Liz ~ Hox funny is Caroline! Such the little actress!

[Carissa]

usafwife and ohers I am texancarissa over on LJ you all can friend me if you want to :)

[kphillips4]

USA - I am on LJ also kphillips4..would love to see the pics!
Ranchers - How amazing that L- used the potty. We just got a potty about 2 weeks ago and so far have had noooo luck. She will sit on it and then 2 secs later wants to get up. What potty books did you use?
Liz - I think I may have a drama queen on my hands as well. How funny is that?!!!
BTW, I am going to friend all of you on LJ b/c I am on there alot...feel free to friend me back if you want to keep up with my life!!!!

[tgray99]

Ugh, for some reason I haven't been getting notifications on this thread. Thought it was odd that this thread seemed so dead. Shrug.

Sick kid: Aidan has had the sniffles and a cough off and on since Halloween. It's always been dismissed as either "every kid has it so we're not going to medicate" or "must be some allergies, here's some zyrtec." We gave her the zyrtec, nothing changed. I've given her Dimetapp, nothing. I've given her Benedryl, nothing. So, after 3 days of green snot, a horrible cough, red puffy, watery and snotty eyes I was sick of it and took her back to the doctor. Now, with the Army we may be assigned a primary care physician but it's basically whoever is available is who we get at the time. Luckily today, we actually got someone who knew what she was doing. She figured out that Aidan has a double ear infection, infections in both eyes, and an upper respiratory infection. She gave her 4 prescriptions, Robitussin DM for her cough, Rontec for her nose, Amoxicilin for her ear infections and eye drops for her eye infections. Hallelujiah! We finally have diagnoses and meds to fix them. It's about freakin' time. Not that I'm happy that my child is sick but I'm happy someone finally recognized it and is doing something about it.

[tgr68]

tgray~I'm glad you've finally figured out what's been plaguing A. I hope the meds will bring about a speedy recovery for her!!

[rancherswife]

kpillips: Honestly, I haven't put forth much effort in the potty training dept., it's pretty much been all him. He's quite interested. He watches our every move, which is I'm sure, where he's learning. We're just kind of following his lead. At 37 weeks pg, I'm just not ambitious enough to go all out with the whole potty training thing right now. As far as books, he's got a couple, I can't think of the names of them at the moment (I'll get back to ya!). He does love his "Elmo's Potty Time" dvd!

tgray: So glad Aidan finally got a Rx, hopefully this kicks all of her ailments! Poor baby girl!

my sick kid...again: Yes, girls, my child is sick, AGAIN. I don't know WHAT to think of this. He's been of the biaxin and the neb. for all of 2.5 weeks. Lovely! I thought it was just a cold starting this weekend, but it's now nasty green snot and full blown wet/wheezy coughing. I called the nurse tonight to see if we should start him back on his neb. and she said yes, and to bring him in tomorrow. Fabulous! I've gotta get this kid healthy. This is crazy!

Had a pretty uneventful OB appt. this morning i'm now a "loose fingertip, closer to a 1 dilated" whoopty freakin' doo! Still talking induction at 39 weeks...so we'll see what the next two weeks brings! I'm actually in no hurry for him to come sooner than 39 weeks, I want to enjoy these last few days with my baby and get the zillion things that I still have on my to-do list done. ;)

[kimthebride]

Sick
Knock wood, weve been okay but I feel for all you moms out there with sickies. :(

liznkeith
Lol! Drama Queens Unite. :) DS can even produce fake tears when we *God forbid* take something from him. After a minute when he realizes we are onto him, he gives up. Method acting in its earliest stages. :rolleyes:

usawife
I've been thinking of you and hope you're doing well. feeling god now?

Puppy Bowl
What channel was this on, and any chance its re-reunning? I bet DS would get a kick out of this.

been busy here (real shocker, I know). Hope everyone is well and staying warm!

[happy1nuv]

ranchers ~ WTH is going on with Landon, poor baby!!! He's just not getting a break...

And...holy cow tgray! All that wrong ...good thing you followed your mommy instinct and insisted she be seen (and yay that the dr knew her stuff!)

[allyray231]

tgray[B] Poor Aidan! I am so glad you finally got answers

[B]ranchers uggg-hope you guys get healthy over there soon

[LIZNKEITH]

Actors & Actresses
Too funny! Sounds like we've got enough of em to start our own stage production.

Puppy Bowl
We watched this on Sunday afternoon, too. Caroline was in heaven. She's start "woofing" uncontrollable when the dogs would get all rauled up and start wrestling. And don't get me started on the water bowl cam... I think it was on Animal Planet, Kim.

[LIZNKEITH]

tgray,
Hopefully now that you have a diagnosis, Aidan will be on the road to recovery.

Ranchers,
Ug...I feel your pain. You should request that they send some of the slime to the lab to rule out RSV. Even though there isn't much they can do, 3 days on steroids helped clear things up so that it was no longer effecting C's lungs.

[Sasha]

Tgray - Poor Aidan! At least you now have a diagnosis and she can start getting better.

Rancher - Hopefully he can get all the sick stuff out of the way now and be healthy by the time Reece arrives.

We are still dealing with night wakings. I haven't had a night of uninterrupted sleep in over a week. It's not like she is up and wants to play, it's either nightmares or teething that is waking her. Last night at 2:30AM when I heard her, I almost started to cry, so DH went and took care of it. He always just rocks her and falls asleep with her for awhile in the glider, so luckily, he doesn't mind doing that at all. A lot of times, it's just her crying out in her sleep for us, but sometimes it goes into full-fledged crying. Either way, I am so tired.

[happy1nuv]

sasha ~ We're dealing with night wakings too... Nic was starting such a good upswing with his sleep, but now he does the same thing... he cries out and kind of whines but I'm not sure he fully awakes...I'm wondering if its nightmares or something... either way, both kids SO need to start sleeping!

[allyray231]

add us to the whining in sleep. Aiden did it for over an hour last night and I am not even sure he was up

[diedra1027]

We are still dealing with night wakings. I haven't had a night of uninterrupted sleep in over a week. It's not like she is up and wants to play, it's either nightmares or teething that is waking her.I am SOOOOO sorry. I won't even tell you how long this stage lasted at our house, I'm just crossing my fingers that it passes soon for Sarah. As a Mommy who was getting only ~3 hours of sleep a night for a while, I totally feel for you. Of course, Avery has only STTN for the last two nights - we could be right back into the nightly party games tonight as far as I know.

[psusna]

I said a few days ago I'd be back to do SO's and I never made it! Sorry :( I'm swamped at work and home.

I'm so sorry to see the sleep woes going on in this thread. I was just coming to post for ideas on how to deal with an early riser. DS has been up at 5:15 every day since Sunday. He needs to go until 6 or 6:15 (he goes to bed between 7:30 and 7:45). How can I get another hour out of him?

Hang in there everyone!

BBL for SOs :) (really, I mean it this time!)

[DisneyGirl]

tgray Sorry to here Aidan isn't feeling well. Hope she begins to feel better now that shes on meds.

LJ I am still trying to figure outhow to work things over there. I will be going back over post to friend you guys. I am Jenibear615 over there.

Nothing new to report here.

[rancherswife]

sasha: I hear you on the night wakings. We're dealing with the exact same thing with Landon right now. It sucks! I too want to just cry sometimes when he starts up. However, he's been in our bed now for over a month, so he's right there in my face when he wakes up, not sure what he needs??? I'm still optimistic that we can have him back in his crib by the time I have the baby in ohhh....2 weeks! ;) I know, I'm crazy!

Ped. is out of the office today, so we'll just continue with the neb. until tomorrow and go see what he has to say tomorrow morning. Landon's not too sick acting, just snotty and coughing...We're making chocolate dipped strawberries today, I had quite the craving yesterday! ;) I'm just waiting for my girlfriend to get here with the rest of the ingredients so we can get started...those strawberries are making my mouth water, just looking at them! :)

LJ: Ya know, I've tried, but I'm just lost over there? I'd love to figure it out someday.

[usafwife]

LJ ~ I added those that posted their IDs. I'm usafwife7503.

Diapers ~ Why is one size from brand a different size than one from another brand? We went and got Supremes last night thinking it might be a reaction from the diapers (DD could never wear Pampers once we got to size 3 and moved from swaddlers to cruisers). DS has been wearing swaddlers since he was born but didn't develop the rash/irritation/infection (whatever the heck it is) until last Wednesday.

Gotta get ready for DD's appt (baths for both kids, clean clothes, and time for DD to play in the tub for a while or she isn't a happy camper) means I better get going.

[Sasha]

Is it wrong for me to say, at least I'm not the only one? :o ;)

[Dreshny]

The only one dealing with nightwakings, Sasha? Nope! I've been dealing with them for the last, oh, 20 months or so. Monday night, Asher was awake from about 2:30-6:30 (and he also didn't go to bed until 11:00.) Yeah, he was awake for 4 HOURS. After about 2 1/2 hours of nursing him, I told him I was going to sleep, and he should sleep, too. Then he said "Mommy? Milk?" periodically over and over again until he finally passed out. I was so not happy that night. Luckily, last night was MUCH better. Only 3 very brief wakings. I can handle that. :rolleyes:

[ahavnes]

tgray- For Heaven's sake! I can't believe it took so long to figure out what was wrong with Aidan. Darn doctors! I'm glad you're getting her on the road to recovery. :)

rancerhswife- Poor Landon, and poor you as well! That cannot be easy at full-term. :o I hope Landon feels better soon...and stays that way!

Night-waking Mommies- I'm sorry you're dealing with this. It's a regular occurance in our home as well, although it does go in phases. I mean, seriously, are they going to be doing this until they become teenagers??

[alienhost]

Dreshny I'm glad you talked to your friend and know she received the outfit.

drama actors that's so funny. I think DD is in this camp too, she can turn those tears on and off.

tgray I'm glad you know what A has, finally and she has the meds to get better. Poor thing.

ranchers I can't believe L is sick again, poor guy. I hope it goes quickly

night wakings I hope it ends soon for you mamas/babies dealing with this. We've had 2 or 3 consecutive nights of STTN (knock on wood) so far, post illness.

finally well DD is finally healthy and we have returned to playgroups and activities this week! Yeah! But it's freezing here.

first black eye yesterday at "school" she fell off a step right onto her face and now she has a pretty good shinner on her eye and a scrape on her nose. Poor thing.

Not eating well since she's been sick she has been a terrible eater. Last Friday I went to McD's drive through to get her a happymeal b/c I thought she might eat that. She did and yesterday when we passed McD's she said "mama, happy meal, fries, ketchup" great, I've created a junk food junkie. But she finally today ate a decent lunch that didn't consist of cookies/crackers and raisins!

LJ I'm thinking of going over there to try it out. I'd like to be able to have a journal that's a bit more private than those here on CC.

[psusna]

LJ: Not there. I just don't have time to keep up in two places!

Alien: So glad that DS is finally well, back to her routine and eating well. So funny her comments as you passed McD's :)

tgray: Oh my gosh! I'm so glad that you finally got some answers about A's funk. I hope the meds help her feel better.

Ranchers: Poor Landon! I hope that he feels better soon. He can't catch a break -- which means you can't catch a break :(

Drama DCs: Too funny! The kiddos are at such a fun age right now.

Kim: Ugh! I hope you get the condo sold before DD arrives. Sending loads of good vibes for a sale and good health for you!

Dreshny: I'm glad that you heard back from your friend.

Usaf: I never thought about the diapers! I hope A is doing better today.

Ally: That's so great that the move has worked out to be a great change for your family. I'm glad that you like your job too.

[rancherswife]

sasha: heck no girl, it is sooo not wrong. it makes me feel sooooo much better to know others are having miserable nights right along with me. ;) here's to a good night for you...crossing my fingers and toes (not my legs though, in case Reece wants to come! ha! :))

[psusna]

NNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! There is no crying at 9:45 when you've been in bed snice 7:30. NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOO.

saying a little prayer for silent nights for all of our kiddos!!

[happy1nuv]

sasha ~ I agree with ranchers... there's nothing wrong with misery wanting company. Now, one of us just needs to figure out whats going on and post it so we can ALL fix it...

roseanne ~ Yanno, every time I think we have it bad over here, I read one of your posts ... i have NO CLUE how you do it. I'd be a total zombie!!!

So... we were at bru yesterday because i have a baby shower on sunday... while there, i figured we'd test drive a few double strollers since i've read a bunch but have yet to actually test drive one. So, besides the fact that BRU has the CRAPPIEST selection EVER... i HATED them all! I think I'm going to wait til we have the baby and then either drag dh or my mom to a few REAL baby stores to test drive them all... i mean, how many places willl i actually be going to before baby's 2 months anyway, right?

And...Kim/ranchers... we have a crappy single stroller right now. The one you two rave about is the Peg Perego P3, right? They had that at BRU... so i tested that one, since nic is looking squished in the crappy one we have and i keep going back and forth between good single stroller + baby wearing vs. double stroller.... I HATED it. I thought it was sooo hard to turn... i made sure the brakes were all up. And I tried 2 different ones (only 1 with nic in it). I liked the way nic fit in it and the look, but... what was i doing wrong? or is a learning curve thing?

[allyray231]

Well we slept better but he was up at 6:30!! AH

[kimthebride]

And...Kim/ranchers... we have a crappy single stroller right now. The one you two rave about is the Peg Perego P3, right? ...I HATED it. I thought it was sooo hard to turn... i made sure the brakes were all up. And I tried 2 different ones (only 1 with nic in it). I liked the way nic fit in it and the look, but... what was i doing wrong? or is a learning curve thing?
Well, it could be a few things:
1. Maybe the wheel locks for bad weather were on, which deliberately makes it harder to turn?
2. BRU is infamous for having crappy display strollers: not fully assembled, or have some sort of lock on it, or simply broken. (Why? Its beyond me!!)

But the P3 is soooo easy to steer - so there had to be something up with the display!

Does Nic like strollers? If so, I'd go for a double stroller (Buy Buy Baby has a way better selection than BRU for test-driving). I'm keeping my P3 for times I just need to go out with only 1 kid or feel like slinging DD and pushing DS, but to be totally hands-free is likely easier. Especially since with a double you get more basket space (usually) for the more crap we need to lug around with the extra kid in tow.

Night Wakings
I don't know how you ladies do it. If DS naps less than 2 hours a day or wakes up at all between his 8pm bedtime and 7-7:30 waketime I am a mess :o . This girl needs her rest.
I have to admit that my problem is DH! He doesn't know he's doing it, but he wakes up and wakes me up 2-4x a night. Every time i am rolling myself over he's like "what's wrong" or comes to bed and wakes me with his cold feet or whatever. I had to sleep on the foldout last night from 1am or else i was going to smother him in his sleep with my Snoogle. He felt so bad when I told him this morning...anyone else have this issue? Did you find a way to fix it? I need my sleep, this baby is going through a growth spurt so I am exhausted & DS is teething so he is draining me...between them I have to get some decent sleep before I actually give birth!


Okay, I just tried to read through and catch up but I was up til 12 last night, then DH woke me up at 12:30 then DS woke me up at 1am and I had to hold him for 20 minutes then I had to move uptairs to the foldout so got to bed around 2 and was up a few more times to roll over then up for the day at 7am...way too tired to even read.

I am spending the day on the couch. i can't WAIT til naptime so I can sleep too...

[wendstress]

Kim - yuh, DH is my sleeping problem, too, but different reasons! If James starts to cry out at night time, I'm usually content to give him up to about 15 minutes to CIO (unless he gets really upset, which he rarely does). Usually at about 10 minutes, DH says to me in a normal voice, "Can't you do SOMETHING?" Umm. Yeah. Our 15 minute problem is now a 1-hour problem because James just heard you. I swear, I get 10x more frustrated with my husband overnight than with my child.

Although, we're transitioning to a BBB, so the game has changed.....

In other news....
Saw my OB yesterday - I'm 31+3 Weeks.

I'm 2 cm dilated, but still "good and thick".

It suprised me quite a bit, but Dr. C. said it wasn't uncommon for repeat pregnancies to dilate faster. He wasn't overly concerned, just told me to take it easy and come back in 1 week. He said he'd seen plenty of women dilate to 2 cm early on, and end up having to induce them past their due date. This is just something to "keep an eye on" for now, he said.

He did say that supposing I got past 34 weeks (he seems to think I will), that if I go into labor after that point they'll just let me go.

So, please say a little prayer for us! I'd still much rather be a March Momma than a February Momma! April would be best yet!

[allyray231]

wendstress thinking good thoughts for you! Hope the baby stays in there

kim Brad wakes me up all the time. When he comes to bed and with his snooring. Also Aiden could be awake in the middle of the night and I could do a tap dance and Brad would sleep though it.

[kimthebride]

Usually at about 10 minutes, DH says to me in a normal voice, "Can't you do SOMETHING?" Umm. Yeah. Our 15 minute problem is now a 1-hour problem because James just heard you.
Good Lord, do they teach husbands all to do the same thing??
DS is in his crib at the other end of our room and DH will not whisper...but sometimes he is aware he's talking, other times he's not. Once DS hears once of us talk or move? forget it. game over.

And yes Ally, I could jump on the bed with DS crying in my arms and DH wouldn't wake up. :rolleyes: Hell, he doesn't even wake up with his alarm clock (which goes off every 8 minutes from 6am-7am), so the second it goes off i hit him and say "turn the f*cking alarm off!!" under my breath so nothing wakes DS up. Then of course i am up, so I lay there wanting to choke DH and praying we move soon simply so I don't have to share a room with DS anymore.

How sad is it that I am looking forward to when DD comes, because we are kicking DS & DH out of the bedroom? :o They will be in the tv room...man I need a house....

[Sasha]

DHs - Please...In the past I have had my MIL spend the night if I wasn't there because a train could come through our bedroom and DH would sleep through it. Only recently has he begun to hear Sarah on the monitor, and those times are still few and far between. And you can add my DH to the list of those waking wives in the middle of the night. I swear, if it's not Sarah waking me, it's Greg. He often snores and sometimes even talks in his sleep. LOL, sometimes I will try and play along with a conversation, which totally annoys him once he realizes it. But hey, if you're gonna wake me at 3am, at least I am going to have some fun with it. :p

Wendstress - Thinking good thoughts for you and that little guy of yours!

Dreshny - I don't know how you deal with all those night wakings. You are one awesome mama!

Yay, Sarah practically made it without a night waking. There was only one very brief "mommeeee....." at 5:00am and then she went back to sleep until 7:00am. I would probably feel even more rested if I hadn't stayed up until 11:30PM :eek:, but "Lost" was on and I HAD to watch! Anyway, I hope all the other nightwaking kiddos and moms had better nights too.

[Dreshny]

Dreshny - I don't know how you deal with all those night wakings. You are one awesome mama!


That, or just plain crazy. But thanks. :D

Monday was a particularly bad night--it's usually not THAT bad. But I think he's teething, because he was up 5 times last night. Maybe one day I will get a full night's sleep again...;)

[diedra1027]

Usually at about 10 minutes, DH says to me in a normal voice, "Can't you do SOMETHING?" Umm. Yeah. Our 15 minute problem is now a 1-hour problem because James just heard you. I swear, I get 10x more frustrated with my husband overnight than with my child.We just moved our bedroom downstairs, so now DH doesn't hear Avery at all. When we were right next door to her and she was fussing he would do my *favorite* thing...call out to her "JUST A MINUTE AVERY....MOMMY IS COMING!" :rolleyes: :mad:. Either that or he'd go in and get her then bring her into the doorway and stand there staring at me until got up to take over. What a prince, eh? ;)

[usafwife]

Night Wakings ~ We joined this group as well. And I'd like not to be a member of the group, thank-you-very-much. ;) DD woke up in the middle of the night the past few nights only to crawl up on DH and go back to sleep. We think she wants the security of sleeping on someone right now. Anyway, then she woke up a little after 6 am today when DH got up. He laid back down with her and she went back to sleep. When he got up to go to work so did she. So we've been up since 7 am in our house. So far no luck with wanting to nap but mommy sure needs one.

alien ~ Sorry to hear about the black eye. I'm sure we'll have several of those in this house.

psusna ~ Regarding LJ, I don't always have the time to post in both places either. But I'm trying to post more in my LJ since it's more private. Trust me there have been spans where I don't get anything posted in months.

kim ~ I had dealings with my DH when I was pregnant as well. That's usually why he slept in the recliner and I slept in the bed the last month and a half or so. I just could not get comfortable or stay comfortable. Laying on my left side only worked for so long before my left elbow and arm would begin to hurt too bad from the fall on the ice 12 years earlier.

wendstress ~ What do you have against February mommas? There are three of us that were suppose to be February mommas in the group (I spoiled that when DS decided he wanted to be a January baby, like his momma). We're really nice. ;) (Just kidding) I hope your little one stays put for a few more weeks. I was concerned when I began dilating and contracting at 35 wks.

ally ~ I can say the exact same thing about my DH. I think he could sleep through anything (and I mean anything). He never once heard DD cry when she was a newborn and sleeping in the PNP in our room. I was amazed because she always had a good set of lungs on her from the time she was born. The night I went into labor with her I had a heck of a time getting him awake so we could go to the hospital. I always prayed that I wouldn't go into labor with A during the night because I didn't want to repeat the last time. Him not hearing A cry isn't that big of a deal because he's much quieter and his cry is more like a kitten meowing.

kim ~ Good Lord, do they teach husbands all to do the same thing??
DS is in his crib at the other end of our room and DH will not whisper...but sometimes he is aware he's talking, other times he's not. Once DS hears once of us talk or move? forget it. game over.

And yes Ally, I could jump on the bed with DS crying in my arms and DH wouldn't wake up. :rolleyes: Hell, he doesn't even wake up with his alarm clock (which goes off every 8 minutes from 6am-7am), so the second it goes off i hit him and say "turn the f*cking alarm off!!" under my breath so nothing wakes DS up. Then of course i am up, so I lay there wanting to choke DH and praying we move soon simply so I don't have to share a room with DS anymore.

How sad is it that I am looking forward to when DD comes, because we are kicking DS & DH out of the bedroom? :o They will be in the tv room...man I need a house....
Where do they teach this behavior at? Is it something they learn in school? My DH is the same way with the alarm, kim. I swear I don't know how he can't hear it when it blasts me out of the room. I am so looking forward to the day we get our bedroom moved. Then I won't be so worried about the alarm going off and DD being able to hear it. Right now they are sleeping in the recliner in the living room because I can't lift her out of the crib. Once it's converted to the toddler bed I won't have to worry about having to lift her so much. Yet another joy of having a c/s that DD doesn't understand. (She loves to pat my belly a little too hard or sit/bounce on my incision.)

Diapers ~ If the darn Huggies weren't so big on him things might be a little better. We showed the rash to the doctor yesterday when we took DD in for her appt. He thought that it looked more like a irritation rash so changing diapers might have been a good thing. He said to give it a couple of days and if it still didn't look any better to call again. So we will see what it looks like on Friday.

DD got her last shot that she is required to have until she starts school. She didn't even cry very much. You wouldn't have known that she got a shot.

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The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: Scott was out of town last night, so I did a very brave thing and let Abbey sleep with me. The good is that she slept great, without kicking me all night. It was wonderful! The bad is that I woke up every hour b/c I was worried about rolling over on her since DH wasn't there to keep me in check. ;) The ugly is that we were so cozy this morning that I didn't get up in time to shower for work. So, the ugly is me!

DH's You all have me cracking up. On the very rare occasions when it's Scott's turn to get Abbey in the middle of the night, he brings her right back down with us. :rolleyes: Either that or he yells from upstairs "Babe, it's not working. She's awake." Well, DUH!!! I am too now that you're yelling! :cool: However, when it's my turn, he always says not to bring Abs down b/c he needs his sleep before work. :confused: Men!

wendstress- Praying that you are a March or April mommy only!

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DH You guys are cracking me up. My DH isn't too bad these days so I can't complain. But I remember thinking when DS was born that I was set because DH worked all sorts of weird hours and that he would be great at waking at 3:00 in morning to deal with the baby. Uh, hell no. DH"s job trained him so that when he got the chance to sleep, he SLEPT like the dead. I still remember screaming his name in the recovery room trying to wake him up when DS was 2 days old.

Even today, if he falls asleep on the couch watching TV, I could stand on his chest and scream the national anthem and he wouldn't wake. But as soon as he does wake up, he's full "oh my god what is the emergency,what are his stats, who is dying" mode!!

"JUST A MINUTE AVERY....MOMMY IS COMING!"
I think that's my favorite. Sorry, Diedra!